Micky's POV

After getting punished by Physics teacher, Nicky was fondling the wound on his arm he got after being hit with a cane.

"Is it hurting too much?" Nicky was shocked at seeing me.

Nicky just kept looking at me with his tear-filled eyes. I felt so bad seeing him like this. I brought some cotton and a mini Dettol bottle my mother kept in my bag in case of any emergency.

I held his hand, unintentionally touching him where the teacher had hit him.

"Ouch!" he cried in pain.

"I'm so sorry."

"It's OK."

I poured Dettol on the cotton, and being the master of clumsiness I am, poured a lot of Savlon on my own arm. It stung so bad.

"Aah! Aah!" I cried. The burning sensation was so intense.

"Arey, who told you to bring Dettol? How can you hurt yourself like this?" Nicky scolded me, "Is it burning too much?" I didn't know earlier that Nicki had it in him to scold anyone but it felt cute at that time, to be scolded by someone for hurting yourself.

"G...g...give me the cotton," he said. I handed over the cotton to him. I just realised he didn't stammer when he was scolding me.

He cleaned Dettol off the skin of my hand and arm. How could I be Nicky's knight in shining armour when I myself keep getting into mess all time? Who'll protect Nicky if I am so careless?"

"You too apply Dettol on your wound," I said, "You know, I've something to show you."

"S...s...omething to show m...me?"

"Meet me in the computer lab," I smiled in what I intended to be an enigmatic smile of a femme fatale.

...

After half an hour, when Nicki was hesitating after taking off his shoes outside the computer lab, I said, "Aa jao," and motioned him to sit in the chair next to me.

I pulled a pen drive from my skirt pocket and after ensuring no one was around, I connected it with the USB.

"What's t...t...this? You b...b...rought a pen d...dr...rive t...to school?" Nicky whispered fearfully.

"Just wait," I said.

When the F: drive icon started showing, I clicked on it and said, "No one uses this PC because it's very slow. This pen drive has all my favorite songs and images. See that's Eiffel Tower, the bridge at San Fransico,...."

"E...e...nr..icue?"

"Arey baba, it's not Enricue, It's Enrique... pronounced as Enrike. His song 'Be with You' is my favorite."

"Y...you hav...have Eng...Eng...lish songs too?"

I proudly nodded my head.

I copied all the contents of pen drive in a new Folder I just created.

"And this is," I right clicked the folder icon and selected Rename option, "Micky and Nicky's shared playlist." I chose the access mode to protected by password.

"What will y...you ch...choose as t...the password?" Nicky asked.

"I love you." Nicky's eyes got wide in horror. It was very hard for me to suppress my laughter.

"I mean it's a Whitney Houston's song," I said. Now I know that the correct song title was I will always love you, but what difference it made? Nicky must not have listened any English song so how would he know.

"Can't we ma...make the pass...pa...password as something else? I m...m...ean if any tea...tea...teacher finds out..."

"OK. Then our password will be passwordprotected without dash. Ab don't ask to change it because I can't think of any other password this moment," I said, "Now if I love any song, I'll download it from cyber cafe and transfer it in this folder through the pen-drive. And if you find..."

"Micky, I...I don't h...have m...mo...ney to g...go to cy...cyber ca...cafe freq... frequently."

"So, you just have to tell me the song name and I'll download it and keep it in the folder."

"But...th...then the f...folder sho...should n...not h...have my n...name," Nicky said in a defeated voice.

"Arey haven't you listened to that cellphone network jingle: Jo Tera Hai Vo Mera Hai, Jo Mera hai vo Tera. So don't worry. Life has a funny way of balancing things. Who knows if in future I get in the same situation as you? So this is all set: this is our folder- Micky and Nicky's shared folder-password protected."

Would you like me to share Micky and Nicky's shared playlist (password-protected)? Which songs you think feature in this secret playlist🕵️‍♀️?