"Wake up Riya, Wake up," I heard a faint voice calling me.

I was still submerged in the depths of sleep and the prospect of having to get up from the comfortable, cosy bed didn't please me . It was my holidays and I had a right to sleep how much ever I wanted to. Who the heck was irritating me now?

Suddenly an arm grabbed my shoulder and started shaking me.
It felt oddly familiar, like a past memory.
I swatted it away unconsciously. The person didn't give up. They pulled something off me. I suddenly realized it was extremely cold and there was no warm blanket covering me.

I groaned loudly. I was about to yell a string of curse words when I was suddenly drenched with something cold, something that rendered me speechless.

" What the hell?" I exclaimed, jumping off the bed in one shot.

I opened my eyes to see the one and only Tanisha grinning mischievously at me.

" Do you want me to get hypothermia?" I asked her with a stern face.

She chuckled even more after seeing my face and my hair hanging loosely on either side of my head.

"You know, that pretend stern face is such a fail," she said giggling. "I am sure you know that you can never get angry with me."

Unfortunately she was right. I hardly got angry with my best friend. Any fight we had always led to both of us laughing our heads off in the end, stuffing our faces with popcorn and having a movie night together. It was just like that with us.

" Yeah," I sighed.

Then I got an evil idea.
I walked over to her before she could react and slowly enveloped her in a hug, crushing her to my chest so tightly that all her clothes became wet too.

Revenge, I thought.

After we pulled away from the hug, she glared at me, before scowling.
Just then, my brother came skipping into the room. Literally. He opened his mouth to say " Tanuu" but slowly clamped it shut with his hand.

" Oh hey you're awake I see. Nice style Riya," he said, winking at me.

Tanu and Anandi shared a look and Anandi smirked just as Tanisha's cheeks turned pink. I realized at that moment that she had walked closer to my brother to stand next to him, without realizing.

After that, my brother sauntered out of my room with a " I will be in the TV room."
There was something definitely going on that I had missed. As far as I knew, my brother had still not asked her out. Right? RIGHT? Then what was this all about?

I turned to Tanu with a devious smile, one eyebrow raised in a questioning manner. She was looking everywhere else but at me. But I was not letting her get away with this. I decided to leave it for now though. I would ask her later.

She seemed to be in a daze when I walked up to her and poked her. And hopefully her thoughts were revolving around that of my brother. He he, I was such a Tanandhith shipper.

She jerked away from me suddenly at the contact, then came back to her senses.

"Don't you think we both should change our clothes, considering the fact that we are completely drenched?" she asked me.

"Yeah, wait a minute."

I went over to my closet and took a bunch of clothes out. I tossed a red knee length shorts and a white tank top at her and took the remaining clothes with me to the bathroom.

" I am going to have a quick shower, go talk to Anandi, " I said to Tanu, from inside the bathroom.

Her receding footsteps were the last thing I heard before I switched on the shower full force. While bathing, my thoughts as usual, went back to Arya. I knew I really liked him. My brain told me to be logical and let go but my heart still pined for him. Sometimes, he was so confusing. He always gave me mixed signals. What was I supposed to understand from that?

After drying myself and dressing up, I left the bathroom and headed for the hall. What I saw there stopped me in my tracks and a stupid smile crossed my face at how adorable they were.

Both my brother and my best friend were caught in a headlock, and my brother was trying to grab the remote from Tanu who was trying soo hard to keep it away from him. I watched as my brother pinned her hands above her head and there was a moment where their eyes locked and time froze all around me for a second. A pink, radiant blush crept up her cheeks as soon as her brain realized the intimate position they were in. Both of them were chest to chest and their faces were mere inches apart.

"Ahem," I said, clearing my throat, walking in.

Broken from their momentary personal bubble, the two jumped away from each other and Tanisha glared at Anandi.

"That is not fair!" Tanisha cried out.

"Everything's fair in love and war babe," my brother said winking at her.

"Shut up, I wanted to watch that show, pretty little liars."

"Bleh that's too boring, I need to watch the football game."

"Kids," I interrupted, raising an eyebrow and smirking at my brother. "Did I hear the word love here?"

My brother stammered. "Hmmm,uhhh..."

" What the hell guys? How can you not tell me that you're going out? Why did you ask me tips to ask her out then?" I blurted out, without thinking.

"Well that's because we aren't, he just told me he likes me, and I guess I did too," Tanu replied sheepishly while my brother looked at the floor.
Then after what I said in the end registered she exclaimed "What? You asked her about ideas to ask me out?"
This time the question was directed at my brother but he still didn't meet her gaze. He was busy counting the ants crawling across the floor.

"Seriously?" she literally screamed and he looked up with a faint smile. Pink tainted his cheeks.

"Mmm yeah."

"Woh Woh woh when did all this happen? The confession and everything?"

"Hmm just before you came?" my brother said.

"Really? You were pretty much behaving lovey dovey way before that."

"Really Riyu. I swear on mom."

"Hmm..I see, so I guess there was some magnetic pull before too then, " I said chuckling.

"Hmmm sooo," Tanu said, looking at my brother expectantly.

He raised one eyebrow at her.
She sighed and left the room.

I began to hound my brother with questions after that.

"You're such an idiot you know," I said.

"I'm the idiot? You're the one who made it ten times more awkward now by mentioning the talk we had."

"Sorry for that though," I said, patting his arm.

"Go ask her out right now. You're so oblivious when it comes to girls' feelings."

"Hey!" he said hitting me on my head. "I would have, if you hadn't interrupted."

"Really? I don't think you would have. You both were so caught up in some sappy dreamy eyed gaze that you guys didn't even register your surroundings until I spoke.

"That's love, Riyu," my brother spoke like some wise wizard.

"Woh, look who's telling me that."

My brother smiled widely and ruffled my hair.

"Hey!"

"That's for horses if you didn't know sis. Go get your Prince Charming Riyu," my brother said and left the hall probably to go in search of Tanu to pacify her. They were so freaking cute.

And of course the only person who came to mind when he said that was Arya Mahadevan. The one and only. I cursed. Why the hell couldn't my mind get rid of the continuous thoughts I had of him?

Because you love him, my inner voice said.

And I tried so hard to ignore it. But it was near impossible. Then as if to confirm what I was feeling, my body's hormones began teasing me. A giddy feeling coursed through my veins and I involuntarily blushed. I was turning into a lovesick puppy. And I blamed it all on the chocolate brown eyed boy who had stolen my heart.
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Anandith's POV
I knew I was whipped. I knew that what I was feeling for her was real. It became all the more apparent when I felt disappointment coursing through my veins at her sudden departure.

Luckily she hadn't decided to go home though. She was just sitting propped up against the wall in my room. Somehow I knew she would be in there. It was our spot from our childhood. The place she used to come to when she had fought with Riya over something silly. My sister never knew it but Tanisha would always come to me when she needed some solace or some advice. And I was always only too glad to help her. I probably should have realized it then itself that I liked her. But like my sister pointed out, I guess I was oblivious.

My friends always told me the same thing. The only difference was that they called me a tube light, since I was never aware of the fact that a girl was showing interest in me.

I saw her sitting there, with her knees drawn up to her chest and her arms wrapped around them, staring at the ceiling.

"A penny for your thoughts?" I said, softly sliding down the wall to sit next to her.

She didn't reply.

"Hey hey look at me."

She completely ignored me.

"What's the matter?"

She looked me in the eye then. She rolled her eyes like a little kid and got up and started walking away.

I couldn't stand it anymore so I did the only thing I could think of, then to stop her. I grabbed her hand.

She turned around with a shocked expression on her face.

"Look I think I know why you're mad. I can explain."

She turned to me then with a weird expression that said 'Get on with it, I don't have all day.'

"I really wanted it to be special, you know," I said.

I was completely embarrassed. A girl never made me feel like this. I couldn't even speak without stuttering. What the hell had she done to me?

" You know, I wanted to ask you out in some special way, so I needed time to plan it and ideas to make it better," I said again.

Her eyes softened. And before I could blink she had crashed into me. Her warm hands circled my torso and her touch sent me over the edge. She rested her head in the crook of my neck and sighed.

And then I heard clapping. And a whistle.

And turned to see my ecstatic sister grinning at me. She looked like a proud mom witnessing her son winning a race. I don't know from where I got the sudden spark of confidence, but I turned Tanisha around, wrapped my hands around her waist and winked at my sister.

"You guys are sooooo adorable," she cooed and Tanisha giggled.

It was the sweetest sound ever and I couldn't be happier in that moment.
I had everything I wanted right there beside me.

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Hi hi peeps,
Sooo our Riya is head over heels in loveeee. So is it a good thing or a bad thing?

And finally our dear Anandith makes some move. And starts to accept his feelings for Tanisha. Aren't they just super adorable together? Do give a ship name for them. Tanandith just doesn't seem right.
How did you like Anandith's pov?

And our Riyu is very perplexed about her situation. Loving someone who hardly acknowledges you is hard. And Arya was a very confusing person for her to handle. What should she do? Will everything become alright for her?

Do read more, vote, comment and as always enjoy :)

Adios amigos,
:) harshini :)