There are some firsts, that you can't wait for them to happen, like first date, first boyfriend, first kiss and then there are some firsts that mostly aren't that pleasant. This first was one of the latter firsts and I never saw it coming, which now looking at the signs I should have.

If there was anybody I thought who was more hard working in my coaching then me, was Nikhil. He would solve a lot of math questions beforehand and even used IIT-JEE books to solve problems. IIT-JEE was engineering entrance, and by this point I was barely mastering the basics, so Nikhil, solving those problems was a big deal. He asked a lot of doubts to our teachers, and all in all my impression of him was that he was a nerd like me and it'd be great help for me if we were friends.

We would occasionally solve physics numericals together and once we were randomly talking about places to hang out and he said, "Someday we'll go to Cafe Coffee Day," and assuming he was talking about the whole group I said, "Why not."

It was a month after college and everything had started when Nikhil asked for my number and told me to be online on watsapp around 10 pm. Assuming he wanted to talk about physics or maybe just generally, wanted someone to talk to, I gave it to him.

That day, just as the clock striked 10, he messaged me, if I was free, and what I was doing, who all were in my family and after that his questions were somewhat confusing to me.

Nikhil : Have you ever had a boyfriend?

Me : Nop.

Nikhil : Are you Single?

Me : Yes, I am.

Nikhil : Do you have a crush on anyone?

[I just decided to lie here]

Me : No, I don't.

Nikhil : I Love You Pia.

Whatt? Like what?? Is this guy for real now? He barely knows me and he loves me, and he thinks I am supposed to believe that.I decided not to reply.I looked at my elder sister who was watching TV and showed her the chat.

My sister being the cool kid that she is, said that I shouldn't make a big deal out of it and maybe have a college fling with him. I looked at my sister, whom I loved with all my heart, being unreal and just glared at her.

Nevertheless, I handed her my phone to my sister, since I had little  experience in this area, and hers was abundant, but I shouldn't have. Cause my sister wrote something even crazier.

Me : I Love You, too

Nikhil :  Oh, Pia your so beautiful, I'll be a nice boyfriend.

After that my sis handed me the phone but the damage was done. Then I wrote to him.

Me : The 'I love you' wasn't me, it was my sister she wrote it.

And I just switched off my phone, yelled at my sister a bit and went off to sleep .

Next day, I called Tanya and told her everything and she told me that I sounded happy because he proposed, and I told her she was just crazy.

But when I thought for a minute, I guess I liked that he proposed me, not because of him, but because somebody, in whatever screwed up way, liked me. All through my school years, I had friends proposed by guys, friends having boyfriends, but nobody was into me. Some part of me, how much ever I denied it craved that kind of attention. And with that thought in my mind I switched on my internet to see Nikhil's text messages.

Nikhil : Your face is as bright as the moon, baby.

Nikhil : Your eyes sparkle like the stars.

Nikhil : You are breathtakingly beautiful.

Nikhil : Am I good enough at flirting baby?

Geez. More like cheez. Cheezy. This was so fucking cheezy and creepy. Someone's desperation was really high.And it just gave me the hibby jibbes, despite my earlier realization that I liked compliments.

I so did not want to see him. And I wanted this matter to be over. Luckily, today was a holiday and I did not have to see him until tomorrow.

I did not reply to his texts but he would not stop texting me. He texted me on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, basically everywhere.In the evening, when I told Tanya everything, she told me to block him. I hadn't ever done that, so I felt I shouldn't.

Tanya being a bit stern and crazy at the same time, said with an annoyed voice,

"No, Pia, this won't do. I know you have to face him everyday, but he'll keep on pestering you, we have to tell him something solid and then block him."

"But, what Tanya?" I asked.

She thought for a minute and said, "Tell him that they know everything at your house, your mom is yelling at you and that she doesn't want you to talk to him."

"But don't you think, that's a bit harsh?" I meekly said.

"JUST DO AS I SAY, PIA!" Tanya exclaimed.

"Relax, Tanya I'll do it. Your highness."

I typed everything in front of her and then blocked him.

The next day, class was in the morning and as Tanya and I arrived, we saw that everyone was standing outside the coaching class as nobody had keys and sir was yet to arrive.

As he saw me Nikhil came to me and asked why I wasn't answering my messages and why I had blocked him. I felt cornered, but I had Tanya with me. We told him the same lie that I had typed, but he had such audacity, he said, "Tell your mother, that you have made me your brother, I can act like your my sister, even tie a Rakhi if you want in front of her, but be my girlfriend."

I was flabbergasted. I just stared at the him for two full minutes. I did not have anything to say to his horrendous proposal. I just look up and thought, God, why do I have to get the creepy one?

At this very moment someone decided to poke their nose in my business. Mohit was observing from afar and decided to interrupt now, by offering me Idli, a South Indian delicacy and I took him up on the offer. It was a welcome distraction from the conversation.

Two minutes later, sir came and I breathed a sigh of relief. As we took our seats, I mouthed a Thank You to Mohit, and he gave me a genuine smile.

After that, I just ignored Nikhil, whenever I saw him. I did not talk to him in class, I changed my direction whenever I saw him in college corridors. I had already blocked him on social media, I tried blocking him in real life too.

***
Two or three days later, the fresher's party was announced and everyone was really excited for it. It was decided that it would be the coming Friday, and would start around 6 pm in the evening. None of our schools ever had an evening party, and for us this was our definition of happening.

One day before the fresher's party, I went shopping, but having found nothing, I ended up wearing one of my sister's dresses. We were almost the same size, so it nearly fitted me perfectly.

As I entered the college, I noticed that evening lights were set up, there were two loud speakers at both corners, there were balloons everywhere. All the factors combined, it looked nothing like the place we came to every day.

There was an introductory speech proceeded by some performances. While all of this was going on, I noticed two guys, whispering and pointing at me.Lucky for me Anjali, Sarika and Zeenat too noticed that.

We waited for a minute and then saw those guys talking to Nikhil. It turned out they were his friends and Zeenat decided to confront him. She, and the other two knew everything about Nikhil.

As she went and talked to him an eerie feeling passed down through me. If guys were going to be like this I guess I wasn't really prepared for college.

After that I heard Nikhil's name being announced for the next singing performance and call it my overactive imagination, I was scared that he'd do something that they did in Bollywood movies, like sing a song and take my name. I felt like running away as he sang. But it turned out, my imagination was just that, a bit overactive.

Also, that day he could have wanted to take any girls name as a few months later, I found out that proposing girls was like a hobby to him.

Still somewhere, I wished that the first time he had messaged me was because he wanted to be my friend. Being in girls school I never had a guy friend, and when he said he wanted to text me I so wanted him to be that friend, I never read into it.

I took a deep sigh and just tried to enjoy the party. Performances had ended and now the DJ was being played. Everyone danced in groups and Tanya and I decided we'd dance in every group for sometime. After half an hour of dancing, Tanya and I sat on a bench.

As I looked around, I saw Mohit dancing in a group with some guys and girls from his division. He did some crazy dance moves and made some goofy expressions. He was terrible at dancing, but he looked like he didn't care. He was there just  to enjoy himself.

I looked at my best friend, Tanya and said, "I think I have a crush on Mohit."

As my best friend, proceeded to make a face, I let my admission of my feelings sink in and reveled in it.

Author's Note :

Hii Guys! What do you think about this Nikhil character? Have any of you encountered such creepy guys / girls, who hit on you just the wrong way? Comment and let me know!

Also, Rakhi is something sisters tie around their brothers wrist in India.