*Mihira Pov*

"Do you want to go out, Mihira?" Kavitha asked when we packed our bags to leave as the classes finished.

I was waiting for her to say those words all these days. Even when I called her during the holidays, she acted like everything is fine.

However, the last was more than an awkward event for all of us. Vikesh calmed down his curiosity while Kalyan behaved normally and he may need some time to be comfortable but it is not like before.

Even Rekha seems fine except near me and I don't even know why as I can feel her calm towards Abhi but kind of shows irritation towards me like in the beginning.

Rakesh and Kavitha are the ones in a major stage and the time during lunch is like a place where they are acting too much.

"Sure!" I mumbled and she smiled before we stepped out of the classroom while I messaged Abhi that he can leave later without me as I have plans.

"Are you sure it is fine if I sit in the back?" I asked when she stopped her vehicle beside me.

She bought one during our holidays and is using for transport from the first day the new semester started.

"Of course! Don't worry and just sit." She ordered before passing the helmet and I took a deep breath before following her order.

I felt scared for sure but she is really good at this and I commented saying, "I don't know whether I will be able to use this myself to transport and don't even ask about doubles."

"You should buy one, Mihira. You can't continue to ask Abhi, right?" she asked parking near a café we usually visit with everyone.

"Hmm... I am thinking about it." I mumbled not wishing to say anything as she was the one who was excited to take help from someone else like her boyfriend all this time instead of using her own but now all the attitude just changed but it feels too soon.

"I don't think we should continue to sit with them, Mihira." She started after we placed our orders.

"They all are our friends, Kavitha. Not just that person, right?" I pointed out but she looked down and I can understand as she is not that close to others like me as she spent much time with Rakesh.

"Then what about Rekha? She is being rude towards you. Are you fine with it?" she asked frowning and I sighed.

"I know! I am waiting for her to calm down. But let's talk about you. Why did you suddenly break up with him? I still remember the way you talked about him like he is the perfect person you have ever met." I asked touching the subject as it feels she is ready to talk it out.

"Maybe some people are fine to think like that normally rather after being in a relationship." She mumbled but I shook my head.

"I never felt like that towards him." I said and she smiled.

"Because you think like that only about Abhi, right? He was your ideal type." She mumbled and I shrugged.

"We are still teenagers, Mihira. I liked him and wished to know him because of which our relationship started and now it doesn't feel like that and that's why it ended. Why would we think of forever at this age? You should know all that, right? You were in two relationships." She pointed out and I opened my mouth before closing it.

She is more than right as even I didn't think of forever during those two but then it was always on my mind when I started my first crush and even now. Am I going in the wrong way? What if something goes wrong and I couldn't feel like Kavitha at all?

"There is still a long way for us to be serious about everything. I can feel you trying to gauge my reactions thinking I am depressed or something but you need not to. I will have another crush soon and everything will be back to normal. It's just the ending was not on a good note which is causing all this awkwardness unlike yours." She continued and I listened to her calmly.

"But what actually went wrong?" I asked still not understanding.

"Our thoughts I guess. His thinking became too typical for certain situations and the wishes me to think only about him but he is not showing the same in return. I felt tired and started expressing the issues which he didn't like. So, slowly it came apart. It is kind of my fault as I was fine with everything he did, in the beginning trying to ignore it." She explained and I patted her shoulder.

"You became so mature with this change, Kavitha." I commented and she chuckled nodding.

"Even I think the same." I smiled and we finished our snacks before walking out as she offered to drop me which I didn't reject.

She frowned when I got down and I turned towards the direction she is looking at and found the whole gang walking into Abhi's house.

"See? They don't think of us as their friends and I am not blaming them for it. You were right in the beginning and let's make our gang." She commented while I cleared my throat.

"I am sorry that you have to go through it because of me but... but I don't think I will be able to open up with others anytime soon. This was a huge step for me and if it still doesn't feel comfortable then let's sit separately just the two of us. Just give one month for the awkwardness to leave us." I pleaded with her and she smiled nodding before driving off.

I know the moment she finds out about my relation with Abhi, she will not say those words again but I wish for her stay with them without forcing herself and I know somewhere even she feels closer to them.

I walked into my house and found Mom watching the television but is actually sleeping on the couch. She must be tired but still sitting here instead of sleeping in her room.

After asking her to go to her room, I walked into mine before messaging Abhi that I reached home and kept the curtains open but his side was still closed which I ignored and opened the notes my Mentor sent me during the holidays but I ignored them during that time.

*Abhilash Pov*

"Why are we even meeting at your house like this?" Rakesh asked glancing at me when we walked into my room.

I glanced at Vikesh who is the main culprit here as he is the one who suggested that we need to gather everyone and have a normal conversation to clear everything.

"It's the weekend and you don't like Mihi. That's why we all are meeting here. Seems like even Rekha doesn't like her. So, isn't it better to come here like this." Saying that he closed the door and we have to adjust a lot to sit properly because of space.

"Why is your room so small? We were so comfortable in her room." He added sighing and I glanced at him thinking there is definitely something wrong.

"It's not that I don't like her. It's just..." Rakesh trailed off sighing and finally showed his depressed expression.

"Everything was fine before, right? I didn't ask her to like me but why is she hating me so much now." He added looking at us.

Wait a minute! Wasn't it a mutual breakup? We all glanced at each other before staring at him and he sighed.

"Even I was harsh with her but I thought she will understand the meaning behind it but she didn't. Does a relationship always change after it begins?" he asked glancing at me but I just shrugged still thinking about his words.

"You can try to be friendly, right?" Kalyan asked glancing at him.

"You were rude to Mihi too. You know how much importance she shows towards all of us but you carelessly expressed that you don't want her to be with us." He added frowning at him.

"When will your Dad return?" Vikesh asked glancing at me.

"I don't know! Maybe soon!" I mumbled understanding his plot after hearing his words.

"What? Will it be fine?" Rakesh asked glancing at me and I again shrugged while trying to stop my smile from showing.

"Next time let's go somewhere else." He offered but no one was ready as we all know it was the case and that's why we never used to meet frequently but that habit got changed because of Mihi.

"So, we need to be friendly with her just because she can provide us the space for our time spending?" Rekha asked glancing at us finally opening her mouth.

"It is her problem to get attached to us like this even though we are not of the same year. And we will graduate within two years unlike her. Isn't it better to keep our distance?" she added and I frowned at her.

"I don't want her to be away from us. Rekha. I don't know why you are suddenly against her like this but that will never happen. She is my best friend and she is important in my life. If she was in another college then I would have spent my time after college but that is not the case. And if she didn't have a good rapport with you guys, even then I would have been fine. Why is everyone against her when she didn't even do anything? Did you guys forgot how much she is trying to make you guys comfortable?" I shouted finally fed up with this nonsense.

"I am with him in this." Kalyan joined me along with Vikesh.

"Even I am with him as I was just being childish and I will try to control my behavior from tomorrow. They are still our friends and we spent one whole year with them. After a few days, I may even be normal with Kavitha." Rakesh commented and we all glanced at Rekha.

"What did she do to you?" I asked her frowning.

"Fine! Just like how Rakesh will need time to get normal with Kavitha, I need some time to be fine with Mihira. I don't want you guys to force me and I will try to be not rude." She replied not answering our questions.

"So, are we still going to sit here until your Dad returns?" Rakesh asked looking at me and I chuckled before opening the curtains only to end up laughing.

"What is it?" Vikesh asked reaching me and he laughed along with me.

Someone everyone joined us and we all ended up laughing even Rekha as at present Mihi is sitting on her chair but her head is fallen back and she is in a deep sleep.

"Sometimes it doesn't feel like she is just one year younger than us." Vikesh commented.

"Because she isn't! Did you forget your age already? You are older than us." I pointed out and he hit my shoulder before returning to their place while I stood there for a few seconds before returning to the gang.

"So, any other problem we have to solve?" I asked reaching out for the snacks.

"No more, Mr. President!" Vikesh commented and they chuckled after which they decided to leave my house as my Dad still didn't return home.

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"Is something wrong with them?" She whispered beside me and even Kavitha has the same expression as her as we were behaving normally.

I purposely hid everything from her during the weekend thinking what if there will be no change and she may get disappointed for sure.

"They are done with being childish. How are your classes going on?" Vikesh asked looking at them.

"They have to start properly and they may start next week." Kavitha replied and we frowned at her.

"Then are you studying for something else which made you that tired?" Kalyan asked looking at Mihi and she gave a confused look after which I explained what we saw that day.

"That... I was studying the material my mentor gave me." She replied and my smile slipped.

"Of course! She is doing an extra course with the help of her mentor but it is just a personal one related to her aim." Kavitha explained.

"That's really great, Mihi!" Kalyan complimented her and she smiled at him but her smile slipped when she saw my expression.

She shook her head and completely ignored me after that while talking to everyone as if meeting them after a long time.

I couldn't help but smile at her excitement forgetting everything else. She was stressed regarding this matter but didn't voice out but now she is happy that everything is normal but I found her glancing at Rekha in between.

Will it get worse if Rekha finds out about our relationship? Is that why Mihi was this adamant for us to hide it?

"Come on! Don't be angry like that, Abhi. I told you to ignore the rumors, right?" she asked when she got down from my bike.

"How can I? He got into a relationship with his student and then humiliated her in front of everyone. How can we just ignore that?" I asked back.

"Did you see that? Did our seniors saw that? It was like four years back as per the rumors but no one actually saw that." She pointed out and I sighed rubbing my forehead.

"Let's not fight like this and go separate ways. My parents have work tonight and will be late. Stay at my place and let's talk it out." She added holding my hand before pulling me towards her house.

"Just talk?" I asked teasing her and she turned around with her teasing look.

"Who knows? Suddenly I think my Mentor is really great and I am having these different thoughts." She continued to tease while unlocking the door after turning around while I glared at her.

"You!" I shouted rushing towards her while she rushed inside laughing and I finally closed on her but we both stiffened looking at two people sitting in her living room.

"What happened? Are you guys fighting again?" Her Mom asked while her Dad chuckled and we both still couldn't move at all.

"What is it?" Her Dad finally asked and I finally got my balance to control my shock before clearing my throat.

"Nothing, Uncle!" I replied forcing myself to smile at them.

"Okay! Do you guys want to sit here or in her room, today? Are we disturbing your space?" Her Mom asked returning to the living room with snacks.

"No, Mom! I thought you both... we will go to my room." Mihi said smiling at them before we both walked into her room and she immediately locked the door.

"That was so scary. But why were they so normal?" she asked glancing at me.

"Exactly! They were behaving like it is completely normal for me to be here." I mumbled walking towards her bed and sat down.

She stared at me for a few seconds before laughing out loud and I frowned at her not understanding why is she suddenly laughing.

"Actually, all of were behaving normally only but just because our relationship status changed our way of thinking changed. We used to meet like this before but as friends but as now that is not the case we were shocked to find them there." She explained.

"Yeah! We were like this even before but I guess with the thought of keeping this secret damaged our brains." I mumbled and she smiled walking closer to me before pressing her lips to mine.

"Let's not be conscious that we are a couple and try to act normal next time." She mumbled and I nodded pulling her into another kiss.

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