"Get up, Shubman. We are supposed to be downstairs in fifteen minutes," Ishan muttered, fixing his hair in the mirror.

"Mmh, I am, in a minute," Shubman mumbled sleepily for the third time, again burying his head in the pillow.

"Are you getting up or should I dump some water on you?" Ishan deadpanned, finally turning towards him.

Shubman groaned, sitting up and rubbing his eyes, "It's your fault that I can't wake up,"

"Yeah, blame me for everything, why don't you?" Ishan mumbled, rolling his eyes.

Shubman huffed, "You were the one who dragged me out at night 'cause you wanted to roam in the jungle,"

"And you were the one who was like "let's be here for few a more minutes," Ishan imitated him, quite awfully so, while making air quotations with his fingers.

Shubman pouted.

Ishan chuckled, "Sweetheart, get up and I want you out of the bathroom in five minutes, okay?Come on, hurry up,"

"Yeah, yeah," Shubman sighed, finally getting up from the bed.

-

"Hey, Mayu? What's up?" Ishan smiled, approaching Mayank along with Shubman as they were slowly walking in the forest towards wherever they're professors were taking them.

"Oh, hey," Mayank smiled, tearing his eyes away from where they were stuck on Abhishek a few feets ahead of him.

"Oh, that's Mehak, right?" Ishan mumbled, looking at the girl Abhishek was talking to.

Mayank furrowed his brows, "You know her?"

"Yeah, she has a class with Abhi," Ishan replied, "Apparently, she likes him. You know she even confessed,"

Mayank frowned, not liking the information, "Really? What did Abhi say?"

"He told me he refused since he don't wanna be in a relationship at this point," Ishan shrugged, "But he do finds her cute,"

"Oh," Mayank mumbled, his eyes again going to Abhishek who was still talking to that girl, laughing with her occasionally.

"Okay, bye, I'll see you later," He added, jogging up to Abhishek prompting Ishan to let out a chuckle.

"Was any of what you told him true?" Shubman asked, slinging an arm around Ishan's shoulder.

Ishan looked at him, offended, "Of course, sweetheart. I do not lie. How can you even think that?"

Shubman raised an eyebrow, "Really?"

Ishan chuckled, "Well, no. I mean the confession part was true, Abhi thinking she's cute, not so much,"

"The only person Abhi think is cute is Mayank and only Mayank," He added.

"Wait, not even you?" Shubman shook his head in disapproval, "He kinda needs to get his eyes checked then. 'Cause you're the cutest," He muttered, winking at Ishan.

"Cheesy," Ishan giggled.

Shubman grinned, "Don't you just love it?"

"Oh, I do."

-

"Abhishek, do you...," Mayank started as he reached Abhishek before trailing off as he noticed (pretending to) the girl beside him.

"Oh, hey, you are?" Mayank smiled.

"Oh, this is Mehak," Abhishek introduced, "And Mehak, this is Mayank,"

"Oh, I know him. Nice to see you, Mayank," Mehak smiled, "Well, I'll see you later," She mumbled, excusing herself and going to a group of other students, probably her friends.

"Who's she?" Mayank asked softly as they walked beside each other.

"Oh, just a classmate," Abhishek replied.

"Hmm,"

"What's up, Mayu?" Abhishek asked after a while, "You are really quiet. Is everything okay?"

"Oh, yeah," Mayank smiled, "Everything's fine,"

"If you say so," Abhishek smiled back.

Mayank glanced at him surprised as the other slowly intertwined their hands together, not looking at him at all. He bit his lip to stop his smile as he glanced around. Noticing that their professor was far ahead, he whispered, "Abhi, let's get out of here."

"What?! Wait, where are we going?" Abhishek exclaimed as Mayank dragged him in a different direction.

"Tu na kisi din marwayega hume," Abhishek panted as they stopped after running in an unknown direction for more than five minutes.

Mayank chuckled.

"Woah," Abhishek mumbled as he looked ahead.

"Is that a cliff?" Mayank gulped as they walked ahead, glancing down for a second before immediately stepping back. It was a very deep and dense cliff, they couldn't even see very far while glancing down.

"Agar yaha se gire to haddiya bhi nahi milegi," Abhishek chuckled, flopping down onto the grass. He laid down on the ground as Mayank sat beside him, gentle breeze flowing around, ruffling their hair as well as the tree leaves.

"Abhi?"

"Hm?"

"Do you like that girl?"

Abhishek opened his eyes, tilting his head to look at Mayank, "What girl?"

"The one you were talking to earlier, Mehak,"

Abhishek furrowed his brows, "No, who told you that?"

"Ish told me that she confessed so," Mayank shrugged.

Abhishek chuckled, "And he didn't told you that I refused?"

Mayank glanced away from him, "He did but he also said that you finds her cute,"

Abhishek laughed, "And you believed him?"

"Was I not supposed to?"

"No you weren't," Abhishek chuckled, looking at Mayank, their eyes locking together, "I do not like her, Okay?"

"Okay," Mayank muttered quietly, not breaking the eye contact.

Abhishek smiled, closing his eyes and humming lowly,

Ek din aap yu hamko mil jaiyenge,
Phool hi phool raaho mein khil jaiyenge,
Maine socha na tha,

Mayank smiled softly, his eyes stuck on Abhishek's face as he was singing with his eyes closed. He looked beautiful as the breeze messed with his hair, disheveling them. His eyes wandered on every single feature of the man as if he was a very important report paper and studying him thoroughly was what going to get Mayank passed in all his exams. He looked at Abhishek like he wanted to memorize every single detail of his face and print it on his mind, for forever.

Ek din aap yu hamko mil jaiyenge,
Phool hi phool raaho mein khil jaiyenge,
Maine socha na tha,

Mayank leaned down, brushing a strand of hair away from Abhishek's forehead, who stopped singing, opening his eyes.

"Don't stop, keep singing," Mayank whispered, their gazes locked together, his hand still lingering on the side of Abhishek's face.

Ek din zindagi itni hogi hasi,
Jhoomega aasman, gayegi ye zami,

Abhishek sang slowly, in a feathery, whispering like tone, a smile spreading on his face as Mayank's hand slowly caressed his face, his smile widening as Mayank joined, slowly singing along with him.

Ek din zindagi itni hogi hasi,
Jhoomega aasman, gayegi ye zami,
Maine socha na tha,

They quieted down, their eyes still not leaving each other. Abhishek could feel his heartbeat fastening by the intense gaze but oh, how much he loved it.

"Why are you staring at me?" He asked.

"Aise hi," Mayank smiled, "Why are you staring at me?" He asked as well.

Abhishek giggled, "Aise hi,"

Their eye contact was broken by the sound of Abhishek's phone ringing. He sat up straight, fishing his phone out of his pocket. It was Ishan.

"Sorry to interrupt the moment if you're having one but where the fuck are you both?"

It was the first thing Ishan said as soon as Abhishek picked up the phone.

Abhishek chuckled, "What moment? And who both? I don't know what you're talking about," He said, trying to sound as innocent as he could. He could literally imagine Ishan rolling his eyes back to the moon.

"Abhi, jyada drama mat kar varna ek chaped padegi tujhe," Ishan huffed, "Get back here immediately, Mrs. Banerjee's about to check if everyone's here or not. You both are gonna get in trouble,"

"Okay, we'll be there in a few minutes, bye," Abhishek muttered, hanging up the phone.

"You heard him, get up. Let's go," Abhishek said, getting up and dusting his clothes.

"I don't want to," Mayank pouted, "I was enjoying my time here,"

Abhishek chuckled, pulling him up, "You can enjoy your time there as well. Chal ab,"

Mayank sighed, "Fine."

-

Ishan sighed, sitting down on the grass, "I'm seriously annoyed by these idiots,"

Shubman sat beside him, "Do you think they might've confessed or something?" He asked.

"No,"

"Why?"

"'Cause they're dumb, I guess," Ishan chuckled, looking ahead at the greenery.

"If I were in their place, I would've already kissed, confessed and probably gotten married as well," He joked.

Shubman chuckled, "Really? You're that fast forward?"

"Yeah, I'm that fast forward," Ishan mumbled, winking at him.

"It's fine though, they'll figure this out on their pace," He added with a smile, "Akhirkar sabar ka fal meetha hota hai,"

"Meethe se yaad aaya," Shubman muttered, rummaging through his backpack that he has brought with him and getting out some candies, Kiss me candies to be precise.

"Here," He smiled, holding some out infront of Ishan.

"Oh, kiss me," Ishan smiled, picking one out. These are actually one of his favourite.

"Okay," Shubman smiled, leaning in to peck Ishan's cheek who's eyes widened, head snapping towards him in an instant.

"What the hell, Shubman?" Ishan mumbled, touching his cheek, his face turning red.

Shubman smiled innocently, "You said to kiss you,"

Ishan chuckled in disbelief, shaking his head, "God, you're so..." He mumbled, fanning his face for the blush to go away.

"Cute?"

"Unpredictable," Ishan said, rolling his eyes. Upon noticing the pout on Shubman's face, he chuckled, "Okay, fine. Cute as well."

"Yayyy," Shubman cheered, a bright smile smearing his face.