Sid was back in the hostel. His mood was totally off. Rashmi's words were spinning in his head.

"Aaj tak kisi bhi ladki ne meri itni insult nahi ki. Kya usse sach mein mere mein koi interest nahi hai? But I like her. Main apni feelings ka kya karu?" Sid said in his mind.

Suddenly his phone rang. Seeing the caller's name, he became angry.

He received the call and asked, "Kya chahiye? Why did you call me?"

"Tujhe humesha kyu lagta hai ki mujhe kuch chahiye? Main aise hi apne Bete ko call nahi kar sakti?" Rita Ji, Sid's mother asked.

"Without any reason aap kabhi kuch karti hai? Whatever, baataiye kyu phone kiya. Mujhe zyada der apse baat karna accha nahi lagta."

"Sid, woh main keh rahi thi ki, kaal tu ek baar ghar aa jaa."

"Why?"

"Because I'm missing you. Ghar hote hue bhi tu hostel mein rehta hai. At least kabhi kabhi toh mujhse aa ke mil liya kar. Mujhe khushi hogi."

"Apki khushi? That's what you always care about."

He paused for a while and said, "I'm not coming."

He immediately cut the call.

Rita Ji looked at the photo frame of her and Sid. Her eyes became teary.

Sid threw his phone on the bed and said, "You never cared about me. Apne mujhe mere sabse closest person se dur kar diya hai. For that I will always hate you Mom."

Sid kept sitting there holding his head.

At that moment, Kushal and Asim entered there as they were his roommates as well.

"Kya hua Bro? You are looking upset." Asim said while sitting beside him.

"Aaj jo hua uske baad upset hona natural nahi hai?" Sid said.

"Dekh yeh sab na teri wajah se hua hai. Kya zaroorat thi uss Rashmi ke peeche peeche bhagne ki? I'm telling you, woh acchi ladki nahi hai. Stay away from her." Kushal said.

"What are you even saying? I like Rashmi. And I believe that one day she will also start liking me. Main itni zaldi haar kaise maan jau?"

"Exactly. Aur mujhe lagta hai Rashmi bhi kahi na kahi tujhe like karti hai." Asim said suddenly.

"What? Are you serious? Dekha nahi aaj kaise insult kiya Sid ko?" Kushal asked.

"I agree. But I saw her face today. Tujhe insult karne ke baad woh bhi sad thi. Baar baar dekh rahi thi tujhe."

"Sach?" Sid asked excitedly. He saw a ray of hope.

"Yeah. I think Rashmi also likes you. Usse bas apni feelings samajh nahi aa rahi. Aur tujhe usse woh samjhana hoga."

"Bro, main kya karu? Sab kuch toh try kar ke dekh liya. Bhaav tak nahi deti mujhe. Kya karu yaar? Bohut badi problem hai."

"Toh phir iska solution bhi toh hai."

"Kya?"

"Teri Ms. Solution."

Sid immediately said, "Are you crazy? Yeh koi math ka problem hai kya jo main Ms. Solution ki help loon?"

"Haan Asim. Sana kaise iss mein Sid ki madad kar sakti hai?" Kushal asked.

"Tum log na samajh nahi rahe. Just listen to me carefully. Abhi Sid Rashmi ko bhaav de raha hai, isliye woh bhaav khaa rahi hai. Lekin agar Sid usse chhor kar kisi aur ladki ko, yaani Sana ko bhaav dene laga, then she will be jealous. Aur tab usse realise hoga ki woh Sid ko kitna like karti hai."

"Tu kehna kya chahta hai?" Sid asked.

"Main yeh hi kehna chahta hoon ki Rashmi ko chhor ke Sana ke saath closeness badha. Spend more time with her. Taa ki Rashmi ko lage tum dono ke bich kuch chal raha hai. Aur phir jab tera kaam ho jaaye toh tu Sana ko chhor dena. Kyu ki mujhe paata hai tujhe uske saath time spend karna bilkool pasand nahi hai."

Sid thought for sometime and said, "No no. This is a bad idea. Sana bohut innocent ladki hai. Aise uska use karna sahi nahi rahega."

"True. Aur Asim tu yeh sab kya bol raha hai? This is very wrong. Aur Sana toh Sid se pyaar karti hai. Uss bechari ka dil tut jayega." Kushal said.

"Dekh Kushal aisa kuch nahi hai. Woh koi pyaar vyaar nahi karti. Lekin phir bhi uske saath aisa karna bohut galat hoga." Sid said.

"Bro tujhe Rashmi chahiye yaa nahi?" Asim asked.

"Haan chahiye magar...."

"Phir tujhe yeh karna padega."

"Okay then main directly jaa ke Sana ko sab kuch baata deta hoon. Woh waise bhi meri help kar degi."

"Dekh sochna bhi mat. Sana kabhi teri help nahi karegi. Jab tune usko Rashmi ka homework karne ke liye bola, usne teri help ki?"

Sid nodded in no.

"Kyu ki tu maane yaa naa maane woh tujhse pyaar karti hai. Aur woh kabhi iske liye raazi nahi hogi."

"Asim tu bhi? Woh nahi karti mujhse pyaar...."

"Phir toh koi problem hi nahi hai. Agar tujhe lagta hai woh tujhse pyaar nahi karti then uska dil bhi nahi tutega aur tera kaam bhi ho jayega. Think about it Bro."

Sid started thinking.

"Lekin Sana hi kyu? School mein aur bhi toh ladkiya hai. Uss bichari ko hi kyu use kare?" Kushal said.

"Dekh Kushal, 3 reasons hai. Pehla, Sana ke dil mein Sid liye kuch liking yaa feelings toh hai. Isliye agar Sid uske paas gaya, woh reciprocate karegi. Dusra, Sid agar kisi aur ladki suppose Sheena jaisi ladkiyon ke close gaya, toh phir woh sab Sid ke upar chadh jaayengi, you know what I mean. But Sana bohut hi decent girl hai, uss se Sid ko koi khatra nahi hai. Aur teesra and main reason, jab Rashmi dekhegi ki Sid usse chhor kar Sana jaisi ek boring ladki ke saath time spend kar raha hai, soch usse kitna bura lagega, how much jealous she will be."

"But still this is wrong. Sid tu iski baaton mein mat aana. Sana ke saath bohut unfair hoga."

"Everything is fair in love and war." Sid said suddenly.

"Tu mujhe acting karne ko bol raha hai nah Asim? Main karunga. Rashmi ko paa ne ke liye main kuch bhi kar sakta hoon." He said.

"Lekin Sid...."

"Kushal, you are my friend, right?"

Kushal nodded.

"Then trust me, I won't do anything wrong. Bas kuch dino ke liye acting hi karna hai aur Sana ko thoda sa jhelna hai. I'll do it." Sid said.

Asim smirked.

"Now the game begins." Asim said in his mind.
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Next Day In The School....

Sid entered the school. He saw Rashmi and Devoleena standing. He started moving forward.

Devoleena noticed him coming and said to Rashmi, "Woh aa raha hai tera Romeo."

Rashmi smirked and said, "Kaha tha na, phir se aa jayega."

Rashmi was expecting that he would come to her. But Sid simply ignored her and went to Sana and Shivangi who were standing at a far distance.

"What the fuckk!" Rashmi mumbled.

Sid went to them and said, "Hi!"

"Hi!" They both said.

"What's up? Kya baatein ho rahi hai?" Sid asked.

"Tujhe kyu baataye?" Shivangi said.

"Nahi main toh bas aise hi puch raha tha."

Sid didn't say anything for sometime. Sana and Shivangi were also silent and looking at Sid. Sid was dying to start a conversation.

"Aaj ka weather bohut accha hai." He said suddenly.

"Haan accha hai...." Sana said. It was very awkward situation for her. She couldn't understand what Sid wanted to say exactly.

"Tera dress bohut accha hai. Bohut pretty lag rahi hai tu iss mein." Sid said to Sana.

"Sid tera dimaag thik hai? Yeh mera school uniform hai. Roz yeh hi pehenti hoon main." Sana said.

"Haan? Oo haan haan.... sorry main bhul gaya tha..."

Sid hit his own head after understanding what stupid things he was saying.

"Sid, what happened? Agar koi problem hai then you can tell me. Itna hesitate toh tu kabhi nahi karta." Sana said.

"Problem? Nahi toh. Koi problem nahi hai. Main toh bas aise hi tujhse baat karne aaya tha."

Now Sana and Shivangi both were hell shocked.

"Tu sirf baat karne aaya tha? Woh bhi mujhse?" Sana asked. It was unbelievable for her.

"Sid, tu thik toh hai nah? Bukhar vukhar toh nahi hai tujhe?" Shivangi asked.

"Nahi main thik hoon."

"Let me check." Sana said and put her hand on his forehead.

"Nahi bukhar toh nahi hai. Kaal kuch ulta seedha khaa liya tha kya?"

"Arrey main bilkool thik hoon. Why are you guys reacting like this?"

"Nahi tu kaafi changed lag raha hai isliye. Accha, hum class mein milte hai okay." Sana said and left from there with Shivangi.

"Yeh Sid aaj kuch zyada hi ajeeb tarah se behave nahi kar raha?" Shivangi asked Sana.

"Mujhe bhi kuch gadbad lag raha hai. Pehli baar bina kisi problem ke woh mujhse baat karne aaya hai. It's very shocking." Sana said.

"Aur uss se bhi badi baat, kaal tak toh Rashmi ke peeche bhaag raha tha. Aaj suddenly tere paas kyu aaya? Koi toh baat hai. Just be careful."

Sana nodded.

Sid watched them going. Then she looked behind. But Rashmi and Devoleena were not there.

"Ab yeh dono kaha chale gaye? Rashmi ne kuch notice bhi kiya yaa nahi? Yaaha samajh nahi aa raha Sana ke saath kaise baat karu, kaise time spend karu, aur waaha Rashmi ka koi reaction tak nahi mil raha. Asim ka idea kaam toh aayega na?" Sid said in his mind.
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What will happen next?

Will Asim's idea actually work?

Will it change everything between Sid and Sana?

Stay tuned...

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