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As soon as Neil entered the classroom, the Professor choose the exact time to arrived behind him.
Neil threw a death glare at Ali on the way sliding into his seat, that is a desk ahead of him.
Ali rolled his eyes in a funny way dodging off his glare but inside he is fidgety thinking of facing the wrathful Neil Khanna soon.

Forwith the classroom have settled with their notes, soon everyone got engrossed in the topic they have been demonstrated.

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Neil

I was checking my pH leaning to my desk waiting for the next class to start.I felt someone put a palm on my shoulder.I turned my head to see the person behind. And there he is. I saw Ali giving me a cheeky smile, and my hands clenched to get a grip of his throat to strangle him.

Swatting his hand off my shoulder harshly I immediately turned my head and looked away.

"Arey sorry yaar" Ali trailed off in a pleading tone, he moved forward and stood facing me.

I rolled my eyes ignoring him I curtly shifted back my gaze on my pH screen. My face hardened.

"Listen I Know I did a blunder, I shouldn't have said especially anything related to Bebe....."
Ali paused speaking further he walked out of his desk and stood in front of my desk reasoning himself.

Nerve of him.

I raised my eyes up off my pH screen. I let out a stiff sigh glaring at him, my each muscles tensing up to throw a punch straight on his shitty mouth but I shut my eyes to control the rising rage inside me that has arose at his imploring countenance.

"Bro...I mean it" he pleaded in a repentant face.

I scoffed a heavy breath throwing a rough view around the classroom furiously. Most of the students have gone outside at the corridor area it's an interval just before the next Professor will arrive.

Gritting through my teeth I snarled "why did you say her that I'm apologetic for my behaviour?"

Shoving my pH aside on the desk I stood up glaring at him. Supporting my both arms upon the desk I leaned closer to his face, my stoney gaze straight into his. I saw him gulped. Good to see him grounded. He deserve it.

"Hey easy man.. let me clarify my side first" Ali spoke under a jittery smile, took back step putting his arm on my shoulder to which I breath heavily.

"And what was that" I narrowed my gaze at his hand on my shoulder then tilted my arctic gape back to him.

"What's up guys" kk interrupted coming towards us, he stood beside me and Ali following by our gang along.

"Ookkky" Ali blew out a frustrated sighed before he persisted.

" So if you guys have forgotten then let me remind you, it's my birthday this Sunday, so I want you all at my place in the evening. Even this time I have invited Avni especially along with Rea, to be my guest on my day" Ali said in a deep tone looking at all of them then bring back his gaze at me.

My eyes narrowed, a deep scowled appeared at his declaration he made just now. Why Avi? Neither She is our friend nor even our class fellow then why her? My jaws clenched.

"So that's the fucking reason you stooped your bestie down before that girl??" I blurted out scoffing plastering a smirk at the corner of my lips distasteful.

Ali startled by my words. He blinked her eyes being hurt. See what happened when something ordinary comes between two friends. My face taut by the picture of her in my mind.

"Hey relax Neil , I didn't mean to... moreover I had just tried to patch up you guys...and yeah she is a nice girl..." Ali smile broadly explaining me to believe his statement just now he has made. How could he dare to smile pulling such kind of stuff demeaning me?

I removed his hand impetuously off my shoulder, sat back on my seat. There is no point talking to him anymore. Here I give up. I have no interest to talk about that girl with him.

"And who gave you that huge responsibility on your those weak shoulders to patch up us??" I retorted with all my suppressed exasperation.

"Ohterri!!! How could I forgot that...yeah it's Ali's b'day coming next" kk said excitedly widening his eyes and I rolled my eyes.
"And yeah we will definitely attending it anyways..." Kk added..
Everyone stifled their laughter gazing at Me then Ali back and forth.
Now what was that?

An abrupt grunt rolled out my chest I grabbed my ph from my side, put off the net data and slipped it inside my jeans pocket.

Ali took his bag animatedly from the backseat where he was a period ago. 
Abruptly pushing me to shift he took the seat beside me. Great.

I was just wondering what he is upto now..."Ali just get lost" I said gritting through my teeth and turned my face another side dodging him.

"By the way Ali it's not clear yet. Why do you want to see her on your b'day" Kk wobbled his brows teasingly few times, waited for his answer..I instantly turned my gaze at Ali.

Am I curious too??

To hear his answer as much as Kk and our gang was??

Ali licked his bottom lip once looked at me them moved his gaze at them and replied in a reluctant tone.
"Aaactually I had to invite Rea as always I do so.... I thought it would be odd if I don't invite her bestie so I just invi....." Ali replied with a tint of nervousness all over his face, left his sentence unfinished. And I gaped, tried to see through his soul. Is there anything in his words  to bother over? Couldn't decipher any.

"Humm.... that's it right?" Monish added holding amusement in his tone,put his left hand around kk's shoulder. I saw they winked at eachother then shifted their focus back on Ali.

What's going on?

"Yess absolutely!!!!" Ali shrugged his shoulder avoiding their teasing gaze upon him...
"And you two don't you dare to throw me that shitty look..." pointing his index finger at them Ali glared leaning back on the seat relaxingly....

Monish slipped his hand away kk and leaned towards Ali to tease him more not deciding to end this topic nearly soon but before that he got interrupted by our HOD...
Everyone who were outside few minutes past they all came back inside to attend the class now...

I signed getting my breathing back that I was holding since waiting for his answer.

Why there is a wired feeling, like a  prophesy, if something gonna be happened not so pleasant.

Why Ali is so much interested in that girl? and what happened to you Neil you always end up ignoring his stupidity in sake of your friendship, no matter how pissed you are with him. Everytime you just end up being friend all over with him again. This is what a voice chanted in my head and I sighed.

Nevertheless at that moment my concern was not Ali, I just wanted to know... aaaarrrrrgggg!!!! I don't know actually what I wanted to know.

Fuck...

I clenched my pen tightly being highly unsettled by my own thoughts.

I tried to concentrate as hard as I could have been on the topic at this moment our HOD trying to explain it since last 15 minutes...

I surmise.

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We just have finished our lunch sitting around a table in Canteen. As we have half an hour still left for the lunch time to pass over therefore we decided to practice cricket in the field backside of our college building, as Inter college Cricket Tournament will be held on Next month around that last week.
leaving the spot we stepped outside the canteen area. We were making our way forward passing the crowd on the way we saw three of them, that boy, Rea and Avni.
My gaze straight fell on Avni...
She was smiling brightly staring at that boy. He was blabbering something making some amusing expressions god knows what walking in between the girls both sides beside him.

Controlling her laughter she shook her head softly and inadvertently her eyes fell on me. And then everything around got blurred.

I couldn't shift my eyes away from her, I just kept staring at her. A small frown appeared on her forehead, staring at me she blinked her eyes rapidly few times then quickly shifted her gaze away me to straight. But the duration was point five seconds she again brought her gaze back at me. Again Our eyes met. With the bemused countenance flipping her eyelids few times looking at me she lowered her gaze.
And we walked past eachother...

I signed nonchalantly shifting my eyes towards Ali I saw him mouthing hii to Rea and the next moment making some strange glances he signaled something through his fingers at her which I couldn't apprehended and instantly my jaws tightened.

And the reason wasn't registered to me "why I'm so effected??"

hollyshit.

Being irked I have just slipped my hand inside my pocket to bring out my pH then I realised I left it in the canteen, must be on the table we had been seated few minutes back.

"Hey guys I must have left my ph over there on our table" I paused frantically searching my pH inside my each pocket.

My words caused their attention turned to me abruptly halting on their way.

"I'll see you guys in the field" not waiting for their any kind of queries regarding the said reasons I ran inside the canteen breaking the huge crowd on my way.

I huffed moving close to the table we have had our lunch few minutes back.
Voila ! I found it exactly where I had kept it last time while having my lunch chatting with Raj beside me.

Luckily my pH was still lying there on that very spot.
I immediately took it in my grip, unlocked the screen to confirm its mine.
I smiled on my fate gripped it tightly and turned my back about to head back outside. And then Something audible got into my ears. Some voices.

"Hey we should respect our college topper Rea..." A male voice said between munching his food probably. It seemed so the distance I was standing there.

"He is a Nakcharah... N for Nakchadah...." I heard a girly voice giggled when I was about to move away the spot being uneasy to eavesdropping. That is very unlike me.

"E for egoistic " the boy added. And my whole body got alarmed.

"I for idiot" the girl chuckled rediculously and I clenched my fist, by then I have already figured it out that there are toying with my name.

"And L for loveable" I heard a shy girly voice this time. There is no control over my heart it is elated, haywire, what not. Unknowingly a smile crept on my lips. What did she just called me?
( I had thought to write Laudable instead of the word Lovable but I quit at the last moment nahito kuch jyada hojata haina😜😜)

"What!!! What did you just say Avni!!! Neil and lovable" that girl...nope she is Rea I'm more than sure now. She raised her voice and laughed maniacally and my heart dropped at her statement. What if she believe her. I'm really not that bad. Not for her. Wait What did I just said?

"You must be kidding" Rea snorted out dismissing her comment, caused me flinched out of my mind back to them.

"Just stop it Rea! he is not that bad as you always say" Avni reasoned out and my heart hitched.
Yeah that she is. The girl is Avni, and her group.

I felt inside my chest it has increased, caused my throat dry all of a sudden.
I swallowed hard. Is this the effect because of her words? Those she has appraised explicating an alphabet from my name?

"Lovable" My lips enuntiated the word few times leaving me flushed uncharacteristically. I could ever think of someone could find me lovable
Not even in my Dreams I can imagine such scene, like anyeone describing me as such endearment.

In response to this Would I be happy? Or stay impassive as always?  What would I do now.
This girl. I took a look at their direction and run my hand through my hair confusingly.

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Rea kept blabbering something more in a her sarcastic tone in contrast of her bestie's statement but those words didn't get registered into my brain. Because I could ever imagined in my worst dream that she could think of this kind of word for me.

Well, I'm well aware of the fact that I have mostly presented myself to someone rude but adore? kind ? jovial?  Because last time I have remembered she didn't got to see anything as such from my side, Since the day she has entered university!

All I did, as ever, means I threw my temper, ignorance at her.
Recalling those accidental rendezvous I sighed deeply. May be I shouldn't have appeared so rude to her.

Just few steps ahead across a broad pillar they were seating around a small table. They were so much engrossed denotating the each alphabets of my name. Or I can say according to them finding the true meaning of my name, they didn't notice me. I was standing just another side behind that fat pillar.

I came back from my trance. Not to be caught by them at any cost, I swiftly managed to moved away that place.

Unfortunately on the way Srija our class fellow and her group interrupted me the moment
I just succeeded skittering away the spot, outside the canteen.

"Hiii Neeeil" dragging her words in a coquettish tone she plastered a flirtious smile on her lip along with the other girls behind her.

"Hi" I returned her a constricted, clipped smile.

She came closer and was attempted to say something but I gingerly took a step back. She is spoiling my mood.

"I'm in a bit hurry I'll see you later.. bye" was my instant reply. I smiled decently, hastened my steps forward not leaving any ground to let her speak further. Her face fell she blinked her eyes few times, bemused. And that's how smoothly I passed over her.

Loveable.....did I hear it correctly? I couldn't help the thought hit my brain again creating some foreign sensations inside me. I racked my hair staring back at the place not to be visible from where I halted taking few inhales under my escalated heart.

Am I blushing? A perplex grin crept on my lips being unsure. My fingers rubbed through my trimmed beard few times in utter confusion. I never felt my heart until now.

It's my chest that slipped out a small chuckle of my own surprise when I shook my head shrugging everything off my mind.
Later I made my way jogged towards the college playground, where my friends were waiting for me to arrive.

I consider this isn't real. Absolutely not.

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