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"What nonsense? Whose that guy? I told you not to involve yourself with any guy" Mary yelled at Ira when by mistake she took Ehan's name, too engrossed in speaking.

A mischievous grin appeared on Ira's face.

"Wow! Mary. I never thought it would feel this nice to hear you scold me" she praised in a dramatic tone, the one which annoys Mary to death.

"Shut up. Can't you just stop talking nonsense? Grow up, Ira. I didn't send you that far to befriend guys and forget the real purpose" Mary yelled, this time more like screaming.

"Very good, Mary. Go ahead. And don't forget to add 'Go and study now' thing at the end" Ira encouraged, hugging Hunny bunny closer.

"Will you just shut up, Ira? You stupid girl. Concentrate on studies. If I ever hear any guy's name from your mouth, I'll come there to drag you back to India and bury you alive. Got it?"

"You have that much of money?" Ira gasped, speaking in a serious tone.

"Shut up" marry yelled and hanged up, making Ira shrug.

Mary sat on the bed with a thud, breathing heavily. "This girl is going to be the reason of my death someday".

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While walking to his classroom early in the morning, Ehan noticed Ira with her friends on the ground. She was sitting on a wooden bench with her legs on either sides. Shruti and Honey was also with her. He turned to walk away but something caught his eyes. Honey, who was sitting infront of Ira, in the same way as her, was bringing his hand to place over her thigh. Ehan don't know why, but he stopped on his track. His angry eyes looking at his hands as it travelled towards her. It looked like the scene played in slow motion. Ehan's breathe hitched when Honey's hand was an inch away from Ira's clothed thigh. It was just in a nano second when a guy standing beside Honey, smacked his back, laughing at something Ira said, causing Honey's hand to drop by his side without touching Ira.

Ehan let out a breathe he don't know he was holding. All the doubts and negative vibes he was getting from Honey seemed meaningful then. He don't know what's happening but a fear occupied his heart. It may be something unintentional for Honey but his heart was not ready to accept that.

He made a mental note of warning Ira, as she's too innocent that she'll easily fall in trap.

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"You are not serious about this scholarship, are you?" Ehan asked, pushing the test papers back to Ira. As he said, she wrote the test which was solving math sums and problem. She proved to be terrible in maths, which made the already angry Ehan, angrier.

"Ofcourse, I'm serious. It's just..."

"You said you would prepare half of the syllabus, didn't you?"

"Yes, I did. But..."

"But what, Ira?" His voice was low, at the same time, angry.

"I don't have time. I study either before sleeping or early in the morning. Both the timing just doesn't help me read. I feel sleepy" she reasoned, looking pitiful.

"Then why don't you make use of the time you spend with that indecent friend of yours?" he whisper yelled, clenching his jaw.

"Who? Honey?" She guessed, frowning at Ehan. He didn't reply, looking down at the table.

"Why do you both hate eachother so much? Do you guys have any personal problem?"

Ehan took a deep breathe, inhaling some fresh air.

"I don't have any personal problem with anyone. The thing is, he is indecent. Take it as a warning for your own good, Ira. He is not a nice guy. Stay away from him" he warned in a hesitant but serious tone.

"He said the same thing about you" words slipped out of her mouth before she could stop herself. She covered her mouth with both her hands, looking at him with wide eyes. Ehan raised his eyebrows at that.

"I don't know what he told you, but mark my words. He is not upto any good with you. Be careful" he grabbed his bag, making his way out of there.

"When the girls don't like eachother, it's called cat fight. Would the same with boys be called as.... Dog fight?" Ira wondered, leaning on her chair.

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Not wanting to upset Ehan, Ira prepared for the mathematics test with all her heart. She made an excuse of being sick to her employer and stayed at home, practising to solve the mathematical problems.

Next day, without Ehan forcing her, she started solving the new question paper he handed her.

She sat keenly observing him as he evaluated her test papers. He didn't spoke since they had the tiniest argument regarding Honey.

"Have I done it good?" She asked being impatient. He just nodded in response, pushing the paper to her.

She looked at the marks which stated 81. "Wow! I'm not bad" she proudly said and looked at him, as if asking him if think the same. "You should atleast praise me" she complained, when he remained quiet, holding his jacket sleeves to shake him.

"Not bad" he mouthed, keeping his eyes fixed at the open book infront.

"Are you still angry?" She asked, loosening her hold on his hand.

"No" came his straight answer.

"Why are you so serious all the time? I just couldn't make out whether your are angry, uninterested or bored" she whined, complaining.

"Wait. I think I know what's wrong with you" her tone lowered as she spoke in a detective tone. He lift his gaze to meet hers, expecting her to state what she meant.

"You had a girlfriend?!" she said out of nowhere.

"What?" He gave her a twisted expression, not understanding whether it was a question or statement.

"You loved her like crazy?! She was your everything?! You were ready to die for her?!" She spoke in an overly dramatic way.

"What are you saying, Ira?" She was being too much.

"But one day, you caught her red handed.... Cheating on you?!" She completed in a serious tone, looking at him with mouth agape and eyes wide.

He threw his hands on air, asking what was that.

"This is the reason you are like this, with no smile on your face, no happiness, cheerfulness, nothing. Isn't it?" she concluded proudly, as if she successfully solved a mystery.

"You are not only weird but crazy as well" he commented, standing up to leave.

"You mean, nothing of this sort happened with you?" She stood up as well, taking hasty steps as he began to walk out.

"No"

"Then why are you like this?" He was gone before she could ask that.

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"Are you still angry?" Ira's innocent face flashed as Ehan sat near the window to gaze at the sky, after completing his homework and making some simplified notes for Ira.

He couldn't forget the way Honey was trying to touch her.

He sighed, thinking more about her.

"I don't have time" the way she whined, made him feel sorry for her.

"I'm I being too harsh on her?" He asked himself.

She's too young to handle all the stress of studies as well as a job. But the way she is going, being careless about studies, she is gonna lose her scholarship anytime.

"I need to think of a way" he decided, nodding. He began to think hard of a way to help her, a way which would give her plenty of time to study as well as she could earn to make a living.

His mobile went off, dragging him out of his thoughts. He looked at the caller ID and as expected, it was Ira.

"Hi" he heard her from the other side.

"Hi"

"Are you still angry?" He felt like he was processing her earlier words as she asked him the same.

"N... No" he stuttered for God knows what.

"You still sound so" she commented.

She was right, he was angry. Not because she wasn't taking his words seriously, but because he couldn't do anything about it. He was scared of her being harmed by Honey or someone else, just because she's too naive.

"I know I'm stupid. But I promise, I'll be careful around Honey. I know you are just concerned about me and I respect you for that very much" her words gave him a wired kind of satisfaction.

He stopped himself before he could smile, "I'm just being a responsible person. I felt something wrong and I warned you. Now it's upto you how you save yourself"

"You mean, you are not angry anymore? Thank you" She squealed, making him distance himself from the mobile.

"Did you have dinner?" She started a casual conversation once she was done squealing.

"Yes, I had. Where are you now, by the way?"

"On my way back home"

"At this time? It's 10.15 already" he said, checking the time on his wrist watch.

"There were more customers today. So some of us had to stay back and serve their orders" He could imagine her made a sad face, gesturing with her hands as she explained.

"Why don't you look for some other job, which would give some time to rest and study?"

"I thought of it too but i don't think there's any job for me. Besides, I'm happy with whatever I have" she gratefully said, smiling.

There was silence for a few seconds until Ehan broke it by asking, "Do you still study on bed?

"I have no other option. I told you, there's not enough space to pace at my place" she said, entering her building.

"Why don't you pace on bed? I hope it's King sized" he suggested.

"King sized bed would take up all the space in my apartment. I have a single, tiny little bed" she said, standing infront of lift.

"Single bed?" Ehan whispered to himself, "Where does your Hunny bunny sleeps then? On the floor?" He asked out of curiosity and immediately regretted his question as she answered.

"No. Why would he sleep on floor? I couldn't sleep without hugging close to my heart and...."

"It's okay, Ira. Good night, bye" he hanged up in an instant, leaving her confused.

"Why does he gets so uncomfortable talking about Hunny bunny?" She wondered, getting into the lift.

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