"Hello you." He said again as he was continuing to close the distance between us.

"He..l.. hello." I stuttered.

"Hmmm, nervous. What are you nervous about headphone girl ?" He asked as he stopped walking when he was satisfied with the distance between us, which I must say, was very less.

"I am not nervous." I finally got myself together and spoke.

"Hmmm, is that so. Anyways, your Ruhi, right ?" He said further.

"Well you see that's not a surprise, you are the girl who is always late for every class. Everyone in the class knows your name." He told me the obvious.

"Ohh."

"Well you always come with your boyfriend, then how come today you are alone ?" He asked.

"First thing, he is not my boyfriend, he is my brother. And secondly, why do you need to know this ?" I asked, a bit irritated now.

"Well, I wanted to make sure my girlfriend is single." He said smirking, and God, as handsome as he, what he said angered me.

"Hmmm, is that so. Well who said that I am your girlfriend ?" I asked angrily.

"It seems that you are right. So then, what do say wanna be my girlfriend, Headphone girl." He said smiling.

"Hey you mister, don't you dare think that I would want to be your girlfriend ever. Just clear out that misunderstanding of yours." I shouted.

"We will see." He replied and started walking.

Though at present I was irritated to the core, but I had to follow him anyways because it was the only way to college.

He did not say anything further as we continued to walk to the college.

Once I reached my class, I looked around to see if any of the benches were empty. And unfortunately, only one bench was empty, and that too the one where that guy was sitting.

He saw me, and gave me a cute smile. And I looked around again to see if I could find Prachi, but she was no where to be seen. Maybe she skipped college today.

"Yeah, take all the time you want to find yourself a sit Ruhi. It's not like the class is gonna start anytime soon."  Mr. Mehra said.

And I hurriedly made my way towards the only sit remaining and sat across him. And Mr. Mehra started with his lecture.

"Couldn't stay away from me, huh." That guy said, nudging my arm.

"Its not like I had a choice to choose a sit." I said and started paying more attention to the lecture.

"Anyways, my name is Virajas." He said.

"As if I am interested in knowing your name." I said.

"I don't get it. Why are you being so rude. I was just telling you my name." He said.

"I really have no interest in talking with you. So if you don't mind can I concentrate." I said.

"Yeah sure. Concentrate all you want. I won't be disturbing you now."  He said, and sure enough he didn't disturb me the rest of the lecture.

I actually felt a little bad for how I acted, but that didn't mean that I was gonna say sorry.

After the lecture, he quickly got up and left and joined the rest of his gang. And I was sitting alone on the bench now.

"Hey Ruhi." I heard a guy call my name, so I turned around and saw Rahul smiling at me.

"No Prachi today, huh. I just wanted to know what was Virajas talking with you about ?" He asked.

"Nothing, maybe he was just making small talks." I replied.

"So anyways, how are you ?" he asked.

"Peachy," I replied to which he just laughed.

Usually, I really hate talking to people, but Rahul has some different aura around him, I actually feel fine talking with him.

Within a week, I made two friends already. And that made me think, that maybe , just maybe I should give Virajas a chance too.

"Okay, I am sorry, but I gotta leave. The lectures gonna start anytime now. You wouldn't mind me going,right," he said.

"Of course not. go on." I said.

"So, you really thought I would leave such a cute girl all by herself, huh. that's not me," He said giving me a cute smile.

"Really Rahul, its fine you don't have to do this," I said.

"Well, I don't think its fine, so you are gonna come with me. And as much as I can guess, you are not a people person, so don't worry, it would just be me," he said.

"Okay. You are too sweet Rahul. And its true, I dont like being around people much." I told him as I got up from my place.

He then asked me to sit with him for the next lecture. and just as I say,

Mr. Vyas entered and then the most boring lecture began.

"He really sucks at teaching, right ?" Rahul asked.

"Yeah, he really does," I said. and then we spend the lectures making jokes about our sir and laughing. And before we knew it, the lecture was over, and we had our break.

"Hey, bitches." I heard Prachi's voice.

"Finally you are here. how can you leave me alone," I said to Prachi.

"Well, you don't seem anywhere near alone. You are with one of the sweetest boys I know," Prachi said hugging Rahul by side.

"Yeah, he sure is sweet. Unlike that irritating Virajas," I said.

"Virajas? You talked with him. What did you talk about?" She asked.

"What does it matter Prachi ?" Rahul said.

"Oh, of course, you would say that after all, he is your ex-best friend," Prachi said.

"What, you guys were best friends ?" I asked.

"More like brothers." Prachi said sighing.

"So what happened ?" I asked.

"It doesn't matter now, we were best friends once, and aren't anymore. whats the big deal ?"Rahul said.

"Okay, let's just go and have some food okay. I am craving samosa," Prachi said smiling.

The rest of the time passed soon enough. And then college was finished, and we were free to go home. Finally!

"Okay, see you guys tomorrow," Prachi said while going her way. And I walked with Rahul till the auto stand, and then he left.

I was really in the mood to walk today, so I again put on my headphones and started walking. After sometime time I saw someone walking in front of me. And I realized he was none other than Virajas.

Now, I knew I didn't really need to apologize to him, but still, I felt bad and so I caught up with him.

"Hey," I said and he simply ignored me.

"Hey, Virajas," I repeated and this time he looked at me and stopped.

"What is the matter now, I am not disturbing you or anything," He said quietly and continued walking.

"Yeah, about that. I am sorry. I know I was kinda rude to you." I apologized.

"You don't need to say sorry actually. It's okay," he said.

Now call it anything but since I met Prachi I am almost back to my old self. I am able to talk to people. Maybe she was the boost I needed, and I have no idea why, but I just wanted to know Virajas.

"So you are also headed to where I am headed. So where do you live ?" I asked.

"I am quite surprised you didn't know, I live in the bungalow next to yours. I am your neighbor, Headphone girl," he said.

"I have a name, you know. And I really had no idea we were neighbors," I told him.

"I know Ruhi, but Headphone girl suits you since you are always with your headphones," he said.

"Yeah," I said and the remaining time we walked side by side with no one saying anything.

And soon we reached, and just as I was about to go inside my home, he called me.

"Hey Ruhi, I am also sorry for how I talked with you this morning. It was really stupid," He said rubbing the back of his head, which made him look even sexier than he already looked.

"Its okay," I said and got inside.

Maybe I am recovering from that incident after all. Dhruv is gonna be so happy.