Amber's P. O. V

"So why were you behaving so reserved yesterday?" Vihaan asks me, his back turned to me.

Ayana had just called and she informed him that she will be getting some Rochelle chick home. I finished my washroom business and walked out. I was hungry and so I put my hand on the wall and started taking calculated steps to the kitchen. I heard footsteps behind me.

"You hungry?" he asks me and I nod. Vihaan became a little quiet after that.

I had counted my steps to the stool, keeping my hands in front of me. Once I felt the cool marble of the table, I turned around it to find the tall stool. I sat on it, feeling around for the spoon.

"I'm just awkward around people," I say and shrug, turning the cool metal handle of the spoon in my hand.

"Why is that? You have nothing to be awkward about," he says and I almost scoff.

"You guys were strangers, obviously I'm not going to get along soo quickly. Infact, I don't particularly have a good experience with...people."

He turns around and I can smell something extremely delicious coming near to me. I feel something hot between both my hands.

"The food's on the plate now. You can start. I hope now you won't be awkward around us anymore."

I'm thinking whether I should ear it or not. No, I don't think he's drugged it or something, I just don't know how it'll taste. It smells good though...

"You should stay away from her-" Vihaan started off and I heard three pair of footsteps shuffling in the room.

I felt someone's presence beside me before Ayana informed me that Vihaan's left the room and that I can eat what he made for me because, apparently, he's a great cook.

I couldn't agree more after I tasted the food because, it was only scrambled eggs, but it had so much flavour I moaned at the taste of it.

Then my brother along with Krisanne arrived. Ayana walked out first and Ethan spoke up for the first time. I didn't even realise he is in the room.

"Did...Vihaan misbehave or something with you?" he asks me hesitantly and I don't know what, but something snaps in me.

"No he didn't. Infact, he and both those girls who I just met yesterday have taken better care of me than you or an ass of my brother ever will."

I move to get up and walk out before he speaks up.

"I didn't mean it like that Amber. They're strangers, don't trust them more than it's necessary," he says and I take a deep breath before nodding stiffly.

I hear a chair moving and plates clinking before he speaks up."Come on, I'll guide you out."

"No, it's okay. I know the way."

I walk out with calculated steps and feel him behind me closely.

As soon as I reach out, I hear Ayana, Krisanne and Vihaan singing something in Hindi, I guess. Then they start laughing and my confused brother asked them the meaning.

I am left unnoticed, so usual. I quietly move to the couch to sit.

If they're going to ignore me, I might as well be comfortable while they do it.

Just then Vihaan's phone rings and everyone is silent. Someone plops down on the sofa beside me.

I ask Ayana why suddenly everyone is silent and she tells me she's trying to figure out the same.

Just then Vihaan says 'very interesting people' out loud and I have a feeling it's for me.

Nah, can't be. I'm not interesting at all. He must be talking about my brother.

Vihaan announces that his friends are coming and Ayana drags us to the girls room.

The time that I'm spending here the best time I've had in a while. The way they robbed the food in team work and the way they understood each other is epic.

Then came the pact.

Initially, I felt that they obviously wouldn't tell me everything truthfully because I just met them yesterday. But they proved me wrong. They were so friendly and I think they understood my dilemma because they made this pact.

I ask them my first question and their answers speak volumes about them. More than them, their answers speak alot about Vihaan.

It tells me that they didn't have it easy, just like me. They have their problems, just like me. But they fight through it, with each other, with their best friends, which I didn't have.

They didn't let people in easily. They judged people on what is inside and not by their looks. They were fun in their way and they accepted each other with the good and bad.

They we're friends with each other for the right reasons.

Then came my story. I've already told them before and I repeat the same things again.

Then came the call. Frankly, I am also a little worried.

Then came the moment of epic embarrassment for Ayana. She, as I expected, fought back.

One thing I had understood about Ayana, that she's very bold. She didn't give a shit about anyone or anything. I found that really amusing.

The way she fought and countered, it's funny enough to hear, I'm sure I'd laugh if I have to see it happen.

I said that to Vihaan and Krisanne who chuckled lightly.
I heard Krisanne leave and I guess that left just me and Vihaan.

"So, what were you girls doing for so many hours inside the room?" Vihaan asks me and I smile.

"Nothing special, just general stuff."

"If you don't want to tell me, it's fine. Don't lie," Vihaan said, trying to sound serious but the amusement in his voice gave him away.

"They were telling me about how they became friends with you because of your cooking and photography skills."

"Oh," he says and I nod. I have a lot of questions in my mind, but I ask the one that bothered me most.

"Why were you so detached back then? You had people willing to be your friends for who you are, weren't they?" I ask him and I hear him sigh.

"Like you said, I didn't have a good experience with...people. Everything around me was so fake, I started to believe that can be real," he says, strain clear in his voice and I decide to leave it at that.

"So, photography, huh?" I ask and he chuckles.

"Yeah, photography. I wish to be a professional photographer one day."

"Wow, so when you do get all famous, will you do a photo shoot with me?" I ask him.

I feel him settle beside me in the couch."I can do one now and then when I become famous, you can show people the pictures and say that you were indeed the first girl to work professionally with me."

I chuckle humourlessly at that."I was just joking about the photo shoot Vihaan. I can't do those. I'm not pretty or confident enough to pose for the cameras. Why would you want to even do your first professional shoot with me?"

"You'll see."

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Now, when I'm lying on my bed, it's almost midnight, I can't help but think about what Vihaan said.

Very interesting.

Why was his voice so strained when he spoke about the fake stuff?

and what did he mean by you'll see?

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