Krisanne's P.O.V

"Rey, see this is the list of things that you have to find and study, please prepare. My team mates, Amna and Delnaz are coming, we have to sit through this and prepare you entirely for tomorrow," I instruct Rey and he sighs.

"I'll be in the same room with three beautiful girls and I'll have to study?" he asks with a cute frown and I roll my eyes.

"Yes, you'll be in the room with two beautiful girls and all you can do is study," I say and he raises his eyebrow.

"Why two? Which one of them is not pretty?" he asks and props his elbows on the table before placing his head on his palm.

"I'm talking about myself," I say truthfully and he narrows his eyes at me.

"But you are pretty," he says and I glance at him to see a genuine expression on his face.

Krisanne, all guys are the same, remember?

I brush it off."It's not important, search for all this and finish it off."

I move to turn around and leave the room when he stops me by holding my wrist. I immediately stiffen and turn around to glare at him and then his hand on my wrist. Either he didn't notice me glaring or he ignored it.

I'm about to speak up and tell him to back off when he beats me to it."Krisanne, it's not always about the face, not that I'm saying you have a bad one. There are alot of other attributes in a girl that makes us boys want to, not only love, but also respect and worship her. You have those, don't underestimate yourself so much," he says and let's go of my wrist before opening the flap of his laptop and working.

I'm just standing there, dumbfounded.

I can't believe the fact that a guy just said that to me.

I just shake my head and move out of the room because the air there is clearly messing with my sanity.

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"Alright, so now let's begin with my favourite section, bollywood." I say with a giddy smile.

Amna and Delnaz give me knowing smiles and shake their heads at me while Rey and Amber give me puzzling looks.

"What's possibly there to know about bollywood? They're just splendid, colourful dance and music performances right?" Rey asks and I roll my eyes at him.

"No, Bollywood is not only about that. We have good movies with good story lines. It's just that we have songs and dancing in between of the movie and that also because they're a part of our story telling," I explain and both his eyebrows rise and he forms an 'o' with his mouth before nodding.

I swear, if I get the time, I'll make him watch a Hindi movie for sure.

"Yeah, so like all other topics, I'm only going to go over only the basics on this one too. The difficult questions, let's just hope they don't come to you," I say and look up at the sky with a hopeful expression, silently requesting god to accept my wish.

I look back at him and he's silently chuckling looking at me. I frown at him but let it go.

"Okay so, let's start with the pet names. See, there's Duggu for Hrithik Roshan, there is lolo for Karishma Kapoor, there's Chi-chi for Govinda, Bebo for Kareena Kapoor-" Delnaz cuts me off.

"It's Lolo for Kareena and Bebo for Karishma," Delnaz cuts me off and I look up with a frown.

"No Del, I said the right thing, they're sisters, probably that's why you're confused. It's Lolo for Karishma and Bebo for Kareena."

"No Krisanne, it's the other way around," she says and crosses her arms on her chest. I'm about to say something when Amna cuts us off.

She speaks all the while staring at her phone screen."Delna, you should not argue with Krisanne about bollywood. That's like arguing with Ronaldo about football. She's right about this, here look," she points over to her phone screen and Delnaz starts reading before realisation dawns upon her face.

She throws an apologetic expression my way and I give her a victorious smile.

I turn to Rey to continue our session to find him already staring at me, a half smile on his face.

"What?" I ask and he shakes his head.

"Nothing."

"Okay so piggy chops and Mimi are used for Pri-" I look up while speaking to see Delnaz and Amna staring at me and Rey in a half teasing smile. When I raise my eyebrows while reading they just chuckle and shake their heads.

Weird people.

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"Where is Amber?" Rey asks me and I look up at him, a frown on my face. Ayana and Ethan just left after Ayana woke Ethan up. Poor thing they had two practices in one day.

In the past few days, with what Amber's told me, I feel like punching the day lights out of him.

"She just left to go to the terrace with Vihaan," I say gruffly and his eyes widens and jaw stiffens.

"Why did she go to the top with him?! How dare he? She's-" I cut him off.

"Rey! He's not a murderer on the loose or a guy with a mental condition. He's one of the nicest people I know and for the last time, Amber is safe with him and...probably happy," I yell angrily and his expression straightens before softening.

I glare at him for a few moments before turning and walking away in the room.

She's his sister, agreed, but he never really behaves like an elder brother normally, so then why now?

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"I want to be kidnapped once," I say and Ayana scrambles up the bed in shock so quickly, that she ends up falling off the edge on her ass.

"You want to what?" she says after picking herself up and standing on her knees, staring at me.

"Are you crazy?" an equally shocked Amber speaks up, disbelief written clearly all over her face. Ayana looks at her for a few moments before looking back at me.

"You know Amber, the probability of Krisanne D'monte wanting to get kidnapped or be at a risk is equal to the probability of me having a third eye. This girl here has enough pepper spray in her bag to blind an entire gang with it," Ayana rants and I bite back my comments because I know she's right.

"Then why is it that you want to be kidnapped?" Amber asks me and I scratch the back of my neck. I roll my tongue in my mouth and look back and forth between Ayana and Amber.

A few moments later, realisation dawns upon Ayana and she runs a hand down her face."Oh my god, don't tell me...," she expresses her disbelief and my silence confirms her doubts.

"Seriously Kris?" she asks me and Amber looks lost.

"What is it? Please will someone tell me?" Amber half-yells, clearly frustrated.

"Krisanne here wants to get kidnapped because she wants to know what she means to everyone," Ayana says and Amber's eyes widen and she forms an 'o' with her mouth which reminds me off her brother from today morning which also reminds me off his surprising talk about my self worth.

"Krisanne, you don't need to get kidnapped or anything. You mean alot to everyone. It's clearly visible even to me," Amber says and Ayana starts with her taunts.

"No no no, her parents will give anything for her, I and Vihaan would give ourselves in just to free her but still, for her, she doesn't mean anything to us. She just doesn't want to get over her freaking insecurities about herself, all she wants to do is to just keep depreciating herself all the time," she goes on and I chew on my bottom lip, guilty for feeling like this and regretting that I said it out loud.

Just then a knock comes and saves me.

"Come in," Ayana yells, anger still there in her voice.

Vihaan opened the door and peeped slightly."Guys food is here," he says and Ayana hops off the bed and walks out the door within seconds.

Clearly that hit her fuse.

Amber slowly gets off before finding her way to the door. Vihaan moves out of the way and holds the door open for her. She goes out, oblivious to Vihaan's presence and I remain still, thinking if I should go out. Ayana is really angry and I don't think I want to be within 100 metres radius.

"I think I'll pass for now. I'll have dinner later. Anyways, I have work," I finally look up at Vihaan and he's already staring at me with a knowing look.

Once I finish talking, he nods and walks out. I lie down on my bed, getting my thoughts straight.

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Do you know how it feels to fall asleep without eating and then waking up like you've not eaten for a thousand years?

Yeah, I feel like that right now.

I wake up due to hunger. Ayana and Amber were fast asleep as usual, so I tiptoe to the kitchen quietly for my usual midnight snack.

The hallway is dark and quiet but it's nothing that bothers me. I am used to listening to music in the dark, it's like therapy for me.

I move to the kitchen and see the fridge open again. I chuckle and make my way there with a smile on my face.

As I expected, I find Rey there, sitting with food ready and two forks near him.

"Why didn't you come for dinner?" he asks as I sit down next to him.

"I wasn't hungry," I lie and dig into the rice.

He stays silent and I don't really want to talk with food in my mouth.

After a few moments, he clears his throat and asks me softly."Krisanne, I know I have just known you for a few days, but, can I ask you something? I'm really curious."

My hand stops halfway in the air for a few seconds. I glance at him before stuffing my mouth and then chewing slowly, slightly scared of what's about to come.

"Yeah, ask away..." I say softly, not wanting to give my nervousness away.

"Do you have a crush on Vihaan?" he asks me and this time, I choke on my food entirely. I start coughing vigorously and I look at him like he's grown two heads.

"What! No! Are you mad? Who told all this shit?" I exclaim once my coughing stops. He stretches his hand up and plucks a water bottle off the rack and offers it to me.

"No, today you got pretty offended when I said something about him," he says softly and scratches the back of his neck.

I frown at him slightly, kind off angry at him for not understanding the point here.

I let it go because honestly, it's none of my business. I drink a sip of water before talking."No Rey, I don't like Vihaan. I got offended because he's my best friend."

"Sure?" he asks and I roll my eyes.

"Rey, I don't like him and I'm sure," I say. His expression calmed and I think I'm hallucinating because I just saw a look of relief on his face.

He grinned."Okay, should we start with the ice cream?"

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