*Ritika Pov*

"Why do you don't want to sit here Ritika?" Sid asked frowning.

"Because I hate to watch a movie sitting here." I replied shrugging.

"Just like Kalyan." Rahim mumbled.

"Well I got two tickets for the A row. Ram will be sitting with me." Kalyan said making me frown.

"Kalyan! Why don't you let Ritika sit along with you? Then even her problem will be solved." Sid suggested.

"And why would I do that?" he asked with lot of attitude making me fume.

"Sid! It's alright I will..." I was about to say but Kalyan cut me off saying "Ok, ok! No need to fuss Ritika. Let's go!"

He just dragged me near our seats at the top row while his friends sat in their seats shaking their heads.

I released my hand from his hold and sat down in my seat still fuming. How dare he to act like I was just a nagging girl there but I only did what he asked me to do.

"Smile Ritika." He said lifting my lips.

"Why should I? First of all we are going to watch some chick flick but not some superb action movie and second I did what you asked me to but you acted like I am a nagging girl." I said glaring at him.

"What? You don't like chick flick? I told them that you like this and that is the reason we are here." He said looking at me in shock making me glare even more.

"What?" I screeched at him.

"Shh.. this is public place." One Aunty said who is sitting beside me.

"But we didn't do anything yet." Kalyan said making me just shake my head.

I was about to get up but he stopped holding my hand. He pulled me towards him and placed a hand around my shoulder making me stop getting up.

"Relax! Actually we all like chick flicks and that is the reason we are here." He said smiling.

"Well that doesn't explain your behavior infront of them." I said still not looking at him.

"I don't want them to know everything already and they just start teasing us or something. If we had made them get a doubt on us then they would have been looking at us every second." He said grinning.

"In shot you wanted privacy." I said rolling my eyes.

"Yeah that and also to act like a cool dude." He said smirking.

"Ofcourse you need to act to make others know that otherwise no one can believe you." I said smirking back.

"Oh please! You like me." He said grinning.

"And that is your imaginary thinking." I said grinning back.

"Hmmm.." he trailed off and stared at the screen not removing his hand.

I too watched the movie along with him not asking to remove his hand. Then I looked around in the interval and suddenly caught someone.

"Shut!" I whispered to myself.

"What is it?" Kalyan asked frowning.

"Kri is here and that too with Sanjay." I replied looking at both of them who are talking to each other smiling.

"With that idiot?" Kalyan asked suddenly with rage.

"You know him?" I asked him back.

"We both have some little rivalry." He replied.

"So if they know that you saw them then you will give them a class right?" He asked excitingly.

"No! I will die. I should have known she will come here when she said she is going to watch a movie. I actually lied to them." I replied groaning.

"What? What did you exactly told them?" he asked frowning.

"I told them I am going to mall with you all." I replied.

"So she shouldn't see you?" he asked understanding.

"Yeah! If she does then she will torture me that I lied and tease me until my last breath that I am watching a chick flick." I replied hiding my face in his neck.

"That would be fun to watch." He said making me glare at him.

"Then she will give you a long class saying how you could bring me here. She already hates you." I said smugly.

"Oh no! Then she shouldn't see you." Saying that he dragged me outside the theatre when the second half started.

"Where are we going?" I asked him frowning.

"To my house." He replied started his bike.

"What? No way!" I said stopping him.

"It's ok! My whole family would be there." He said smiling.

I nodded and he drove us to his house. His house is very cozy and has so much space around for gardening.

"This is so cool." I said looking around when we walked towards the door.

"I know it is small. You need not lie." He said rolling his eyes.

"Then you are blind idiot. This house is enough for two families." I said frowning.

"But my friend's houses are bigger and even yours too. I mean this is small." He said frowning.

"Trust me! Your friends must be feeling the same looking at some other people's houses. It doesn't matter in which house we live. What matters is he relations in it are strong or not." I said knocking on the door.

"You are so... nice." He whispered looking at me smiling.

I smiled at him and turned to see some lady standing near the door folding her hands. She has a big frown on her face.

"For the first time I am watching a girl who knocked on our door with a smile and not a crying face or angry face." She said still frowning.

"Mom! She is my friend." He said and we walked inside.

"My name is Ritika Aunty." I said smiling at her.

"You are Ritika? Is there any other Ritika in your college?" She asked frowning more.

"No! As far as I know." I replied.

"Well then I already know you." She said smiling.

"How?" I asked her frowning myself this time.

"Come on!" She replied and walked towards the room which seems to be dining room.

"Look who is here." She said to some girl and man sitting in the dining table.

The girl looked up and just sat there shocked while I too have the same expression. What is she doing here? I thought still looking at her in shock.

"You must already know her. She is our Daughter." Aunty said making my eyes go even wide.

*Kritika Pov*

"This is such a romantic movie." I said coming out of the theatre.

"Yeah!" he said smiling.

"You didn't like it." I said smiling back.

"How do you know?" He asked completely shocked.

"I just know! And now we are going here." I replied and dragged him to the theatre which is beside the present one.

"Action film? Will you like it?" He asked curiously when I gave the tickets to the collector.

"You spared a chick flick right? Then I can spare it." I replied smiling.

"We can go somewhere else." He offered.

"No! I think this will be a good thing." I said and we both walked inside as I started searching for someone.

"They are here!" I said dragging him towards our seats where his friends are present.

"What are they doing here?" he asked me frowning.

"They are going to watch a movie." I replied and sat beside Swathi who is smiling a little.

"You planned all this?" he asked me surprised.

"Well I want to say sorry to everyone for talking that way where I have no right." I replied.

"You have every right Kritika. He is your boyfriend and you can defend him." Teja said smiling.

"And your words are true by the way. We just didn't give it a thought." Swathi said smiling.

"All is well that ends well. By the way I am not his girlfriend." I said smiling back and glanced at the screen to watch the film as it has started.

"But you are." Sanjay said making me look at him in shock and he just stared at the screen.

For some time I just stared at him and then watched the movie. It was ok but not that much ok for me to become a fan of this type of movies.

"Where are you guys going?" I asked them when we all walked out of the theatre.

"We all will go to our places but you both need to celebrate today." Harsha said grinning.

"Why?" I asked him confused.

"You just became his girlfriend so you both need to celebrate." He replied winking and they four walked away.

"You didn't asked me properly." I whispered when we are walking towards his bike.

"Shall I kiss you here on the road like yesterday and ask you?" he asked coming towards me.

"No, no! Don't kiss me on the road otherwise I will hear another lecture from Di." I replied shaking my head.

"That's bad! Ok where do you want to go now?" he asked starting his bike.

"Well just anywhere." I replied shrugging.

"Anywhere?" he asked smirking.

"I mean any public place." I replied immediately.

He laughed and started driving making me laugh with him.......

*Akhila Pov*

"What are you doing here?" I asked looking at him when I opened the door hearing the door bell.

"I was bored." He replied shrugging entering my house.

"You are bored? Then it is not a good thing that you are here because I am also bored." I said still opening the door gesturing him to leave.

"Well it is good thing you are also bored. Now we can help each other to not feel bored." He said looking at me.

"I don't want any help because I love my boreness. You can leave." I said smiling.

"Ok! I thought of spending some time with you." He whispered shaking his head.

"You could have told me that directly." I said closing the door.

"Maybe I should have." He whispered and I sat on the couch to watch the remaining movie.

"What are you watching?" he asked sitting beside me.

"Some old movie." I replied.

"My Mom used to love this movie." He suddenly whispered.

"What? That's cool because even my Mom love this." I said smiling.

"Do you want to tell me about you know.." I trailed off.

"My Mom died when I was in 10th standard. That Hades married Sanjay's Mom when I was in inter 1st year. I hate him for not telling me that my Mom was sick or for just marrying someone else so soon. I was not there to see her when she passed away and to meet her before she left the world." He said and leaned back on the couch.

I slowly placed my hand in his hair and started running my fingers to it. He just leaned into my touch that he was laying his head on my shoulder and just drifted off into sleep making me smile.

I too laid my head on his and just slowly closed my eyes. I didn't wake up until I felt him moving.

I opened my eyes to see him rubbing his eyes slowly. I moved back to rub mine to see everything clearly.

"I am sorry I slept off." He whispered.

"It's ok!" I said smiling. He nodded and left the house after nodding along with a kiss.

After sometime I locked my house door and walked inside Sanjay's house or shall I say Princi's.

"Akhila! Do you need anything dear?" He asked when he saw me.

"Actually I want to have a small chat with you." I replied and he nodded.

"Look she is Akhila whom I talked to you about." He introduced me to his wife.

"Right! I heard so much about you and I am glad you are Khushal's friend. Your sister is also very sweet girl." She said hugging me a little.

"I.. I really need to have a small chat with you sir and thanks madam." I said smiling.

"What Madam? Call me Aunty and call him Uncle as you are not in college." She said and I smiled.

"So what do you want to talk about?" He asked smiling.

"Why didn't you inform him about his mother's sickness?" I asked him.

"I am sorry I know this is none of my business but I wanted to know." I added so that he will not think bad.

"No, no! It's completely fine. His mother sent him to hostel when she got to know about her cancer and the stage she was in. She made me promise not to tell him when her condition got worse saying she can't see tears in his eyes." He slowly said.

"I am so sorry." I said hearing that.

"I couldn't do out of her wish so I didn't tell him anything. After that I tried to tell him the reason but he didn't accept it saying I am making excuses. I can understand he was broken as he is very close to his mother you see." He said looking at the photo that is hanging on the wall.

"Then... marrying.." I couldn't even ask him because it was wrong on my part in every way.

"Her husband divorced her and married someone else. She is my old friend and she didn't have anyone who can support her. I need to think about even her safety and I can't just let her stay anywhere so I brought her here. But when the people around us started to make bad comments, I married her thinking Khushal will get a mother and Sanjay will get a Father. Sanjay accepted me but Khushal just backed away from me more." He said sadly.

"You could have tried to tell him all this." I offered.

"I tried but he just became worse everytime I tried so I stopped trying. But now because of you he is becoming normal." He said smiling at me.

"Because of me?" I asked him frowning.

"Yes! When I made him join for internship I thought he will not go there for even a day but he went for more than a day and that is because of you. I saw it Akhila." He replied.

I nodded but I am not at all agreeing to his words. Then I looked around to see some other photos of his mother.

"Can I have some photos of his mother which has even him?" I asked him.

"Sure!" he said and gave me a whole album.

"Keep it safe dear. I want to gift this to him one day and that is why I have collected all photos of them in this one." He said.

"Definitely!" I said smiling and walked out of his house.

I have some work to do and I hope I finish it soon......

*Priya Pov*

"This is super fun!" I shouted and few of my close students shouted along with me while Bharghav sat there like a rock.

Actually we are in an exhibition along with few of my students who wanted to get to know him more and got on a rollercoaster. He didn't say anything about his fear or something.

"You are afraid of it?" I asked him finally.

"Yes!" he whispered.

"Hold my hand." I said offering my hand.

"Don't leave the protective rod like that and don't ask me to." He just said and looked straight ahead.

I rolled my eyes and placed my hand on his holding his tightly. Then he glanced at me and I glanced at him back.

"Are you fine?" I asked him when we got down.

"Can we go again?" he asked surprising me.

"What? You don't like it right?" I asked him frowning.

"But I like it now. So shall we go?" he said making me smile.

"Another time! Now we have many things to do here." I replied and we walked following the students.

"Sir! Fire those balloons and win Madam a soft toy." One girl said smiling at Bharghav.

"I..." he just looked so uncomfortable.

"I am not a kid dear." I said smiling.

"But a soft toy is not restricted to only kids though." She said shrugging.

"These are smart, very smart." He said taking the gun.

"You need not do it." I said holding his hand.

"Choose the toy and it will be yours." He said confidently.

"Ok!" I said smiling and chose a big teddy bear. Even though I said I am not a kid I still love to hold them.

He actually shot them with ease. I looked at him in surprise when he gave me the teddy bear.

So like that they dragged him to every shop and made him play all the games. Whatever he won was shared by the students.

As for me I just stood back holding the teddy in my arms tightly and just stared at him through the time meeting his stares in between.

I am falling for him and I am falling hard. I need to go to Delhi and that too soon.......

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I actually attended my friend wedding yesterday and that too after so many years... So got busy yesterday and was in not mood to write this story mainly.

Thats why this big chap is for you guys....

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