The college was in a gloomy silence as we sat in the common area bunking the boring Electronics lecture. I wasn't such a great fan of the subject nor did I hate it. It was just that I couldn't concentrate much on the subject. Every circuit diagram bounced above my head like the free hits delivered by Ishant Sharma in an ODI against Australia.

All the four of us were sitting in an irritating silence while the only sound was that of the fan creaking above and Arya hitting her feet on the wall below the window. I looked over at Sophia who was dozing off with her face cradled in her arms on the desk. Shreya was listening to some songs I guess because she was swaying her head slightly to whichever beat that was blaring from the earphones.

I was the only one who seemed to be distracted all the time. I don't know why but I felt a strong urge to roam in the corridors of the college. Just for fun.

My phone vibrated in my pocket. I took it out immediately just to find a text.

Rihaan: What are you doing? I'm so bored. :(

A smile bloomed on my face immediately.

Me: Nothing. Just sitting in the girls' common area.

Rihaan: Alone??

Me: Nope. I'm with friends.

Rihaan: Ohhh! I thought you were alone.

By now my cheeks started hurting due to the constant grinning. He wanted me alone. He was so cute.

Me: If you want then I can come outside, somewhere we can both sit and talk.

Rihaan: Yeah! I was thinking that too, but where?

I scratched my head internally thinking of what to reply to him. I badly wanted to talk to him in person because I never talked to him before so I wanted to suggest a place in the college where we both could sit alone and talk. Then I thought of a place not so crowded.

Me: How about the football ground?

I bit my lip nervously when he did not reply for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, he replied.

Rihaan: Ummm, yeah, but don't you think Father or someone else will be able to see us from far?

Me: We are just going to sit and talk, so why are you scared of being seen by someone?

Rihaan: Nothing forget.

I got anxious when he replied like that. Maybe I was rude to him or showed arrogance.

Me: No. tell me what happened?

Rihaan: Nothing sweetheart, I just don't want anyone to see us. That's all.

I was blushing till the brim now when he called me sweetheart for the first time. It's not like he actually talked to me, but the text was enough to turn me red.

Me: Oh! So nice of you.

Rihaan: By the way, you just wanted to sit and talk?

Me: Yeah. Why?

Rihaan: Nothing else?

This made me blush more deep. I bit my lip constantly from nervousness and shy. I thought of replying him something cheesy when Arya got down from the window that she was sitting onto.

"Oi, whom are to talking to ah? Why are you blushing so much?" Arya asked me wriggling her eyebrows. Realizing that only mischief runs in her veins, I put the cell back in my pocket.

"Nothing. I was just chatting with some friend." I said trying to stay cool.

"Oh, and who is that friend of yours?" Shreya was grinning from side to side which made me blush more.

"No one special, yaar, jus--"

I was cut by a giggling Sophia.

"Oh yeah, no one special but someone very special." She said in a sing song voice making me blush even more.

All the three started giggling and laughing and I was left like a ripe tomato about to burst open at any given point of time.

Suddenly Arya said, "Don't tell me it's that fellow from fresh year." Before I could signal to Sophia not to tell, she nodded and all of them burst laughing once more.

"Oh my god! Seriously Susan? You like that fellow?" Shreya said still laughing.

I did not know how to react so I just rolled my eyes at them and sat on the desk behind me.

"He's so gay, I tell you, not at all a good choice." Arya said with a thumbs down and they all seemed to agree.

He's not gay. He's just cute.

"He's not gay okay. Don't simply say anything now." I defended him.

"No, he is." Arya said wriggling her eyebrows which irritated me more.

"Yeah, he has that face cut like a girl and has long eyelashes like a girl. Also his hairstyle is like a girl." Shreya said to prove Arya's point.

"No way. His hairstyle is just so cool, you won't find another person with that cool look." I said once more to defend myself. Actually he really had a cool Zayn Malik kind of hairstyle. I really like when guys do that haircut.

"LOL! His hairstyle looks like a girl bob that makes him look like a gay that is why no other guy in the college does that hairstyle." Shreya said and laughed.

"Whatever. You all are just jealous." I said, not able to find a proper comeback.

"Yeah, now I get it, why she was distracted all the time in class from the past few days." Arya said tapping the side of her head as if she invented something new.

"That's why she was like, 'Let's bunk yaar', 'so boring lectures', and all." Shreya mimicked me adding to the fuel.

I know I have been distracted a little these days, to say a little is a under word. I had been distracted a lot. The main thing is that, I couldn't put a finger on what was that was distracting me.

Now it hit me suddenly.

It's because of him.

"It's because of him." All the three said in unison as if they repeated my thoughts after me.

As obvious as it could be, they started teasing me and laughing over my choice, and I just kept telling them to stop it.

But when Arya said that she doubted my gender, I was really pissed off.

By now, I was annoyed too much by them and my anger was surfacing and before I could say something to trigger both of them, Sophia spoke, "Forget about that now. We have to prepare for the Alpha Major now. God knows what they have planned this time."

Immediately their attention got diverted to the new topic and I was relieved from the annoyance.

The bell rang for the next lecture and they got off from their seats and started walking towards the classes. Trailing them, I took out my phone and whoa! There were 5 unread messages.

I opened them to find that all belonged to Rihaan.

Rihaan: You got angry on me?

Rihaan: Why are you not replying?

Rihaan: I didn't say it in a wrong way.

Rihaan: Sorry yaar.

Rihaan: I'll meet you today.

Oh my God! Oh my God! Calm down boy.

I was about to reply to him when someone tapped on my shoulder. My reflex was to hide my phone and turn around.

But I wobbled against a body who steadied me. When I became steady, I saw that he was looking at me boring his eyes into me. Maybe I was doing the same to him because he waved a hand in front of my face which brought me back to my senses. I knew my face was a tint of deep red by now as I embarrassed myself in front of him.

"Oh Rihaan, it's you." I said not finding any other words to start a conversation.

Gosh! I said his name in real for the first time.

Rihaan, Rihaan, Rihaan.

I must have repeated that blissful word a thousand times in my mind but in real, it sounded totally different. It sounded so peaceful yet so weird. Pushing the negative thoughts, I concentrated on the cuteness standing in front of me.

"Yeah, so meet you at 5." He said.

"Ok, but --"

But he had already disappeared in the crowd of students walking in the corridors.

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Words used:
Yaar: a Hindi word for friend.

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