chapter 31

"What do you think about me?" Aarav asked all of a sudden.Every person present there was already in a shocked state because of her identity... And Aarav's words came as another strike...Manasvini was shocked too 'What does he mean by that...?' she was a bit confused and shocked.On the other side, Vihaan became extremely alert. He is getting angrier with every passing second..."Huh...?" She replied with a weird confused expression on her face.Aarav realised what those words sound like, words that escaped from his mouth just now..."Oh... I mean what do you think about being friends..." He clarified after seeing everyone's reaction.Vihaan was staring at them and Aarav noticed that."... with me" After waiting for two seconds he completed his sentence with a little smile more like a smirk (to be accurate).Manasvini changed her gaze from her book to him. She started looking in Aarav's direction.His hand is still in front of her... 'I thought wrong about him... He is a nice person. Maybe others are nice too...' That thought came across her mind and yesterday's flashback started jumping in front of her eyes... Her face became red all of a sudden..."All because of that stupid bet..." He (Aarav) muttered and smirked at Vihaan.Manasvini didn't hear him saying anything about the bet. She was too lost in yesterday's flashback and to avoid that jumping memory..."Hm.." she nodded and took his (Aarav's ) hand. (She only touched a centimetre part of his fingertips.)And a 'banggggg' sound caught everyone's attention. It's Vihaan... He hit his hand very hard on his desk… Why...? Who knows... Even he himself did not understand the foolish behaviour he had just shown...He grabbed his bag and came out of the classroom. He has no idea what he felt ... why he was so mad at that moment... what made him feel like this... After leaving out the classroom, Vihaan was nowhere to be seen... but he came to have lunch together with AJs at their usual place in the canteen. He was in a really bad mood and was waiting for them there and they also came but that scene made him even more offended and angry...Aarav brings Manasvini there too. And Vihaan... he totally ignored her... In more specific words he is trying really hard to ignore her... He is taking secret glances at her but also avoiding eye contact with her... his strange behaviour has no explanation... He wanted to talk to her but at the same time, he didn't want to recognise her...Aarav introduced her (Manasvini) to other AJs."Hi, Manasvini" Garv and Samar said.But Manasvini was waiting for someone else's hi... Her gaze was secretly walking towards his God-like face again and again... But he seemed uninterested and that thing in the atmosphere gave her a sad feeling."H... Hello" she replied with a little shy smile on her face, and that smile got disappeared from her lips as quickly as it appeared...She is occupied by so many mixed emotions... A feeling of happiness because finally, someone reached her...  There is a bit of a scary feeling too... A feeling of being at the same table with these high-class people... That is making her feel uncomfortable... and a dreamy feeling of being part of that group... Which seems so out of her world. With all these emotions there is something else too... Something that is... Unexpected... unfamiliar... Weird... Something indifferent... She has no idea what that feeling is, what that thing is...  But it is making her sad. She tried to ignore that unknown thing and was lost in her thoughts..."They all are nice... One shouldn't believe in rumours"She thought so highly of them. After all, they are the only people who tried to reach out to her...who became her friends.Aarav was the first person who took a step towards her, people always ignore her but he was the first one who offered his hand to her, he was the very first person who took the initiative to be friends with her...Unlike her, AJs are trying to hide their laughter... They all are exchanging secret glances... They are laughing at her stupidityShe has no idea, what they are doing with her... She has no idea... what is coming on her way...Despite those things, she is somehow feeling down... Maybe because she is expecting some words from a certain someone... But that someone is totally ignoring her...Vihaan is part of them(AJs) too but instead of laughing over her (Manasvini), he is getting mad with every passing second... and when his temper is about to burst... He left. Manasvini was startled by his sudden actions... and her shy smile left with Vihaan...So... This is how their first day of fake friendship went... but that is not just it... there is also an unnoticed innocent feeling, which started growing inside them and was taking its first steps... In the form of...'JEALOUSY'.