Chapter 9: Chapter 9

Ehan’s P.O.V.

After spending some time with my friends, I entered the library. Taking some books, I took a seat.

After some time Naira got there. Giving me back my books, she thanked me.

Hearing her and thinking like, “She really finished her notes within a day.”, I appreciated her in my mind.

I have already decided not to go on with that dare. I still thought of sharing it to her but right then her phone started buzzing.

Looking at the phone screen for once, she left from there uttering, “Ehan, there is a note for you in that book.” pointing at a book.

Being confused, I opened the book and found heart shaped a small yellow paper. Something was written on that with green pen.

Of all the colours, I hated these two. Being somewhat annoyed I focused on the writing.

“Ehan, I have fallen for you. Will you date me?”

Naira

As soon as the writing came to my sight, I scoffed in anger. She is no different. My mood was already sour. Not being able to concentrate, I left the library.

And there she was. Standing beside the library. Maybe waiting for my answer to her so called proposal.

It wasn’t happening for the first time to me. But I thought her to be different. Not just I thought rather I wanted her to be different but I was wrong.

This made me got pissed off more. Getting near her, I got uttering only to get her blurted out at me like I was the one who was behind her.

Then she left and I kept standing there being utterly shocked.

What was that!

Then my eyes fell on the students around me with different types of expressions on their faces. My friends were also there.

Some girls held smirks on their faces.

It didn’t take much of time for me to get what they were thinking of me.

That triggered my anger.

I turned to the way of Naira as she went away and my mind just uttered one word.

Humiliation.

She dared to humiliate me even when she herself wrote that filthy note. She tarnished my image and hurt my ego.

I turned to my hand and got even more pissed off when I saw that damn yellow paper was still in my hand.

I hold that in a tight grip and then throwing that in the grass there, I forwarded towards my car.

One thing started going on in my mind.

She has to pay.

Naira has to pay.......

Naira’s P.O.V.

Entering my place, I saw Aunt Jiana in the living room. She was talking to someone on phone.

Leaving the college incidents locked in my mind, I smiled a little when I found her turning to me.

Cutting off the line, she got near me and uttered, “Welcome home, honey. How’s college?”

I uttered with the same smiling face, “It was good.”

She got uttering then, “Go, freshen up. I have made cupcakes for you. I am bringing it to your room.”

Nodding at her, I forwarded towards my room. Surprisingly Akash was at his room.

I saw him writing something. Remembering last night, I didn’t bother to go to him.

After getting freshen up, I got out of the washroom and found Aunt was already there with a tray of cupcakes.

While eating we kept gossiping for sometime. In between Aunt spoke up, “Something is off with Akash. I tried to talk to him but he didn’t answer me anything. Do you know anything? Like something happened in college?”

I just shook my head as I  spoke up, “I don’t know actually.”

Aunt spoke up nodding at me, “He has concentrated on his study lately. It's good though but.. I just can’t understand him. I am trying to understand my son. What a pity!”

I couldn’t get what to say and Aunt got uttering again, “Okay, dear. You take rest now.” and left my room.

At Night

While studying at some point, I got stuck with a problem. Then I remembered of Ehan. He really explained my problem like it was so easy.

Then I remembered the incident that almost got out of my mind.

Why did he say that to me all of a sudden?

I wondered.

Deciding to talk to him the next day, I concentrated on my study leaving the topic, I got stuck. I called it a day and closed my book when it was almost 2 at night.

I wasn’t feeling sleepy though. Feeling thirsty, I got to the kitchen to drink water.

Just when I entered, Akash was there. Making coffee or something. Before I could say something, he left the kitchen with the cup in his hand.

Drinking water, I got back to my room after casting a glance at Akash who was on his table yet.

May be he was busy with his project thesis as it was the last month of his term.

Next Day

After taking my breakfast, I got ready and forwarded towards college. When I was done with my classes, I started taking my things to my bag.

Some girls got near me then. One of them spoke up, “Hey, Ehan asked you out on a date. Like really?”

Before I could say something, another girl spoke up, “And you blurted out like that to him. Are you out of your mind? He is so hot.”

I really don’t understand this type of words. How can a person be hot!

Is a person a thing that it would be hot and smoke will come out of him!

Does that make any sense!

Well..

Not to me at least.

My thought got cut off when the first girl spoke up again, “You know you are very lucky. You are the very first girl Ehan talked to and even he asked you out. Generally he behaves very rudely with girls. Nonetheless girls roam about around him though.”

I didn’t find any word to answer them as whatever happened yesterday was totally confusing to me.

So I just uttered, “I need to go to library.” and left from there. I was walking towards the library but got stopped midway when a little puppy got into my sight. It was so cute.

I just love puppies.

Getting near, I knelt down before it but to my utter surprise, it ran away.

Making a face, I was about to get up but stopped seeing my name on a paper falling on the grass.

Being confused, I took the paper and opened it. My eyes got widen reading the words written on it.

“Ehan, I have fallen for you. Will you date me?”

Naira

I uttered being shocked, “What the hell? What is this? I didn’t write it.”

The more I was thinking, the more I was getting confused.

Who wrote it?

And whoever it was why my name is mentioned here?

Then Ehan’s words from previous day came to my mind, “Why do you want to date me?”

I uttered under my breath, “Was it a prank someone played on me?”

Generally I asked for forgiveness immediately if I ended up hurting someone unintentionally when he wasn’t at fault.

Likewise, I got up and forwarded towards the library uttering, “It's nothing but a misunderstanding. I need to talk to Ehan and say sorry.”

I entered the library and looked all around to find Ehan but he wasn’t there.

Giving that thought a break, I got near the book shelf. Taking some books, I took a seat and started reading.

When I got stuck with another problem and couldn’t solve it after trying for a while, I closed the book and forwarded to get some other book on the same topic for references.

Then I saw Ehan. I felt he was looking at me but before our eyes could meet, he turned to his book.

Taking the books, I got near him. Without bothering to look at me, he kept his eyes fixed on the book.

When I uttered, “Ehan, I am sorry. Actually I didn’t write the note, you got. Someone must have changed that. And that time I was angry for some reason and just blurted out on you. I am sorry.”

He looked at me blankly and uttered, “Naira, I am busy. Leave me alone.”

I could feel he was angry on me. So I got uttering again, “Ehan, I said I am sorry.”

He kept staring at me for some moments and then uttered, “It’s okay.”

He turned to his book again but I didn’t leave from there rather kept staring at him I didn’t know why.

After few moments, he looked up at me and uttered, “What?”

Finding nothing else to say, I got uttering, “I have stuck with a problem again. Will you help me?”

He kept silent for some moments and then spoke up, “What is it?”

I immediately took a seat before him and pointed at the problem.

He started explaining it to me but I couldn’t focus this time. As I was busy figuring out from the expression on his face whether he was angry on me anymore.

When he found me staring at him, he uttered pointing at the book, “Concentrate.”

After sometime when I got the problem solved, I got uttering hesitantly, “Will you have a cup of coffee with me as a token of my thanks and sorry as well?”

He tried to say otherwise but I got pleading, “Please.”

He kept staring at me for some moments and then uttered, “Okay.”

Hearing him, I uttered, “Thank you. Let's go.” and forwarded towards the college cafe together...