Chapter 3

5 years ago

ShiriHoonMain

@ExoticDisaster

"Girls, we are going to have wecome cerrmony." Sarah informed as soon as she got the message.

"Wow! It means, Party, music and food!" Hayat said excited.

"Yes, but that's day after tomorrow. Tomorrow, there is a formal meeting and speeches." Leher said.

-----------------

The speeches started at the welcome ceremony and Hayat, Leher, Sarah, Atharv, Karthik sat together. Everyone was bored but there was one speech, which everyone paid attention to. It was a speech given out by Atharv, being the President of the student council. His stature and his attitude made people listen to him.

After he was finished he warned everyone not to indulge in any kind of ragging activities and if any were invited by seniors for ragging they should immediately inform him.

After the orientation they headed out for the lunch party.

"Atharv..." Sarah started. "You know what, you should stop being so cool."

"What?" Atharv asked confused. "Why?"

"Because boys are trying to be you and girls are dying to be with you." She laughed.

Everyone else laughed except Karthik.  He didn't find her sense of humour funny.

"Are you pulling the leg of your senior?" Karthik asked crossing his arms near his chest.

"Why do you have a problem with everthing?" she rolled her eyes on him. "He doesn't mind it. I like doing it. He is just like a brother. Right, Bhai?"

"Absolutely, little sister." he messed her hair and both smiled at eachother while Karthik glared at them.

For a strange reason, Leher liked the chemistry Sarah and Karthik shared. She could see the spark between them .

"Okay, guys. Lets spend the evening together." Artharv suggested. "We will drop you girls at the dorm by 10.

"Where to?" Hayat asked.

"Where do you want to go?" they heard a new voice and looked on.

"Vivaan?" Karthik jumped on him.



"Nice to see you after so long man." Atharv said and hugged him.

"The feelings are mutual." Vivaan chucked.

"By the way, girls this Vivaan, our very good friend. Vivaan, this is Hayat, Leher and My dear little sister, Sarah."

"Sister?" Vivaan asked confused. " But you didn't had one."

"Well, I guess now I have one." he smiled at Sarah and she smiled back.

"So where are we going?" Leher asked.

"What about Karthik's place?" Vivaan suggested and everyone liked the idea.

Sarah and Karthik rolled their eyes at each other.

"Not her again. Arrgh." Karthik thought.

"Oh God, Not him again." Sarah prayed.

---------------------

"Welcome to my palace guys!" Karthik announced as soon as they reached.
When everyone got down, the girls looked at the house and their jaw dropped. It was big.

"Palace? Ha. What a joke." Sarah thought. "It is a castle. Obviously the monster has to have a castle for that oversized ego of his."

She smiled to herself until Laher shooked her. She nodded and they went inside.

When everyone settle down to talk for a while, the boys started praising each other. Leher was in awe of all that Atharv had achieved. She may have just met him but she could not deny that all his achievements had earned some of her respect. But she didn't say that out loud.

Meanwhile, Atharv spotted something interesting.

"You can stop openly drooling, Vivaan." He whispered to him

Vivaan snapped out of it and looked at Atharv as he had caught him red handed. He blushed.

"So, Hayat huh?"

"Ah.. Actually, I.."

"Come on, now." he smirked. "By the way, nice choice."

" Thanks." he replied and both of them chuckled, careful enough to not let the others hear him.

"Girls," Atharv suddenly started. "Would you like to have a tour of the house?"

"Sure." Hayat said.

"You heard the lady, Vivaan. Why don't you go and show them around?"

Vivaan literally dropped the glass he was holding.

"But it's my house." Karthik said raising his eyebrows being suspicious.

"That doesn't mean he can't show it." Atharv said shutting Karthik up.

"You owe me one." He winked at Vivaan.

"What was that for?" Karthik asked to Atharv, suspicious as soon as the else left.

"You will know it soon." he just smiled.

"I will be back." Karthik said and left after shaking his head on him.

-------------------

As Sarah looked around the house, she remembered her bestfriend telling her about his one. Though she had never been to his house, she somewhere felt like his house would be somehow similar to this one even when she had just heard about it. She smiled on thinking to get an opportunity to visit him at his house atleast once. But soon, she brushed his thoughts off. She didn't know what her online best friend feels for her. She had never seen him and meeting him was a far away thing. And this house was Karthik's. And he doesn't stand anywhere near him, they are poles apart.

Leher decided to roam around the house alone when she saw Hayat was busy talking to Vivaan. They were smiling and laughing a lot between their talk. She didn't want to disturb them. And when she looked for Sarah, she had lost her sight. But she had found her lost in her own thoughts few minutes back. She decided to look for her.

She turned and started to walk out but as fate would have it, her heel of her shoe got caught on something and she lost balance. And she closed her eyes tightly and waited for her to feel pain. But all she felt were two strong arms coming and grabbing her and stopping her from falling. She opened her eyes only to find Atharv staring at her, intently.  He wanted the time to stop there, he holding her securely in his arms and she, wrapping her one hand around his neck and gripping his shirt tightly with the other. They were both looking at eachother, without saying anything and Atharv was just lost completely in Leher's deep eyes.

"Umhmm!" Someone cleared their throat and both of them came back to the real world.

Atharv helped Leher stand straight and they say Sarah and Karthik smirking at her mischievously.

''You're okay?" Atharv asked Leher trying to ignore them.

"Ah.. yeah." she replied awkwardly.

"What's going on?" Sarah asked in a mischievous tone.

"I was looking for you." Both of them said together, Atharv to Karthik and Leher to Sarah. Then they both look at eachother.

"Really, in each other's arms?" This time, Sarah and Karthik said in unison and glared at each other.

"Did you miss something?" Vivaan asked as he and Hayat moved towards them.

"Not yet." Sarah smirked at her brother and friend.

While Vivaan and Hayat were in a way of new friendship, Sarah and Karthik were naming it hatred and Leher and Atharv were moving towards something that was innocent and pure, love.