"Ye duniyaa... ye mehfil... mere kaam ki nahin... mere kaam ki nahin'"
"Arre yaar Vicky! Stop it! Subah se tere depressing gaane sun sunke main pak gaya hoon! Chal canteen chal'" an irritated Nilesh tried to pull Vicky off the staircase where Vicky had been sitting, resting his head against the wall and looking utterly miserable.
Nilesh was at the end of his patience. First of all Vicky had been singing sad, hindi film songs since the morning. Then for the past half hour he had been sitting in the exact same spot and had told Nilesh all about the time he had accidentally bumped into Neha near the staircase and how he had picked up her books for her, how they had stared into each other's eyes, how beautiful her eyes were, how every time he looked into them he felt like he was falling into a pool, how she had smiled at him, what a lovely smile she had'there really was no end to it! And finally when he was done, he had begun singing his songs again!
Poor Nilesh. He had tried both-consoling Vicky and yelling at him- but nothing worked. Now he really couldn't take it any longer. Plus, he was starving.
"Mujhe nahin jaana hai canteen. Meri bhook, pyaas sab mit gayi hai."said Vicky.
Nilesh felt like banging either his own or Vicky's head against the wall. But then he realized that he actually needed a break away from Vicky!
"Fine, you stay here. But I'm hungry so I'm going to the canteen. I'll get something and be back in 2 minutes. You want anything?"
"Haan. Zeher."was the reply.
Nilesh rolled his eyes and left thinking how glad he would actually be if Vicky and that weak...no,no(Thanks to Vicky, he couldn't even think of using that word on Neha!) if Vicky and Neha would get together, because if Vicky continued to be like this for a few more days...Oh God, what a nightmare!
Just after Nilesh left, Vicky decided that he could no longer sit there and began walking without really knowing where he was going. Now Vicky, lost in his own world, really did not care about where he was and walked by quite a few people without seeing their faces. If he had continued so, it would've caused a great loss to him. But then luck was on his side for the day, even though he did not know it yet, and his eyes fell on none other than the very object of his affection. Yes, it really was Neha; she seemed to be in a great hurry as she rushed into the library and she hadn't seen him. Vicky, of course, ran to the library but she was nowhere to be seen.
"Kahan gayi? Main khule aankhon se sapna toh nahin dekh raha tha?"
He searched through her favorite section first, and then all the other sections. Finally, he found her at the very last section of the library, which had scientific books with complicated names. Neha looked lovely as always in a light pink kurti, but Vicky could make out that she was tensed. She hadn't noticed him yet and he wondered if he should just stay there and look at her (which would give him great pleasure) or approach her and try to have a conversation without making a fool of himself. Finally, he decided he couldn't miss such a unique opportunity where none of their friends were around, and decided to go talk to her.
But just as he took a step towards her, she turned around looking scared.
Vicky really couldn't understand what was going on.
He smiled at her and said "Hi...woh main yahan se guzar raha tha...tum yahan kyun?"
Neha did not look like she was in the mood to talk. "Neha wanting book, so Neha yahan." And she grabbed a random book from the shelf.
"Yahan se? But yahan pe toh advanced Physics ke kitaabe hain" he said looking around at the labels on the shelf.
"Toh? Neha liking advanced Physics." And she opened the book and pretended to be absorbed in it.
Neha looked at him in shock. "Tumne padha hai?"
Vicky had never heard of the book before and felt slightly guilty about lying but he had no other option and said "Haan, bilkul. But mujhe kuch parts samajh mein nahin aaye. Tum itni smart ho, tum samjhaadogi?"
Vicky was quite pleased with himself. He had complimented Neha and found a reason to spend a little more time together.
"Uh, woh actually, maine book bas abhi padhna start kiya hai. Aur rehearsals, classes...Neha having no time. And waise bhi, tum dazzlers hum weaklings se kaafi zyaada smart ho na? Tumhaari insult nahin hogi, agar tum ek weakling se classes loge?"
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