Chapter 5 - Friendship
"Huh!!...Did Mayank just kiss me? What! Mayank kissed me and I just stood there. Nupur your so stupid! Tumhe usse rokna chahiye tha!" said Nupur's mind.
"Shut Up! Kya bari baat ho gayi... he just kissed your cheek! Leave it there! So what? He's so sweet anyways, told you his feelings and didn't even compel you to answer or anything!" said her heart.
The war between the heart and mind went on. But neither won.
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The next day Nupur got ready. She wore a baby blue sundress. While going to college she was thinking up ways to ignore Mayank but then she thought "Why should I ignore Mayank? Toh kya hua agar woh mujhse pyaar karta hain. That doesn't mean we can't be just friends! Ofcourse we can!" She felt real good now.
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She got to college. And then she went to class. There were other seats but she went and sat beside Mayank. "Hi" she said with a beautiful smile on her face. Mayank turned around and saw Nupur sitting beside him. He was quite shocked. He was thinking that she would try to ignore him, but here she was willingly sitting beside him. "Hi" he said smiling back. She was making him love her even more. She was so different from other girls. Always surprising him.
They both payed attention during the lecture. The teacher assigned them some work, and allowed them to work on it for the remaining time of the class. While working Mayank, out of the blue asked "So... Do you love me yet?" Nupur couldn't help but giggle at his silly question. "No...why do you ask?" she asked him. "Bas aise hi... You weren't trying to ignore me." he said. "I'm not going to ignore you just because you love me" she said feeling a bit awkward because of the last bit. "Thanks" he said smiling. "By the way, kal ke liye sorry" he said with a tint of mischief. She blushed a little. There eyes met for two seconds, but then the bell rang. They stuffed their pencils and notes in their bags and got up.
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Mayank was dancing to 'Twist' inside, because Nupur walked to their next class with him. His heart was just as disappointed as Nupur went to sit beside Tamanna instead. "Oh ya... She doesn't love me" he thought in his mind. But then his heart couldn't help but add "yet" to the statement. "She doesn't love you yet" said his heart. "I'll wait" Mayank said. He smiled and sat beside Samrat. Mayank had told Samrat about his love for Nupur.
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"So... baat aage bari" Samrat asked Mayank. "She sat beside me" Mayank answered smiling. "Guess what? Kal maine Gunjan ko propose kiya" Samrat said after a while grinning his trademark grin. "What? Dude!" Mayank said pretty shocked and happy at the same time. "And what did Gunjan say?" asked Mayank. "She said, soch ke bataoongi" he replied. "Soch ke batayagi matlab pakka haan bolegi!" They high-fived each other.
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"Hey" said Nupur, "Hi" replied Tamanna. They started doing their work. It was a in-class assignment to be done with the person beside you. Nupur and Tamanna worked together. They made a great team, because they were the first ones to finish. There was still time remaining. So they sat and talked.
"So you and Sid right?" Nupur said a matter-of-factly. "WHAT?" Tamana said surprisingly. "Main aur Sid? No way!!" Tamana said making a face. Nupur rolled her eyes, "Come on Tamana. Tum dono ek saath kitne CUTE lagte ho!!" "Achaa! Toh yeh baat toh main tumhare aur Mayank ke baare mein bhi ke sakti hoon," Tamana teased. "Please yaar! Abh tum shuru mat ho jana. Mujhe toh iss college mein aye hue ek hafta bhi nahin hua! Main toh usse janti tak nahin-" "Aise kyun keh rahi ho?" Mayank said coming out of nowhere. He grabbed a chair and sat next to both girls. Nupur just stared. She was surprised to see him.
"Mera naam Mayank Sharma hain aur main Excel College ka sabse hottest aur coolest dude hoon!" he said raising his collar. "Sab ladkiyan mujh pe marti hain lekin main sirf ek ladki ko chahta hoon aur uss ladki ka naam hain Ms. Nupur Shergill. Woh dekhna main bohat ladaku hain lekin bohat hi sweet hain." Mayank winked. All this while Nupur and Tamana just stared but Tamana who couldn't control her excitement any longer shouted, " OMG! Mayank aur Nupur!! Mujhe pehla se hi pata tha! Woh kya hain na, tum dono saath saath bohat-" before Tamana could finish her sentence Sid came from behind and covered her mouth. "Oh hello! Yeh college hain samjhi! Tumhara ghar nahin joh tum chilla chilla ke baat kar rahi ho. Aur waise bhi Nupur pe bhi thoda taras khao. Dekho uska chehra kaise tamatar ki tarah lal hogeya hai!"
Nupur just felt even more embarassed. She got up from the table, shot an angry look at Mayank and stomped out of the classroom as the bell had rung a few seconds ago. "Tumhe beech main bolne ke liye kisna kaha, huh? Seedhe seedhe kyun nahin kehte. Tumhe sirf mujhse ladne ka bahana chahiye!" Tamana and Sid continued fighting oblivious to Nupur. Mayank slapped his forehead after hearing Tamanna and Sid's non-stop bickering. He thought in his head, "Is she mad at me? Ugh. Ab jake usse baat karni hogi."
Samrat who was watching all this grinned.
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Nupur couldn't take the embarassment. She got up from her seat as the bell had rung anyway, and went towards the college garden so her face will go back to normal because according to Sid she looked like a tomato right now.
She stood in the garden admiring the beautiful flowers, when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around and saw Mayank standing there with an apologetic look and a red rose. She stared at him and then at the RED rose wide eyed. Then she remembered "Oh ya...he loves me".
"I'm sorry, please meri baaton ka bura mat maan na" Mayank pleaded with an innocent face. Nupur couldn't help but think "He looks so cute!" She wasn't mad, it was just her being herself. She was rather shy when it came to the lovey-dovey stuff.
"It's okay. Waise main naraz nahin thi" Nupur said calmly.
"Acha? Agar tum sach mein mujhse naraz nahin ho toh please yeh rose toh accept karo," Mayank smiled. Nupur sighed, though with a unconcealed smile on her face took the rose.
"Abh agli class ke liye der ho rahi hain. Chalein?" Mayank said.
Nupur nodded.
"Waise kitna coincidential hain na? Itne baare college main jisme kitni classes hain, sab mein tum mere saath hi ho." Mayank said happily as they walked to their next class. This Nupur noticed was not necessarily a good thing for her. While Shukla was lecturing the class and she was trying to take notes, Mayank was busy staring at her.
Tere Naina Tere Naina
Tere Naina Re
Tere Naina Tere Naina
Tere Naina Re...
The song was playing, but could only be heard by Mayank's ears. Every now and then she would look up from her paper only to catch him looking at her dreamily. The third time this happened Nupur couldn't help feeling a bit annoyed at him for making her feel so shy. The lecture had finished but he was still staring at her shamelessly. She snapped her fingers in his face.
"Mayank! Please! Kya ghoorna zaroori hain?" Nupur said annoyed. Mayank snapped out of his daydreaming and realized what had happened, "Oh, I'm so sorry. Woh kya hain nah tum itni cute aur innocent lag rahi thi ke main apne aap ko rok nahin paya. Sab galti tumhari hain," Mayank playfully said. And Nupur couldn't help but blush even more.
"Agar toh tum aise hi puri class mujhe dekhte raho ge toh padhai kaun karega huh?" Nupur scolded. She gave him her notes, "Yeh lo aur copy karlo." When he didn't reply and continued looking at her again she sighed and took the notes and smacked him on the head. "Mayank!"
"Oh sorry," he smiled mischeiviously and obediently copied her notes for the rest of the class.
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Mayank went home that day with a huge smile on his face, which didn't go unnoticed by his mom. "Oye hoye! Aaj bare kush lag rahe ho. Dekhu toh. Chehra pe muskan hat hi nahin rahi. Koi pyar vyar ka chakar toh nahin hain!" said his mom teasing him. "Aap ko kaise pata?" Mayank blurted before thinking. "Sach? Toh mera shaq teek nikala!" Shilpa said excitedly. "Woh kya haina mujhe pyaar ho gaya hain...pehli baar" he said with the same smile. "Kya!" she exclaimed with excitement! "Kaun hain" she asked. "Uska naam Nupur Shergill hain, meri age ki hain, aur maine usse bata bhi diya hain ke main usse pyaar karta hoon" he responded. "Toh phir usse already pata hain? Mayank tum bhi na..." she said a bit disappointed. "Tum kab sudhroge, har baat batane ko nahin hoti...chalo chodo abh, waise usne kya kaha" she asked excited again. "Obviously no...ek din mein koi kisise pyaar thodi na karta, woh toh bas main hoon, single piece iss duniya mein" he said raising his collar which actually his shirt didn't have and proceeding to his room. "Oye! Ruko toh, kaha jaa rahe ho? This is not done" she said. "Huh?" he said a bit confused. "Tumhe kya lagta hain? Tumne keh diya ke tumhe ladki pasand hain, aur main khushi khushi accept kar loongi? Meri bhi kuch value hain, mujhe uss se milna hain" she said. "Okay mom! Milwa doonga" he responded.
His mom was really happy. Her son was finally in love.
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