Yay!! another FF by you.. I loved the opening chapter esp the buddy assignment. it was quite innovative given their professions and was fun to read. I also like the idea of snapshot writing.Though the story wasn't continuous the parts didn't seem incoherent at all, they were totally in flow.And I see why you called it pre- blues. I can see , here and there, references to 'Blues' for instance Armaan doesn't prefer any icecream flavour other than vanilla, he considers bike riding his 'innisfree', Shashank and Armaan don't get along initially , that is now. You've knitted the two ffs very carefully. Kudos to you.
I think Armaan has some history that hasn't been let out in the open. Did I miss something in Blues?? I reckon it'll be unravelled in the parts to follow.
Update soon..