The most innocent looking devil of S.P.A.C.E was walking down the corridor, lost in his own thoughts.
Last night he couldn't get proper amount of sleep because like a typical hindi movie he was getting flashback of his black and white Madhubala. All night long he kept on tossing and turning on his bed and at a point he started banging his head on the headboard and only stopped when his mother woke up.
Finally at the end he got 3hours of sleep and the first thing he did after waking up was text the girl, that kept him awake all night, asking will he pick her up so that they can go to college together but only to kick his patience out of the roof cause she said she is going with her 'Harshad ji'.
From then on till now all he kept thinking is what he will do. The oh so confident boy was now confused like a baby lost in a shopping mall.
The thoughts were going on a circle. 'She said she fogave me then I don't need to help her with her Harshad ji but then again I promised her. But when did I start to care about keeping promises? That too of Madhubala! But it was a deal, then why did she forgive me? A deal in a mandir! Damn it!'
All the thoughts came to a stop when he saw the same girl he was thinking about but she was with another guy. The guy he wish he could punch but what kept him from doing that was her laugh. She never laughed like that around him.
He kept on looking till the couple took a turn and went to the cafeteria. Cabir just stood there and the moment Navya's smiling face came infront of his eyes, his decision was made.
For some reason her happiness mattered to him which was with Harshad so he is going to help her but he would need help himself, because what the hell did he know about girls, eh? And there is only one person who can actually help him.
As Cabir walked into the cafeteria he could see NH3 and Fav5 were sitting together on the same table. The other students are checking on them from time to time expecting a fight as it happened before too often.
Cabir looked at the whole group. Dhruv and Nandini were talking in low voice, holding hands under the table, goofy smiles plastered on their faces, slightly blushing. Beside Dhruv was Manik who was talking with Alya about their practice and Manik suggested that they should do jam more often. Only tow of them. Well that escalated quickly.
And then there was Mukti who looked like she was about to punch the guy next to her, and you guessed it right, he was Harshad who also looked annoyed. At first look you would think they were fighting about something very important but no, they were infact debating on which drink is better. Lemonade or orange juice. These two I tell you.
Beside Harshad was Navya who waved, when she saw Cabir. He took a chair from a nearby table and placed it in the small space beside Navya, almost knocking Shahid off his chair.
Everyone turned to look at him. Navya was taken aback, the other girls were looking at him in hawk like eyes, Harshad and Shahid seemed irritated only Manik and Dhruv tried to hide their smile.
Cabir said 'Hi' to them awkwardly and gave a feeble smile. As soon as he looked at Nandini he knew he can't talk to Navya here, cause she was very protective of her friend and the funny thing is his own friends, Aliya and Mukti, were with her. Because they already warned him not to pull any prank on Navya. Cabir didn't even bother to tell them that he was actually on friendly terms with Navya, cause he knew they won't believe him anyway.
When everybody went back to talking, he took a tissue paper from the table and a pen out of his pocket and wrote something quickly and sceretly handed it to Navya below the table.
Mannat Har Khushi Paane Ki
Kabhi Neem Neem Kabhi Shahad Shahad
