There he was in the shed…sitting down on the dusty floor and thinking intently about the next day…the day of the results…i.e the results of the election for the Maurya High students' council leader. His eyes blazed with a fire; he wanted so much to win…to prove to everyone that he was the best…that he could pull this off single-handedly…
Then he thought of his competitor…his rival…the one who annoyed and irritated him so much…and also the one who, he had to grudgingly admit, had given him a hell of a fight. Still, 'I will win,' he thought and he was confident that he would. He had worked hard for it and he was sure that his campaign had successfully won him the votes of the students.
'Well, tomorrow will be showtime,' he thought and then smiled grimly.
"Oh, toh Mr. Kam akkal yahaan pe baithe hain!" said a taunting voice which he knew very well, he did not even have to look up to know it was her. He immediately stood up and glared at her.
"Anvesha, tum yahaan kya kar rahi ho? Can't you just get the hell out of here?"
"Hey bhaggu! Mujhe nahin pata tha ki yeh tumhaara playground hain…I didn't know ki tumhaare dad ne iss shed ko bhi khareed liya hain!" Ashi said, making a face at him.
"What? Wacko, what do you mean by that?" Yuvi asked angrily.
"Hey bhaggu! Mujhe pata toh tha kit um dumb ho par mujhe yeh nahin pata tha ki tumhaari dumbness ka meter itna upar tak jaa sakta hain!"
"Wacko, waise bhi tum half the time non sense bakti rehti ho…now tell what you want to tell, taaki mujhe tumhaari iss idiotic, wacked out shakal ko zyaada time dekhni nahin padegi!!"
"Oh….jaise tumhaari shakal itni acchi hain! Shayad tumne mirror mein apna face nahin dekha hain! Do you know what you look like? A BIG, CRAZY BEAR!!!"
"WACKO…" and Yuvi looked at her as if he would dearly like to kill her. He had balled his fist and for one moment it looked as though he would actually punch her.
Then he closed his eyes and took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.
Finally he said in a would be calm voice, "Anvesha, what do you want? Jaldo bako and just get OUT OF HERE!!!" He finally looked at her. Ashi had folded her arms and was looking calmly at him, smirking, clearly unimpressed by his outburst.
"Well, main bas tumhe "Best of Luck" kehne aayi thi….you know why? Because you will need it! Kal tumhe pata chalega ki Anvesha Bannerjee Ray kya cheez hain."
"OH…really?! Mujhe pata hain ki Anvesha blah blah blah kya hain…ek rang-birangi, tedhi medhi JOKER! Aur as far as good luck is concerned, uski tumhein zyaada zaroorat hain…kyunki elections main jeetne waala hoon. Just watch out tomorrow!"
"Look who's talking! Ek baat batao…tumhaare campaign ke liye tumhaare politician dad ne kitne logo ko bribe kiya?" Ashi asked sarcastically.
"What do you mean huh? Yeh saari preparations maine ki hain…ismein mere dad ka koi haath nahin hain," Yuvi said, now a bit defensive.
"Oh really…aur woh saare tricks jo tumne play kiye…logo ke votes ke liye? Unka kya? Mujhe pata hain…who tumhaare dad ke hi devilish ideas honge!" Ashi said, a bit serious now....Before he could make any retort, she continued.
"Yuvi…why can't you do anything on your own for once?"
"Oh really, ab mujhe tumhaara lecture sunna padega? Main bhi tumhein ek advice deta hoon…apna yeh bada sa mouth band rakhna…atleast mere saamne toh…kyunki mujhe tumhaari inn ridiculous baatein sunne mein koi interest nahin hain! Mujhein bahut kaam hain…jaise ki mujhe ready hona hain…kal meri victory celebrate karne ke liye," Yuvi said in one breathe.
"Wow! Tumhein kya kisi astrologer ne bataaya hain ki kal tum jeetne waale ho?"
"Mujhe kisi astrologer ki koi zaroorat nahin hain…I know that I'm gonna win…it's so obvious…koi tum jaise wacko ko kyun vote dega?"
"For your information, public poll main mujhein zyaada votes mile!" Ashi replied, smirking.
"Tab…aur aaj main bahut pharak hota hain wacko. Public poll ke baad, mere rocking ideas and even more rocking parties ke wajah se, I'm more popular than you."
"Wow yuvi, tum ekdum Hitler part-2 ban rahe ho!" ashi said, shaking her head.
Yuvi looked at her, confused and then rolled his eyes.
"Mujhe tumhaari yeh weirdo baaein zara bhi samajh mein nahin aa rahi hain!" Yuvi said in a sing song voice.
"Ab thodi hi der mein Yashwant Dev ke political party mein ek naya member aa jaayega…woah…yuvraj dev! Mujhe toh lagta hain ki tumhein aaj se hi netaji bulana shuru kar dena chaahiye!"
"SHUT UP!!!" He screamed at her; he was shaking with anger now. Maybe it was because, he last sentence had hit home a bit too hard…he never wanted to become a pawn in his father's "army"…
"Don't try to poke your nose into my life," he said, his eyes blazing with anger…
Ashi was shocked and a bit scared but she was hardly going to show him that she was scared. So she rolled her eyes at him. That if possible, made him angrier.
He grabbed her by the shoulders and brought his face close to hers and said, with controlled anger, "You.just. stay.away.from.me," For a moment Ashi was really frightened of him, as she had only once been before…
Yuvi was still holding her by her shoulders and their faces were very close…he could feel her breath on his face... He could feel his anger ebbing away to be replaced by a new emotion…one which he could not describe…their closeness was making him crazy…so he did the only thing that was making sense right now: he kissed her.
For a moment, ashi was shocked and completely frozen…and that was all the time he needed to deepen the kiss. Now even if she had wanted, she could not have pulled away from him.
He wrapped his hands around her and she felt herself melting into his arms…she forgot where she was…she did not know when her hands wrapped themselves around his neck....the only thing which she could feel was that she wanted this kiss to go on forever…
For how long they continued like this, wrapped up in each other, they didn't know. It seemed like an eternity after they broke apart. Yuvi stared at her…her eyes were still closed and the sliver of moonlight falling on her face made her look more beautiful than ever. Ashi opened her eyes and immediately all the memories came flooding back to her…all the time they had spent together…how he was the only one who could make her blush…how happy she had been then…
But she also remembered how heart-broken she had been when she had found out about the bet…how much she had cried…it had felt like the end of the world for her…
She suddenly moved away and turned back. Yuvi who had been gazing at her, all this time, immediately pulled her back. He cupped her face in his hands and looked at her.
He could hardly believe that just mere moments ago, he had hated her…no…hate was too strong a word…they had been rivals just a few minutes ago…but he was not sure what they were now…
"We…we should go," Ashi said softly and she turned around once again, "kal elections…" Yuvi laughed…he had completely forgotten about the elections and he was surprised to find that he hardly gave a damn about them now.
"What elections, Ashi?" he asked her smiling now. She looked at him surprised and then grinned back at him.
"I'm gonna win, psycho," ashi said teasingly.
"Oh no wacko, main hi jeetne waala hoon…par I don't care about them now!" Yuvi said.
Ashi looked surprised but still asked, "Then what do you care about?" raising one eyebrow. Yuvi just looked at her, naughtily and said, "Guess"…
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