Tharki

He blinked

Woww!! What an iconic first impression he cursed himself

Rajvansh's POV

His heart was still drumming like a dhol at a wedding. He couldn't stop thinking about her-Aarohi. The way she looked at him, the way she yelled at him. And those eyes...those brown ones ...they weren't the same as he remembered, something was missing but somehow still hers.

Hey mahadev

Was it really her? My Aarohi?

Thinking about their interaction he went into the class

Aarohi's POV

Why was he looking so familiar, his gaze , his eyes.... The way he said sorry, bowing like a 90's gentleman hero.. Unknowingly she smiled thinking about their encounter .

Stop it aarohi, what are you thinking!!!!! Remember these feelings are not for you.. Stop right here

She scolded herself and went to auditorium to check on the preparations of assembly before going to class as she is head girl.

In the class:

Rajvansh leaned back in his seat, still trying to recover from the collision earlier. Physically he was fine. Emotionally? Not so much.

Just then, he heard laughter near the classroom door.

"Ayeee Ritik! Mujhe de de woh chocolate warna class ke sabke saamne teri harkatein bata dungi!" a girl hissed, trying to snatch something from a boy.

"Tu meri best friend hai ya daku?" Ritik grinned, holding the chocolate above his head as Naira jumped to grab it.

"Mujhe de, woh Aarohi ke liye laaya gaya tha!"

"Main bhi to uski best friend hoon!" Naira argued.

"Arey woh meri bhi best friend hai-par asli wali!" Ritik dramatically said, flipping his invisible hair like a Bollywood heroine.

"Bas kar 'sautan', main Aarohi ki pehli aur asli wali bestie hoon!" Naira snapped back, crossing her arms with fake attitude.

"Sautan?! Tu khud ko Kareena samajhti hai kya? Aarohi meri jaan hai-emotional support system hai meri!" Ritik clutched his heart like he'd just been betrayed in a 90s soap opera.

Rajvansh couldn't help but chuckle. He was watching them with quiet amusement from his bench.

"Yeh dono kaun hain?" he asked the guy sitting next to him.

"Bas, Aarohi ke drama duo. Uski jaan hain dono-Ritik aur Naira. Din bhar ladte rehte hain ki kaun uska asli best friend hai."

Ye donon hi hain jo use hasa paate hain varna to hamesha serious expression me rehti hai wo

His heart clenched at his last sentence, she remains sad and serious... This was not that aarohi.. She was the packet of mischiefs... So what happened that made her like this.

But seeing her friends, he felt somehow relieved

So she wasn't completely alone...

Aarohi walked into the classroom at that moment. Calm, poised, with that expressionless face she had perfected over the years. But the moment she saw her two anmol ratans Ritik and Naira bickering again, fighting like khoon ke pyase dushman...,her lips curved into the faintest smile.

"Tum dono fir se shuru ho gaye?"

"Aarohi tu hi bol! Kaun hai tera real best friend? Main ya yeh drama queen?" Ritik pointed at Naira.

"Abe oye! Pehle tu 'bhai' kehta tha ab best friend ban gaya? Pehle clear kar le tu ho kya," Naira snapped, flicking his forehead.

Aarohi rolled her eyes and took the chocolate from Ritik's hand.

"Tum dono mere liye equally important ho, okay?" she said.

"Matlab tie ho gaya..." Ritik pouted.

"Main accept karti hoon ki tu bhi important hai," Naira said softly, and then whispered, "par asli wali bestie toh main hi hoon." aur tu ek chimpanzee hai, she made fun of him

Ritik made a grumpy face at his sautan cum bestie

Rajvansh couldn't stop smiling. This was the part of Aarohi he remembered-the one surrounded by warmth and mischief. Maybe that version of her still existed somewhere deep inside.

But the sadness in her eyes earlier, the silence around her otherwise-that was new.

He didn't realize but he was staring at her for a long time and guess what she noticed.

"Staring is not a good habit, Mr. Button-Eyes. - A."

He looked up, stunned.

His cheeks turned pink. And for the first time in years, he felt seen.

Ahmmm vo.. I.... I was not staring actually a.. A

Okayy class get up and go to assembly.

Make a queue., she commanded the class without letting him complete

She stood at the entrance of the auditorium with clipboard in her hand noting the names of every student who came late for assembly.

You all are late.. Don't you know the rules.. Now don't blame me for detention, she scolded them as she is very particular about punctuality and rules.

Rajvansh was observing her and a flashback came into his mind when she used to break every single rule and was so careless but now seeing her like this he felt proud of her.

But a mischievous idea came into his mind to gain her attention.

Back in the class, teacher asked new students to introduce themselves and then briefed the class about all the streams and asked students to choose stream according to their choices and take their time.

After that they divided different sections according to the streams

Rajvansh, aarohi, ritik and naira all opt for non medical stream

Aaru Yaar lunch me kya lai hai, naira asked in the third period

Tu pagal hai kya class ke beech mein tujhe lunch ki padi hai... Padhle behen... Aarohi scolded her.

Kya yaar pehla hi din hai itna bhi kya pdhna.. Bata na kya lai hai...

Chhole bhature ab muh band rakh, aarohi replied.

Kya chhole bhature... Yummy la tiffin de, naira said.

Tu khud maregi mujhe bhi marvayegi, she cursed her and gave her tiffin.

She opened the tiffin and ritik sitting right in the side row got the aroma of delicious chhole bhature made by his beloved aaru and quickly gave naira a sharp glare.

Agar tune saara tiffin khatm kiya to aaj main tujhe khatm kar dunga, he warned naira and she ignored him perfectly.

But their banter got noticed by teacher and he expelled them from the class.

(This duo 🤣)