Adhiti's point of view

"Mmmhhh...You made the world's best macaroni, Aadi." I smiled looking at Divya, when she moaned after taking the first morsel of macaroni.

Divya is a bubbly girl and since when she came into my life, I felt like I met my soul sister. We both enjoy each other company very much and never hesitate to talk to anyone. If someone try to being bitch with us we both handle him or her together.

"Divya, these are the books which Atul bhaiya gave it to me to give Nikhil Bhiya." I said while giving her the books.

"Put them on table. Nikhil bhaiya is not at home. I will give them to him when he come back." She said while pointing at her study table behind me while she was busy in eating.

Divya's parents are sitting in the living room with guests, so we decided to go to her room and spend some girls time here un her room. Divya's room is totally girlish with pink walls. She even requested to the landlord of their house to paint her room in pink. In the front wall of bed, there was a huge portrait of her favorite hero, Siddharth Malhotra.

Well that man is really hot and handsome but not more than 'him'.

I got up from the bed and put the books on her study table. I was about to turn when my catch his name, written on maths book. I took the book from table and looked at it with so much emotions in my heart. A warmth fill inside my chest and my heart beats fast when I traced my fingers on his name.

Dhruv

My heart beats fast and I feel something tingle inside my body whenever I whispered his name in my mind. I don't know, when my lips curled into smile when I was looking at his name with adoration.

I hope his all wish come true.

This is the final year of his school and I don't, after school when I will again to see him. Will I ever able to confess my feelings to him? Will he ever come to know about my love for him?

My heart aches whenever I think about it because I know I will never dare to confess my love to him. I always adore him and admire him from afar.

"Oye..Tripathi kha kho gayi?" I came out from my chain of thoughts when Divya's voice ring in my ear.

(Hey, Tripathi where were you lost?)

I put the book back on the table and walked to her. She always use my surname whenever I lost in my thoughts.

"No where Malhotra." I said while using her surname and sit on the bed in front of her.

She grins widely when I called her from her surname. Ofcourse her surname and her favorite hero surname is same.They both are Malhotra and for weird reason Divya think that she somewhere related to Siddharth Malhotra.

I mean seriously?

Sometimes she actually act like we are five years old.

"Hmmm...now tell me, what do you want talk about?" I asked her.

"Nothing important, just wanted to ask you, what should I wear in my cousin wedding next month?" She asked while eating.

"You have so many dresses. Wear any of them." I said with frown.

"No, I think, I should go for shopping and you are going accompany me." She said while pointing her forefinger to me.

"Divya, you know I can't. Papa doesn't like me walking around the city and mummy won't allow me." I said with a feeling of hurt in my heart.

"I don't understand your family yet. You can go outside to buy grocery but you can't go outside for shopping with your friend." Divya said with frown but I chose to keep quiet and lower my head to ignore her questioning eyes because I don't have answers of her questions.

I don't like to say no to Divya but I can't go against papa's rules. Atul bhaiya is allowed to go outside and come home at late hours. He has no restrictions.

Is being a is crime. No one put restrictions on boys then why girls. They also allow to go outside, feel like free bird and allow to come home late.

It feel suffocated sometimes, caged in restrictions. At least in one day of my life, I wanted to feel like a free bird, who fly in the sky without any care of going home and get scold for being late.

"Forget all of this. Tell me, have you complete the computer assignment?" She asked me while continuing eating her macaroni.

"No, I didn't get the time. I will complete it at night." I said looking at her.

"But how will you complete it? You don't have mobile phone and laptop." She asked me.

I don't know how I will complete my assignment. I don't have mobile phone and laptop. Papa and bhaiya won't give me their phone and I can't ask Atula bhiya for his laptop because he is preparing for his exam.

First of all Papa wasn't allowing me to join the computer class but get ready on one condition that I can go if Divya will also join me and someone has to pick us and drop us to the coaching center. So from past month Nikhil bhaiya was dropping us and picking us from the coaching center.

"Don't worry, take my laptop with you." She said with a grin and moan when she took another bite of macaroni.

"But where will I get the internet? You know I need internet to complete the assignment?" I asked her with confusion.

"Yeah, you are right."

We both sitting in her room thinking how can I complete my assignment without internet. Books are not enough and J have to build a Arithmetic program in 'C' language.

Our computer teacher will be hell angry on me if I again show him my program on notebook. Though my programs run perfectly but he is just so strict and don't let us to write our homework programs in class.

"What are you both doing?" Our head turn to the door when Divya's mother Anuradha Malhotra walked inside the room.

"Nothing mummy.." Divya said while sitting straight.

"What are you eating?.....Macaroni...?" Anuradha aunty asked while looking at the tiffin box in Divya's hand.

"Dear leave some for Dhruv. He is coming home today. You he also love Adhiti's hand macaroni."

My eyes become wide in shock and pink colour crept on my cheeks to get the new information. I never know he love macaroni from my hand. Divya never told me.

"What? Dhruv bhiya is coming today?" Divya asked with wide eyes.

What? Dhruv is coming today. But he was coming next week?

"Yeah..His crash course finished a week before so he is coming week earlier. In fact Nikhil went to Railway station to pick him. They must on their way and will be here soon." After saying this mummy walked outside from the room.

I have to go to home. I can't face him. He is coming home after two months. I can't just go in front him. I am too shy to meet his eyes or even look into his face. I don't know what happened to me, I feel so shy whenever he close to me or near to me.

"Hey, your problem is solved. Now I will tell Dhruv bhiya to turn on his phone's hotspot so that you can complete your assignment. I know speed will be low but still you will be able to complete your assignment." Divya said excitedly and I looked at her with wide eyes and red cheeks.

Dhruv and my room was on first floor of our house and it feel close, if the windows of our room open.

"N..no..Divya. it's really fine." I shuttered.

"Come on..Aadi, this is the least I can do for you." Divya said while putting her hand on mine and gave me a soft smile. She took her laptop and gave it me while giving me her puppy eyes.

I was about to denied again when we heard the car honking from outside.

"Dhruv bhiya arrived." Divya squealed excitedly and run outside the room.

I was keep sitting in her room battling with my thoughts. My heart is beating very fast with the thought of him, here in the same house. I know, I crave for his one glimpse since last two months and when the time came, I am feeling shy and chicken to even go in front of him.

It's not like that we both in talking terms or a even friends but still his presence give the chill to my whole body. We didn't even say a simple hello to each other but still I love him like crazy. He didn't even spare me glance but still I can look at him for all of my life. Maybe I am just his sister's friend for him but he is my whole life. My day starts with him and end only with him in my thoughts.

Gathering my all thoughts together and getting some courage I walked outside from Divya's room with her laptop.

When I reached the entrance of their house, my breath stuck in my lungs when I saw him stepping out from the car. I hide myself behind the pillar so he can't see me. I was stood far away from him behind the pillar but it feels like I am very close to him.

His black silky hair was combed perfectly. His sharp jawline, noes, thick brows, black eyes and pink lips, every feature of him, makes him more handsome than any bollywood star. His lean and sculptural body was like some super model that you can't resist to look back when he crossed to you.

His dark shirt was complimenting with his fair complexion. He was holding his backpack in one hand and I can see his popping up green veins through his rolled up sleeves which was making him more manly. In all over he is looking a Netflix handsom teanager, maybe more than them.

His lips curled into a beautiful smile when he step forward and touched Anuradha aunty and Gaurav uncle feet. I don't know when my lips curled up into a soft smile looking at his respect towards his parents.

"Dhruv bhiya.." Divya squealed excitedly and hug Dhruv. Dhruv hugged her back with his free hand and said something to her while ruffling her hair. I can't stop myself but I chuckled softly while looking at him with shy. Though I don't hear what he said but his every word makes me smile. This kind of effect he has on me.

I was so lost in him that I didn't realize they are coming towards me. My eyes went wide in shock and I started feeling nervous. I don't want him to see me. I can't let him know that I was in his home. He was busy jn talking with Nikhil bhaiya and Divya . His face was on the other side and this was my chance to escape.

I lowered my head walk hurriedly towards the main gate while looking down and clutching laptop tightly to my chest but my clumsiness, when my shoulder bumped into someone's shoulder and I know that someone is not other than him when his cologne reached my nostrils.

Due to the reaction of the action, I turn my face and my face already meet with his deep black curious eyes that anyone can lost in the deepness of them. But my legs didn't stop and I ran from there. My heart was beating really fast and hair on my nape were stood up because I can still feel his eyes on behind my back.

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When I came back home from Divya's house it was already dark and mummy scold me for being late. But thank goodness Papa was not at home.

I hurriedly made dinner while Atul bhaiya and mummy was sitting in the living room watching T.V. I was in a kitchen when door bell rang of our house. I wiped my hands with kitchen towel and went outside to open the door.

"Namaste Papa." I greeted Papa while taking the tiffin box from his hand. He nodded his head in acknowledgement and went inside and I closed the main gate.

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"How was your preparation was going on Atul beta." Papa asked Atul bhaiya while looking at him and eating his food.

We all are sitting in the dining table for dinner. Papa didn't talk much in dinner table unless it was necessary. Sometimes it was really awfully silent that you want just eat your food hurriedly and leave the table as soon as possible.

"It was going good papa. In fact I crack the exam of Maharashtra technical university and there will be a higher chance that I will secure a government seat in one of prestigious college." Atul bhaiya said looking at papa.

"Hmm..good. It will be great if you can secure seat in one of the government college. They are less expensive than any private college. I am proud of you son." Papa said while looking at bhiya with fatherly love which he shows very rarely to me and it really hurt sometimes when you crave for your parents love and they do partiality with you just because you are a girl.

Bhita thanks Papa and get back to his food when Papa eyes shifted to me on a mere second.

"When will your school open?" Papa asked me in a cold tone. It was rare when I saw warmth and fatherly love in his eyes for me. I don't even remember when was the last time he called me by my name or use any endearment for me.

"Next week Papa." I said while looking at my plate and keep my voice firm, as possible.

Papa just nodded his head and didn't ask anything further.

After dinner everyone went to their room and I went to kitchen to wash dishes and clean the kitchen.

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It was already 10 p.m. of the night when I came to my room after cleaning the kitchen and giving everyone milk in their room. I was hell tired and exhausted that I just wanted to go to bed and sleep. But I can't, I still have to complete my assignment otherwise our teacher won't allow me in the class.

I slide out the curtain and open the window of my room and sat down on my study table in front of the window while opening Divya's laptop, waiting for Dhruv to turn on his internet.

His room's lights are still off and curtains are cover the window of his room. His room's window was always open but he always covered it with curtains. I never saw him once to remove the curtain from his window.

I was drawn in his thoughts when suddenly his room's lights get on and I saw his dark shadow through the curtains. He was doing something on his phone and suddenly a notification popped up in the laptop of connected to wi-fi from Dhruv's phone. My lips curled into a smile while looking at the laptop but when I raised my head and looked at his window, smile wiped off from my face and I felt disappointed to look down for a second. He was not there and the lights of his room were also off.

He must be tired from the long journey and sleep soon. Otherwise he usually up till late hours of the night. I sighed while dropping my shoulders down and started working on my assignment.

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