The morning is fresh. The sunlight is streaming through Ashvi's window and landing softly on her face. The cool, sweet breeze and the chirping of birds outside are working as an alarm clock . Ashvi slowly opens her eyes with a tiny smile .
ASHVI'S POV:
"If every morning could be this beautiful and peaceful, I'd never want to get up ."
But I've gotta get up, or else that animal will come shouting at me .
I got up from bed, even though I didn't want to. I quickly took a shower and picked out a maroon top, blue jeans, and a white cardigan from my cupboard - that's today's fit . I put on a light tint on my cheeks and a soft pink lipstick... and I'm good to go .
I went downstairs and started my breakfast. As I was eating, I noticed Ayaan still hadn't come down for breakfast, so I was secretly happy that he's late today and now i can shout at him the way he do !!whenever i got late .
Ashvi :
"Mom, where's Ayaan? He's not ready yet? What's going on? He was always the first one to nag me, what happened to him today? "
"He left for college already," she replied .
"What, that guy has a really big insect inside him which wanna go college very first and opens the gate for everyone ! I thought I'd give him a lecture today ..."
"What ?I told him to go with Ashvi everyday why did he left early ??," Dad said, irritated, looking at mom .
Mom:
"He said he had some work at college, that's why he left early. And you can drop ashvi today ."
"Huh, I can't go with Dad ."
Just then, one of the maids called out,
"Ma'am "
"Yes,
Ashvi, ma'am's car is fixed and it's here ."
She said it and left. And I was happy ... finally, my car is fixed .
"Don't worry, Mom, Dad, my car's here now. I can go ," I said in a cool tone .
"But you'll go alone? What if something happens to you again ?" Mom said, worried .
"Mom, please, I can take care of myself. I know how to fight too, so chill . I'm gonna be late, I'll go now ."
"Okay, go, but be careful ."
"Yeah, okay, bye ," I said and left .
Inside the car , I called Mansi, and she picked up immediately .
("Hello, )
are you out of the house? "
("No, I'm just about to leave .")
"Okay, wait, I'm coming to pick you up .
(Your car's fixed??? ")
"Yes l."
("Okay .")
I ended the call and started driving . -------------------------------------
*At college *
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Mansi :
1st sem exams are about to start and I haven't completed a single unit in Financial Accounting and Business Communication . I'll have to get on it soon.
How much have you done?
Ashvi :
I haven't looked at it yet either. I'll check it out
or again I'll have to give a backlog exam .
Mansi :
You've given a backlog? Which paper?
Ashvi :
Managerial Economics? I don't understand anything in that .
Right .
Ashvi :
And most importantly, when you're not interested in something, you don't feel like doing it .
I mean, you know, I didn't even want to do an MBA. I wanted to be a singer, music was my thing. Before coming to Bangalore, I was in Mumbai, and I did a lot of cover songs there .
Mansi :
Really? Then why did you do an MBA, and why did you shift here from Mumbai?
(I stopped as I recalled something... everything that happened there started flashing before my eyes. I closed my eyes ).
Ashvi...
Mansi called out, "What's wrong? Why did you suddenly stop and close your eyes ?"
Ashvi :
"Nothing, let's go, we'll miss a class.
Mansi :
There's still time ."
"Tell me, why did you come here and why did you do an MBA? "
Ashvi :
"To take care of the family business ."
Mansi :
"Oh, so it's a family-cum-dad-pressure course, right? "
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"Whatever!!!
Mansi :
But tell me one thing, if you get a chance to pursue singing now, would you show interest in it?"
"Yeah, I would,"
"Let's go, class is about to start,".I said, dragging her .
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*Classroom*
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See i told you we still have time
Mansi said sarcastically and went to her seat.
Just then, Ruhaan came from behind and starightly put his hand on my shoulder.
"Come, be careful, let's go this way," he said, guiding me.
"What are you doing?" I said, removing his hand from my shoulder.
"I'm taking you safely to your seat."
"Why? I can go myself."
"You can go yourself?? You stopped there, so I thought you were waiting for me to grab you tightly and take you to your seat comfortably," he said, smiling and showing his white teeth.
Everyone else started laughing too.
"You idiot, stay away from me," I said, annoyed.
"That won't happen," he said and bent down a bit, so our heights matched, and started moving closer to me.
"My day doesn't get good without being near you, so you know, you're lucky for me," he said softly, really softly to my ears.
He came so close that I felt his warm breath on my neck .
And he looked straight into my eyes . And I don't know why, but I felt like if I looked into his eyes for too long, I might not be able to look away.
So I did what I should've done. I pushed him back .
Ashvi :
"You know how shameless you are?
I haven't done anything yet. There's more to come, so just wait and see how shameless I can be," he said, smilingly, and went to his seat .
Yash came just then and walked straight to me .
"Hey, I have a friend, he has his own music studio. If you're interested, I can talk to him, you can pursue your passion there," he said out of the blue.
I was taken aback for a minute
"What are you talking about? I don't understand," I asked, confused.
Yash :
"Actually, sorry, I overheard your conversation with Mansi when I was coming here.
Trust me, I didn't mean to hear..."
"Oh,
so that's why... if you want, I can talk to my friend," he asked seriously.
I started smiling and said with a laugh, "You're so sweet, Yash, but it's okay, I'm fine with MBA for now."
"But you said if you get a chance, you'll pursue it?"
"Oh, I just said that to Mansi, she would've kept asking me all day otherwise."
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"Yeah, thanks for thinking of me, though .
Don't stress about exams, I'll help you," he said.
"Really? Then I don't need to study now ," I said in an excited tone.
"Hey, that's not how it works, you'll still have to study ," he said seriously.
We both laughed.
"If you're done talking, please take your seats," Ruhaan shouted from behind.
"Does he get sudden attacks or something?" I whispered softly, making sure no one heard me, but Yash heard it .
"Attacks come every day, you just notice suddenly," he whispered back.
We both smiled and went to our seats .