*bang*
"Get up beta! Shaurya is here" Maasi said
"Maasi, I'm tired! Ask that idiot to get out!" I mumbled
"You should not talk that way with your classmates my dear girl! Also, you are here only for one more year, after that..." She stopped with a gloomy voice.
"Ok Maasi, I'll be there in two minutes!" I smiled reassuringly at her.
I splashed water on my face and came out of the room.
"Yes, Shaurya?"
"Hi Roop! I thought maybe, we could go for a walk together?"
"You think? that's an achievement"
"Is it a yes or a no Miss Sarcastic?"
I looked at Maasi and she nodded a yes.
"Ok, but given you're buying me ice cream!"
"Ok mam, now come"
"Be careful on the road kids!" Maasi said
"Yes maasi, bye" Shaurya and I said together.
It was autumn and we were walking through the fallen leaves.
Shaurya's POV:
She's walking besides me and looks different from her usual self, her hair flowing through her back and resting on her hips, her bangs could be seen on her face, her eyes glowing with the reflection of the setting sun, her cheeks are pink due to the cold weather, her lips naturally full and pink. What is she doing to me? I couldn't help but keep looking at her.
"Roop!"
"hm?"
"Ice cream?"
"Chocolate flavor"
I bought two for us and we sat on a bench in the park eating it. I feel so peaceful right now, like I've never felt before.
"I wanna say something"
"I'm listening"
"Aditi and I..."
"You love each other and your families have agreed too. Isn't this what you wanted to say?" She said casually.
Does she really not care about me? What was it that my friends from her section told me in the school? Why am I thinking all these? She is just a classmate, not even a friend to be precise, I have a girlfriend who is rich and cute, I belong to a good family here while Roop is just a middle class girl.
"You're smart" I replied coldly
"What is it you wanted to talk about?" Dumbo finally looked at me.
"About the test next week" Yes, I agree that I lied about the exam, because I didn't want to tell her about where my feelings were drifting.
"What about the test?"
"If we could study together?"
"We, as in?"
"You, Aditi and I"
"Ok!"
"Thank you"
"Now walk me home"
Roop's POV:
I lay in my bed, it's a sleepless night.
What was it that happened this evening. He has Aditi, still the way he looked at me, felt different. Also, I'll be gone from Dehradun after a year. With this will be gone the normal life.
Here, everyone thinks that I am an orphan girl who is taken in by a middle class lady, but little they do know about my reality. The years I've been here, I've tried to live the life that I'd never be able to live once I leave this place. I am the daughter of Randeep Malhotra, the CEO of Malhotra Corporation. But my dad wanted me to see the normal world before entering the competition and thus, he sent me to Maasi. And, I fell in love with this world. But, some day, I'll have to return to where I've come from.
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Beta- It means child in Hindi, also, a son is called beta and daughter is called beti. but beta is normally a general term for children.
Maasi- it means maternal aunt, mother's sister to be precise.