All of the four girls looked at him at once, all with different expressions.
"What do you mean by that?" Divya asked looking at him.
"I mean what if I stop him altogether? What if he stops bothering you? Will that lower your pressure?" Rian asked looking at her.
Divya was at a loss for words and so were the other three. After a minute of silence, Nysa spoke, "How will you do that? You just got here and do you even know who Dhairya is?"
"Let me worry about that. Oh by the way this is for you." Rian took out the envelope and gave it to Nysa who was frowning. "It's from Dhairya, for you."
"What?" She opened the envelope and took out the letter. She read the content and glared at Rian.
"What the fuck is this?!" She asked in a slow but deadly voice.
"To be honest I have no idea, he told me to do this as my first task since it was my first day." Rian frowned.
"This is what the letter says - You better watch your back when walking alone my precious doll. I love you a lot and won't leave you alone even if you block me, I mean what I am writing, you will have 24 hours to unblock me as soon as you read this, or else : ) Maybe we will have some fun together and my definition of fun is different than yours. Consider this a request, not a THREAT. Your Love - D" Nysa stopped reading and silence enveloped the table.
"SEE! I TOLD YOU HE IS A FUCKING CREEP!!" Divya slammed on the table hard gathering the attention of nearby students.
"This is too much. Should we complain?" Kavya looked at Nysa.
"Yeah, this is indeed too much. You should complain to higher authorities." Rian nodded looking at all of them.
"Even if we do, we have no actual proof that he has written this letter and he may do something worse. We need protection." Nysa said seriously and looked at Rian.
"How will you take care of Dhairya?" She asked him.
"You don't need to worry about that, but I have some conditions," Rian spoke carefully.
"Conditions?" Sitara raised her eyebrows.
"Yeah, I have heard that having connections here is really important, and in the future, if I want to get something done, you all will have to help me," Rian spoke sincerely and observed their expression.
"What do you mean by 'get something done'?" Sitara asked skeptically.
"I said exactly what I mean, you all will owe me."
Chills went down their body as soon as Rian said that statement, he was giving a polite smile but his eye was blank, dead as if he wasn't talking to humans but someone more feral. All four girls couldn't speak or understand where he was going with this.
"May I ask what kind of request you would come up with?" Nysa looked at Rian, whose eyes changed as he smiled.
"Hahaha don't think of anything creepy. Like for example if I wanted my personal belonging transferred from outside into dorms without any checkups or if I wanted the pass of building for the day. Nothing bad." Rian laughed lightly.
"Yeah I can do that but the latter, isn't it the same thing as what Dhaira wants?" Divya looked at Rian.
"You are right but you will give me willingly and we have talked so much, do you think I am actually that kind of guy? I won't pressure you don't worry about that."
"Can you give us some time?" Kavya looked at Rian.
"Okay. Here's my contact information, call me when you make your decision." Rian spoke and scribbled his phone number on the tissue. Rian got up and left the table walking smoothly, several people stared at him as he made his way out of the canteen.
"I don't trust him," Divya spoke suddenly.
"I thought he was really mysterious." Nysa smiled with a little tinge of red appearing on her cheeks. "But he seemed genuine."
"Are you kidding me? Have you looked at those eyes when he spoke something about how we will owe him?" Divya shivered.
"Yeah, that was soo cool. I got goosebumps." Nysa's smile got bigger and she took another bite of her salad.
"She's gone for good." Kavya looked at her friend and shook her head.
"Though he seemed harmless he was indeed a little shady," Sitara said and nodded as she looked at Divya.
"A little shady?! Ok let me tell you, I told one of his roommates to find some information about him, anything. When he was coming here I received a message that his roommate has gone through his luggage and guess what he found?!" Divya lowered her voice.
"What you are actually stalking him?" Nysa frowned.
"Just listen," Divya began, "When his roommate Arpit went through his luggage he found a camping knife! And also there was no money, literally not a single coin. Not even in secret pockets, also there was no lock on his suitcase. And who brings a camping knife to a university?"
"Look it's bad enough that you are making his roommate go through his things and maybe he doesn't carry cash and do only online payments, maybe he will buy his general items from the store and maybe the knife was a gift from someone precious or maybe he carried it by mistake. Even I used to carry the knife with me at all times, those little Swiss knives. Cut him some slack." Nysa was annoyed and shrugged as she said the last line.
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 Sitara thought as she looked at her poor friend.
"Why don't you ask the next time we meet?" Nysa looked at Divya.
"Are you kidding me? Ask him how? What will I tell him when he questions?" She glared at Nysa who ignored her glare.
"Guys let's talk about that later. We are really late and we have already missed one class. What should we tell Rian?" Kavya looked at the other three.
"Let him get Dhairya under control." Sitara continued, "We will deal with Rian later, one problem at a time. Let him control Dhairya. I will go and talk with the rest of the candidates. I want everyone's support. I need a seat in the upcoming Student Council Elections."
Sitara got up and moved out of the canteen followed by Kavya and Divya. Nysa looked at the tissue Rian left and picked it up. She sent a message to the number and followed them smiling.