Rian took out his phone and saw Nysa's messages.
Nysa - We talked. Do what you have to do and make sure he doesn't retaliate.
Rian - Ok
Nysa - You wanna come with us to the swimming pool? Kavya got exclusive access to use the pool. I will also introduce you to other running candidates for the student council.
Rian - I am busy. Later.
Nysa - ok :(
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Nysa - What happened to you?
Rian - Who knows
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After a minute of silence, Rian looked up at Nysa who was glaring at him. He couldn't help as he let out a little smile.
"Who are you texting with?"
Rian looked at Isha who was smiling at him.
"An acquaintance." Rian slid his phone back into his pocket.
Isha looked skeptical but didn't question. The waiter came back with their order and carefully put the dishes on their table. The aroma of coffee surrounded their table. As Rian was about to pick the sandwich Isha stopped him.
"Let me take a picture." She smiled as she took out her phone.
Rian sighed and leaned back when he heard footsteps. He saw Samira and Siya walking towards their table. They both had an expression of awe as they looked around.
"Wait what happened to you?" Samira frowned as soon as she saw Rian's face.
"He got his ass kicked," Isha spoke before Rian could reply.
Rian smiled as he pushed his hair back. Isha told them both about what Rian told her which was 'practically nothing' and they both frowned.
"Well, it's nothing. Let's eat okay?" Rian interrupted before they could object and picked up the slice of sandwich.
"It's soooo tasty." Samira smiled taking another bite.
"I know right." Isha nodded and Siya also agreed.
𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 1800𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵. Rian thought as he took another bite.
"Why are those three here?" Samira asked in a low voice gesturing to the table where the three models were sitting.
"I think they all hang out here, see they are charging their phones and one of them is working on her laptop," Isha said gesturing to Sitara who was typing something.
"Why am I not surprised, with the amount of money they had. If I were that rich I would be here all day."
"Yeah, I know right. I heard a rumor that there's a guy who sent a threat letter to Nysa." Isha leaned closer as she said that.
"I also heard that! The guy is stalking her and she is scared and will probably complain to the dean."
"She will? I don't think that. I mean she likes the attention guys give her. On the third day, she got a proposal and instead of denying straightaway like she should have considering they met for the first time, she didn't. She made him do all her work and after two days she blocked him and ignored him."
"Is that the same guy who sent her the threat letter?"
"Probably."
"Did you know that Kavya is also interested in a guy?"
As they kept talking Rian silently ate, listening to them gossiping about everything. Siya also kept quiet for most of the time and only gave her input when asked. An hour passed by and they ordered some more dishes. After finishing their food the waiter brought the bill and left the table after giving them.
"Oh my god! What's this!"Isha squealed.
"I don't think I have that much money," Samira said in horror.
"Yeah, it's too much." Siya looked worried.
All three girls looked at Rian.
"How much do you have?"
"100rs"
"150rs"
"100rs"
Rian sighed as he looked at the bill which was 5200rs.
"I will pay don't worry. You guys go ahead."
"We will pay you back promise. See you in class." Isha spoke awkwardly.
"Shit we are late." Samira rushed dragging Siya and both of the girls followed Isha.
Rian took out his wallet and pulled out eleven 500rs notes. He was short on cash now. The waiter came back with the change.
"Keep it." Rian got up and left his table.
Nysa looked at Rian who was walking towards the stairs. She made eye contact with Kavya who sighed.
"Sure go ahead. Also, remind him that he hasn't done anything till now and the situation isn't getting any better." Kavya shook her head as Nysa got up and hurried after Rian.
"I think Rian will change Nysa," Sitara said looking in the direction Nysa went.
"After our talk with Divya, I am finding him more and more suspicious. I don't know. And not to mention he denied our invitation to the swimming pool." Kavya frowned.
"Yeah, I thought boys liked girls in swimsuits and all." Sitara nodded.
"I know right! We had the pool exclusively for ourselves and I mean.... LOOK AT US. We are pretty, sexy, and hot, boys wet dream. I rejected two proposals today. What's his deal? Is he gay or something? And not only that we even told Nysa to tell him that we will introduce him to other candidates for student council. I thought he liked fame, power, and connections?"
"I can't figure him out either. I invited him to sit with us but he rejected after looking towards Isha. Either he didn't want to sit with us or he didn't want his new 'friends' to know that he knew us. It made me feel as if we are his dirty secret or something."
"He even had the option to invite his friends."
"Yeahh. Though it's good he didn't join us. I don't like those girls, I have seen them before and their judgmental gazes. They talk shit about us all the time, whether it's in dorms, classroom, or whenever they see us."
"Fucking bitches." Kavya scoffed.
"By the way, do you think we will get enough votes? I have to be the Vice President. At any cost." Sitara looked at her friend who was in thought.
"Look I will get one-third of the girls to vote for us. They will have to accept the bribe but I don't think the rest of them will vote. We will have to give them something they want. Maybe assignments? I have heard that the boys have a system where the smelly thin nerds do the assignment."
"Yeah, but we can't dominate like how the boys do. Or should we also use force?"
"I don't think that will work."
"How about we make a deal with boys?"
"That's not a bad idea but how will we approach them? We can't just destroy our reputation by making the first move and showing interest. And not to mention the dick Dhairya is after Nysa. I hate his group a lot. All the muscle heads and perverts hanging together. They really creep me out." Kavya said in disgust.
"Yeah and we cannot go by ourselves, it will destroy our reputation plus not to mention the votes will be a pain. Why is Rian not doing anything? Does he want something else or what? Or was he bluffing? Shit, what the fuck should we do?" Sitara closed her laptop and massaged her temples.
"YEAH RIAN!!" Kavya exclaimed as she slowly smiled. "Why not use Rian?!"
"What do you mean?"
"Nysa is already gone for good. She has a crush now and we both know how obsessive and possessive she can be so we might have to see Rian daily. Let's use him. He can maybe send us the assignments the boys are doing. We will distribute them to the girls if they promise to vote for you. As soon as you become Vice President we will charge them for the assignments, old test papers, and homework. And if you don't get the votes then no assignment for them or we will take more money but I don't think this will happen. The majority of the boys and girls are on thin ice because of the shit they pulled during the first week. I have heard that they don't talk with each other for now so the girls must not be getting the assignments, test papers and resources. Though there are some exceptions but excluding them yeahhh! And I think it will stay like this for at least a month or two, we get assignments every week and I heard that after the first exams, we will be getting them twice a week. I think this can work." Kavya smirked as she thought more about this.
"It's actually not a bad idea." Sitara patted her friend on the shoulder. "When shall we talk with him?"
"Well Nysa's obsession is taking over her now, she will probably message him a lot and she saw him sitting with three girls today. She must have felt something considering she was staring at him all the time, Rian's face was messed up so something must have happened with him and the boys but that could work in our favor, Nysa's really curious and she will get worse because of that. So I would say let's wait for maybe two days?" Kavya fell deep into thought.
"I feel bad about us talking about our friend." Sitara laughed. "But what if Rian couldn't handle her? I mean she is completely broken in more than one way. Her problem is getting worse you know..."
"We don't have any option. Let's hope he will." Kavya sighed remembering a past memory.
"I guess..... well then shall we go and check on the two love birds?"
"Yeah! 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗮𝗻" Kavya slowly smiled.