CHAPTER 2

21 December 2024, same day.

I was lying on bed, opening Instagram, and EXACTLY when I was tapping on VARDAAN'S profile, I received a follow request.

You guys might be thinking-whose request is it? Wait, I'll tell you, but first LET MEEE PROCESS ITT!!!

OMGGGG!!! WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCKK!

DARVVVV?!!!!

Wait? Am I dreaming or something?

Nahh, this can't be...

Why on earth would Darv send a follow request to MEE?!!

OH HAAN you guys are here as well

Ahm ahm

So guysss- DARV MITTAL.

My long, long, longgggg time

C R U S H.

Yes, crush.

He's in my class and dude, he's so so sooo handsomeee 😭

I like him a lott...

Y'all just imagine Darv and Jhanvi

Awww #jharv

Yesss I totally shipped myself with him...

I know I'm DEFINITELY WEIRD and I claim it like a queen 💪🏻💅🏻

Accha back to the topic-he sent me a follow request on Instagram...

And my lord, he looks so hot in his PFP.

Dayummm I wish I was his girlfriend, but never mind.

I'm happy in my one-sided era 💔

Because I saw a girl in my class who also liked him and proposed to him on the 10th school trip. God knows where she got this much courage...

Because I could never!

Hell nawh, can't even think of it.

And guess what-as usual, she got rejected in front of the whole school. It was embarrassing to watch.

Till now, I feel so sorry for her... but quite happy too that he didn't accept her proposal.

Well, he didn't want to give her false hopes by accepting it, so he rejected her. Which kinda made me like him more.

Also whatever-delulu is solulu.

Okay enough of the story time, now main mudda.

Should I accept it or reject it?

But if I accept it right now, then it'll look like I'm desperate.

And agar reject kiya to rude lagega 💔🥀 and mera kissa shuru hone se pehle hi khatam ho sakta hai...

Yaarrr itta dukh kyun hai lifeeee maii aahhhhhhhhhh

Whatever, I'm going to accept it after an hour.

🥰🫶🏻

After an hour,

Pata nahi kaise guzara maine ye ek ghanta apne piya ki yaadon me haaye...

Anyways, I finally clicked on 'accept' and requested to follow him back.

Wow, 2 seconds nahi lage use confirm karne me 🙂

Was he sitting with his phone in his hand?

Well jo bhi ho-finally I'm on his following listtt 💃🏻

I stalked his highlights because he's got no posts.

Well, I thought he might message me or something... but nothing 🙂💔

Dil toots.

Just when I thought this, EXACTLY at that moment, a notification pinged on my phone...

A MESSAGE FROM DARV!!!!

AHHHHHHHHH

I screamed so loudly that my mother and my brother came running into my room.

The door opened with a bash-did they just break my door's lock? WTF-

Gayi meri privacy.

Anyways, my mom and kirmada both said at the same time, "kya hua!!??"

"Kuch nahi hehe,wo ek macchar tha, mujhe laga madhumakkhi hai," I replied with pure innocence.

They looked at me with disbelief.

I looked at their reactions and said, "WHAT??"

My mother replied, being done with me, "Hai bhagwaan kya karun main iss ladki ka, mujhe laga pata nahi kya ho gaya."

Vardaan added with mock annoyance, "Main accha khasa game khel raha tha, itna important match chal raha tha, but ye chillayi-mujhe laga pata nahi kaunsa bhoot dekh liya iss chudail ne."

I replied, offended, "Abe oye chudail kisko bola!!?"

This idiot replied with full confidence, "Tujhe chudail, tujhe."

Ye kutte ka qatal ho jayega mere haatho kisi din!!!

I turned towards my mother, who was looking at our banter with a deep sigh.

"Mummy dekh lo isse, main maar dungi iske!!"

He continued, "Aaja bhidle... ho hi jaaye aaj do do haath!"

I forwarded my arm and signalled him to come forward and try to touch me.

Aaj dekh hi liya jaaye kisme kitna hai dum 💪🏻

He came forward like a sumo wrestler and pulled my ponytail so hard that I almost felt like crying-but I didn't, because QUEEN NEVER CRY.

I resisted the urge and, with full sass, kicked his ass. He yelped slightly, adding to my satisfaction. Then I ran out of the room so he wouldn't make his second move.

While we were fighting like cats and dogs, mom shouted from behind, "Kutte-bille ki tarah mat lado tum dono!! Agar koi mehmaan aa gaya to kya sochega!!?"

We ignored her and continued our banter.

When I ran out, he chased me and finally caught my wrist-

and I grabbed his hair.

Well, these small hands have quite some strength.

I pulled hard, making him shout-

"Abe chudail dard ho raha hai, dheere kheech!!"

"Pehle tu dheere kar!!"

Meanwhile, Mata Shree came out of my room with a paper in her hand.

And read it aloud-

"Dear parent, your ward has been caught using a digital camera in the school premises..."

My eyes nearly popped out.

Both me and Vardaan paused.

Mom glared at us.

"Ye kya hai?"

We gulped.

Because we both have separate cameras... and the letter didn't mention any name.

Well, this letter was mine, but once Vardaan was also caught in the same case. But he hid his application and mom didn't get to know about it.

But now the MAIN CAUSE is that if he takes my name, and he surely knows that I'll take his name as well, so he keeps his mouth shut.

Perks of being trapped in the same situation 💪🏻

"Kiska letter hai ye? Jhanvi, tere room me tha ye... tera hai?" she turned towards me.

I gulped, "nahi mummy-"

WAIT-ye cheez maine pehle kyun nahi sochi thi...

Shivani kis kaam aayegi.

"ARREEE HAAANNNN mummy, abhi yaad aaya ki ye Shivani ka application tha. Wo school me apna camera le aayi thi aur agar uske gharwalon ko pata lagta to usko bohot daant padti, to usne ye mere bag me daal diya tha... bechari," I added.

She raised her eyebrow, and Vardaan looked at me with wide eyes as if I did some sort of crime...

Like, which I technically did, but anyways.

I know exactly that I'm going to get killed by Shivani if she gets to know this, but jo hoga dekha jayega...

Guyz guyz, confuse mat ho jana, I'll introduce you guys to Shivani later. Patienceeeee...

Well, currently mom didn't look particularly convinced by my explanation, but she decided not to ask further questions...

Well, she DEFINITELY gave me an expression claiming, "mujhe pata hai tu jhooth bol rahi hai."

LITERALLY mera dil mere mooh me tha.

Well, Vardaan and I were still holding each other's hair in our fists till now, and finally we left each other and stood straight.

If someone had entered our house right now, they might've thought ki hum dono mental hospital se bhaage hue do patients hain.

We looked nothing less than beggars.

Main ABHI TO NAHAYI THI YAWRR... iss kutte ne saara glow kharab kar diya 💔

Well, I took the letter from my mother's hands and said, "accha mummy, main chali sone, bohot thak gayi. Good nighttt 💅🏻"

Vardaan replied instantly, "eh? Eh? Eh? Abhi to dupahar ke 2 baj rahe hain... ye kaunse time ki good night kar rahi hai?"

Mother India replied to him, "beta, tu bhool jata hai teri behen kumbhkaran ko takkar deti hai."

Vardaan acted as if she enlightened him with great knowledge and said, "arre haan, main bhool gaya tha."

I glared at both of them-to which they laughed.

I huffed and went back to my room.

Thankfully, they hadn't broken the lock of my door.

Anyway, back to the actual problem...

I just fricking realized that-

DARV HAD SENT ME A MESSAGE WHICH I WAS ABOUT TO SEE!!!!!!!!!

Haiii bhagwaaaannnn mera kya hoga 😭

I locked the door with the speed of a cheetah and settled back, but this time underneath my blanket.

Then I clicked on Darv's DM.

Darv: Hii!

What's with the exclamation??? Abee aise kaun type karta hai... itte kool logo se main kaise baat karun 💔🥀

Dil literally 200 ki speed se dhadak raha hai.

Me: heyy?

Kya reply diya hai mashallah subhanallah Alhamdulillah... Pakistani drama dekh dekh kar itne words to aa hi gaye hain 💅🏻

Thoda aur normal likh leti... par ab jo ho gaya so ho gaya .

His reply came instantly.

Darv: Jhanvi right?

Me: Yepp, what's the matter?

Huh, itni aNGreZi to aati hai mujhe... halwa samajhte hain log mujhe, ainveyi.

Bas ab kuch normal si baat ho jaye... please bhagwaan ji 😭

Alsoooo, please let it be about me.

After a few minutes, his reply came-

Darv: Well, actually umm... do you by any chance know Shivani?

Eh? Eh? Eh?

SHIVANII?!!!

Mujhe laga isko mujhse baat karni hai... ek second ke liye laga tha maybe... just maybe...

BUT WHY THE FUCK SHIVANI?

Keep your calm Jhanvii... relaxxx...

Breathe in...

Breathe out...

I replied, resisting the urge to do anything ulta seedha.

Me: Yes, she's my best friend.

Darv: Well, that's great. Because I saw her at school not looking like her usual self lately. Guess something has happened to her, so I thought to ask her friends. Do you know anything by any chance?

Of course. Obviously. Kyun hi baat karega mujhse.

Kisi ka murder kar sakti hun main? Ya chhat se kood jaun?

Guess mere liye nahi bana ye pyaar vyaar.

Me: I'm sorry to ask, but how do you relate to her? Because I can't just give away information about my best friend to anyone randomly. You're understanding what I'm saying, right?

Thoda rude ho gaya kya? Nahi... thik hai... self-respect bhi koi cheez hoti hai 🙂

Darv: Yes, I totally get your point, but I'm not quite in the state to tell you how I relate to Shivani.

Aur bhi suspicious... shabashhh...

Me: Alright. Then I'm sorry, I can't tell you anything.

Dil to already toot chuka hai... ab kya hi farak padta hai.

Darv: Oh... okay. I guess today's not my day. Well, thank you for your time. Have a good day.

Me: You too.

Bas? Itni si baat?

Khatam?

🙂💔

Guyz ab aap log hi batao main kahan jaakar sar maaru apna 😭😭😭

Bhagwaan ji maine aapka kya bigada... bas ek pyaar karne wala banda hi to manga tha, wo bhi nahi diya aapne 😭

Upar se meri best friend ko hi meri sautan bana diya 💔

Goddd how will I face herrr nowww!!!!???

Ughhh I hate thisss!!! Well, ab jo hoga dekha jayega, bhaad me jaye sab.

Main chali sone. Sleep is more important 💪🏻

Slowly, soon after, I drifted into a deep slumber-clearly unaware of what was waiting for me next.

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