All the things were going in its natural flow.

One month passed.

I go to his house for my tuition.

He teaches me and Rimi properly just like a teacher.

He was normal but I couldn't be just his student only.

I tried to look like a more patient and obedient student in front of him.

Also a good girl to his mother .

I have built a very good relationship with my aunty.

But what is most irritating for me is Rimi's presence between us .

She clearly seeks attention from Adrit.

One day she suddenly touches his hand while giving him her notebook or passing her pen .

On the other she sits close too close to him so that even with a tiny movement of any of them they can get each other's touch.

Disgusting!

Like all the other days I'm going to his room .

After 2 months my HS exam is coming to me .

Everything is going to be a mess! A whole mess!

Now I have to see Rimi's bullshit again.

Maybe one day she will get killed by me! Such a rubbish girl!

The house is silent and no one is there in the drawing room and it's quite uncommon because other days aunty sits there and watches serials .

However I went upstairs.

I was planning that I will invite him on my birthday. And I have other ideas to execute for him on that day.

By the way when I arrived in his room Rimi was not there.

He was sitting with his guitar and just randomly touching the strings.

Someday I hear a nice menly voice singing from his room.

And I know, he sings so well.

Even I fall in love with him again for his voice specially for his singing.

May I come?

Yes,yes,why not ? Ritika?

He gifted me a kind smile so I returned back one smile to him.

I took a chair and placed it beside him.

After sitting on the chair I saw he was still randomly touching the guitar but creating a soft rhythmic tune.

After sometime he looked at me and said me to open my book.

But I was not in a mood of studying and it was a great opportunity for me to talk to him because there was not anyone besides us there.

I gained the courage and said softly but firmly looking towards his eyes with a puppy face.

Can I request you something?

Yes ,Speak.

I have heard you singing from my room can you please sing when I am here now???

Please please please?

Yes, I can but you syllabus is not completed yet. I can't compromise your study.

Please,,, 🙏🏻

I promise I will not request you to bunk the tuition again! Promise!

Only for today!

Okay!

I felt a rush of adrenaline running through my spine but I could not jump like a crazy or show my messy side here.

He started singing looking at the sky from his window and sometime giving eyes on me.

His deep dark eyes giving shivers on my skin and my stomach felt like butterflies was dancing there.

Chilling winds coming from the window flowing my hair and making it messy and placing it in front of my eyes.

The song finished and I saw his hands coming towards me and suddenly touching my face and holding my hair before placing it beside my ear.

I was not expecting it.

It was the second time he touched me but first time he initiated it.

I was sitting like a speechless.

The music was too good and I was creating my words to praise it in my mind but what happened to me in just last 5 seconds that make me everything.

My eyes naturally went downwards.

Maybe 1 minute passed.

I don't know.

No voice came.

But suddenly I realised that maybe he did it very casually but I am thinking too much or making the scene awkward complicated.

When I looked at him suddenly our sight collided at each other.

So he was also looking at me?

I was feeling that I need to get into the ground so that no one could find me.

Why he is giving me too much attention today?

I gave him a foolish smile showing my white teeth without understanding what I should do now.

The song was very good.

I said so naturally and nicely.

Thank you.

He replied me with a return smile.

I have something to say to you .

Can I say it now?

Yes, why not?

Keeping the guitar beside him,he replied it.

Umm...

tomorrow is my 18th birthday!

And I want you to come to my birthday party and share some of your precious time with me!!

I'll really come,Ritika.Why are you saying like that?

How?

Like you are requesting in this way.

I thought you are a busy person in your study and...

And?

And maybe in your love life so if you will be able to come or not.....?

Just it.

No immediate answer came from him.

Then he said smiling,

What do you think about my love life?

I think...

You think ?

You have a pretty girlfriend or maybe I should add 's' after that!

I said it quite naturally.

And what made you think that?

He said that putting his finger on his lips.

Like he was thinking deeply.

And I felt like he was enjoying to hear about my imagination about his life.

However I said,

You are handsome ,you are educated, also you sing so nicely.

There is no reason for any girl not to like you.

Do you then?

The sudden random words were those I never expected from him.

And it really made me shocked.

He was still looking at my face maybe into my eyes but I was not able to see or look at him anymore.

But words we are coming in my mind and my mouth betrayed me saying that,

What if I do?

I did not want to look silly so I said it looking into his eyes which was piercing me with his.