As the weekend arrives,

In girls flat

Subhash, Nikhila, and Vaishnav sat on the couch, whereas Shashank, Anitha, and Deepika sat on the floor and played with Cherry

"So who'll cook today?" Nikhila asks curiously

"Me and Vaishnav," Deepika chimes, and everyone gives her a side eye

"No way. We're not letting you both step into the kitchen," Subhash says firmly

"We're not ready to witness another disaster anytime soon," Anitha says

"We're not bad cooks," Vaishnav and Deepika pout

"We know that, but we can't let you both enter the kitchen at a time," Nikhila says softly

"Let's do chits. What say," Shashank suggests

"Fine. I'll write the chits," Nikhila says

"I'll draw the chit," Anitha says

Nikhila writes all the names chits and shakes the chits in a jar. Anitha drew the chit and laughed out loud after seeing the names in the chit. Nikhila peeked at Anitha and burst out laughing, joining her best friend

"Idiots, why are you laughing like maniac?" Deepika says, snatching the chit and widening her eyes in utter shock

"Me and Subhash," Deepika whispers in horror

Everyone bursts out laughing, and Subhash smirks at her

"I won't cook, scratch it — he won't let me cook and will tell that I'm not doing anything." Deepika frowns

"At least it's better than burning the kitchen, right?" Subhash raises his eyebrows in questioning gaze

"I'll do chopping, and you do cooking," Deepika says, firmly standing straight like a soldier

"Do whatever you both want make something eatable," Vaishnav says and goes to Cherry

Shashank, Anitha, and Nikhila giggles at them. Subhash glares, silencing them

"You can't glare at us, sir," Nikhila says, adding sir deliberately just to see him annoy

"What are you saying?" Subhash raises his eyebrows

"What did you hear, sir?" Nikhila asks innocently, making Shashank, Anitha, Deepika, and Vaishnav burst out into laughter

"If I catch you, then I don't know what I'll do," Subhash says, sternly making her pout

"What will you do?" A familiar voice asks him from behind

"Nivank bhai," Nikhila says, running to him

"How are you, bacche?" Nivank says, hugging her

"I'm fine, bhai. How are you, bua maa, phupha?" Nikhila asks him continuously

"Stop there, Rajdhani Express. Everyone is fine," Nivank says

"And where's your girlfriend? You said you'll introduce her to me," Nikhila says excitedly

"I'm here." A girl in her early twenties chirps in

"Meet, Ravya Chopra, my junior architect and my girlfriend," Nivank introduces her

"Hii," Ravya says shyly

"Don't be shy, bhabhi," Nikhila says, making Ravya cheeks turn pink

"I'll introduce everyone to you," Nivank says

"This is Subhash and Vaishnav, you already met them," Nivank points at Subhash and Vaishnav "Coming next this is Shashank, Subhash's younger brother," He points at Shashank "And next they're Anitha Nair and Deepika Mehta, Nikku's bestfriends since childhood," He points at Anitha and Deepika

"Hello everyone," Ravya says softly

"Hii." Everyone returns back her greeting

"So how do you know Nikhila?" Subhash asks his friend, Nivank

"She's my mama's daughter," Nivank says and asks, "How do you all know her, Ani and Deepika?"

"They're our students," Shashank says nonchalantly

"What?" Ravya asks, her eyes widening in shock

"Yes, they three are our professors," Nikhila says

"What a trope, professor, and student. Your story is going to be a big hit, guys," Ravya says, making Nikhila and Anitha choke on their breaths while Deepika roll her eyes

Subhash and Shashank immediately give them water

"Are you alright?" Subhash and Shashank asked Nikhila and Anitha

"We're fine," Nikhila and Anitha say after gulping down the water from the glass in one go

"Even if he's the last person on the Earth. I'll never marry him," Deepika says

"As if I'm dying to marry you now," Vaishnav says sarcastically, making Cherry bark at him

"If I say something to her, you'll bark as if I'm nothing to you," Vaishnav remarks at Cherry, making everyone laugh

"Who is he?" Ravya asks, blinking her eyes at Cherry

"It's not he. It's she, and her name is Cherry, a female Pomeranian dog." Vaishnav and Deepika say at a time, ending up glaring each other

"By the way, bhai, why are you both here?" Nikhila asks them

"I just wanted to meet you all it's been long, so" Nivank says

"How did you find that we stay here?" Nikhila asks, raising her eyebrows

"Mama has told me that you're staying here," Nivank says softly

"If you all are done with reunion, then can we settle down?" Subhash asks annoyingly

"Sir," Nikhila says, making Subhash raise his eyebrows

"What?" Subhash snaps, feeling irritated by her constant address as sir

"Nothing." She snaps and sits on the couch

"What happened to you both now?" Shashank asks, darting looks between Nikhila and Subhash

Everyone smirks at them, clearly enjoying the situation

"He snapped at me," Nikhila says, pointing at Subhash

"I already told you not to call me, sir. Then why are you calling me again?" Subhash retorts back

"I know that, but just because you've asked me to do it, I can't call you by your name, right?" Nikhila stands on the couch matching with his height

"Fine, do as you wish," Subhash says, giving in, eventually making everyone's eyes go in wide

"Wait, wait, what we're seeing, the great Subhash Agnihotri giving in to someone's demand who happened to be his student just like that" Vaishnav, Shashank and Nivank screams in shock making girls closing their ears

Cherry licks Nikhila's feet, making her jump, and Subhash holds her before she touches the floor

"Can't you see where you're jumping?" Subhash stared at her intently

Nikhila didn't answer but stared at him like he's her world

Everyone are looking at them like they're watching a romantic chinese drama with screen buffering waiting for the next scene to play

"They're already behaving married couple," Ravya whispers, receiving a light playful smack from Nivank, making her pout

"She's telling truth, tho," Deepika retorts back

"But they both should admit it," Shashank says

"Don't worry, they'll realise soon," Vaishnav says, his voice filled with hope

"I hope that happens soon," Anitha says, looking at them

Cherry darts looks at her daddy and soon-to-be momma cutely

After a few minutes, Nikhila blinked her eyes, causing her to break the eye contact, and Subhash steadied her to stand straight before heading back to the kitchen and started cooking

Nikhila goes to the kitchen and chops the remaining vegetables silently

"Why are you following me?" Subhash asks, raising his eyebrows at her

"They'll tease me if I stand there," Nikhila made him chuckle

"Your smile is good," Nikhila remarks

"That's not a smile," Subhash retorts, returning to his stern demeanor

"Whatever you should smile more often," Nikhila says, giving him vegetables

"Btw, what are you cooking?" Nikhila asks him, peeking out from his shoulder

"Panner pulao," Subhash says

"Smells good," Nikhila remarks before walking out of the kitchen and comes back seeing the tease looks on the others face

"What happened now?" Subhash asks knowingly

Nikhila silently points at the others who are giving teasing looks

"Don't tease her guys," Subhash says sternly, making everyone pout

"We're not teasing her," Nivank says

"You better not," Subhash says

"What will you do if we tease her?" Vaishnav asks, making Subhash stops stirring the contents in the pot and gripping the spatula tightly

"Stop it three of you," Nikhila says, cutting off Subhash before he says something

"Let's play something. I'm feeling so bored." Deepika chimes in excitedly

"What we'll play," Ravya asks

"How about chits. We'll write chits, and whatever we get in the chit, we've to do it. How's it?" Anitha says

"Sounds great," everyone says except Subhash

"I'll write the chits," Deepika and Ravya say

"I'll bring drinks," Nikhila says, and Anitha joins her

"What drinks?" Subhash and Shashank ask

"Not what you drink," Nikhila says, making Subhash roll his eyes. Everyone giggled silently

"Nikhila," Subhash calls sternly, wanting an answer from her

"Soft drinks," Nikhila says before going to the kitchen, and Anitha pulls out the tray along with some glasses. Nikhila filled the glass with Mirinda

(Your author's favorite drink)

Anitha puts the tray on the table, which is in front of the couch, and everyone sits around the table in a circle

(Positions - Subhash, Nivank, Shashank, Vaishnav, Deepika, Anitha, Ravya, Nikhila, Subhash)

Deepika spined a bottle it lands in front of Vaishnav

"Now take a chit and do what it has," Deepika says mischievously

Vaishnav takes out a chit and shows it to everyone

"Dance like a monkey," Deepika squeals mischievously

"Wait, what?" Vaishnav says, turning the chit to him and closes his eyes in annoyance

"You already look like a monkey. What's the difference?" Deepika mutters, making everyone laugh

"Ahhh. Fine." He starts dancing on "Pyar hota kayi baar hai" from Tu Jhooti Mein Makkar

(Ignore the girls in the video and just concentrate on his dance)

After dancing, he sat back on his place, Deepika was mesmerized by his dance but quickly spins the bottle landing on Nivank. He takes a chit from the glass jar and shows them after opening it

"Act like your girlfriend." Vaishnav and Deepika scream, making others close their ears

"Can't you say slowly, guys?" Subhash says annoyingly, but Vaishnav and Deepika are just them — we can't change them

Nivank looks at Ravya and gulps down seeing Ravya's stare

"What happened, Avi?" Nivank asks her softly

"Do it, senior. I'll also see how well you can act like me," Ravya says extra sweetly, making Nivank gulp and also making him realise that one wrong move and she won't talk to him for a week

Everyone is looking at them curiously as if they're expecting some couple fight

Nivank remembers something and smirks at Ravya, making her look at him in questioning gaze

"You'll see Avi," Nivank whispers in her ear and winks at her

Nivank started to walk like a drunken person in the room, making Ravya eyes go wide in horror as she realised what he's doing

"No no no no, senior," Ravya whispers to herself, and Nivank understands her lip movements and smirks at her pleading

Nivank slowly walked to Ravya in a fake drunken state and pulled her closer

"You're so handsome, Nivan," He says in a fake drunken voice

"I love you soooooooooo muchhhhhhhh, Nivu. I wish I could tell you in normal state but you're so serious all the time" He pouted and kissed her cheeks making Ravya embarrassed to the hell as she realised how she confessed her feelings to him and kissed him

"I didn't behave like this," Ravya protested

"I've proofs, Avi," Nivank retorts back, making everyone burst out laughing except Subhash

"Bhai, did she really confess her feelings in a drunken state?" Nikhila asks curiously

"Yeah. We had my company anniversary dinner in the office, and Avi accidentally drank vodka. She confessed it while we're in the office alone," Nivank says, making Ravya look down shyly while everyone cheers at them

"So shall we move to next?" Deepika asks cheerfully and spins the bottle without waiting for anyone's response. The bottle stopped in front of Subhash

Subhash took out a chit and opened it before he showed the chit to everyone. Vaishnav reads it out — "Tell us about your first love/crush."

Subhash looked at boys. They're already looking at him, waiting for his reaction. "Not now some other time," He states flatly, but there's something beneath that flatness — he doesn't want to talk about it now

Subhash sat back in his place but his mind wanders to his past the days — when he wasn't this cold and annoyed, the days — where he used to chill with his best friend and secretly meet his girlfriend during his class time. He silently went into the kitchen and serves himself Pulao, trying to divert himself from the past thoughts and joins back others

Deepika spins the bottle silently, and it lands on Nikhila. Nikhila takes out the chit and shows them

"Play guitar," Ravya says, making Nikhila's eyes go wide in horror

Nikhila crumbles the chit and closes her eyes, trying to calm herself. She opened her eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I can't play it," Nikhila says, sitting back in her place, but her mind isn't here anymore. Guitar — it's not just an instrument for her. It's more than an instrument — it's her first love. But she hadn't played it for over a decade because of the one blame she received from her own mother. She silently goes to the kitchen and starts eating Pulao as food is the only thing that diverts her mind from those thoughts

Deepika nods, understanding the turmoil going in her best friend's mind and spins the bottle landing on Ravya

"Should I've to do it?" She asks dramatically

"Of course, baby girl," Nivank winks, making her blush

"Fine." She takes out a chit from the glass jar and shows them

"Do 15 pushups," Deepika says excitedly

Ravya widens her eyes while Nivank smirks, knowing very well how she hates to do workouts

"Is it important to do?" Ravya gives puppy eyes look making everyone smile except Subhash and Nikhila as they both are in their own worlds

"Yes, you've to," Anitha chirps in

"Aghhh. Fine," Ravya says and starts doing the push-ups

"1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5.." With that, Ravya has done fifteen push-ups like a sulking kid who was given milk to drink forcefully

After finishing, Ravya just sat beside Nivank and snuggled into him like a baby bear

"Awww, so cute," Deepika and Anitha whispers

Deepika rolls the bottle again, and it lands on herself. She took out a chit and showed them the chit

"Stand upside down for five minutes," Vaishnav says out loud, making everyone laugh

"Done." With this, Deepika stood upside down

(Imagine she's standing like this)

After five minutes, she sat back in her place and spins the bottle. The bottle has landed between Shashank and Anitha, who are busy playing with Cherry, forgetting the world around them

Shashank looked up, sensing sudden silence and remaining except Subhash, Nikhila and Anitha gave them a silent teasing look

"What happened?" Shashank raised his eyebrows

"The bottle stopped between you both," Vaishnav says, pointing the bottle at them

"So what are you expecting us to do together?" Shashank asks them

"Yeshhhhhhh," Deepika and Ravya chirps up

Anitha looks up at them and asks, "What happened?" Shashank pointed the bottle in front of them

"Do you want to do the task that's in the chit?" Shashank looks at her and asks her softly, not wanting to make her uncomfortable with him

Anitha nods and whispers "Yes"

He took out the chit and showed them the chit

Everyone looks at the chit and BOOM...

New character introduction

Ravya Chopra (27 years old) An orphan. Junior of Nivank, since college, works as an architect with him and his girlfriend, too

Hope you guys like her character

Finally done with chapter 9

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