Mansi reached her college with a very excited smile. They had a month of break after year end. And now she was starting her 5th semester.

She reached the classroom allotted to her section. Her best friend was already there and she immediately went to her.

“Hey!”

They squealed together and then started the round of gossiping. Both of them told each other how they spent the entire month. 

“Meri toh internship fun thi. The seniors were so good. Saath mai daaru pee hai bhai humne.”

Mansi said and Shreya chuckled.

“Sahi hai bhai. Mine was pure torture.”

She then remembered something and blushed.

“Tujhe ek baat batani thi. Something else happened.”

“Kya?”

Mansi asked curiously. Shreya bit her lip as a hint of blush coated her cheeks.

“Wo na…kuch hafton se I have been talking to someone…matlab chatting over Instagram.”

“Kiske saath? Kabse? Mujhe bataya kyu nhi? Kya kya baat hui? Sirf chatting ya sexting?”

Mansi teased and Shreya slapped her arm.

“Chup! Pagal! Only chatting. And umm…maybe a little flirting. But sirf uski side se.”

“Oh ho!!! Who's the guy? Zara naam toh batao.”

She nudged her arm teasingly and Shreya blushed before taking the name that wiped the smile off Mansi’s face.

“Rohit.”

“Rohit? Kaun Rohit?”

She asked hoping that she'd take a completely different name.

“Rohit Khandelwal. Hamari class wala.”

The smile from Mansi’s face completely disappeared and she looked at Shreya in disbelief.

“He has been chatting with you for weeks? And flirting?”

Shreya nodded and frowned.

“Kya hua? Is he not a good guy?”

Shreya has always been a little naive in all these things. It was Mansi who had all the popular gossips and was more social than Shreya. 

“Nhi, aisa nhi hai…he…ummm…he is a good guy…but…”

“But?”

“Nhi kuch nhi. You know what! If he was flirting then he's totally interested. Because wo aisa ladka nhi hai jo bina matlab flirt krega. I think you should give it a try.”

Mansi said quickly and masked her emotions with a smile. If he was interested in her then be it. Anyway, it was just a crush from her side. He never showed any interest in her. 

That very moment, the man in question walked in the classroom with his best friend.

Rohit and Kartik entered the class and to both Mansi and Shreya’s surprise sat right beside them.

“Hey guys!”

Kartik, the extrovert one greeted them while Rohit smiled at both of them.

Mansi saw Shreya blush towards Rohit and her anger flared. Mansi had always been the short tempered one.

“Hi Kartik! Kaise ho?”

She asked extra sweetly making Rohit frown at her over excitement at addressing his best friend. Kartik too was surprised. He had expected this reaction from Shreya.

“I'm good Mansi. Tum batao. Kaisi gyi internship?”

“Amazing! I had super fun seniors.”

She said and then started telling them about her seniors and their adventures together while Rohit clenched his fists seeing her hand placed causally on Kartik’s arm while she told him the whole story.

Rohti was always of the impression that Mansi had some feelings for him. But was he wrong? She didn't seem interested in him at all. Instead her whole focus was on Kartik. Was she interested in Kartik?

He looked away still clenching his jaw when his gaze fell on Shreya. She had her head lowered but when their eyes met, she smiled and blushed before looking away.

He frowned. Why were the two of them behaving so odd? Was he missing something? His eyes widened as he realised something.

The messages! Shreya thought it was him who was messaging her. He cursed himself mentally and glared at Kartik who was busy in a conversation with Mansi.

His best friend was going to have one from him. 

Kartik was gazing at Shreya all throughout the classes. He just couldn't get the courage to tell her face to face what he said on chats. He couldn't even get the courage to message her through his own Id.

The very reason why he used Rohit's Id to start a conversation. At first, he just wanted to see if she'll reply. But then, those one or two messages changed into night long conversations.

He was so happy to just talk to her that he feared if he told her the truth, she'd stop talking to him and think of him as some creep.

But now, seeing her blush directed towards Rohit, made him realise his mistake. She thought it was Rohit. And it was all his fault.

And now he didn't know how to correct it.

Mansi had been observing everything for a few days. Shreya had confessed her crush on Rohit and it made her heart break but she kept a smile on her face and urged her on.

Everytime her paths crossed with Rohit's, she turned away. She deliberately talked to Kartik in front of him. Just to see his reaction. But he was always looking elsewhere.

But she had also noticed something else all these days. Kartik. He was always looking at Shreya. Did he have feelings for her? Was he interested in her?

One day, when Shreya was late and Kartik had arrived before Rohit, Mansi cornered him.

“Do you have feelings for Shreya?”

Kartik looked at her wide eyed before looking around to make sure no one heard.

“Is it visible?”

“Maybe not to her, but to me, yes! Very much visible.”

“Well, jab tumhe pata hi hai toh I can't deny. Yes, I do have feelings for her. I really like her. But koi faayda nhi hai. She's too much into Rohit and it's more than visible.”

He said dejected and Mansi too got quiet until she got an idea. She looked at him with a bright smile making him frown.

“Let's date!”