"Avni" Sudhan is recklessly looking at her picture on his phone with a very sad face.

She left the town without any answer to his proposal, Her silence is killing his heart.

He knows she is too young but he has left with no choice.

He learned her father is too eager to get her married soon she enters her 21st year.

Her mom is ill and she is doing it for her mother, He wondered why are they compelling her for marriage at such a young age.

Until she accepts him, he can't interfere with her life, her decisions.

Sudhan is sitting on a bench in the college ground and staring at the sunset in the sky with a void face.

It's evening and he doesn't want to go back to his home, He wants to spend some time alone, wants to introspect his feelings.

Nithya wanted to meet Sudhan and thank him, Though she is angry with him for hiding a condom in her bag.

She ran out of words and wanted to punch him in the face for hiding that adult stuff in her bag, in a girl's bag.

She thought he is a playboy, womanizer but she learned shocking things about him on her secret inquiry.

She wanted to ask him why he did it? She wanted a proper apology from him.

That evening she learned it's Nivas, one among his classmates did it as a part of ragging.

Sudhan and his gang are helping her, by picking it back from the bag.

But they failed miserably.

She thought he is a complete jerk.

Still, her heart got attracted to that jerk.

She wanted to confront it and solve the issue but he didn't give her a chance at college.

The same evening, yesterday they met at the mall and his rude behaviour towards her didn't encourage her to talk to him.

Her father was there all the time and Sudhan seemed so lost in the thoughts and beauty of a girl.

"Senior sir" She called Sudhan slowly trying to grab his attention.

He lifted his head slowly with a sad smile.

"Sir...." She looked at him for a second.

His sad gloomy face made her sullen.

Why is he affecting her too much, his every expression is driving her crazy.

She behaved like a mad crazy girl in front of her father, She looked so lost in his thoughts.

She didn't know her father noticed everything until he mentioned him at the dining table, it did surprise her and make her earn an awful glance from Mr Krishnan.

Still, she can't stop thinking about him in the night, from the morning she failed to concentrate on the classes, She just wanted to see him and talk something.

What all she wanted is a mere glance and a few words from him.

Finally, the time came and she met him.

She chased all day and found him in the evening, the day went so well.

It's truly a new experience.

"Nithya!" Sudhan spoke her name and looked at her in disbelief.

Hearing her name from his mouth just made her heart leap.

She smiled broadly and nodded at him like a child.

She stood looking at him in admiration and he felt so strange and bizarre.

Her glance made him feel uncomfortable.

He faked a few coughs asking her to avert her gaze.

She looked away trying to hide her blush.

He can feel her intentions on him and he chuckled at her heaving a sigh.

"I am....am.......sorry....."Nithya stammered her voice became so screechy and it surprised her.

"We should apologise you, Nivas is a jerk and he loves to play pranks at youngsters, especially with innocent naive girls."

"We wanted to save you from embarrassment but you took us in a wrong way."

"He tricked you and kept them in your bag at the gate when security stopped you." Sudhan glanced at her for a second and looked back at his phone.

"Thank you, I learned it later through one of my classmates and wanted to thank you. " She smiled a bit.

"Why to thank me? I didn't save you and you didn't pay any attention to my words, you took me to wrong and I still remember your awful glare." His words hit her hard, they are so curt and harsh.

She nodded at him and walked a few steps ahead.

"That's why I apologized you, Sudhan."

"I misjudged you," She said with a painful tone without turning around, showing him her back.

Sudhan stood up and walked to her listening to her screechy tone.

He felt a soft sob leaving her mouth.

"Are you crying?"

"I am sorry"

"I didn't mean it...." Sudhan said trying to catch a glimpse of her face by lowering his head.

She lifted her head quickly and peeped into his eyes with startling orbs.

They both laughed at once breaking the silence.

"Nithya!"

"D/O Mr Krishnan"

"The famous orthopaedic surgeon."

"I never expected you to be his daughter."

"You are so naive and innocent." Sudhan looked at her from tip to toe with a smirk.

She doesn't know how to take it.

She who knows about his quirky sense of humour got offended by his statements.

"Yes, I am proud to be his daughter, it doesn't mean I am special in any way, My father may be a great person but I am a normal human."

"Being Naive and innocent is not a problem but being ignorant and rude is obviously a hitch."  She looked straight into his eyes.

He gulped audibly and ran out of words.

He can't open his mouth.

A moment of silence.

"Do you mean I am rude?"

"Can't you see my intentions behind my rudeness?"Sudhan questioned.

"You called me naive, innocent!" She kept a sulky face.

"It's not a wrong thing to say!" Sudhan slumped his shoulders and waited for her response.

She didn't say anything, he waited enough for her answer and felt irritated.

"Maybe you fail to communicate properly," Nithya mumbled.

"What the f*CK"

"Say it again! aloud."

"What do you know about me?"

"How can you say it?!" Sudan almost shouted.

Nithya shrugged her shoulders and smiled.

Both of them didn't talk another word just walked away from there thinking about each other.

To be continued

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