The next day bloom into a brighter one and students were moving into their classes with tired faces and bright mind . A celebration easily lifts up the mood of any hostel student ain't it? Charu got up and dolled up herself in a simple white kurti and golden leggings . her lips were curved in  fondful smile reminicing the conversation she had with vikranth yesterday night . 

Vikranth innaiku unnoda dance romba azhaga irundhuchu . ( today your dance was so beautiful )

charu thank you

vikranth white suits you very well aana nee indha ten daysla adhigama white podradhe illa  en pudikaadha ?( white suits you very well  but why didnt you wear it in past 10 days ? dont you like it ) 

charu felt butterflies in her stomach on hearing this . has he noted me so much in this 10 days ?

charu ivlo note pannirkeengala enna ?( have you noted me so much ?)

vikranth puducha vishayatha eppovum note panradhu quite natural dhaana (author note : nalla dhaan mam pesuvaan vaazhappazham maariye pesuvaan mam )( its quite natural to note details of favourites aint it ?)

charu smiled and replied enaku bright colours romba pudikum aana suttle colour paletteum vachuruke ( i love bright colours but i do have dresses in suttle colour palettes )

vikranth mm ok 

charu didnt know what to text next and she also didn't want the conversation to end lowkey 

charu dinner saapteengala ?( had your dinner ?)

vikranth sent laughing emoji and said " loosu mani ennanu paaru innum 5 hoursla breakfastey saaptralaam ( idiot check the time we might have our breakfast in another 5 hours )

charu noticed the time only then and it was 2 am . she gasped looking at the time as she has never been awake in late hours in her lifetime  not even before the day of her boar exams .

charu " ayyayo sorry naa timey paakla neengalaachu sollirkalaamla . thoongunga kannu eriyum romba neram muluchurundha "( oh my god i didnt check the time . atleast you coud have told right ? get to sleep else eyes may burn tomorrow due to lack of sleep )

Vikranth looked at the message and unknowingly his lips smiled seeing her caring words . actually charu had always been different for him right from the moment he laid eyes on her . May be its because she is the first girl who made him initiate moves . Any girl he had been with have always been cheesy and flirtatious while to her he couldn't even initiate borderline flirt .Something about her was actually special for him but the way he grew and the circumstances didtn't let him realise it . 

he murmured " cute " and slept with some wierd sensation filling his heart . charu thought all these and placed a bindi in her forehead before waking up sitara . sitara was sleeping in faetal position with a smile adorning her face .charu admired her childish face and shook her " siththu time achu endhiri "( sithu get up its getting late)

sithara got up and hugged charu by her waist and said " endhirikanuma tiredaa iruku d " ( should i wake up i feel extremely tired )in a sleepy tone to which charu smirked and said " seri appo naa mattum poi aryan annakitta basic designla doubt ketutu NASA competitionku per kuduthutu instructions ketutu vare "(ok then lemme go alone to aryan to give name for nasa competitions and to ask our doubts in basic design and let you know the instructions) 

with that sitara got up in one swift and said" 10 nimishatula ready aayrure "(i will get ready in 10 minutes) and went into bathroom forgetting every toileteries  charu chuckled and knocked the door and extended her the towel and soap .

sitara " chapri kulicha late aayraadha naa evening kuluchukava ?"( chapri wont it get late if i bath? shall i come and bath in evening ?)

charu knocked her head and said " kulikkaama mattam poda paakuriya vida maatend mariyaadhaya kuluchutu vaa " sithara whined and freshened up and she was ready in 20 minutes in her signature simple way . ( are you planning to escape from bathing ? sorry my dear i wont let you do that . go and have your bath )

Jagadish was making up his mind to say whatever is in his mind to charu as he could not even bear the thought of seeing her dejected . he called his roommate again " deii confirm dhaana vikranth pathi iruka newslaam ? ( deii the newses you got about vikranth is true right )

his roommate whined and said " deii 200 percent true da en anna inga dhaanda paduchaan 1st year avan panna attrocity thaangaama dhaa thunda kaanom thuniya kaanomnu oditaa 1st year kooda mudikaama . nethulendhu 100 dhadava ketuta enna dhaanda unaku prechana ?ennamo un aalu avala love panna pora maari padharitrukura"( deii its 200 percent confirm. my elder brother pursued his 1st year here and he wasnt even able to complete his 1st year bythe tortures given by vikranth . you have asked this for about 100 times since yesterday as if your love interest is interested in him.)

jagadish's hands stopped a minute by hearing that and he shook his head once to clear his mind " cheii ini ivanoda irundha nammala confuse panni vitruvaan . en aala irundha dhaa padharanuma en friendukaaga naa padhara koodaadha ?"(chei he will confuse me if at all i stay a bit longer. why can't i get tensed for my friend?)

with that he left the room in a swift to meet charu . charu and sitara were standing in front of aran and rakshan in mess . aryan was looking at sitara with admiring eyes and charu cleared her throat to grab his attention . "anna naanga competitionla per kudukavum basic designla doubt kekalaamnu vandhurukomna "( anna we have come here to give name for competition and to clear our doubts )

rakshan " adhaan naanga classla vandhu list edukuromnu sonnome ma en ivlo seekram kelambi adhukaaga vandhurukeenga "( we have told that we will get the list from your classes right ? why did you girls come soon for this ?)

charu looked at aryan and sitara mischeviously and said " ellaarodayum kudutha adhu saadha naanga special saadha ipdi thaniya dhaa vandhu kudupom "(we would be counted in normal if we give our names with others we are special so we will giveour names now only)

aryan looked at charu and said " thaniya vandha naanga ragging pannuvom theriyumla "9 we wil rag you if you come alone )

charu " naanga student chairmanta pottu kudupom theriyumla "( we will complaint about this to student chairman)

aryan " student charimaney naa dhaa adhu theriyumla "( i am the student chairman)

charu " nethu nee mooku mutta saaptadhu en dabba theriyumla "(yesterday you ate in my box)

aryan " naa nenacha dhaa andha dabbave kedaikum theriyumla "( you will get the box only if i returned it )

charu " aang... yov adhu 1000 rs ya enna panni tholacha adha ?" ( its 1000 what did you do that )

aryan " edhu adhu 1000 roovaaya kaailaangadailandhu aataya pottu vandha mari iruku "( it doesn't seem like 1000 rupees worthy one seems like you stole it froom old iron shop )

charu extended her finger and said " en dabba pathi pesaadheenga "( don;t talk about my box)

aryan " apdi dhaa pesuve enna pannuva sooniyame "( i will talk like that only what will you do sooniyam)

charu " eii"

aryan " oye "

sithara looked at both and said "ada chii en ipdi aduchukureenga nalla dhaana irundheenga "( why are yu guys fighting like this you were in good terms right)

aryan and charu smiled at each other while aryan hooked his arms around charu's neck and said " idhu en thangachi en chithappa ponnu ."( this is my younger sister .)

sithara opened her mouth wide open and said " adi paavi.... endi enta sollala "( adipaavi why didnt you tell this to me )

charu looked at aryan and said " iva ennada idhuke vaaya polakkura michadhulaam therinja heartattackla sethuruva pola "( she is gettng shocked for this itself . i guess she will pass away due to heart attack if she gets to know the whole story)

sitara " eii mothama sollud onnonna sollaadha weak body d "( hey say it in one stretch i can't take it in installments)

charu and aryan laughed at each other and said " arjun irukaanla "( do you know arjun)

sitara " arjun siraa ?"

charu " aama avan dhaa avan enga annan dhaa . aryanoda annan dhaa arjun "( yea he is our elder brother . to be precise elder brother of aryan)

sitara said " illa enaku puriyala enna kudumbame indha collegela kudhagaiku irukeengala ?"9 no i can't understand is your entire family staying right here )

charu " seri tension aavaadhad chellakkutty . orey familynu therinja collegela  edhaachu problemla ellaarayum iluthuvitruvaanganu dhaa edhume sollala. summave ivan irukura ellaa prechanayayum iluthu vachurukaan "(ok don't get tensed we didn't reveal it to avoid unwanted problems for us ) 

sitara " ada pongaya thalaye suthudhu enaku . ivlo dhaana veredhuma "( i feel nausea . is that all or anything else is left out )

aryan smiled and said " ippodhaiku ivlo dhaa meedhiya neeye therunjuko . seri ennanna eventla per kudukura ?"(that's all for now you get to know the rest of it by your own. ok give me your name for events)

sitara " naa singingla thare charu dance ."( myself for singing and charu will dance)

aryan " ok sitara duet singing and charu solova illa duetaa ? "( ok sitara is doing duet singing charu you are into solo or duet dance?)

charu asked " yar yaar duet ku per kuduthurukaanga ?"( who have given their names in duet?)

aryan checked the list and said " motham 3 pair entry kuduklaam 5th yr vikranth ku pair ipo vara fix aagala "(totally there can be 3 entries vikranth pair isn't fixed yet)

charu said " seri naa duet dance aadre "( ok i will dance duet)

aryan looked at her intently and said " en soloku enna ?"( why what about solo dance?)

charu felt chill in her spine with that look still she gathered up courage and said " deii overaa imagine pannaadha idhu vara naa solo dance aadnadhe illa 3 entry dhaa iruku 2 fillednu solra serinu dhaa aadrennu sonne . avar nalla dancernu vera kelvipatte "( don't overthink i haven't performed a solo dance in my lifetime and there are 3 entries out of which 2 is filled so am ok with dancing with vikranth.heard that he is a good dancer)

aryan " mm danceoda niruthiko adhaa unaku nalladhu "( mm stop it with dance . that's god for you)

charu " seri seri nee pera eludhu "( ok ok you write down the names)

sitara looked at him with an eyebrow rise and asked " naa duet paadrennu sollave illaye senior "( i never said that i would perform duet singing)

rakshan " yaar sonna enna thangam ellaam onnu dhaana illa machaan "

aryan smacked him and said " duet naa dhaa paada pore en ennoda paada maatiya ?"9 i am gonna sing in duet won't you sing with me ?)

his base voice asusual worked wonders and automatically her head shook up and down . he ruffled her messy hair and said " innaiku nightlendhu sheet works irukum. night dinner muduchutu  multipurpose hall vandhurunga with cutters and cutting mat . and based on your doubt evening mess ku tea kudika varela bring your sketchbooks naa clear panni vaikure now go have your breakfast and get back to your classes time aayruchu "( there will be sheet works from today night. assemble near multipurpose hall with your sketch books after you dinner. now get back to your classes soon after having your dinner)

he said in a stern tone and charu and sitara got their breakfast and sat down with charu in opposite . sitara " endi un annangaaran eppovum ipdi dhaana ? oru nimisham nalla pesraan innoru nimisham veerappan maari verappa pesraan . aama avan un annannu en sollala enta ?"( why is your brother like this? he is speaking well for a minute and the next minute he turns out all stiff . why didn't you tell me that he is your brother ?)

charu laughed and said " anga sonna adhe reason dhaa and avan ela unaku oru interestnu therunjadhulendhu ennanna panranu paaka dhaa sollala . en annannu sollirndha nethu maari describe pannirpiya ?"( its the same reason as well i wished to see what all you are doing after sensing your interest in him . will you describe him like you did yesterday if at all you were aware of our bond ?)

sithara blushed and said " therunjurundha innum konjam extrava sollirupe ."( i would have gone a bit extra if at all i was aware )

charu " adipaavi naa poi avanta sollita enna pannuva?"( what will you do if i tell him all these)

sitara sipped in the coffee and said " vela michamnu ukkaandhurupe avlo dhaa . enna aanaalum untalaam marachu edhum panna maate"( i would've thought that my work is reduced but never would i try to hide anything from you )

charu shook her head in disbeleif and her last words stung her heart. she felt like she was doing a great mistake by hiding her crush on vikranth from jagadish and sitara. as she searched for jagadish he came there with his food plate and sat opposite to charu . 

charu " actually unga rendu pertayum onnu naa solanum "( i wanna tell you both something)

jagadish sensed that she was gonna say about vikranth and said " naanum unta sollanum ."( even i have something to say to you )

sitara looked at them and said " seri nee aproma sollud ivanta modhalla sollu naa innum AD sheet mudikala poi pannitruke "( ok you tell me later lemme go and finish my AD sheet )

charu "serid na unta aprom solre kelambu . "( ok i will let you know later now you get going)

after sitara went charu told . vikranthnu namma senior irukaarla . modhalla kooda romba mosama irundhu ippo maaritaarnu solraangale. avaraa enta pesraaru  and.... enakum avar mela liteaa crush "( i feel a little crush towards our senior vikranth)

jagadish banged his hand on table and said " nenchend idhu dhaannu. dho paaru charu idha ipdiye vitru avan panradhu avana pathi kelvi padradhu edhume seri illa risk edukaadha "( i thought that it would  be the one . don't risk your life i dont get to hear anything good about him) 

charu looked at him irritated and said " adhulaam munnaadi jagadish oruthar maaruna avara accpet pannikave maateengala ? aprom epdi da thirundhanumnu yaarukum thonum "( its all in past jagadish just let someone live and accept them after they realise their mistakes . )

jagadish controlled his temper and said " idhu onnum cinema illa charu ellaathayu  1 varushathula maathuradhuku. and avan maaritannu enna guarantee? avana pathi unaku enna theriyum? seriyaana womaniser psychod avan . idhu vara 5 relationships .sattaya maathura mari ponnungala maathuravan avan."( this isn't cinema charu to realise and change in 1 year.  what do you know about him ? he is such a womaniser psycho. he have been in 5 relationships so far . he changes girls just like his shirts)

charu " nee sonna 5 relationshipla irundha ponnunga onnum nallavanganu naa kelvi padalaye avangalum aala maathitu dhaana irukaanga . see avanga relationshipla enna thappa pochunu theriyaama avara mattum solradhu nalladhilla ."( i heard that those 5 girls are also not equally good . we dont know what went wrong in their relationship don;t judge him )

jagadish looked at her in disbeleif and said " ipo edhuku d nee avanukaaga ivlo argue panra en kitta ? avan unna onam annaiku epdi paathutrundhaannu theriyumam unaku ?"( why are you argueing with me so uch for him ? do you know how he saw you in onam day )

charu thought about the admiring eyes she saw in moonlight near her hostel gate and said" theriyum..."( i know)

jagadish looked at her with anger and said " appo ellaam therunju dhaa decide pannirka ?'"( you have decided after knowing all these?)

charu hesitated by seeing his bloodshot eyes once yet shook her head as yes and jagadish let out a heavy breath and said " seri  unaku edhunaalum un friendaa naa kooda irupe aana ipovum solre enaku idhula ishtam illa. sitharata ippodhaiku solla venaa ava aryan annata sollita unakum avarkum irukura bonda nee marandhurura nelama varalaam cos he is that much affected by vikranth and carries rage . aana ippovum solre enaku nee panradhula suthama ishtam illa "( ok i will be with you as a friend whatever may happen but just know that am not at all convinced with your decision. don't say this to sitara that  may affect your bod with aryan as he have been affected the most in his first year by vikranth)

charu held his hands and said " enmela unaku nambikka irukullada thappa naa edhum panna maate jaggu. apdi oru second enaku naa edutha mudivunu thonunaalum yosikaama thooki erunjutu vandhuruve "( you beleive in me and my decisions right? the moment i feel this is going wrong i will throw it off and come )

jagadishh smiled and held her hand a second but he felt some void in his heart that moment without any reason . 

in admin office ,

admin" transfer student dhaanama nee . per enna ?"( you are the student who got transferred right what's your name?)

she " ashwathi . 3rd year "

admin gave her her id card and said a person to direct her to the 3rd year class .

and the fate was ready to play its nasty game between them.