Small talks

The next day Kevin introduced me to his friends and few other classmates.

He started sitting in the middle row.

He even introduced me to his friend , Armaan.

While he was introducing me to Armaan, a girl joined us singing softly to herself.

"Hi" I said.

"Heeeelllllloooooooo" she said

She was the same skinny girl with curly hairs. She walked away singing to herself. "Who is she?" I asked.

" Carol" he said .

Armaan was tall, shy guy. He didn't talk much.

"Hey, did you listened to the songs I shared with you last night?" Kevin in excited tone.

No, I didn't.

"Yes of course" with a fake smile.

"Yes?!" Raising his eyebrows "which one did you liked the most?"

"2nd one" I lied.

"Are you sure?. What was the name of the song?" He definitely caught me lying.

" I don't remember that" I looked away.

"You didn't listened, did you?!" He sighed.

"Of course I did"

" Tell me anything. Songs were in Hindi or English? Who was the singer? Anything?."

"First of all you can't interrogate me like that. English songs" I guessed and he nodded happily

"ummm.... A girl was singing. High notes"

Armaan burst into the laughter pointing at Kevin. Kevin looked down.

"What?!" I asked Armaan.

"I sang those songs. I am that girl with high notes" he whispered. Armaan still laughing.

Should I tell him that I never listened those songs? No. what’s fun in that. I looked at him and started laughing.

The next few days we talked in the corridor walking towards the lab or towards the other class. The conversations were casually limited to the studies and campus.

I was on the call with my aunt when I heard a voice.

Pisssttt

I looked around.

Pissttt pissttt

I saw Kevin with Armaan on the last bench waving at me. I was standing outside the Lr.19 as the lunch break was about to end. I walked to the last bench and joined them

"We are bunking. Do you wanna join?" He whispered.

"We? Who is bunking with you?" I asked.

"You me and Armaan"

I looked at the Armaan who sat there bored.

"No 75% attendance. You told me not to bunk and made me attend the lecture yesterday. I again ditched Rosh." I said.

" Yeahhhhh. Bunking is allowed with only classmates here" He said playfully.

" What are we going to do? Where will we go?"- I asked.

"Home" – Armaan

"Ohhh shut up. We can watch movie or something else. We will have fun"- said Kevin standing up.

I just met these guys, I can't bunk with them so soon I thought. I looked at them. No they won't kidnap me. Seems good guys.

" Lets go now" said Kevin and we walked out of the class.

After discussing for about half an hour in the parking lot , whether to go watch horror movie or go to a cafe or head home, we got tired and decided to crash subway.

We chit chat casually after grabbing our order from the counter.

"Kavya, do you remember Raaj?" Kevin asked while eating.

"Who?"

"The guy i told you about while having that shit tea together" he slightly cringed remembering the taste of tea

"Yesss. You didn't introduced me with him yet!" I said

"Well, yes. He is avoiding us."

" Us? Specifics Kevin specifics and why?

" I don't know" said Kevin and Armaan coughed taunting him.

"What am I missing here?" I asked

They looked at each other.

"May be because of you. Its not exactly because of you, but may be. I don't know" he uttered I raised my eyebrows

"Kevin didn't introduced you both on time. And hide few things from him" Armaan said -" he spends more time with you"

"Well, this can't be it. We talk for few minutes in corridor and after the lab. How can this guy stop talking to you because of the girl he barely knows?" I argued.

"Why don't you just ask to join us? Now?" I suggested.

"You call him" both in unison.

I called Raaj. He was in his hostel as the lectures got cancelled after the lunch break. I asked him to join us. He couldn't as he was busy with his research. But he surely sensed who asked me to call him and assured me that I was not the cause of this problem.

Both Armaan and Kevin still sticking their ears to the phone trying to overhear the conversation.

"Seems like i am not the problem" i said.

"Yeah"- in unison while Armaan looking at Kevin, the real trouble maker.

We chatted for a while, I told them about my classes and my friends. Armaan rarely took part in conversation. But Kevin was really interested.

I clicked few of their pics before leaving.