Chapter 3- At First Sight

“Hi, I am Amrita. I am new here, “Amrita said

Shivanesh was surprised to hear a voice next to him. He never really had anyone sitting next to him. Shivanesh turned and looked at the owner of the voice. A sweet looking girl with the most charming eyes and the prettiest smile he has ever seen was looking straight at him.

“I know. They said no one sits next to you. But there are no empty seats anywhere. If you don’t mind, can I sit next to you?” Amrita asked.

Shivanesh was too shocked by the beauty sitting next to him, he just nodded. Her beauty definitely knocked his speech out of his head. Seeing Shivanesh being silent and acting so strange, Amrita felt more awkward. She started to feel insecure and uncomfortable when she saw Shivanesh staring at her. The confusion of whether or not she should continue sitting there to try to find other seat was slowly taking over her mind.

“Maybe I should not sit here. Why is he staring at me like that? Is there something weird on my face?” Amrita thought to herself.

“Is there anything on my face? Why are you staring at me like that?” Amrita asked finally not being able to hold the uncomfortable feeling in.

Her question made Shivanesh snap out of his frans and realized what he was doing. Shivanesh quickly looked away and sat straight. Regretting what he just did, he cleared his throat trying to get his speech back to carry on with the conversation with Amrita. “So, what made you choose this tuition centre?”

“Well, my boyfriend recommended it to me when I was looking for a tuition,” Amrita said with a smile.

Shivanesh could hear his heart breaking into million pieces. All of a sudden, he felt like his world was coming down .

“No, Shiva. You already have a girlfriend. You can’t fall for this girl out of nowhere. No way,” Shivanesh had to tell himself so, to stop his brain to imagine anything else.

“Owh, who is your boyfriend?” Shivanesh asked pretending to look for her boyfriend but he was actually not interested to find out who that guy was.

“Suresh. He is my boyfirned,” Amrita said pointing to a boy wearing a blue-checkered shirt.

“Owh. Ok,” Shivanesh said. He could feel a sense of jealousy growing in him.

“Well then, Amrita. Nice meeting you. Since you are going to be sitting next to me for some time, may as well, we be friends right?” Shivanesh said.

Throughout the class, Shivanesh tried his best to stay calm and not look stupid in front of Amrita. He doesn’t know why, but he doesn’t want to show his bad side to Amrita. During breaks, they would chat and joke around. Shivanesh found himself becoming very comfortable with Amrita having any form of interactions with Amrita. The Ice Prince was slowly warming up.

“Amrita, if you don’t mind explaining this? I just can’t understand,” Shivanesh asked. For a certain someone, it was shocking. Knowing clearly how cold Shivanesh is towards the girls, it was shocking to see him ask a girl for help.

Shivanesh and Amrita had a lot of discussion regarding the subject without realizing that the class has come to an end. Seeing Shivanesh being so happy with another girl is not a pleasing view for someone. Shivanesh packed his bag and was ready to leave.

“Ok then, I will see you tomorrow ok?” Shivanesh said to Amrita.

“Well, I guess you will, we are in the same class, aren’t we?” a voice said from behind of Shivanesh. Shivanesh turned to only find Vinodini looking at Amrita as though she was ready to eat her up. Realizing how intense and awkward atmosphere has become, Amrita decided to break the silence.

“Owh. Hi. I am Amrita. New student of the class,” Amrita said putting her hands out to welcome a handshake.

“Yeah. I know. Heard about you from Suresh,” Vinodini said ignoring Amrita’s hand.

“You must be Vinodini. The girl who is seated next to Suresh right? I have heard a lot about you,” Amrita said trying to be nice and composed after the short embarassment earlier.

“Yes, I am. Anyway, Suresh asked me for a favour. Would you like to exchange seats with me? He told me that you are his girlfriend,” Vinodini said in a synical voice.

“It is ok. I think I am comfortable with my current seat. Besides, it would not be fair for you because you have been sitting there for some time,” Amrita said.

“Owh. So, you are telling me that you prefer sitting with another guy than your boyfriend?” Vinodini said sounding really sarcastic as she was trying to provoke Amrita.

“Okay, fine. I will exchange seats with you. Bye Shiva. See you, Vino,” Amrita said and left immediately because she could not take the sarcasm Vinodini was giving her.

“Why did you need to be so sarcastic?” Shivanesh asked, feeling really annoyed with Vinodini’s attitude towards Amrita earlier.

“What do you mean? Out of nowhere you are smiling and talking friendly to her. How was I supposed to feel?” Vinodini asked.

“Vino, Amrita was seating next to me. I was just trying to make myself comfortable,” Shivanesh said.

“No need for that. Tomorrow onwards, I will be seating next to you,” Vinodini said before dashing out of the class, not giving Shivanesh any chance to say anything back.