Chapter 8 - Hotty

Sitting at the furthermost corner of the lawn, opposite of Shanaya's, Vihaan was drinking vodka with the same man Shana had addressed as 'Hotty'.

But, instead of focusing his attention on the man, Vihaan found his eyes on Shanaya, again and again.

"Has she caught your attention?" taking a shot of vodka, that man enquired, witnessing Vihaan's actions.

"What? Who are you talking about?" enquired Vihaan, though fully knowing what it was all about.

"I am talking about the same girl you are glaring at, not to forgot 'within seconds' "emphasizing on seconds, that person chuckled.

"Come on, bro, I am not looking or, as you say glaring at any girl" stating it casually, Vihaan took another shot of vodka.

But, that person was not someone who could digest it, his experience knew, it was something else.

"Okay, so why don't you introduce me to your sister? .

"Stop acting bro, You know dee very well!"

Laughing, that man spoke, "You see, if I go to dee I may get the chance to know that lovely girl who is standing with her and, to whom you are not looking at all!"

"Excuse me?" face masked with confusion, Vihaan exclaimed.

"I wish to know her, and since you have no interest in her, I can put my efforts, right?" smiling to himself as if he knew what he was going to do next, the man spoke.

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Shocked with the notification, Shanaya excused herself and moved to a dark and isolated place, branches of an enormous tree hiding her from people and light.

She kept on locking and then unlocking her phone but did not react.

After fifteen minutes, she took a long breath and, tap on the notification and, 'Instagram' app popped up on her screen.

She read carefully, again and again, when she saw 'he' has liked the picture she had updated a few seconds earlier. She glanced at her surrounding and, rub her cheeks when she saw no one watching her. Next, she put her hand on her thumping heart and pound with her fist on it to gain control over it.

"He does not affect me, he does not affect me" chanting it as a Mantra, she put her phone back on her pocket, but within seconds, it was, once again in her hand.

She hurriedly opened the 'Instagram' to read again and, without her consciousness, her fingers tap on his name and, his profile appeared.

She immediately closed her eyes and taking long breathes, she peeked on her phone to saw, him smiling gorgeously in his DP. His smile, his intense eyes took her breath away, and she kept on staring at him when she felt something warm and, wet on her cheeks.

She laughed sarcastically and murmured" Great job Shana!, just a glimpse of him and you are already crying".

Removing her trust-breaker tears, she commanded herself" No more tears now!" and looked back at his profile.

She saw he had updated only one post and she clicked on it to saw him with a group of persons and had captioned it "My people". She noticed it was updated a week earlier.

"He must have activated his account last week" thinking to herself, she zooms the picture to gaze at him from close space. She felt the familiar pang she would always feel looking at him and looked away from it.

Locking her phone, she kept it back on her back pocket of the jeans and taking long breathes three or four times, she went back, to Avni and Vansh.

"Why are you grinning like a crazy man?" annoyed with HIM, Vihaan enquired.

Vihaan was getting irritated by his expressions but, he did not have any idea why he was getting annoyed by his smirks, his excited looks, but it was disturbing him to such an extent all he wanted was to kick HIM.

Tracing every move of Vihaan, that man exclaimed"I am not grinning, I am excited to meet that girl!" and, chuckled when he saw Vihaan's expression had changed from annoyed to restrictive as if he was controlling himself to say anything.

"She is not those type of girl who is shy enough to say their feelings. So, she is not interested in you. "challenging him, Vihaan argued.

"And how would she know me? You have not even introduced me to her, for god sake!

"You will never change!! why you always follow girls? Can't you select one and settle for her instead of following girls like crazy" irritated with him, Vihaan asked.

"Look who is talking! Besides, when did I follow girls? They follow me, and if you are referring to the recent one, she was following me, not vice versa." defending himself, that man stated and continued" And, I am thinking of settling for one, that's why I am asking you to introduce me to her!".

Vihaan, who was walking back to Shanaya, Avni and Vansh along with that man, stopped abruptly.

"Why have you stopped man??" shocked, that man questioned.

"You want to meet her, do it yourself. I do not have the time to do such useless things and, besides, I do not want you to meet her because she is not like other girls, okay?" looking straight in his eyes, Vihaan spoke out while roaming his hand in hair and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Why are you behaving so differently? And, how do you know this girl is not like other girls I have met? How do you know that she won't like me? I am an average looking guy whom girls generally like"setting up his hair with his hand, that man said boyishly.

"I know this girl because she is Vansh's best friend and, not to forget she is like a sister to Avni dee. I won't allow anyone to flirt with her, not even you. Besides, she is a guest here and, she is professionally working here thus, making it inappropriate for you to flirt with her, okay?" stating in one breath, Vihaan explained and continued"and now no more questions regarding her and" continued when he saw HIM on the verge of asking something" yes, we are not going to them,"

"Man!! I am not going to flirt with her, and you have hurt me by mentioning that I will go and flirt with her. We can not ignore the possibility of her flirting with me right. And, as for your professional issue, if she flirts with me herself then, it won't create any problem for you right?" arching his eyes, that man gave a chick smile to Vihaan.

Vihaan closed his eyes as he did not wish to say anything harsh to his friend, and opening them after a minute, roam his hand once again in his hair to make them wilder and started moving toward Shanaya after saying" I am getting sick of you man!".

"But I love you, man" chuckling, the man walked toward Shanaya along with the irritated Vihaan.

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