The Love Algorithm - AdiYa FF

Chapter 12

Mahi grinned. "Oh, cool! But Zoya?"

Arjun said with a grin, "I have a plan for that too!"

Yash shook his head with a chuckle. "Whenever you make a plan, I always get a positive feeling that we will mess it up 100%."

Arjun stared at him, while he moved to Mahi, "Ignore him, Mahi. He was always the negative twin. Now, you listen to me!"

"Oye! Don't leave me out, tell me too!" Yash came near them, and as Arjun told about their plan, the three of them exchanged mischievous looks, knowing completely that they were up for some very good entertainment.

***

The Hooda House was unusually lively that afternoon.

Yash leaned against the staircase railing while Arjun paced the hallway, just waiting for Zoya to make her appearance. Yash saw Zoya entering Hooda House, while Yash cleared his throat signalling Arjun.

"Arey haan Mahi!" Arjun exclaimed loudly, pausing just as Zoya stepped into the living room, "Friday evening is fixed. Bhai is all set to meet Ishita. And we are more excited than him!"

Zoya's steps slowed down hearing it, while she walked as slow as she could trying to hear some more. She didn't know whether she was morally right to eavesdrop this way, but she cared about that less at that moment.

Yash, catching her from the corner of his eye, joined in with perfect timing. "Finally! Bhai is meeting someone! I was thinking he'll become another famous bachelor — old and single with only his violin for company."

Arjun chuckled. "Maybe this girl will finally tame our Adi Bhai. What do you think? And she seems to be the perfect fit. Sundar, susheel, and doctor, no?"

Yash nodded dramatically. "I just hope this meeting goes well. Looking at the way, Bhai is interested, I am very positive about this. And the girl is also intelligent and seems really interested."

Zoya's fingers stiffened on the phone she was holding. She didn't even realise when she had stopped walking and was just standing by the bedroom section entrance.

"Marriage proposal...?" she whispered under her breath.

She got startled with her phone ring, while she picked it up.

"Zoya! The ketchup bottle is missing! Where did you keep it?" Noor asked with a puzzled face.

Zoya, who was already irritated, answered, "On your head! You can't eat one day without ketchup? If you can't find it, file a complaint to your dad!"

She cut the call, and walked inside with an annoyed look. As she walked away, her face didn't betray much — but there was a tightness in her jaw, a slight dip in her brows. She wasn't angry. She wasn't jealous.

But she was... uncomfortable.

Her mind went through the events when Aditya was all cozy around her playing the violin, and the way he persuaded her to listen to her heart. How did he agree for an alliance? Was he just flirting with her? Her mind was in total chaos.

Yash and Arjun, now crouched behind the railing, peeked at each other, trying not to burst into laughter.

"Did you see that?" Arjun whispered gleefully.

Yash smirked, "If she was holding a grenade, we'd be gone by now, bro."

Arjun nudged him. "Confirmed. She definitely has something for Bhai. We saw that look. She literally stopped walking listening to it. If it was a normal friendship, she could have just walked away or stopped by to ask us something casually."