The Love Algorithm - AdiYa FF

Chapter 12

She picked up her bag and threw him a glare, "You know what? You're a lot more desperate and shameless than I thought! Disgusting!"

Aditya stepped back, "Desperate and shameless?! What for?!"

Zoya asked in an angry tone, "People meeting you weekly? Wanting something from you? You offering help and attention and sharing parts of you?" She looked at him with a mix of disbelief and judgement. "I hope you're charging consultation fees at least! Enjoy your Friday with her!"

She slammed the door open — and right into Arjun and Yash, who was sitting on the floor trying not to laugh.

"Uhhh...sorry...we were actually...searching something..." Arjun tried to manage, while Zoya stared at them and stormed off.

Inside, Aditya was still frozen like a statue.

"She just called me desperate and shameless... because I want to help people? What's wrong with her?"

Aditya came out with a perplexed face, while Arjun and Yash pretended to not know anything, "What happened, Bhai?"

"Zoya just abused me for wanting me to help people with their career. She found my motive disgusting too. Am I mad or is she?" Aditya asked, while Arjun bit his lip, controlling his laughter, while he said, "Probably...she got angry that you are meeting a girl. Maybe...jealous?"

Aditya looked at him, "What nonsense? Am I meeting someone to marry? Why should she feel this jealous for that?"

"Maybe...she is already too possessive about you, Bhai?" Yash asked, while Aditya took a pause, and then stared at them both, "Are you both suspended from college? You don't have anything to study? Go and do something useful! Jobless idiots!"

Aditya walked back to his room and closed the door, while Arjun and Yash have a hi-five, and Arjun said in a low tone to Yash, "Of course, we are studying. Studying about love!"

They walked away, while Aditya sat inside and revisited their words:

"Probably...she got angry that you are meeting a girl. Maybe...jealous?"

"Maybe...she is already too possessive about you, Bhai?"

Aditya had a slight smile thinking about that possibility, and he didn't even realise that he enjoyed that possibility.

He looked at his reflection in the mirror and asked with a subtle smile, "Are you...possessive...Zoya?"

***

"Yes, I am!"

Zoya yanked the fridge door open, and took out the water bottle, while Noor and Pooja just looked on.

"I am so annoyed and so angry, and I don't even know why! Okay?"

She gulped down the water and then walked to the sofa and sat down.

Noor raised an eyebrow. "Dare I ask who did what to you today?"

Zoya slammed the bottle down on the coffee table, "Nothing!"

Noor and Pooja exchanged a glance.

"Sure," Noor said, grabbing a pillow. "And I'm secretly dating Kartik Aryan."

"I'm serious!" Zoya snapped. "I just... I don't even know why I'm angry, okay?"

"Oh!" Noor brightened. "It's that kind of anger! The mysterious, 'I'm mad but I don't know why' genre. Popular among people in love."

Zoya glared at her. "Noor."

Pooja leaned in gently. "Come on baba, at least tell us what happened?"

Zoya opened her mouth. Then shut it, "He just—" she paused. "—he said something so... stupid."

Noor frowned. "Who's 'he'?"

Zoya looked away, while Noor and Pooja looked at each other and asked with a smile, "Aditya?"

Zoya's head whipped around, "How do you know?!"

Pooja patted her hand calmly, "Because he is the only 'he' that's been affecting you recently!"

Noor leaned forward. "So what did Dr. Hooda do this time? Broke your brush or tore your art book?"

Zoya groaned and covered her face with her hands. "No! He just... said something ridiculous about meeting people. Like...he is planning to marry."

Noor raised her brows, "Wow. What a crime!!" She giggled as she asked, "What's so offensive about him marrying?"

"I don't know!" Zoya threw her hands in the air. "He was just being so excited. Like he was talking about...meeting more people."

Pooja tilted her head, "Okay. Of course, he would like to meet more people before choosing the one. What made you so angry about it? Did he include you too?"

"No." Zoya paused. "And...I don't know. Let him meet anyone. I don't care! I have things to do!"

Saying so, she stormed to her bedroom and slammed the door shut, while Pooja and Noor closed their eyes on that impact.

Pooja looked at Noor, "Did you smell jealousy?"

"Along with a tinge of possessiveness." Noor said leaning on the sofa, "Why do I think Zoya has some feelings for Aditya? She has not even gotten this angry at her dad for fixing an alliance without her consent. She seems so mad that Aditya is considering other girls to marry."

"What do you think? Should we encourage this or...thinking about Zoya's situation, play dumb?" Pooja asked.

"We need not do anything, Pooja. Looking at the way it's going, I am sure Zoya herself will surprise us!"

Do you also think the same? The introvert and shy Zoya, will she surprise us soon? One thing is for sure - unknowingly, Aditya has already crept into her heart. ❤️ She is behaving like a typical jealous college girlfriend. With Aditya too already developing feelings for her, are sparks gonna fly soon? 🔥

And with cheerleaders and catalysts like Hooda siblings, their path is just gonna be easy, right? Not so easy, with all the hurdles Zoya has to cross, but still they are a good support, correct? With Aditya too equally possessive by nature, are we up for a fun ride? Yes! 😍🥳

So, stay tuned for all the joyous, funny, and also highly romantic chapters coming ahead! I am sure you all are going to enjoy it! 🥰 Do let me know how you liked today's chapter, and if you did enjoy, please do not forget to hit the vote button and leave behind a comment here! See you all soon! 🫶