Tenth Grade was Fun!

26. LIKE DESTIEL SHIP

Mia gives me an understanding look before solemnly nodding once and leaving us.

Nikhil frowns at our exchange and asks me, "Everything okay?"

"Yeah, yeah. So...can we talk?"

"Sure Ritu."

He walks behind the table and sits beside me.

"I...um, you know, I went to get some food from canteen right?"

He nods with no clue about where this is leading to.

"Well, when I was buying food, I— I saw Ved and we just walked back together after he bought something for him..."

He shrugs again because he had trusted Ved to be completely platonic with me. Not like he trusted Ved, but Nikki trusted me and I trusted Ved so, he was okay with me and Ved being friends.

"We were coming back when he just— he suddenly grabbed me and...and he um— he kissed me." I whisper the last part.

Nikhil freezes before opening his mouth, "I'm sorry, I think I heard you say that he kissed you?"

I nod and then rush to explain, "I tried pushing him off. I swear I did. And then he himself pulled away and he was all like, frustrated and he started to— he started behaving like he went cuckoo, honestly and then he just ran away from me like—"

"Okay, okay. Wait. He went cuckoo?"

I nod frantically while ranting, "I didn't even kiss him back, I swear. He just, out of nowhere held me and—"

"Ritu."

"—just like that—"

"Ritu."

"—he started to kiss me and before I could punch him—"

Rolling his eyes, Nikhil cups my face and pulls me in, planting his lips on mine. Pulling away, he smirks, but I can see the anger in his eyes while saying, "I'm the best kisser, aren't I?"

My jaw hanging open, I exclaim, "DUDE! We're like talking about how a boy whom you trusted your girlfriend to be friends with has kissed her and you're acting like...like this!"

"Well, did you kiss on purpose?" He questions skeptically.

"Nope. I didn't even kiss him back in the first place." I mutter without missing a beat.

"So, he kissed you. And he'll pay for that." Nikhil mutters calmly but I sense the anger as he slightly clenches and unclenches his fists.

"But wait, before you do anything to him, listen. I think there's something going on between him and Harsh."

"Huh?" He asks, utterly confused.

I tell him everything from the beginning about how those two acted awkwardly in each other's presence.

"Maybe I'll have a word with Harsh before I do anything to Ved." Nikhil mutters after I finish talking.

I hum and ask him something that I've been wondering for so long.

"Are you— are you mad at me? Are we okay?"

"I...I won't lie, I am angry but...it wasn't your fault. But that son of a bitch is definitely going to get a piece of my mind." He huffs out in reply.

"Aren't you just a ray of sunshine!" I roll my eyes.

"Um...if I remember properly, you are the spitfire and I'm the calm one in our relationship?" He comments with a raised eyebrow.