♡ 14 ♡ He Moved On?

Chapter 14 is here....

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Anaya was walking to her home when she spotted a known figure sitting in a nearby café. "Karan." She whispered.

Her eyes shifted to the person sitting in front of him and then on the table where their hands rested, holding each other. Who is she? She thought. And why are they holding hands?

She felt a unknown feeling crept inside her. Hurt, disappointment and maybe jealous? She tried to denied the feeling of jealousy. She stared at them for a longer second when the girl sitting with him stood up and ruffled his hair as he laughed and tried to stop her.

Anaya turned her eyes to other side to avoid looking at them. With a uncomfortable feeling inside her, she walked away to ditch their sight.

She kept her head low while walking, her steps slow and her mind on Karan and that girl. Did he moved on? And why does it matter to me? Why am I feeling so disturbed and hurt seeing him with someone else? I don't like him, right?

I waited for him to come and tell me he likes me. I didn't wanted to know from others but I guess now it's late.

On the other side, Karan sipped his drink as the girl blabbered on and on. "Tu Kitna bolti hain." He said making the girl stop speaking and narrowed her eyes at him.

"Itne dino baat mili hu. Tujhe sari baatein batani toh padegi na." She replied to him while folding her arms against her chest.

"Not interested." He said nonchalantly. Her irritation grew at his words. The Next moment, she started hitting him. "Ouch."

To prevent her from hitting him, he held hands. "Kya badtameez ladki hain." He said. She tried to free her hands but his strong grip held her still.

"Tera boyfriend tujhe kese jelta hain?" He asked, his hands still holding her's. "Kyuki voh tere jesa nahi hain, tujhse toh bohot accha hain." She answered, rolling her eyes.

"Poor him. He had to tolerate you for 10 days on trip. Mujhe us bichare pe bohot daya aati hain. Kaha voh sidha sadha ladka aur kaha tu Satan ki bhatiji." He teased.

She digged her nails inside his hands, making him loose the grip on her hands as she freed herself and he hissed in pain. "Abey dayaan."

She stood her from her seat and extended her hand to pull his hair. He laughed at her that how easily she gets irritated. "Oii, chhod mujhe." He tried to free himself from her grip but her grip tightened, her fingers tangled in his hair making him wince in pain.

"Sorry bhai sorry. Ab chhod mujhe." She let him go as he rubbed his head while hissing. His eyes moved to the window where he saw a familiar figure fleeting away in the crowd. Anaya? He shook his head thinking he was imagining.

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The group has again gathered at Karan's house but everyone is behaving different. Isha and Krish are being awkward and distant, Anaya is avoiding Karan leaving him dumbfounded and Kritika is also lost in her thoughts.

Seeing them Yash and Jay shared a puzzled look. "Humesa hum dono hi kyu clueless hote hain?" Yash whispered to Jay, to which Jay shrugged his shoulder.

Yash cleared his throat. "Guys." Everyone turned their attention towards him. "Tum sab aaj itne ghum shum kyu ho?"

Noone answered.

Yash sighed and asked, "Kuch hua?" Yet no one answered.

Jay frustratedly closed his eyes and asked in a tone which was louder than usual. "What's wrong with you all?"

This time Karan finally answered. "Nothing." Karan turned towards Isha. "Isha, Kavya is back from her trip. I met her yesterday." Karan's words made Anaya alert. So her name is Kavya.

"Kya bola usne?" Isha asked turning her focus to Karan. "Kuch nahi bas yahi ki usne waha pe kya kya kiya aur vahi sab." Karan said leaning back on sofa. "Usne mujhe paka diya."

Isha laughed. "Voh aesi hi hain. Kavya toh mujhe call karke ghanto ghanto tak pakati thi."

Karan turned his face in Isha's direction and lifted a eyebrow. "Really?" Isha nodded. "Mujhe yakeen nahi hota. You both are literally same fir kese usne tujhe pakaya. Dono ki dono pure din chapar chapar karti ho." He said shaking his head.

Isha threw a pillow in his direction which he caught. "She also told me she is coming to our school. She will continue after this vacation."

"Really?" Two voices said this in different tone. Isha who said in excited tone while cheering and then Anaya repelled her tone.

Krish nudged Jay to look at Kritika and Rhea's direction. They both were talking with each other but their voice not audible to anyone.

Kritika looked deadpan serious while speaking while Rhea looked nervous and she gulped as Kritika's words reached her ears.

Anaya and Isha also glanced in their way. Isha stood up and went behind them. She whistled in their ears making them flinched. "Kya baatein ho rahi hain?" Isha whispered.

"Kuch nahi bas yahi ki how is her brother doing? He is doing MBBS so I wanted to know how he prepared for NEET and all." Kritika answered her voice soft as she smiled.

"Isse yaad aaya tum logo ki exam preparation kesi chal rahi hain?" Yash asked.

"Exam?" Rhea asked confused. "Exam he hamari? Kab?"

Yash covered his face and let out a sigh. "Vacation khatam hone ko aaye hain. Itna toh pata haina?" Rhea nodded. "Wese humara vacation khatam kab ho raha hain?"

Rhea gulped and looked at the girls and signaled them for answers. "16th June." Anaya whispered.

"Yeh bhi nahi pata tha?" Yash asked in low voice as she smiled innocently like toddler.

"Aur aapki exams 5th July se start ho rahi." Yash's sentence made Rhea shocked. "Kya? Kab hua yeh? Kese hua yeh? Main toh book ko touch bhi nahi kiya."

Jay laughed hearing this. "Rhea padhai chalu kardo. Commerce easy nahi hain joh sab ko lagta hain. Agar koi problem ho toh teachers ko approach karo ya just ask me or Krish, we will help you."

Rhea smiled. "Thank you!!"

Anaya leaned to Isha. "Yeh Kavya kon hain?"

"Hamari friend." Isha answered. Anaya nodded. "Usne konsi stream li hain?"

"Arts and she is in 11th." Isha replied while being busy on her phone. "And she wants to become a Lawyer. So she always ask Karan Bhaiya for help."

Isha opened a picture and showed it to Anaya. "She is Kavya." The picture had the girl who was with Karan on that day. She had a dark brown straight long hair reaching her waist, an oval face with a healthy body.

She is completely opposite of me. Anaya touched her hairs which reached her shoulders and her eyes travelled down at her thin body. A feeling of insecurity washed over her.

Taking a deep sigh, she moved back to her place as her eyes stayed at Karan who was busy talking to Yash. Feeling her eyes on him, Karan shifted his gaze to Anaya. Their eyes meet, a spark of electricity passed between them as Karan help Anaya's gaze. His eyes searching for something but Anaya's expression were guarded.

He gave a soft small smile to her making her heart skip a beat. She turned her gaze to somewhere else without smiling back, his smile fell and brows furrowed at her different behavior. Shrugging it off, he continued chatting with Yash.

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As time passed, they all decided to cook with Kritika leading them. "What should we make?" Krish asked.

"Khane wala khana banana hain?" Kritika asked.

"Nahi peene wala khana banana hain." Jay mocked as she glared at him. Ignoring his words she asked again. "Kuch sweet dessert jesa banana hain ya lunch type?"

"Kuch meetha." Karan answered.

"Kritu yaad hain we made cupcake last week and they tasted so good and yummy." Rhea exclaimed as Kritika looked at her with a doubtful gesture and Yash also turned his attention to Rhea at the mentioned of Cupcake and last week.

Sensing the gaze of Kritika and Yash on her she shuttered. "Nahi k-kuch aur banate hain."

"Why? We will make Cupcakes only." Isha said.

Rhea gulped as Kritika signaled her. "Nahi Kuch aur banate hain." Hearing her denial Isha opposed. "Par kyu?"

"Aese hi. Last week hi Cupcakes banaye toh aaj kuch aur banate hain." Little did everyone knew that Rhea was lying.

"Fine." Isha groaned. "But we will make Cupcakes another time."

"Pakka." Rhea smiled, as she sighed in relief. "How about Brownie?" Karan suggested.

After a hour of discussion, they sticked to brownie. "Last and final, we will make Brownie." Anaya said tiredly.

"Haan. For that we need butter, dark chocolate, sugar, curd, maida, cocoa powder, baking powder and chocolate chips." Kritika said in one breathe. "Yeh sab ghar pe hain?"

"Shayad nahi." Karan replied making everyone groaned in frustration. "Abey saale, jab ghar mein kuch tha hi nahi toh phele nahi bol sakhta tha. Pure humne ek ghanta waste kiya fir." Krish said smacking Karan on head.

"Hum bazaar jake bhi toh la sakhte hain." Karan replied. "Pagal."

"Chalo jaldi kaam khatam karte hain toh fir. Karan ghar mein kya kya nahi hain?" Kritika asked.

"Cocoa powder, baking powder, chocolate chips aur dark chocolate." Karan replied.

"Umm... Dahi bhi nahi hain." Isha spoke in middle.

"Kal toh tha." Karan said. "Par main Kal raat Dahi ka Dahi vade banake kha gayi. Hehehe." Isha replied.

"Accha thike koi nah..... Ek kaam karo Karan bhaiya aap Dahi leke aao aur Yash bhaiya aap.... cocoa powder, baking powder, dark chocolate aur chocolate chips leke aayi ye." Kritika said.

"Main bhi jau?" Rhea asked.

Yash nodded. "Wait main sab likh leti hu kya kya lana hain." She tore a page from her book and wrote the things which were supposed to be brought.

She put the paper in her pocket. "Let's go." The three of them left the house at the same time. Anaya's phone rang as she made her way out to talk.

Kritika and Jay also made their way to the Kitchen to arranged the utensils leaving Krish and Isha alone in the living room. They sat side by side stiffly.

"So Isha you had a friend with whom you used to play with?" Krish asked, glancing at her. She nodded without looking at him as she scrolled on her phone to avoid looking at him. "What was his name?"

She cleared her throat. "I already said I don't remembered his name."

"You know I also had a friend before but she left. We also used to play at the same spot where you and your friend used to play." Krish said.

Isha nodded. "I know you said that before."

"You know what I used to call her?" She shook her head in denial. "Ishu." He said when she said no. The name made her looked in his direction. "Coincidentally she also shared same name as yours Ishanvi." Krish said breaking the eye contact as Isha's eyes stayed on him.

"Wese tumhara naam kya hain?"

"Ishanvi."

"Ishu, I will call you Ishu." He said with a small smile.

The memory played inside her head as she continued to stare at him while a soft and sad smile played on his lips as he looked down.

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Meanwhile inside the kitchen. "Kuch aur chahiye?" Jay asked as Kritika checked the kitchen tools. "We are fine with it."

"Aap kya fridge se butter nikal sakhte hain?" Kritika asked. While nodding he moved towards fridge and opened the door, revealing a well organized interior. Jay scanned the shelves, his eyes locating butter on the middle shelf. He reached in, pulled out the butter and closed the door.

"Yeh lo." Jay said, handing the butter to her. As he handed it to her, their hands touched briefly, sending a spark of electricity through them. They exchanged a glances, before Kritika looked away, pulling her hand back to herself as her cheeks slightly flushed.

She started to melt the butter when Jay asked, "How long do you know Aditya?"

She sighed and answered. "Since the day I know you, the trip."

"Yet you are this close to him compared to me." He taunted. Kritika looked at him with a questioning look. "I mean you know both of us at the same time still you behave differently with me and him."

"Yes because you deserve it for what you did on that day." She said rolling her eyes.

"What I did was good, that idiot deserved it." He cursed under his breathe.

"This is the reason why I behave with you like this. You always badmouth him without knowing him. He was innocent on that day, he told me you were the culprit not him." She said. "You used your well-known reputation and manipulated teachers in believing you that almost resulted him with a LC. Luckily he just got suspended."

"He said and you believed?" He Scoff. "You don't even know him."

"I know him very well than you know." Kritika said.

"The side he shows you is just a dikhawa. Ask the girl who suffered due to his act." Jay said in frustrating tone. "Main tumhe us ladki se milwata only if she wouldn't have changed the state."

"Of course she ran away knowing she will get exposed." Kritika said scoffing making Jay looked at her disbelief.

"Can't believe usne tumhare kaan kya baato se bhar rakhe hain." He said shaking his head.

"Don't worry. Soon he will show his real self to you also." Jay said angrily as he made his way out of the kitchen.

He halted on his steps when he heard a scream from Kritika's mouth, he turned around to see that she accidentally lifted the hot bowl with bare hands.

He rushed towards her, pulling her towards the wash basin. He opened the tap, placed her hand below the tap as the cold water flows. His eyes were angry yet concerning as he looked down at her hands while she stared at his face.

After some seconds, he closed the tap and brought her hand towards his mouth as he softly blow the air. Her eyes never left his face as her heart fasten and a feeling of warmth spread through her chest. The gentle touch of his breath on her skin sent shivers down her spine.

Jay looked up and his eyes met Kritika as his gaze softened. Realizing what he was doing, he let her hand go, he cleared his throat while looking at somewhere. "Be careful." He said, his voice emotionless as he walked out from the kitchen.

Kritika stood still in the middle of the kitchen, her mind not able to process what just happened, her heart still beating fast and her stomach doing something.

She brought her hand in front of her eyes as she stared at it, his touch still lingering on it.

She tried to shake off the feeling by diverting her mind to something else yet her mind was not ready to listen to her and it continued playing the earlier incident.

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Karan separated his way from Yash and Rhea as the shops were at different route. They stepped inside the shop as the people passed through them.

"I supposed cooking materials are available there." Yash said pointing towards a area. "Let's go over."

They headed towards the section as Rhea took out the paper from the pocket. "Look here is the cocoa powder and baking powder." She took the baking powder from the shelf and putted it in the basket.

She then tried to reach the higher shelf for the cocoa powder but in the end she struggled cause of her height. Yet she didn't gave up and tried to reach it. Suddenly a hand appeared from behind her and help the packet in the hand.

She turned around to see Yash standing close to her as she took a sharp inhale and his scent filling her nose. He looked at down to meet her eyes and then took a step backward. "Two things are still remaining."

He started searching for the other items while she glued at the place, she placed her hand on her chest. "Calm down, calm down."

She gave a little cough. "Umm... voh uss chocolate section mein hoga." She handed the paper to him and moved towards the chocolate section.

Yash glanced down at the paper and narrowed his eyes. He stared at the paper for a long time and then looked at Rhea who was busy locating the chocolate.

Maybe a coincidence. He whispered to himself and headed towards her. "Here." She held the dark chocolate infront of his eyes, he took it from her hand and put it in the basket. "Last, chocolate chips."

"Yeh rahe." Yash found them on the opposite shelf. He reached for them.

Checking all the times, they payed for them and left the store.

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