Tu muskuraye har jagah

14

[Annika - A, Shivaay - S, Bhavya - B, Rudra - Ru, Gauri - G]

The next morning, as Annika worked in her cabin, the guard brought in a package for her. She opened the box and laughed out so loud, heads turned in her direction. She closed the door of her cabin and went through the contents of the box.

Multiple bottles of pepper spray, a pair of running shoes, and some protein bars. She couldn't stop giggling. Her phone pinged, it was a text from Shivaay.

S(text): Stop giggling and get back to work

She looked around to check if he was there. She called him

A: Hi, Spy Singh Oberoi

S: Not spying on you

A: Then how did you know I was giggling?

S: I know you enough to predict your reactions

A: Oh, do you now?

S: Oh yeah, how else would I know you are currently playing with a lock of your hair

Annika stopped twirling the lock of her hair entwined between her fingers

A: Did you hack the CCTV cameras?

S: No, it's called observation. You're going to lose badly at poker if you ever try.

A: Oh please

Someone knocked on her cabin door

A: I'll talk to you later, and thanks for the care package

Later during the day, Annika was called over to the police station, 2 of the goons had been captured. They called Annika to identify. She completed the paperwork, came out of the station, and saw Shivaay standing outside talking to another cop

S: Bhavya, are you and Rudy fighting again?

B: Bhaiyya you know we go to the same gym. So yesterday I just said he makes muscles for vanity. He's not strong, so he challenged me. We had a pushups competition, pull-up competition, and an arm-wrestling match. What can I do if he lost most of them? He only won arm wrestling because he cheated, he distracted me with his nonsense

S: Well you know him, he's a sour loser. He has been grumpy since then. Patch up with him, you're his best friend.

B: he has like a hundred friends bhaiyya, I'm sure he can manage without me

S: Yeah but everyone knows how special you two are for each other.

B: He needs to grow up

Bhavya saw a girl approaching Shivaay

B: Bhaiyya, is that her?

S: Yeah, that's Annika

B: she's kinda cute

S: Excuse me?

B: just saying what you should have

A: Shivaay, what are you doing here?