You're Mine, Remember?

8. Honey Trap

Nidhi stood still, not being able to understand what the hell just happened?? She was behind a guy who had dared to take pictures of her without her consent, and she was here to catch that guy and teach that guy a good lesson. But that all didn't happen, and instead she got tangled in the bully's arms. She felt weird but at the same time, the blazing eyes never had her so scared in her entire life. It was as if they were accusingly looking at her, daring and challenging to take her accusations back.

And she seriously had misunderstood that guy. Had it been anyone else, they would have pleaded to her to listen to his side of the story. This guy also did that but in a different way. And that different way was nerve-wracking. She had got goose bumps when he was extremely close to her, and at the same time guilt entered her mind that her assumptions were incorrect.

F*ck! She needs to apologize for her wrongdoings, and at the same time, search for the real culprit.

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"Nidhi!! What are you doing?? Come inside or else you'll catch a cold!!”Kavya exclaimed as she quickly closed the windows and curtains as well.

"Isn't it strange?"

"What is?” Nidhi asked, dazed, lost in the thoughts of how to catch the culprit.

"The weather was so pleasant a few minutes back, and suddenly the storm started. As if the time suddenly changed the weather with a snap of its finger. It's really strange how the weather shows its effects." Kavya examined her nails and sighed.

"It's not the weather that's strange. It's that boy.!" she opened the door ajar and searched for her towel. She needed a bath after all the intensive workout she did back at the gym.

"Which boy?" Kavya asked, suddenly interested.

Nidhi came back to her senses and cursed for thinking out her thoughts too loud that this dumb girl also heard. She quickly composed herself and switched on to her sassy attitude, “It doesn't concern you!"she winked and deliberately ignoring her roommate's stares, quickly rushed out to go to the washroom for a quick shower.

"She's really weird!" Kavya whispered, worried that she might come back and listen to her comment and kick her a** again. But luck was not on her side as Nidhi returned and heard her.

"Yeah I am, and if next morning I got to hear your alarm, I'll get weirder and not only will kick your a** this time, but also kick you out of this room. Got it?” she threatened, giving her best evil smile. Kavya quickly looked scared and nodded obediently.

"Good Girl!” with one sarcastic smile she left, the long hot shower calling out to her.

Kavya quickly removed her flip-flops and quickly laid down, too scared to keep herself awake for her weird roommate.

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After reaching the washroom and dumping her things on the shelves, she came out to do a double-check whether that guy had returned to repeat his stint yet again. The corridors looked deserted and she breathed a sigh of relief as she saw a Watchman was already on the grounds for the safety for the girl's dorm.

Now she can peacefully go and have her shower.

But what she failed to see was a silhouette that was hiding behind one of the pillars.

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The next day was a new day to execute her plan. She wanted to do something productive, and that will ensure her success.

She quickly got ready and proceeded towards the same classroom she was yesterday, expecting her plan to work.

As soon as she entered, an arm suddenly wrapped around her neck, taking her in a sudden back hug. Panicked, She tried to release herself from the tight hold but couldn't do so as her left hand was blocked within the back hug, but somehow she released her hand and grabbing a hold on the person's elbows and flipped the person hard on the ground.

He cried in pain, and Nidhi felt that she had heard this voice before. She scrunched her eyebrows and narrowed her eyes, peeping at the person's face and instantly recognizing him. He was the same guy whom she had met the day before yesterday. Or to be specific, she knew this overconfident guy.

"Ahh Nidhi! What did you do?? Does anyone do this kind of thing to their friend?? Tell me?” he complained, while slowly getting up, crying in pain. She ignored him while rolling her eyes and proceeded towards the class to take a seat.

It was better to ignore than to entertain!

"Are you avoiding me? Seriously?"

The answer to his question was again unanswered as she avoided him yet again and stuffed earphones in her ears. The boy pouted sadly and took a seat next to her, staring at her with pleading eyes.

She tried to ignore him but he kept on pouting and kept on looking at her with those puppy dog eyes, that it became difficult to ignore him, so with an irritated look she turned to him and raised an eyebrow at him, gesturing him to ask what his problem was. He just presented a bright smile.

"What is it? Who are you?” she growled in anger.

"What! You don't know me? We had met the day before yesterday only!”, he shouted, dramatically.

"Exactly my point! We have met the day before yesterday only and I don't know you that well. Buzz off Dude, you're trying it on the wrong the person! You are wasting your time!” she replied nonchalantly, popping a chewing gum in her mouth.

Before he could talk further, she felt a presence in front of them and saw Shivam standing in front of them, holding the boy by his collar.

"Didn't I warn you not to mess with me? How dare you puncture my car tires. You definitely have a lot of guts I must tell!” he dragged the petite boy and pushed him roughly on the other bench, hovering over him dangerously. Again grabbing his collars, "If I ever see you messing with my stuff again, it won't be good for you. Consider this as my last warning! Got it?” he jerked him and released his collars and sighed. The boy was literally on the verge of tears.

"Don't even think of it! I don't want to see your drama so stop your stupid antics and move." He warned yet again and the boy pouted but complied and scattered to the other end of the room.

Nidhi watched the whole act with wide eyes. This was what she had exactly expected the day before yesterday. But what she couldn't witness then, she witnessed it now! 

"Prem Mehra!! Do you need special treatment to sit down?” the professor growled. She suddenly remembered that the professor had already started the classroom, but was too ignorant to witness the encounter between Shivam and the creepy guy. Now she knows his name.

The class started yet again and Nidhi felt someone staring at her. She looked back and found Shivam staring at her with a serious expression. She felt weird and had goose pimples arriving on her arm. She quickly averted her gaze and looked in the front. Not sure why she felt a bit scared by that gaze, but she made sure that he didn't get to know the fact that he was intimidating.

Suddenly, her phone vibrated with a message and she opened it. But as soon as she opened it, her eyes turned red in anger. Someone had made a meme of a girl wrapped in a towel and it had her photo pasted too. And what angered her the most was it had the caption 'When the bad girl tries too hard for attention.!'

She gritted her teeth and chucked the phone back on the desk. She closed her eyes and repeated yesterday's incidents through her mind. She felt she knew who was the culprit behind all these disturbances that had suddenly occurred in her life. Though the incidents were very basic and normal, they looked extreme for a girl's dignity.

So she thought of a perfect plan to implement on the culprit, for trapping the culprit in their own game.

The person will surely regret messing with the wrong person.

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Shivam's blood boiled as this was not what he had told Aryan to do. He clutched the phone tightly and glared at the person sitting next to him. Sanaya gulped hard and smiled nervously at him.

"Did you know about this?” he calmly asked her, trying hard to control his rage. Disrespecting any girl's privacy was highly disgusting and he would make sure he would tell Nidhi that it was Aryan who had done this cheap deed.

"No Shivam, I don't have any clue about this."

"I'm sure that i***t tried to apply his own brain when I had asked him to just make a funny meme on Nidhi. This meme is totally absurd and disrespectful. And where is that stupid boy?? "

"It indeed is disgusting, but you know Shivam, she deserved what she did to you and Aryan right? So now she will know her limits."

"Shut Up Sanaya! You being a girl yourself are saying all these things! At least have some sympathy for that girl. Had you been in her position, how would you have felt if she said the same thing about you? So stop saying such useless things. And about Aryan, I haven't seen him for 2 days after the ragging scene. Where is the hell has he disappeared to?” he inquired and she just tucked her flicks behind her ear and bent her head down in shame.

"I said where is he?" he asked more sternly.

"I have no idea Shivam!!! And please don't say a thing to Aryan. He's very stressed right now. He knows how to respect you!"

"If only that stupid person ever knew how to respect girls! And there's no logic in respecting me! He should respect himself first and then the people around him. And he certainly doesn't respect girls!"

"No, he respects me! You know that!” she quickly defended Aryan.

"His actions don't prove your statement Sanaya. Stop defending him for something which is not right and he did the wrong thing."

His mobile beeped again and he opened the message. He gritted his teeth as he saw a meme, similar to the one that was posted about Nidhi. This time it was a boy standing in a towel with a cynical smirk and the caption was 'Nobody messes with me, Specially not the girl!'.He knew Nidhi could not be the person posting this.

There was someone who was trying to mess with both him and Nidhi.

But the question was, is Nidhi really not involved in this prank thing??

And if she's really not behind this, then who was?

Was it Aryan?

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"Is it done??"

"Yes Sir, I have posted the memes concerning both Nidhi and Shivam. They are over the internet as well."

Good. You can go now. But remember one thing. If I ever come to know that you have tried to double-cross me, or that You have tried to act over smart with me, You'll not see the end of it. Understand?"

He gulped as he nodded frantically and escaped.

"Now I have both of you under my trap. Well done!!"