CHAPTER SEVEN : INVITATION

"Vihaan?!" I screamed as soon as I saw him fainting down to the ground.

Few team members gathered there right away. I rushed beside him trying to examine if he was alright. There was no sign of consciousness on his face. 漢字

"Guys, somebody call a medic. We need it right now, " I stammered out of anxiety.

"I'll bring someone for help. You please stay here with him," Avinash, the other team's player, told me.

I nodded and tilted my head towards Vihaan.

He was unconscious, sweating heavily on forehead. I tried to wipe him well with my handkerchief.

"Do you have any idea who that guy was?" a guy from the opposite team asked.

"No - Nope," I shrugged, "We shouldn't be concerned about that right now. We need to make sure that Vihaan is fine."

Within a few minutes, Avinash arrived with DPS' medic. They took him to the restroom as to check him properly. I followed them there and waited outside the restroom.

I hope he's fine. He did so well in the game. But after all that effort, he's the one who had to suffer. I hope he hasn't gotten himself any severe injury.

"You're still here? " Avinash came out of the restroom examining me from head to toe.

"Ahem. You see, Vihaan was my great friend. So I was slightly concerned about him "

"Oh. For that, don't worry. He's absolutely fine. The medic said that it could be heat stroke or something and he's supposed to stay here until he's awake. Though, I wonder why that guy would kick Vihaan out of nowhere. Do you have any idea? "

With that being said, anxiety ran through my mind. Had I told him about what really happened, somebody would die for sure.

"I have no idea either, " I managed to speak, "I don't even know the other guy. We should drop this topic here, I guess."

"It's alright. You needn't worry, anyways. See you later. "

"See you."

And now I had someone else to see. Someone who was responsible for all this.

I rushed to the playground in search of him. He sat on a bench surrounded by his other teammates. I escorted my way to him and signalled him to talk to me alone.

As expected, he immediately got up and chaperoned me to the classroom.

"Why did you do that, Nikhil?" I uttered without wasting any second.

"Did what?" Nikhil smirked,"He needed it. Don't you see how arrogant he's become? There's no place for such arrogants and jerks in a game. "

"And who are you to decide that?, " I held his arm and jolted it away, "What are you, Nikhil? You're no hero. Did it hurt your ego to lose against Vihaan?"

"Haha. So I'm no hero now. Are you really saying that? I always came to your rescue. Fought with everybody for you. You're still fighting for that bastard right now?" He stepped back from me, now angry and frustrated.

"He's not a bastard, get that? And you know what, I'm not talking to you after this. You better face his wrath now. I'll go tell him the truth."

"Oh sure. Go for it. He can't be any worse than Voldemort. I'd love to face him."

"We'll see about that."

I came back to the restroom to check on Vihaan. He was still unconscious. I didn't know if I should wake him up or not. Besides, it was 1 pm now. The school was going to be off soon.

I roamed around the restroom for a while and then pulled a stool near his bed so that I could sit beside him.

"You played spectacularly today, " I spoke looking at him, in a hope he'd listen to me and get up himself, "Also, your girlfriend was delighted to see you this way. She's surely going to brag about you a lot from now on. Besides, there's no day when she hasn't bragged about you. I still can't believe you guys are a thing. If you ask me, she's not even perfect for you."

I sighed and started staring at space with my efforts going in vain.

"Why is she not perfect for me? " A voice spoke.

I turned around. He was awake. His eyebrows raised, indeed he was pissed after hearing my opinion about them.

"I mean, she's just too over the top for you."

"Do you think your opinion matters to me anyway?" He threw his poker face again.

I sighed again and got up in frustration. For once, could he not be polite to me? What did I ever do to him? I wished that I could throw the stool at him just then.

But, I was waiting for some other purpose.

"Do you know what happened to me before I fainted? "

"That's exactly what I've been waiting to tell you. Firstly, I don't understand why you two have been fighting like this? Didn't he come to your house to apologize the other day?

" Apologize who?" He was now all awake, curious to know, or maybe curious to avenge the person who did that to him.

"Ahm. Nikhil."

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"You really think 'he' of all the people would apologize to me?" I couldn't help but laugh, " All he did was boosting around that how he managed to get me suspended and how happy he was about it."

Aarvi looked surprised but didn't say anything, she just kept looking at my bandaged head.

"Vihaan you up yet?" Meghna's voice echoed from the hall.

"Yeah just come on in." I replied.

"Your team was about to leave so I- WHAT THE HELL IS THIS BITCH DOING HERE!" Meghna shouted, "Don't you dare go near him again, it's because of you and your little boyfriend that he got suspended from the school and changed schools as well!"

"Hey hey, calm down now... My head is still hurting so no shouting! PLEASE!."

Meghna immediately rushed over to my side and hugged me planting a few kisses along. Aarvi looked disgruntled and stormed out. Meghna was happy with this feat and smirked. But for some reason seeing Aarvi leave made me sad.

"I've got some good news for you." Meghna said still hugging me.

"And what is it?" I replied not really paying attention to her.

"My dad has organised a party for some of the city's biggest investors and they are looking for a company like your mom's to invest their money in. I had a chat with my dad and now you and your mom are invited in the party tomorrow!"

"You serious?" To say I was happy would be the understatement of the decade. I immediately hugged her back. Finally something good came out of this relationship with her. "Thank you so much!"

"Anything for you, Vihaan, " She said planting yet another kiss on my lips, "It's already late, we should get going."

"Yeah let's go," I said getting up from the bed I was lying on.

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"Thanks for helping out but I can handle it now." I said to Meghna.

"No way! I'm taking you home. I don't want you to get dizzy again."

She replied.

She was right I was still feeling a little dizzy, and I have ever since the incident. When I got up from the bed my head started spinning, if Meghna wasn't there I might have hit my head on something. Who knew what would've happened then? I wanted to take a cab and go back home but Meghna was dead set on taking me home. I ended up smiling. This girl was so concerned about my well being and I still did something so horrible to her, I'm such a jerk, how could I kiss Aarvi like that while I was still in a relationship with Meghna.

"Something wrong?" she asked sounding concerned about me.

"Nah, it's nothing."

We sat in her Mercedes Benz E-class, the latest and most expensive model of Mercedes in India. Yup this was her car, her father had gifted it to her on her birthday. Rich people...

Although the school already informed my mom about the incident, the moment she saw me she threw a fit shouting at me for being careless. How was getting kicked in the head by an idiot my fault? Meghna was standing silently behind me as all the drama was happening.

"Thank you for helping my careless son." My mom said walking towards Meghna and hugging her.

"Oh it wasn't a problem..." Meghna replied, the redness on her cheeks was clearly visible.

"He's really lucky to have someone like you by his side." My mom said finally letting go of Meghna.

"How did you know..." Meghna mumbled.

"I'm a mother, of course I'll know these things."

"By the way Mom, Meghna's dad is holding a party tomorrow with some important people and he would like us to be there. So could you take a break from work tomorrow?"

"Vihaan, I would love to go beta but don't you think it would be weird for me to attend such an event?"

"Don't worry about it Mrs Malhotra, your company is officially invited to attend the party/conference." Meghna interrupted, handing my mom an invitation card. "Now that issue is solved."