A Pretense by background21

*Rekha Pov*

“Are you looking for someone?” I turned to see my three best friends looking at me curiously as I am looking at the opposite direction to the one they are glancing at.

“Where is your girlfriend?” I asked staring at Rakesh and he immediately gestured behind me.

“You are here?” I asked finding Kavitha behind me but she is looking disturbed just like me.

I can understand her completely as she is closer to her than all of us. So she will also have the same thoughts as me but at a major level.

“What happened to both of you? We are supposed to show happy expressions, remember? He must already be feeling sad to not be in the same year as us. So, just change your expressions.” Vikesh commented frowning at us.

“Don’t worry! We will be meeting as usual. And Kavitha will be in the same class. There will be no problem.” Rakesh comforted him and all I could is sigh in defeat.

“You both must be thinking about her, right?” Kalyan asked finally giving a sense of relief that there is still hope for men to not be completely clueless.

“Yes! Did she come to college?” I asked glancing at Kavitha who is her best friend and also a classmate.

“Of course! She never missed a class last semester and she is attending the lecture right now even though it’s the first day.” She replied and cleared her throat to say something which none of us are going to like for sure.

“I informed her that he will be returning to college today. But… but she didn’t say anything or even gave a slight reaction.” I kind of expected but it is still disheartening to hear that.

“I don’t know what are you guys worrying about. When we tell her the truth everything will go back to normal.” Rakesh assured us.

“Why are you so clueless?” his girlfriend scolded and I smiled looking at the person getting out of his Dad’s car.

We all rushed towards him without saying another word before hugging him. It’s been so long since we met him and to top of that, he can finally start his classes.