Chapter: 03, April fool?

Neha's Point of View:

It was not right for me to say this to Mahdin. I know very well that he can't keep his mouth shut at all. He's more likely to go around and tell everyone everything. He's someone who's a pure jerk and can't keep secrets or things confidential. I'm not ready to come out yet. The biggest thing is I know that Esha doesn't like me back. No matter what after all I'm her best friend and that's all. Only I know her best. I know all of her secrets. Early in university life, when Esha had no friends, I went ahead. I like her because she is very reticent. Very reserved. Have few friends. She's that kind who's very 'introvert' and 'antsy' type. On the other hand, I'm an extrovert, always goofing around with stupid things, so much social than her, have got so many friends, just the opposite. Now, if Esha ever knows that I like her, then if our friendship breaks up, everything will end up like, 'losing everything in the hopes of gaining something big' so, 'having something is better than having nothing at all'. Esha still likes that girl. I know that. Her high school crush. She still can't forget Sara. I tried so hard to make Esha forget Sara and move on. Of course, I'm not selfish! No, I mean.... at least someone else? But no! Esha is staid in her position! She still loves Sara a lot until now.

Esha's point of view:

Neha has been avoiding me severely for a few days now. The closer I want to get to her, the farther she goes away from me. I can feel her emptiness in every moment of my life now that she is gone. Neha is very important in my life. I never want to lose her.

I have always lied to Neha that I still like Sara. But it's been a while that I forgot Sara, ever since Neha entered my life. But I could never tell Neha about my feelings for her. Because I don't want to lose our friendship. Again, despite hundreds of attempts, I could never again fall in love with anyone else. Because as much as I try to forget Neha, all the attempts fail when I see Neha again. I am defeated again and again by my own feelings.

(The next morning in the chamber of lawyer Rokhsana Hafeez:)

As soon as I entered the chamber, I saw that Mahdin, Sadia, and Tonmoy had already arrived. Rokhsana ma'am hadn't come yet. Her personal assistant told us to wait. She will be here in half an hour. She went to the district court to get the hearing of her case. The plaintiff for who she's fighting for can get bail today. At this moment Neha entered.

Neha sat on the bench next to Mahdin. Tonmoy was standing and leaning against the wall in front of her. Seeing Neha, he said, "Hey, do you like Esha?"

Neha was immediately startled and embarrassed.

Neha stammered a little. "So...w-who told you that?"

"Sadia said. Sadia was told by Mahdin. And you said this to Mahdin yesterday night."

Neha remained silent.

On the contrary, I didn't understand the slightest of what they were talking about. I noticed that Neha was blushing hard and her face turned red like a red tomato. On the other hand, Mahdin was looking at Sadia with an incisive look. Sadia was looking at Tonmoy in surprise. And Tonmoy was stunned. Seeing the expression on his face, it seemed like he had committed a huge crime.

Suddenly Neha started laughing with a loud sound of haha. Then she said, "April fool guys! Ya are all April fools. Did y'all ever think of today's date? Today is the 1st of April. All of y'all assholes have become fools. Hahaha." She was laughing in such an odd way.

Mahdin screamed and said, "I knew it would happen. Otherwise, people like you would ever say such a serious thing in the text like that way! It's so stupid of me to believe that at all."

Sadia and Tonmoy said together, "The prank was good."

Neha said, "I've been pretending to avoid Esha for so long to do this prank. Hahaha."

Mahdin said, "I still can't believe ...how can an asshole like you have so much intelligence to fool us all."

I said, "Hey, everyone shut up now. Look ma'am has arrived already."

Seeing Ma'am, we all stood up and greeted her with respect.

"Listen, students, I'm going to lose the case what I'm fighting right now. The plaintiff on my behalf didn't get bail today. It looks like the defendants have bought the judge with a huge amount of bribe. I've been in the legal profession for the last 10 years. I haven't lost a single case. I don't want to lose this time either. You have to start working from today. Tell me, will you help me? "

We all said in unison, "Yes, we will, ma'am."

Ma'am said, "Very good. So everyone, get ready now. We have to go to the crime scene right now."