18 Chapter-18 That is not possible

---------------School--------------

After completing today's school session everyone was on their way to their respective school buses. Although they were tired, joy was evident from their faces. But the cloud of worries was engulfing some of them.

Arjun and Ritvik were walking by each other's side. Their minds were occupied by Rhythm who was sitting over Arjun's shoulder and had very little concern about it.

He was finding everything around very exciting. And was amassing his first ever experience of school.

Soon they both reached the bus. Parth was walking behind them and he too reached and settled himself at the back seat while Sneha and Ruhi who were also their classmates were sitting forward.

The bus started moving slowly and soon they were on their way around the town towards their dwelling places. 

Although everyone thought that Parth doesn't hold any concern towards other people and their problems, he was not completely oblivious to it. Everything does come towards his notice but up till now he never got himself involved.

He was looking towards Arjun and thinking about that little encounter. He didn't know what Arjun was doing there as even Sneha never comes to break his silence in that corner. And why he acted as if he didn't see anything when he was sure that he did. Even though his mind was telling that he was only thinking too much, somewhere he also wondered if things were alright at Ritvik's end. But Ritvik and he were like two swords who can't be at the same place so he felt annoyed holding concern towards him. He shrugged his shoulders and pulled out his cube and started solving it. That was his best way to relieve himself.

After a while, they went past a very busy square. This area is usually very occupied with shops and cafes all around. And very crowded with people.

Arjun was watching outside the window. But suddenly a familiar figure caught his attention. He suddenly stood up from his position.

"What happened?"

Ritvik asked him. 

" Return home without me, please!!"

"I will be back soon."

Arjun answered adamantly.

Ritvik just looked over him helplessly.

"As if you care about my answer."

Arjun looked outside and felt an urge to run forward. In case he would take a little more time he would miss the stop.

"Sorry! I need to go, please take care of things at home."

Ritvik was looking towards the other side so Arjun decided to convince him later and ran forward.

Ritvik turned towards him, hearing his words. 

"Wh-where are you going?"

But to his surprise, he didn't see him near and he too stood up and came forward.

"Here-here-here, please stop the bus! ".

The bus was going slow. It was not hard to stop it. And listening to the anxious voice Driver Uncle stopped the bus at that very instant.

But knowing the source of the voice he got puzzled.

" But kid, this is not your stop "

Bus Driver Uncle anxiously asked him.

" My sis is here."

He went down the bus.

"My sis will take me home."

"But"

He wanted to refuse it but someone came behind Arjun and held his shoulders from the back and assuringly nodded to the driver Uncle as well as to Ritvik and the bus went past them.

As the bus went past Arjun Ritvik decided to go back to his seat. But to his surprise, Parth  was sitting over his place

"Where do you want to go?"

Mehar asked Arjun by leaning to his height.

Mehar was a PhD student. They always grab unexpected coincidences to meet or probably someone among them is good at creating those coincidences that one thing is yet to be known.

" Umm that street shop."

Arjun pointed his finger to a nearby shop.

" Again the same."

" Yes, I want to go there only please."

He told with his pleasantly glittering eyes to which she could only hear yes.

"Got it, let's go there."

-------------In the bus ------------

After Arjun left; Ritvik went to his place but to his surprise, Parth was sitting at his place.

He looked for another place but his stop was near so he didn't have another option but to sit at the same place.

'This was my place.'

"You haven't engraved your name into this."

'Was I loud?'

Ritvik asked himself.

"Isn't it obvious"

"Exactly what is obvious."

"You finally spoke up."

" What do you mean?"

" Nothing, you should engrave your name into a seat if you don't want others to take it."

"No, thank you."

"Like I did!"

"Your choice."

"Wait, what do you mean by

'like you did'?

" Are you curious?"

" Nope"

Parth stood from his place, took out a little torch and looked behind, standing over his place.

"Hey, scoot over!"

The child sitting over the place left the place as his stop was near.

Ritvik also stood over his seat on knees.

As Parth shed light over his seat the light showed the engraved #Parth# over it.

It was something written with the help pointed object. 

"You will be dead in case this is found by the teacher."

"That is not possible."

Party spoke with confidence.

" Why not?"

Snap! Snap!

It was Sneha who came.

Both Ritvik and Parth looked over her. Ritvik recovered first from surprise and settled back on his seat while smiling.

" Sneha! Give me your camera."

" Exactly which side are you on.."

Parth said while chasing Sneha.

They were going around the bus.

"Take it, if you can!"

" Give me"

"Hey kids, settle down "

It was Driver Uncle. They kept chasing and in the next stop she went down teasing him.

Parth was unable to do anything so he just came back to his place.

When he returned back to his place he saw the solved cube. Ritvik had already left.He took his bag and cube and stood forward for his next stop.

---------------Street--------------

They went to the street shop which was crowded with people. It was a famous street shop in the area which always remained crowded.

She made Arjun sit over the nearby place and herself went into the crowd. And grabbing sizzling hot sweet potatoes in her hand from the middle of the crowd she carefully brought it to the place where he was sitting.

"Here take it."

"Thank you sis"

Arjun grabbed the sweet potatoes and started eating them. For a moment he forgot all the worries he had but his attention went to the little light who was silently sitting over his lap. He wanted to share it with him but he was helpless. But little light was desperate to try going inside the food again and unexpectedly resisted himself trying not to increase any trouble for him or he may be sent back to the forest.

Mehar kept watching him. Arjun's ability to go for extreme lengths 

for others amaze her and also make her worry.

She giggled imagining him all grown up and thinking about the girl that may become his life later on.

Though Arjun was busy eating his foodstuff. When he noticed a wristwatch coming towards his hand.

"Activated!"

He stopped in the middle.

"Sis is this new one. But what about the watch I sent you."

Mehar took out a box from his bag and opened before him. This box had the watch he was talking about.

"He looked towards her with surprise."

"Is this one the special function one that I asked about?"

Mehar nodded….