📘 CHAPTER 27 — “Fest Ka Announcement aur Unexpected Team-Up”
Aaj school ka environment bilkul normal nahi tha.
Corridors me loud chatter, notice boards ke aas-paas bheed, aur har dusre student ke haath me ek hi topic—
“ANNUAL FEST!”
Radhika jaise hi classroom me enter hui, Kritika literally uski taraf daudti hui aayi.
“RADHIKAAAAA! Guess what?? Fest announce ho gaya!!”
Radhika ne bag desk par rakhte hue calm tone me poocha,
“Achha… toh? Itna excitement kyu?”
Kritika shocked expression:
“Toh? Are you serious? Dance, drama, music, competitions… aur sabse important—
Inter-Class Performance Battle!”
Aarav bhi tab tak classroom me aa chuka tha. Usne yeh last line sunte hi interest liya.
“Performance battle?”
Kritika:
“Haan! Har class apna ek act perform karegi. Judges honge… aur jo jeetega usko trophy + school fame!”
Aarav ne thoda smile kiya,
“Sounds interesting.”
Radhika ne casual shrug diya,
“Haan theek hai… dekhte hain.”
Par andar se wo bhi excited thi—bas show nahi kar rahi thi.
💥 1. Teacher Ka Big Announcement
Bell bajte hi class teacher enter hui.
“Students, as you all know, Annual Fest next week hai.
Aur iss baar… Class 12 ko special responsibility di gayi hai.”
Class instantly silent.
Teacher continued:
“Tum logon ko apni class represent karni hogi ek performance ke through.
Aur main already team decide kar chuki hoon.”
Kritika whisper:
“Bas ab naam announce honge… popcorn lao koi.”
Teacher ne list padhi—
“Radhika…”
“Aarav…”
“Kritika…”
“Rohan…”
Aur kuch aur names.
Radhika aur Aarav ek second ke liye ek dusre ko dekhte reh gaye.
Same team. Again.
Kritika ne side se whisper kiya:
“Universe really wants you guys together.”
Radhika:
“Kritika, chup.”
💥 2. Task Reveal — Drama Performance
Teacher ne board par likha:
“Theme: Emotions & Misunderstandings”
Aarav ne halka sa smirk kiya aur Radhika ki taraf dekha.
“Familiar lag raha hai?”
Radhika ne aankhon se warning di,
“Don’t start.”
Teacher:
“Tum log ek short drama prepare karoge. Story, script, acting—sab tumhe khud decide karna hai.”
Kritika:
“Bas! Ye toh full movie banegi.”
Rohan:
“Main villain banoonga.”
Kritika:
“Tu real life me hi enough villain hai.”
Sab hass pade.
💥 3. First Team Meeting
School ke baad team library me gather hui.
Aarav:
“Okay, let’s get serious. Hume strong story chahiye.”
Radhika:
“Simple nahi… relatable hona chahiye.”
Kritika:
“Matlab love, fight, misunderstanding, drama—sab daalo.”
Aarav:
“Thoda realistic rakho.”
Discussion start ho gaya.
Kuch ideas reject hue—
kuch over dramatic lage—
kuch boring.
Finally Radhika ne idea diya:
“Ek story jisme 2 friends ho… jo misunderstandings ki wajah se door ho jate hain… phir realize karte hain.”
Room me ek second ka silence.
Aarav ne uski taraf dekha.
“Sounds… real.”
Radhika ne nazar chura li.
“Bas idea hai.”
Kritika slowly:
“Guys… ye toh tum dono ki story lag rahi hai…”
Radhika + Aarav together:
“NO.”
💥 4. Roles Decide Karna
Rohan:
“Hero kaun banega?”
Kritika:
“Obviously Aarav.”
Rohan:
“Heroine?”
Kritika:
“Radhika.”
Radhika:
“Wait, what?!”
Aarav:
“No problem.”
Radhika:
“Tum itni easily agree kaise kar rahe ho?!”
Aarav:
“Because it makes sense.”
Kritika side me whisper:
“Chemistry already built hai.”
Radhika ne facepalm kar liya.
💥 5. First Practice — Awkward Start
Practice start hui.
Scene:
2 friends fight karte hain.
Aarav (dialogue):
“Tumne mujhe samjha hi nahi!”
Radhika (dialogue):
“Tumne kab explain kiya?!”
Ek second ke liye dono real feel me aa gaye.
Silence.
Kritika clap:
“Wow. Acting nahi lag rahi.”
Radhika:
“Because we’re just reading lines.”
Aarav slight smile:
“Yeah… just lines.”
💥 6. Competition Ka Pressure
Rohan ne suddenly bola:
“Guys, pata hai? Section B bhi drama kar raha hai.
Aur unka lead—Anshul.”
Radhika:
“Oh… he’s good.”
Aarav ka expression thoda change hua.
“Hmm.”
Kritika notice kar leti hai.
“Jealousy alert?”
Aarav:
“Shut up.”
💥 7. Ending Twist — Unexpected Rivalry
Jaise hi team pack up kar rahi thi,
door ke bahar se slow clapping ki awaaz aayi.
Sab mudte hain.
Anshul.
He leaned casually against the wall.
“Nice concept. But competition easy nahi hoga.”
Aarav straight ho gaya.
“We’re not here to make it easy.”
Anshul smirk:
“Good. Let’s see who wins.”
Radhika ke andar ek excitement + tension mix ho gaya.
Kritika whisper:
“Okay… now it’s officially ON.”
✨ Chapter 27 Ends With:
2 teams.
Same stage.
Same theme.
But only one winner.
Aur Aarav–Radhika ki team ke liye…
ye sirf competition nahi…
ek test bhi hone wala tha.