"Two damaged people, trying to heal each other is love."

Finally, he reached the place where he's sure he'll find her. He entered the library and glanced everywhere to find kids of some class. His eyes fell on the librarian who eyed him suspiciously. Tbh, teachers don't like him because he bunk every class but his marks shut them up.

"Ma'am.... I came here to return this book." He said walking towards her counter. She examined the book while he glanced around again and gladly he found her sitting far away on a table reading something.

"I seriously don't know how you excel in exams but still we want you to score good in finals as well. Study hard okay. Now sign here and keep the book in the Mathematics section." She said with a smile and he hurriedly signed in there and walked towards the mathematics section.

He kept the book there then secretly walked towards the person for whom he had come here. He was behind her where she was seated reading a chemistry reference. She's clad in a black saree with a full sleeved blouse. She's covered wholly, only a bit of her waist and midriff waist was visible. Her natural chocolate brown hair was left open and she looked beautiful. He smiled at her simplicity.

"Already started preparing for the finals." He mumbled with a chuckle and she shrieked.

"She's so cute..." His heart murmured and he couldn't agree more. She's indeed cute.

She turned around and said,"What are you doing here ??" He sat beside her and said,"Why are you sitting here alone when every student of our class is in the amphitheatre enjoying the farewell ?"

"That's none of your concern. You go from here. Isha must be searching for you." She murmured and looked inside the book.

"Answer my question and I'll leave." He said taking the book from her. She tried snatching it from him but the attendee of the librarian eyed them and they both sat quietly.

"Answer me...I swear I'll leave." He murmured while smiling at the attendee who's eyeing him.

"Nithya ditched me as she got sick and my mother forced me to come here. And you very well know no one likes my presence there in our class." She mumbled with a low tone and that's true. Every girl bitches about her because she's the second ranker of their class plus class monitor with a truthful attitude. Everyone calls her "Ma'am ki chamchi" because she is the complaint box.

"Idiot, you could've stayed with me. After all, I'm your best friend." He said looking at her. You might wonder how he came to know that she's here. Well he had seen her in the morning when she's coming to school with her father.

"You aren't....that was in 9th standard." She murmured looking straight into his eyes. She still thinks of him as her best friend but after he got involved with Isha, she distanced herself. They used to go to the same coaching centre and their friendship grew strong even if they were in different sections at that time. But at the end of 10th standard Isha proposed to him and he accepted his proposal & that was the turning point of their friendship.

"I know you don't have a good equation with her, even though I don't know why I accepted her proposal." He murmured while passing her the chemistry reference and grabbed an encyclopaedia from the shelf as the attendee started to come towards them. He scooted afar while looking into the encyclopaedia and soon the attendee went away after glancing at them.

He again scooted close and she shrieked. He laughed a little, mumbling,"You're cute !!" Her cheeks turned red hearing the first compliment she ever got and that too from the boy she is crushing over.

"Btw, I heard from someone that you have a crush on me." He blurted out and she snapped her head towards him asking,"Who told you that ??"

"Answer me, do you like me ??" He asked scooting a little closer and she gulped hard looking into his deep black orbs.

He stared at her for a while and smiled, saying,"I guess I got the confirmation." She was stunned looking at his adorable smile and shook her head trying to mumble some words but before she could clearly say something he said,"You're looking pretty in this saree."

"And all the best for the final exams Reya." He mumbled with a smile and quickly planted a kiss on her cheek. She shrieked but before she could contemplate what just happened he went away like nothing had happened. Her palm went to her cheek and she's beetroot red with that glowy blush. She smiled to her inner self as her heart felt giddy. They were indeed best friends but she started liking him but never confessed.

She can't even blame her own friend, Nithya because she has never accepted it infront of her but she guess, it was quite obvious for everyone. But she couldn't really ask him why he was here and why he planted a kiss on her cheek when he's clearly in a relationship.

Could she ever ask him ??

Characters Aesthetics ;

"Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic."

Avyank Kapoor

"And suddenly I care about everything less."

Shreya Sharma

"Where's my Oscar for acting like everything is fine ??"

NOTE ;

❥This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination and are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to any actual person, living or dead, organisation, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

❥Images, quotes or media used in this book is not owned by me, until and unless it's mentioned. Though most of the gifs are edited by me only !!

❥There will be swearing, reference of abuse, self harm, trauma and sexual profanity.

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Started On ; 05 January 23

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