Weeks passed faster than a glider, and here I was already done with this vacation. Everything around me started to deplete me to the core. And, I tried to kill my boredom by browsing why I was feeling like this.

'Boredom is emotional, and seldom psychical plight underwent when an individual is left without anything in particular to do, not interested in their surroundings, or feels that a day or period is dull or tedious.'

Yes, I am Boredom.

The surrounding around me was now nothing but inside my home, and the explanation was correct what Google said. I even had nothing particular to do.

I started missing college and especially all my friends. I never presumed that I would miss them like this, their presence, our counter-attacks, bunking classes, the time when the professor kicks us out and we gracefully stands up and goes out, missing my first hours, running for classes, singing from class, playing bingo and numerous other games from class, dozing off whilst sir taking class.

ARGH! I miss everything.

However, the one who was missing us much enormously was Talha. He said that he was coming here, to our city from his hometown, which was four hours from here and that too just to see us. I know, he was crazy sometimes but, travelling this much just to see us was quite excessive.

Jina came to my house, and together, we went to the café where Talha informed he would be reaching. He even ordered me to take that diary. As he and Jina wanted to read and make fun of me, therefore I took it with me.

By the time we reached there, Talha was already abiding for us, and as soon as he saw, the first thing he urged was, "Naiza, did you bring that diary? I nodded and beamed.

Both of them grabbed the diary from my bag and commenced reading it together. Shortly, their perpetual laughter began as I have foreseen. But I scorned it as it didn't matter to me anymore and even I used to grin reading those crazy, silly things which I did whenever I was near him.

Considering Talha and Jina formerly knew what was in the diary, also, there was no secret, hence I didn't mind them reading it. It was the first time in my life, proffering my personal diary to someone to read. But, this diary was way too different from my previous diaries. Consequently, that was also the reason why I gave them to read.

After a few minutes, I snatched back my diary from them as I felt jaded looking at them, giggling and reading.

"Enough of your readings! We are meeting after one whole month and here you both are so engrossed in reading my ridiculousness which you both already witnessed and experienced with me!"

"Sorry Naiza, it's just so good to read your stupidness again." Talha chuckled saying.

"Haha. VERY FUNNY." Now I was annoyed by him.

We soon ordered pasta, burger and our regular chocolate milkshakes and cold drinks. As Talha was coming after a long tiredness journey, he kept on ordering food after eating the first ordered items, and it felt like we were having a feast.

He should probably marry food as it suited him well.

After one and a half hours, we were done with eating and chattering, so Talha suggested going somewhere else other than perching in a cafe and talking. Jina and I agreed as staying longer in a cafe also sometimes bores us.

"Let's go to the planetarium?" Talha suggested.

I instantly shook my head and said, "No, we have already gone there once."

"Yeah let's go there! It will be fun," Jina said.

If both of them desired to go there then, I had no option than to agree with them. I reluctantly agreed to go there. We took a bus to go there, and it was pleasant, travelling with my friends on the bus after so long. I felt refreshed and content.

As the planetarium was on the main road, the bus came to a halt in front of our destination. After getting down from the bus, I bought three tickets from the counter, and we entered inside. That's when memories started to flicker in my mind. I never envisioned that I would be coming back here and reliving that day.

Flashback

"Naiza.. you are coming today, right? Talha asked.

"Talha, I don't think it is a good idea to go there today. None of our friends is coming. If only the three of us go, he will understand," I responded.

"Naiza, maybe today is the last day you will be seeing him. Just, come on, let's go. Our friends Salman and Basil will be with him, right? So let's say we came to cheer them," Talha spoke.

"How many times will you say 'its the last time seeing him.' Huh?" I probed.

"I'm only saying this for your own benefit."

This sentence somehow made me convinced so I agreed to go.

Merely two days have passed after the college closed, and today there was a program at my town where Shaym and his friends were going to perform. It was a program organised for the visually disabled and challenged children as part of our college palliative club. Therefore, they were performing solely for those children's happiness and moreover, several other programs were also there.

As it was vacation time, none of my friends was coming because most of them were already out of the town and busy with some other work. Therefore, the three of us decided to go as our friends were also performing.

I went to Jina's place early as the program was held at Planetarium auditorium, which was near Jina's house.

We reached there at sharp 10:00 am, and at the same time, Talha also reached. Pretty coincidence.

A planetarium was a place where small kids from different schools came here as their school trip. It was a huge enormous place which helps the children to learn more about science by observing the things related to their academics visually.

There was also a 3D theatre, fish aquarium, anything and everything about science like the solar system, energy, solids, liquid and many more, which I don't know.

Talha called Basil and inquired when they would reach, but to my disappointment, he informed that they would be reaching late as some of the dance members have not yet departed from their house. This was a huge problem, assembling team members and it got more difficult as college was over and now every single person was from different state and hometowns.

Hence, we decided to explore this huge place to kill time. I felt like visiting an amusement park, like my childhood days and I had the same excitement how a kid gets by seeing all these. And then, I realised, the kid in me was still alive.

There were many swings, see-saw, slides, and like small girls, Jina and I started playing in everything. There were even many other things like rock climbing, weightlifting, etc. A security man came running to us and scolded for sitting on the swings as it was written, 'kids only under age 12.'

At that moment we got up quickly and ran. The next second, I got a call from Fathima, and she informed us that she was coming. Apprehending that, I became enchanted. Shortly, she reached here and joined us as she was nearby this area. That was the reason why she called and notified us about her arrival.

The time flew without our knowledge as it was enormously interesting to be here, and now it was afternoon. Fathima stated that she had some other business to do, so she left after spending some time with us. Since the planetarium was a huge place, we kept exploring as it was endless. There were consequently several rooms in different categories. We entered a room related to the solar system as stars, moon and the facts about other planets always fascinated me.

Inside the first room we entered, there was a small, open darkroom. When we entered within, I saw a beam of light approaching over us, and when we glanced up, we evolved to witness beautiful stars and planets on the surface. It was remarkably magnificent and felt like we were standing on the actual space.

Then, there was a quiz related to the solar system. It was constructed into like an actual quiz competition, where there was three Podium for the contestants to stand, and questions would pop up on the screen. Both players can select the option from the options and can buzz their answers. I quickly buzzed on random answers than Talha and at the end, I won.

"It was a bad game." Talha declared.

"Of cause, it would be bad for you as you lost." I chuckled saying.

After playing that, we strolled to explore the rest of the categories. Then, the next room which came was the room of mirrors. It was permeated with various varieties of mirrors. The three of us laughed seeing us in a different figure changing mirrors, and there was even a mirror maze.

We entered the dark maze, and it was chock-full of mirrors. We got confused about which way we should proceed because when we walked further, our head cracked with the mirror to our reflection. With great struggle, we eventually reached the exit. However, in the end, it was absolutely amusing and we enjoyed it a lot.

By entering each room, we never acknowledged that the time was going surprisingly fast. It was half-past two, and still, they have not reached here.

When are they even going to perform?

Therefore, we thought to go and watch the 3D show, which was the only thing that was left for us to explore. Jina and I went to the counter which was outside, to buy tickets as the 3D show was not free. We bought three tickets and turned to go back inside. That's when a car stopped in front of the gate, and Shaym and his friends got out. I slightly smiled after seeing him, and he smiled back. Basil was also with him, and he asked, "What're the tickets for?"

"We got bored, so we bought tickets to watch the 3D show," I replied to which Basil nodded. I walked forward, and Shaym was now walking behind me. He followed behind us until we reached the main building.

When we went to the 3D theatre, they informed us that the show will start at 2:45 pm. So, as we had fifteen more minutes for our show to begin, we went near Salman and Basil.

The one who was organising this palliative program asked us whether we had our lunch. We shook our head, indicating a no. Food was also provided by the program committee, and it was free. We all stood in a queue and then proceeded outside where chairs were organised for us to sit. Everyone sat on the chairs, and I was the last one to sit. Only one more chair was left, and that was opposite of Shaym.

Restlessly, I settled sitting on that seat and started eating. To act normal, I even joined in everyone's talk. I was even keenly listening to whatever Shaym was talking to his friend.

As soon as we finished eating, we went to the theatre, and the boys went to change their apparel for the dance. The movie was an animation one about the solar system. To be frank, it was so boring, and the three of us felt like running away from the theatre. The movie ended after ten minutes and we quickly stood up to leave. When we were out of the theatre, we saw the dance team boys were now groomed and ready for their dance.

Shaym looked extremely attractive on his dance attire as he was completely adorned in white apparels. He wore a white plain shirt, a slight black strip on his pockets, white pants, and an enticing white cap to complete his overall look.

We went towards the auditorium, and I sat on the chair, which was in the last row. The boys entered the stage, and I was thrilled to watch their dance for the second time. Jina was also pretty excited as she was going to watch their dance for the first time.

The dance sprang, and my eye never left that medium-height, cute boy with the beard. Unlike that day, where he danced with a serious expression, today he was smiling and dancing without a solemn nor rugged face.

All of a sudden, he started gazing at me. Oh, no! He was staring at me from the stage, and I was sitting on the last row!! Am I imagining or is he looking at someone else?

I immediately lowered my gaze as I got startled, but throughout the dance, he beamed and bounced each step, which made me content.

Shortly, the dance ended, so we decided to sit here for some more time and watch other programs. The dance members went to change their dress.

After a few minutes, Mr Cute's friends started coming back to the auditorium after dressing. The auditorium had two doors to enter inside; one in the front and one at the back, which was near to my chair as I was sitting on the last row. His friends entered from the front door and stood near the stage. Basil came from the back door and sat near us, obviously to catch up on our talks and say how much we were missing our college. All of the dance members reached back, except Mr Cute.

The next program which commenced was a song by two students from some other college. It was one of my favourite songs so I listened to it contently.

In a swift, the door near me opened and Mr Cute came in. Standing there, he saw that his friends were in the front. They waved their hands to him, and he waved back at them, still standing near me. Now, I was sure that he would go there near them, but to my surprise, he walked further and sat on the chair, which was just in front of me. I controlled the smirk which formed on my lips at that time. Near to him was Talha. He turned back from his seat and grinned at me which looked like teasing me.

When the song ended, Shaym started talking with Basil and Talha. Jina and I sat silently on the back seat.

Zuha had especially ordered me to give her updates about the things which would happen today. So, I thought to take a picture of Mr Cute, who was sitting in front of me. I took out my phone from the bag, but I was not even able to lift my phone up as I got scared.

What if he understands that I'm taking his picture?

Therefore, I kept my phone back and enjoyed the next program, which was a magic show. It was interesting and engaging to watch.

The program ended shortly and we all rushed outside.

"See, Talha? Even though he knows that his friends were in the front row, he came and sat in front of me and with us!" I frantically said to Talha to which he nodded and said, "I saw you, idiot."

Shaym and his friends said that they were going to explore this place. So, we also decided to join them.

They entered the mirror room first. Like a fool, I followed them from behind while keeping a distance so that he won't notice me following. I saw him entering into the mirror maze. So like always, to do something absurd, I too entered into the maze. Not from the entrance but from the exit so that we would cross paths.

I'm so clever, right?

But to my astonishment, when I entered, they had already reached the exit and Shaym said, "This is so easy." Hearing that I made an 'oh' expression. I saw Shaym explaining about a certain type of mirror to some of his friends. I too joined them because when I previously saw that mirror, I didn't understand what it meant. But to my disappointment, his friends understood and walked away, but Shaym still stood there, and by seeing me standing there like a clueless chump, he asked me, "Didn't understand this?"

"No..."

"This is a very special type of mirror so only when you concentrate and look at a point then only you will see your reflection back." I concentrated and looked at the plain black like mirror and after a few seconds, I saw my reflection.

"Ohhh, now I get it," I said, to which he smiled and left. We now finished seeing all of the rooms and the whole time I was with Basil and near to Shaym. The aquarium was the last place, Basil and I walked out first. We were talking when suddenly, Shaym came and said that they were leaving. Basil inquired about how they were going and whether all of them was leaving now. They kept talking like I was completely invisible.

I was going to take out my phone to call Talha. That's when Shaym suddenly asked me, "Is your house nearby?"

I was utterly appalled and replied, "Yepp." That was the only word which came from my mouth and I stretched the last part a little. Fool. I mentally face-palmed. Then, Basil replied and said exactly where my house was. Wow, perfect.

Shortly, Shaym said Salam and went away.

As soon as he was gone, Talha, Jina, and Salman came. We all talked for some time and then decided to go home since it was getting late. When Salman and Basil went I said, "You know what? Shaym indirectly asked where my house is."

"What? How?" Talha and Jina asked in unison. I then explained to them what he asked and how I replied to him. We soon went to the bus stop.

When I reached home, I sent a message in my group about what happened today. I suddenly felt like I should write this day in my diary. Earlier, I never used to write any incident, which happened from college. But, after the farewell, two days ago, when he asked me about treat I felt like penning down my moments with him.

And, that day I started writing all the incidents I encountered with him. As I remember every incident with their date, it was easy for me to write the events of the past months. I told only some of my friends about writing this diary exclusively about Mr Cute.

A diary for Shaym.

End of flashback.

And, that was the diary which Talha and Jina read today and laughed to their fullest.

"Naiza, do you want to go to the mirror maze," Talha asked to tease me. I gave him a deathly glare. "Ok, ok, sorry," he apologized to which I smiled and nodded.

Just like that day we explored inside. "Naiza, write in your new diary about visiting this place again and then show me what you wrote in it. I liked reading about me," Talha said and I replied, "Let me think about it."

When I reached home, I took out my diary and wrote about today. Then, I took out my phone to scroll on Instagram.

Asudden, Farhaan messaged me, and we started chatting. Out of the blue, he again asked me that question, "What is the name of your crush?"

Huh, why is he asking me this again?

Like that day I tried to deny and avoid it, but this time he was not going to leave me without saying so, I decided to tell him because he felt like someone I could trust. So, I gave up denying and said, "That day you asked, right? That person itself."

"Who?" he asked.

Huh, why is he acting dumb?

"Shaym" I replied.

"What? No, you are lying!"

Now he is not believing me, great!

"Yeah, and can I ask you why you asked me that day whether my crush was Shaym?" I requested him because I was still very curious to know why he asked that question earlier when we first conversed.

"Oh, that I randomly asked because everybody has a crush on him," he said, and I already know that almost all of the girls from our college had a crush on him, but hearing it from his friend, I was hurt.

So I simply replied, "Ohh..."

"Even girls from his class have a crush on him, and you know what even some of our seniors had a crush on him," Farhaan said.

"Oh, great." I didn't have anything else to say.

"When we rag our juniors, we always kept Shaym with us because when these girls see him, they will buy anything that we demand," Farhaan kept on talking about Shaym, and I was just replying 'ooh' 'ha' to him.

Lastly, I stated, "Please don't tell about this to Shaym."

"Yeah, I will not. You can trust me," he replied, and I sent an emoji then ended our chat. Among the numerous girls in our college, I was just one girl who had a crush on him, and I suddenly felt like it was better to stop all this. I felt like I did right by unfollowing him, and I should really forget him. I also felt like destroying that diary, where I only wrote about him. I hoped this vacation would end soon so that I could be busy with college work and forget him as I intended before.

I pondered on every single time when I messaged or send a response to his story. He one day uploaded a lot of photos of bikes with a poll of. "YAMAHA or RE"

He literally was asking a poll between his favourite Yamaha and Royal Enfield. And me being fool, I pressed on the option Yamaha, just to impress him.

How childish.

The next time when he did a poll like this was during the time of FIFA '18. From his story, I came to know that his team was Brazil, as his stories were full supporting Brazil team and for the polls, I obviously selected Brazil. I never knew he had an interest in football.

Then there was even a time when I randomly send a reaction to his story just to start a conversation and everything went in vain.

I was a fool.

I got angry on myself for all these behaviours and these thoughts made me realise that I was really a psycho regarding Shaym and did almost everything to get his attention and in the end, did I even get it?

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