February 7th 2023

"Hayeee iss garmi ne maar hi diya hai mujhe I swear to god!" I cried out in frustration as I walked through all the stalls, checking if the students were maintaining the decorum or not.

(Oh God, this hot weather is going to kill me, I swear.)

I swear I'm not topping in 10th or 11th because what do you mean I'm the student manager of this stupid food fest?! I'm in 10th grade guys give me a goddamn break!

While I was walking around, I spotted my power bank near my class's stall. "YUKTI!" I ran towards my best friend and hugged her tightly. "You sticky lil- stay away from me!" Yukti scowls as she pushes me off playfully. "Please let me charge bro, I'm not made for this manager thingy" I say, being actually done with being a manager as she let me hug her.

"Why didn't they make Shree the manager? She became a teacher's pet just for the student manager position" Yash - who was serving the vada pavs - mentions while Falak came to the front with the pavs as she lightly smacked his head.

"Agar woh manager hoti toh purey time she would have been stuck at her 'boyfies' stall" She rolled her eyes while helping him out as everyone agreed to her.

("If she would've been the manager then she would have been stuck at her 'boyfies' stall")

"Aarohi! Can you come here for a while?" Miss Joshi called me out as I sigh aggressively. "Chalo guys, mera bulawa aagaya, mai chali~" I said, the other three showing me a thumbs up. I walked up to her and she asked, "How is your inspection going?"

("Alright guys, i'll get going then, it's my call to leave~")

"It's going great! I haven't spotted anyone doing any malpractice" I smile softly, mentally cursing her for making me suffer like this. "That's actually awesome! Considering the fact that every year some stupid buffoon would ruin the whole mood of the fest" She states as she patted my shoulder.

"And I wanted to ask you for a favor.. Can you check up on the Rajasthan stall? I would have checked up on it but something just came up and I have to rush toward the principal's cabin so.. Can you?" She requests and I swear to god why would she do-

"Sure!" I utter out, internally banging my head on a wall as she mouths a thank you and dashes off.

"I hate my life" I sigh as I walk towards the water tap near the Rajasthan stall being super dehydrated because of all the work. I got some water in a plastic cup as I drank some when my eyes saw a handsome guy making raj kachori chaat in a stall and I swear I started loving miss Joshi for sending me here.

[Raj kachori chaat is an Indian snack.]

Tall figure, not too buff.. AND HE MAKES FOOD?!
Isn't he.. Just my type..?

"Rohi? Rohi?? Aarohi Govind you there?!" I choked on my water, getting me out of my delusion as Yukti patted my back. "Bruh are you goo-" "Get me a raj kachori chaat from that stall, pleasee?" I cut her off, pleading to her.

"Tu khud ja sakti ha-" "please yaarrr, I promise I'll get you food from every stall for free!" I pasture her and I think it worked as she sighed and said, "okay fine I'll go! But a promise is a promise" I hugged her tightly, thanking her a million times as she went to the stall to bring me some chaat.

("You can go get it yourself-")

"Yeh lo madam, aapka chaat hazir hai" Yukti handed me the chaat and oh boy I was contemplating between what was more endearing, looking at him or eating the chaat he had made...

("Here's your chaat madam")

~

March 7th 2024

"Hayee, kya dikh raha tha woh-" "Kon kaisa dikh raha tha?" Yukti interrupts my delusional thoughts yet once again as I glared at her.

("Gosh, he was looking sooo good-" "Who was looking how?")

"Teri toh aadat ho gayi hai na 'hamare' sapno mein taang adane ki?" I jokingly cried out and hid my face with my palm.

("You have a habit to interrupt 'our' time in my dreams, don't you?")

"Konsa 'hamare' behen? 1 saal ho gaya uss baat ko aur tu abhi bhi bas dur se takti rehti hai usse." Yukti spits the truth which I've been ignoring for a long time now.

("About which 'our' time are you talking? It's been 1 year already and you are still just admiring him from afar.")

"You will never understand my pain sis, for 1 year!! I've been hiding this love from the world and from your jiju!" I exclaim dramatically.

[Jiju - Brother in law]

"Let me remind you that this is our last year in this school, if you will not confess your feelings now, fir toh mil gaye mujhe mere jiju." She again slaps me with her honesty.

("Let me remind you that this is our last year in this school, if you will not confess your feelings now, then I won't get my jiju ever.")

As if on cue the bell rang indicating the end of the last period (it was a free period) and our 1st day of 12th grade. We packed our bags and went out of our classroom.

"Broo, when will I gather up the confidence to confess to him about how much I love him? How I adore his smile? How I wish to sit beside him and look at him day and night? How do I tell him that Akshit Choudhary I-" I kept on ranting, walking backwards until Yukti pressed her palm over my mouth and made me turn around.

In front of me was.. Akshit Choudhary.

I was so immersed in my thoughts that I totally forgot that his classroom was just a few rooms away from ours.

"I-.. you- ok bye" I sprinted out to the school gate while Yukti chased me behind. "Abey oh behen ruk!" Yukti shouted as I finally stopped at the school's gate.

("Hey sis stop!")

"Karwali bejjati? Aa gaya swad?" Yukti teased me as I looked at her giggling at my miserable state.

("Are you done making a fool out of yourself?")

"Tune roka kyu nahi mujhe? Bhagwan jane woh kya soch raha hoga mere baare mein-" I cried on Yukti's shoulder while she patted my back.

("Why didn't you stop me? Only God knows what he must be thinking about me-")

"Tujhe maine bola tha muh kholne ke liye??" She said while sighing out loud as we walked towards her scooty and went back home.

("Did I tell you to open your mouth?")

'Only God knows what's gonna happen to me..' I thought, as she accelerated her scooty to make us go home faster.

"Yeh Aarohi Govind thi na, 12-H1 ki topper?" I asked my best friend, Manav as he nodded in affirmation while waving at Yukti bhabi, which she did not pay attention to and ran after
Ms. Govind.

("That was Aarohi Govind, the topper of 12-H1, right?")

[Bhabi - Sister in law]

"Why was she taking my name? And why did bhabi stop before she could complete her sentence? Strange."

"Bhai jitne haq se mein usse Baby nahi bulata utne haq se toh tu usse Bhabi bulane laga hai." Manav addressed.

("Brother, as much as I don't call her Baby, you've started ro calling her Bhabi.")

"Bhabi ko 'bhabi' nahi bulaunga toh aur kya bulaunga?" I joked.

("If I don't call bhabi, 'bhabi' then what else will I call her?")

He shook his head and we went towards the parking area where I sat inside Manav's car for the ride back home.

'That was very.. Interesting' I thought as I got into his car, ready to go home and study hard.

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