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Maniac
(Conan Gray)

Author's POV:

Aditi let herself loosen from the hug, which Ved has also been enjoying. Her scent, her aura and her presence was everything to Vedant. It was as if God had given him a second chance to unite with Aditya. Vedant started to gather himself up, this feeling was new. He was sure of it.  He had never felt this attracted to a boy before…

Attracted? Vedant thought to himself looking at the very excited male in front of him as he chatted away with his friends. 

You mean attached, Ved. Get your shit together. He scolds himself mentally.

Accepting new changes is hard, and for Vedant It took the whole summer to figure out that he  liked Boys, particularly Aditya. He was everything he had wanted,  charming, caring and calm. He had found it very hard to come in terms with the fact that he might, very possibly, be gay. But somewhere, he was ready to accept it and it was because of Aditya. 

And the hug they just shared, intensified his feelings about Aditya. Vedant knew he shouldn't feel like this about a committed guy. But Vedant somehow knew that Aditya and Anu were off well just as friends. It just had to be clicked by someone. And that someone was going to be him.

He felt so low for doing this, but, again, to love is to be at war, and all is fair in love and poetry. He had decided to let himself be gawked at by Aditya that evening. He was tired to hold himself from doing what his heart had been telling him to do, to be free. He has suffered a lot in high school, working his ass off to get him to where he is right now. He deserved a little break and it was going to be Aditya.

It was strange when he took the gaydar test, he wasn't gay at all. He was a genius when he realized that what he had felt was only towards Aditya Varma. The boy was going to be the death of him…

And maybe sadistically, the idea of Aditya being the death of him… was very much liked by him.

“Ved!!” Aditya shouted, trying to grab his attention.
“Huh?” He responded, immediately feeling stupid.

 ‘Huh’? What kind of response is ‘huh’ Ved?!

“I was saying let's go! Also, I'm hungry. Anu and Aryan are gone to get drinks, lets go find a table or something.” His voice was getting louder as the music volume raised. But once again, losing track of what Aditya was saying. 

Vedant felt isolated all of a sudden. Sure, he had many people surrounding him, talking or doing beer pongs. But it still haunted him, the loneliness. It was like you are the only shell in an ass wide ocean and you are constantly pushed away from the place you call “home”. 

“Heya, Count us in. Me and Vedant Velan,” Aditya’s voice Echoed all of a sudden, brimming like a voice of wisdom. Then, Vedant wasn't the only shell in the ocean, he had Aditya. He would always have Aditya. His hope of everything. The cure to his aloneness. The Bread to his jam. The cement to his bricks. The matter that connects him to the world. 

As if the whole universe was conspiring to unite Both the boys, Vedant felt a sudden surgery of pull to tell Aditya how he felt. He was tired of holding back, even if he was with Anu, he didn't care. All he knew was he wouldn't be able to see or touch Aditya normally anymore. He also knew that Aditya felt the same about him. He just knew.

“Actually, Can I talk to you about something, Adi?” Ved held his gaze towards Aditya for a brief while, sterning up with his gaze of confidence. 

He remembered everything about him, the first time they met, the color of his shirt, the messy hair of Aditya, the way he just lit up the area around him, the way he looks when he is mad, the cute pout on his face that he doesn't know  about, etc.

“Ye- what the hell?” Aditya squirmed as Vedant instantly stood, pulling him towards the porch. 

Vedant silently trailed behind Aditya, his vision fixated on only one person alone. 

Suddenly, the whole world outside them didn't make any sense. The cape which Aditya was wearing was making Vedant oddly intimidating. He just wanted to be with him. With Aditya. It was just a feeling but Ved remembered exactly when he Behan to feel that towards Aditya.

“Yes, your honor,” Aditya bent and made a vow in front of Ved and Ved cautiously giggled at him, even though he felt his heart in his hands. 

It was either do or die and Ved chose to do and not to die without any chances. Even If Aditya rejected him, he'd somehow manage to get into his “friends” list. That was his master plan. The Only thing was how he was gonna execute it? Cause execution plays a vital role duriñg a reaction, either it may be physical or chemical or even biological.

“I- um,” Vedant struggled to even make up words. This is what love makes people do. To be vulnerable yet happy. “I have something to say to you,”  The dark haired boy was practically bawling. 

Aditya shrugged in laughter. “You always do, Mr. Black,” 

“I know I shouldn't be saying this, but I don't think Anu likes you,”

Serious fuckingly?

“What?” Aditya implied irritation for some reason.

“Um, I think it's better if you are friends,”

Aditya felt something in his stomach. “Who are you to say that?” Aditya regretted saying that instantly.

“Listen, I may not sound appropriate but I think she likes the other guy, Aryan,” 

This time, Aditya shook his head in dismay. Anu has been liking Aryan behind her back? That's not good, although she has been secretly rooting for them since forever. But this is not the way she was supposed to find out. It was embarrassing just to think of another person pointing out to her, about her very own best buds.

“There is no proof,”

“I do have a proof,” 

“Man, what the fuck? How can you say this stupid stuff about my girlfriend?”  Aditya decided to stand his ground even though he left the damn place when he met Ved.

“Aditya, it's just, haven't you seen the way they get along? The way they look at each other?” Aditya was over the moon just on hearing his name perfect being rolled by his tongue.

Oh my god! This guy…

It took Aditya a while to answer. But he still did. “Stop, Vedant.”

“If you really consider the two as your best friends, you know what's better for them.” Vedant's voice was full of heat. His personality was totally changed and he was no more meow Vedant. He was a Grrrr Vedant. 

“We all know you are fooling around Anu, just so you aren't single,” And that was the last straw.

“I said Stop, dammit,” Aditya realized what he was doing, what was all that for? Fooling around as a guy? Because of the little feud with Vivaan? 

“I can't stand you being with her,”  

Aditya tried to say something but he wasn't allowed to.

“I know it sounds silly and foolish but I like it when you shop with me, I like it when you call me names, I like it when you are horny, most of all, I like it when you are with me,”

Still Aditya was shocked. Vedant Velan was doing this to him. 

“I like you, Aditya Varma. I don't care if you like me back or not, I don't care if you didn't realize that you like boys, particularly me, I want to be with you all time,”

Clueless Aditya just blinked. Words seemed to have found their place at the kingdom of doom that none was found in Aditya's brain. Wanting to cry on his shoulders, he just held back his emotions and just stood there.

“Im saying, I want to date you.”

It took everything in Vedant not to let out a tear. He has always been a reserved person, even in front of his mom. He never said what he wanted out loud. But the sudden adrenaline push, the sudden wanting was all because of Aditya. He did things that he never thought he would, like confessing to someone. All because of one person, Aditya. The person that brought him out of His shell, the very person that he was head over heels for.

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A/N;

Hey people! How are you all? We are doing good!

Thanks for this patience while we took our time in uploading this chapter! We have been a bit busy these days both academically and in daily life!

Don't worry, only a few more chapters before the end (maybe 8-10)

And FINALLY  SOMEONE GOT THE GUTS TO CONFESS TO HIS CRUSH UNLIKE US! DID YOU FEEL THAT TOO WHILE HE CONFESSED TO ADITYA? DAMN, right?????

So that's it for today!

Happy July everyone! Have a good one!

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