Dedicated to NavyShetty

"Don't tell me I'm stuck here with you for half an hour"

"Ok I won't tell"

"Shut up"

"Yeah that's what shut up"

"Please don't eat my head"

"Mai zombie dikh raha hun? (Am I looking like zombie to you?)"

"Nahiii, woh better dikhte hai (Nooo, They look better)"

Aman bit his tongue having left tongue tied by Kanishka. He looked to open his mouth to comment back but shut it instantly watching her sat rubbing her temple. He questioned in a soft voice

"You got Headache?"

"No, I got stomach ache"

"Ohh.. Why are you rubbing your temple then?"

"Shut upppp!! You monkey faced moron"

She yelled at Aman, who forced shut his eyes tight at the ear piercing yell. Her yell was followed by another, that being Aditi's asking Kanishka to not speak louder. Listening that, Kanishka nodded at Aditi before turning back to Aman repeating her earlier words again but this time whispering it to him.

"You shut up!!"

"No you shut up"

"Noooo you shut up"

"Shut up!!"

Kanishka half yelled holding her head from both of her hands feeling her headache growing worse.

"I'm already frustrated because of that Rose, now you do not frustrate me more"

"Rose?"

"Yeah", Kanishka frowned recalling her conversation with Rose after she returned speaking to Aman.

*FLASHBACK*

Watching Rose return dancing and jumping her way back with a wide grin on her face, Kanishka couldn't believe her eyes. Rubbing her eyes from her hands she looked at her once again trying to believe what she was seeing. She had expected her to return with a crying frowning face but here she looked over cloud nine.

Walking up to her she held her hand giving rest to her dancing feets but that wasn't for long as Rose took Kanishka with her for a spin. They were holding hands rotating around the place they stood, when suddenly Rose left kanishka's hand spreading it wide out of happiness.

Kanishka caught the bench in order to prevent herself from falling down out of dizziness. Everything happened too quick for her to understand, looking back at Rose she gave her an "what the hell?" kind of look, but it didn't seem to affect her even a bit as she exclaimed happy

"Best day of my life"

"What happened? Are you gonna speak or just dance around!"

"You know what Aman told me?"

Rose eyes glittered, Kanishka was all ears and so were the other two friends of Rose who stood surrounding her. Their curiousness was at the peak to know what he said but after listening to her their facial expressions took a complete shift.

"He told me, I'm looking awful"

Kanishka nodded as "oh", and then realizing what she just heard she half yelled

"Wait what??? Say again?"

Kanishka asked growing confused over what she just heard, she was sure she heard it wrong but when Rose repeated the same words all over again, her eyes widened unbelievably staring her who seemed so happy saying it.

"Awful means ugly and disgusting right??"

Kanishka questioned the girl next to her, watching the happiness on Rose's face she doubted her own knowledge of the word "awful", but confirming it now from the girl who nodded at her words, she released a sigh turning back to Rose. Stretching her hand placing it over her forehead she questioned

"You fine right??"

"I'm completely fine, why?"

"Why? Only a mentally ill person can look so happy after their own insult?"

"Are no it wasn't an insult!"

"Was it a complement then?"

"No he was lying"

"Lying??"

"Yeah because when I asked him why was he looking at me then, he didn't answer anything and just gazed elsewhere avoiding my question"

"Oh but it's possible that he wasn't looking at you but someone else and he didn't wanna tell you whom was he looking at so he didn't answer"

"Whom was he looking at then other than me?"

"Me", Kanishka so wanted to tell it but stayed silent as this would make another fuss. Hence she muttered

"Someone else may be"

"No chance!! He was looking at me, he was just too shy to agree and hence he even lied about my looks. Awww...he is such a sweet shy person"

"Aman sweet and shy person?"

Kanishka's eyes plenty wide as she repeated Rose's words turning towards Aman. Her eyes trying to detect sweetness on his cold emotionless face, finding none she shook her head. Watching his hand travel to his hair her eyes narrowed and she spoke gritting her teeth

"He is such a shameless person"

"Oh cutie, you don't have to be jealous!!"

Rose spoke pulling kanishka's cheeks. Kanishka frowned cupping her cheeks giving her a questioning look

''Why will I be jealous?"

"Because he likes me"

"He likes you?"

"Yeah he does"

"I don't care even if he loves you, what the hell?"

"Love omg wow, I can't even imagine how our marriage gonna be"

"Get lost", Unable to take it anymore kanishka shook her head returning back to her bench taking seat next to Aditi who gave her a questioning look watching her seem irritated but she shook her head in denial. Before she could say something she heard Rose's voice again

"I still can't believe it yaar"

"Not again", kanishka murmured bending her head down not wanting to listen anything more of Rose but what she could do as she was seated right behind her repeating the entire incident to her friends.

*FLASHBACK ENDS*

Thinking over the conversation with Rose and how she kept on blabbering over the same thing whole day sitting behind her, she grit her teeth clenching her fists.

She did not stop her, not like she didn't want to but she clearly had no mood to see her "Are you jealous?" kind of look again.

Watching her facial expressions slowly change from tensed and irritated to that of angry fuming one, Aman flinched back slightly foreseeing the danger.

He bit his tongue feeling afraid as she looked up at him with the same look, his hand automatically falling down from his hair as he gazed elsewhere.

"Do you like Rose?"

Kanishka asked out of nowhere taking Aman by a surprise. He looked at her confused not being able to understand her intention behind this question.

Like who asks if you like some flower that too gritting teeth? That's what he thought, only if he had any idea she wasn't speaking about flower. As he didn't reply thinking over his thoughts, he heard her speak again

"Answer do you like rose?"

"Yeah.. I do.."

Before he could ask her why was she asking that, she exclaimed surprised, the reason of which he couldn't make out.

"What? You like Rose!!??"

"Yeah! What's so surprising about it, everyone does"

"You mean everyone in our class likes Rose?''

"They must, what do I know"

"Even Karan???"

Kanishka eyed Karan with a surprised horror look on her face, Aman replied running his hand over the back of his head

"No he doesn't like rose, he is into those blue color flowers"

"Shut upppp!! I'm serious"

Kanishka yelled at Aman who shrugged his shoulders in response unable to understand. He gave her an "What the hell?" kind of look, but before he could translate his thoughts into words Aditi and Karan came breaking their stare from each other.

"We are done for today, you guys done??"

"I'm done with this moron"

Kanishka spoke walking out of the classroom with heavy steps pulling her bag behind her. Aditi smiled shaking her head at her words, following her behind but not before bidding bye to Karan and a thank you to which he just smiled whispering a bye. Turning towards Aman who had his hand raised at kanishka's reaction, Karan spoke

"You fought again?"

"Areee screw dhila hai iska (No.. Her nut bolts are actually loose)"

"Are but hua kya? (But what happened?)"

"Out of nowhere she asks me if I like rose, I said yes then she asks me if whole class likes it"

"Hain? (What?)"

"Haan, I said I don't know then lastly she asks me if you like it, when I told you don't she got angry"

"Seriously?"

"Chod na pagal hai (Leave, She's mad)"

Aman spoke shaking his head moving out of the classroom, leaving Karan behind who stood there wondering over what just Aman told

"Was she speaking about.."

Before he could utter anything else Aman yelled from outside the classroom "Aega ab(Will you come now)", breaking through his trance of thoughts.

"Aaya(Coming)", he yelled hanging his bag on his shoulder running out completely forgetting what he was thinking about.

***

"Aman likes that Rose unbelievable"

Aditi shook her head surprised listening to Kanishka. It was sports hour and the entire class was in playground to enjoy the not really long 2 hours which they get hardly once in a week.

Both Kanishka and Aditi were stood near the volleyball court conversing, waiting for their turn to come. Aditi was keenly listening to Kanishka who stood delineating her and Aman's conversation the earlier day. Her hand and facial expressions attracting unintended attention.

"Yeah, I myself couldn't believe, but he himself told that"

"That he likes Rose?"

"Yeah so coolly that too, as if we were speaking about the flower Rose and not the girl"

Kanishka exclaimed rolling her eyes, Aditi chuckled slightly shushing Kanishka

"Don't tell it loud, there are enough gossips going already"

"Whatever, no one can hear me", said Kanishka proudly smirking as they were stood at a distance far from everyone else, only if she had any idea they were being eavesdropped from behind.

"but they can surely read your hands", said Aditi smiling at Kanishka whose smirk vanished noticing her hands which were raised up as she spoke. Sheepishly smiling pulling back her hand behind her back, she answered

"Oh you know na about my hands, now you don't tease me"

"I'm not teasing you, my cutepie"

Told Aditi giggling pinching kanishka's cheeks lightly making her frown and then grin the very next moment. Their attention was caught by the yell of the girls who were asking them to join, laughing they ran joining them in the game but only if the knew the real game was about to begin.

***

"Amannnnnnn"

"Amaaaannnnnnnnn"

"Aaammmmmmaaaaannnn"

Called out Rose in a weirdly sweet voice nearing the boy's cricket pitch catching everyone's attention bringing about an end to their play as she stood right in between the crease preventing them from playing.

"Hey Miss, we are playing here"

Said the guy irritated who was batting earlier and couldn't bat anymore now because of her.

"Shut up!! I don't care what you are doing here"

Rose replied infuriating the guy who couldn't do anything but stare at her angrily clenching his fists which she didn't give a damn about continuing to yell Aman's name.

"Ab isko kya hua? (What's wrong with you now?)"

Aman spoke listening to Rose, he was fielding at a distance and nearby him was Karan who commented

"Ja khud pata kar le (Go find out yourself)"

"Haan, aur kar bhi kya sakte hai (Yes, what else can we do)"

Saying that Aman walked near Rose not that he wanted to but he could do nothing else as everyone's eyes were on him. Reaching near before she could utter anything he silenced her by showing her his palm

"Not here"

Aman said in a low voice walking away from the batting pitch, Rose followed him behind grinning wide.

"Khopche mai le ke ja, ek dum khopche mai (Take her to some corner, some extreme corner)"

Aman grit his teeth listening to the voice, his legs ceased walking as he turned giving an angry stare to the one who commented this. As everyone shut their mouth instantly watching him angry, he turned towards Rose giving her an "start blabbering" kind of look.

She was blushing and that added more to his anger, gritting his teeth he clenched his fist speaking

"Will you speak up?"

"I like you too"

"What..??", Aman gave Rose a weird questioning look who smiled wide before speaking again

"Yeah, I know you like me and I like you too"

"What non sense??", Aman was fuming but she didn't seem to get affected by his looks. Her eyes shinning and her cheeks red already, a wide smile playing on her face as she muttered again

"Oh come on Aman stop acting now, I know your little secret"

"What bullshit are you even speaking?? Who the hell told you I like you!?"

"Oh stop it Aman, I heard Kanishka saying myself that you told her you like Rose!! Didn't you??"

Aman blinked his eyes in confusion as he thought over her words for a while. His eyes widened which soon turned narrow as he facepalmed himself realizing what Kanishka was asking him the day earlier.

"You stupid kanishka", Aman cursed Kanishka under his breathe, opening his eyes he was about to explain everything to Rose but before he could she spoke, her words shutting him up completely.

"Oh now you don't tryna fool me saying that you meant flower and not me, come on that's so silly"

"But that's the truth''

"Awww Aman you don't even know to lie"

Rose spoke stepping near Aman, her hand travelling to grab Aman's cheek but missed as he stepped back right that moment dodging her hand. She took a step forward and in return he took another backward.

"Aww Aman stop blushing, I know you like me"

"I don't like you and just get the hell out of here"

"I'm not leaving until you accept you like me"

Rose said to Aman who completely ignored her words turning behind leaving, watching her follow him he increased his walking speed but that didn't come handy as she increased her speed too. Reaching almost near the girl's playground section in the process of getting rid of her, Aman stopped walking.

Finding her still behind him, he mentally decided to scare her away yelling on her. Turning behind he gave her his most frightening look pointing his index finger at her yelling

"I'm warning you, this is gonna end bad"

His eyes blazing fire, he had expected her to get frightened and run away crying but instead watching her reaction he felt like crying. Her head slightly tilted as she stared him with eyes vigorously blinking and mouth wide open stating

"Awww you look so cute when you are angry"

Her hand again making its way towards his face which he dodged but this time starting to run away from her yelling

"Leave me alone''

"I will leave you alone only when you tell you like me"

"I hate you"

"Stop lying"

She yelled running behind Aman, who sprinted the entire playground minding the least about him entering girl's playground area.

"See how they are playing shamelessly"

Commented kanishka watching Aman and Rose run around each other. Aditi nodded giving them an unbelievable look, similar were the looks on everyone else's faces who watched them.

Not being able to run any further as he was already tired playing cricket, he turned giving her a pleading look

"Please, leave me alone, I don't like you seriously"

"You are still lying"

"I'm not lying, I swear"

"Ok fine, I won't trouble you any more, but how much ever you say I know you like me and one day you will yourself confess it"

Spoke Rose before walking away with heavy steps leaving Aman who released a euphoric sigh of relief watching her finally leave.

Huffing, catching his breathe back he returned back to karan amidst staring eyes but none dared enough to ask him anything except Karan who gave him an "You have an explanation to be done" kind of look, looking at which Aman replied

"Lambi kahaani hai baad mai batata hoon (Long story, will tell you later)"

***

"Seriously???"

Karan almost fell down laughing listening to Aman, who rolled his eyes at his reaction. Keeping his hand on Aman's shoulder Karan balanced himself from falling down laughing. He had been waiting whole day to know what happened and now at the end of the day when they waited everyone to leave from the classroom as Karan had to teach Aditi, Aman told him everything.

"Don't check my patience"

Warned Aman swiping off Karan's hand from his shoulder. Watching him look pissed off Karan raised his hand surrendering

"Okay, okay, but that was funny"

"Whatever"

Aman murmured, Karan chuckled slightly. Their attention shifted to Aditi and kanishka who came walking towards them, and as soon as they reached Karan and Aditi left to the front benches leaving Aman and Kanishka behind at the last bench.

Not wanting to get into an argument sensing his foul mood Aman sat down uttering no words controlling his anger which was boiling inside him watching her smirk at him.

"Oh someone's too happy today, that happy they have become unusually quiet, Hmmmm I see"

Kanishka spoke still standing beside Aman looking at him from the corner of her eyes. She had thought he would react but surprisingly he didn't reply anything and sat closing his eyes ignoring her words.

"Oh ho trying to recall the lovely memories of rose huh??"

Aman bit his tongue, he was losing control over his tied hands, taking a deep breathe he chucked his strong feeling of blasting out on her mentally chanting "Control Aman control".

"Rose my rose, my beautiful charming red rose"

"Control Aman Control"

"Rose, rose.. give me love dose"

"Control Aman Control"

"Love dose, my rose!! my rose, love dose!! Kudos!!"

Sang Kanishka controlling her chuckle at her own made lyrics, she was trying her best to make Aman open his mouth but he sat there on the bench with his eyes shut and hands placed straight up on the desk, tied like a knot in front of his face behind which he hid his mouth which continuously repeated the words after every comment made by Kanishka.

Watching him not react despite of her trials, Kanishka gave up speaking the last words

"Looks like someone's too tired running around the playground"

Aman's eyes which were shut tight opened, the knot of his hand broke in no second as he got up angry. The dam of his anger was leaking already but now it was broken behind limits.

"Oh someone's...."

Before Kanishka could say anything further, her mouth was roughly closed by Aman who kept his palm over it pinning her to the wall.

Kanishka tried getting out of his hold but she couldn't as his other hand across her face was preventing her from moving anywhere. She tried speaking but she could only manage a low pitched beep sound audible only to Aman.

Looking up at his eyes she felt scared, as his fiery red eyes were staring right into her black twinkling ones. Her body which was restless trying to get free of his hold earlier, went numb watching Aman who seemed too angry to realize how close their bodies were to each other. They were standing inches apart from each other.

She felt shivering under his gaze, her heartbeat pacing up every second. She groaned to get out of his hold, but was silenced by Aman who spoke staring right into her soul

"Shut up!! Just shut up!!"

His tone scaring her, tears staring to form in her eyes but she controlled herself not wanting to fall weak in front of him, and stared him back.

"What do you even think of yourself huh?? Whatever happened today happened just because of you, Rose heard you speaking that I like her and hence she was behind me all that time wanting me to accept that I like her which I don't. Now for your kind information yesterday when I said you I like rose I meant the flower rose and not the girl from our class, I don't like that stupid irritating rose you get it???"

Aman spoke gritting his teeth, Kanishka flinched slightly as Aman's grip around her face stiffened stating it, watching her eyes slowly going watery Aman realized what was he doing in his anger, his hand automatically loosened its grip and he pulled himself back removing his hand from her face.

Stepping back he bit his tongue shutting his eyes tight cursing himself for losing control over his anger. His head bent and his fist clenched listening her cough. He realized how harsh he was on her in his anger, he felt too ashamed facing her and hence turning his back on her he muttered in a low but audible voice

"I'm sorry"

Kanishka was taken aback by his words, she wanted to yell and bash but watching his eyes bent as he spoke that she remained silent. She couldn't believe Aman said sorry, and the words escaped her lips

"What! What did you just say?"

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done what I did, but I lost control over myself"

Kanishka's eyes wide staring at his bent guilty ones, she could see he was guilty of his act and this brought a smile on her face. As her anger melted, she realized it was her mistake and that she was responsible behind him losing control over his anger.

"It's ok, and by the way to Actually, I'm sorry too, I should've been more clear while asking"

Aman's head raised listening to her, turning back to her he gave her an "seriously?" kind of look, to which she nodded sheepishly running over her hand over the back of her throat. Her hand ceased listening to Aman

"Haan, puri galti teri hi hai (Yes, the entire mistake is yours)"

Aman said controlling his chuckle turning on his signature smirk. Kanishka raised her eyebrows listening to him before commenting

"Saari galti teri hai samjha meri nai (You are the one at fault and not me!!)"

Aman was controlling his laughter but after listening to kanishka he couldn't control himself from laughing. Watching him laugh, Kanishka started laughing too pushing him by his shoulder lightly which only made him laugh harder.

*Meanwhile*

"Seriously?? That's why they were running around like that"

Aditi spoke laughing, listening to Karan who explained her the misunderstanding of Kanishka and how it led to Rose chasing Aman in the playground earlier in the day. Her hand blocking the view of her smiling lips, as she laughed. But would karan mind?

Of course not! He was busy staring into her blue shining orbs, grinning eide, as he watched her nonchalantly his hand lost its grip on the pen he was holding which slipped falling down catching their attention.

"Mai utha tha hun (Let me pick up)"

"Mai utha thi hun (Let me pick up)"

Karan and Aditi spoke simultaneously bending their head approaching towards the fallen pen.

And in that process of picking up the pen by bending their knees going down the desk, they bumped into each other's head.

Looking to ease the pain, their hands travelled to their forehead but ended up colliding and touching one another as their heads were still touching being under the desk.

Feeling the touch of the hands, they turned towards each other just a little but that was enough to make their cheeks come in contact with one another.

Aditi's right and Karan's left eyes eyelashes barely touching as they stared each other motionlessly. They would have touched their eyelashes, but only if they remembered blinking.

Their bodies numb, only thing they could feel was their heart beating against their chest at an unusually usual rate, having experienced it number of times already it wasn't something new to their heart.

Their gaze was interrupted by Aman's yell. Coming back to the reality, they pulled away each other raising themselves above the desk sitting properly. Their head bent feeling extremely shy to speak anything, they could still feel something on their cheek as it was in contact with each other from past some time and this wasn't letting them raise their head.

"Mai pen uthatha hun (I'm picking up the pen)", said Karan raising his eye looking at Aditi who nodded her head pulling her hair strand behind her ear. Bending his head going down the desk, Karan released a sigh calming his overspeeding heart before picking up the pen.

"Ok, so let's complete the sum"

''Karan", Aditi called out to Karan who looked up at her with a questioning look. He was growing nervous thinking what she would tell but listening to her he couldn't contain his smile.

"It's told that if we bump our head with someone else's, we should do it two times otherwise we will grow horns"

Aditi said biting her tongue at the latter part looking at Karan who smiled a heartfelt smile asking

"You believe that?"

"I do but It's ok forget...", Before Aditi could say anything Karan interrupted shifting near her

"When you believe something, never care about how silly it sounds to anyone else, because you are you, and no else can be you"

Karan smiled bumping his forehead slightly with her, bringing about a wide smile on her face who grinned saying ''Thank you" to which Karan replied shaking his head "No thank yous!"

***

Hello everyone!!

How was the update? Hope you enjoyed!

So how many of you like rose? I leave it on you guys to decide which rose I'm speaking about

By the way ready for a small but sweet time leap?

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P.s: 6th chapter is edited. Do check it out, believe me this chapter you will love, its completely different from what it used to look

Meet you all in the next chapter, till then

<Bye,Tc❤️>