"Am I really boring?"

"7!"

"What??"

"This is the 7th time, you have asked me the same damnnnn question", Aman turned giving Karan a stern look, tired of hearing the same thing.

7? I thought I was just asking for the 2nd time!

Karan shook his head at the thought, while his hand ran over his neck dubious. Failing to recall he looked back at Aman who had his hands on his hips perhaps waiting for him to look up and as soon as he did, arched his eyebrows asking

"And may I know the reason behind you recalling all these bullshits only while playing cricket?"

Aman pondered blinking his eyes, irked at the fact that the happening was of Thursdays and today after three days when they were in the ground playing cricket, fielding by the boundary line, the Mr. Intelligent found it to be the perfect time to ask his dumbest thoughts, running up to Aman every 10-15 minutes asking the same question to which Aman had already answered

"You are not boring, just that I'm more interesting"

Karan rolled his eyes recalling his answer, before bending his head at the question. Moving his eyes left to right he searched for an answer, Only he himself could understand how much this answer meant to him after what happened yesterday in the English class

*Flashback*

"Let's not study this!!!"

Told Sir keeping the book down on the desk and then raising his head up looking to continue but before he could utter anything more he was silenced by the loud exaggerated celebration by everyone, causing his eyes to roll and hands to move on his hips, as he released a deep sigh watching the entire class turn into a fish market in no second.

While some busied themselves talking, some screeched in happiness loudest amongst which was Kanishka

"Yipppeeeeeeeeeeee",

"Wait.. wait.. wait.. have some patience! Let me complete first", sir caught back everybody's attention with his words, silencing everyone as they turned frowning at Sir earning sullen gazes from everyone including kanishka who pouted deep foreseeing the upcoming words.

Her face expressions resembling the one of a 5 year old kid whose chocolate has been pulled away from its hands hastily, by someone who gave that to him/her themselves. Aman chuckled more at her expressions than anybody else's similar faces which he cared the least to notice, mumbling to himself while his eyes scanned her pouting little face

"How can someone be this cute?"

"Cute? Who's cute? Rose?", Asked Karan interrogating following Aman's gaze who quickly averted his gaze throwing Karan daggers from his eyes for taking the name 'Rose' before covering up his earlier words saying

"Mute.. not cute.. see how sir made everyone go mute!", Karan eyed Aman examining his face who just played a smirk gazing elsewhere not wanting to give it all away from his face.

"We won't study this, we will enact it! It's a drama which is not studied, but visualised! And from we, I mean you guys! So who all are interested in presenting the drama??"

"Meeee", The yell of excitement rang throughout the class but the very next moment faded out in thin air as Sir was the only one who whooped in joy, his one hand raised up as he yelled hoping to hear the same intensity of yell followed with his own from everyone else, but hearing none his hand came down and the large smile was now reduced to a displeasured frown.

"You guys not gonna come like this, I will have to call!! Okay then", Sir nodded looking around the class.

Karan's eyes lowered to his shoes as he rubbed his palms together, not looking up for a second, avoiding meeting sir's eyes, keeping his eyes closed mentally praying

"God, please!! Not this time!! I don't wanna play any role please, God! Just listen to me once!"

"Aise kaise? (How can that happen?)", He heard his inner voice reply to his plea, his eyes visualising some bright lights emitting out from a godly figure in his imagination, which went blur in no second as he heard his name from none other than Sir himself

"Karannn!! Get up!", Sir ordered leaving Karan rubbing and pinching his upper eyelids cursing his fate under his breathe. His fist clenching tight, in frustration which no sooner turned into anger watching Aman play a wide taunting smirk which had "Aur kar pray..!! Ho gayi prayer accept? (Happy? Prayers got accepted??)", words written all over his expressions.

"Ab ho jayegi! (Now it will get accepted)", Karan blinked his eyes at him in assurance faking a wide smile causing a change in Aman's face expressions and before he could make out the actual meaning behind his words, Karan stood stating

"Sir, Aman is feeling shy to ask, he is interested too!!", Aman's mouth gaped open in shock, as he stared Karan with a blank look before looking at Sir shaking his head in denial but it was too late

"Wow Aman! From when did you become shy? Anyway, come on, you join too!", Aman's hand balling into fist which moved to its right hoping to meet Karan but ended up hitting the bench as Karan was already gone to the stage before his knowledge leaving him swearing and then walk up to the stage with his hands tied behind his back running his hand over his hurt knuckles.

"Kanishka you also get up!" sir pointed at kanishka who frowned hearing her name but then stood smiling, holding and pulling Aditi's hand with her who pulled her hand back instantly causing Kanishka to frown. Shaking her head, Aditi raised her eyebrows signalling her that she doesn't wanna take part in any drama and to not pull her in between, making kanishka raise her own before turning back to sir

"Sir, you mean Aditi too sir?", Sir opened his mouth to speak but until he could Kanishka exclaimed happy not waiting for his answer

"I knew sir!", Muttered Kanishka turning back to Aditi pulling her hand again saying

"See now sir also said! You can't say no now, get up!!"

Kanishka shook her head saying pulling Aditi's hand who responded back with a glare, leaving Sir baffled who watched them with his eyes scrunched and hand on his hips wondering

Mujhse pucha hi kyun aakhir?? Khud hi decide kar liya tha sab toh?! (Why did she even ask me? When she had already decided it all herself what was the need?)"

His face expressions being exactly read by Aman who snorted a chuckle whispering in sir's ear

"It's okay sir, hota hai (It happens)"

"Getttt Uppppp!!!", Whisper yelled Kanishka frustrated of requesting pulling Aditi's hand with all her strength this time, bringing her right out of the bench, startling her top to bottom.

Standing still on her legs, having one of her hands placed on the left side of her chest, as if to have survived a mini heart attack Aditi released deep breathes saying

"Thought I was gonna die for a second"

"Areee No fear, until kanishka's here!!", Kanishka patted her shoulder proudly making her roll her eyes and then chuckle light covering her eyes by her palm saying

"That's too much fear right there"

Karan and Aman snickered watching them who grinned ear to ear joining them on the stage, whereas sir released a sigh looking for the remaining participants.

The nervousness Karan felt earlier being on stage, was now seeming to affect him less having it to share with Aditi. Smiling at her he looked down, who returned the smile.

"Who do I call next?"

"Sir, You missed out the person who has real experience of all this, our very own David's son, Harry Potter!!"

Kanishka pointed out at Harry watching him wave his hand, who was trying to grab attention of sir doing it but then achieving it after this brief introduction by none other than Kanishka, made him grit his teeth and pulling his hand down he glared her killing her from his eyes as everyone including sir laughed before gesturing him to join them

"Okay, now we've all the 5 characters required!! So here's an outlook of this drama!", Sir voiced out grabbing each of the class attention back to him after Harry joined the group.

"There lived a bewitching princess in the beautiful lands of Italy"

"Who fell in love with the prince of Vada, and together they made their own idlis and vadas, Happy Ending!", Kanishka exclaimed grinning and clapping making all chortle while sir facepalmed before falling back laughing himself.

"Damn, that was hilarious!!", Harry said stretching his hand at kanishka for a hi-five who was quick to hit her palm over his completing the hi-five grinning

"Thank you, Harry Potter!!"

All the enthusiasm on Harry's face dried out in a flash, turning deep red as he grind his teeth tight, pulling down his hand swiftly, all because of the mention of his pun name.

His change of facial expressions going unnoticed from everyone except Aman who chuckled harder making Harry roll his fist hard.

"Okay, okay, that's enough laughing! Where was I?", Asked Sir trying to regain back the losing attention, recalling the last line he stopped at.

"Vada sir, I mean Italy sir!!", Reminded Kanishka making Sir release a sigh and then continue back

"Okay, so the princess of Italy had the talks of her divine beauty spread all across the neighbouring and also the far countries, which saw her getting many marriage proposals from the prince of various countries but she rejected all as she believed in true love.

She wanted to marry someone, who loved her not just for her outer beautiful appearance, but for her inner soul, her heart. Someone with whom she could feel loved not like an 'object' but an absolute 'perfect'.

All the prince who approached her were either just awestruck by her stunning beauty, or just wanted to marry to meet their own selfish materialistic needs.

Tired of everyday happenings, she decides to spend some time alone by the countryside pond disguising herself in maid clothes, typing a scarf around her face. Reaching where she sat under a tree wondering if she would ever find the love she's searching for.

Tears running down her cheeks as she cursed her beauty the reason behind everything, behind the looks which she hated. Lost in her trance of thoughts, she didn't realise she was being watched by a person all this time. The person was none other than the prince of the Switzerland, who was in for a tour of the country disguising himself as a traveller.

Getting down his horse unable to stop himself any further, he walked up to her tapping gently on her shoulder breaking her trance who turned back startled looking straight into his soft eyes which held nothing but care for her, and just that moment they fell for each other.

None of them revealed their identity, but just conversed forgetting all thier pain sorrows for some time. She returned back to her palace only with a thought that she would meet him again, whereas the prince no matter how much he tried just couldn't leave the kingdom for unknown reasons.

The next day the princess went again to the same pond, hoping to find him and was elated to find him seated under the same tree she was sat the other day. Looking at her he stood forcing a smile, which she returned gleefully joining him.

Days started passing, they would meet every day, speak and then return back. They started getting along well until the day prince finally disclosed his true identity expressing his love for her which she accepted gracefully, not before revealing her identity by removing her scarf which till date she hadn't.

The prince promised before returning to his kingdom that he will be coming the next day to take her with him, to make her his forever, but is life this simple??"

Said sir with a bitter smile creeping up his face, causing each and everyone present in the class to go from grinning to frowning in quick second as they looked at sir curious who continued

"Every story has a villain, and even in this story that was the knight, who was also the military commander of the country. His eyes were on the throne from very long, and hence his only aim was to marry the princess at any cost.

Watching the two from a distance, his anger had no limits and he decided to kill the man with the princess. But coming to know that he was none other than the Prince of Switzerland, and then hearing their conversation he dropped the plan of killing as a better idea popped up in his evil mind.

Leaving instantly from there, going straight to the king he created a fake story of thieves planning to break into their kingdom from Switzerland. Thereby, obtaining the permission from king to curb down all the modes of transport from the country for a week and also to send militaries on the main entry path.

He made sure the princess doesn't come to know anything about it, blocking all the possible ways for the prince to come. The princess returned back to the palace waiting eagerly for the next day to arrive, the day which would mark a new beginning of her life, only if she had any idea.

The day arrived but the prince didn't, the entire day she kept looking out of the window every passing second in a hope that her prince would arrive anytime and take her with him for ever and forever, but he didn't.

On the other hand, prince struggled through the military, requested, pleaded, but nothing worked. At last, he decided to write in the entire misery on a scroll sending it through a messenger who went straight to princess suite, and was about to enter in, when was stopped by the Knight.

He ordered him to hand over the prince's scroll to him, and inturn gave him his own scroll asking him to give it to the prince stating it to be sent by the princess.

Nodding the messenger left, and the cunning Knight exchanged the prince's scroll with his very own, handing it over to the Princess who broke down beyond repair reading the scroll which read

Sorry, But I can't marry you, I thought you were the most beautiful girl by looking in your eyes but today I found a girl much more beautiful than you So, I'm marrying her!
~Prince Karl

Prince as well as Princess, both felt heartbroken, none of them had any idea how to react. Prince anyhow tried breaking in through the military, wanting to hear the truth from the princess herself, but wasn't let by the military who beat him up brutally, leaving him gasping for breathe.

But on the other hand, princess was completely broken, Knight used his guile to exploit her weakness. The word 'beautiful' which might be a boon to other, but to her it was a curse, or that's what she believed until the prince came in her life, but today he was gone too.

Reading the scroll the only hope she had was also lost, there was no meaning left in her life and hence she decided to end this meaningless life by jumping down the balcony but Knight was alert, he was quick to grab her before she could jump.

Manipulating her, persuading her with his gullible words, making her believe that he loved her truly always but never expressed as he was just a knight and she was the princess. He exploited her vulnerability to trick her into marrying him overnight.

The next day he was crowned the king, and soon after which his behaviour with the princess slowly started changing and within a very short time she realized that he never really loved her and only thing he ever loved was the seat of power, in order to achieve which, she was just used as a medium.

Soon after the realisation dawned upon her, the memories of that night struck her mind, when the knight had brought her the scroll of prince. Just by the thought of the scroll being fake making her heart tremble.

Panick-stricken she stood and without giving a double thought ran out of the palace going straight to the pond, reaching where she was off to a shock. A bunch of people were gathered around the shoreline of the pond gossiping and whispering things to each other.

Her heart beats going wild with every step she took ahead pushing aside everyone who looked surprised by her presence there. Reaching the shoreline she choked a sob finding a body lying dead soaked in water, but somewhere keeping the slightest of hopes alive inside her heart that it's not her prince, she stretched her hand turning the cold face towards her only to flinch falling back finding the person to be none other than the prince himself.

Thousands of arrows piercing through her heart, looking at the prince lie lifeless in front of her. Placing his head on her lap she hugged him tight, crying out all her sorrows, pains and griefs, leaving the people around guessing and gossiping perplexed.

And just then her eyes fell on the scroll the prince dead cold hands were holding on, taking out which she pulled it open

Don't meet me again, I'm marrying another prince, I don't love you anymore.
~Princess Adeline

Her heart being torn apart into millions of pieces with every word she read in her mind, thinking how much it would have hurted him, how helpless he would have felt deciding to end his life.

Betrayed, One word which could describe her feelings the best that moment. Only if she wouldn't have trusted the Knight that night, and would have tried to know the truth herself before coming to a conclusion and making an impulsive decision, the results would have been different. One mistake, costed her everything.

She was broken beyond repair. There was nothing left in her, she felt void inside as well as outside, her face void of emotions, her eyes void of tears, and her body void of life. The last word which came out of her mouth was a "Sorry!", Before she fell dead. Her soul leaving with her prince's"

Sir ended in an absolute pin drop silence, certainly the first instance of his teaching career, where everyone in his class were this silent. The silence which gets broken by Kanishka who had tears pooling up her eyes, looking at which Aman felt his own heart uneasy

"But Sir how can story end like this? Isn't the good always the winner??"

Her words mere whispers, everyone else in the class raised their head eyeing sir wanting to know the answer of the same causing him to play a small smile answering

"Good loses. Good always loses because good has to play by the rules whereas Evil doesn't. Good does not triumph unless good people rise to the challenge that is around them. You cannot just sit back thinking you are in the right way and eventually you would win. No, you are being mistaken if you think so.

There will always be a negative to every positive, There will always, always be a darkness to balance the light. There will always be someone evil who would constantly endeavour to pull you behind, to corrupt you, to divert you from the path of light but it's the responsibility of the good to not get diverted but keep pushing through not thinking of the result.

Because here's the thing, that it only takes one light to vanish the darkness of an entire world.

Princess was beautiful, that wasn't her mistake! She should've never bothered about people's looks. Flower's sweet smell attracts bees but that doesn't make flower lose its sweet fragrance, isn't it? It's the feature, something to feel proud of not ashamed of.

Only if she wouldn't have made it her weakness, the Knight wouldn't have been able to exploit it to his own profit. She would have been more patient and would have surely made out that the scroll was nothing but a ploy, which would see the story ending on an entirely different coarse than the one here.

There's a lot of moral to take from the story, one such is never lose faith and trust from your own self, because once you lose faith in yourself you will not be able to keep faith in anyone else"

Sir smiled patting his hand lightly on Kanishka's head who smiled nodding her head in understanding. And just then a satisfaction enveloped the entire class into its embrace. Aman looked down releasing an euphoric sigh of relief finding Kanishka finally smiling, his trance of thoughts coming to an abrupt end hearing

"Ohh, what am I seeing, the local stud of our school is crying??", Sir commented circling his hand around Aman's shoulder who rolled his eyes blinking back the lone tear which had breached into his eyes without his permission at the ending of the story.

"Maybe he poked his own finger in his eyes trying to style his hair, Sir!", Kanishka gave a shrug of the shoulders folding her hands across her chest confidently, making Aman stare hard whereas Sir chuckled reverting before Aman could

"Okay, okay, no fights! You've to still enact the drama!", Kanishka and Aman exchanged glares while Sir removed the chits from his pocket saying

"Okay, so we have 5 characters in this drama, The King Arthur and Queen Roseline of Italy, their daughter Princess Adeline, the Prince Karl of Switzerland and the Knight Harris!"

"Harry??", Asked Kanishka surprised turning to Harry who turned forcing her a smile replying

"Not harry, Harris, H A R R I S, Harris!", Harry spelt out making Kanishka whisper an "ohhh", and then grin

"It's okay, we can call him Harry too!!", Aman coughed dramatically upon hearing Kanishka irking Harry.

"No changing of characters after picking up the chit!", Sir warned extending both his palms, one towards Aditi and Kanishka which had the female characters and the other towards the boys with the male characters.

Aditi and Kanishka picked one each slowly whereas Harry and Aman attacked Sir's palm, in no condition they wanted the character Knight. The chits fell down, Aman was quick to bend down and pick one for himself whereas Harry just stood looking at the chit disgusted as it fell down.

His expressions making Karan shake his head, and then release a sigh bending down himself knowing well he won't. Picking up the two chits he showed it to Harry letting him choose whichever he wants, taking him by a surprise.

"King Arthur!", Smirked Aman getting the character he wished to get, hearing whom Harry smirked at karan

"You are letting me choose because you don't believe in your luck, do you?", Questioned Harry trying to dig out the reason behind Karan letting him choose, in response of which Karan just played a smile widening the smirk on Harry's face who considered it to be as an indication of approval.

Outstretching his hand picking up a chit after a second or two of examining it, he began to unfold it, getting done with which reading the name his face expressions took a complete shift.

"I believe my fate more than my luck!! Because luck can betray you, just like your just did!", Replied Karan blinking his eyes at Harry who grit his teeth hearing Karan, who opened his chit calmly which read "Prince Karl!".

"Sir, Princess Adeline", remarked Aditi giving the chit to Sir, bringing a wide smile on Karan's face who masked it shutting his lips tight not wanting to get caught grinning.

Harry's face turned bright red in a flash, as he forwarded the chit to Sir uninterested, whereas Aman gazed down smirking peeking at Kanishka who looked mad making him bite his inner cheeks to control himself from laughing aloud

"I don't wanna be Roseline, Nooooo!! Never! Not when this monkey is Arthur!!", Kanishka shook her head wildly whisper yelling pointing at Aman who got furious hearing her call him monkey in front of the whole class.

"I had told very clearly, that there would be no changes", reminded Sir shaking his hands in disapproval who groaned before arguing again

"Sir, why me sir? Why not Rose, her name even matches with the character's!", Kanishka pointed at Rose who grinned standing in no moment upon hearing this replying

"Yes Sir, I'm ready to play Aman's wife role!!! I mean King Arthur's wife Roseline role", a wide smile spread across her face, hearing whom Aman's eyes went wide in horror as he turned watching her who winked slightly at him annoying him top to bottom. His knuckles turning white as he clenched his fist tight mentally killing Rose in thousand different ways and then glaring Kanishka.

"I appreciate your curiousity Rose! And that's why I have decided that", Sir took a pause, pausing Aman's heartbeats as he watched him blank

"From next classes, we will be changing groups! Like this everyone in the class will also get a chance to be part of this drama! For today let them only do it!!", Rose frowned but masked it with a small smile nodding before taking her place, keeping her eyes fixed on Aman who could finally breathe releasing a deep sigh of relief

"Ssssiiiiirrrrr", Kanishka cried out but getting a shake of head from sir frowned deep glaring at Aman who smirked wiggling his eyebrows at her making her narrow her eyes gazing elsewhere.

"Okay, so this drama, starts with a conversation between the king and queen who are worried about their daughter!", sir said forwarding a book each to the two making them to stand next to each other who nodded doing the same reading the first dialogues in their mind while sir explained the story background.

Oh god!! It's gonna be fun

Aman controlled his chuckle from escaping reading out the first dialogue, in his mind, looking at Kanishka who was stood facing him. Her face expressions depicting her feelings crystal clear, she looked frustrated just by the thought of saying those cheesy dialogues. Their attention shifted to sir who announced

"Okay, you can start!"

Arthur: Loooooooovvveee!

Aman stressed on the word 'love' dramatically, making Kanishka gaze up slightly whispering to herself "My foot love!!", And then covering up her true expressions with a fake smile, replied in a sweet—not so sweet–tone

Roseline: Yesss loovee!!

Aman bit his tongue, controlling his urge of falling out laughing at kanishka's tone who grit her teeth saying it, failing miserably in trial of sounding sweet. Watching him laughing at her she yelled complaining to sir

"Sir, he's laughing!!!"

"I didn't sir! She's lying!!"

"I didn't lie!"

"And I didn't laugh", Aman looked straight into her eyes who fumed staring him back.

"Okay, okay, fine, don't fight continue!", Sir facepalmed breaking the ice between the two. Kanishka gazed elsewhere turning her head whereas Aman smirked reading the next dialogue

Arthur: Our daughter, she is hurt, I can feel she really is, but she doesn't share any of her feelings with me. You are her mother, you should try speaking to her.

Roseline: I know Love, she is! I even tried conversing with her some days earlier, but she didn't speak a word. She's a reserved person, we should give her some private space.

Arthur: I guess you are right, let's push the topic of marriage aside, for some months at least.

*Enters Adeline*

Adeline: Mom, Dad!

Roseline: Come darling, me and your dad were just speaking about you.

Kanishka grinned wide at the word "Darling", by which she's usually called by Aditi, but today she was getting the chance, and she couldn't be much happier than this. She glanced at Aman irritated at the part "Your dad", making both Karan and Aditi chuckle whereas Aman smirked wide getting on with his part

Arthur: My princess gonna live for more than 100 years. Come join us for the lunch.

Adeline: Sorry Dad, I would have joined surely but I'm not hungry, I came to seek your permission!

Roseline: Yes, darling, go ahead! Don't be shy!

Adeline: I wanted to go out, maybe buy myself some time alone!

Roseline: That's really appreciated! Do move out, but take care of yourself.

Arthur: Yes princess, do you want some of the guards with you??

Adeline: No dad, I'm fine!

Arthur: Okay princess, As u wish!

*Leaves Adeline*

Roseline: Do you feel it's safe for her to move out all alone!?

Arthur: You are right!!

"I'm always!"

"That wasn't in the dialogue", Aman arched his eyebrows at Kanishka who shrugged her shoulders giving a light nod smirking

"That's truth! And truth is same, everywhere!"

"Okay, okay, that's enough argument, control yourself just some more dialogues", sir said walking between the two who exchanged glares. Making a quick lip movement to the right, Kanishka read the next dialogue

Roseline: We should send the Knight to look after her safety.

Arthur: Call Harris *Signals the Guard*

*Enters Harris*

Harris: Yes My Majesty, How did you remember me?

Harry grit his teeth when sir asked him to bend down his head saying it, who was just poking fun at him which was well understood by Aman, bringing a wide smirk on his face

Arthur: Princess is going out of the palace, keep an eye on her! You are responsible for her safety.

Roseline: She must not know you are following her.

Harris: Sure, My lord! Princess's my responsibility now!

Harry inserts a smirk saying it, which was more natural as he eyed up Aditi from the corner of his eyes and then Karan.

"Well done all of you!! Specially, Harry, that last smirk suited exactly the character!!", sir commented patting Harry's back who played his proud smirk which soon vanished hearing Kanishka

"Sir, that's Harry Potter for you!!", Harry grit his teeth while everyone else broke into fits of laughter. Watching Kanishka grin and finding all the gazed fixed on Harry and Sir, an evil smirk played on Aman's face. Moving near kanishka's ear, he whispered in an erotic voice

"Loooooooovvvvveeeee"

A shiver running down her spines at the low whisper, sending chills throughout her body ceasing her heartbeats. Her eyes falling close feeling the weird sensation in her body whereas her mouth fell open appalled.

The sudden change of expressions causing Aman to bite his inner cheeks pressing his lips tight but failing to suppress his laughter, the silent chuckle enough to bring back Kanishka to her senses. Opening her eyes quick she turned punching Aman on his forearm with all her strength whisper yelling in his ears

"What's wrong with you!!?????"

"I'm king Arthur!!", Aman snorted a chuckle, rubbing his hurt forearm with his palm saying.

"We're not playing the drama anymore, stop calling me that!!"

Aman raised his hand up surrendering earning a glare from Kanishka who turned creating a 'hmpnf' sound completing a quick move from her lips, making Aman suck on his lips at her gesture before moving to her ear again whispering

"Okay love!"

Kanishka turned gritting her teeth pointing her index finger at Aman, ready to yell out anytime, just when sir affirmed

"Okay, now the second scene is the first meet of prince and princess! Princess is seated under the palm tree by the pond, lost in her own trance of thoughts, speaking to herself, when the prince notices it and comes to her! Ready?"

"Yes", cheered everyone whooping in excitement, whereas Karan was just stood rooted to the ground, feeling blank wondering how would he even look into Aditi's eyes when he himself doesn't know what happens to him after looking into those eyes. How could he risk it, and that too in front of the entire class?

"Karan!!?", Sir's voice bringing him out of his trance of thoughts.

"Ready?"

"Yes, Sir!!"

I'm not gonna look into her eyes! Karan released a deep sigh at his decision, walking straight to Aditi who had her back facing him. Taking a deep breathe he tapped her back who turned looking straight into his eyes, but Karan gazed down not meeting her eyes saying the dialogue

Karl: Are you okay??

"No, no, no!! Not like this", interrupted Sir causing the two to step far from each other.

"Come on Karan! Feel the character!! Say the dialogue looking into her eyes!! What is this looking down and speaking? You realize you are not me and Aditi is not your bio ma'am right?? Don't be this boring!!",

The comparison of Bio ma'am having them all rejoiced bursting into laughter who himself joined laughing with all, but there stood Karan silent, his eyes lowered as the memories of Thursday refreshed in his mind, replaying the girl's and then Sir's words again and again

He's so boring!!

Don't be this boring!!

He's a nerd!! He can't even crack jokes!! He's so boring!!

Come on Karan!! Don't be this boring!!

His eyes shut closed as the words rang in his ears, every laughter he heard his mind misinterpret it to be mocking him, gulping down the lump forming in his throat he opened his eyes slowly gazing up straight towards Aditi who was laughing too, spreading disappointment all over his face.

He stared at particularly nothing, when the tintinnabulation of the hour bell, pierced through his train of thoughts bringing him back to the present where he found himself standing all alone on the stage.

Blinking his eyes at the hand which waved in front of his face, he turned finding Aman stand who stated releasing an assured sigh

"Finally, you woke up!"

"Huh?", Asked Karan perplexed unable to understand a thing. Aman facepalmed

"What huh? Drama's over, Class's over, just you're not over", And just then Karan turned his head around to find Sir was gone, Aditi and Kanishka were back to their seats, and everyone else were busy conversing and laughing.

"Come on now, don't stand here whole day!", Aman shook his head walking off to the bench leaving behind Karan whose mind was still caught with that one question

Am I really boring?

*Flashback Ends*

Everything flashed all over again in a blink of an eye. No matter how much he tried forgetting, the question kept repeating nagging him continuously. It troubled him the entire last night and the result of which was his sleepless last night.

"Dekha jaaye toh, ball se jyada toh tu mere paas aaya hai!! (Comparatively if seen, you have come to me, more than the damn ball)", Aman scoffed making Karan roll his eyes and then eye him irritated before making back to the area where he was initially fielding.

Getting bored standing, Karan was stood observing Aman who kicked on all the nearby stones irritated, enveloping Karan's face with a wide grin.

What's more interesting than watching your best friend's irritated face??

Yes, Indeed! Irritating them more!

A wide smirk creeping up on his face as he watched him for a second or two and then masking it with an innocent smile called out to Aman who inturn raised his hand curling his fingers forwarding a questioning look.

"Areee, Come here fast!", Karan yelled gesturing Aman from his hands, who yelled back

"Why?"

"Come Fasttt"

Ab isko kya chahiye? (Now what does he want??) Rubbing his temple irritated hearing Karan yell again, he yelled "Wait!!!", Examining the batsman making sure he can move away from the place he let out a sigh walking up to Karan standing front of him muttering "Bol! (Tell)"

Watching Karan gesture him to bring his face near, Aman glared him but then chucking his frustration aside moved his face near Karan who whispered in his ears

"What I wanted to ask is!!", Karan took a pause whispering as slow as he could, making Aman 'hmm' in response, and then flinch startled at the ear piercing cry

"Aaaamm Aaaiii Borrriiinnnngggg??"

Yelled Karan stepping far from Aman who bend down himself closing his ear by his palm before staring Karan with his red deadshot eyes gritting his teeth

"Abhi Interesting banata hun ruk tereko (Let me make you interesting, Wait)", Aman tried to grab Karan's shirt but could only manage a touch of his flowing shirt as Karan was quick to dodge his hand running far from Aman laughing, while Aman chased him behind yelling at him to stop at the top of his lungs.

But Karan had no stopping. He was enjoying running around the field with Aman chasing him behind. It always reminds him of their old childhood days where the scene used to be exact opposite.

Aman was the sassy one who used to trigger Karan all the time and Karan being the tempered one used to always get offended starting to chase him until both stop and fall down on the ground panting.

When days flew away, and their roles got interchanged, nobody realized. They didn't know that moment, that they were making memories, they just knew they were having fun.

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Hello everyone..!!

How was the almost-double update?

Did you enjoy the Drama!? Sorry if I made you lil emotional there! This drama has lots of taking, maybe we all will know more about it, from future updates;)

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Meet you all in next update, till then

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