BUDDIES

14

anushree walked inside the school, finding difficulty to walk in a saree. she mentally groaned and trudged to the class she had been informed to report.

 on her way, she bumped into some teachers and senior students who complimented her. when anushree reached the class, she let out a breath in relief and settled down on one of the seats.

 more girls, dressed up in their respective costumes entered the class, smiling and giggling. as anushree couldn't find any of her friends, she just sat on her bench, staring at nothing.

she looked up from her lap to find, aryan and karan at the door, peeking inside. aryan was dressed up in a nice, dark blue tuxedo while karan was dressed in the traditional kurta.  

anushree's eyes locked with aryan who stared at her for a few minutes before karan tapped on his shoulder to bring him back to the earth. 

karan gestured anushree to come out of the class as she was just sitting alone. smiling widely, anushree got up from her bench and huddled outside, being careful not to trip over her saree. 

"oh thank god, i was getting bored." anushree sighed, walking besides karan.

"sensed it." karan grinned. 

"oh shit, mam is coming!" anushree muttered, stopping in her tracks. 

"everybody come here." sandhya mam called, gesturing over to the open courtyard where the sun was striking the floor. 

everybody scampered over to the courtyard, beaming at each other. sandhya mam discussed some thing with the senior students and the motioned the students to follow her orders.

"everybody, hold each other's hands." sandhya mam said, clapping her hands. 

everybody nodded in response, grabbing the hand of the student next to them. anushree held her hand out, expecting karan to grab it but instead she found aryan at his place. karan smirked and threw a wink at anushree who looked flustered. 

anushree glanced at aryan who was busy listening to whatever mam was saying. she smiled a little and moved her attention back to the teacher. 

"this is how you all are going to stand there okay?" mam asked and everybody muttered a yes in response. anushree let go of aryan hands and followed other students to the bus which would take them to the stadium. 

on reaching the stadium, everybody got down.and that's where anushree spotted her two devil friends, sara and anshika. 

"hiiii!!" sara grinned, running over to where anushree was standing. 

"ohhhhhhhh, wow!" anshika smirked, admiring her saree. 

"where's ary-" sara was about to ask when karan and aryan walked up to the girls. 

"heyyyyyyyyy." anshika dragged the y, smirking at aryan who was unusually quiet that day. 

"come here, let's have some pictures!" sara said, pulling out her phone and opened the camera. 

"everybody smile!" anshika grinned, as she stuck out her tongue for a selfie. everybody smiled as sara clicked the picture and then pulled the girls towards her. 

"aryan!!!" somebody called as the group turned their head around to find aryan's cousin who was a senior, waving at him,"come here."

"I'll be right back." aryan excused himself and walked away. 

"so.... " sara smirked when aryan was out of earshot. 

"what?" anushree rolled her eyes. 

"did he say anything to you? I mean about your dress... " sara smirked, joined by anshika. 

"no!" anushree exclaimed,"he didn't! so shut up!"

"ah ah, we don't lie like that anushree." karan interrupted causing anushree to give him a 'what are you talking about' look,"aryan stared at you for solid two minutes. poor boy, he was blown away."

"are you crazy?" anushree exclaimed,"oh yeah you are!"

"ohhhhhh." sara and anshika teased. 

​​​​​​​"seriously guys? shut up. it's nothing." anushree sighed. 

"guys!!" aryan waved from a distance,"mam told us to go and settle at the top of the stairs."

nodding, everybody walked to where aryan was. 

"wow, how the hell am I supposed to climb the stairs now!" anushree groaned, watching as her friends had already left her alone downstairs. 

"come on, just try." aryan encouraged. anushree nodded and climbed one step with much difficulty. 

"I don't think I can do it." anushree gave up, stopping at the last step. 

"oh, come on, I'll help you." aryan said, extending his hand for anushree to take. 

anushree was surprised but nonetheless, grabbed his hand and finally reached upstairs, ready to get teased by the bloody idiots who were smirking at each other.