Love or Obsession?

The Love Affair

They were classmates in the same school but they never got a chance to talk to each other. He was a new kid whereas she was not so popular yet average girl. There were different sections in the batch with the division of A, B, C and D as there were 160 kids. Almost everyone knew each other. She was in Section A and he was in Section D. There was a saying that kids studying in Section A were the most studious ones whereas the Section D kids were the wicked ones. It was correct somehow. He was wicked ans she was innocent and studious at the same time.
Never have they ever thought that their paths would align in the future.

Somehow she was connected to him on social media where he used to update about his life a lot- whether it was about college graduation or internships to bagging his dream job. It was online. He looked like a typical bad boy with exceptionally good looks. He had medium to long hair with very dreamy eyes and fuller lips. He wore glasses occasionally which made him look even more attractive. He loved his black jacket which he usually wore often.
She liked to look at his social media sometimes and look what he was upto, and slowly she did not realise when she started crushing over him. Slowly with this fondness grew inside of her and she shared it with her cousin brother with whom she used to share everything, and listening to this the immediate response was that she should approach him and talk to him. Hence, she did.

It was December, year 2020 when they started talking for the first time after graduating high school.
"Hi!" She texted.
As soon as she texted him a million of questions came running into her head. She took a deep breath and thought to herself 'I'm independent and strong woman now, I'm not afraid, should I be? Oh god'. Suddenly she saw the chat-box and it said 'Typing...' she immediately closed the chat-box to not to look like a freak who was waiting for his response.
"Hey!" He replied.
"Do you remember me? I know it's been a long while though haha," she said.
"Haha, yes. Almost 4 or 5 years right? I remember you batch mate. You're the nerd from section A,"
"Haha, yes. So long! I'm glad you remember me lol. How have you been?"
"I've been good! The work and job usually is the causes of stress rest all cool, how have you been? I'm sorry I think I don't follow you, I don't know how this happened cause as far I remember I did a follow request, anyway I'll quickly correct my mistake, please do add me back! :)" He responded.

She accepted the request remembering how he never added her back when she sent him the request to connect and she immediately regretted texted him as a whole thinking he might was not interested.

"It's not an issue, I've added you back. I've been good just my masters entrance exams are stressful for me," She responded.

He saw the notification that she has accepted the request hence he went ahead to go through her feed. She was beautiful. She looked so much different than how she looked in high school was what captivated him the most. She had long black hair and small black eyes. She wore spectacles. She was very expressive and loved working out. Her creativity was seen with the artwork she uploaded. She was an artist with a passion of painting, sketching, drawing and that is what was on her feed mostly. However no signs of what she was pursuing/how she lives her life daily/how she is as a whole. She had posted only one picture of herself with the caption of 'Hi! Thank you for visiting my page, I'm an evolving artist. Watch the universe with my eyes as I paint the whole world with my brush.' She was a mystery to him excluding the one fact that she was an artist and her work was extraordinary and ravishing. He loved mysteries.

"Oh, I understand, but I'm sure you'll nail your exams!" He responded.
"I hope so but I get so overwhelmed with it all,"
"I'm sorry to hear that, are you feeling okay right now?"
"Yeah I guess,"
"Hey would you like to talk over the call?"
Reading this text made her heart skip a beat.
"Sure," She responded in an instant.
She immediately saw her phone ringing, taking a deep breath in and out she answered the call,
"Hello?" She said.
"Hey! It's me!" He said
"Haha, who? I did not recognise you," She giggled.
"Right, Section A," He giggled back.
"Haha. Section D,"
"Are you still feeling overwhelmed?"
"Not right now, it just happens occasionally you know. My parents expectations are on me. I feel like I'm responsible to bring good grade in the exams else I'll fail their expectations which I don't want. I hope it makes sense," She said.
"I get it,"
She sighs, "Yes.."
"You know what? It's actually my birthday tomorrow. Would it be possible for you to come?" He said.
"Really?"
"Yeah, I mean if you can; you know, it will give a little break and I can see you totally need one. So if it's possible for you..."
"I'll come,"
"Really?" He asked astonishingly.
"Yes," She replied with a smile.
"I'll wait," He said with a smile.