Besotted

CHAPTER 2 Part 11

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The next day was a Saturday, a cute half day at school for us. But before that, I did went for the walk & missed Bancho a lot, unaware of the fact that he had come there- just to watch me from a distance. I didn't noticed him. We would still don't chat much. He would keep on unsending messages as he feared of texting something inappropriate but in person, he would be confident. But I loved his silly talks, both in chats & in person. I had always been attracted to frivolousness, as such persons would be innocent, very straightforward & good to talk to. The same was Bancho. His cute little jokes would keep me entertained, although others called it cringy & senseless. His charm was unbeatable though he would behave exaggerated sometimes. But it didn't bothered me much as he was just my benchmate. I did noticed people taking him negativity, always.

But suddenly that day, I noticed Sidharth being too helpful to me, that too all of a sudden when I don't even need help. Still it was a positive thing, that's why didn't thought about it much. I didn't knew that it was just for winning the challenge with Raj. He proposed this plan of allotting numbers to students as per their heights in a line which I liked, as it'll save time & energy & for this, I praised him. But unknowingly, I gave him a point against Raj.

During the accounts class, Bubbly sir would again scold Banchoddas unnecessarily for not bringing the accounts book & its been a full week he had seen just a single book on our desk. This claim literally had no point cause mainly all desks had one book cause it was the bulky TS Grewal, which would occupy all the space itself if put in bag. So one had to carry it in his hand. Also, I wasn't a fan to bring it myself, I too would borrow it from other classes & those fellows would even lend me happily, as I would easily make friends & idk why everyone here wanted to befriend me either.

Sir just went on scolding Banchoddas & he too was arguing as always & so, I had to barge in between cause it was all pointless. I insisted that one could bring the book on alternate days. I said- "Ek book se kaam to chal jaayega. Ek din main le aati hoon, doosre din Banchoddas le aayega" And Bhuvan too put forward a point- "Sir waise bhi desk par do books ki jagah nhi hai, kar lete hai na aisa hi" and we got support from the entire class. On hearing this, he quotes- "Ab tum teeno ki bhi team ban gayi hai? Accha hai!" & finally had to agree & give us the permission.

When Sir left, I thanked Bhuvan for his amazing supportive point he put forward & was asked by Raj if I'm going to follow my own advice which I just presented. I replied- "Jab doosri class se mil raha hai toh laane ka koi point hi nahi. And also, mere bag mein space hi nahi rehti, journaling ka samaan bhi toh hota hai" while Bancho just looked at his empty bag, with just a single notebook & Business Studies book in it. He was just too lazy to bring books.

Then Sarika Ma'am arrived to take the class & I continued journaling as it was a boring theory class. Banchoddas would help me with my supplies, he would prevent them falling off the desk & also kept an eye on ma'am to ensure she didn't noticed me. He would even pull out the stickers for me & cut papers, which would let me finish my work faster. I never thought boys would be interested in crafts like this, but he would help. He's too cute!

"See, these are the pages we completed together. Other boys would envy Banchoddas for this, but would assure themselves that it's just because he sits beside me, hehe" I added while showing Surekha those pages. "These are beautiful! Damn your story's reminding me of my high-school days. I remember doodling with my friends in between the classes" she added.

"Hehe, we would do the same. I have almost covered a week now, see this" I added & turned a page & pointed at it. "We would get a newspaper daily & in between the boring classes, we both would scribble & doodle on a single newspaper. I would later take it home & preserve it here. See, we drew mustaches, bindis... how funny these pictures look, haha! See this one, we did it the last class that day. I've marked the dates too"