DATING ✔

13

"Hey baby! Ready for performanc— hey… you good, love?" Shivaay stops his happily giddy tracks when he sees his girlfriend sitting by the stairs towards the music room, a frown decorating her lips and her eyes looking sad.

She was perfectly fine just five minutes ago on her Twitter, and also when he texted, so what happened?

He walks towards the singer, and Anika looked so much in thought that she didn't even realize that her boyfriend was infront of her.

"Love?" And Shivaay's heart hurts when he saw her flinch, "Hey, are you alright?" 

Anika blinks and then smiles, but Shivaay knows that it's not a happy smile, not when it does not reach her eyes. Shivaay has known her and been in love with her for all these years to know that, that was not a smile.

"I'm fine! I'm just nervous about the performance!" She gets up, three steps above Shivaay, but still only the same height as him.

"No you're not."

Anika has always been the first to motivate her band, as the leader she was the one who was never nervous. Ever since Shivaay has known her, since middle school, Anika has always loved performing. 

So he knows, that's not why she's so out of place at the moment. 

He walks up to her, a step lower than her and Anika still had to look up at him, she felt so small. And she feels even smaller when he holds her hand, sqeezes it, a thing he always does that makes her feel safe. 

"What's wrong?" He asks, and this time Anika can't seem to lie. She let's down her guard and small pearls of tears start to form in her eyes.

Anika never cried publicly, but whenever she wanted to, Shivaay would always be there. She has always said it, Shivaay is her safe place, so when she takes a breath and looms up to Shivaay's eyes, she knows she can't lie anymore, "The school page…" 

Shivaay frowns, he doesn't really update himself with whatever that happens in the gossip account of his school, he only sees the quotes of the people he follows because ge doesn't really care. 

But now when his girlfriend, the person he's oh so much in love for the past five years tell him that a tweet made her this sad, he quickly shuffles his free hand through his pockets, getting hold of his phone and checking Twitter. 

'I hope it's not Anika though, she would ruin Shivaay's reputation as a head prefect.'

And Shivaay almost rages. No one is in a place to say whom he should or shouldn't date. And they don't know anything about Anika to even say that. 

Yes, Anika was popular. She was known to be one of the besy singers in school. But she was also known to be a troublemaker. 

The past year was a perfect example for it. She has given the school council a hard time, but that only came out for the better of her club. She helped many students from whatever she did. 

(And that also made Shivaay fall even harder for the girl.)

Shivaay had always noticed this cheerful bubbly girl ever since he was in middleschool. He had a crush on her since the young age too, but too dumb to confess, he never had the courage. 

And this year, when they finally bonded over the fight they had in the student council room, after months of courting her, he finally made her his girlfriend. 

And now some random students have the audacity to say this? He doesn't blame them, but they shouldn't just say stuff like this in public. 

"Shivaay… Do you think it's bad?" Anika's small voice gets him out of his thoughts, "I've caused so much trouble for you, don't you think it'll ruin your reputation?" 

And Shivaay hugs her, he couldn't help it, he hugs her so tight, "I don't care about what others say, not when I have you as mine." 

He feels Anika sob into his chest and he lays a small kiss on her head, "I've wanted to be with you for so long, and now when I finally have you, what more can I ask for?" 

Shivaay considers himself as the luckiest person alive to even be seen by his crush, much more, date her. 

"I've done every duties of mine as a head prefect when as I date you, what reputation is there to be hurt? If not anything, you've just motivated me to be a better person." 

Infact, Anika was a reason for his life to shine so much. Without her, he doesn't know how it's going to be at all. 

"Just because one person said something as idiotic as that," He breaks the hug, not looking down at her, "won't make my love be any less."

He wipes the tears off, the make up she had was waterproof and he's happy that it is, because they surely don't have time for another makeup. The time for the performance is almost coming.

"I have loved you, I love you and I will always love you." He presses a kiss on her forehead. "No matter what, that won't change. Even if people doesn't support us, it won't change, I'll be there right by your side." 

Anika smiles at that, "I love you too…" 

"Right? So now you have to rock the stage for me because I'll be there supporting my number one singer." Shivaay smiles.

"Me?" 

"No, Luna." Anika slaps his playfully knowing very well that's a lie. 

"Then give me some support?" She innocently stares, knowing well Shivaay was having an inner turmoil.

He raises a brow, "Right here?" 

"What's there to be afraid of? It's not like you care if anyone sees no—" 

And her words are broken off by a kiss. Soft, passionate and loving. An emotional and mental support for her to perform well.

When they break the short kiss, they stare at eachother, warm smiles on their faces and warm eyes filled with so much love. 

Shivaay is so proud of her and Anika is so in love with him. Thousands of stars shined in their eyes, proving that this was not just any random teenage love that would disappear later. A love like theirs, is exactly what Shivaay had dremt of for all these years.

"Oh for god's sake…" They break out from the moment when they hear the tired sigh from a very familiar voice and they look up to see Luna looking disgusted.

"I was wondering when you were, Leader. If you are done with your romance could you please come up now? Because if you did not forget, we have a night to perform!" 

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