WHEN AN IDIOT MEETS ANOTHER IDIOT

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SHREYA

I COULD SEE IN DHRUVI'S EYES, SOMETHING LIGHTING UP AT MR.SMARTASS'S NAME. SOMETHING ABOUT HER SMILE WAS DIFFERENT, WHEN HE WRAPPED HER IN A BLANKET, THE SMIRK ON HER LIPS WHEN SHE SAW THAT STUPID CHILDISH DIANOSAUR SPOON. IS SHE AWARE ABOUT HER CRUSH ON ABHIMANYU FOR REAL, OR SHE IS PRETENDING THAT SHE IS NOT INTO HIM. I THINK I'LL NEVER KNOW. I GOT A CALL FROM HER, TALK OF THE DEVIL.

"SHREYA, *LOTS OF VOICES IN BACKGROUND*, I AM CALLING TO TELL YOU I WON'T BE ABLE TO COME TO SCHOOL FOR SOME DAYS.TELL ABHIMANYU TO NOT WORRY ABOUT DEBATE THING. TELL HIM TO TAKE DOWN THE NOTES FOR ME. AND YES? CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE HE SITS MILES AWAY FROM THAT RITHVI? SHE OGLES HIM LIKE HE IS A PIECE OF CHOCOLATE CAKE AND SHE HAS BEEN HUNGRY FOR YEARS.", SHE SAID SO FAST I COULD HEAR HER HIDING SOMETHING. I KNOW HER, SHE ALWAYS DOES THIS.

"OKAY, OKAY, CALM DOWN FIRST OF ALL AND TELL ME WHY CAN'T YOU COME TO SCHOOL?". I ASKED. SHE EXPLAINED ME ABOUT HER ACCIDENT AND THE ONE MONTH REST PART.

"OH, I NEED ABHIMANYU, I MEAN NEED TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT THE WHOLE DEBATE THING, CAN YOU GIVE ME HIS NUMBER?", THIS TIME DESPERATION, LINED HER WORDS.

"OKAY, ARE YOU EVEN ONE BIT WORRIED ABOUT YOUR BESTIE? OR IS IT JUST YOUR DEVIL KING THAT OCCUPIES YOUR HEAD.", I TEASED.

"A. I KNOW YOU'RE CAPABLE OF WINNING A BATTLE AGAINST GORILLAS SHREE, SO STOP BEING OVERDRAMATIC. EVEN HE IS, BUT THAT ISN'T THE CASE THAT MATTERS RIGHT NOW. AND B. IF YOU CALL HIM MY DEVIL KING OR MY ANYTHING I SWEAR I'LL KILL YOU. HE IS NOTHING BUT A MERE CLASSMATE.", I COULD SENSE HER SMILE DISAPPEARING AT THE LAST PART, BUT SHE AS A TOPPER ACTS SO DUMB AT TIMES.

"FINE, I'LL DROP BY IN THE EVENING TO MEET YOU MISSY, TAKE CARE TILL THEN OKAY?", I SAID.

"SURE BABE, LOVE YOU.", SHE REPLIED.

"LOVE YOU TOO D.", I SAID CUTTING THE CALL.

I REACHED SCHOOL, I DID PERSUADE RITHVI TO SIT BEHIND RITHWIK AND NOT BEHIND ABHIMAYU AND MR. SPARROW. THE WHOLE DAY WAS AS BORING AS IT COULD GET WITHOUT DHRUVI. JUST AS I WAS LEAVING, SOMEONE GRABBED MY HAND AND STARTED PULLING ME TOWARDS THE BIOLOGY LAB, THE AREA WHERE EVEN AIR DID NOT DARE TO PASSBY.

"OWWWWW, DON'T YOU KNOW BETTER THAN DRAGGING SOMEONE TO A BARREN LAND? MR.SPAROW", I SCREAMED, AND JUST WHEN I OPENED MY MOUTH AGAIN, HE SHUT IT OFF WITH HIS LEFT HAND, HE LEANED CLOSER TO MY FACE, I FELT HIS BREATH ON MY SKIN, AND MY HEART SKIPPED A BEAT. *FALLING FOR THE GRUMPY GUY SUNSHINE*, TEASED MY SUBCONSCIOUS.

IT IS JUST BECAUSE I WATCHED BEAUTY AND THE BEAST YESTERDAY AND I AM BEAUTIFUL AS HELL AND HE SURE IS A BEAST, NOTHING MORE THAN THAT, I ARGUED WITH MY OWN SUBCONSCIOUS.

HIS LIPS SO CLOSE TO MY SKIN, I WOULD'VE BURNT WITH THE HEAT RADIATING FROM HIS BODY HAD HE NOT MOVED THEM TOWARDS MY EARS TO WHISPER,

HIS LIPS SO CLOSE TO MY SKIN, I WOULD'VE BURNT WITH THE HEAT RADIATING FROM HIS BODY HAD HE NOT MOVED THEM TOWARDS MY EARS TO WHISPER,

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