A TALE OF LONGING LOVE

Chapter 2 The Art Class

All the students go to their art class. The class is decorated with beautifully painted Canvas, lots of handcrafted items like wind chimes, paper flowers, the school's name carved in wood. The place looked serene and Samarth was awestruck.

Alisha goes near the flowers looking at those with lots of happiness and smiling like she's seeing flowers for the first time. Her almond shaped eyes sparkle whenever she sees flowers. She then goes to her place to continue the class.

The art teacher brings a painting of a lake under the moonlight where the reflection of moon can be seen on the lake.

All the students exclaim and tell teacher how breathtaking it looks.

"Now each of will be put in pairs and you'll have to come up with something that represents the theme of moon and moonlight" the teacher says.

"Pihu let's make it together" Alisha says to which the teacher says "Alisha why don't you pair up with someone else for a change"

She looks around the room and Samarth was the only one without any partner as he was new to the class.

So the teacher pairs them up.

They hesitantly team up the feeling of being uninterested is clearly on Alisha's face. "I love being involved in art, and I can bear you sometime just don't say anything" Alisha says

Samarth raises his thick eyebrows and says "don't worry Ms. Raizada" and gives a little smirk.

Samarth removes the blazer and starts to fold his sleeves of his white shirt until his elbows. Alisha stares at his veiny hands and immediately shakes her head and looks at the canvas.

Samarth asks "so what are you thinking of drawing?"

Alisha says " window of a castle where the princess is looking at the outer world, a flowering vine growing alongside the wall of castle and the moon shining on her, as she admires the nature"

"Wow! Even your imagination is of Princess castle and all bougie things" he laughs.

She says " yeah you might think I'm some kind of snob, which I don't mind but even I have to pay price for being a so called princess" and a small tear rolls down her cheek.

Both of them start executing the idea and the painting turns out pretty.

"You do execute your ideas well Ms. Raizada" Samarth said with an eyebrow raised and points out at Alisha's long fair nose that she has a tinge of blue on it. She immediately wipes it off and goes towards Pihu and both of them accidentally bump into each other.

"You first mam" Samarth makes a gesture with his hand.

He looks at the painting and smiles by himself and takes a glimpse at Alisha, asks himself "why would a tear roll down her eyes even when she's got everything?"