Just An Innocent Rich Girl

Aryan's Secret

It was a normal day at Evergreen High. There was chatter in the hallways, students were going to and fro from class and the rumour that Aryan and Himanshi are dating has finally died down.

Himanshi felt proud and happy that she no longer had to worry about her father getting angry or worried and start homeschooling her again.

During lunch, Himanshi was walking in the cafeteria looking for Siya and Annie. When she passed by Aryan, she saw that he was staring at his phone and looking at a picture of him and another guy.

The other guy had black hair with a streak of pastel blue, he had fair skin and a green eye with a brown eye.

Both the guys were smiling at the camera. Both of them were wearing the same sweater; a red high neck sweater with a pink heart, except Aryan's sweater had the letter 'S' written in white. while the other guy's sweater had the letter 'A' written in white. Aryan was wearing black jeans and a black leather jacket. The other guy was wearing just blue ripped jeans. The background was of snow covered mountains.

"Who's that?" Himanshi asked curiously, wanting to know who the other guy was.

Aryan suddenly turned back and slammed his phone on the table screen side down. He had a nervous expression on his face. "Uhh, that's no one!" Aryan said urgently, making him sound like a bad serial killer.

Himanshi was about to ask more but felt that she shouldn't and went to the table where Siya and Annie were sitting. Aryan went back to staring at the picture.

"What was that about?" Annie asked.

"Well, it was nothing. I just saw Aryan staring at some picture of him and another guy. I honestly don't know what I was thinking, secretly standing behind someone while they're doing something they don't want others to see is so wrong." Himanshi explained.

"If he got that worked up over you standing behind him while he's looking at some picture, it can mean only one thing..." Siya said, "that the rumour that Aryan is uhh gay and is secretly dating some guy is true." Siya added quietly, though there was a hint of disgust that wasn't there before.

"Huh, gay? What does that mean?" Himanshi said, confused.

"Uh you know, uhh a type uhhh of guy who uhhh is uhh attracted to uhhhh guys. It's so weird." Annie whispered with the same hint of disgust that Siya had.

"Oh, what's weird about that? Love is love, no matter what. Besides, Aryan is probably not gay because we would've known for sure if he was. You guys always do this." Himanshi said, adding the last part with annoyance.

"What do we always do?" Annie asked.

"You know, saying that people are dating, the other day you both said that Priya and Rishi are together because they talk to eachother a lot. It's very annoying." Himanshi vented.

"Oh." They both said.

After school, Himanshi had gone to the park when she saw Aryan.

"Hey, can you come here for a second?" Aryan called Himanshi over.

Himanshi walked towards Aryan. He signalled her to follow him into a secluded alley.

"It's about the photo..." Aryan said nervously.

"Look, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to invade your privacy. I guess I just got a bit curious." Himanshi apologized.

"It's alright. But I think you should know the truth." Aryan said cryptically.

"What truth?" Himanshi asked, very confused by what Aryan was talking about.

"The guy in the picture... is my ex-boyfriend..." Aryan said, saying the last part so quietly that Himanshi almost didn't hear it.

"Wait, so you're gay?" Himanshi asked, shocked.

"No, I'm not. I'm something else." Aryan answered.

"Uhhh, what? If you're not gay, why do you have an ex-boyfriend?" Himanshi asked, getting even more confused.

"I'm bi... bisexual..." Aryan blurted out.

"Huh? Bisexual...? What's that?" Himanshi asked, her head filled with questions.

"It uhh means that uhhh I am uhhh attracted to both guys and girls..." Aryan whispered in Himanshi's ear.

"I know this is weird and sudden, but I'm bi and I can't help it." Aryan said with a twinge of self disgust.

"No, it's not weird. It doesn't matter who you love, all that matters is you love them. Why do you have the same tone when talking about that aspect of yours as Siya and Annie's?" Himanshi declared to Aryan.

"What do you mean?" Aryan asked

"When I told Siya and Annie about our encounter at school, they suggested that you're gay and they had a weird tone in their voice when talking about it. And you have the same tone in your voice when you tell me you're bisexual. Why?" Himanshi blurted out.

"Well uhh well..." Aryan began to explain.

"Oh, it's getting dark, I need to get home. Tell me some other time, okay?" Himanshi interrupted politely.

"Alright, bye I guess..." Aryan said as he watched Himanshi walk towards her car.

"Bye!" Himanshi said back to Aryan as she walked away.