The Third Person's Perspective

CHAPTER 13 - You like him?

“How about we discuss it next hour? It's P.E., you both can join Karan in chilling on the benches while everybody burns in the hot sun on the grounds?” Karan asked while randomly doodling in his history textbook.
Mahatma Gandhi was now complete with a head full of hair and a beard and mustache to match it with Ravindranath Tagore.
“I have to practice.”
“Yeah, I was gone for a long time. I have to get my groove back. Nobody breaks my records except me.” Luna boasted.
“Wow, too sure about that, huh? Karan can guarantee that Viraaj can break your record very easily.”
“Why doesn't Karan try competing with me himself?” she smirked
“Nope, Karan is good.”
“Oh dear bestie, don't be a spoil sport.”
“Bestie? You called Karan bestie? This is the happiest moment in Karan's life. Wait, you meant it right?”
“Shut up dumbhead. Didn't I already tell you that you are my best friend? Why are you getting so excited?”
“No! You haven't said that! It is Karan who keeps going around proudly showing off that Luna is Karan's bestfriend.”
“Proudly?... Showing off?... I think you've got the wrong Luna.”
“Hey, don't say that. Karan is happy to have you as a best friend.”
“Fine, whatever you want to say. But I did call you my best friend.”
“Um.... You did say that Karan was your best friend to me, when I had come to visit you and you thought it was Karan who had entered.” Viraaj stood there scratching his head as usual.
“See? I did tell it to Karan! Doesn't matter if I thought it was Karan or it really was Karan”.
Karan glared at Viraaj with anger filled eyes said “ You stole my moment.”
“Woah, Calm down man. She can say it again to you. Besides you were the one who forced me to go visit her that day.”
“Forced? You agreed to go when Karan asked you the first time. Karan did not even say please. You were so desperate to meet her again, even though you were supposed to be not talking to her.”
Luna felt her heart skip a beat. What was that about? Her nervous internal conversation with herself began to run in her brain's movie screen again, "Is something wrong with my heart? Why does this keep happening nowadays? Should I go get a check up done? No! They'll strap me to a bed in the hospital! I don't want to get admitted in a hospital-
“Shut up man. Let's.... Just discuss things after school.” Viraaj's voice interrupted her conversation
“Fine. Karan will happily enjoy his alone time in the PE hour.”
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P.E. hour

Luna was jogging around the grounds. It felt good to be back on the track. She was on her 3rd lap when she noticed Karan's cheeky grin from where he was seated comfortably under the shade of a tree.
“Why are you grinning from eye to eye?”
"No reason.”
“Well, it is obviously not nothing. You've been looking at me like that for a while now. It creeps me out.”
“Do you actually, really want to know?”
“Yeah! I don't want to feel a creepy gaze when I'm running.”
“Karan doesn't know if you noticed but you were also staring while running.”
“What bullshit. Why would I be staring at you? The track is prettier.”
“Oh you were not staring at Karan. Wait, track is prettier than Karan? How dare you say that! Karan is the prettiest!”
“Sure sure.”
“It's true! Karan is so pretty that snow white is jealous of my beauty!”
“Uh-huh, how many... How many more delusional thoughts do you have everyday?”
“See! You're doing it again! Your eyes wander off somewhere else while talking.”
"No, Wha- no.” Luna said as she picked the water bottle lying next to Karan to avoid talking.
“Karan will ask this once and only once. You like Viraaj don't you?”
A water fountain came right out of Luna's mouth and on to Karan's umbrella?
YES, it was umbrella. Karan always came prepared to the ground.
“Karan did not expect the umbrella would be useful like this.”
“Shut up!”
“Answer to the question?”
“I- I don't... ”  She was interrupted by a loud cry from the other end of the ground.
Luna ran as fast as she could. She probably broke records right there and she was next to him. The moment he was going to touch the ground, Luna was already there to catch him from falling.
“And she was being hesitant to accept this fact.” Karan whispered to himself before jogging towards the two people now sitting amidst a huge crowd gathered around them.
“Excuse me, coming through. An actual Bff of the injured here!”
“Did you not see the ball coming at you? That was a freaking football! What if you broke your nose or jaw?” Luna was almost yelling at Viraaj.
“Huh? I... I don't know... I can't see properly...Is... Is this Luna?”
“Aw man, that hurts! Do I look like a girl now?” Karan said while dramatically clenching his chest.
“Karan?”
Shut up Karan, he probably has a concussion. Let's take him to the infirmary first.”
"Excuse me? You were the one who was yelling at him him for not seeing the ball!”
“Help me out first."
“Hey, what are all of you doing here ? Help Karan and Luna! Viraaj is definitely not light weight or easy to carry around.”
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“So..... Now that all of us are not actually doing anything in PE hour.... How about you guys tell Karan about this story ?”
"I... I don't....”
“Damnit Karan, wrong timing. He stammers trying to get through a statement when he is normal. Right now he actually had a concussion and is barely even awake. Just... Just let him  sleep or something.”
“You're right. So do we get to skip the next two classes and stay here to take care of him? Karan does not want to go to class.”
“No need. I am here. You kids need to focus on your education.” The nurse ordered as she walked into the room.
“One class? ”
“No.”
“Please?”
“No.”
“But it's history now!”
“So?”
“Karan will fall asleep in the class anyway! Karan can just sit here and give Viraaj company instead.”
“No.”
“Pretty please?” Karan was doing his best at making a puppy dog face.
“Kid, you're cute, but that does not work for me. ”
“Just come to class Karan.” Luna was already dragging him out of the infirmary.
You can't do this to best friends Luna! You can't separate two BFF's like this.”
“Watch me.”
Luna was way stronger than Karan. No matter how much he tried, Luna was able to pull him away till the class very easily.
“NOOOOO!!!!!!”
“You know, you should really consider becoming an actor.”
“Thanks. Karan has got skills. Karan is amazing. Wait a second, you're distracting. Karan actually does not want to go.”
“We are here now. You actually want to be there to talk. I get it. You want gossip. Sit through two classes.”
“Fine. But just so you know, Karan is mad at you!”
“Well, Luna doesn't care

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