Fancy

Anusha+Athindra

"Now I'm lying on the cold, hard ground"

Anusha was Athindra's new tutor.  She was trying to muster up the required enthusiasm, for he was one of her closest friends, % had too many things on her plate at the moment.  But she couldn't go against a decision made by the principal of the school. So she just had to grin and bear it.

She had been instructed not to inform any other members of the class about this arrangement. The school was afraid it would create waves.  But somehow, one person knew. 'Badboy Bafna', as he was called by many people had unearthed her secret and he was not happy.

Anusha could not understand why he would even care. He was not particularly friendly with her. Why did he seem so jealous all of a sudden? She was pondering his curious behaviour during one of her sessions with Athindra when the answer struck her like a bolt of lightning.

Bafna was in love with her. It was the only plausible explanation. His tendency to appear whenever she was alone with Athindra, the glares that were thrown their way when they left school together, it all added up now. And she couldn't say she wasn't happy about it. She had always harboured a secret affection for BB, and now, she could finally act on it.

Her reverie was interrupted by the sound of somebody pounding on the door. Anusha ran to it and pulled it open, and there, in all his glory, stood Badboy Bafna.

She nearly swooned. She was about to throw herself into his arms, when he pushed past her, barely sparing her a glance, and knelt in front of Athindra. 

"Athi", he crooned, "I've loved you as long as I can remember. So please, do me a favour and be mine?”, and with a choked cry of exultation, Athindra threw himself into Bafna's arms, while Anusha lay sobbing on the cold, hard ground.