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8. First Hug

Aarya and Yash eagerly waited for weekends so that they can spend some quality time together. But every time they meet, they fight over the most trivial things and completely ruin each others mood. But at the end of the day, one of them would end the fight and the other would resist for a bit but would finally give in.

But one weekend during their break time, they fought over a picture of a kid. Actually, it was because Yash had sent the picture of a cute little girl who lives in his neighbourhood to Riya - his schoolmate. Aarya was so mad that he sent those pictures to Riya but not her.

He initially thought it was not a big deal but when he saw her reaction, he knew that this should not be taken lightly. He did not know what to do. He wanted to act serious but the thought that she was jealous of Riya, made him smile. He did not know that he meant so much to her.

"I'm sorry. I forgot to send you the pictures. I didn't do it on purpose. It's just that Riya loves her pictures and I usually send her." Yash tried to lighten up the situation.

"I don't want your stupid sorry. I am going to class." They were standing in the parking area of the institute.

"Please don't be this way. I don't want us to fight because of her."

"Oh, Whatever! You always have excuses. I don't want to listen to you anymore." and then she turned her head to the opposite direction of him.

He tried and tried but failed miserably. She was not ready to listen to anything that comes out of his mouth. So, he did the only thing that came to his mind. He hugged her. She was shocked. She was not expecting this at all. But when she recovered from the initial stage of shock, she tried to push him but he hugged her even tighter than before. It was their first hug, that hug was the sweetest thing she had ever received from someone.

For a moment, they both were still but after a while she hugged him back. Oh, that moment! If it were to be a movie, I bet there would have been fire crackers by now. But it was no movie, it was reality and the only fire crackers that were exploding were in each other's heart.

After they broke the hug, they both were unable to meet each other's eyes. They both were resembling a tomato from all the blushing. She was looking so cute and beautiful in that red blush that it made him blush more. None of them spoke a word for a while, but that silence did not bother them at all. Even that silence was sweet as it gave both of them some time to cool down and to capture the best moment of their lives with their eyes.

It was just a start, after that day whenever they both would get a chance, they would hug each other so tight that it made them forget every problem in their life. Just the mere feeling of each other's heartbeats was enough to keep them going.

That hugs, if one must describe that hugs it would be like placing of one's arms around another person with a gentle squeeze to invoke feelings of warmth, compassion and love. It felt like a momentary salvation from the bitter cruelty of reality. And both, Aarya and Yash were feeling it while hugging each other.

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