Chapter 3: The game we played

It was our economic class and Mrs Goenka was teaching and informing us about our upcoming unit test which will be added in our final results. After hearing about the test all the students made faces and I mean why not who likes to give tests or exams not specially students. "Have you revised all the chapters, I mean I know you must have after all you are the topper of our class" said Diksha. I looked at her and told her "not yet, I was busy nowadays and more focused on Accountancy problems, but soon I will start ". "It's so good to be a topper" Diksha said while making a pout and I could not help but smile. 'it's okay if you need any help I am there and anyway we are meeting the day after tomorrow, and we can discuss our study plan for upcoming unit tests" I said. "Yes, definitely I knew you would not leave your friends to fail in the exam" Diksha exclaimed. "Alright, don't be so dramatic "I said with a smile. This way our school was over, and I came back home. After having lunch, I sat to study and was making a revision plan for myself, it was about an hour when suddenly something crossed my mind, and again it was about Kartik. "Okay, I am done now, what the hell is wrong with me" I murmured to myself. I heard my mom calling me and I went up to her and asked what happened, I saw Kartik sitting. "Hey" he said. I waved him back, and sat on the sofa and asked"what brings you here"?

"I was getting bored, so I thought I would come to you and talk for a while" he replied.

"Okay, no problem. Mom I am going to take a short break, and then I will be back for my studies" I said.

"Fine, but when you come back, focus on your study, your unit tests are coming soon" Mom said.

"Okay, mom now bye" I replied and went to my room with Kartik.

"So how was your day today in school, after all I was not there, and I know you must have missed me a lot" Kartik said with a smirk. I could not help but smile when he was speaking like that, and I found that so damn adorable."wait, hold on Suhana, don't start all that again'" I said to myself in my head. "Missing you? Not at all, in fact me and Diksha had so much fun today we talked a lot and there was no one to tease me, so it was very peaceful" I said to him and teased him. "Fine then keep your peace, I am going "he said while pouting. "Alright we did miss you because there was no one to tease and there was no one who could order stuff from the canteen" I said while laughing. "You look pretty when you laugh like that" he said staring at me. Did he just say that I look pretty while laughing I asked myself while looking at him blankly, probably I should stop reading between the lines he must have said just like that without any meaning. I did not say anything back to him , so he asked something about the unit test watching me silent. I informed him about the upcoming test and told him about the revision plan that I will share with him and Diksha on the day after tomorrow when we will be meeting and after hearing that we will be talking about studies on the weekend he just rolled his eyes as always in the name of study and I could not help but just smile.

"Alright, MY topper we will be discussing your revision plan this weekend but for now can you stop talking about it because I cannot hear twice on the same topic" he said while making faces. I smiled hearing that "my topper" part and was about to start with my overthinking for God’s sake I have to stop noticing all these it's just so normal I mean we are actually best friends, and it's normal I JUST HAVE TO STOP THINKING ABOUT IT I told myself unaware of the fact that what I ignored was not his words but my feelings, and it was going to create a huge problem for me in the future. "What do you want to do then? Do you want to play something or talk about something, I am up for it" I said. Kartik said"let me ask you something and you cannot lie, then you can ask me something, and I will answer that". I replied in the affirmation, and he was going to ask first. He asked" tell me about something which you haven't told anyone ". I looked at him and asked "what kind of question is this, I am not telling you". "This is how it is played, and you agreed now it's up to you to play further, or we cannot" he said. "Fine, let me think for a while but let me tell you, if you laugh I will kill you" I said staring right at him. "Okay, I won't laugh" he said smiling.

"Remember on that day in Mr Roy class I was zoned out and you guys were asking me where I was lost, actually I was looking at you and for some unknown reason I cannot get my eyes off of you" I said without taking a breath and looked at him. He was trying to control his laughter but could not, and he burst out laughing. "See, that's why I told you I won't say anything and I told you not to laugh" I said pouting. But he was still not stopping and kept on laughing, I Could not take it anymore and gravitated towards him to make him stop and as I was about to reach he clutched my hand and was not smiling at all rather he had a very poker face and I could not figure it out what he was thinking." so, I finally look good in your eyes, but let me ask what has happened to make you think like that now" he said while staring at me. My heart was pounding like too much, and I was feeling so nervous that I could not meet his eyes, I was avoiding eye contact, but then I composed myself and said"only one question at a time and by the way I am not answering you" He did not say anything and was just looking at me blankly, and I couldn't figure out what he was thinking, and our eyes met for a fraction of second and we both were looking at each other, and he did not let go of my hand. We both heard a knock on the door, and hurriedly he let go of my hand and I felt like now I can breathe as if I was holding my breath for a long period of time. It was mom, and she called both of us downstairs to have some snacks. We went downstairs and had the snacks prepared by my mother. We both were avoiding each other's gaze. "I will send you the picture of the revision plan that I have made and you bring the copies of it on the weekend" I said to Kartik as to break the ice. "Okay I will, and also we will finish our game the day after tomorrow" he winked, and said. I started coughing because I could not believe what I heard like my mother was just in front of us and he said that. To avoid any suspicion I changed the topic and talked about school today.

After he left I was thinking about our conversation, and it was giving me butterflies, I could not help but just think about it and smile, like I even forgot what I was thinking about - him liking Diksha. It was more of my own thinking, but again I was a bit nervous thinking about what if he actually likes Diksha so I thought and told myself I will try to confirm about it this weekend but still I could not understand what it has to do with me. Do I like him? An instant answer came "how could it be, we are friends from God knows what time" I murmured to myself. I don't know what I was feeling, but I know for a fact that whatever it is - it is making me happy and nervous at the same time and at the same time I am scared. I don't know when I dozed off thinking about all this.

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