Someone did pluck the bud and destroyed it

Tarun returned to the class room when everyone went home already. On his table he found a note.

I am sorry. I didn't give my number not because I don't want you to contact me but because I can't use phones.

After reading that a smile threatened to come on Tarun's face. He looked around not seeing anyone, he let that smile fill his face.

Then he took out a piece of paper from his notebook and wrote something and put it under Tanvi's bench. The next day when Tanvi sat on her bench and put her bag under the bench she found that paper. It read-

Okay. I understand.

And nothing else but it was enough to make her smile. They presented their project as they decided. And got the best marks. Soon their annual examination ended and they transferred to a new class. And as always Tarun got 1st position and Tanvi got 2nd.

     A new beginning. Tanvi would always watch Tarun play. But she wasn't alone anymore. Many other girls would watch boys play, hoping to get their attention. But they only focused on playing.

Tanvi always held her water bottle on the playground as Saraswati would always forget to bring hers but get thirsty after playing badminton. Tarun noticed it. He said to one of his teammates," Hey, I am just coming after drinking water." And moved towards Tanvi. Tanvi had no idea where Tarun was headed. But when their eyes met her heart threatened to come out of its place. She moved her gaze.

"You have water?" Tarun said extending his hand forward for the bottle. "Yeah" Tanvi said clutching the bottle closer to her. "Then give na!!" Tarun requested but ordered at the same time. Tanvi had a habit of drinking water directly from bottles like her lips touching the opening while drinking. Saru didn't mind it because they were friends from diapers. But Tanvi was unsure about Tarun. She said, "I drank directly from it, you don't mind?" Tanvi said giving her bottle to Tarun. "I do but my throat is having an upper hand right now." And he drank from the bottle. Indirectly. He couldn't say that it was his heart that wanted any sort of contact with Tanvi. So he blamed his thirst.

  Tarun gave it back to Tanvi and their finger touched for a micro second. But electricity went down their body. They both jerked not so visibly but from inside. And Tarun just resumed his game leaving Tanvi shaken.

  Saru saw this from afar and came running to Tanvi. "Girl!!! What did I see???" She said placing her hands on her knees catching breath. "How funny? Those aren't my eyes." Tanvi said lifting her eyebrows with a sarcastic smile. Saraswati sighed and said, "He drank from your bottle! He kissed you!!! Indirectly." She practically made no sound while uttering indirectly. "Have you lost your mind? Or it fell when you were running to come here?" Tanvi said with shock. "Don't tell me that I will be pregnant the next day." Tanvi said while shaking her head. "Grow up!!" She said passing the bottle to Saru.

      "Ok!! He didn't kiss you. But he drank from your lip-touched bottle." She said with acceptance but still with some excitement. "You drink from it every day so does that mean you kiss me every day." Tanvi said stating the fact. And moved towards their classroom. "No, he's a boy and he hates others'leftovers." Saru said, following Tanvi. "He was Thirsty" Tanvi said moving ahead. " So,you won't accept it. Right? " Saru said stopping in her place. Tanvi looked in her direction once and moved ahead ignoring her rants. "Tanu!!!!!" Saru yelled behind her and ran behind her.

        Tanvi was always a quiet girl for everyone but to Saru she was different. She would joke with her,laugh with her. But she still never cried with her or talked about deeper feelings. She trusted her loved her yet something stopped her. She feels like if she shares about her hurts then she is asking for sympathy. And Tanvi wanted anything but sympathy.

        Saraswati didn't trouble Tanvi anymore about that because she knew Tanvi the best. Even though Tanvi never said many things she would understand it. How Tanvi was an overthinker and she also understood Tanvi's emotions about Tarun. But never confronted her. She always wanted to give her that space and time to talk about her emotions by herself. But never physically. And after her parents Saru was the one who loved her the most and Tanvi also equally loved her. She'd seem immature to the world but in reality she also had lived her share of things she just didn't show it. She'd ignore it. That's why they were best friends.

    Tanvi kept thinking about how Tarun drank from her water bottle when her father came to her room. "Beta, what are you doing?" Manish Shah, Tanvi's father,who loved her a lot. Asked,coming near her. Tanvi was reading on her study table. "Nothing, Papa. Just revising what I read in the class today." Manish smiled and said "Nice, can you give me a minute? We need to talk." A seriousness placed his proud expression. Tanvi also got scared seeing the change. "Yes", she said closing her book and  offering her chair to her father and she herself sat on her bed.

He took a deep breath in and said, "Our company is opening a branch on Dehradun, therefore to manage that I will have to go." Holding Tanvi's hand in his he continued,"I want to go with you and your mom,but you also have your life here, school, friends, your cousins, grandparents, everything."

I only have you,mom,Saru and School. And....Tarun??

Tanvi thought in her mind. "Papa, I will go with you, the school has started just now, and Saru and I will always be best friends."Tanvi said, assuring her father. But was she herself sure? No.

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