Chapter 2 — The Boy She Never Really Noticed

By the middle of Class 9, everything around Laiba felt confusing.

Not in some dramatic movie way.

Just the normal kind of confusion teenagers carry quietly inside themselves — feelings changing, friendships shifting, overthinking tiny things at night, pretending not to care when they actually cared too much. 🌙

School still looked the same from outside.

The same classrooms.

The same teachers.

The same morning assemblies everyone secretly hated.

But somehow, people were changing little by little.

And without realizing it, Laiba was changing too.

Her feelings for AG had started returning again.

Not fully.

Not the intense childish crush from Class 7.

This time it felt softer, more thoughtful, almost like she was trying to convince herself that maybe those feelings still mattered. 🌷

Her friends knew about it, of course.

Friends always know.

They teased her whenever AG passed nearby, and Laiba always reacted the same way — pretending to be annoyed while secretly smiling afterward.

But somewhere between all of this…

there was Amaan. 🌙

Not close enough to matter.

Not distant enough to disappear.

Just… there.

And honestly? Most of their interactions were still arguments. 😂

Sometimes he irritated her intentionally.

Sometimes she snapped back at him without thinking.

Sometimes they fought over such stupid things that even they forgot the reason five minutes later.

Yet somehow, Amaan had become part of her daily school life without either of them noticing.

One afternoon during class, while everyone was talking loudly and barely paying attention to the lesson, Laiba casually brought up the rumor about him liking another girl.

She didn’t ask because she was jealous.

At least, that’s what she told herself.

It was simple curiosity.

Or maybe fate just needed an excuse to start their story.

👩🏻 Laiba:

“So… is it true?” 😭

🖤 Amaan:

“What?”

👩🏻 Laiba:

“That you like her.”

He looked slightly surprised before laughing awkwardly.

And somehow, that small conversation stayed in her mind longer than expected.

Not because it was romantic.

It wasn’t.

But because it felt strangely easy talking to him.

Which was funny, considering they spent most of their time arguing. 😂

Days passed normally after that.

Classes continued.

Exams came and went.

And life kept moving.

Then one random day, during an ordinary conversation, something unexpected slipped out of Laiba’s mouth before she could stop herself.

👩🏻 Laiba:

“I like you.” 😅

The second those words escaped, her own brain froze.

She hadn’t even planned to say it.

Maybe it was impulsive.

Maybe she was confused.

Maybe emotions at that age simply overflow sometimes.

But whatever the reason was, the atmosphere changed instantly.

Amaan stared at her for a moment, clearly shocked.

And suddenly, everything felt awkward. 😭

Because at that time, he already liked someone else.

And both of them knew it.

After that moment, they barely talked properly anymore.

Laiba immediately tried to emotionally pull herself away from the situation. She convinced herself it didn’t matter anyway.

So she returned to focusing on AG again.

Or at least, she tried to.

But what she didn’t know was that her accidental confession had quietly stayed inside Amaan’s mind. 💭

At first, he ignored it.

Or tried to.

But slowly, without understanding why, he started noticing her more.

The girl who argued with him.

The girl who accidentally confessed.

The girl who somehow stayed memorable.

And maybe that was the beginning of everything.

Not love yet.

Not even understanding.

Just a feeling quietly growing somewhere neither of them could see clearly yet. 🤍

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