Okay so here goes mine. Its very long but entertaining:
At my tuition centre, there was a huge classroom and a small cabin (for like 4-5 people) where anyone could sit and study in isolation. Generally seniors would sit there because they needed peace and quiet.
But on that one day I was in that room studying some rather tough stoichiometry...with my teacher's permission of course.
Now it was evening time and was raining. I was wrapping up when a guy, my junior in school, came in the room to prepare for a class test. We knew each other and were friends (hi-hello types) so naturally exchanged pleasantries.
My teacher came in the room then and asked me to help him study...there was a larger batch my teacher had to teach so if I could clear the basics for this guy it would make things simpler.
Now I should tell u I was a huge nerd and although I was a sucker for romance, I never understood when it happened to me. So I started teaching and this guy had a smile on his face (which I realised much later was that puppy love smile).
When I was done teaching he started asking me questions: things I like, why am I so serious all the time. And I was honestly answering him, that I am here to study and I can do masti etc outside the classes but not here. We spent about 20-30 minutes chatting and I had no idea he was interested in me.
When I started getting up to go home he was like hey lets go for coffee. I was like no, I don't have my wallet today 🤣 He was like arey come on na, just one coffee and I'll even drop you anywhere you want. I was like no thank you I wanna go home. I should tell you that he isn't a creep at all, he is super sweet.
The funniest thing was he was the school hottie, every girl wanted to be around him in some form but he got rejected by the school nerd 🤣 And I came to know that he really liked me around two years after school got over 😆
I never realised that he was in a room with a girl he liked, it was raining (aka romantic mausam) and the poor guy just wanted to get some coffee with her...I was that dumbass 😆
Flash forward to a few years later, we are still friends. He's in a relationship with the girl he got together with after I said no and I share a great rapport with both of them. He is a really loyal guy tbh...they've been together a really long time.
Occasionally we do come face to face and get excited coz school ki dosti and all.
The filmy part is whenever we share a hug or something there's always this expression on his face and warmth in the hug...like how things would be if I hadn't said no, if ukwim? Like they say, you never forget your first crush, even if you have a partner. And I say first coz he was looking to get serious with me...so I was the first in that sense.
He avoids hanging out with me alone; I understand and respect that. I never liked him in that way but I wouldn't want his relationship to ever get ruined, so its best to maintain distance.
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