Riddhima's POV
Hi. I'm sure you don't know me. I'm Riddhima. Riddhima Sharma. I'm 14 years old and I'm a freshman in high school. Right now, I'm going through my follow requests on Instagram. I don't know why I receive so many random requests. I started declining the follow requests of the people whom I don't know. As I was declining the requests, I suddenly see a familiar name. It is Rrahul Sudhir. He is a very popular senior at my high school whereas I'm one of the quietest girls in my school. Why did Rrahul request to follow me? I decided to accept his request and I also requested to follow him back. After that, I decided to get ready for school or else I would miss my bus. I quickly got ready and got on my bus. As I was walking in the building, I received an Instagram notification. I decided to open it and I saw that Rrahul Sudhir accepted my follow request. I decided to go through his Instagram account during advisory. I quickly went to my locker. I entered my advisory after grabbing my books from my locker. I don't have any friends in my advisory, so I silently went to my seat and sat there. After my teacher took attendance, I decided to look through Rrahul's Instagram account. I started scrolling through his Instagram page and suddenly one of his posts caught my eye. The post was from Prom of 2019. The picture included three young handsome men. I only know two of them (Rrahul Sudhir and Sunny Raichand). Even though I don't know the third one, he is very attractive. Thankfully Rrahul tagged him, so I clicked the tag and it led me to his account. His name is Vansh Raisinghania. I started reading his Instagram bio, I realized that he graduated from my high school last year. And right now, he goes to Harvard. He had six posts, but his account was private. So, in order to view his posts, I would've to request to follow him. I don't know if I should follow him because he doesn't know me. The bell suddenly rang and my thoughts broke. I quickly switched off my phone and went to my next class.
My first four classes of the day went by very slowly, but lunch was finally here. My best friend and I usually eat lunch in the art room. So I quickly bought lunch from the cafeteria and walked into the art room only to see my best friend (Sejal) painting something. I tiptoed to her and hugged her from behind. She smiled and turned around.
Sejal - "Riddhima, where were you. I waited for you in the cafeteria for ten minutes, but you didn't come. So, I decided to come to the art room. By the way, what took you so long."
Riddhima - "Sorry Sejal. I had to ask my history teacher a question. Anyway, I want to tell you about a lot of things."
Sejal - "Ok. Come sit and then we'll talk."
Riddhima - "Sejal, so Rrahul Sudhir requested to follow me today. And..."
I rolled my eyes when Sejal interrupted me and started speaking in an excited tone.
Sejal - "OMG Riddhima, you're so lucky. I've liked Rrahul for so many years now and he requested to follow you. I can't believe it. He doesn't even accept my follow request, then how did he request to follow you?"
Riddhima - "Even I don't know why he requested to follow me. But, that's not important. Right now, I want some advice from you."
Sejal - "Oh ok. What do you need advice on?"
I tell her everything that happened this morning.
Riddhima - "So Sejal tell me, what would you do if you were in my place? Would you request to follow Vansh Raisinghania?"
Sejal - "Umm I don't know. But, I don't think it would be a big deal if you request to follow him since he probably receives several random follow requests every day. And plus you guys also have a lot of mutual followers. There's a huge possibility that he would accept your follow request. He might even request to follow you back."
Riddhima - "Actually, you're right Sejal. I should just request to follow him then. And we're not forcing him to accept my request it's his choice. If he declines my request, then I'll just move on and I won't request to follow him again."
I take my phone out of my bag and open my Instagram account. Taking a deep breath, I request to follow him.
What do you guys think? Will Vansh accept her follow request? What would you guys have done if you were in Riddhima's place? Would you guys have requested to follow Vansh?
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