𝗘𝘀𝗵𝘃𝗶𝗸𝗮'𝘀 𝗣𝗢𝗩

"Day 2 of school" I chirped before sitting behind mom. I am very excited for today. Today basically our whole day is going in deciding and planning for the investiture ceremony which is after 2 days. It's so close and the remaining days will be invested heavily on this.

After my mom left me at school and I entered, I met amyshka at the entrance as she told me that she'll meet me around here everyday as her van drops her early.

I greeted her and we both entered the school building, putting our bags in our classes. Today she's going to give me a tour of school. Yesterday I already had it but it was not as detailed as I wanted to see, I just got to know the direction tomorrow nothing more.

She showed me labs, music and dance rooms, sports rooms and washrooms. The infrastructure was impressive, and reminded me of my old school. Old to old.

"We're going to be captains after 2 days" Amyshka said, excitement present in her face. "I don't know if I would become or not, honestly I don't care" I said. It was true too, the teachers don't know me then how will they decide to choose a person who just came 1 day before.

"No yaar, you'll be a captain" Amyshka continued, "yesterday the sir was praising you and it was evident that you'll be someone-" She paused in the middle and looked at me, in seconds her expression changed. "Waise kal se yaad aaya, you're very brave to fight a school captain" She said.

And I remembered the last evening.

The smirk, the taunt and the look. He was everything I had looked in a punching bag. If there's something that happened bad with me yesterday was him. The so-called School captain.

Ignoring that all I somehow managed to distract amyshka from the topic and we walked for a few more minutes. After that we had an assembly and then we moved to class .

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It was the third period and no one came to class till now, "Bhai bhook lag rahi hai, lunch nikaal" Arvith said, today he was sitting on the sidebench with us. Me and amyshka were in 3 rd row, 2nd bench and behind us were Shresht and Pradyumna.

Shresht opened his lunch box and passed to him, Arvith began eating and everything for 2 minutes became boring. Summer was coming or maybe it had already arrived and the moisture was already killing us.

"Bhai kya mast khana hai" Arvith said, devouring. "Hoga hi, my sister made," Shresht replied. "Fir to tujhe bhi aata hoga" Amyshka questioned, "I know better than her" He replied. "Bauna fir bhi bauna hota hai chahe vo parvat pe hi kyu na khada ho" Pradyumna said, indirectly trying to point towards Shresht and there's no way it was indirect.

Anyway, he had lunch and we talked for the whole period as it was free and no one came to class so everyone was having fun.

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𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵's 𝗣𝗢𝗩

After lunch we were currently sitting and deciding who would be suitable for vice positions. It's teachers who decide the final members but seniors' votes and suggestions matters.

"I think we should vote for them based on their work, not how much we know them," Kashvi said. Kashvi was our classmate from 4th to 10th then we got separated and she opted for commerce with maths. A deadly combo. She's so sweet and so intelligent that sometimes I just go to her when I've fought with my friends.

We're the same but with different fonts, that's what she says. And I love her. Never told her and I don't think my confidence will increase to that level but I'm 100% sure that she doesn't like guys like me that's why she talks less to me and more to every other.

"Kya taad raha hai use" Vedant whispered against my ear, pointing towards her with eyes. They both don't know that I like her and I don't want to tell them. Otherwise they'll just tease me all day and try to tell her too.

I shook my head in a negative way. "I am not staring, you are and that's why you think I do" I replied. Vedant opened his mouth to say something but closed right away.

On the other hand, Kriyansh was just sitting with basketball teammates talking about the coming match after 2-3 months approx. It's state level and we have to win it against all odds.

"Siddhart!" A soft añd sweet voice came, and I identified it in more than less minutes. Kashvi. "Boliye" I replied, a little crimson covering her cheeks.

Haye.

"Woh actually I am saying that we should request teachers to take their interview, otherwise there will be bias between seniors and juniors" She said, but her eyes were more interesting than what she was saying. Brown, dreamy and innocent.

"Siddhaarth" She took my name again and I came out of my dreams.

Din mai sapne dekhne laga hu.

"Yeah yeah, you're correct. At least favouritism won't happen" I replied to her.

Then we talk for a few more times, and God I can actually hear her voice anytime and everytime. Feels like personal therapy to me.

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𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿'𝘀 𝗣𝗢𝗩

Over time Kashvi approached the vice principal and explained the situation, they agreed upon this idea and decided to take everyone's interview.

The 11th students were standing in line in the arena, whispering, talking and sharing their dukh dard pida.

"Upsc dene ja rahe hai kya jo hamse interview lenge" Arvith said, nodding in his statement. "Nahi bhai naukar Selection interview, kyuki because we'll be managing more than half of the management," Pradyumna replied.

Eshvika and Anyshka were just listening , maybe the idea of an interview ate them up. Shresht was confident that he'll get AIR 1 .

They were standing one by one in a line and obviously I was not silent. Talks filled the whole corridor. The vice principal, sports sir and HOD were taking the interview.

"Oye" Arvith called a guy who just came out of finishing the interview. The guy looked at him and went towards him, "han" He replied. "Kya puch rahe ye log?" Arvith asked.

The guy explained everything like responsibility, steps and measures they'll take. Pradyumna nodded in agreement and Amyshka and Eshvika listened carefully. The environment was tense which was obvious because even if you make jokes or take teachers lightly, still you'll be scared to talk to them!

The guy went to his class and one by one everyone's chance was coming. Earlier it used to happen like seniors suggesting the students to teachers but this time it changed because last time everything went wrong in order to fill the student council.

They were just standing and waiting, then Kriyansh and his friends came from behind and teasingly, Kriyansh passed a statement to Eshvika, "Funny how the ones who can't manage themselves are standing here to manage the school" He stated.

Everyone looked behind and Eshvika just rolled her eyes ignoring him, Shresht too ignored him meanwhile Arvith and Pradyumna got engaged with Vedant the very moment they arrived.

Seeing no reaction from her, kriyansh decided to ragebait her , god knows why he wanted to tease her. "Piddi" He muttered under his breath and Eshvika lost her calm. She can hear anything about her but anything about her height is not tolerated by her.

She looked behind, "Don't describe your brain here, no one is interested" She said, directly to him. He tried not to meet her gaze.

Amyshka just chuckled hearing her, but ignoring this all kriyansh moved further but then he realized that his friends were missing , "tumlog aa rahe ho ya main jaau" He said to them, Siddharth and Vedant who were busy talking. They bid a goodbye to them and went in his direction.

The interview went well and everyone went back to their classes. It was the 7th period and everything was okay now. The 12th students were busy with teachers due to which class 11th had so many arrangements.

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𝗘𝘀𝗵𝘃𝗶𝗸𝗮'𝘀 𝗣𝗢𝗩

The 8th period came and it was AI where our mam was teaching us some basics. "Today sucks but at least not AI" Amyshka said, true, we're almost stressed about results. I tried to convince myself not to think about it but no, my mind doesn't listen to me.

"I am han bhai, I feel so light here" Pradyumna said. Shresht agreed. "Beta I'm going out for a meeting, the monitors will mind the class" The AI teacher said and left after some time. She was a yellow house master by the way.

After a few minutes the class turned into a vegetable market. "Kitna shor karte hai", I muttered.

"Chalo yaar let's play something, I'm bored" Shresht said, the first time maybe I saw him interested in something other than numerical physics.

"Let's play 16 chits" Amyshka said, "I remembered the days we used to play these games and I've not played this for a long time. Everyone agreed to amyshka and we made 30 chits, 4 each .

After round one and two, Pradyumna was winning so much that Arvith had to exchange his place with him. And pradyumna was denying that there's a bomb fitted at arvith's seat which is kinda strange.

We continued playing until Arvith yelled at the door to someone, "Are bhaiya duster mat le jao" . I looked over and God, the same boy repeatedly. I don't know his name but he has been messing around me so much.

Someday I will kill him if it repeats.

"Go na eshvika, take out the duster back, they forgot to return us and next day we hear the teacher's scoldings" Arvith pleaded to me, I was sitting on the side of a bench which was close to the classroom door.

"Nahi yar, I don't want to get involved with him again" I denied to him. "I know par vo kha thodi jayega" He said and shresht and amyshka chuckled.

"Kha bhi sakta hai, no one knows" Pradyumna stated, making them burst into laughter. "You guys too started bullying me" I pouted. Their dark humor is way beyond mine, and I hate it. How someone can be better than me in humor.

After constant pleading I finally got up and decided to get it back. We waited a few minutes but he didn't return back, so obviously I had to go.

The corridor was a little noisy because seniors were working and roaming around. I walked a few steps then I realized that I don't know his class or section.

Dumb eshvika.

I was turning to make my way back to the class when a familiar voice came and I was pretty sure it's that same senior. Ullu.

I searched him around and there he was, under a classroom, chilling with his friends. The way my blood boiled.

I went to the class and knocked on the door, at least I have manners . Him and his friends looked at me and oh god the way he changed his face around me, is seriously very Punchable.

"Duster" I said, without wasting any time. He ignored me. Seriously? . Are you ignoring me!

I cleared my throat and again tried, "Give me the duster-"

"IIf you have hands then take it yourself" He stated, without looking at me. Cutting me off before I can even complete.

This guy.

"You came to take yourself so now give me in the same way" I said, you may think I'm doing very much but isn't it called self respect?

"But you came in class to take it, ab aa hi gayi ho to le hi jao" He said, this guy. I am so done with him and I don't even have energy to fight against this ullu. Even the name matches with him, bloody owl.

He sat there smiling evil like he just won a match, who will tell him that he did the most neech harkat and thinking it as superior.

Anyway I went back to my class and we were back to play our game which was paused in the middle.

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𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘆𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗵'𝘀 𝗣𝗢𝗩

"Kyu pareshan karta hai bechari bachchi ko?" Arvith said.

Ise badi daya aa rahi hai.

"I don't, don't you see how she starts first" I replied, shrugging my shoulders off. "But still bhai, aurat devi hoti hai unse panga nahi mitra" Arvith said. I opened my mouth to say then closed. How can I even defend myself?

Huh.

"Jai aurat" Siddharth hollered, and Vedant looked at him like a proud dad. Inhe din mai bhi nashe hote hai.

After some time the bell rang and we trailed off to the main assembly ground because the teacher said to meet once there for some investiture ceremony work. We picked our bags and left on the way there.

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"Kriyansh school captain pakka" my classmate said to me , I smiled in response. I don't want to be a school captain, I don't, I'll be doing that. There are so many kids better than me in managing school.

"Bhai agar ye bana to sara school aatankwadi ban jayega" Vedant said from behind. He stands behind me in line because he's just 0.87 cm taller than me.

Funny right?

The same I felt when the pt teacher bought tape to measure our heights that day when we both were fighting to stand at the last. No it wasn't normal fighting, we almost fell over Sidharth and he got hurt that day.

Bechara.

"You should be responsible, the last batch was such good kids but now I'm scared because I don't know how you will manage guys. Last time you broke the fans-"

"Mam section C" A child shouted from behind, cutting her off.

The teacher gave him a death glare and Sidharth muttered, "manners nahi hai kya ise". "Potty ke saath flush kardiya shayad" Vedant stated and i almost chuckled.

Ye log serious hone ke time pe hi bakwas kyu karte hai.

"Bhai set filter in your mouth" Sidharth passed on to Vedant. Han bhai kar set. "Excretion is a natural activity bro" Vedant defended himself.

"That's why our youth is spoiled because people like you are still hesitant to talk about our body," Vedant added.

"Acha" Sidharth dryly replied. They both are again going to start, because there's no day which can be passed without this two's fight.

"Thik se bol" Vedant glared at him, "he isn't your girlfriend" I said in between. "Hai ye meri girlfriend, biwi bhi. He's my chamiya" Vedant said and a big feminine chuckle came and again a kind of pink feeling covered me.

I looked behind and it was the girl. 11th A. It was too late until I realized how loud Vedant was and how many people heard that.

Izzat lutwa ke rahega.

"How many times have I said that you shouldn't say these things in public?" I whispered to him. "Kyu, it's normal to love a guy-"

"CChup" I yelled before he can continue. "Loudspeaker kahi ke, bola na dheere bol".

Everyone around us looked in our direction and started laughing. Lut gayi izzat. I looked at Sidharth who was hiding his face, head down like he wants to marry the ground.

I immediately looked around and there she was, his actual owner. Kashvi. Sidharth has had a crush on her for so long and I pushed him always to confess to her but he always brushed it off saying that she has studies and all.

I agree, chalo mera ek dost to theek hai. Dusre ko to mental hospital ya kisi mahila ke belt ki zaroorat hai. Bohot bigad gaya hai.

After standing for so long and listening to our teacher they finally got some empathy for us and made us sit. Thank god otherwise my legs would've divorced me.

I was getting bored, Sidharth was carefully listening to the teacher and Vedant was talking to Arvith and Shresht . I am bored so I joined Vedant .

"You guys make kids your friends" I said looking at her, I don't know her name but it's fun to ragebait.

Her gaze immediately glared at me like she would eat me up.

Bauni.

Pradyumna instantly understood and replied, "they're fun to hang out with". " Don't they cry?"

"Some kids don't," he answered. "And fight?"

"Not with me, I'm good babysitter-"

"SShut up" She hissed, face red like gas cylinder. Shresht didn't take any time to move away and Arvith burst into laughter.

"We're not talking about you" I said, "yeah we're just talking about kids" Pradyumna supported me.

"Sab dikh raha hai"

"Dikhega hi, you're not blind" I said, adding salt in the bruise.

"Beta main-" SShe was about to say something then from her back her friend amyshka cupped her face towards her.

"Don't talk to them, they're just immature kids" She said, staring at me.

Sab mujhse ladte hai, kahi mai mahan to nahi.

"Oh hello, immature kids who?" Vedant asked her, his tone mocking.

"You" she replied.

"Or tum. Jangli billi"

"Aee"

"Chup"

"Aesa mara na-"

"Height dekhi hai?"

"Height pe mat jana-"

"Main to jaunga"

"Stop it girls, don't waste your time on these red flags" Arvith stopped them in the middle.

"Kya laal jhanda, don't you see I'm human"

"We're tiranga jhanda not laal" I supported him.

"Gawar" She commented on us.

Now people don't even respect Tiranga and support Laal. How cruel.

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