Witnessing Something Absurd!

We both came before the school board, after running for 10 minutes, which had written "Eternal International High School" in capital letters on it.

Eternal International High School is one of the most prestigious and elite school in India. Every year thousands of students give their admission exams in hope to get admission in this school but only some hundreds of them actually can pass the examination. Even if someone has a lot of money and influence in the country or world, their children can't study in this school if they failed in the admission test and as this is an international school, a lot of international students also come here to study, helping Indian students learning culture of outside India.

"Niha, don't perform any of the moves that you do on me to any other person, got it?" I reminded Niharika just as we entered the school gates, five minutes before they were set to close.

"Bhai, did you take me as a bully who loves to beat any weak person she sees?" Niharika said with a pout.

"Oh, if you're not then why was I summoned in principal's office yesterday? And before that when papa (Father) had to pay the hospital bill of someone because you beat him up, and even before then--" I started stating every case that I remembered of her beating someone up then I or Papa have to come apologize to them and their family as she doesn't even apologize after the scandal caused by the her majesty, Niharika Aarya herself, but got interrupted by her midway through.

"STOP!" Niharika shouted waving her hands in air trying to stop me, "...Okay Okay, I got it. I won't do anything to anyone if I don't have any reason to do so, 'kay?"

"Listen-" I tried to remind her that losing in a game of stone-paper-scissors didn't count as a reason to beat someone up but got interrupted by her again as she cut my words midway through.

"...And Bhai, you too. Don't Chicken out at the last moment confessing, got it? or else You would have to treat me with the biggest pack of Cadbury!" Niharika mocked with her tongue out and started running towards the Grade 11th building.

"You Little Devil!" I cursed her under my breath seeing her mocking her big brother and turned towards the Grade 12th Building, preparing myself for the probably one of the most important events in my life.

I opened the gate of my classroom and immediately got surrounded by my classmates as they greeted me, and I greeted them back.

After replying to everyone's greeting and engaging in small talks, I placed my bag on my desk and went towards second last window seat where a mini crowd of girls was gathered surrounding a single boy, Garv Kumar.

[A/N: Alright everyone, our introvert loner is here!]

Garv Kumar, a boy whose name no one knew until the start of Grade 12. He was a boy who never talked to anyone and had a presence that even his seatmate would forget he was there, but everything changed when suddenly most of the beautiful girls in our class started interacting with him. Even a rumor was spreading throughout the school that he has hypnosis app and can hypnotize anyone, but it was false after his phone got checked by the respective committee.

"Good morning, Garv." I greeted him with a smile.

Garv looked towards me; a frown appeared for a moment on his face then getting back to his usual expression. Seeing him frowning, even if for a second, my mood got bad slightly because 'Hey, what have I done to him?' but I didn't let my smile falter as I waited for him to reply.

"Good morning, Akshit." Garv replied with irritation, clearly indicating not wanting to continue conversation with me.

I noticed his behavior and didn't talk to him further, instead I greeted the other people who were surrounding him.

"Good morning, Tanvi, Priya and Akansha." I greeted the three girls who were chatting with Garv before my arrival.

"Good morning, Akshit." All of them greeted me with a smile.

As I continued to chat with the three of them and occasionally with Garv too, trying to make him comfortable around me but every time, he replied like I was annoying him, so I didn't talk to him after some more failed conversation attempts.

After five minutes or so, the gate opened again and Nishika Malhotra, my childhood friend and the girl that I would confess today, came in.

Nishika had glossy black hair that hung down to her waist and hazel-colored eyes which made her look like a princess as she talked with a kind smile to everyone. She is the Madonna of our school. She is excellent in studies always capturing the first position in exams, she is also incredibly athletic (She was the best female athlete in our school before Niharika got admission) and if anyone who could claim to be more famous than me in our school, then that person would be her.

When Nishika entered the classroom, all of my classmates greeted her like they greeted me but the difference between both of our entry was Garv. Garv who seemed like he didn't want to talk to me, had a subtle but victorious smile on his face as he stared me down when she entered.

After placing her bag on her seat, she came towards our little group. Seeing her coming here, a radiant smile came onto my lips subconsciously as I parted them to greet her.

"Good morning, Nish--" Before I got a chance to finish my greeting, she spoke cutting my words.

"Good morning, Garv. Have you eaten breakfast today?" Nishika greeted Garv with such a brilliant smile that I had never seen on her face and started conversing with him, leaving whole class dumbfounded.

When Nishika greeted Garv with such a smile, I felt like someone had stabbed my heart with a dagger and then twisted it inside, as before the last weekend, I don't think there was anything between the two of them. Yes, they both did talk to each other like good friends, and I never thought that it was a bad thing, after all everyone has their own friend circle, but now the way they are talking to each other, It looked like they are more than just friends. 

'No no no no, Nishika have high standards, someone like Garv could never be her boyfriend.' I dismissed the thought of both of them dating by ridiculing Garv which I knew was wrong, but I couldn't help it at that moment of time.

I opened my mouth again trying to talk with Nishika but got interrupted when Our Class Teacher came in making all the students go back to their seats as the first period started.

Whole day long, Nishika was constantly chatting with Garv about silly things with heart shaped pupils and sometimes a blush comes across her cheek when Garv said something which I couldn't hear clearly as my seat was away from those two. I was so focused on Nishika's change of behavior around Garv that I couldn't pay any attention to what the teachers were saying in the class.

My mind was constantly occupied with the thoughts like 'Are they really dating?', 'Am I already rejected?', 'Why is she ignoring me?' I dismissed all these thoughts by reminding myself constantly that I am better than Garv and he is not worthy enough to stand on the side of someone like Nishika.

After the school was over, I was walking down the corridor with frustrated thoughts and constantly texting Nishika on ChatsApp only to be left on double tick when I heard a noise from the biology lab.

I stopped in my tracks thinking, 'Someone is in biology lab at this time?' I checked my watch to see the time. It was 5:37 PM. I was returning after finishing my cricket practice that captain had organized for our upcoming tournament and it was already past school hours.

I knocked a couple of times and then push opened the door when the noises continue to come but nobody opened the door.

There were two students inside the biology lab, kissing each other on the desk when I noticed their faces.

As I recognized their faces, I felt a pain in my heart like someone had completely squeezed it with bare hands and my phone slipped from my hand, making a loud noise upon touching the floor.

CRACK

Hearing the noise of my phone cracking, they both came back to their senses, breaking their kiss which was still connected by a string of saliva and turned towards me to meet my gaze.

"N-Nishika..." I said the name of the girl whom I planned to confess today but now was seeing her kissing Garv with eyes full of lust and love.