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Well I am late again. Huhhhh!!!
Triggered insaan k yaad aa rha.. I was among the one jo late op spam krti thi aur is baar hum khud hi late hai.
Yayyayayayayyayayayyyyyy!!!!
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Amidst the hustle-bustle around the school campus, students crowded around the campus filling it with laughter and excitement. Some were talking with their friends leaning on the corridors like birds on a wire while some were in the classroom preparing themselves for their classes. 
Aditya came inside his class whistling a tune, his bag hanging around his right shoulder, his mind filled with thoughts about his new found emotions for his best friend. He was nervous yet excited to experience this new feeling.
He saw Yuvika with his friends gathered in the back of the class talking among each other. He quickly kept his bag on his seat and made a bee-line towards them.
He caught a glimpse of Yuvika giggling at Yash's words, and his heart warmed at the sight of her radiant smile.
"Diti?" Aashmi called him when she saw him coming towards them.
"Good morning." He wished everyone, grinning at them.
"Tu aaj naha k aaya hai kya?" Yash asked playfully, while everyone looked at him in confusion.
"What?" He asked, with a frown.
"Tu glow kr rha hai na isliye." Yash grinned, his smirk not leaving his face while others started laughing listening to him.
"Well that's true, your smile is just not  leaving your face." Aashmi pointed out, agreeing with Yash. 
Aditya blushed, a shy smile tugging at his lips listening to them. He glanced at Yuvika to find her already looking at him. She raised her eyebrows asking him what happened while he just shook his head. He looked away, not wanting himself to get caught by others while he was looking at his best friend and blushing.
"Aashu.."  He exclaimed, unable to contain his excitement, he embraced her in a tight hug, swinging her side to side in a playful gesture.
"Why are you shouting? Aur chor mujhe, sab dekh rhe hai!" Aashmi protested, trying to remove herself from the embrace.
"I am so so so happy today, no I mean yesterday, no since yesterday.....yay whatever. Tu smgh gyi na!!!" He spoke, his excitement barely contained as he took her in a headlock.
"What?" Aashmi asked with a frown, not able to understand a word.
"She is not a teddy bear, stop manhandling her." Ishaan chipped in, as he saw Aditya swinging her like a teddy bear.
"Hawww!!! You guys are so bad. I am not manhandling her. Am I?" He whined, releasing her from the embrace and looking at her with a questioning look.
Aashmi glared at him, and he gulped the saliva, before looking ahead and declaring, 
"She is my best friend, tumlog chup kro." He affirmed, draping an arm casually around her shoulders, giving an explanation to everyone present there while she wriggled out of Aditya's hold, giving him a sharp glare.
Yash chimed in. "Even Yuvika is your best friend." His eyes softened at the mention of her name, a shy smile tugging at his lips as he cleared his throat, not wanting any attention.
"Yuv..yuv kaha hai?" He asked, stumbling upon his words, he tried to deviate the topic.
"Basketball court. Wo chor...tu ye bta ki itna khush kyu hai? What's the matter?" Yash inquired, Aditya shifted uncomfortably as Yash's scrutinizing gaze bore into him.