At that time, I disregarded it as something bogus. But I couldn’t help but wonder if there was something to it.
The next csses passed as normal. Tiffin period came—
I was still in a daze and didn’t notice the bell ring. Jack came over. Seeing his chance, he took his chance. But to his dismay, my body has grown much sturdier. Instead of hurting me, I saw him jump up and down in pain.
“Damn bro, have you put on any armor or something. How come it is so hard?”
“Nah, you just got baby hands.”
Said Leo, the css clown.
This friendly banter continued. At one point, Max, one of my very close friends, said
“Look at that girl over there; she looks gorgeous.”
Theo shrugged
“Man, your taste has gone to shit. Like, you are finding her gorgeous?”
I joined in “Yeah, she is 7 at best. Are you seeing well? Maybe check your gsses.”
“Yeah, you should change your gsses.”
This was a normal conversation between us. Max, Robin, Jack, Theo, and I. They are my closest friends. Some of you may ask, “Eiren, you only have four close friends?” But the answer is simple.
I used to be a huge introvert in middle school. Only Jack and Robin were with me. We were the typical middle benchers. We were neither the best of students, the golden stars, nor the worst kind, the school bullies. We were just average in every way possible.
Then we got to high school. I thought of changing myself. I started to meet more people. The main reason was to grow out of my inner awkwardness that seeped out whenever talking to new people. That’s how I met Max and Theo. They became my best of friends along with Jack and Robin.
While joking and ughing, something surprising happened.
Sara, the outgoing girl of our css, comes up to me. She was wearing a white sweater a full bck pants, and a blue scarf complementing her extremely pale skin. With blue eyes and blonde hair, she was one of the most beautiful girls in our school. With an oval face, the friendly and kind goddess of our school.
“Hey Eiren, I am struggling with my physics tely. You got a full mark st time. Can you help me out? Please…”
I was shocked stiff, my mind racing. But before I could think of anything, “Erm…Sure” escaped my mouth.
“Thanks… Give me your phone… Here is my number, just text me when you are free…” She spoke with enthusiasm and some kind of excitement hidden within.
I was still shocked by this whole incident. At that moment, Max goes, “Man? Did Sara just give you her number? What dumb luck.”
Leo goes, “It should have been me, not him.”
“That meme is outdated. You aren’t funny anymore.”
“Oh, come on, man…”
“Now that I think about it, he seems to have gotten taller and more muscur…” – Theo
“You have been crushing in basketball recently and are now more muscur. Are you on something?”–Jack
“Yeah. Must be the SkySpurt. Two pills and I outgrew my bed.”
{everyone ughing}
The tiffin break ended, and the teacher came, and everybody got back to their seat. I was honestly surprised by the fact that no one asked about my absent-mindedness. ‘Though I was not very distant st week, but still, I wasn’t mentally present.’
Another three tedious csses ter, we were released for that day. Again, to be imprisoned tomorrow.
I went to Max’s desk. Pnning to walk home together. As our home was the same way. But they had other pns.
“Hey dude, come with us. We are pnning to go for lunch together.”
Having nothing better to do, I agreed. We went to a pretty popur restaurant. It was famous for its food and retively low price. There were I, Jack, and Max. We ordered and were waiting.
Weirdly, that day I was the focus of attention. “What the fuck man. Why are you guys staring at me like that? You changed your preference or something.”
They all took their eyes away like being caught looking at a pretty girl. That was even more concerning. Jack, being the quick-witted guy he is—
“Man. What is going on between you and Sara? Huh? Were all your talks about being single until becoming established all fake?”
“Didn’t you see, I was as stunned as you guys. Even I didn’t know what she was up to.”
