“Just Friends… Right?”
🌅 Monday Morning – 7:45 AM
Group Chat: “Six Idiots 💥💬
Kavya Yadav ( Fl 1 )
Wake up, losers!! College starts in 30 mins
Tanya Sharma ( Fl 2 )
I’m up... but my soul is still sleeping
Siya kapoor ( FL 3 )
Already in the library. Some of us are responsible adults
Reyansh Mehta ( ML 2 )
Just saw a dog chasing its tail for 5 mins. That’s how my Monday’s going.
Ishaan Roy ( ML 3 )
How’s the dog?
Reyansh Mehta ( ML 2 )
Emotionally stable. Unlike me.
Aarav Malhotra ( Ml 1 )
…Good morning.
Kavya Yadav ( Fl 1 )
( Kavya smiles seeing Aarav’s message — just one emoji, but her heart always notices his presence first.)
Kavya Yadav ( Fl 1 )
Aarav Malhotra, did you sleep or just go into energy-saving mode?
Aarav Malhotra ( Ml 1 )
Didn’t sleep. Thinking about today’s presentation.
Tanya Sharma ( Fl 2 )
LOL you and your stress-marathon 🤦♀️
Reyansh Mehta ( ML 2 )
Bro, blink twice if Kavya forced you to be this serious 😏
Aarav Malhotra ( Ml 1 )
Once for yes, twice for also yes.
Kavya Yadav ( Fl 1 )
Shut up, all of you. Let’s meet in the canteen at 9:30?
📍Canteen – 9:35 AM
Kavya walks in, wearing a lemon-yellow kurti. She’s scanning the table — but her eyes stop at Aarav first. Always him.
Kavya didn’t remember when it started — noticing his hands while he types, the way his eyebrows twitch when he’s thinking, or how he always remembers she likes her coffee extra sweet.
He’s just her best friend.
But something in her chest tightens every time he smiles at someone else.
Tanya Sharma ( Fl 2 )
(muttering): You’re staring again.
Kavya Yadav ( Fl 1 )
Shut up. I’m not.
Tanya Sharma ( Fl 2 )
You so are.
Kavya Yadav ( Fl 1 )
Okay... maybe just a little.
Meanwhile, Reyansh scrolls on his phone and smiles at a text.
Siya kapoor ( FL 3 )
(quietly): Who’s that?
Reyansh Mehta ( ML 2 )
Just... someone from the theatre club.
Siya kapoor ( FL 3 )
(noticing Tanya’s silence): Hmm.
📱 Private Chat: Tanya ↔ Sia
Tanya Sharma ( Fl 2 )
Did you see him? The way he smiled at his phone?
Siya kapoor ( FL 3 )
i did Tanya
Tanya Sharma ( Fl 2 )
I feel like a background character in my own story.
Siya kapoor ( FL 3 )
You’re not. You’re just... quiet in a world full of noise.
Tanya Sharma ( Fl 2 )
I’ve loved him for years. And he still thinks I’m just “funny Tanya”.
Siya kapoor ( FL 3 )
He’ll see. Someday, he will.
⏰ Later that Day – 4:15 PM – Rooftop
Aarav sits alone, sketching on his notepad. Kavya walks in.
Kavya Yadav ( Fl 1 )
Can I sit?
Aarav Malhotra ( Ml 1 )
(without looking up): Always.
They sit in silence. The kind that isn’t uncomfortable. The kind that says — “I don’t need to speak to feel close.”
Kavya Yadav ( Fl 1 )
You remember next week’s fest?
Aarav Malhotra ( Ml 1 )
Yeah, the one you’ll drag me to even if I say no?
Kavya Yadav ( Fl 1 )
That one.
She smiles. He smiles. But something is missing in his eyes — or maybe... she’s seeing too much.
Kavya Yadav ( Fl 1 )
(softly): Aarav, do you ever think about... us?
Aarav Malhotra ( Ml 1 )
What do you mean?
Kavya Yadav ( Fl 1 )
Like... what if we weren’t just friends?
He pauses. Not shocked. Not smiling. Just... blank.
Aarav Malhotra ( Ml 1 )
Kavya... we’ve always been friends. That’s what we are.
Kavya Yadav ( Fl 1 )
(trying to hold back tears): Right. Just friends.
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