EP 06 - Riddhi’s School Crush from Day One
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Episode 6, Hrithi's School Crush from Day 1 I was transferred from a Catholic convent school to a Hindu religious school. I was extremely unhappy about it because I had to leave all my friends from the previous school. So we started from the first day in the new school. As I was in the second standard, I was crying the entire day because I missed my friends, my mama and everybody else.

Cut to the second day of school and on that day my class teacher made me sit beside a boy. Yes, here comes the boy. He was a cute, shy, yet confident, studious from day one and the sweetest one till date. I sat beside him crying the entire time throughout the assembly and he didn't say a word, just kept looking at me. This was a very evident and the first memory that I had of the two of us from my initial days in school.

And obviously being in the second grade, I had no idea what that was. Was it a proper crush? Was it an attraction? I don't know.

I was always attracted towards him. He was the most studious kid yet so good at sports and singing and so many other things also. I might sound like a kid right now. That's because back then I was a kid and all these small little things made me attract more towards him. I was also really good at sports when I was in school.

And that was something that we both had in common. And I was never good at studies and that is why I always adored him because he was. When we used to recess, he used to run down with all the boys to play cricket and I used to stand there and watch.

I always used to cheer for him. I used to be so proud of him when he would just give a six. And as soon as our recess bill would go off, I used to run towards him and tell him, "Yaar, kya khela? Usse baat pe ek race ho jaye?"

We always sprinted after the recess and then ran towards the classes for the next lectures. When we had our PT period, I would be the happiest person because I knew this was my time to shine. I would be so happy because after so many boring lectures, we finally had one hour.

But the most fun thing about P.T. Perrier was jab bhi hume koi games khelne bola jata tha, he used to be the captain. Be it football, handball, langri, saare games mein bhi bahi captain banta tha. And I was always very happy because he used to pick me first because I was the strongest player from the girls.

Even though he used to make me the goalkeeper in football, I used to take pride in being his teammate. I used to get angry when ma'am used to ask us to make a girls vs boys team.

Because then I had to play against him. I made it a point that whenever I'm playing against him, he never wins. But when I was so attracted to him, I understood a long time ago that he never saw me like that. Cut to when we were in 9th grade, he started dating one of my classmates.

And me being an extra shy and introverted person, never told about all of this to any of my friends. None of them knew about my crush on him. Oh,

Oh yes, by this time, it was an actual crush. So yeah, back to his girlfriend. She was a sweetheart. Gori chutti ladki. The perfect mix of possessive and pyari. I know, I know. Woh tabhi sir itni possessive thi. But I was so mad because he didn't choose me. I stopped talking to him. I stopped copying from him in exams. Maini to ego pe leli thi hai baat. But then I got over it. They were still together till the 10th grade.

I thought why hold any grudges when he doesn't even know about my crush. I thought jab hum school se nikal jayenge, my crush would just fade away. But it was still there, just in my head all the times. I used to fantasize about the two of us when I saw a romantic movie.

But still, even after a year had passed, I did not tell him. After we both passed our HSC 12th exams, I got to know that he took an admission in a college that was very nearby to my house. I reached out to him and asked him if he wanted to catch up. He was up for it. We met in a cafe with an open seating area with a roof on top and small drops of rain falling on us. I hated rain so

I still do. But in that moment, the rains just made me feel good. After that, we met multiple times.

Then came my birthday. I invited him for a small lunch party to my favorite restaurants back then. My parents had given me just 2000 rupees to give a party for almost 8-10 people. And me being a complete fool, spent around 800 rupees just for the two of us. I don't even remember how I managed to give a party to the rest of my friends.

But then finally, almost after 10 years of having a crush on him, I gathered all my courage and decided to tell him about my crush. I was obviously not that confident ki main uske muh pe jaake bata ho. So I texted him. I wrote a long paragraph on how I was so attracted to him throughout these years. But he just texted back saying, I acknowledge your feelings and I always have your back. But I do not feel the same for you.

And I replied saying, I know, I understand. But we are still good friends and we still have a very good time whenever my classmates meet up. And I am very happy that he never made this situation awkward for me. So this was my incomplete story. Hope you all had a good time. Bye. So friends, how did you like today's episode?

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