Banjax

Keya Madhavan

"More! lean on more Keya! don't be stiff, relax your body. Be comfortable!" Mrs. Bose yells instructing. Comfortable, the only thing I'm incapable of being the whole morning. I still haven't confessed to him which is making me restless. And to add in it he was pretending to not understand a thing and get my signals. He pretends so well that for a moment I thought he was actually ignorant.

"Let's take a break. She seems to be taking too much at once. And no need of pushing themselves so hard, the farewell is being postponed." Mr. Bose announced making me relax.

"No need to slow the routine pace. It has been postponed for only 2 days, that too because of Chief Guest." Mrs. Bose added making me worked up all again.

2 days? It was just a joke because it won't make any difference. We were already lagging with supporting characters in which the most was Yaksh the one who was playing the role of Gaston.

In beginning, yaksh was doing fine but after the fight, he was so reluctant to act with me it was hard practicing with him a single scene the whole day.

Talking about fight, one of the things which made me fall for him. After the fight yaksh was so adamant about quitting the drama, but to find a candidate like him in the middle of practice was hard. Because Gaston's character wise built should be comparative with the beast. And with Adik's tall but not much muscular built Yaksh was the perfect candidate.

In our class, the number of girls was lesser than half compared to the boys' population. And it was a natural effect to feel attracted to the person with whom you repeatedly meet for years irrespective of the person's character. Just the frequency of encounter and familiarity matters, which explains the mere-exposure effect or familiarity principle.

That was the case here. I wasn't the girl with beauty rare of 100 years. If you compare me with the girls of my class you may find me pretty but I was just the average, ordinary looks. Or should I say I never found myself beautiful and I didn't care?

So it was the 6th day of our practice and we were having our lunch break. I knew for a very long time that Yaksh has a crush on me but he never initiated anything, he just would stare at me like a shooting star.

The purifier was in the opposite hallway of the school from the dance hall. While standing alone tapping my feet on the floor, the bottle was filling under the tap nozzle. When I heard the voice

"Hey!" It was yaksh.

"Hello" I greeted him back.

"D-do you like milk chocolates?" He was stuttering. His whole being was fidgeting and conveying nervousness.

"Huh? Ah, Yeah I do."

"Then....this is for you" he pulled out a powder pink box with a satin ribbon adorning it, from behind and presented it in front of me with his both hands, urging me to accept.

I glanced at him then back at the box. Tips of his ears were red. All over one word for him, Cute.

I asked feeling weird accepting gift for no

to gift you" he was speaking like

if I accept

mean why not I like milk chocolates. There

I

me then gave

between when he approached his hand towards my face and pushed a strand of hair behind my

he told without

a moment a dash of wind went away in front

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on the floor with his hand on his cheek and the other side a panting, fuming Adik standing with his fist ready to punch more along with veins popping

dumbfounded, stuck in the movement. While Yaksh got up and threw his share of punches, and that was the start of their bloody fight. They were punching, kicking, rolling

each other. The only

and just

should I cheer on either of

Or both of them?1

not the first time I'm witnessing a fight in school or a fight of Adik. I have tried television channels in which

Adik with his well-developed muscles and not to

was why were they fighting? And in the first place

betting on?" Aira questioned me, who have arrived just now along

them?" Saina asked pointing out

me" replied while unboxing the chocolates.

and Abhi came galloping and got the hold of each arm of Adik who was straddling Yaksh and was busy throwing punches on

it! It's enough! Get away!" Both were

so furious" Aira commented while having her share

What does it have to do with me and chocolate?" I wasn't

that they were fighting for you?" Aira enquired

I supposed to? They didn't inform me

between. It's not the first time Adik is fighting for no reason

didn't understand why I