A story of First Love

y. I screamed and hugged him, ”Thanks, brother. Thank you, thank you so much ”.

”I knew youd love it. ” Aarav said.

”How did you get it? ” I asked him, pulling away.

”He booked it three months before its release ”, The guy said.

”Happy? ” Aarav asked, looking at me.

”More than I can express, ” I grinned.

”Lets not fight anymore because we
e no longer kids. We are growing up so we better act like one, okay? ” Aarav said.

”Yes, ” I agreed with him.

Aarav turned to his friend, ”By the way, he is Vihaan, my best friend and roommate who now lives in the house, next street. We applied to the same college so youll be seeing him here a lot, ” he paused as he pulled me towards him, ”And, meet my lovely sister, Siya. ”

”Nice to meet you, Siya. Honestly, I was so excited to meet you since I heard a lot about you from Aarav ”, he said offering a handshake.

I shook hands with him, ”Nice to meet you too, Vihaan. ”

Aunt called out to Aarav and he walked out of the room. Vihaan and I stared at each other awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

”Should we go as well? ” he asked me.

”Yeah, ” I said. He was about to walk towards the door when I grabbed his shirt sleeve and stopped him. He turned around with a surprised look, ”Do you have anything to say? ”

I shook my head as I asked him to wait. I picked up a towel from the bathroom and wet it. I approached him and began wiping the paint near the elbow, ”Sorry for ruining the shirt. ” I apologized after cleaning up the paint.

”Its ok, thank you for helping, ” he responded.

We went downstairs and got seated for lunch. Aunt, and Nia served us as we enjoyed lunch together. After lunch, Vihaan returned to his home.

Later, that night in bed, I started thinking about Vihaan, recalling todays incident. What was I feeling for him? Is this just an attraction? I fell asleep with all these questions on my mind.