On a cold evening, it seemed like its going to snow. Aarush walked out of school with his best friend Ayush. Ayush was talking nonstop about the girl he liked, while Aarush was thinking about his own feelings for Ayush.
"Dude, I'm telling you, Riya is perfect," Ayush said, his eyes shining with excitement. "I am going ask her out tomorrow."
Aarush forced a smile, trying to focus on his friend's words. "yeah, good luck, man."
Lost in thought, Aarush walked without noticing a boy running towards him. They collided and both fell down.
"Oh no, sorry!" the boy exclaimed, his white hair covering his eyes. "Are you okay?"
Aarush rubbed his elbow. "Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry about that.
The boy picked up his papers, offered Aarush a hand to get up, and said, "No worries, it was my fault. Sorry again."
Aarush stood up, and continued walking with Ayush. "What happened back there? Are you okay?" Ayush asked, he is worried about Aarush getting hurt.
"Just bumped into someone. Don't worry I'm fine." Aarush replied, shrugging it off, and smile.
However, Aarush didn't notice that the same boy stopped running, turned back, smile at him while looking at Aarush, and then run off again. The boy's smile lingered for a moment, before he disappeared into the crowd.
Some days later, Aarush walking in school, he walked into the class and sat down behind Ayush. Ayush was chatting with his other friend about his crush, Riya, and Aarush felt a pang of his jealousy. He want Ayush to notice him too, just like Ayush notice Riya. Aarush sat alone, lost in thought.
The history teacher, Mr. Sharma, walked in and announced. "Class, we have a new student joining us today. Kaito, please introduce yourself."
Aarush didn't bother looking up, too caught up in his doodling.
The new student stood up and said. "hello everyone, I'm kaito. Nice to meet you all." kaito have different accent to speak.
Mr. Sharma smiled. "Welcome, Kaito. Why don't you sit next to Aarush? He's sitting alone."
Aarush look up, and his widened as he recognized kaito - the same white hair boy he had bumped into few days ago. Now Aarush see him properly he have white hair, and glasses on, White skin, and he don't look Indian.