this girl i met
holds an unending strings of words
her laughter gives the feather
to all my flightless birds
this boy i met
makes me ignore my glum days
he has sorcerey presence
like horses running on the waves
this girl I'm learning
is way so much more
a magnifying glass in her brain
but I'm afraid to be explored
this boy I'm learning
is scared of things unknown
cause when it has come to love
his heart has only ever been thrown
this girl is not mine to have
I'm screaming at my heart
but it has only defied me
from the very start
this boy is an ocean
sadly, oblivious of his depth
cause when i sneaked into his eyes
empathy was all he kept
we must keep our distance
but she's forcing new stars that were never there
she is disrupting all the constellations
just so we can exist together here
I've tumbled down his walls
but he is still afraid to let me in
yet i cant give up now
i cant let his fears win
she ran past his forbidden gates
he too pushed open his castle doors
two pairs of eyes drowning together
finally understand
their fates were already entwined before
"Our English teacher is absent today," Aadarsh said as we made our way back to the classroom. "We'll probably get a substitute."
"Hey," he said suddenly, turning to me with a mischievous glint in his eye. "Why don't we go to the library? Since we'll just have to sit quietly in our classroom now, why don't we go there instead?"
"Are you for real?" I asked skeptically, but he was already marching back into the classroom to grab his bag.
He unzipped it and pulled out a random book, thrusting it into my hands. "What if someone asks what we're doing in the library?" I asked nervously as I followed him down the hallway.
"No one will," he said confidently, his eyes crinkling with amusement. "Me and Shivam have ditched our class twice before you came."
The library was a long room with tables lining each side and a large bookshelf occupying the wall opposite the entrance. It was deserted, not a soul in sight.
Aadarsh took a seat at one of the tables and I hesitantly sat down beside him. "Honestly, I'm really scared," I admitted. "What if someone comes in?"
"Just pretend you're studying or helping me with my doubts," he said nonchalantly as he rummaged through his bag. He pulled out a pen and offered it to me. "Here, take this."
"But I'm sure no one will come in here," Aadarsh said reassuringly. I nodded, deciding to trust him.