🎐 ━━━ continued ━━━ 🎐 @busy-bii : @blurbsblurbing !
with the last exam done, the students were finally at ease, making plans for their 2-week long holidays already. dull white clouds covered the blue sky, giving it a sort of nostalgic, romantic mood. it brought some down while it put some others in a good, cheerful mood.
ajay came under the latter category.
parting with his friends, he went to find the junior by the first year classrooms, who he found to be leaning against the wall, speaking to dinesh.
“ aise kaise aana hua? ” called ajay as he jogged over, taking the space next to karan as if his rightful position.
“ speak of the devil and here he arrives— ” teased the tattooed male, “ or is it an angel? ”
“ you're buttering me up already, surely you must have said something about me? ” guessed the tall male, wrapping an arm around karan leisurely and bumping his head against his lightly — an affectionate gesture. “ hey, champ. ”
“ achhe logon ka zamana hi nehi raha! compliment diye toh bhi misunderstanding, rathod bhai! ” huffed dinesh, “ i was just asking if your boy wanted to go on a road trip with a bunch of our friends since the semester exams wrapped up. . . and if he'd be so kind to bring you along. because wherever he goes, you're with his shadow like some knight. ”
ajay laughed, shaking his head. he wouldn't call himself a knight, but he wouldn't deny that he does naturally follow karan along since their first meeting.
“ look at him laughing and not giving me an answer! ” dinesh complained to the first year. it was in line with what he had told karan prior to ajay's arrival.
“ agar city ke andar nehi hai toh woh kahi dur nehi aata, maa ko chodke aana usse pasand nehi. lekin ye sirf das din ka trip hai, maa theek thak rahengi. kam-se-kam tum hi rathod bhai ko kuch samjhao. ”
ajay gives him an easy smile accompanied by a shrug, “ i got plans with maa. maybe some other time? ”
the disappointed noise that comes out of dinesh's mouth has some students passing by give the tattooed male a weird look.
“ what plans? ” inquired dinesh. “ going elsewhere? visiting someone? having relatives over? ”
“ very special plans, ” confirmed ajay.
“ are you getting married or something? are you going to go see the girl? ”
the track star only responded playfully, “ aur batein aapki hogayi ho toh ham bhi apne dost ke sath baat karein? ”
“ haan baat karo subah shaam aapke shahzaade se! mein toh koi dost nehi hoon aapka, jahanpanah! ” sulking, dinesh jogged off, but not before he reminded karan to come along and convince ajay to as well.
these two had become so close, that even ajay's friends were calling them prince and king, noticing how special and important karan was to the college heartthrob.
“ he's got a dramatic flair, does he not? ” chuckled the taller male, ruffling karan's hair. “ are you going? ”
Karan let out a hum of surprise as he walked out of his classroom and straight into Dinesh.
“ sorry. hi. ” he mumbled, a little frazzled.
“ hey karan. ajay kahan hai? ” dinesh asked with a blinding smile.
“ i haven’t seen him around yet, i’ll let him know that you’re looking for him if i do. ” karan replied. dinesh just nodded before turning around.
“ actually tum se kuch puchna tha. ” the senior remarked, turning back around to face karan, tugging at the shoulder strap of his bag that laid lazily over his left shoulder.
“kya hua dinesh?” karan leans against the wall beside them, pulling his jacket tighter around himself.
“ kuch nahi yaar bas some of us were planning a road trip for the break. ajay usually says no, agar city ke andar nehi hai toh woh kahi dur nehi aata, maa ko chodke aana usse pasand nehi. lekin ye sirf das din ka trip hai, maa theek thak rahengi. kam-se-kam tum hi rathod bhai ko kuch samjhao. I thought if you’d come he might too. I mean it’s only ten days so if you could try to convin- ” before dinesh could finish, ajay’s voice called out to the both of them and an enthusiastic senior made their way to the two, sliding into the spot next to karan like he belonged there.
“ hey ajay. ” karan mumbled as the senior greeted him, still chuckling over dinesh’s devil or angel comment.
the banter between the two seniors brought a little light onto the cloudy day. karan does notice how he and ajay float around each other, it was now a running joke among ajay’s friends that to find the bubbly senior they’d have to look for the brooding junior first.
karan chuckles at the disappointed noise dinesh lets out but he also cannot help but quirk a brow at ajay’s response.
“ special plans? ” he echoes after ajay.
“ no promises. ” karan tells dinesh as the senior reminds him of the trip.
karan rolls his eyes as he waves off a now jogging dinesh.
“ he could pass as the president of the drama club. ” karan jokes as dinesh makes a dramtic exit.
karan shrugs, he doesn’t really want to go with his mother’s birthday around the corner- he can be kind of a downer near the date, flooded with memories of his mother and the grand celebrations thrown by his father, drowned in nostalgia. and if ajay was truly not going then he would feel so out of place.
“ i don’t know, i guess i’ll think about it, but first tell me all about these special plans that you’ve hidden from me. ” karan urges, smirking at ajay as they start walking with no real destination in mind.
















