Who Are You Again?

My First Love

“Oh my god! Why did you do that!??”, Oliver exclaimed.

Mia just looked at him with bored look as Oliver paced around the whole room tirelessly with anxious expression.

“Please can you stop walking. You’re giving me headache…”, Mia grumbled dramatically mimicking Oliver’s panicked moves.

“What!? I am giving you headache? Do you even know what have you done?”, He almost yelled on her face. On the other hand Mia’s face was as calm as ocean.

“Stop being such a drama queen Oli. You’re acting like I’m dating your crush!!”, Mia said rubbing her forehead. She was damn hungry. Oliver was freaking out ever since she had sent a friend request to Noah from his account. So she settled on making some instant noodles. Since Oliver didn’t seem to be in the mood of cooking and she didn’t cook.

“I don't know about you dating my crush but what I know is you might have ruined my whole future just right now!!! Do you even understand what you have done? What will happen now??”, Oliver freaked out once again.

“Ruined your future?? It is just a friend request for god's sake. Either your Prince will accept or decline your request. Simple. No need to eat my ears for that. And he is quite famous in campus that he always recieves friend requests from random guys and equally random GIRLS!!”, She said stabbing her fork into the hot steamy cup of veggie noodles. She slurped the extra broth like no care in the world, totally opposite from Oliver who looked at her in disbelief.

'Did she just called me random guy? Oh god!! Am I a random guy for him too? This is already bad!!', Oliver screamed in his mind.

“Look Oli. It’s either he will accept your request or decline it. Nothing in between. So why are you panicking for?”, She asked as softly as possible. Oliver stopped his train of thoughts abruptly and looked at her.

“What if he rejects?”

“Then that’s a good thing, that he doesn’t make friends with just anyone. It confirms that he always keeps those people close who really mean to him something.”, She said cooly.

“Then what if he accepts?”, Oliver asked with puppy eyes.

“Then that’s good too. That means he is much open minded with making friends with everyone. Yeah?”, She said. Oliver just nodded his head.

Now when he was just lying on his bed, he didn’t think that he will be able to sleep tonight.

He was very anxious since the afternoon, waiting for a his mobile to make a noise. Noise of a particular notification, which didn’t seem to make way yet. And it was almost 2 am and he was wide awake.

He remembered the first time when he had met Noah. More like just saw him from afar.

Noah was his two years senior whom he had met during his first year when he saw few seniors bullying a girl. The girl was fairly decent but ‘nerd’ in everyone’s language. So few students with absolutely no work were entertaining themselves by forcing her to dance for them. Other students passed by the scene but no one had the courage to stop those bullies. Including Oliver. He wanted to help her but he knew he couldn’t do anything without Mia. And apparently she had gone to find the Tennis club. So he just stood there around the corner pitying the girl’s condition when she had a tear rolled down her cheek.

And that’s when someone stepped into the scene.

“Stop it and let her go.”, A voice boomed through the hallways grabbing everyone’s attention. And those who were turning a blind eye on that scene also stopped to see the upcoming drama. Oliver curiously turned towards the impressive deep voice.

A tall boy with dark brown hair and similar dark eyes. Sharp jaw with high cheekbones. Slightly tan skin, apparently having sun bathed too much on their summer holidays.

Seeing him, just one word came out of Oliver's mouth.

'Wow!'

Even he was surprised at himself. He never had felt such strong attraction towards anyone until now.

“Oh, look!! Our model student is here.”, Liam, one of the bully snarled. “Go away scholar. It's not your damn library to go around rambling your high knowledge or some s**t. Not your business so shoo away.”

“If knowledge would have helped you, you wouldn't speaking a dog language Liam. That girl also isn’t your business either. So better let her go.”, He sarcastically stated making the bullies grit their teeth in annoyance.

“Do you think you’re some kind of superhero just because we don’t come for you. I think the time has to show you your place!!”, Mike, another one gritted his teeth and with a clenched fist he started approaching Noah.

But before he could strike his fist on Noah’s handsome face, Noah raised his hand holding the mobile camera towards them.

“Come on. What were trying to do just now? The whole University is seeing you live. Come on, do something atta boy…”, Noah mocked still holding the camera making the boys freeze in their place.

“Oh!! Look our principal is live too. He may have your dad’s number on the call it seems…”, Noah chuckled mockingly making the bullies drop their act and make way away from the crowd in panic. The crowd laughed and cheered for Noah as he simply ended the live, which he wasn’t kidding about and turned towards the girl to help her. She was grateful to Noah for stepping up for a nerd like her. He just cooly brushed it off.

And Oliver stood there. He always knew he had a little more liking towards the boys. But for the first time in his life, he was stricken with the reality even more harder. And it was the day he realised he had developed a big fat crush on the other boy, named Noah…

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“You look like shit.”

“No s**t Sherlock. I haven’t slept whole night.”, Oliver commented on Mia’s statement while they were walking towards there respective classes.

“And why is that may I ask?”

“Why? Mia, he hasn’t accepted or declined my request yet!! Did he not check his social media??”, He whined.

“Chill. Some people don’t check their accounts often. And seeing your Prince’s ‘Model Student’ status. I’m sure he is one of them.”, She said with her fingers crossing in a duh fashion. She knew how anxious he was since Noah was the first boy liked so much seriously.

“And you know, people say, the thing we anticipate the most, never happens until the last. So stop waiting.”, She said eyeing his further reaction. And just as she suspected, his eyes widen.

“Okay okay. I won’t wait anymore. Oh, I’m not waiting whatever his reply may be.”, Oliver mumbled the last sentence to himself and Mia rolled her eyes.

‘Should’ve tried this trick yesterday itself.’, she thought.

Ding!!!

Both of their eyes widen at the notification bell of Oliver’s mobile. He hurriedly pulled the phone out of his pocket and held it in front of his eyes but with eyes closed.

“Why? What happened?”, Mia asked.

“I’m scared.”

“God come one Oli. Look at it. What is it??”, She asked impatiently. Effect of living with Oliver. He slowly opened his eyes cautiously and suddenly his eyes went wide.

"NO WAYY!!!"

"What what what??", Mia was bouncing on her toes. Oliver looked at her at first with wide eyes and then suddenly his expressions morphed into a wide grin.

“He accepted!!”