After that message — "I missed you too" — something in me shifted.
I started noticing the little things.
How Adithya waited for me outside the class.
How he never teased me like he teased others.
How he always smiled when our eyes met.
And somehow, I smiled too.
Everyone noticed.
They would tease us in that playful, childish way.
"Aysha is special to him."
"He doesn't talk like that with anyone else!"
I'd laugh it off. But deep inside, I wondered — why only me?