(Evening – 7:45 PM)
Atharva: Bro, do you know why Rohan didn't come to school today? Because…
Me (Jay): Because…?
Atharva: Bro, someone beat him up really badly.
Me (Jay): Tell me his name. I won't spare him.
Atharva: Only Rohan knows who it was, bro. He'll come tomorrow, right? We'll ask him then.
Me (Jay): Okay, bro. Tell Rudra, Eashan, and Aarav.
Atharva: Alright. Bye.
I sat in my bedroom, thinking about who could have beaten Rohan and why. Then I started suspecting Veer… but he had been missing for many days and hadn't been coming to school either.
Could it be Sameer?
I kept thinking about it until the entire night passed.
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🌅 Morning – 7:00 AM
📍 Infantry High School
Eashan: I won't spare the person who beat up Rohan!
Rudra: Calm down, bro!
(Rohan arrives with a bandage on his nose.)
Rudra & Friends: Tell us, bro. Who beat you up?
Atharva: Come on, tell us!
Eashan: Wait, you b**tch. Let Jay come first.
Rohan: Yeah, let him come.
I, Jay, was late to school that day. As soon as I came downstairs, P.T. Sir caught me and punished me by making me water the plants.
All I could think about was whether Rohan had come to school or not.
After I finished watering the plants, Sir finally let me go to class. I reached during the second lecture, and I was late even then.
The teacher made me stand at the last bench as punishment.
But I noticed something—
Rohan had come to school.
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🛎 RECESS
Eashan: Bro, now tell us!
Rohan: Bro, those guys are from St. Francis School. Their group is called the "Blazer Boyz." I didn't do anything to them, but they still beat me up badly. They were abusing me and saying that they were going to beat up all the guys from Infantry School.
(Aarav heard everything and stepped forward.)
Aarav: Oh, f***, is that so?
(Everyone looks toward Aarav and his crewmates.)
Atharva: Let them come. We'll tear those blazers apart!
Aarav: Just calm down, Atharva. Now we'll only know the truth after meeting them.
Rudra: But how?
Aarav: We'll have to bunk school. FOLLOW ME!
(We all picked up our bags and followed Aarav.)
Aarav: Jay, give me your bag. And you keep the watchman busy by talking to him. We'll sneak out from behind.
The Scholars crewmate: Then what will happen to Jay?
Aarav: As soon as we get out, you run too and come through the back gate.
Me (Jay): Alright, bro.
(Just as Aarav told me, I did exactly that.)
Then we started walking toward St. Francis School.
A little farther ahead, we saw a few boys wearing blazers and smoking cigarettes.
We walked toward them.
Rohan stepped back a little.
We immediately understood—
These were the guys.
Rick: Bro, isn't that the same guy from Infantry?
Vivaan: Yeah. Looks like he wants another beating.
(Atharva angrily steps forward.)
Atharva: You bas**rd, how dare you—
Aarav: Shut up!
Vivaan: Don't talk too much. Wanna fight? You Infantry bi*ch!
Aarav: Why did you beat Rohan? He hadn't even done anything wrong!
Prem Agrawal: He pushed us, bro.
Vivaan: (pushes Aarav) So? I hit him. What are you gonna do about it?
Vivaan kicked Aarav, and before we knew it, a fight had started.
But there were far too many boys from St. Francis, so we took the opportunity and escaped from there.
Vivaan: We won't spare you! Come back next time, got it?!
(Rohan angrily picks up a stone and throws it toward Vivaan. The stone hits him on the head.)
Me (Jay): That's enough. We're not letting them go now.
Aarav: Tomorrow, we have to solve all of this.
Eashan: Hmm…
TO BE CONTINUED… 🔥