True Colours

High school was when I finally started getting noticed.

People knew my name, and for the first time, I had a bunch of friends.

But deep down, I knew most of them were just “hello-hi” types — not real ones.

Still, I had a small group I felt close to — about 5–6 friends I called my jigri gang.

We made memories, laughed a lot, and stuck together.

For a while… it felt perfect.

Then, the next year, a new student joined.

A reel star. Thousands of followers. The "college star boy."

Everyone liked him — including two of my closest friends.

They slowly started spending more time with him… and less with me.

Then I had a small fallout with that reel star.

And surprisingly, those two friends — instead of standing by me —

cut me off completely.

That hurt.

But it also opened my eyes.

They weren’t real.

Just temporary people in my story.

But the friend I trusted from day one?

He stayed.

And that was enough.

Written by Yasin Khan | Translated & polished by ChatGPT AI