From "Bhai kash ye meri girlfriend hoti" to "Haa bhai ye meri girlfriend hai"

I met her in school. We never spoke until the last 4 months of school. I always noticed her. Said my best friend how pretty she is and looks like Kiara Advani. But I never approached her because she seemed to be rude and unwelcoming. I once thought to myself, "Agar ye meri girlfriend bani toh kitna achaa hoga". But never proceeded. Later in the 10th grade one of my friends was made to sit on the first bench and I used to go just casually to pass time during free periods or between periods. She sat right behind him. That's when I first started talking to her. We played "Bollywood", a game where you have to guess the name of the movie based on the initials of the characters and the movie. She was a pro in that game dude. Me and my friend were on one time and we always lost. But it was fun. Seeing her laugh and tease me as I lost game after game. That's when I started liking her. Once, when we were playing, she said that she won't be coming to the school for the next couple of days. My heart sank. I wanted to see her everyday. I wanted to confess my feelings for her. But, does she like me back? Should I confess to her? What will be her reaction? This might ruin whatever we have right now. These thoughts always came to my mind and I stopped myself. We had our boards coming up and I thought of focusing on studies rather than getting into this or it might affect both of our studies. Boards were done. I never saw her. I thought of asking her if she would like to come with me for coffee on the last day of boards after the exam. I had prepared myself up mentally to ask her out. Everything was set. And then, Covid hit. The last paper was postponed indefinitely. And I never saw her back. Almost two years passed during lockdown and one day, I was scrolling and I got a follow suggestion. It was HER !!!! I was overjoyed and I sent her a follow request. She accepted. She had posted a story and it was a Atif Aslam song. Him being my favourite singer, I replied to her story. That is how the conversation started. We started sending memes, started talking. As time passed she became my best friend. I love talking to her. Sharing my problems with her. I trust her wholeheartedly. She supported me during my saddest time. Gave me a shoulder to cry on. One evening, she calls me and tells me her friend proposed to her and she has a boyfriend now. My heart broke. I mean I was happy for her but dude I was damn jealous. I congratulated her. If she's happy, I'm happy. That relationship didn't last long. They broke up after around 3-4 months. It was a long distance relationship and she didn't want a long distance. Now during this time, I started flirting with her. Teased her. Slowly, I started showing my love for her. I was all into her. On 30 August, 2023, we went to see a movie and we kissed for the first time. It was magical. After this, I started calling my girlfriend cause we had kissed come on. But she said that "You have not proposed to me in a proper way yet". So on 30th October, 2023, I proposed to her. Wrote a paragraph for her. Read it to her. Asked her to be my girlfriend. She said YES.
This is how I got the love of my life. I love her man and can't wait to spend whatever moments we have ahead of us. From "Bhai kash ye meri girlfriend hoti" to "Haa bhai ye meri girlfriend hai" we came a long way.

Edit - As some of y’all wanted my girlfriend’s pov, I asked her to write one and she did !

Here it is - https://www.reddit.com/r/indiasocial/s/3FVVzMmrPF