There was a boy who always sat on the last bench of the classroom. Everyone knew him as the quiet one. His name was Raihan. He rarely talked in class, but he often stared out of the window.
No one knew the reason.
Raihan came to school every day for just one person — his best friend, Neela. Neela was cheerful and full of life. She made the whole class laugh. But slowly, she began to change.
New friends, new priorities…
Raihan slowly disappeared from her world.
One day during lunch break, Raihan gathered the courage and asked,
"Will you not talk to me like before?"
Neela smiled and said,
"Don't be so dramatic. We are just friends!"
Those words — "just friends" — pierced his heart like a sharp thorn.
From the next day, Raihan stopped going outside during lunch. He sat alone on the last bench and wrote in his diary:
"Some people come into our lives only to become a habit… and one day, they quietly leave."
After the final exams, Raihan suddenly stopped coming to school.
People said his father got a job in another city.
On the last day, Neela looked for him.
On the last bench, she found a small piece of paper that said:
"Stay happy. I never wanted to hurt you. I only wanted a small place beside you."
Neela sat there silently for a long time.
That day, she understood for the first time —