How to confess her
So I (18M) and she is in same class since ukg.just classmates then..from 7th our section changed but we both started playing chess ..so I and she both participated in many tournaments ..and won many too..our friendship grew..till 10 we both on in same school...then I went to kota lost contact... after one year...one day she messaged ..and we again started talking... sharing about how my life going here ..she started sharing memes and shorts..but when exam I got busy in studies and lost contact...I got 98%ile but I decided to take drop ...as i felt i let my teacher down ...so I started studying for my drop year ...now at diwali time she messaged me..but I was not active in WhatsApp i replied her after 2 days ...and so I was in anxiety due to exam coming up i doesn't talked to her ...after exam got over this year I got 99.4 %ile in mains and 9k rank in advance going to iit...i messaged her ...like to play chess ..she replied to that message after 1 month ...we played chess but we don't talked with eachother...i don't know how to confess that i really like her ..she is very sweet person...she got in one relationship as well in her 12th class ..i heard the rumour (I was in kota she was in school) she is in friends with that guy that I know but don't know there relationship status (btw that guy also preparing for jee in his drop year he scored 95%ile and going on some college through comedk)..so how to proceed?