Few days passed, Everyday I rushed to my solitude during lunch break, alone. I severely needed a friend. A few classmates eventually started smiling at me whenever I entered the class. The crush guy being one of them, I didn't responded earlier but now I hesitantly smile back at him whenever he smiles at me.
I walked into the classroom 10 minutes early for the first time in my life, VICTORY.
A message popped up on my screen,
Mumma-We are going on shopping this weekend, have you reached college yet?
I felt smile creeping up my face.
Me-yes mumma, reached here 15 minutes ago I am walking into the class now.. Me- I am Excited for shopping.
Mumma-Take care and eat something
Walking inside the class still looking in my phone I typed.
Me- Yup. Bye.
I reached the bench I usually sit on and glance up from my phone. I almost jumped when I saw him sitting on the seat. The crush guy looked at me with smirk on his face, he was expecting this reaction.
Didn't he used to sit on the first bench? What happened now...
I smiled and sat on the front bench...while he still remain seated on the bench behind mine.
Weird.
A realization stroke me....I immediately opened my Instagram and scrolled down the chats....
There he was
He was the one who sent the message welcoming me here
I read his text again-
" Good evening....hello I am Kevin. Welcome to our batch. I hope you will like it here and yes just ping me whenever you need help" I looked over my shoulder at him.
Ohhhhhhhhh okay, he is the Kevin and he texted me. I confirmed his profile picture with his face.
What a weird name though
Bell rang and I snapped out of my thoughts....
Lectures went on one after the other. It felt weird, siting in front of him. Was he observing me? Is he interested? Did he caught me staring at him the first time and hence had an impression that I am interested? Did I gave him signs? A lot of thoughts ran in my mind. I shook my head, took a deep breath and pushed those thoughts away.
"You are just overthinking." I whispered to myself.
I saw him a couple of times glancing at my table...He sat right across my table in lab just like I mentioned before and often exchanged smile.
He seems a nice guy and the look on his face always shouted friendship.
"Its been a while here and I haven't made any friends" I whispered to myself.
I spent most of my time alone or on call with friends and this is not me.
So I decided to make friends here.
After all I have to survive a whole f*cking year here.
Its Thursday today and lectures ends at 3:30 pm. The last lecture was about to start so I slipped my phone out of the pocket and immediately typed
"Coffee together?!"
He was busy scribbling something in his book, I glanced at him and then at the message I sent. Second thoughts flooding my mind.
The lecture started, today's topic was lipid structure. I really suck at this, and spent whole lecture struggling to keep up with professor. The lecture ended after professor made sure to fill our hands with assignment topics and other work.
I hopped out of the class as soon as class was dismissed and rushed towards the washroom, my bladder would have burst if I waited a little long.
Aaahhhhhhh..... Feels good, I walked out of the washroom. I have about 2 hours free, should i go to Rosh's place? I thought.
Me- Heya!!!!!
Rosh- What do you want?
Me- I am coming over.
Rosh- What if I am not at my home?
I rolled my eyes.
Me- I know you are at your home.
Rosh- lol bring some pizza too.
I threw my phone in my bag and started walking towards the parking lot when I saw Kevin, leaning on the wall with phone in his hands struggling hard to type something. Why do he looks so nervous?
Once I reached my vehicle, I fished my phone out again and placed my handset on my ears in parking area.
My phone buzzed and messages popped up Kevin - sure.
Kevin- today?! Kevin- where?
I read the messages.... I completely forgot about you boy.
Me- "umm.... Okay. You pick a place"
Kevin- "W.B?"
Me- "Pardon?!"
Kevin- " Wagh- Bakri tea lounge?"
Me- "I don't know where it is... "
Kevin- "Where are you?"
Me- "Parking area near the ground." I saw him walking towards me....
We sat on the table smiling at each other. It took only about 5 minutes drive as the lounge was just around the corner. He drove.
"Do you like the place?" He asked
"Umm...yeah. Do you come here regularly?"
"No. Just a couple of times with friends" he said raising his eyebrows. I smiled.
The waiter came over and handed us the menu.
"You drink tea?" He asked.
"Yeah." I said casually looking in the menu.
He opened his menu but his eyes were observing me and I could feel it. We ordered special masala tea.
Ummm.. he is an observant. Okay we have something in common. I don't like those numb fellows lying lifelessly in front of you.
We started casual conversation, about my last college and why I transferred. Impressive, he has really good interaction skills.
"So tell me something about the college." I asked with a small smile.
"College is good. Faculty is quite cooperative. Nice infrastructure." He said.
"Is this all?, Honestly I can read all of this on the college website."
He smirked for a while before speaking
"This college sucks. Especially that professor kay, who teaches metabolism. Haven't you heard about his adventures on the tour already?" I laughed a little, nodding my head.
He continued- "and you wouldn't find unity here in our class."
An elderly waiter came over and placed our order with "girl and boy together, shame on you" face.
We looked at our tea which had a weird long green leaf inside it, may be for stirring.
Taking the sip of tea, we looked at each other. Both of us had the same expressions.
"Do your tea have sugar in it?" - he asked with cringed face. And we both burst into laugh.
We saw few sugar sachet lying on the tray, taking 1 sachet I added into mine. He followed.
Although he was still waiting for me to take another but I didn't.
( Indian masala tea is the special tea that contains a lot of other ingredients other than just tea leaves and already have sugar added in it)
"So you were talking about our class" I said
He still had I don't like this tea face when he spoke- " Kavya, this tea is shit. I have been here a couple of times and they served the best. But I don't know why they served this today ."He said looking towards the waiter who was busy watching cricket match on the T.V.
"Its completely fine, don't think too much" I smiled.
I talked most of the time, about my hobbies showing him few of my paintings and the book I read. He listened everything silently with hands crossed.
I even told him, how me and my friends locked a professor in the washroom and with crackers inside. And how my notorious group would bunk lectures and visit the haunted places. Times.
"What about you? Tell me about your kands" i asked.
"No no no. Rules are bit strict here. Forget all those days of yours. Its Xavier's, one step out of the line and you will be detained".
My smile disappeared and I looked into the cup. I miss my old friends.
"Armaan and Raaj" - he said.
I looked at him.
"Armaan and Raaj are my man here" he said- "Armaan is the best. I tell him everything and he never spill the beans. Its like everything dissolves in him and Raaj is the studious one ."- he stopped.
I nodded and took another sip from my cup silently.
"I was sitting with Armaan just behind you today" he said suddenly. I raised my eyebrows but decided not to say anything.
"What's your goal in future?" He asked.
"A beach house, not huge. But mine. Where I can live peacefully with my tortoises and dogs, alone." I replied.
"Why alone?" He asked.
"That’s for another day." I replied with a wink.
We chatted for about half an hour and left.
"I had a good time with you. Thank you for the tea " I typed and pressed the sent button. It was nearly midnight. Immediately he replied -" pleasure is all mine. Looking forward to meet you soon ". Reading the message from the notifications I tossed my phone on the other side of the bed as I was completely exhausted by my new schedule and didn't had any energy to have any sort of conversation with anyone. I woke up around 9 am and rushed to get ready for the college. It takes about an hour to reach the college. The college had afternoon shift so lectures started at 11am to 3:30 pm. Lectures were followed by the laboratory sessions of about 3 hours, from 3:30pm - 6:30pm. But the professors were kind enough to end the labs an hour early. I am a tutor, I teach mathematics and science to the students of class 10th. I started teaching after 12th itself when one of my neighbor asked me to help her daug
I busted out of the lab as soon as professor dismissed us. I knew Kevin followed, I waited for him in Parking."Are you the reason behind those stupid rumors?!" I barked angrily standing in the parking lot, as soon as he came. He was still few feet far from me. Few people turned to look at us.He paused at his position for few moments then slowly walked towards me."First of all......" Breathing heavily... " how can you walk so fast?" Catching up his breath. " You busted out of the lab so fast. I had to literally run" he saidI stared angrily at him tapping my leg."NO. What rumors?"- he said after somewhat calming down." Oh come on. You know what I am talking about, spit it out"He pursed his lips into a single line."Kavya, I am innocent stop glaring at me like this. " Its scari
The next day Kevin introduced me to his friends and few other classmates.He started sitting in the middle row.He even introduced me to his friend , Armaan.While he was introducing me to Armaan, a girl joined us singing softly to herself."Hi" I said."Heeeelllllloooooooo" she saidShe was the same skinny girl with curly hairs. She walked away singing to herself. "Who is she?" I asked." Carol" he said .Armaan was tall, shy guy. He didn't talk much."Hey, did you listened to the songs I shared with you last night?" Kevin in excited tone.No, I didn't."Yes of course" with a fake smile."Yes?!" Raising his eyebrows "which one did you liked the most?""2nd one" I lied."Are you sure?. What was the name of the song?" He definitely caught me lying." I don't remember that" I looked aw
At this point, Kevin and I started sharing a same table in lab, me with Kevin, Armaan and Raaj. And during lectures Kevin and I shared same bench, shared lunch and spend most of the time together. Few of the mates started talking but most of the class didn't mind anyway, making it up to the last year this college had already sucked everything from the students, the whole class wished that this year passes by as soon as possible. But yes, little gossips and teasing, here and these was mandatory because INDIA. I started enjoying this new life, new friends, it all felt like I am a fresher again. The burden of assignment , stupid class tests, and who the f*ck gives homework in college? And actually checked the next day?????? And what’s up with these stupid class seminars? Why the hell I have to explain the topic that you are supposed to teach? But watching the fellow classmates fumble was fun too. My seminar topic was "vitamins"
In just one week, Kevin updated me with everything, how he met Armaan, Armaan was into photography and editing stuff and Kevin joined him in first year. Armaan helped him a lot in the starting, but then Armaan’s interest diverted into the electronic music. But Kevin continued editing stuff, and now he owns a camera worth lakhs. He earns too. His hobby changed into passion.He calls himself cinematographer now.It was the part of my schedule to reach college, listen to Kevin's stuff, chirpy boy he was. Everyday he would tell me about his ex, how they spent a night under the sky, and same old same old. I paid attention in the starting but eventually I got bored and pretend that I am listening.And his stupid imaginations were cherry on the top.During the 3rd lecture, Carol me and Kevin were sitting together."Did he tell you about me and him?" Whispered Carol. She sat on my
I rushed to the college, being late is one of my few qualities, but today wasn't my fault, papa asked me to drop him off the court before college. We left the house at 10am but I entered the college at 12:05. F*ucking 30km ride.Yesterday was my birthday, Kevin promised me that he will meet me but he didn't. I was mad at him."May I come in?" I said catching-up my breath.No answer."May I come in, SIR?" loudly.No answer.As I was about to leave."Yes, welcome miss." Scoffed professor.I rushed in and took the empty seat beside Saachi."What's his problem" I whispered."Atheist he lets you in Kavya, he doesn't even allow if we are 5 minutes late and clearly you are 15minutes late" said Afreen, she was sitting in front of me.Saachi opened her mouth to say something but immediately looked down when not
The classes ended at 9 pm, my stomach made a dying whale sound. I was starving, haven't ate anything from the morning, hectic day in college, had to submit an assignment today and two module tests. I walked towards the home after buying a pack of chips on the way.I saw a cab outside my home. I walked inside and saw few suit cases in our balcony."Aaarrgghh, I am not in mood to deal with relatives now" I murmured to myself.I walked in the living room and saw my family on the sofa."Why are you late?" Asked my brother coldly.My brother and I have a strong bond. He obeys me. And this was an indication from him."Few parents came by.....""Your mumma is leaving, she needs a break, she is tired" said papa"What? Why? What happened? Suddenly" I was shocked.Mumma got up"I will be back soon, someone needs to understand my importan
Its been nearly a month, and mumma have no intentions of coming back soon. My day started early, instruct the maid , cook lunch before leaving, wake up my dad and rush to college. Rush home after the college, then tuitions and dinner, sometimes we ordered, or I cook. My cousins come over for a night every weekend with a lots of food, my aunt made sure we were good.Every night I just lay on the bed, my mind shut, body immovable but eyes open. I couldn't sleep. It wasn't like I was depressed but it was something words can't express.Kevin was there, We spent all the time together in college, Carol Armaan and Raaj joined us in starting but eventually drifted apart. Spending time with him felt good. Being with him felt good. I was comfortable with sharing everything with him.In the starting he was shy but now he talks a lot, everyday something about his ex, or cinematography or his home. He chirped whole day.----