Saudade ⋆

'In Good Hands

Karishma POV

After 2 more sessions , The Lunch Break starts . We meet Santu at the canteen , We as in Me & Shivani. As much as I'm confused, Shivani is excited to share the incident with Khargosh. I sit back silently holding my snack watching over Khargosh’s Expressions. She seemed to be shocked too.

I Know She is a bit innocent for the world but She gets me when I'm confused i don't know how but she understands.

“Karu itna maat soch maybe She is the first person to come in your way isiliye tune surprisingly U didnt react .. Also, as Shivani claims that You are assigned as her assistant. Isliye yehi behtar hai ki Tune zyada Kuch nahi kaha . It happens yaar sometimes Our subconscious mind knows better. Let it slide , Utna dhyan na de.”

I guess Khargosh is right utna bhi chokne jaise kuch nhi hai, Woh Professor aur mein student obviously I gotta stop(really that's the excuse you wanna come up with? Her heart asked)  Lekin baat baat pe unko dekhkar jo mujhe hota hai uska kya ? Kya ye baat Khargosh ko bataye? Nhi zaroorat nhi abhi. Waise bhi ye sab shayd koi phase hai.

“Karu.. Hello !! kahan kho jati hai ladki” I look up to her & Shivani giving a questionable face.

“Kuch nahi chal aja ye sab chor aur Tu apna bata Khargosh, woh Banda kya naam bataya tha ?”
“Cheetah”
“Haan wohi Cheetah , He likes You so why don't give him a chance ? Woh Banda bura bhi nhi hai aur toh aur Uska consistency dekh. He has been there for the last 2 years. And did not force his love on you. Mujhe aj bhi woh genuine lagta hai uska nature dekhkar. You better give it a chance. A Chance to yourself.”

“Dekh Santu Itna achha ladka bar bar nhi milta” Shivani says agreeing with me.
Santu smiles a little. I guess She doesn't want to have a convo on this, so we changed the topic.

Within our 30mins of break we share as much as possible though We talk everyday but still We always have something new to Share. I Believe in Friendship only because of these two.

2 days later >

Prof. Haseena POV

Weekends are over. After those 4 shifts of English my headaches. Yet here I’m here all bowed down at the library desk cause Mrs.R asked me if I can help with her library shift & i couldn't say no. To my luck I don't have to attend students here either. It's just the arrangements of books. Once the meds start effecting & ache goes down I would probably start working.

It’s been a few minutes since the meds but unfortunately the pain doesn't seize at all & now to my bad luck i can hear someone walking in the library, my head feels too heavy to even look up who it is.

“Prof.Haseena are you okay?” ohh i know this voice it’s Karishma. I somehow manage to look at her & say “Yeah nothing much just Sinus & Migraine, my friends in the long run”
“Took Meds ?” She asks. I can sense the worry in her Voice.
I Nod.

“Hey don’t worry I’ll be fine in a jiffy Karishma. Can you please bring me that box from that corner? It will be much appreciated” I requested my head still bowed down at the desk.

“That's the box of new books which came in the morning. What’s the need of it right now ?... Wait You are not supposed to be here this is Mrs.R shift .. Okay I get it now. You are supposed to arrange the books, aren't you? Nah Not at my watch. As long as i'm your assistant it's my duty to help you out” Karishma throws a lot of questions at a time to me also figuring out half of the answers Herself.

I watch her Carry that box & come sit near me.
‘Karishma You don't have too. I’ll do it once the ache subsides'.. She cuts me off in the middle.
“ It's okay Ma'am , I got your back, let me help you” I slightly nod at her sweet gesture.