Waste It On Me

●𝟱~𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻●

Winning the science olympiad was one of the best achievements I have ever had and I love it. I was delighted, it didn't look like it on my face, but still.

I was listening to music as the bus stopped at the bus station. The bus station was a two minute walk from the college, and I preferred taking a private bus than a college one. It was convenient and fun. I got down and was about to leave when I heard somebody grizzle. I looked back and found nobody, I was sure I heard somebody.

I entered the college with my bag hanging on one of my shoulders. It was a week's break and it surely felt like a relief.

Coding wasn't something I was required to study. I had already learnt all the backend and frontend languages and was working as a freelancer for 2 years now. I was earning a good amount from doing the same. This degree was to be able to legally do it and also more learning, of course.

First class, 217. I quickly reached the class and found myself a mid-bench. I wasn't a backbencher, but I also wasn't a frontbencher. So I preferred the 4th row from the last. I sighed and waited, as much as I hated it, I missed the silvery voice shouting 'good morning'.

Black eyes. Brown hair. Pale face.

I saw her enter the class silently and go to her seat. Her face looked like she had cried a lot, while her actions proved something was wrong. What happened in a week? She looked absolutely fine before I left.

I waited until I couldn't and turned back, did I see an eye-bag? Was she alright?

When did I suddenly start noticing so much about Tejasswi? She was somebody to never go unnoticed, and it was normal to keep eyes on your enemies, wasn't it?
Whatever it was, she didn't look good. She didn't feel herself.

A. I am not allowed to be concerned.
B. It is not my place to be concerned.
C. She is my academic rival.

Was the key list going to help me? It didn't. I waited for Jasmin to go to her best friend as soon as she entered the class. Jasmin gave her a judgy look before going to another seat and sitting.

Something was definitely wrong. And it didn't feel right. I needed to know it, I don't know why.
Maybe I was suspicious. Maybe I knew she wasn't strong enough. Maybe because I knew she was credulous.

The class ended and I hadn't heard a word. First time ever. Everyone got up and started to leave when I stopped a boy who looked at me shocked. Okay I do not talk to my classmates, another first time.

"Can I know what happened with Tejasswi? Everything is so weird..." The guy laughed at my face. I squinted my eyes, I do not like that. He realized and stopped laughing. My body and face, cold enough to freeze his brain. "Tejasswi is a whore." He told me and my brain froze for a moment.

Did he use the word, whore?

"Sorry- what?" I asked again. This class loved the girl. Everybody in the class smiled at Tejasswi as if she was an angel. Her looks were similar to an angel. I shrugged my thoughts away and waited for him to answer.

"Tejasswi tried groping Rudra and asked him to be friends with benefits with her." He told again and my brain did stop working. "And you all saw that?"

"No, Rudra told his friends, but you know the gossip spreads quicker than fire." Oh, I totally know, with some added variables. This was fucking insane.

I already knew people here didn't like her but had to respect her due to her position. Everyone here was jealous of her academic success and socializing behavior. Rudra gave them the best chance, and they used it even better.

Some things creatures don't do. I shook my head and looked at my watch. I was five minutes late to the lecture.

I quickly ran to the room and entered the class. The professor eyeballed at me, "I am sorry sir, I was in the washroom." Fortunately, the boy was bunking this lecture. I sighed and looked around where to go and sit.

Quickly locating her, I found a seat diagonally to her. As much as I hated her, Tejasswi was not somebody like that. And the way her face dulled and paled, she had finally faced something she was too naive to fight back.

Empathy was for humans and not for creatures existing on this planet.

The whole lecture passed on me staring at her. Noticing how somber she looked. How silent she had turned. I stared at her so much that she suddenly looked back. Our eyes met and I saw tears.

For the first time, I felt she needed help and I was going to do it. Even if she was my academic rival. Especially because she was my academic rival.

As soon as the lecture ended, everyone got up and left the classroom. It was the lunch break and Tejasswi didn't move. I didn't go out of the class and kept sitting, but there was no movement from her end at all. Her head was on the table and there was something wrong.

Is she seriously okay? I rushed to her seat and saw her eyes closed. Face marked with dried tears and body weak. I took my hand and tapped on the seat making some noise which could wake her up, but she didn't move.

Was she unconscious? I suddenly realized and got a water bottle from my bag. I sprinkled some on her face and her eyes opened, softly. I sighed, she was just unconscious. 

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