Haseena reached at the ground, wondering who can be her new admirer. There were many people were walking after dinner. She was searching for the person when a voice came from behind," Mareez-e-mohabbat hun, ek tera deedar kafi hai,
Har ek dawa se behtar, nigah-e-yaar kafi hai."
She turned back and found a girl, almost of her height, with radiant smile.
"Nachiz ko Barbie Upadhyay kahte hain."
"Haseena Malik." Haseena smiled.
"New batch?"
"Ji."
"So, I am your senior then." Barbie said and they start walking, talking about many things. From favourite book to childhood memories, they shared many things. Barbie's effortless charm put Haseena on ease. Although she was feeling that Barbie was holding something back but the fact that it's their first meeting, so she brushed off the thought.
After sometime, they came infront of their hostel building, Haseena bid her bye and both went to their rooms.
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Haseena returned to her room, threw her shoes randomly, changed her cloths into nightwear and threw it which landed on her roommate's bed, but realised soon that now it's not her room, where only she lives, so she picked up and kept it on her study chair.
Then she took her book and start reading it in half lying position.
"Yeh kya bhukamp aaya hai yahan?" A voice came from the door side.
"Aap kaun?"
"Hum Karishma Singh, yeh room hume allot hua hai." Karishma said.
"Haan to aa jaiye na, humne konsa no entry ka sign laga rakha hai bahar." Haseena shrugged.
"Aur yeh kamre ka kya haal bana rakha hai?" Karishma said while glancing at her scattered items.
"Normal insaan aise hi rahte hain, aur yeh humara bhi kamra hai, hum to aise hi rahenge."
Karishma calmed herself," Aur yeh humari side kyun ganda kiya?"
"Kahan?" Haseena asked confusingly, Karishma showed her a crease on her bedsheet which was occurred when she threw her cloths," Yeh gandgi hai na to aap humara kamra mat hi dekhiyega, heart attack aa jayega."
"Khud ko samjhati kya ho tum?"
"Hum Haseena Malik hain, aur khud ko vahi samajhte hain."
Karishma waved her hands in dismissive," Dekho tumhe apni side ko kabadkhane jaisa rakhna hai to rakho, magar humari side ek tinka bhi nahi aana chahiye tumhari taraf se, samajh aaya." She went to her bed and wrapped the blanket around her.
"Atom bomb, aate hi fatna shuru." Haseena mumbled.
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Next morning, a siren rang and some trainers banged every door, breaking cadets' sleep.
Haseena let out a yawn," Aise kaun uthata hai," she glanced at her alarm clock, it was only 5 a.m." Agar ammi ko pata chal gaya ki hum subah 5 baje uthe the to khushi se nachne lag jayengi."
She looked at Karishma's side, her bed was made, then she tried to make her bed, "Isse achha bistar to koi bachha bana le, isliye ammi hume yeh sab sikhne ke liye kahti thi, kash humne unki baat mani hoti."
Karishma came from bathroom, saw Haseena standing near her bed and mumbling something.
"Rani Sahiba, apne rath ka intezar kar rahi hain aap?"
