Morning, hostel-mess
"Hi buddies!", Aakash said on seeing us at the table
None of us were excited on seeing him but still we wove a hand at him.
"What happened? You guys don't look to be normal", He said
"Nothing buddy, today's menu didn't excite us", Hari replied to Aakash
"Woah? What's wrong with upma?", He said
"We have been here for the past three weeks, but the menu hasn't changed...", Rohan replied this time
"In general I hate upma, but after coming here I somehow got adjusted to it. But today it just sucks", I said out of anger filled unhappiness
"Oh, come on.... We got to stay here for four years and within three weeks you are bored? How come you will survive the coming days?", Aakash said
All three of us looked at each other out of nothing to say.
"You call this upma?", Someone at the back was shouting at the catering person. We turned to look. With no big surprise it was "Raghav"
"He is never gonna learn, we have adjust", Aakash was saying to us
Well, we were enjoying the situation as one brother (Aakash) was commenting the other (Raghav).
"Abey, ja teri bhai ki help kar (which means go and help your bro)", Rohan said to Aakash out of sarcasm
Aakash turned to him in anger.
"Okay, okay, I know my baby is cool" Rohan said. He was enjoying this.
"Shut up man", I said and pulled Rohan back
"What will we do with him?" Hari questioned pointing towards Raghav
"No idea bro, got to think something really quick before he gets a good hold on Priya", Rohan replied
"Got an idea", I said giving a naughty smile at all
"What's the plan?" , Aakash spoke this time
"The isn't plan or sort of. The only thing we need to do is to get his mobile in someway or the other", I replied
"Bro his phone sucks, use mine it's Blackberry", Rohan said passing his phone to me
"Shut up man, its not about your stupid Blackberry now", Hari yelled at Rohan
"O-k-a-y, the by the way Blackberry isn't stupid it's awesome", Rohan uttered
Rohan is being a jerk, I thought
"We have more things to figure upon" Aakash started and gave me a look to start
"Okay guys, we have nothing to deal with the branding of the phone. I have seen a film in Tamil and I'll use that trick here" I continued
"We'll change the name of contacts...." I was saying and Rohan interrupted "And he'll get pissed off with his phone and buy a new phone. And I'll suggest him to get Blackberry"
"S-h-u-t!!! u-p!!!", All of us yelled at Rohan
"Guys please take him and his useless Blackberry away", I said politely this time
"Okay, okay, my mouth is zipped now" Rohan replied and became silent
"Okay", I said and continued " we'll name all the female contacts in his phone as numbering ranging from 1 and save one new number as no.7 or something which only we will know "
"What the hell will these numbers do?", Hari asked
"My dear formal baby..." , I continued "All the female contacts include 'Priya' too..., as per my knowledge no girl would like to see her contact as a number" I replied
They gave a speechless look.
"I know I am awesome, now don't thank me for that" I winked
"We didn't get what you said", Aakash replied
"Huff! The thing is when Raghav is with Priya we'll call him through that new number whiched we saved in his thing and it will project the number as no.7" I was saying and got interrupted by Hari this time
"And Priya would check her contact name in his phone and that's it. Boom.. She'll think that even she is on his list of girlfriends and she'll dump him"
"Woah! Got to appreciate you bro. You don't seem to be that good as you seem to" Aakash winked at me. I laughed.
"Can I speak atleast now, please?", Rohan asked with a cute face
We giggled and replied "yes" to him
"How can we get his phone?" Rohan asked
"Typical question", I replied
"Buddies its time for us to leave" Hari said checking time on his phone
We dispersed
Class-room
"Hi guys!", Nithya said seeing us
Me and Aakash smiled at her.
The class started and ended as usual.
Nithya wasn't at all talking that day. I thought she might be concentrating well but I was wrong I guess. Anyways my legs were paining that day so I wasn't interested in going out to canteen instead I gave Aakash some money and asked to me something cool. Even Nithya wasn't in mood and stayed in the class. So, there were only two of us in the class.
Some seniors saw both of us alone and yelled something in tamil and vanished from there. I was surprised at Nithya, because she didn't even bother to scold or shout at them. She was sad then. I didn't know what was the reason and asked her.
She barely listened to me. She was silent. If was as if I was an idiot shouting at some deaf person. I tapped on her shoulder and asked again.
Finally she replied "Oh sorry, you said something?"
I was a clown there. At first she didn't pay attention to what I said and now when I tapped her shoulder, she was like 'you said something?'
I was pissed of with her
"Sorry Maddy, I was lost somewhere", She said on seeing my awful face
Oh boy! I loved the way she called me 'Maddy'. That was so cute. I feel any boy could fall for her cuteness.
"Hey, no probs. Say what's wrong with you? You don't seem to be fine", I enquired
"Nothing yaar, I'm okay", She replied
"Your 'okay' says that you aren't 'okay', now come on speak out", I said
"My Janu died yesterday night, I got the info about it today..." She replied in a soft tone
"Who's Janu? Your boyfriend, brother or sister?", I wanted to know
"Janu is my baby dog. He is so cute and adorable. I loved him so much and now he is...", She was saying and a tear rolled upon her eye.
"My dad gifted me when I was 14, he has been my life for these years. Now I feel I can't live without him."
I understood her situation and started to consolidate her. She was in tears in no time.
"I know Nithya how it feels like, when our loved are no more..", I was saying and thought about my dad
"This is the time you should be more confident and determined. These factors shouldn't effect you. Just think about your mom and dad. They are still there for you. I know no one can replace Janu... Now come on Nithya, move on... Even we die someday" I was trying hard to stop her tears.
Then she just hugged me and started to cry aloud. I put my hand around her and said "It's okay, there is nothing we can do. It's the god who decides everything. Now come on Nithya, 'Cheer up', you don't at all look good like this....be a good girl, stop crying.."
All these scenes were seen by some of the class members who came early to the class. They thought it in a different way. But I didn't mind them. My only motto now was to make Nithya normal. So I decided to take her away from college and make herself feel special. She should know the value of her and come out of the pain.
"Nithya chalo", I demanded
"Chalo where?", She questioned
"You are really in a bad mode. I want you to get out of it as soon as possible", I said
"Hey chill Maddy, I am fine", She replied
"No you are not, no more argument from now on. We are going out now", I said firmly
Nithya was now in state of 'Should I go out with a guy. Is is fine or is it safe for me?'. I could see these questions from her face.
"Offo, I am not taking you for a date!", I almost yelled at her
"Shut up Maddy. I said I am fine and I am not thinking about a date instead I was thinking about our attendance", She replied
"Oh come on, fuck that! We are pretty sure we aren't gonna bunk classes. Are we?" I said
"Ya, fine then", She said
We started off....
