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Space College, 2nd-year class

Manik came early to the class and occupied the first bench. He assured himself, it was because he always was the first bencher but the major part of him knows, he just doesn't want to share his seat with Nandini. He decided to stay as far as possible from her. Brushing his thoughts away, he started browsing his mobile for the chemistry notes, his most troubling subject after driving through Mumbai roads. He didn't have the chemistry class on his first day and he had no idea about the syllabus. He prayed for someone who could help him with his syllabus and notes. Answering his prayers, a boy came and took a seat beside him. He looked at Manik, confused.

"Hey, I haven't seen you here before. Am I in the wrong class? Are we?", horrified, he asked the last question to the girl behind him. She shook her head, equally confused.

"You might be in the right class but I am new here. It's just my second day in college and hence, it's possible you didn't notice me yesterday", Manik explained with a smile.

"Really? Actually, I didn't come to college yesterday. By the way, I am Abhimanyu and she is Mukti", he held out his hand and introduced the girl sitting behind him as Mukti.

"Manik", Manik took his hand in a firm handshake.

While Abhimanyu enquired about Manik's admission procedure, the latter opened his books and kept his mobile inside his bag as it was almost time for the class to start. Confirming his predictions, the professor entered the class with a frown on his face. Abhimanyu gave a look to Mukti, suppressing his smile. Unfortunately for Manik, the professor looked at Abhi but before he could scold him, his attention wandered to the new face sitting beside him. Manik.

"Boy, why are you talking in the class?", the professor screamed a few inches away from his face.

Embarrassed, Manik stood up. "I wasn't talking, sir".

"Do you think I am blind? Leave that. Tell me, what is the name of the chapter we were discussing during the last class?", he asked.

"I don't know"

"Right. You don't know the name of the chapter but you don't think twice to make the class a place for socializing", the prof kept on ranting.

Abhimanyu was about to get up to defend Manik, but Mukti held his t-shirt from his back to prevent him from standing up. "Are you mad? Don't you dare mess up with him. You know, he is a sadist and also, he is in a bad mood today", she whispered.

"But Manik wasn't in the class and moreover he wasn't the one who was talking", he argued.

Mukti was searching for her words to save Abhimanyu when they heard a voice interrupting the prof's rants. They turned towards their savior and found Nandini.

"May I come in, sir?", she asked, disinterestedly. She was rather confused about why the new boy, she met yesterday, was being scolded. But knowing the professor, she knew, he just wanted someone as a target to scold and remove his frustration.

"You are late, Murthy", the professor answered, dismissing her.

Nandini didn't budge and knocked again. "Sir, it was the traffic. You know how it is in Mumbai. Can I come in?", she tried to explain to him but he smiled sarcastically at her.

"Come in? Do you think, it as a theatre to come in whenever you want? Or wait. You think of yourself as the princess because your father is a trustee of this college. Am I right?", the professor yelled, diverting his attention from Manik to Nandini.