We roamed here and there and there was clearly no sign of anyone. "What the hell guys! Yeah ho kya raha hai, I mean kaha gaye sab log?", I said and to be honest, I was scared as hell. "Dude ab mujhe samajh aa raha hai ki Iron Man ko kesa laga hoga in Endgame", Khushi said and Nabi and I gave her a disgusted look. "Okay, sorry. Let me try to call my friends", Khushi said and took out her phone. She called all her friends but no one picked up. "Ab bas ek aur number bacha hai", Khushi said. "Karde call", Nabi said and Khushi dialed the number and kept the phone on speaker. "Oh shit! Thank God", the phone got picked up on the very first ring and Darshan said from the other side of the phone. He sounded a bit relaxed and as if he was worried for probably the same reason for which we were. "Khushi, kaha ho tumlog? Yeah kya ho raha hai? Where is everyone? Dee aur Nabi hai tumhaare saath? How are you?", Darshan shot question after other. "Darshan, Darshan, cool down", I said. "Haan ham teeno saath mai hai aur sahi hai amd thank God koi toh hai. There's no one in the city, kya ho gaya hai yeah?", Khushi said. "Tumhaari team hai tumhaare saath?", Nabi asked. "Nahi, mai jab subah utha toh Hardik room mai nahi tha. Mene baaki logo ke rooms check kare par kisi ne room nahi khola then mai neeche gaya toh poora college khaali tha koi nahi tha itne time se I have been trying to contact everyone but kisi se contact nahi ho paa raha hai", Darshan said. "Same here yaar. Ham log itne dar gaye the pata nahi kya ho raha hai yeah", Nabi said. "Kaha ho abhi tum log?", Darshan asked. "Abhi toh apni building ke paas hi khadhe hai", I replied. "Theek hai ek kaam karo yaha aa jaao tum log mai apne room mai hi hoon, jaldi aa jaao", Darshan said and we hung up the phone.
"Guys, bahut bhook lag rahi hai", Nabi said and made a sad face. "Room mai toh kuch nahi hai mere paas khaane ko aur mujhe bhi bahut bhook lag rahi hai", Darshan said. "Kitchen mai chalo na fir", Khushi said. "But how can we go in the hostel kitchen just like that?", I asked. "Are madam, bhool gayi kya? Koi nahi hai yaha. Pata nahi kya hua hai. It's just us now. Ham kahi bhi ja sakte hai kuch bhi kar sakte hai, chalo ab chup chaap", Khushi reminded. We went to the kitchen but nothing was ready there but it was full of vegetables, fruits, juices, milk and what not. "Dude agar inke kitchen mai itna sab hota hai so why do they torture the students with that shity food?", Khushi exclaimed. Khushi and I divided the work and made sandwiches for the four of us while Darshan and Nabi simply sat on the kitchen slab and talked. "Kitna maza ayega na, koi nahi ab hamare aas paas. Bas ham log, koi rules nahi, koi restrictions nahi, jo marzi woh kar sakte hai ham", Nabi said and got lost in her dreamy world. "Oe", I snapped my fingers in front of her, bringing her back to tge real world. "It's seeming nice, par kab tak. Isn't it scary? I mean sirf chaar log, kese aur kab tak? Kya karenge ham? Everyone in this world is interdependent and now it's just the four of us, how are we supposed to survive...", I worriedly said when Darshan cut me off. "Hey hey! Wait. I know it's a bit scary and this all doesn't seem to be real, but maza ayega. Pehle mai bhi dar gaya tha but agar ham aese hi darke aur negative hoke rahenge na, toh everything will be hell. Don't complain ki bas ham chaar hai, be thankful ki ham char hai and it's not you alone, or anyone one of us alone. We'll make it out. Cool down and don't worry. Just enjoy everything", he explained and I nodded my head with a small smile.
(Sorry for not updating for a long time. Next part on Saturday.
Darshan's POV?)
