Chapter 2

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Mayura and Zara were walking down the corridor.

How their collage looks:

How their collage looks:

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Mayura"Did you see that joker's face! 😂😂😂😂"

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Mayura
"Did you see that joker's face! 😂😂😂😂"

Zara
"Why did you throw your burning HOT coffee on that guy?!"

Mayura
"So, what did you expect me to do? Stand there like you, when he's trying to attack you? I'm proud of whatever I did, I deserve a pat on the back don't you think?" 😁

Zara
🙄🙄🙄

Zara walks away and goes to the notice board to see their classes, and goes to her class, with Mayura following her trying her best to control her laughter.

Ansh's side

Ansh
"How dare she! Who the hell is she to push me, and throw coffee on me!

Navin was just standing there, remembering that moment when he first saw Zara. The EyeLock, her hair flying in the wind, then she moving her short, wavy hair with her beautiful, white, soft hands, while blushing.

Navin
"Ufffffff" ☺️

Ansh
"What did you say" 😡

Navin
"Nothing, I, I am thinking on howwww, to teach her a lessonn"

Ansh
"Not a lesson, name it revenge! I will take revenge on both of them!"

Navin
"But that other girl didn't even do anything, why her?"

Ansh
"She scratched my car! And that is not acceptable on my list" 😤

Navin
🥺😩

Ansh
"That girl ruined my reputation, now I will ruin hers. Just wait and watch what I will do" 😈

Ansh and Navin also left from there towards their classes. 'Rrringgg...,'' went the oh so irritating bell, signalling all other students to proceed to classes accordingly. This was when the two pairs of besties learnt that they shared a few classes, much to both Ansh and Mayura's dismay (the other two were more than delighted however 😏).

What just HAD to be worse than that? Saying that the following news almost choked them would be an understatement!

Professor
"Good morning class! Welcome to your first day at uni this year. My name is Ms Ravina."

Ms Ravina. Though this middle aged woman regularly emits a strict, threatening vibe, internally, she's a hard core FANGIRL, low-key shipping her students! She tries to not make it obvious, but the fact is clear as day to at least half the school - the rest known by rumour. Actually, this is precisely the reason everyone fears her presence; if she wishes any two to be together, she WOULD make it happen. It's safe to say that the moment her eyes land on you for the first time, you would have fallen prey to her upcoming schemes; there is NO ONE she knows who hasn't fallen victim to her fangirling ethics.

Ms Ravina
"For half of you, it would be your second year in this university, while the others are newcomers.
Just to inform you, you will find that this sort of merging of year groups will be relatively frequent this year due to decreasing number of students attending this college, mainly due to the opening of many new schools and popularisation of online study ethics increasing in today's age. To place it simply, we have a lot of competition.

Our department has also realised that performances in group work has been gradually decreasing for many students after graduating high school, which is why we have been running a program aimed to solve this issue."

She then followed into explaining the importance of group work (which I mean...we all have been through THAT boring lecture so it's unimportant to describe it here). After that half an hour long lecture and a few slides on PowerPoint, she finally decided to spread the news about the programme which they WILL dread later on.

Ms Ravina
"You all will be sorted into buddies."

The whole class
"🤦‍♀️🤦...urghhhh"

Ms Ravina
"Now, now, don't be so pessimistic. This organisation is designated to allow you to become more comfortable as well. Cheer up or else I'll clip your cheeks to a grin! Okay! Here's the roll for our pairs.

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Pair no.7 - Zara and Navin."

The two internally fan-girl squealed.

Ms Ravina
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Pair no. 10 - Ansh and Mayura.

Ansh immediately stands up upon recognising the name (Mayura still doesn't know his name).

Ansh
You?!!!

Mayura too realises who she is paired with

Mayura
Nooooo way! Why you?!

The two deflated on the spot, cheekbones showing, and skin deteriorated and purple, as though running out of oxygen. Following after that, they haphazardly drank clean their water bottles to prevent the upcoming vomit, all in complete synch, while the other classmates just stared, not knowing how to react to this gruesome but amusing at the moment.


That was the dreadful morning of Ansh and Mayura's new story after they were introduced to one another. It wouldn't be surprising if it gets worse for their case... or ... better? Who knows, maybe the busy system will bring them c-l-o-s-e-rrrr? Can hate turn into love?

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