The School Festival..

As usual I woke up early in the morning ate some breakfast outside and started walking towards the school. Clearly Akia mom slapped me very heavily yesterday, seeing her daughter in a situation like that not only she every mother would do the same thing. Wait a minute I'm at the crossroads which means… I had turned to look around, no, she is not here yet, should I wait for her or leave…

I had walked a few steps and surprisingly there is a new café beside the road, it was not there before, the café architecture looks excellent to me so I should definitely try something over there until she arrives. I went inside the café, just as I expected everything was calm and peaceful. I had ordered a cup of green tea and the waiter brought it very soon. I had started drinking the tea. Meanwhile I had seen two girls wearing strange clothes like Cosplay. I thought maybe there is another festival today… after their conversation, both of them left the café walking just beside to me, strangely their school badges are similar to school in which I taught. I came out of the café thinking about them but there is already another surprise waiting for me… by the time I got outside, I had seen Akia in some classic outfit and she was waiting for me at the crossroads... She was beautiful no, no… she was cute in those clothes, and I had walked towards her.

Good morning Shiva, again you are late today, shall we move now… sorry, when I looked at that café I thought of trying out something over there. By the way what are you wearing, are you going anywhere? No, I'm not going to anywhere. Since we are celebrating a school festival today all the teachers are requested to come in traditional only, what do you think about my Yukata? It's my first time to wear but I don't know how do I look?... you are looking cute today, that's what I said and her face completely turned to red. Actually what do you mean by the school festival? No one informed me about it. It's our school tradition to do the festival after the day of "festival of colors", principal sir asked me to inform you but you know yesterday….yesterday you are completely drunk! BUMP…why did you hit me on the head? Don't speak about it in the public, understood… yes teacher, I understand your concern. Anyway you need to change your clothes too otherwise you won't be allowed inside the school. Well I don't have other clothes so I can't come with you, let's meet tomorrow. She stopped me by holding my shirt. Wait a minute, I know about you so I bought a pair of traditional clothes for you too… you can wear them at the school. What? You brought for me too, thank you very much. Let's go then…

Hey Akia, you said that teachers won't be allowed unless they wear the traditional dress right! Yes … and also you said this is the first time you are wearing, which means…. She suddenly stopped on road facing down, Akia are you alright? Yes, this is the first time I'm going, she answered me with a smile. I'm so relived looking at her smile. So you don't know anything about the school festival? No… since I'm new, I don't know anything about the festival…which means "BOTH OF DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE SCHOOL FESTIVAL"….

What should we do now Shiva, if we go like this the others will laugh at us…. Don't worry, Akia, at the times like this we need the help of an expert. Who is this expert you are talking about?...

What? You are talking about Nana… seriously. There is no need to bother, Akia, they knows stuff like this more compared to adults. We can get the complete information from her…. Good morning Nana, you are looking good today… Shiva teacher, good morning and thanks for the compliment, I don't know you are coming today, who is this beautiful woman with you? Don't you recognize her, she is Akia. She looked at Akia from top to bottom...

Please don't bluff with me early in the morning, I know Akia teacher didn't attended any school festival even for once and I know she won't come this time too…you shouldn't say things like those …while I was saying, unexpectedly Akia grabbed nana dress and said, you had knotted your Yukata wrongly, "you need to recorrect the things which you don't know about" and she knotted it properly. It was my first time seeing her like this, Meanwhile Kanna came out of the house, thank god Shiva you are here, suddenly I got a call from work and I need to leave, can you drop nana at the school? Of course I can do it; there is no need to request me? By the way Shiva, Who is she? She is my colleague at school, Akia. Suddenly Kanna dragged me a side and asked, are you sure she is your colleague? She looks different from my perspective… actually Kanna, I think you are getting late for something... Oh I forgot, thanks for remembering… bye, bye. Finally he left the place. I think we need move now too.

I'm sorry Akia teacher for what I had said earlier, even through nana apologized, Akia didn't say anything on the way. We were about to reach the school, so I asked nana about the school festival… school festival you say! I think there will be six events from morning to evening. At first the students gallery , after that drama play and also we will be having sports. Student's stalls are also available, after the lunch teachers reviews will be taken from the students and the awards will be given to them on the stage, in the evening time classical dances will be performed by the students and teachers as well. The festival will be closed by the night after the fireworks. This is the schedule used last year but I don't which schedule they are going to use today. We are almost reached to the school. If you don't mine can I ask you something Shiva teacher? What is it nana? I had asked her. May be you should be with us for a while… I was shocked by her word… I could be able to reply her. Sorry nana, I couldn't get the meaning of it?... you are also a writer right, may be you will get it sooner, and she left the place by running away. What is with her attitude, I couldn't get it? But Akia replied to me. Nana Kaminari one off the best writer in our school and also she got so many awards for her writing skills, she also published a novel in cooperation with our school… what? Really? I don't know that much about her, but how did you know about her? Knowing about the students is the first priority of a teacher, that's why I had learned about them and their activities. I felt a little bit of shame and also I had learned something from them, which is "don't think about your work , think how sincere you are in it". I had changed my outfit into a traditional look and came out of the room to observe the outside school environment. The students are more energetic in what they doing, the festival is going on with flying colors. Akia felt shy to come out but she came outside on my word and as you know, none of the students couldn't be able to recognize her. At last the teachers review had started, it's the only thing which I hate…

The students are voting on their opinions but why are they making the crazy look at me, are they symbolizing like 'it is the end for you'. I had only two options for now, I don't know how they are going to review me. After the completion of voting, the principal called me to his room, I was scared at first, what will he say to me? And I was terrified by his first word "what is this Shiva, I never thought students would review you like this ". I thought I'm done for now… Shiva I had realized how the students felt about you, now you can continue your journey as a teacher here. What? You mean they had written well about me? No Shiva, none of them had written whether you are an expert or professional but they all written the same thing about you. What is it? I had asked him with curiosity. How about you see for yourself , by saying that he handed over a review note to me, I was stunned by reading it. What it said is ' I couldn't say Shiva teacher is a professional or not, but he helped us whenever we need any help whether it is subject or not. I can say he is an awesome teacher compared others'. I became speechless after reading the note. You can leave now Shiva and don't forget to enjoy the festival… Yes, and I left the room.

I had remembered what Kanna said before and I had realized , this is how a person treated when he is in different profession. I like this kind of feeling which I had right now. After a few moments later Akia also came out , how did it went Akia? Which I asked but she was completely pissed and shouted "I WILL NEVER FORGIVE THEM"….

Both of us are came out of the school and seated on a bench near the shadow of a tree in the evening time. Everything was silent and calm. Are you fine Akia, or still worried about your bad review. No, I'm fine there is nothing about the review. I feel a little bit of nervous and I don't know the reason for it. Don't be so modest Akia you need to enjoy the things when you have the chance otherwise who knows whether the chance comes or not! Maybe you are right ,so let's enjoy the festival… she had taken me with her by holding my hand, we had so much fun in different kinds of events. As nana said, the festival ended with beautiful fireworks …

After the festival, the days are completed like blooming of a flower, almost three months are completed. I got to know well about the students and the other teachers. Finally the worst nightmare for every student is here, THE EXAMS...…