Ravi

Friday,

I parked my car, a 2009 Honda Civic,a car my dad gifted me.Actually it was a hand me down but am still grateful for it.

I stepped out of my vehicle ,and admired the grande structure infront,which read "Echelon Institute of Technology, Faridabad"

I voice in my head went over and over "I made it"

"I made it"

In all that, a voice said "Hey there"

It was a girls voice.I turned around,to see a face so mesmerising.I was speechless.

"H-H-Hi I'm Ravi" I fumbled

I extended my hand to greet her.

She ignored it,"Could you move your car a bit."she said in a South Indian accent.

"Y-Yeah sure"

I put my car in reverse and cleared the path for the fair maiden.

She gave me a quick smile.

"Kanika" she said.

"W-W-What?"I stuttered

"My name"she replied with a smile and speeded away on her scooty.

I zoned out for a while,imagining a life with this girl.Such a delightful thought it was.I was thinking about the beaches ,the ocean seeping under my feet.Kanika walked towards me with water dripping from her hot bikini body, and gave me an intimate hug.

She looked up at me and gave me that seductive stare and said

"Behen ke laude"

Wait I recognise that voice,it's Sayed the guy I've been friends with for more than a decade now.

I came back to the real world.

I stepped out of the car and shut the door in aggressive manner.Sayed looked at me with blank expressions.I guess he didn't know why I reacted aggressively.

"Chalo Phir "I said

"Yaar ladki miljaye bss "he said ,staring at girls who walked by.

"Mmm" I sighed.

"I wanna be your dorm mate Ravi.Koi dusra hoga toh meH uska mu —"

"Stop.You have to get along with everyone Sayed"

I interrupted.

We headed over to the notice board.

I looked for my name .

"Kidhar hai ..Kidhar hai.."I said under my breath

"Got it...Ravi,Manav,Anoop"

Sayed kept questioning me

"Mera kiske saath hai.Am I with you?"

I responded in a low voice ,"No broski."

"What's my room number?"he asked.

"13",I replied.

"Thike, evening meh milenge."he said

Sayed picked up his luggage and left.

I watched him go ,murmuring something to himself

"Well time to meet my roomies." I said to myself.

I headed up the stairs,glancing all around.

There was a guy wearing spectacles at my door.

I overhead the guys ragging him

"Teri ma ka ladla hai.Sir bolkar bula Mujhe"

I said to myself

"Was this nerdy guy my dorm mate?"

I walked past them.I fiddled with the keys,trying to open the dorm room.

One of those guys patted my back as if to get my attention

"Tu ithe rihata hai?"he asked

I came into defence ,"Haan toh kya."

He introduced himself as Anoop

"veere naam kya hai tera ?he asked.

"Ravi" I said

"Aaja yaara tuhanu kamare nu dikhavanga"he said graciously.

I followed.

This guy had made the room into a classic boys hostel room.Nude posters on every other wall,a pack of cigarette on the floor,loud punjabi music playing on the Bose speaker.

I threw my bag on the bed.

"Ye mera bed hai"he said

A guy came rushing in

"Bhai Rishab ne propose kiya Kanika ko "

"Ki kehrha hai.Uski Behen ki—"he said violently and rushed out.

It took me a while to completely absorb what I had just heard.

"What the fu-"

"Just as I headed out to see what was going on,I bumped into someone.It was a girl

A girl in a boys hostel?

I got up and lended her a hand.

She got up by herself and said

"Chutiya hai kya,dekhkar chala kar"

But I couldn't seem to understand anything at all.

I was lost.Lost in her hazel eyes.

"Um I a-a-am sorry."I stuttered.

She rolled her eyes and rushed down the stairs.

I should have asked her name.

I saw Sayed sprint towards me.

"So how are your new friends?"he asked with a smirk.

"New friends?Why are you being so childish."I said

"Chill yaar ,I'm just messing around ."he said

"So did you find anyone interesting?"

he asked

"There's this girl,Kanik-"

I was interrupted by Sayed

"You got some sexy posters in here Ravi "he said

His crouch was bulging outwards.

"You should get rid of that boner before anyone see's it."I said

"Cmon bro jerk me off.I'm waiting for you babe"he said jokingly

"You're one nasty fuck Sayed"I said

Anoop entered the room covered in dirt.

"Kya hua"I said

"Chal Behenchod .Meh daura ja rha tha behenchod gir gya."he said tiredly .

Sayed stood there watching

"Anoop this is my friend Sayed.Sayed this is Anoop"I said

"Sup veere,sada naam Anoop hain"

said anoop.

"Yea,Ravi just told me your name."Sayed replied with a smirk

They're not going to get along at all.

I changed the topic.

"Anoop who was that guy you were with,the chashmewala?"

"Wo battery sada senior hain"

he replied.

"Hamara senior?"I said

"Haanji Veere,senior "he exclaimed.

"Tu senior ki ragging karaha tha"I laughingly said

Sayed burst into laughter too.

"Wah yaar "Sayed exclaimed

Then a guy entered the room.

He was wearing a black shirt and red joggers.

"Hey!I'm Manav.Nice to meet you"

he said

We greeted him back.

He had a fluent english accent.

He looked around the room and noticed the posters.

"Hot poster.Kaun lagaya ?"

"Meh kita."replied Anoop

"Dope" replied manav

It was almost lunch time.I suggested we all head to the cafeteria .They all agreed.

Then I remembered about Kanika

"Hey anoop wo Kya hua Kanika ka?"I asked.

"Rishab is bloody fool.Kanika ne usse tina thapara mari.Usa de gaal la karadi behenchod."

"Kaun Kanika. "asked Sayed.

"Meri honwali patni ."said Anoop with a chuckle.

I had a sense of relief.The girl I had fantasies about was still single.

I didn't want to lose Kanika to some fool.

"Do you guys smoke?"asked Manav

We all replied in an affirmative

The cafeteria was filled up to the brim.

We walked past the tables and eyes staring at us.

There was no place to sit.

I scratched my head in frustration of unable to find a table.

I saw Kanika heading over towards me.

She waved in a joyous manner.I waved back

"Hey!"she exclaimed with a smile.

"H-Hey Kanika."I responded.

"So how's your first day going Ravi?",she asked.

She remembered my name.I was touched.

"Yeah it's going fin-"

I was once again interrupted by Sayed

"Where were you dickhead,I've been calling out your name for quite a while"he said

It felt like all my self respect was set on fire right infront of Kanika.

I gave Sayed an evil eye.

"Well anyway talk some other time Ravi.Bye."said Kanika

Kanika gave me a quick smile and walked away.

I was left out of words.I turned towards Sayed

"Madarchod ruk jaata thoda.",I yelled

Sayed gave me a smirk.

"Sorry"he said in a sarcastic manner.

"Table milgya Aaja.",he said.

I followed him.

I took a seat at the table.Manav was lighting a cigarette on campus.All eyes in the cafeteria were on him.

"Guys I ordered four veg sandw-"said Sayed but stopped in between.

"Manav you'll get caught.It's our first day and we don't want that."said Sayed

Anoop came back from the restroom and sat down with a big thud.

"Meh washroom nahi javanga ki unki koi wo kara riha hai."he said.

Nobody gave attention to Anoop.We were latched onto Manav.

"Relax,this will make us look bad ass."said Manav.

Anoop snatched the cigarette from Manav and crushed it under his foot.

"Behen ke laude ki karaha hai"

"What the fuck bro."exclaimed Manav.

"Yaara ek second chupa karo."said Anoop.

"Wow,that girl looks so fucking hot.Her boo-"said Sayed

"Oi chup kar"Anoop hushed him.

"Meri galo suno .Koi boys washroom meh wo kar riha hai"he said.

"What?"said the confused Manav.

Anoop did the hand gesture of sex.

"Someone is probably making love in the boys washroom"I explained.

"So hum kisliye ruke hai.Let's go babes,see what's going on."said Sayed.

"What about the food we ordered?"I asked.

"What about it.We'll be back by the time it's ready."said Sayed.

"Why do you wanna raid their privacy ?"I asked.

"Raid their privacy?No,Mujhe toh tatti lagi hai esliye washroom ja rha hui"said Sayed cunningly.

"Fucking Smart ass" I said to myself.

We headed towards the boys washroom.We could hear light moans from the outside.

"You guys done?"I asked.

"Not yet,let's go inside."said Sayed.

I sighed and followed them into the washroom.

We all walked in and what we saw was-

That girl..the girl with the Hazel eyes.She was making out with a guy.

We just stared at each other.

"Ye washroom meH kya hai."said Sayed.

The guy infront replied"Any probs?"

I interrupted Sayed,before he spoke.

"No,no problems.Carry on"

The guy spoke again "Disturb na kar teri ma cho-"

Sayed kicked the door open and rushed inside swinging his wrists.

"How dare you talk to my friend like that.Behen ke-"

"Sayed ruk"I shouted aloud.

Anoop and I rushed in to stop the fight.

Apparently the girl got caught up in the fight and got hit.She was bleeding from her nose.

With all the scuffle going on,a crowd gathered at the washroom.Our maths teacher Miss Ahuja cleared the crowd and took away the bleeding girl.

Sayed and the guy were taken to the principals office.

Sayed came back from the principals office late in the evening ,around 8.

I met him at the ground floor corridor.

"Kya hua,Kya bola tujhe?"I inquired.

"Nothing at all.I told the principal everything.By the way I found out that wo bhosdike ka naam Rohit hai,second year B Tech and that girl is Khushi,second year .Uski bandi hai wo ."he said

"Accha.What do you mean by everything ?"I said

"Yeah that I discovered them making out in the washroom and he wasn't allowing me to use the toilet "he said.

"Did the principal believe you?",I asked.

"Yea I'm one innocent guy",he said chuckling.

"You're one smart guy Sayed"I said.

Sayed reached for his back pocket and pulled out a box of cigarettes.

"You wanna smoke?"he asked.

"Yea sure"I said

I held the tip of the cigarette between my teeth while he lit it.

"You remember Aisha?"he asked taking a puff.

"Mmm yea how can I forget her."I said.

"She's in this college."he said with a sigh.

"W-what.You're kidding right."I stuttered.

"I wish I was.",he said.

"H-How do you know?"I asked worriedly.

"I talked her this morning."he said.

"Y-You talked to her."I

stuttered.

"She asked about you,if you were doing good.",he said.

I took a step back to absorb everything he had just said.

I took two -three puffs.I was devastated,as to why she was here.

"I got your back bro.You don't need to worry about her."he said.

"What do you think,does she still have feelings for me."

"Can't say"said Sayed taking a puff.

"Mmm"