First Day Of Uni

1st July 2023

Adah's POV:

"Miss Adah, if you don't wake up this instant, I am going to come there and drag you by your ears out of your bed," I hear my grandma call my name from the kitchen. As soon as those words enter my ears, I sit upright and make a run to the bathroom. I swear to God I don't set an alarm clock; no alarm clock can wake me up like my dear grandmother's voice.

I take a nice 30-minute bath, brush my teeth, wash my hair, dry it, and do all the important hygiene deeds. I may be lazy but I am sure as hell not disgusting. As soon as I step out of my bathroom, the delicious smell of breakfast hits my nostrils. I make a run for the kitchen, where I see my grandma, creating some magic. I am not even kidding when I say it looks like my grandma is doing some witchcraft when she makes food with all those spices she puts inside and the delicious scent that drags me out of my room. I take a plate and slide in a few parathas without her noticing because I am well aware that this is supposed to be my lunch.

"I made some extras; you can have more if you want," I almost bounced back and took some more food on my plate. I run back to my room, finish my breakfast, get ready and check for any mail, no mail hmm good start to the day. I look at myself in my mirror blue jeans and a black tank top this should be good enough for my first day at Uni. I again glance at myself in the mirror—nothing special about me, just a basic Indian girl with black wavy hair and black eyes with a small timid frame..... Nothing special

It was the first day of my university, and I was studying Finance at a reputed university here in Mumbai. I raced back to hug my grandma goodbye, and on my way out, I passed my grandfather we do our special handshake and he forced some money into my hand I would be lying if I said I didn't want that money I needed the money because that was the only source to pay my bills.

After about a 30-minute train ride, I reached my destination. I checked my messages for my class number and hurried up the steps to reach the 3rd floor. I was so nervous to enter my class it was a few meters away from me I quickly checked myself in my front camera and fixed my hair. As I entered my class, I saw a few students already sitting. I spotted a girl sitting alone and I approached her.

"Can I sit here?" I ask her in a pleasant tone. She smiled back at me I took that as a yes, and we exchanged a "hello" and a "Good morning." She was so cute 5'1 with a chubby face and big doe eyes I just wanted to hug and squeeze her she was that cute. All my friends selected different universities, and now my introverted ass has to make new friends. It can't be that tough right?

The girl sitting beside me, her name was Hiya, and when I told her that I had no friends, she said she would introduce me to her friend group and that I could hang out with them. I internally screamed at that offer but I kindly declined as a rational human being, but she insisted on me sitting here with her friends so I had no option but to say yes. Now the entire class was filled with new faces; everyone was chit-chatting amongst themselves and getting to know each other. It was important because we will most probably be spending 4 years with each other.

Hiya introduced me to 3 of her friends: Abhi, Aaryan, and Siya, and I loved them all. Siya was a bit hesitant to hang out with me because she didn't even glance my way, or maybe I was just overanalysing things. Turns out, Abhi and Siya have been dating for almost 5 months now, and that's how she became friends with all three of them. Abhi just moved here from the U.S. because he wants to have a start-up here. Aaryan is planning on moving to the U.S. After graduation Siya wants to do a decent job and Hiya is doing this just for the sake of doing this; she wants to be a makeup artist and is working on it alongside her studies. When they asked what my plans were, I just said I also wanted a decent job, but I thought to myself, I had no idea about what I wanted to do in the future The thought has stressed me throughout my entire summer vacation.....

The entire day was just professors introducing themselves and their subjects, and later that day, I was informed that we would have a meeting with the seniors tomorrow for all the clubs. All 5 of us explored the entire college when we were finally done with our lectures. After which we had a nice lunch at the nearby restaurant and I bid goodbye to all 5 of them, but by the end of the day, I was sure that Siya was not my big fan; others were warm and inviting. I didn't go home directly after lunch, I went and checked our campus library turns out there are 2 libraries one which is on the ground floor which is open for all the students and one on the 6th floor which is open only for students from particular courses including mine. I register myself and receive my membership card. After which I leave for my parents 'house. The first day was not that bad. I made some friends that's great, isn't it?

When I stepped into my parent's house I peeked through the door and made sure no one was home and I tiptoed into my room slammed the door shut after which I only came out of my room to make myself some dinner before my parents or my brother got home I quickly hurried back in my room ate my dinner and fell asleep just like that.