The Eyes That Found Me Again
I enjoyed my whole holidays with these mad people and my even madder brain.
Seriously. Between my group's insane memes, random video calls, fake resume jokes, and "how to scam companies with 6 backlogs" tutorials.
I didn't get a moment to feel alone. And yet… something, or rather someone, kept sneaking into my thoughts.
Her.
Or more accurately, her eyes.
I didn't even remember her full face. It was just those eyes that spark that slice of stubbornness wrapped in softness.
I kept trying to picture her again, but I couldn't.
Just those eyes floated in my mind like moonlight on moving water. Every time I tried to form her face, it disappeared.
Like fog slipping from your fingers.
I scolded myself.
"It's just attraction man, Surya. Calm down. Not every thunder you hear is a signal from the sky."
I said it. I believed it. Or at least I tried to.
So, I focused on studies. Revised. Solved problems. Helped Mom. Acted like a good boy.
And then…
Reopen day.
Back to college. Back to madness.
We all gathered like it was some reunion after 20 years.
"Brooooo!"
"Where's my bench partner!"
"Who stole my pen bro!"
First hour. Laughter.
Second hour. Boredom.
Third hour?
Search.
I started scanning every department, pretending I had "notes work."
ECE. Nope.
Civil. Nope.
EEE girls? Not her.
Mech? There is no girl in it.
CSE? Almost lost hope.
I searched like a movie hero looking for his heroine, minus the background music.
Five days.
I looked for her five freaking days.
Nothing.
At one point I genuinely asked myself:
"Is she even real? Or did I create her like a ghost from my last life?"
No clue.
I gave up. Kinda.
But curiosity?
That refused to die.
On the sixth day, we had Computer Lab.
I was excited. Finally something I was good at.
While everyone was pressing F1 to call the teacher,
I was just running the MS word and writing clean sentences.
Like a silent nerd king in a room full of chaos.
Everyone was struggling monitors frozen, command prompt errors, keys not responding.
Me?
Flow mode on.
But… my mind?
Still playing detective.
"Maybe she's a senior?""Maybe she's a mirage?""Maybe you need sleep, idiot."
Then it happened.
I heard a sound.
"Sssshh."
Like a snake hissing? Or someone making fun?
I ignored it.
Thought some idiot was acting weird.
Again.
"Sssssssshhhhhhh…"
This time I turned checked behind, to my right, to my left. Everyone still screaming at their CPUs like the machines betrayed them.
I continued my work. Pretended to be serious.
Then suddenly.
A tap on my wrist.
Gentle. Light. Like someone saying "Hey… you remember me?"
I turned slowly.
As if the world suddenly decided to shoot in slow motion.
Even my hair acted cinematic. It was just flowing upwards.
At that exact moment like cinematic fate it started raining outside.
Heavy. Loud. Thunder cracked like a whip in the sky.
I was halfway turned.
And then…
Power cut.
I literally whispered, "Damn. What a timing man."
All systems off.
Darkness in the lab.
Except for the corridor light from outside and the occasional lightning.
I waited.
30 seconds.
Generator ON.
Lights flickered back.
And then I turned fully to the side from where that tap came.
And there she was.
Only half her face visible.
Because a big flash of thunder lit her eyes.
Similar eyes.
No the same eyes.
No.
Not just same.
Exactly those.
The girl from the fest.
The one whose smile I couldn't forget.
The one who made me question my own brain for weeks.
And now?
She was sitting right beside me.
Looking casually at her screen. Typing something. Like nothing happened. And navigating me something.
But me?
I was smiling. My lips not in my control just leaving some smiles.
I was just shocked.
My heart skipped a beat.
Then two.
Then I think my soul fainted.
And I whispered inside my head:
"Ayyo… she's real."
I kept staring.
Not in a creepy way.
In that confused, shocked, happy, nervous, scared, goosebump-filled way.
She was real.
And she was here.
And I had no clue what to do next.
Except… just keep seeing those damn beautiful eyes.