By the time I got a room in Hostel-F 208, it was evening 4 and the warden just showed my roommate.
He was standing just next to the warden’s room with his parents. The face looking very innocent and of my height, very thin, dark complexion and he seemed very young. I went near him “Hi, I am arun your roommate, so what course are you doing here”. “Hi I am Vikas, MBA,(small Pause) shall we look at the room”
Our room was in the first floor, very adjacent to the TV room and the first in the corridor. Just as Vikas’s father opened the room, we found empty packs of Gold Flake Cigarette boxes which slightly gave me a weird delight in my mind. I told Vicky that I had to go home now and will return tomorrow with my luggage and bed and bid farewell to them.
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The next day I came in a jeep of my dad’s colleague. I put my bed, cycle and the necessities.
We reached there at 10.45 which, is again late by 45 mins. The first class was of finance taught by Jessica ma’am. We quickly transferred the luggage to the room and I looked at Dheeraj in a question mark way whether shall we attend the 2 hr class or not. He just started walking towards the school and I quickly followed him.
I found a place in the back benches where I was sitting alone and was searching for my roommate to make a sign that I have come and as well simultaneously searching for Anil too. They were sitting right to me in the row in front of me. It was a class which was totally different compared to the engg classes. Ma’am was teaching about the importance of accounts in a company for which the B.COM students Rakesh, Kundan, Taruna and etc were eagerly listening and answering to madam’s questions. I took out my note pad and started noting the points.
After the class I went to Vikas to have a casual talk with him “hey hi…how was your day. So, where are you from?”.”hey hi, am fine, I am from Karnataka, but I know telugu well”.
The very next question I asked him was “do you smoke” for which he told “occasionally”.
The next moment I hugged him and told “we will have great time here”...
