FIRST DAY AT UNIVERSITY

Everyone was rushing towards the university bus. There was limited seats in the bus, everyone wants to get a comfortable seat, thas why some students goes to the bus stand a bit early. Some of them have advantages like having a big friend circle who can take up seats for them. Similarly, there was group of five friends ,Aadarsh, Harsh, Vivek, Laksh and Tony,Who always tries to get the best seats for themselves. And two of those boys are very popular in the university. They are also childhood best friends. The boy who is quite tall, have a nice physique, handsome and stylish. His Hairs are styled very nicely which suits his handsome face perfectly. His name is Aadarsh Sharma, 2nd year English Literature student. And the other one is Harsh Paul ,2nd year English Literature,he is the most popular boy in the university. Height a bit shorter than Aadarsh, he has a almost perfect face. Although Aadarsh has his own car but he likes to travel by university bus with his friends. And he is always late, but Fortunately he have some good friends who always keeps the best seat for him. Today also he was late, so he came running towards the bus and got on the bus. He was looking for his friends and finally he spot Harsh sitting on the forth row seat in the bus.

Harsh called Aadarsh from his seat, "Adi, why are you so late? Come fast. "

Aadarsh's friends calls him Adi. They are really good friend so they call each other by their Nick names. Adi went towards Harsh and sat down with him. He kept his bag on his lap and finally spoke.

"I woke up late. Then I thought I will take my car today but got to know that my brother took the car. So, had to take the bus', he said.

" Anyways taking university bus is not bad you know. It's quite fun", Harsh spoke with a smirk.

"How come it's fun? And what's with that smirk? Hmn", Adi asked narrowing his eyebrows.

" Come on man, don't play dumb.You know that many of the 1st year girls go to university by bus. Who knows we may get the chance to befriend with them. They are really pretty you know ", Laksh said.

He is kind of a flirty type person, he can mix up with people very easily. He is easy going and doesn't take stress too much. On the other hand Tony is very serious type, he doesn't like to joke around. Hearing what Laksh said, he rolled his eyes and looked out through the window.

" Don't you guys want to take a look at them?", Laksh asked. "Come on, I know you want to look. "

This is like his everyday thing. Everyone already knows, he is at this again so they remained silent. The bus was continuously moving, and it stops whenever students gets on the bus. After few minutes silence Laksh spoke again.

"Look look, she is really pretty"

"Shut up Laksh. You are really annoying" Tony said.

"Why are you mad? I'm not asking you to look. You are no fun, you are never going to get a girlfriend." Laksh said with a irritated face.

"Good for me. Girlfriends are annoying. " Tony said.

"No.they are not. They are really cute." Laksh argued, smiling like a fool.

"Stop it guys. You both are annoying"Aadarsh said with a annoyed face. " Now I really miss Vivek, only he can tolerate you both." He added " Hey. Do you guys know when will he come? "

Harsh replied, " Yeah. He will come day after tomorrow"

They were talking and bickering with each other in the bus. On the other hand Raunak was waiting for the bus at City Tower Point. He somehow collected the information about the university bus timing and it's route. City Tower Point is the nearest bus stand where he can catch the bus. Today is his first day, he was nervous and excited at the same time. Their classes starts from 10 o'clock and the bus leaves from its main point at 8.45 and it takes 15 to 20 minutes to reach City Tower Point. He saw the bus coming towards him, he waved his hand and the bus stopped. He got on the bus and started looking here and there like a lost puppy. He was searching for an empty seat. Unfortunately there was no empty seat available. He sighed walked few steps and stood in the middle of the bus supporting himself with a seat.

Laksh, Aadarsh, Tony and Harsh was bickering with each other. The bus stopped at City Tower Point, Laksh was expecting a pretty girl to get on the bus but instead of a girl a boy got on the bus. He was a bit disappointed but still he said.

"Look look, there's a new boy. I haven't seen him earlier. May be it's his first day. " He added " He looks like a lost puppy. He is cute though."

Aadarsh looked up to see a really pretty boy looking here and there for seat. He looked nervous and a bit shy. He has a round face with big die eyes, small nose, red tinted lips, fair skin. His hairs are black which is covering his forehead. He is looking nice in blue jeans and white t-shirt. He seemed really delicate, his body movements are also delicate. He walked towards them and stood beside them. Aadarsh looked at him one more time and then looked outside the window. As the bus started running, slowly slowly wind started blowing and his breath filled with a beautiful scent of perfume. He closed his eyes and tried to take a nape.

As the bus started moving forward more students started getting on the bus and the bus became crowd. Raunak was feeling suffocated . It was hilly road and it was raining a little bit, the was packed with people. Suddenly, feeling of nausea hit him. He felt really sick, the feeling was unbearable but somehow they reached university. He got off from the bus immediately and went to the washroom. He washed his face and came out from the washroom. Everyone went to their respective classes. He also went towards their classroom. As he reached there, he saw that there was no one in the classroom. He became confused because it was already 10 o'clock, the classes were supposed to start. He again started looking here and there, then he saw their professor was coming towards the class.

"Good morning, professor" Raunak wished her good morning.

"Good morning, where are the others? " She asked.

" I don't know ma'am. I have no idea" Ron replied.

"OH. Maybe they are in the MPH *Multi Purpose Hall* come with me, let me call them. " She said.

They went towards the MPH, all the students were sitting there waiting for their professor. Then the professor told them to come to the classroom. All of them one by one ran towards the classroom. Ron also went towards the classroom. He went towards a seat but someone said it was already taken so he looked for an empty seat but all the seats were filled up already, there was no seat left for him. The professor noticed it and asked someone to bring a chair for him. He was standing at the back feeling awkward. The student came with a chair and gave it to him. Ron took the chair and placed the chair at the black and sat down quietly. He looked around the room he was searching for familiar faces but unfortunately Parth was not present, he felt a bit sad.

"Raunak, we have already completed half of the topic. Please collect the notes from your classroom" The professor said to Ron.

" Ok. Ma'am", Ron replied.

"I know you may be facing difficulties to adjust here, as you have came from very far" The professor said again.

"No ma'am. I stayed in boarding school from class 6 so, I can adjust. Thank you for your concern" Ron replied.

"That's great. Ok, then let's start with our topic" She said and started taking the class. 45 minutes passed and the class was already over. It was a combined class so the students from other subject went to their respective classroom. Ron felt really lonely because no one talked to him. Everyone was busy talking with each other. He was an introvert, so he was really nervous to aproch first. He was missing Parth. Then one by one they already attended four classes.

It was lunch break time, he thought he should make some friends. So he approached one student who was taking his stuff.

"Excuse me" Ron spoke slowly.

"Yes." The student replied.

"I'm Raunak, may I know your name? " He asked politely.

"It's Sivam" He replied. He added " Actually I need to go now, my friends are waiting. "

"Ok.bye" Ron said.

Sivam didn't say anything and went out of the classroom. Ron felt dumbfounded. He felt really terrible. Sivams tone of speaking was very harsh it felt like af if didn't wanted to talk. The place felt more unfamiliar to him. He didn't dared to go to the canteen. He sat there silently looking outside the window. After few minutes he took out his phone and dialled his mother. After few rings his mother picked up the call.

"Hello, son. How are you? How was your first day? Did you make new friends? " Shed asked in one go.

" I'm fine mom. It went well and yeah I made some new friends. I called you to tell you that I'm okay mom, don't worry. Now I'm hanging up. Bye mom. " Ron said. With that he hanged up the call. He was already sad after hearing his mother he finally broke into tears. He never cried from his childhood he stayed away from home but he never ever cried. And now he is crying like a baby. He felt really terrible, he could not control his emotions. He was crying silently looking outside the window. He didn't noticed that someone was watching him through the door. After few seconds he felt someone's presence at the door and turned around to see there was no one at the door. He shrugged it off and took out his notebook as the break was already over. After the lunch break they have two classes. All the students came back to the classroom and one after another they attended the last two classes. Now it was already 5 PM their last university bus was about to leave. Ron quickly went towards the bus and got on the bus. Now there are plenty of empty seat as some of the students already left by other buses. He went and sat quietly on the seat. The bus started moving, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. It was a rough day for him. Again he felt nausea , he opened the window and let the wind and rain hit his face. As the bus reached at City Tower Point he got off the bus, then he took a cab and went to his room. It was already 6.30 PM , although it only takes maximum 40 minutes from the university to reach at City Tower Point but because of yhe traffic it took more time. He went to his room changed his clothes, and plopped on the bed. He was so tired that he drifted to sleep within few minutes.