2 Kamanth and Shirley

Looking at this fat man who weighed around 93kg, everyone laughed out loud. This man was clumsy. He always does clumsy things which were easy to handle. He was reeking of sweat. His face was full of fear for unknown. One could tell that he was suffering from xenophobia.

"Here comes the Fool!" ,Kurt laughed and said with tone filled with mocking.

"Hey Fool!" ,Umang said with hatred in his tone, "How much breakfast did you have this morning?"

The class burst into laughter after hearing that. The fat person looked at the laughter and didn't say anything. He had no courage to confront anyone. He was weak both physically and mentally. In fact, he hated his own existence.

His name is Kamanth! He is from India. Even in India, this name was very weird. He was below average student. Well, he was not even up to the mark with the people of his age. And he always lived in his own world.

He was a slow wit. He couldn't catch up with anyone. Even for exams, he always worked harder than anyone else only to barely pass. He was always suffering from distractions. He can't concentrate on one thing for a longer period of time.

Whenever a professor takes a class, he widens his eyes and tries his best to catch up with each and every word spoke by the professor. But no matter how much he tried, he couldn't catch up with his professor.

He wanted to prove himself. But no matter how much he tried, he failed. Nobody understood his problem. He always became a subject for mockery and joke wherever he was. He hated this feeling.

He was not supported by anyone. Even his parents failed to understand his problem. They were always in the impression that their son is not at all putting any efforts. They thought that he was just wasting his time with unnecessary stuff.

He had an elder brother. He has anger issues. Even for a slightest wrong move made by Kamanth, he wouldn't tolerate it. He would have been constantly scolded by his brother.

His brother went to USA for higher studies. And then he grabbed a job and was settled. But Kamanth was not even trusted by his parents. They thought that sending him to USA for higher studies would be a waste of time.

But in order not to depress their son, they sent him to Auckland for the higher studies. His father had a Ricemill. So money was not a problem. Since his son was poor in education, he wanted to teach him the stuff regarding Ricemill. But because of his memory issues and slow understanding of things, he always failed.

His father felt hopeless about him. So he sent his son to the place where he was barely good at. Since his son was going to schools and colleges since his childhood, that was the atmosphere he was adopted to. So he sent his son to Auckland.

By doing this, his father hoped that his son would change his personality with the change in place. He only prayed for the best outcome. As for what outcome it will produce, only time will tell.

After experiencing all this horrible and nightmarish things since his childhood, he wanted to commit suicide. But a girl stopped him from doing that. In fact, that girl's charm stopped him.

Her name is Shirley. She is the goddess of his life. He loved her more than anyone else. She is softhearted girl and the only one who understood his problem. She was the one one who supported him and was patient with him.

Maybe heaven was showing pity on him. As soon as he came to Auckland for the first time, he managed to live in a house as a paying guest. And the home where she stayed as a paying guest is Shirley's home. And what's more, he was teamed up with Shirley for all academic semesters.

Shirley was an Indian Christian. Unlike Umang whose origin was from India, but born in New Zealand, Shirley was born in India. But her family moved to Auckland when she was young. So she had no attachments with India to the level of which she had with New Zealand.

She was very beautiful and was popular as well in the class. She was very good in studies. Since she understood Kamanth's problem, she used to explain every concept wit great patient. Or else, Kamanth was sure that he would have definitely failed in the examinations.

She also had a great sense of humour. Since Kamanth used to mess up every things, she called him "Fool" all the time. Of course, it was just a friendly nickname she gave him.

But the likes of Umang and others always used this name to tease him. Everyone called him with the name Fool. In fact, even the faculty started to call him Fool. The name "Fool" became so popular that people started to forget his real name.

Umang had his eyes for Shirley as well. But Shirley always used to stick around Kamanth which made Umang envious of Kamanth. Not just him, but no one has ever understood why Shirley always stick around such a loser. But no one cared about their friendly relationship more than Umang. This was also the reason why Umang showed hatred for Kamanth when he entered the class.

As Kamanth who ignored the laughters of his classmates and was walking towards his bench, Umang intentionally placed his leg in the way. Kamanth didn't see it and stumbled upon and fell on the ground!

"Hey Fool! Watch your steps man!" ,Kurt laughed and said, "Did you eat that much that you can't even carry your own "Majestic" body weight and fell down?"

Instantly the class laughed loud. Kamanth slowly stood up while enduring the pain from the fall and the humiliation he suffered just now. He knew that he neither had power nor courage to go against his classmates.

He sighed in depression and took his bench. Shirley was not in the class right now. Since the class is about to start, she might be outside doing some work. But her college bag was on her seat which proved that she was in the class earlier.

As time passed, Kamanth's eyes lit up as he smiled suddenly. His eyes on the main entrance of the class. The girl he loved, Shirley finally entered the class.

Umang also gave a sinister smile. After all, even though he had his eyes on her, she always spent her time with that loser. So he formed some kind of grudge for her even though he still wanted her.

"Hey Fool!" ,Shirley called Kamanth teasingly as she took her seat. Both Kamanth and Shirley shared the same seat.

"Hey!" ,Kamanth greeted back with a smile on his face.

Very soon, thr class quieted down. They all went back to their seats. The professor entered the class. So it was obvious that the class was about to start.