Chapter 4

WHO IS THE NEW BOY?

Here we go again! It's like an everyday thing for me and the others present here in the bus listen to them bickering. You are right, I am talking about Laksh the flirt and Tony the cold guy. I sigh and look outside the window, the weather is a bit cloudy today, seems like it will rain soon. I like to travel by bus with my friends, it's fun although they are loud and it annoys me sometimes but it makes me happy to see them like this. Laksh always talks about pretty girls, he seems like pervert but the reality is he is not. He just fools around too much and tries to set me up with someone, but for me i am not interested in having a relationship right now. My last relationship was not a pleasant one. I am not planing to have a relationship any sooner,so the best thing I could do is avoid girls as much as I can. I was looking outside drawn deep in my own thoughts. I came out of my thoughts as the bus stopped at a certain point. Then I heard Laksh saying.

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

I looked up unintentionally, there's indeed a new boy and also cute. He was looking here and there, I guess he was searching for an empty seat. But there was no empty seat left, he looked a bit disappointed. He walked towards the middle of the bus and stood beside my seat. In the meantime I took the chance to take a brief look at him. He have a soft feature, small round face, very pretty. Though he is cute and pretty, he was wearing a serious expression on his face, which didn't do justice to his pretty face. The bus started moving again and i looked outside the window and tried to take a nape. It was raining a bit outside and a wave of cold wind was hitting my face and it filled my breath with a beautiful scent. I assume it was coming from the younger who was standing beside me. It calmed me down even more, I was having a mild headache because I woke up late but this scent was really soothing. My lips curved up unknowingly, I smiled and drifted to sleep.

"Adi, Adi, wake up. We are here. ADI! "

I woke up by Harsh's loud voice. I rubbed my eyes lazily and stood up from my seat. I looked here and there, he was gone. I got off from the bus and went towards the class. I was feeling a bit sad that I could not see him one more time. I looked around the campus, he was not there. I was disappointed that I don't know anything about him except his face. But I'm sure that I will see him again. With that hope I left for my class.

Our first class was on Romantic Poetry. I really like this class, not only this class but I like to attend classes, I am very serious about my studies and a good student too. I always score good grades and an exemplary student for others to follow. Neither I get in trouble nor I cause trouble, I do my works properly, I don't like to talk too much unnecessarily and very attentive in the class. But today is different, it never happened before. I was trying to focus on the lecture but I'm failing. I am just wondering one thing, " Who is he? What is his name and what is his Subject? " . Yes, I want to know everything.

It's almost break time and i could not focus on the classes today. I could not complete taking the notes also and the class is already over. Now it is break time, my friends came to me. They were a bit surprised that i am not done yet.

"What happened bro? You are always fast, what happened to your skills today? " Asked laksh teasingly.

I just ignored his question and instead I asked him to give his notebook.

"Laksh give me your notebook. I need to complete this, and you guys go first I will join you later"

"Okay. Come fast " He said and left for the canteen with others.

I started to note down the points as fast as I can. After few minutes as I am done, I put it inside my backpack and was leaving for the canteen. As I was crossing the Literature 1st year room i saw someone, he was sitting alone inside the classroom and was talking on the phone. I looked properly and realized that, he is the new boy and i became curious as why was alone. He hung up the call and he looked very sad. I was really shocked when I saw him crying silently while wiping his tears, my heart ached , I felt really bad . I felt an urge to go to him and comfort him but I can't . I and just a stranger to him and I don't even know his name. And then I felt that he realised my presence, so i moved quickly from there and went straight to the canteen. My friends were waiting for me, as I reached I went to grab lunch and took a seat. After having lunch we came back to the class. We still have two more classes but I couldn't focus on the class now I'm even more disturbed. I was just thinking "why is he so sad and crying" This question occupied my mind and I spend the remaining two classes again thinking about him. I don't have any extra classes today so I thought of leaving early with my friends so I took the 4.30 bus and left the university with a hop to see him again.