7.In the dream city.

                                            The Unknown Relation

                                             7. In the dream city

                                   

I reached to my dream city, Pune. The weather was amazing like asking to fall in love with yourself. The cold breeze after that no season rain and the smell of ‘bhuta’ (corn) was something I felt after a long while. I found myself smiling from the inner side and that was the moment I started knowing myself. The Pune’s welcome was a remarkable memory.

I reached my destination, my college SCMC. “Ahaan!” this was the very first expression I had while looking at the building of the college. I entered in went to the office and I was done with the further documental work. I was going to the hostel but by accident I entered the boy’s hostel. For a second after realizing that I was at the wrong place it made me think of the moment when I went to Kartik ’s hostel. In that while a boy came from the front, he was tall, more like a stick and had a good enough growth of beard to make a girl flat for him. I actually loved his beard, the way he was maintaining it. Well, this was the way he looked. He came closer and said that you are in the boy’s hostel. I woke up from my own dream world of dating him and reciprocated him, “Oh! I am sorry. Where is the girl’s hostel?” He smiled and said, “straight and then right.” I thanked him and I was just going and he interfered again saying, “you have a good amount of luggage so may I help you?” With no second of time I said, “yeah, please”. I was more relieved because in actual the luggage was heavy.  While covering the distance to the girls hostel we had an in between conversation including introduction only. He asked my name and so I replied, “Kavya, and you?” He reciprocated, “Raj”. When he told me his name I decided not to ever see him again. I reached my hostel and he waved me bye. The next day was going to be  the first day of my college, so I slept the whole day like a sleeping panda. I didn’t even look for my roommates all I was in a mood to sleep like a hell and so I did.

The next morning I woke up, dressed up, had breakfast and I was full of energy like ‘anardana goli’ ready to blast in a second of time. Having a wide smile on my face I entered the classroom. I was the 1^st student in the classroom all alone and so I did my own introduction session and was enjoying it like a hell. In another 10 minutes the class was full of students and a teacher too. We had an introduction session, this time it was among the class students and not with own self. I was sitting in the front seat. During the introduction I heard the same voice that helped me with the hostel thing. In that recognition time he said his name Raj. Furiously I looked back and he waved again and this time I couldn’t help and I laughed. The class ended and I made few friends named Shikha, Karan, Aarav, Ankita and Tapasya.  Raj met me again near to the hostel area and we had a good time so he too became a part of our gang.  Time went by and we seven became the pillars of each other. Everyone used to maintain a distance from us because we were actually horrible to others. Beside this we all were stars to the teachers. The topper was always from among seven of us. We seven were like heaven. Shikha, Tapasya, Ankita and I were the room mates and the boys of our group were in the same room. With the time, I started loving myself and the six were the wonderful support for me. Our 1^st year ended and we all planned to go on a trip, ‘trip to Sikkim’. Since they all were dating each other. Shikha was with Aarav, Ankita was dating Karan and Tapasya was dating Raj. They decided the place for their romance and I followed them along with my pen, papers and assignments.

We reached Sikkim, they all went to their rooms and were all lost in their world. I was busy with my pen and paper writing the name Kartik and I took a nap. In the evening we had a night camping and a bonfire celebration like every trip has as if it is the mandatory part of any tripping. We were drunk as well and as it was my first time so I was totally in the different world. All others were laughing at me saying, “She is a happy drinker”. We started the game of truth and dare. My turn came, my friends were always curious about my personal life and so here they got the chance to know everything. All six were already prepared with their questions and I smelled that this all night camp was done for me. I was in their trap, they started the questions.

Raj, “Why you don’t date anyone”? His question was so obvious because I had said no to him.

“Coz I don’t feel like dating anyone”- I reciprocated.

Tapasya, “What is the meaning of love for you?”

“Kartik, love is Kartik. – I reciprocated.

Ankita, “Why you left him and does he know that you are in Pune?”

“Coz it was complicated, I left and he will never get to know that where I am coz I haven’t told him.” – I reciprocated.

Karan, “Where is he and what is he doing?”

“Delhi, doing medicos.” – I reciprocated.

Shikha, “You still love him and that is the reason you stay away from others.”

Umm… yes! I do.

Aarav, “He never contacted you? Do you have his number?”

“He did. He texted me and called me I didn’t reply to any and changed my number. Yes! I have his number.”

All six together, “give the number.”

“I don’t know”, was the answer they got over the phone number. I stood up after their rapid fire round and raised the volume high of the music and I enjoyed that night of my life like I never did before. The trip was for 4 days and we were back to the college doing assignments and giving interviews for the placement as our 2nd year was all about decorating our CVs.

My six gems were now aware of my too personal life and they were always wandering around me saying, “we want the number or else tell the whole name.” Finally I told them his whole name and they started looking for him on different social media but they were unaware of the fact that he was an antisocial and even I was also not interested in telling them. But yes, I started missing him again, thinking that what he must be going to do now as it was his last year of medicos and my friends anyhow managed his number from my diary and it all started again… The chapter was again opened and I was supposed to read it again…

                                                                

                                                                                                         -To be continued.