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It was already 2.30 and the lunch break was
declared. Anshuman and I rushed to the canteen to satisfy our hunger. The canteen
was much better and bigger than ours. Anshuman and I settled for a rs 30 ‘thali’
which was reasonably good.
Barsha came and sat down to have her lunch in
the adjacent table with a friend of
hers. Thankfully, a girl!!!Yes, she
was there, in front of me. Again!!! I was pleasantly surprised. My eyes continuously
shifted from my plate to her. I alleviated my speed of eating and waited for
her to finish. I noticed she was also ogling at me with a ‘tirchee nazar’. I got
up as soon as she completed her lunch and rushed to the washing place. May be she noticed it.
I came out of the canteen and waited for her to
come out. I had decided to start the conversation with her, finally. Same thing was in her mind, I hoped. Anshuman
stared at me, unable to understand what was going on.
‘you do one thing…… wait for me near the
academic block for five minutes…..will meet u in five minutes…’
He wanted to ask something….i could read from
his face.
‘I’ll tell you everything later’. I pushed him
away. He had no other choice but to go.
I saw barsha coming out of canteen . I checked
my hair on my large mobile screen for
the last time before talking to her.
She came out and gave a smile on seeing me
before the canteen. May be she was expecting
me to be there!!!!
“hi, I am swayamsu”- I took my right hand
forward to shake hands with her.
“hi….and I am….”
“barsha”- I interrupted her, “I know your name
and the reality , in fact, is I had read it from your identity card at the
registration counter”. I tried to act smart to impress her.
“and the augmented reality is I even know your
name from the paper presentation session”- she said with a smile on her face
and we shook hands.
Her hand
was soft; the handshake was warm!!!!!
She was soft-spoken and had a sweet feminine
voice that sounded sensuous to me. her hair was smooth, silky and long. Her eyes
were brownish. I liked her….
We talked for quite a few minutes and after
sometime she begged excuse as she had some work. She walked away and vanished
in the crowd and I stood right there, stunned!!! It was not that easy to get
over her soft hair, intelligent eyes and lovely features.
I went back to the academic block where
anshuman was waiting for me. we participated in two other events before the day ended. I had started planning about the 2nd day of the techfest,
which was going to be held for 3 consequtive days.
