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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 2^nd day of the techfest, which was going to be held for 3 consequtive days.