DUO(2)

“Ananya, come quickly”, shouted one of her friends in food-court. Dis was the same pretty gal to whom my eyes were glued to. I was, as usual, staring at her. I had observed that she used to have her breakfast at FC4(food court). It was hard for me to convince Varun and Neil to start having breakfast in FC4 rather than FC5 which is very close to our hostel. I had to tell Neil dat crowd here in FC4 is awesome and it’s always gd to start your day seeing pretty faces. Dat was all that was required to convince Neil; Varun was tough though. However, in the end, majority won and so we started to hv breakfast in FC4 and me started to jap Ananya mantra. In the coming days, through my sources (jobless Infoscions) I found out she had joined a month back from my date-of-joining. As expected, a lot of guys were after her. Given my looks, the probability of getting her was like Munaf Patel scoring above 20 or George Bush getting recommended for NOBEL Prize, but as wise men (if dey exist) say “one should not give up until he tries”, so as usual carried away by the though, I thought even I vl give a shot and try my luck which apparently is very bad.

The call of “Ranveer, Ranveer” interrupted my thoughts about Ananya. It was varun, sweating from head to toe. ”Come quickly, Neil is fighting in the football ground”. This was his second fight within a week. We ran towards the ground and were stunned by what we saw, 6-foot neil getting overpowered by 5 people. Upon seeing dis, Varun sprinted towards him a la Usain Bolt. Even I started sprinting (if one can say dat) fast. We went straight into the middle and started blindly whacking people. By the time security had arrived, they separated us and took our employee IDs and asked us to collect it from HR.

HR-now this is one word that can make one pee in his pants. Ideally HRs r supposed to be one’s friend in corporate world, but their friendly behaviour is not very friendly. Each of us was fined 2K and given warnings. Varun was a little pissed with Neil cos it was Neil‘s short temper that was the main reason behind all fights, including this one. All of us were quiet and kind of upset as 2k was deducted from our huge salary. Only an Infoscion trainee will know the value of this - after slogging our asses 24*7, Sometimes on seeing my bank balance(if at all) I feel that I am in a tsunami struck country. We went to have snacks when my mobile beeped. ”Meet me near the multiplex in 10 min-Shagun”. Now whenever Shagun messages so formally without a word abusing me such as fcker,moron,jackass, it means she is upset. Somehow Shagun and I had become close. I made up some shit excuse to guys and then placing my round ass on d cycle I started drifting towards multiplex.

Shagun was standing there, her eyes told the story. Her pretty eyes were all swollen and red, an indication that she had cried a lot. On seeing me she almost broke down, ”Let’s walk”, she said. Now when a gal says, ”lets walk”, it means that either she likes u and wants to have a walk with u or else she is upset and wants to tell u why she is upset. ”Rishabh is a bastard” was what she said. I couldn’t agree more, in fact I wanted to add more like chutiyaa,fckr and all. Somehow I never liked Rishabh (u must have guessed it by now), he was a naive person and was more concerned where others stand, a selfish and sadist guy. But I never told this to Shagun. I guess the other two also have the same feeling. Anyways with an innocent face (if u can say dat) I asked ”why?”. Apparently Rishabh had promised that he will take Shagun for dinner, as they hardly spend time together, which was a major concern for Shagun and at the last minute he cancelled it cos he had a module test three days later (loser). This made Shagun’s face go all red and they fought publicly. Rishabh kind of overstepped the line and insulted her in front of whole class. ”So what now?”, I asked her, “You go to him and talk to him”. I wanted to say ghanta, balls, but couldn’t. Somehow Shagun felt that I was more friendly with Rishabh. It’s not like dat. I can’t put up a Sunny Deol face, all I can put up is a Rajpal Yadav face(max) so everyone thinks I am not the type of guy who would hold grudges with anyone. So she wanted me to have a chat with him. ”He is in B1003 GEC2, catch u at dinner”, she said as she headed towards her hostel. I was bewildered. Finally I decided I vl go and talk some shit with that bastard Rishabh. The day started with the beautiful thoughts of Ananya and it looked like it was going to end with Rishabh.

“B1003” I said in my mind,reading the board in front of the class. The class was a 200-seater. I quickly scanned for Rishabh, but wt my eyes struck ,to my amazement, was Ananya sitting next to Rishabh. I quickly walked up to their row, Rishabh greeted me with a fake smile and Ananya just had a serious beautiful face. ”Let’s go outside, I want to talk to u”, I said to Rishabh. ”It’s ok, we can talk here.”, he said with arrogance. Sometimes I wish I was Neil cos if he was here, next thing for sure would had been a tight slap. He continued, ”btw she is Ananya, a very gd friend of mine. She knows everything.” I waited for my introduction, but as expected dat bastard did not care abt it. ”Ranveer”, I said. ”Ananya”, she said with a smile on her face and shook hands. Then Rishabh started boring. I was least bothered about what he was saying. I just was more concerned about what Ananya was saying. She seems to be way more mature dan I (though if u ask my dad, he vl say that even a 2-year-old is). Finally, things got sorted out. Rishabh called up Shagun to say sorry and went to meet her. It was 9:30. I hadn’t had my dinner yet. This was my chance to ask Ananya to dinner. This thought had barely entered my head when I heard, ”Where the fuck were u?” Varun was behind me. ”We were searching for u all over the campus.” He paused when he noticed Ananya standing a few inches from me. I guess that Shagun must have told him that I was in Rishabh’s class. ”Ananya, Varun and Varun, this is Ananya, a friend of Rishabh’s”, I said, breaking the silence. Varun greeted her and said to me, ”Chal lets move, I am hungry”. Now dis is called true friendship. He had to come and look for me today of all days and today only he was hungry - my luck. As I decorated Varun’s name with all possible gaalis I knew, I said, ”Arre u and Neil have, I am all full.” Varun gave me a mischievous look, or was that his normal look? Anyway ”Okie, catch u later, bye Ananya”, said Varun, to my relief. I had to act fast as Ananya’s friends could also turn up at any moment, ”Chalo den”, Ananya said before I interrupted her. ”Let’s go for coffee”. ”Hmm. Even I am all full, coffee will be good”, said Ananya. Finally I patted myself on my back, in my mind as if Pamela Anderson herself had allowed me to get into her room, d probability of which will redefine number systems…

I hardly could control myself, I just wanted to admire her beauty, Ananya’s beauty (I hope u guys r out of Pamela Anderson’s room). Everytime I looked at her, I just wanted to kiss her. How do I describe her, she had d right amount of fat at d right places (unlike me who had inherited only FAT from ancestors). Her smile can make Baba Ramadev give up his Sainthood (if he is a saint, at least he would relinquish his yoga). She was talking about her friends, and I was admiring her beauty. Howver, d bhukaad guy in me was not enjoying dis. I had only had breakfast, lunch, snacks (twice) and was really hungry. ”Achha listen, do u want to eat somethng, I am hungry.” I said. She, with a wicked smile, said, ”I thought u were full. That’s what u said to Varun, right?” Embarrassed (as usual) I did not say anything and got up, when she said, ”Get something for me, even I did not have anything to eat since afternoon.“, with a cute smile. I was all elated as I remember she said she was full. One thing lead to another, and finally I asked her out. The courage for dat came from kingfisher strong, Mallaya u rock dude. Luckily she said yes. ”Lucky me”, I said to myself.