Cleaning his spectacle with his own T-shirt he was thinking about the first crush he had. That feeling was quite unreasonable for him now when he is 23 but that had some meaning in the past.

I was just a kid, Manish sighed. Afterall, what he can expect from himself at that time. He was just a student of class 2 that time. "A dull student" he corrected himself.

"Hi, can I borrow your notebook for a while? I need to note down yesterday's homework." Manish asked a girl named Priya, his first ever crush.

She was topper of the class and Teachers always used to ask her to monitor the crowd in their absence. She was fair as moon and her smile diminishing the daylight which tried to make a place in the classroom.

Although Manish was not that much bad at studies, he was also not good at it. He studied only for exams just to reach the next class so that he'll be able to gaze at his crush.

He didn't even gave it an effort to pass the weekly tests, turning him the most dull student in the eyes of every Teacher. Getting scolded & being punished for not doing homework was part of his daily routine now.

Teachers are all fool, they should understand that without even doing any homework, he cleared every exam effortlessly. He is a bright student but they think of him as a cheater in exams. He had no time to waste thinking about what perception teachers have for him.

Pulling out him of his thoughts, Priya replied " Kalpana have my notebook and thus I cannot give you that right now."

"Okay, once she finishes her work, then I can have it right?" Manish asked, however he knew that Kalpana, Priya's best friend was the girl who came 3rd evertime & she don't need Priya's notebook.

A boy entered the class room, neatly dressed & his uniform ironed. He went straight to another boy named Keshav and kept his bag beside Keshav's. "Kunal, how are you?" Keshav asked shaking hand with him.

"I'm good." Kunal replied and went to Priya to ask her to lend her notebook for a while so that he can cross-check his own answers. Priya nodded with a smile and took out the notebook from her bag.

Manish was shocked at this, first Priya told him a moment ago that another girl was having her notebook and now she took it out of her bag? Seriously? Am I that bad? Also he thought, why Kunal needed her notebook when he was the guy who came 2nd in every exam and was the only guy in classroom to secure a position in exams?

He must be trying on her just like Manish. These thoughts were enough to start a rage in his heart.

This time he was hurt by Priya's actions and had nothing to do but to sit on his bench.

While attendance Teacher Miss Shweta announced his name, he was then enquired about the homework that he obviously didn't completed. Same day again & same punishment he thought and went out the classroom, standing beside a wall with his both hands straight up in the air.

He was used to of these things and was turned into someone who would rather accept punishments than doing homework.

Going back home , he saw Kunal walking just a few steps ahead him & found that he was living in the opposite street from his own. He went to Kunal & asked him to have studies together, he had no long plans but may be a few days he can try doing homework with Kunal and see how things would change.