It was around 11 am in the morning of the month of August. I was standing in my hostel balcony watching those pearls like rain drops hitting the ground and scattering into million pieces. Suddenly my eyes caught a new white car stopped outside the college premises. A young teenage guy was talking with college keeper bhola uncle. After minutes or two a young guy came outside of the security room. Young, tall, medium muscular body, spark in the eyes, with a good sense of clothes. Yes he had came for the admission in the college. He once looked around the college with a smile in his face took a long breathe and start walking towards college building with his mom and dad.
Later that evening when I was eating my lunch, Ramesh had informed me that our hostel warden had gave us a new roommate. Ramesh and I are best friends, our friendship had started from the admission line where he was standing in front of me, a guy with round glasses and eyes full of dark circles, medium height and thin body. He must be teachers favourite student and an excellent student who never fails to get top marks in every exams. But to be honest Ramesh is the most sweetest and friendliest students of the college. He was far from love and attraction towards girls. He was here to fulfill his dream and to be the first engineer in their family.
After completing my lunch both Ramesh and I had returned to our hostel. The same boy whom I had seen in the morning was sitting in our room with a novel in his hand. At first I had thought that he was bookish too (like Ramesh), but when he saw us coming in the room he quickly closed his book and sat in very formal way as if he was here for an interview and we are selecting him for a job or something. To scare him I acted as a bad student of the college but Ramesh can't control himself and brusted into laughter. The new guy too smiled.
"Hey dude whats your name?" Ramesh asked.
"Shiva Shetty" the boy replied in a very disciplined and formal way.
"Chill dude make yourself comfortable we won't do anything to you" I said this to him cause he looks quite nervous.
"Thankyou" the guy replied with a smile in his face.
"Well you are from which department Shiva ?" I added.
"DCST (Diploma in Computer Science and Technology)" he replied.
"Oh! From same trade" Ramesh exclaimed.
Shiva smiled.
"Myself Arpan Sharma and he is Ramesh Kumar we both are from DCST trade first year" We introduced to him and forwarded our hand towards him to shake hands.
"So Shiva Shetty wanna grab some coffee from Meenu's Bhabi canteen" I asked him.
"Yes! For sure" he replied.
This was how I first meet Shiva. Shiva was not that good in studies but he can sit in front of computer and write down programs for hours. Once I asked him why he loves computers so much he replied "Arpan from my childhood to now I seriously had got no friends. Everyone comes to my life for their benefits and when their work is done, they will leave me alone so that's why I had made gadgets my best friends cause they never leaves you alone". After listening to him I hugged him and said "Dude I and Ramesh is here now and we are your true friends. So from today don't think this kind of shits. Ok".
He smiled and said nothing.
Shiva was not like other boys, he had got a muscular body and girls from the college was crazy for him. His friendly attitude had caught the soul of seniors too so he was far from raaging and bully too. The most beautiful thing about shiva is that he always carries a smile in his face and no matter how hard the time is he never gets angry. Far from tobacco and cigarettes he was the guy every girl dreams of. He got many proposals but accepted none. He use to say us "there is nothing like love. Its all just an attraction of the opposite sex and attraction fades very fast. Love is different. It feels different it looks different and lastly when you fall in love you can listen and understand your partners silence too".
Once a girl from mechanical trade proposed Shiva in front of everyone. She was damn beautiful and everyone in the college was crazy for her. Her name was Shivani Gupta. Model type figure, long hair and a charming face. She was born perfect. Everybody in the canteen was shouting "yes yes yes". Shiva ignored it and walked towards the counter, paid his bill and left the canteen without uttering a single word. The girl face truned red like tomato, she topped Shiva and said "Itna attitude kis baat ka hai tumpe". Shiva smiled at her looked towards me and said "Arpan, this was what I was taking to you and Ramesh last evening. You know the different between love and attraction. If she really loves me than she would have understood my silence too", I was speechless. The most beautiful beautiful girl from the college was in front of him with a proposal but without think for seconds he rejected her. Really Shiva was different from others. If she had proposed any guy from the college they would accept her but it was her bad luck that she proposed Shiva.
Rumors stated spreading in the college that Shiva declined Shivani's proposal. Now everyone in the college started calling shiva by his new new nick name 'sakth launda' but Shiva ignored it. Even Ramesh use to cut jokes of Shiva in front of him "bhai tu accept karde par number mera de dena" Shiva use to laugh too after listening to Ramesh jokes.
Once I asked Shiva about his past relationship, he replied to me sadly "Yes Arpan, I too had someone in my life whom I had loved more than anything".
"And is she still with you?"
"No" Shiva replied.
"What had happened?" I asked.
Shiva didn't replied to my question, he just keep looking at the floor. All I could see was Shiva was crying inside. I might have asked him wrong question.
"Sorry Shiva" I apologize him.
He looked in my face, wiped his tears and said in a low voice "Its okay Arpan. Past always hurts you the most". He replied me with a sweet smile in his face.
Slowly Shiva started getting close with friends now. In hostel too, he always keep himself surrounded with his friends. I can see Shiva changing. I was happy for those changes he brought in his life.
Now shiva life was in track. Ramesh helped Shiva and me in academics too. All 3 of us were giving our best in the classes too.