Two weeks passed and everything was going smoothly. Rian diligently attended the classes and paid attention, took notes and with the help of Isha, the studies were going easy. Since the first-years had the same syllabus the classes were different for everyone and the students were shuffled so Rian only saw the same faces once a week. Rian got closer to Dhairya and before anyone knew it, they were good friends. Rian learned that every night they sat together to discuss various things going on campus.
Since the responsibility of the assignment was imposed on Arpit, they had plenty of time to waste. It took Rian four days and then he was invited to join them. Rian learned that the people he chose to hang out with all had lofty ambitions. And they all shared one, which was money. Lots of money. While this desire was prevalent among many, the question remained: Were they willing to do whatever it took?
It was Sunday night and the usual group was sitting in room 1107. Dhairya, Varun, Rajat, Dev, Kabir and Rian. Rian met Dev and Kabir when he hung out for the first time. Dev, an extremely selfish person despised Rian at first but opened up as Rian started suggesting things they could do to earn money. Legal and illegal. Kabir on the other hand was pretty open to Rian hanging out with them. He was preparing to run for student council elections and secretary positions.
"Did you get in contact with anyone? Especially that bitch?" Varun looked at Rian sipping his coffee.
"No, I didn't see Divya again, looks like she's pretty busy."
"The whore didn't even give her contact info, it's like she's dodging us on purpose. Hell! We don't even know her fucking room number."
"You are saying as if knowing it would make a difference." Dev scoffed, blowing the smoke.
"Yeah, the girls are not listening and we need as many votes as we can get." Dhairya frowned.
"Tell me about it. I asked my girl and she said that the fucking boys were messing with Divya and she made it happen. Talk about making connections. They all met fucking 4 weeks ago and almost all of the girls listen to her. Why the fuck we guys don't have that fucking unity?!" Kabir leaned back against the couch lightening his fourth cigarette.
"Well the answer is simple, guys have more ego." Rajat laughed as he looked at Dev.
"Don't fucking look at me, I am doing my job. I have made more than a thousand rs this week. The cigarettes are a fucking hit." Dev retorted glaring back as he continued, "The problem is we don't even get to take the full profit. Fucking Kunal takes 70%. Not to mention we have to buy our own cigarettes which fucking takes everything we earned. Are we fucking beggars or what?"
"I wish there was a better way. You know...." Varun glanced a knowing look at Dev.
"The fuck? I can bring it. I am serious. But how the fuck will we distribute it? There are rats everywhere."
Rian raised his brow, "What are you talking about?"
Dev lightened another cig, "I have a pill, a new pill. Called uhh... yeah Kreep. It gives high like MD but less addictive."
Rian slowly nodded. He took the lighter from the table and lightened his cigarette.
"Man, we are fucking doomed. How the fuck did we end up selling cigs for second-years?" Varun gritted his teeth.
"Yeah well we don't have any other option, they are providing us with assignments and to be honest our relationship is really fragile."
As they were talking Rian took out his phone and opened the message he got from Nysa again. He responded saying he was busy. Since then they both didn't make any contact with each other.
"Fuck! Everything is falling apart. Those bitches are not paying us attention. I mean how hard was one date?! All they had to do was go on one date! Fucking wannabe whores."
"Jesus fuck Varun. Calm the fuck down. Forget them for now. All we need is the pass for the building. We will bring the kreep here." Dev sighed.
"What if we fucking give the kreep for free? Like we get them a little addictive? We will also add a little note with it. Asking them to come to send the email if they wanted more? The email will obviously be fake and the protected one or whatever the fuck are those. We can be really discreet." Varun's voice was filled with excitement.
"That's a fucking bad idea! Are you fucking retarted? Selling the drugs on campus? Isn't that fucking illegal? You will be expelled when you get caught. How can you be a fucking idiot you dipshit?!" Rian burst with anger as he suddenly punched Varun.
"The fuck? You son of a fucking bitch!" Varun instantly got up and punched Rian harder. Not giving him any time he started kicking him in his stomach. Before Rian could retaliate Varun grabbed his hair and punched him hard near his eye.
"Jesus fuck stop. What the fuck is going on?" Dhariya got up and with the help of others, they separated Rian and Varun. Varun's lip was bleeding while Rian's whole face was messed up and his stomach was aching.
"The fuck is your problem Rian? And what the fuck Varun!" Dhairya glared at both of them. Varun was struggling against Kabir's grasp, he wanted to punch Rian some more. While Rian was completely drained out.
"This fuckface asked for it! You like the beating asshole?! I can fucking kill you motherfucker!" Varun dangerously smiled as he struggled some more before eventually letting it go.
"I just think it's a fucking bad idea. Have you ever thought about what will happen when the authorities got to know about it? You will fucking go to jail. I want no part in your fucking drug distribution." Rian deadpanned.
"Yeah, we are not fucking asking you to be. Just keep your fucking mouth shut or we will drag you down." Dev glared at Rian.
"YEAH! FUCKER been behaving like a fucking boss since he joined. We never invited you to join us." Varun spat.
"Dhairya did."
"And I am regretting it now." Dhairya glared at Rian.
"Look I just wanted to warn you. Don't do this. We can find some other way?" Rian looked down at his feet.
"See what the fuck!! He's fucking scared of you but not me?! The actual FUCK?" Varun glared harder at Rian.
"We took your advice. Now get out of here. And remember to keep your mouth shut or the consequences will be bad." Kabir said giving a hard look to Rian.
"Let's talk more about this later." Dev said glaring at Rian as he also got up.
"Yeah, tomorrow night.""I am disappointed in you Rian." Dhairya shook his head.
As Rian descended the flight of stairs he took out his phone and tapped the stop recording button.