As the sun peeked over the horizon, the city buzzed with cheerful energy, birds singing, and cafes opening with the hum of morning traffic. "Rise in shine sweetheart, don't you wanna go school Soma, it's the first day of your grade," said Mom while cooking breakfast … After a few sec a voice came from upstairs
" I think I won't because today will only be the entrance ceremony and introductions, which is not that important to me."
He instantly closed the curtains for the next round of sleep, but as soon as he fell asleep again, the next second, he found himself drenched from the bucket of water splashed by his Mom, which brutally blew his sleepiness.
" Firstly, I didn't ask any questions even though I did. Secondly, I know you have an antisocial personality, that's why you don't have many friends, but avoiding it won't do you any good, so you don't have any say in this. Now, like a good and obedient boy as you are, get ready for school and come to the breakfast downstairs."..."And one more thing: Your one and only friend Arnav is waiting downstairs for you."
"WHAT! When did he come here from Riben City and why is he here this early even before I am awake" in a hoarse voice while wiping his face
"of course to take you to school with him as he was shifted to our local neighborhood recently and has joined the same school as yours, also knowing that last time you didn't went to the New Academic year starting celebration that's why he came in advance"
"Fine then, I will go huh~~~"
Such ill-treatment in the morning…why she sometimes have to overdo it…I guess I have no choice
After getting ready, Soma comes for breakfast downstairs, where he finds Arnav grinning and already waiting for him to take him to school.
"Yo wassup, how have you been without me, ready to go to school huh…lazy ass wait are you getting sentimental !," he asked with a huge smirk on his face.
"Emotional? Of course not why would I get emotional get your eyes checked, it only had been four months since I last met you when I went to Riben city for some work"
…." wait till I finish my breakfast then we will go, wanna join?" asked Soma
" Thanks for asking me but before you came down Auntie already made me eat breakfast even though I denied"
"You denied? I ain't buying it " while eating and giving Arnav a suspicious glance
Half an hour later they both started to leave for school and his mother came to see them off and said "Bye-bye you both give your best at school, and Soma remember to make lots of friends, Arnav please watch him for me".
"Don't worry Auntie he is in good hands now" said Arnav with assurance.
Make lots of friends? Even two or three would be a miracle for me, making friends is not as easy as everyone thinks. Even though I try my best to talk to some or help them they just brush me off, although I know I don't have many interactive skills, for me it's harder than rocket science except for this guy, I don't even know how I pulled off making him a friend
besides me, this guy has more friends that I can't imagine in my whole life due to his enthusiastic personality but still, he regards only me as his best friend since we were kids.
While they were on their way to school, Arnav remembered, "Oh! I forgot to tell you one thing. The list of students in our section has already been released on the Internet, and you know that I am in your section this year. Also, there is a surprise for you in the class."
"That's awesome of a coincidence, it looks like now I don't have to be alone in the whole class but what's the surprise" with a glad look on his face.
"Now-now… surprises aren't meant to be told in advance, that would ruin the fun, the fun of looking at your funny reaction…hehe wait till we reach there".slaping his back in the time.
After some time walking, Soma asked "So how did you get shifted from Riben City to our Tudar City and also to our local neighbourhood to my surprise"
" Actually there are main reason is that my father's job got transferred to this city and the other is that this year I joined your school as you know which is closer here than in the previous city, and also to protect you from bullies from now on"
"Oh, my savior if you haven't descended from the heavens to protect this poor soul how this poor soul would have survived for so long…seriously your jokes aren't getting any better!"
"Ha Ha Ha…sorry sorry looks like I stepped on the wrong nerve but I do have learned some fighting techniques"
"Looks like we reached the school,... whoa! It's quite the crowd, Soma tell me are there always this many students?".... " but of course…what would I expect from one of the biggest schools(Alard High School) of Tudar City….when even the Tudar City considered one of the best city in the area of infrastructure and environment"
At the school's entrance gate, the whole student council was already present there to greet everyone formally, they were all dressed in the same formal school attire but with a few differences which included an armband with the school name and symbol printed on it and a formal dark brown trench coat instead of the blazer with a brooch pin at the left side of the collar with school symbol engraved on it which made them look totally different than the whole student body
As Arnav was admiring the student council for their appearance while Soma was looking for someone among the student council members but couldn't find them, after a while he convinced himself that the individual must be busy with different tasks, after all that individual was the student council vice president
After entering the school I found an entity discussing something with the teachers, and that's when that figure's eyes contacted with us, he gave us a beaming smile with a hand gesture to call us,
with a confused and glade face Soma asked him "Rai uncle what are you doing here! talking to the teachers"
"You don't know that this year your vice principal got changed with me, so if you have any problem you both can ask me for help, also remember to study properly with discipline like good students" with a smile.
"Sure rai uncle we will"
".....Btw is he your friend, what is your name"
"....uhm ah….GOOD MORNING SIR! I am Arnav Virk nice to meet you, sir… have a good day sir."
"HaHa…you don't have to be so formal just relax, have a good day you too, now I have to take my leave, I have some urgent work to do for the entrance ceremony and you two go to your class before the bell rings" just before leaving that area he keenly glanced at Arnav from some distance.
"Was this the surprise you were talking about, I must say that was something else it totally blew my mind" said Soma with a surprised look on his face
"no no no…. This was not the surprise I was talking about, for my surprise you had to go to the class first, btw how do you know him, and why were you addressing him as 'rai uncle' " while Arnav admired the school's interior as they walked inside the school building
While changing our outdoor shoes to the school's indoor shoes from their respective locker at the entrance of the building Soma replied "That's because he has been my father's best friend since childhood, quite like a brother to him, he is also a good teacher of science and you know what he is still in his thirties…..it looks like we have reached our classroom"
standing before the classroom, that's when we heard a commotion surrounded by a sizable crowd in the corridor at some distance, from the looks of it, it looked like bullying….