08-03-2026, 12:30 PM
5
It was 9.30 PM and rashu changed into her night wear and wore her sweater. Tied her hair into a bun , washed her face and put her luggage to a side. She decided to unpack tomorrow as it was a Sunday.
Just then, a girl slightly chubby entered the room. She was 5’1 and had curly hairs.
“ You must be the new girl? “ She asked.
“ Yes, Rashmi”
She came forward and extended her hand,” Hi I’m Sanjana, you can call me sanju. “
“ Rashmi”
“ Nice name. Computer science?”
“ Yes. You?”
“ Yeah same. But you seem to be late for the section registration and all. You will be added to the only section left.”
“ Yeah I had a viral fever the weekend before college started and it was suggested I take rest”
“ Oh, no worries. I can help if you need any help.”
Rashmi felt her words comforting.
“ So I think I’m your first friend here in college”
Rashmi smiled and nodded. “ C’mon lets go to the mess for dinner”
Rashmi got up and they went downstairs.
They took food and started eating at the mess. They talked and got to know where they were from and how they got into the college.
“ So I lost my dad when I was 10 and mom owns 3 boutiques. She is a hard worker.”
Rashmi felt sad that sanju lot her dad at such an early age. “ I’m sorry and you’re mom is amazing, she built from scratch”
“ Yeah. How about you?”
“ My dad works in a bank and mom is a home maker. My brother is in 7th class now.”
“ Wow, great! Most women nowadays want to work but maybe the previous generation dad’s were not okay”
Rashmi interrupted,” Actually that’s true but in my mom’s case, she worked previously and stopped working later after she had my brother I think”
“ Oh nice. It’s great uncle supported her.”
“ Yeah. Actually dad himself asked her to work. The expenses then were not really matching his salary it seems. So…”
“ Cool. So you got the free seat here?”
Rashmi slightly felt embarrassed to admit what she would think of her financial condition.
“ ye-yes..”
“ Damn, you must be so intelligent!”
Rashmi felt shy and also happy that she recognized the talent behind it and not her financial condition.
Sanju received a text suddenly and she looked at her. She laughed out loud and Rashmi just smiled.
She put the phone down and went to put the plate. Rashu was still eating. Her curious mind looked at the phone and she read it was a group texts that she was reading.
The whatsapp group was Friends2Family
Rashmi put her plate too and washed her hands. They walked upstairs and she felt satisfied after the dinner as the food was good.
They walked into their room and a fair girl with loose hair, shorts and a tshirt was walking around the common area while talking on the phone.
“ She is sreya. She is from Madhya Pradesh.”
Rashmi sighed a hello and she smiled back in response as she spoke on the call.
Sanju took Rashmi into her bedroom and they sat on the bed.
“ I’m sorry you didn’t get the privacy. I too felt bad the person coming after me had to sleep in the common area.”
“ It’s okay sanju. I will get used to it.”
“ well, you will have it.”
They turned towards the door and sreya walked in. “ Rashmi, she is sreya. Fourth year electronics student.”
Rashmi instantly stood up. “ Hi akka”
The mention that she is a senior instantly made her do it.
Sreya burst into a laughter and put her hands on her shoulder and asked her to sit.
“ She doesn’t know Telugu” said sanju.
“ Arey rukho baba….I can understand what akka means … " said sreya.
Rashmi didn’t speak and stood up again.
“ chalo, I’m not that kind of a senior. So chill. “
She looked at rashu.
5’4 tall, a figure that’s lean and just started growing in the right places, brown eyes, plump lips almost the look of a bow and her hairs were black and she assumed if left free they would run till her waist and slightly lower.
Her skin tone was light brown slightly because of tan.
“ you play sports?”
Rashmi casually replied,” Badminton sometimes but not an everyday activity”
“ Gym?”
“ No, I used to be a yoga person. Went to yoga when I was very young and continued until last year. Been inconsistent after that.”
“ That’s nice. You body tells the story.”
Rashmi blushed as she didn’t expect a comment like that.
“ OMG, you got shy?!! Haha, you’re such a sweetheart”
Sreya went to her room.
“ She seems sweet.”
“ Yeah. I too generally thought north Indian would be cocky and prefer not to talk with us, but she is so different”
Sreya walked back in and said,” Rashmi, you need not worry about the privacy part. I will be leaving in 2 months anyways….”
Rashmi said,” No No….I don’t need privacy. I just casually asked.”
“ shhh….It’s an age where we prefer that. Don’t say no to your needs, okay?”
Rashmi didn’t understand what sreya meant.
“ Sreya akka has an internship lined up in Bangalore. She will be working there and shifting to Bangalore. So her room will be empty” said sanju.
“ Oh, can I use it then?”
“ Yes, all yours. Maybe I’ll occasionally visit but mostly I’ll choose not to stay in college hostel.”
“ Oh thank you so much sreya akka”
“ no problem. Yoga is not really easy here but people go jogging and stretching in the campus. If you want to try, I start at 6AM. You can join me…”
Rashmi wasn’t sure as it was outdoor and she didn’t want people looking at her as she did stretches. So she never preferred that. But sreya had been so sweet to her and she said,” I’ll come akka”
“ cool. Sanju, I’m doing skin care.”
Sanju instantly took her skin care materials and went to her room.
Sreya helped her with the skin care after she was done with hers.
Rashmi saw how they took care of themselves. Sreya looked at Rashmi.
“ You don’t follow skin care?”
Rashmi mostly tried natural paste to her hair and face but never the skin care products.
“ Try once”
Rashmi went forward and took one. “ They remove marks if any and reduce tan. You don’t have any marks, it’s only tan so give it a try”
Rashmi felt like she was with Anusha again. She sat and asked sreya to help her.
Sreya gave her a smile and helped her do the skin care.
“ Well rashu, If you want…we both can switch every other week. One week you use the bedroom and I use the common area and another week we switch….”
Sreya smiled. Rashmi felt happy. “ Thank you sanju. You both have been so sweet”
Her first day at hostel and she made friends that understood her. She felt thankful.
They spent the night talking about their lives and college experiences.


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