ECHOES OF DESTINY

CHP 15

At 2 o'clock, I didn't have any class, so I was sitting in the math class solving some math questions with my earphones on, listening to music. It was actually my hobby to listen to songs while solving math problems. Then I heard someone's voice, so I raised my head and saw that Anirudh sir was standing next to my desk. I quickly took off my earphones and spoke to him.

Bondita: sorry sir vo ham earphones lagaye the isliye sunai nahi diya

Anirudh: haan koi baat nahi vo...

He was hesitating a bit, so I said,

Bondita: boliye

Anirudh: ha...haan vo main tumse kuch personal baat pooch sakta hu

Bondita: ji bejijhak poochiye

Anirudh: haan vo...vo tum...tum arrange marriage me interested ho ya love marriage me mera...mera matlab tum arrange marriage karna chahti ho ya love marriage

As soon as he asked me that, I was taken aback completely. However, I quickly composed myself and responded,

Bondita: sir hame shadi hi nahi karni

Anirudh: kyunnnnn...mera matlab kyun nahi karni shadi

Bondita: ese hi hamara man nahi to nahi karni shadi

Anirudh: arey lekin jindgi me kabhi to shadi karni hi hoti hai na

Bondita: hame nahi karni. Ham nahi karenge

Anirudh: kyun nahi karni

Bondita: hame nahi hai shadi me koi interest aur vese bhi jaruri to nahi hoti shadi

Anirudh: arey tum samjh nahi rahi ho

Bondita: samjh aap nahi rahe hain aur vese bhi aapko kya karna isse aur kyun itni personal baat hamse pooch rahe

Anirudh: ab kaise na kaise, kabhi na kabhi to shuruaat karni hi hogi

Bondita: kis cheez ki shuruaat sir

Anirudh: tum nahi samjhogi

After uttering those words, Anirudh sir exited the class. What kind of person is he? He's utterly incomprehensible.

I put my earphones back in, restarted the song, and resumed solving the questions.

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The next day, I arrived ten minutes late to maths class and asked Anirudh sir, "Can I come in, sir?" He looked at me and smiled, saying, "Come in."

I entered the class and started taking out my notebooks pen etc, and when I looked towards Anirudh sir, he was looking at me.

I was wondering why. When I was taking out my things from my bag, why was he staring at me instead of teaching? Earlier, he used to look at me while teaching because he used to pay more attention to me while teaching. But now, I wasn't paying attention to what he was teaching, so why was he looking at me?

I was thinking about all this when Anirudh sir spoke up.

Anirudh: mujhe laga aaj aap aane nahi wali hain

Before I could say anything, Vamika interjected: haan sir ka to man hi nahi lagta varna class me

And as usual, everyone burst into laughter.

I told him: haan vo late ho gaye the ham

Anirudh sir nodded and started teaching again. Today, for some reason, he kept looking only at me the whole time, I mean, not even for a second did his gaze wander elsewhere. Then Vamika remarked, "sir ham log bhi hain class me aap sirf Bondita ko hi kyun dekhte rahte hain aaj to us par se nazar hi nahi hat rahi aapki"