This semester was…57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLLfGH2Cfr
different.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHs2Q7L44y3
Special, maybe.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXDh1IQWRM
Not because of what was taught —57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIymJbMAEoM
but because of how we lived it.
They filtered out a handful of us —57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7NNNox61C
called us the Bamboo Coders.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItQ2v6wrVH
A name that felt funny at first,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSxsG3MGG3
but later —57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5lykeyfPH
it became a badge of sorts.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6V5GwVxnDt
A sign that we were the ones chosen,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEkvP9AYK6
to be sharpened.
We were given three days in the week,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEStXDQnf1i
and half of the rest —57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xlxZa8mmu
to lose ourselves in Java, Python,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiUP1Tn6FJ
and Advanced Data Structures57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq75cT7kY9B
in the walls of Technical Hub.
And she was there too.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Q3AbZ5YWd
Forevermore.
So were Ramu, Richard, Ren, Krish,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4ZGZ0ZM48
Andrew, Simon, Harry —57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNC3Whqpc8
a mix of voices, minds, and laughter.
It became our world.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyO5L9AxQCX
A bubble made of keyboard clicks,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGYtj52xmn
mugged-up syntax, half-finished jokes,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡai8gAlm54S
and dreams stitched in code.
In the middle of all the laughter,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwriis8K36
battles of logic,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9miW20bVr
and the warmth of friendship —57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2tJrCmUWF
there stood someone we all admired57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHb1i9UEMA
but hardly spoke about.
Ashok sir.
He wasn’t just a teacher.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLzGdNdXF8
He was a man with a gaze full of distant fires,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAo4AHYDaOb
a quiet dreamer who hid oceans behind his silence.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCz2EGj6nu
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He taught us Advanced Data Structure. While Pavan Sir, taught us the remaining.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtph43JNDB
Java and Python.
He was, to me,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0HlWFMIMv
a dream flower —57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aCEDhsdQG
blooming with brilliance,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttRdrP1or4
but rooted too deep in a soil that wouldn’t let him move.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoUVUjdzB3
He wanted to do something.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTyJ1lAgH3
You could feel it.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNKWXXGQxv
But something always held him back.
Maybe responsibilities.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHGLamXhtx
Maybe fear.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8y9L6v0Dd
Maybe time had just moved too fast57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKteVkWqHH
before he could catch it.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhorTxOcj3
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He always say:
“Hard work doesn’t guarantee success…57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhpAStt4jY
but it always leaves behind a version of you57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRHclCawoq
that deserved it.”
Because Ashok sir may have not reached where he once dreamed of…57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsH6GVc77P
but he will make sure we do.
With Ravikanth and other seniors guiding us,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZ13VJ5VOr
it became my playground.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdF7gJ4JnE
There, I was free.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFCYlYgYPP
Playing, laughing, coding, dancing —57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LR7PUn2wo
No one could stop me.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zsP6ZfWg6
Especially not when I had Richard beside me.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsKa3Xhf9O
We were fire and wind —57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ714FhHiLoC
Unstoppable.
But with Forevermore —57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3H1ME4muO4
ghosting and misunderstandings came like clouds after sunshine.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPNbAxa4BC
Random, uninvited…57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtUTQVHNl3
but somehow familiar.
Still, every evening,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg95ajWkQy7
me, her, and Ren57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRS7cIDHYg
would meet near her bus57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74rrKUt5zj
and talk until the engines hummed and the wheels turned.
Then one day,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypiNIk1kNl
she asked me something.
Something simple —57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7nCTSXl2m
about Japanese placements.
And I told her everything I knew.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpvCcaJqBj
And when I said I was preparing too,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6FQAPYLRD
she smiled —57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcSefCwlkG
a kind of silent joy,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2ac3mAUrh
and said,
"We could do this together...57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjo1T4NT7F
Same boat, right?57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa26MqCOm1U
Even if I stop, you’ll keep going."
And there, in that one moment,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBs95nsCTJ
I felt it.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcS2AfAxOS
That I had become someone57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEv8y1REClt
she could lean on.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwvWQFcwKb
Someone she believed in.
It meant everything.
But a thought floated quietly behind that smile…
“If we weren’t in the same boat,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarX6CuDMnw
would she still think of me?”
Would she still see me,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LeQ0DGRlw
or would I be ghosted — again, unknowingly —57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVLWzHpU8N
like she once said she does?
But I let that thought dissolve.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXS0w9TnIE
Because this was a moment worth keeping.
We began learning together.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkKmLFYxrZ
Late nights, whispering over calls,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWg78WBxov
solving Java problems,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgO2bJ7yBFA
sharing notes,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGHw03PplA
and pretending it was a “revision” for me57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0g7qXn09I
— just so she wouldn’t feel guilty.
She didn’t know57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9Y98ynNQM
how much I had pushed myself57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaNb3sCMgX
to catch up,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOJncH0Wxy
to be useful.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidz9q2o3XQ
To be… enough.
But that was okay.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78CoF9QSNk
Because I wasn’t doing it for recognition.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5kK2x2bs8
I was doing it for her.
Mornings were Technical Hub.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGH0qKP7Q7I
Evenings — I’d walk her to the bus.
Her bus was parked in the middle of the college ground.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBED2Gl8X8
Mine was to the right.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdHSjeD6DV
Ren’s to the left.
Like a reflection of where we all stood.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWs1Db5hV2S
Her — at the center.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOYHCiYHRv
Me — watching from a distance.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAuE6FWWDh
Ren — never too far.
And in between all this,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonXuxLnkSe
her birthday came.
I wanted to give her something…57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFtsW0kh2e
something that wouldn’t fade,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNCTGehVrx
even if I did.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTP9aEfWi8o
A piece of me she could keep,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYTN8jicxi
even if I someday became57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrYUkGdLgA
just another name in her memories.
I thought of what she loved most —57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDVwa22pTs
Harry Potter.
Seven books.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBamnIHYX0
Seven stories that shaped her.
One of many that she holds the closest.
I wanted to give her all of them.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNaMe5zlTt9
Not at once — It would be a overkill,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gnBefuuVo
but over time.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5U5HULZxO
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Over three years.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaah6peafjS
Because that’s how long we’d get to see each other,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo02hBgab5S
in this college, in this life.
A slow gift.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFbnEMXDHi
A promise across seasons.
Not just a present —57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgat6y23IC
but a quiet wish.
ns216.73.216.12da2That maybe even if I couldn’t stay in her story forever,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwYHVKbnn1
I’d be a chapter worth rereading.
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