This semester was…122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0I7D6vTB7l
different.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85PzZWzXqY
Special, maybe.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYjQAAUTwa
Not because of what was taught —122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhK8M9udci2
but because of how we lived it.
They filtered out a handful of us —122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44LwY0mBep
called us the Bamboo Coders.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHwXecGONV
A name that felt funny at first,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6pRBw6xRO
but later —122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQd3DKPawAU
it became a badge of sorts.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuWjTdTRLs
A sign that we were the ones chosen,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQQWpOWOE0
to be sharpened.
We were given three days in the week,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8gZUftegI
and half of the rest —122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNiA4DucUY
to lose ourselves in Java, Python,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzki9y0kth
and Advanced Data Structures122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8tyEglck3
in the walls of Technical Hub.
And she was there too.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ho3RU0l3o
Forevermore.
So were Ramu, Richard, Ren, Krish,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFc7LesXT7O
Andrew, Simon, Harry —122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Gft6KOjRn
a mix of voices, minds, and laughter.
It became our world.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexsJdt1Q0g
A bubble made of keyboard clicks,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsD0v5vl6m
mugged-up syntax, half-finished jokes,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19XOgHNY5M
and dreams stitched in code.
In the middle of all the laughter,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZU7jGT8Whv
battles of logic,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hV1pJMc7N
and the warmth of friendship —122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIMsys9CNS
there stood someone we all admired122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOvsIa98JM
but hardly spoke about.
Ashok sir.
He wasn’t just a teacher.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2uPLhtB6l
He was a man with a gaze full of distant fires,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JQ3Wi8Uzn
a quiet dreamer who hid oceans behind his silence.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRqit799cm
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He taught us Advanced Data Structure. While Pavan Sir, taught us the remaining.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDM0vKIQPIh
Java and Python.
He was, to me,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZHxHALDai
a dream flower —122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAM60uGbRM
blooming with brilliance,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJk7vgHHru
but rooted too deep in a soil that wouldn’t let him move.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9d3NPjQHx
He wanted to do something.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgU4XoEIHwb
You could feel it.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwLSfrL4P8
But something always held him back.
Maybe responsibilities.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZVV2HnA9Z
Maybe fear.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BnsTB1gV5
Maybe time had just moved too fast122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDYOwwrAiB
before he could catch it.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYGp9PGipo
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He always say:
“Hard work doesn’t guarantee success…122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TQT7o2ikB
but it always leaves behind a version of you122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvEfuglqXB
that deserved it.”
Because Ashok sir may have not reached where he once dreamed of…122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfletfm8me1
but he will make sure we do.
With Ravikanth and other seniors guiding us,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdigbf8bv1p
it became my playground.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3wc3cirHe
There, I was free.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyuy88fZfL
Playing, laughing, coding, dancing —122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVdkzdi8kg
No one could stop me.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2o2mQDxejs
Especially not when I had Richard beside me.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXMrCM5ChF
We were fire and wind —122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUq9bmAYcH
Unstoppable.
But with Forevermore —122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0TfckEBSp
ghosting and misunderstandings came like clouds after sunshine.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKA9BatoKO
Random, uninvited…122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFc0RoUp20
but somehow familiar.
Still, every evening,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqh7ABVTbp
me, her, and Ren122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSNdEkMxIp
would meet near her bus122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRU2WBX6q80
and talk until the engines hummed and the wheels turned.
Then one day,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0njFRr7oa4
she asked me something.
Something simple —122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyqaZ8oyv5
about Japanese placements.
And I told her everything I knew.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxcajuMwYN
And when I said I was preparing too,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghiYGR3l7a
she smiled —122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7qPVCqWT6
a kind of silent joy,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2F8oc3EbS
and said,
"We could do this together...122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLeubShDgX
Same boat, right?122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Go3Qzitkl
Even if I stop, you’ll keep going."
And there, in that one moment,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdqJzvgOtY
I felt it.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxbA6f2NAG
That I had become someone122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvAWd4APxv
she could lean on.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8fRCSL6yR
Someone she believed in.
It meant everything.
But a thought floated quietly behind that smile…
“If we weren’t in the same boat,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgK4zX45m3K
would she still think of me?”
Would she still see me,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmIQaM8wUV
or would I be ghosted — again, unknowingly —122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gidSFBNI8
like she once said she does?
But I let that thought dissolve.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNTOLHYosY
Because this was a moment worth keeping.
We began learning together.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNcNb4K7Md
Late nights, whispering over calls,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpmpjW1foN
solving Java problems,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRT4MwDSDx
sharing notes,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIZekQFZnv
and pretending it was a “revision” for me122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BLO9UM1m4
— just so she wouldn’t feel guilty.
She didn’t know122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSV2FRp60J
how much I had pushed myself122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTxNr2eHfG
to catch up,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3w0x9RsSEQ
to be useful.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUigDIEwC2s
To be… enough.
But that was okay.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0FLqlJCXm
Because I wasn’t doing it for recognition.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWH8ZNF6Il4
I was doing it for her.
Mornings were Technical Hub.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87o8YD7pUo
Evenings — I’d walk her to the bus.
Her bus was parked in the middle of the college ground.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4DrgHDWYd
Mine was to the right.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ072B3UeCrv
Ren’s to the left.
Like a reflection of where we all stood.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75InIKLZdJ
Her — at the center.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaupcGPIwP
Me — watching from a distance.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZplm00GM2
Ren — never too far.
And in between all this,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOELumivfb
her birthday came.
I wanted to give her something…122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2D1Q7akkzG
something that wouldn’t fade,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbW8vV1cIG
even if I did.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcUjgFL7Lb
A piece of me she could keep,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSzkh6BcRU
even if I someday became122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljCryagQdf
just another name in her memories.
I thought of what she loved most —122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4Peyj34fj
Harry Potter.
Seven books.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumA0TFmoAx
Seven stories that shaped her.
One of many that she holds the closest.
I wanted to give her all of them.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhlGZwTJgm
Not at once — It would be a overkill,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcVTLk9nuB
but over time.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0osLkj0kM
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Over three years.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3T8H4G104
Because that’s how long we’d get to see each other,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUhXY7S90Q
in this college, in this life.
A slow gift.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVTZTBnvr7
A promise across seasons.
Not just a present —122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXV2kmCq2q
but a quiet wish.
ns216.73.216.141da2That maybe even if I couldn’t stay in her story forever,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cWPYxnsUN
I’d be a chapter worth rereading.
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