This semester was…47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡra7ib58ZGn
different.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkBWyaWrlT
Special, maybe.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZei6R6m3jh
Not because of what was taught —47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYoDpIqQ6T
but because of how we lived it.
They filtered out a handful of us —47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gZdvgttx3
called us the Bamboo Coders.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPepcrIuSc
A name that felt funny at first,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQxla8pr5c
but later —47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsaTg67Esm
it became a badge of sorts.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00fZ1xjh8k
A sign that we were the ones chosen,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvMNCRAFl4
to be sharpened.
We were given three days in the week,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedlhLshULW
and half of the rest —47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWUY4fDnLW
to lose ourselves in Java, Python,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1m0QYiWFC
and Advanced Data Structures47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlMr4FL64A
in the walls of Technical Hub.
And she was there too.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSFBOpg09U
Forevermore.
So were Ramu, Richard, Ren, Krish,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68XPzs8vrK
Andrew, Simon, Harry —47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGziFyuiLP0
a mix of voices, minds, and laughter.
It became our world.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡen4UEluFMK
A bubble made of keyboard clicks,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWp3J6kPG2i
mugged-up syntax, half-finished jokes,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnzU1T7xiv
and dreams stitched in code.
In the middle of all the laughter,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfe3hcYp5mS
battles of logic,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCuxRwTHYb
and the warmth of friendship —47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamhnTpj12S
there stood someone we all admired47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLJm9tq3aC
but hardly spoke about.
Ashok sir.
He wasn’t just a teacher.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RbnLdaXGm
He was a man with a gaze full of distant fires,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWugLCZ5m2
a quiet dreamer who hid oceans behind his silence.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDB0YYJODWd
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He taught us Advanced Data Structure. While Pavan Sir, taught us the remaining.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1P6NbODRR
Java and Python.
He was, to me,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqygnM2mc1v
a dream flower —47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWykdz85H1
blooming with brilliance,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDoKZJNI90
but rooted too deep in a soil that wouldn’t let him move.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCZsywyL7I
He wanted to do something.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIH0QFZ20gI
You could feel it.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXiITVQDCU
But something always held him back.
Maybe responsibilities.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpNq5QYl26
Maybe fear.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QA5ndQiMv
Maybe time had just moved too fast47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd41yFqtsHj
before he could catch it.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJD8plIjzZS
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He always say:
“Hard work doesn’t guarantee success…47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvvJDdYXJf
but it always leaves behind a version of you47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWuXZiqM2t
that deserved it.”
Because Ashok sir may have not reached where he once dreamed of…47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMF5P9e9Cq
but he will make sure we do.
With Ravikanth and other seniors guiding us,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAW680m1sSI
it became my playground.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQXAD8pjOI
There, I was free.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwlHWJBCL3
Playing, laughing, coding, dancing —47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHu4BK847n
No one could stop me.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1yVtZQix4
Especially not when I had Richard beside me.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFykGKtCZF
We were fire and wind —47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcMQ8IjLVZ
Unstoppable.
But with Forevermore —47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8e4pq9Zvgw
ghosting and misunderstandings came like clouds after sunshine.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNvuPAkh8Z
Random, uninvited…47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyijN9idkK
but somehow familiar.
Still, every evening,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaT8xb8sAW
me, her, and Ren47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGY1ak5SdKT
would meet near her bus47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QFFM8r3At
and talk until the engines hummed and the wheels turned.
Then one day,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8pBK6uAll
she asked me something.
Something simple —47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEtDnyt95G
about Japanese placements.
And I told her everything I knew.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hqpJIunqj
And when I said I was preparing too,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Kvc4dVCgv
she smiled —47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0Sl5u1yIp
a kind of silent joy,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3vqeSbIxM
and said,
"We could do this together...47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp13FOwFoau
Same boat, right?47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTo5MOJBwI
Even if I stop, you’ll keep going."
And there, in that one moment,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYvn1eY8R0
I felt it.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWafvHi4Xa
That I had become someone47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYqsyOme3D
she could lean on.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5gPaTiPUq
Someone she believed in.
It meant everything.
But a thought floated quietly behind that smile…
“If we weren’t in the same boat,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4EX3rduMk
would she still think of me?”
Would she still see me,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDO8sB7STw
or would I be ghosted — again, unknowingly —47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHxEOl6fML
like she once said she does?
But I let that thought dissolve.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3GCnMtHb8
Because this was a moment worth keeping.
We began learning together.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt20cudMgIO
Late nights, whispering over calls,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvQjZiPKRT
solving Java problems,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMtJQevFEg
sharing notes,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8zXTZaWTo
and pretending it was a “revision” for me47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENVtrnFyUP
— just so she wouldn’t feel guilty.
She didn’t know47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfPZwurGmp
how much I had pushed myself47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UQXl06LJp
to catch up,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayKgbebsQR
to be useful.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAAFLjLkRN
To be… enough.
But that was okay.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZ5WSNrew4
Because I wasn’t doing it for recognition.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhQW53ZdKK
I was doing it for her.
Mornings were Technical Hub.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uGyymCzrN
Evenings — I’d walk her to the bus.
Her bus was parked in the middle of the college ground.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5n3Vj4AbR
Mine was to the right.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZwz2f0rn7
Ren’s to the left.
Like a reflection of where we all stood.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqZgNCxjC4
Her — at the center.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq71kH1KJGi
Me — watching from a distance.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrJUiwWMkM
Ren — never too far.
And in between all this,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInwzlD9sjV
her birthday came.
I wanted to give her something…47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QDNF14wG9
something that wouldn’t fade,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDTv1vAOSA
even if I did.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAXLZbRe7B
A piece of me she could keep,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhmdR2THSS
even if I someday became47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOqzZHtnwq
just another name in her memories.
I thought of what she loved most —47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCv4KvgtfDr
Harry Potter.
Seven books.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJqoevM8hF
Seven stories that shaped her.
One of many that she holds the closest.
I wanted to give her all of them.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRyG8KezTD
Not at once — It would be a overkill,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLP4XIhwsf
but over time.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEY0niBdhFy
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Over three years.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AMwChoXkM
Because that’s how long we’d get to see each other,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKXVmASjzu
in this college, in this life.
A slow gift.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMh2Z7YrhoC
A promise across seasons.
Not just a present —47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOPwoHcFFq
but a quiet wish.
ns216.73.216.59da2That maybe even if I couldn’t stay in her story forever,47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauAiQqNTvI
I’d be a chapter worth rereading.
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