SAI RAM Wake up Vijay you promised that we would be jogging today .

Come on get up man , it is already 6 o clock in the morning Hay I am Vijay and the one waking me up is Krishna , we both are ATTACHED.So where ever we go we have to go together, even to the bath room as we have no choice. Though we had to stay together we are completely different . For example, last night both of us decided to jog to be fit. But by morning my opinion about jogging changed but he stuck to his opinion. That was the major difference between us I never stood on my word. oh shut up Krishna, I got to sleep, I said. but we wanted to be fit and so decided to jog last night , said Krishna. that was last night , right now is sticking to the bed, I said. Krishna tried to move me out of the bed for another 15 minutes but as I was stronger , he was helpless and left with no other option except sleeping. At 10 o clock the sunrays coming from the window were too hot and so we had to get up. I was happy that I was on the bed till 10 o clock and Krishna was a bit disappointed. Come it is already 10 o clock and we have the DOTNET class at 11 0 clock, we need to get ready, said Krishna. We both were 2012 passed out and the present year was 2014 . Actually we were electrical engineers but could learn nothing as I hated engineering and wanted to get out of the class. Though Krishna wanted to focus on the classes, because of me , even he could not learn much. After engineering we both were back with our family. By the way , my fathers name was Suryanarayana owner of a recently popular Super market .He worked hard to develop the business to zero to a branded one. It almost took him 20 years to make it loan free. So now after 20 years we owe it .We especially I know that even if , we dont get a job our lifes are secured and so I did bother much about my life and stayed relaxed. I also used to motivate Krishna by telling the same thing as he was also partially accepted it. But dad wanted us to get a job by our own. He did not wanted us to depend on him or his super market. I never understood that when he wanted us not to depend on him , then for whom the super market was for. He always used to hurt us with his harsh words for enjoying our life and for being irresponsible. Krishnaveni is the name of our mother. We both loved her so much as she protected us from dads hammering words but after engineering even she could not protect us from father as he doubled the dose of harassing us. Krishna was a coward so did not wanted to come out but my head got fried up after one damn year and so I lost my patience. Though Krishna tried to stop me I challenged father that if he allows us to go to Hyderabad promising us our monthly expenditure , then we would get a job within a year.

As I said it was already 2 years since we came out and still we are in search of a job. Though we did not stand on our word ,father stood on his word and sent us money every month. Actually it was my fault, all these two years Krishna pleaded , ordered and requested me to focus on learning a software language . But my brain had some technical filters inside which never allowed technical concepts into my brain and so all the software languages seemed like Chinese language to me and so I hated to sit in the class . But Krishna always tried to sit in the class and listen, he also tried to inject something in my brain too. For two days I sat in the class for Krishna and after that I lost my patience. I told some stupid reason like, this language is out of trend or some other language has more scope of getting us job quickly than the present one we are learning. Poor Krishna , though initially he fought and argued with me , later he got convinced to what I said and so we left the course with in 2 days and joined in a course which used to start at least 10 days later .All these 10 days Krishna used to do what I told him to do. In this fashion we had changed at least 10 to 15 courses with out completely a single course and so remained jobless. Only one thing we could gain in these two years was 8 kilos of wait. Last night we felt that our body was completely out of shape and so decided to jog but you know what happened next. what are you thinking , get up it is already 10.30 am we would be late, said Krishna. It was already 3 days since we joined the new course and so the filters in my brain got activated one day ago and so I was seriously searching for a reason to skip the class. Finally we were ready at 10.45 am. So were are we going first ?, I said To the class , said Krishna. What! To the class without tiffin, I said as if it was a crime. I continued, recently I heard that if we do anything with empty stomach in the morning , we would have a gas problem , you know. If you were so much concerned about health you would have got up when I woke you up in the morning , took a jog , have some tiffin and would have been in the class by now and practiced al least two programs before sir has come, said Krishna Shit this would take more time to explain and at this point I had nothing to explain. Oh stop it Krishna , why do you worry about the past , come let us change our future from now by having some tiffin and protecting us from gas problems , I said. Krishna started thinking seriously either to skip the tiffin and go to the class on time or to have the tiffin and go to the class after 10 minutes. After a minute he had decided to save himself from the gas problem and so decided to have the tiffin.

We use to stay in a room which was in the first floor and in the ground floor we had Menakshi tiffin center and the owner of the Tiffin center is also the owner of the whole complex which consisted of three floors . We came out of the room, Chinna , screamed Krishna, the youngest waiter of the canteen yes anna, replied china after I screamed for twice. Are you deaf, I said. Anna, bit busy anna, Chinnna replied Why do you yell at the poor boy, said Krishna and ordered Chinna the tiffin and told him to bring it fast. The time was already 11 o clock, I started searching for a TV remote. what are you searching? , asked Krishna. T.V remote, I replied. Oh, come on , Chinna will get us the tiffin in minute and we should complete it in two minutes and leave, said Krishna. Ya we will do that , but I dont think if we put on the T.V , the T.V would start walking and oppose us from going to the class, I said. This irritated Krishna. The reason why he got irritated was, my addiction to the T.V. Ya, lot of people are addicted to cigerrete , alcohol and drugs but I am just got addicted to T.V and the greatest challenge to Krishna is to move my ass once I put on the T.V. Come Vijay once you put on the T.V you would just get stuck to it, said Krishna. Once we complete the Tiffin the T.V will be off, I promised, I said . But Krishna did not believe what I said, even I did not believe what I told. Saying this I turned on T.V and changed different channels and stopped operating the remote once T.V showed me Tollywood News . I loved watching updates of upcoming film and trailers . In the meantime Chinna entered the room with the Tiffin we ordered. Chi, the room is dirty and the room stinks , said Chinna. Oh no, now I am going to be ripped off by Krishna, even Krishna was saying that the room was stinking and dirty and told me that we should be cleaning the room. But I postponed as postponement is my hobby or you can say it to be my habit. Krishna paid the Chinna and asked him to leave the room I told you that the room was stinking and we should clean it, look around it is like a garbage hear, where ever I see I find your unwashed clothes , thrown eatables and nails, screamed Krishna in frustration. I did not know what to reply

Hey Krishna it is already 11.10 a.m. We are late, come let us have tiffin quickly and leave to the class, I promise that today evening our schedule is fixed, our room is going to look like small size heaven, I said. I was sure that Krishna did not believe in me but he had know time to argue , it was already 11.15 . We both completed the Tiffin in two minutes. The thought of leaving the room and going to the class was pissing me off and I was in search of some other reason to stop Krishna to drag me to the stupid class. Turn off the T.V, ordered Krishna. I was about to off the T.V and then came the updates of Hero Prabhas recent film BAHUBALI being directed by star director Rajamouli. hi it is about Prabhas up coming film, as I said that even Krishna forgot about the class ,he Krishna was big fan of Prabhas. We had seen his recent film, MIRCHI at least for 10 times. Come man its already late, said Krishna with eyes stuck to the T.V. Just 5 minutes , once the updates of the film is done , we will move , I said and Krishna accepted. Once the updates were completed we hurried out , locked the door and started to run Do we really need to run, I asked Krishna. Yes, we are 20 minutes late, replied Krishna. The bus stop was 5 minutes walk from our room and we would reach the institution by 10 mins by auto which costs 30/- rs, 15 mins by bus which costs 6/- rs and 25 mins if we walk. To go early we had to choose the costly means of transport. By the way since one year we never travelled by bus or walked and I was the reason of it. We reached the institute in 10 mins and ran inside. May I come in sir, asked Krishna politely. Our faculty Mr. Sarat had given us When did u come early kind of expression. Come in , he said. We immediately took our seats and the first thing we did was we had seen the time it was 11:30 AM. I was happy that we would be leaving the class by half an hour and Krishna was unhappy that he had missed a Half an Hour Class. Both of us could noy understand a single word in next half an hour class as we missed out some commands in the first half an hour. We tried to understand for 10 mins and then gave up forcing to feed the technical stuff to the Brain. After the Class Krishna said, Come lets go and practice the programs. This irritated me. What would you practice without knowing anything about theory , I said . Atleast we should try some thing, Krishna said . Look already I am in great tension as I am worried whether we would get tickets for Mahesh babus newly released film and this bloody phone has already low battery, I said.

 Oh yaa, last night that jerk called and told us that he would also try for the tickets, Krishna said. He continued, I always asked you to Charge the mobile but you never listen, Our phone has some technical problem and only Loud Speaker works and thats the reason for quick discharge for the cell. Hi dont call him jerk, His name is Santhosh, I replied. We Both never had friends because we both could never mingle with anyone . The person with whom Krishna wanted to be a friend was not good enough to be my friend and the one whom I selected to be my friends were hated by Krishna. In this manner we could not make good friends in engineering and after engineering . But one year back we met Santhosh in DOTNET class. He was JAVA expert but could not find a job with java as the platform, so he wanted to try his luck in DOTNET, We both liked him. Krishna liked him as him as he had good technical stuff and I liked him because he was a movie buff like me. He was Mahesh Babus fan. Though we were late to the class he explained Krishna the part we missed and then all three of us moved out and had fun. He had huge friend circle and so could get tickets on the first day. But our friendship had lasted only for few days as he got a job in Visakhapatnam that too as a program developer of JAVA. So he left to Vizag. But twice a month he came to Hyderabad as his parents staid here, he also met us whenever he came to Hyderabad. Last night he called us and said that he was in Hyderabad and also promised us that he would take us to a film. Look Vijay he is already settled, and he has reason to enjoy , we still need to focus on our career , said Krishna. Oh shit Krishna started again . Spare me your lecture Krishna, I said. When he was about to say something, the phone rang. It was Santhosh. I was very excited as we would be going to the film. Hello Vijay , which show would you prefer to go , asked Santhosh. Which show I asked Krishna , I asked Krishna. You know which Show, he replied. Book us tickets for the first show, I told to Santhosh. Ok done, I would meet you at the bus stop at 5 o clock and from there , we would go to the film. By the way is the Bus stop episode still going on, Santhosh asked. Ya , it is like a typical Telugu serial ,a never ending story, I replied. With a big laugh ,Santhosh had hung up the phone. The Bus stop issue, Santhosh story was a year back story, but this bus stop story was almost 2years old , I mean it started when we just landed in Hyderabad. We were waiting in a bus stop near our room to catch a bus to go to Ameerpet and there we saw a girl waiting in bus stop opposite to our stop waiting for a bus. She was such a beauty . She was around 5 feet 6 inch tall, She had soft hair which were

dancing with the breeze and when she was adjusting her hair she seemed awesome. Her eyes were big and round , she was not too fair but had a good color enough attract men and that day she wore a completely black chudi with big black ear rings and was like a moon in dark sky. Her face was masked with a kind of attitude which added more beauty to her face. She seemed very practical too. She stood beside two of her friends who just faded out like stars beside moon. I am generally much allergenic to girls but Ghosh even I could not take off my eyes away from her. On other hand Krishna had fallen in love with her , I mean love at first sight and this was not the first time such a thing happened to him. Since that day we would wait for her at the bus stop at sharp 5 o clock in the evening. She used to be in the bus stop for twice. Once in the morning when father dropped her and staid at the bus stop until she boarded the college bus. Krishna even wanted to see her in the morning time too but after a long conversation with him I could convince by telling that her father my doubt us as in the morning people around would be very less and so we could be easily noticed . I suggested him that evening would be better as She would at least wait for 10 minutes after she comes out of the bus for her father to come from the office and also on the evening there would more people and the chances of doubt on us would be less. Days passed and I lost interest in the girl as I could see more beautiful girls in Hyderabad but as usual Krishna stuck to the girl. Actually Krishna used to get convinced to what ever I say but in the girls issue he was too tough ,too serious and too sincere to get convinced and so I got convinced to help him. We worked hard for a month to get her details. We found out that her name was Sindhu , and was a 2nd year engineering student in CBIT. Her branch was ECE . We missed going to the classes , we missed going to the films but never we missed to wait at the bus stop since two years. Such determined was Krishna about the girl. Many times I suggested him to propose to Sindhu but he never dared. Finally after 1 year she observed that we were waiting at the opposite bus stop for her. Initially she starred at us like a cop starring at a suspected burglar but we especially Krishna did not give up. This episode went on for two months. After 2 months she stopped starring like that and started seeing us with a puzzled expression , like why were we continuously starring at her or were we starring at her or someone else. In this fashion another 2 months have passed and she completed her 4th year 1st semester. After that for 10 days we could not see her as she was in a vacation and those 10 days Krishna behaved like Devadas or Remeo missing his lover. We knew that for 10 days she wont be coming to the bustop, but still Krishna forcibly took me to the bus stop expecting that incase she misses him she would come to the bus stop to see him. But not even once that happened in these 10 days. After the vacation a new episode started , she and her friends used to look at us, whisper something and laugh looking at us. This happened for another 2 months and the present day it was the end of these two months. According to my knowledge there was change in her act for every two months. God should know what would be happening today. So now as we are going to the frist show cant we practice in the lab, said Krishna. Oh no,now I had no other option but to practice the programs in the lab with Krishna. For the next 1 hour Krishna tried his best to learn the programs and to kill the time even I supported him. Krishna and me were satisfied because we learned something new. The course was the next version of DOTNET and it wasnt activating my filters in the brain, strange. I was bit surprised to see that the time was 2 o clock. We left the institute and went to Annapurna Canteen near our room and by 3 o clock we reached our room. We were shocked to see that we left the key to the door lock , actually this wasnt the first time.

 why do you always forget the keys, I said demanding an explanation from Krishna. You are the reason for it , said Krishna Wow , what did I do, I said. Never you got up and let me get up in time, you will be so cool and relaxed till the last minute and then you pressurize me to hurry up and I forget something or the other and today it was the keys, said Krishna. Aaa his point was correct, it seemed to be my mistake. ok , for this time I forgive you, I said. I think I should forgive you, said Krishna ok then, from tomorrow we will be out of the room by 10.40 AM, I promised. This was exactly what you promised yesterday, said Krishna I think I better remain calm rather to argue with Krishna Yuck, Chinna was right, the room stinks, come let us clean it, said Krishna Oh shit not now I need escape from this task now. Hi, did you forget we should go to the bus stop at 5 o clock, sharp, I said. I know, but what is the connection between cleaning the room at 3 o clock and going to the bustop at 5 0 clock, said Krishna. Shit again he got a logical point , hmmm I was seriously thinking for a good reason to escape the task. Then I got an idea . Hey before cleaning the room ,first clean yourself, I said what do you mean clean yourself ?, questioned Krishna. At 5 o clock your going to the bus stop to see a girl and from there we should go to a theatre. So why dont shave our beard, I said. As I said so Krishna was a bit surprised because he was the who wanted to shave daily but he could not do that as he could not move my ass from the sofa while watching TV or when I was just lying on the bed just to kill the time or told him some stupid reason to escape shaving just like now. ok then, let us do both, Krishan said Oh no, this has doubled the task.

 Hey, dumbo it is aleady 3.10 PM , it will atleast take 30 minutes for us to shave and bath , and 2 hours to clean the room. That means both tasks would at least take two and a half hours, we have only 2hrs approximately, I said this time a bit mathematically and logically . So , what do we do, said confused Krishna. If we postpone the cleaning task to the next day we can happily shave and bath leisurely, I said. This is some 8th time you had postponed to clean the room, and by the way we would done by cleaning ourselves by 3.40 PM and what should we do till 4.50PM, said Krishna. I got a plan, we will watch the TV till 4.10 PM and then get ready, what do you say?, I said. Finally I convinced Krishna, we watched the TV till 4.10 PM. From 4.10 PM Krishna started pulling me from the sofa but I did not move. I requested, forced and convinced Krishna and managed to watch the TV till 4.40 we were out of time so cancelled beard shaving program too and just washed our faces , changed the dress and rushed to the bus stop. Krishna was very happy that at least we were on time. Sindhu has come to bus stop and as expected the episode has changed , she had sad expression on her face. We were thinking of what might have happened. What might have happened?, asked Krishna as if I was an astrologer who could read the future of the people by seeing the face. How do I know dumbo , why dont you go and ask, I said. me, no, I dont think this is a right time, said Krishna. why not, I think she would be impressed if you try to know what her problem is, I said and for the first time Krishna started to think about talking to Sindhu. Dont think , just do as I told you do, ask her what her problem is, I said. Ok I will do that but you should promise me that you should not talk in between because she may feel a bit awkward, Krishna said. I accepted to what Krishna said and when we were about to move ,hai said an irritating voice and when we turned around we found that it was Trinadh. Trinadh was our classmate. We hated him because we were jealous of him. He was rich ,cool, handsome and frankly speaking very good human being. There other two main reasons why we hated him, were , I hated him because he called us with nick name ,weirdo and Krishna hated him because he was the reason Krishna broke up with his girl friend , Riya in engineering . Its been a long time since we met, said Trinadh. You dont say a word, I will talk to him , whispered Krishna to me.

 Hello, said Krishna. Somethings dont change weirdo, said Trinadh and laughed. thats it I am going to punch him now, I whispered to Krishna. No Sindhu is right there, she might observe us and your stupid act spoil my impression, Said Krishna stopping to do what I wanted to do . Seeing us he again burst out laughing and said, congratulations and all the best. We were a bit puzzled as we could not understand why he congratulated us. Ok then , bye weirdo , got to go , said Trinadh signaling something to someone and we turned around we were surprised to see a black Jaguar came to bus stop, our mouths automatically opened when we saw the car. We were a bit amazed seeing Trinadh with a nice costly car. By the time we came out of the little surprise seeing Trinadh all of the sudden , we turned towards the opposite bus stop to see Sindhu, but could not find her. This pissed of Krishna and he was so furious that he wanted to break each and every body part of Trinadh which wasnt practically possible. Where the hell did Trinadh come all of the sudden and wasted an opportunity to meet Sindhu and why was Sindhu so sad, asked Krishna for a 100th time when I was watching the film seriously. How many times I told you , I dont know , now you just shut up and let me watch the film, I replied in an irritating manner. What , said Santhosh. Nothing, nothing, I said. The first half of the film had completed , fans of Mahesh Babu were firing Crackers outside as the first half of the film was good. Come lets go and have something, I am hungry, said Santhosh. Whenever we go to the film , if Santhosh used to spend money on tickets we used to spend money in the interval buying some eatables and vice versa. Then we remembered that we forgot to bring the money we had to rush to the bus stop and we had only time to change our dress. It was a bit awkward moment , we felt bad as Santhosh said that he was hungry. I checked the pockets in case we had some money and after a minute search I could feel a note in my pant pocket. I took out the note and was very happy to find that it was Rs 500 , frankly speaking it was almost a torn note. But Krishna was very unhappy and I knew the reason why? Whenever we wash the clothes he would warn me to check the pants if there is any money in the pockets , but seeing the quantity of clothes we had to wash I got depressed and mad at a time , so I stopped caring about the money and forced Krishna to wash the clothes without checking. Actually Krishna reminded me to wash the clothes once in three days but finally we use to wash the clothes only when there were no more clothes to wear the next day. Krishna , why are you starring at the 500 Rs note? , asked Santhosh.

 Nothing, Nothing come let us have something to eat, I said. Krishna was completely disappointed seeing the Rs 500 note crushed and almost torn. I told you to check the pant pockets before washing but you never do it nor let me do it , said furious Krishna. Do not discuss this now, we will discuss this once we go to the room, I said We purchased and drinks , samosas and chips. We especially I had another bad habit . Once I purchase something and get the change I dont immediately put back the change in the pocket . I would just hold it with me and walk. How many times I told you to put back the change in the pocket once you get it , Krishna said Krishna in alow voice. why is it so dangerous if I hold it in my hand ?, I questioned. It may get misplaced or you will put it some where else and forget it, Said Krishna again in a low voice. I did what Krishna told me to do as I did not want to irritate him any more. Once the film completed we were at our room within 20 minutes. I was completely tired and wanted to crash on the bed and then happened the same old mistake , we left the key again to the door and this made Krishna mad and I understood I am going to be murdered by Krishnas lecture tonight. He opened the door by kicking it signaling that he was not at all happy with me , I chose to be silent. Krishna wasnt talking and remained silent too which freaked me out and so I decided to start the conversation and when I was about to say something Krishna started. What if the 500 Rs had torn?, a missile released from Krishna. I opted to be silent Answer me , Krishna said in a firm voice. Now I had to say something. Aa.. hmm.. we would borrow some money from Santhosh and would have paid him tomorrow, I said Chi, you Shame less, Said Krishna. I think I pressed the wrong button. Krishna continued, You never listen to me and so we always end up in embarrassing situations , said Krishna. I got a irritated a bit because we did not get embarrassed in front of Santhosh today as we spent our money. How come we get embarrassed, we did not borrow any monry from Santhosh, I replied. What If the note got tore or if it was not there, Krishna said. His ifs were testing my patience. if I had checked all the pants and taken out this 500Rs note we would really be embarrassed , indirectly I had saved you from getting embarrassed and if there was no note in the pocket , what was wrong in borrowing some money from a friend , I replied confidently.

 What if , if it was Sindhu instead of Santhosh and what if we dont had the 500 Rs in the pocket, Krishna Asked . Now this was a real stupid question which told me that Krishna was worrying about someone who doesnt care about him. Your talking rubbish, why would Sindhu come to the film with us?, I questioned Krishna. Some day she might come, then what, said Krishna. She would never come until or unless you propose to her, If you expect her to come to the film with us she should at least know that you feel something about her, I replied. I dont have job, I am not handsome, then how do I propose to her . Even If I propose , why would she accept me?, Krishna asked. you go on thinking in this way and one some jack ass will propose her and you will just stand a watch it happen, I said. My harsh words had brought out tears from Krishnass eyes. He was very sensitive about Sindhu,s issue. ok, ok dont cry I am sorry about all the stupid things I have done. I am sorry about the keys , sorry about the 500 Rs note and also I promise that I will try my best not to repeat it, I said. My words made Krishna feel better and so he stopped weeping. can we sleep now, I asked politely. I think I should propose to Sindhu, Krishna said. I was a bit startled because I was asking him to dot that since so many days but he never dared to do that. Ya , do it for sure I will help you, I said. when should I propose ? , asked Krishna. Tomorrow is Sunday , so you should propose her on Monday , I replied Once I said that we both slept peacefully that night. Next day we woke up 10 o clock in the morning. Once we got up Krishna said, today we need to clean the room and wash the clothes. I did not want to escape, actually I had no chance to escape as there were no shirts an pants to wear on Monday ,all the clothes were stinking. So I had no option and so had to do these tasks for sure. Though I hated , I checked each and every pocket of all pants and shirts due to the last night incident. After checking we soaked and washed all clothes. After washing the clothes, for 2 hours we cleaned our room, We were allergenic to dust , so had to cover up our nose with a kerchief but still by the time we completed cleaning the room we were continuously sneezing.

 I think we need to see a doctor, said Krishna. No way , I cannot move any part of my body , I am very hungry but am too weak that I cannot move to order the food and eat, I sneezed and replied. come on Vijay if you dont go to the doctor you will die sneezing, said Krishna but I did not care what Krishna said and tried to sleep without eating and avoided the idea of approaching the doctor. But I hour later I had no choice except to go to the doctor as we were not able to sleep, because of this allergy our nose and head had weighed like a ton which made us feel sick. So we met the doctor around 3 o clock in the evening . The doctor said that we have a minor sinus problem and asked us to follow a course for two days.While we were about to leave , the doctor suggested is to do some excises regularly to improve our stamina . He warned us that we were so sensitive and the tolerance or resistance of our body was very less and so there is good chance that we may become a victim of ASTMA . Once the doctor said ASTMA Krishna got freaked out and frankly speaking even I got freaked out. I told you that we should run at least for 30 minutes a day , but you never cared , now see we might be attacked by ASTMA any time. Once we get ASTMA we should maintain a bloody pump in our hand like old people, shit, said Krishna. Ya even I felt the same but exercise seemed to be too big task to me but now we are left with no other option. Ok, Krishna from tomorrow morning we will run from 6 to 7 AM, I said. We went back to the room swallowed 2 tablets and slept . Not completely but partially we got some relief. We slept for 3 hr and by the time we woke it was 6 o clock in the evening and were starving. We went to near by restaurant and ate double the quantity we regularly ate . We preferred to take a walk as our room was minute walk from the restaurant. We were walking and then asked Krishna, What should I tell her tomorrow . Simple , I love You, I replied. what if Shut up Krishna , dont eat my brain with your what ifs, its so simple let her know what you feel, then by her response let us decide what to do ok , I said. Ok, ah.. by the way I think I would feel a bit comfortable If Santhosh would also be in the Bus stop tomorrow , said Krishna. So he called Santhosh told him about our plan. Santhosh said that he had a train to catch at 8.30 PM and so had no problem to be at the bus stop at 5 PM. Wake up Vijay it is already 5.30AM , said Krishna trying to pull me off the bed. oh, come on Krishna I said we would be jogging from 6 to 7 PM , I said. Yes, for that we should wake up at 5.30 PM, said Krishna.

 ok, I would get up at 5.45 PM , I promise , I said. Later Krishna tried to wake me up at 5.45 PM and then at 6.00 PM and then at 6.15PM , finally at 6.30PM Krishna got mad and said, Vijay , because of you we would be suffering from ASTHAMA. Those words from Krishna made me lose my interest in sleep and finally I got up 6.30 PM . It took us around half a hour to finish our daily morning works . As it was late we took an auto and reached Necklace Road as it was a good place to jog. The hopeless thing was the sun was completely out and we were already sweating even before we started to jog. Ah, this is so irritating Krishna, I said. That is why I was waking you up since 5.30, said Krishna. Oh ,then again its my fault, I said irritated by his words . Do you have a doubt in that, said Krishna confidently . No, I said. In engineering we were good volley ball players and had a stamina to run continuously for 15 minutes but now with our improved bellys we were not able to run at least for 5 minutes continuously. I suggested Krishna that for every two minutes we need to sit and then start running but Krishna said that we should run as far as we could and then we should walk fast until we catch our breathe . His idea wasnt as good as mine but for sure it would burn calories. The Fear of becoming a victim of ASTHAMA convinced me to follow what Krishna said. Finally after 45 minutes we were completely immersed in sweat and we suffocated too , I could not do this any more come on Krishna we had done a lot of exercise and now it is time to take rest, Said Krishna. No , we should work out for an other 15 minutes, said Krishna. If you work out for 15 minutes you wont reduce by 15 kgs and on the first day if you do the exercise beyond your capacity both of us would be hospitalized, I said and my words created an impact and so even he decide to stop. We chose a bench and sat . Our legs were like sticks which were not bending . I think we should go to the doctor again, I said. Shut up Vijay , you will be fine in 15 minutes, said Krishna. Is it, then I am not moving my ass till 20 minutes, I said. ok, take your time , said Krishna. We were having our discussion and a sound of a vehicle drew our attention. We could observe it coming at great speed. As it came closer, we could find out that it was a jaguar again. I think it was going around a speed of 120 , truly speaking the sound it produced was awesome , it went out like a ghost in front of us .

 Look , what a careless driving in the Necklace Road, said Krishna. the one owing such a car must be at least that racklace, I said. It was about 30 seconds since the car passed away from us but still we could hear that sound and then we heard a kind of sound made out of pain by a living being. Our eyes started to search from where the sound was coming and the search ended when we found a small kitten lying on the road. It was the sound made by it. It was so small and cute , it was not able to move. We could understand that the jaguar might just touched its paw with force enough to break it . We were just sitting opposite to it. Vijay , I think we should get it off the road, said Krishna. Why us, there are many people around . Someone will take care of it , I said stretching my legs. No one had seen us except us, said Krishna. My legs are paining like hell , I cant move , I said. what the, look at the poor thing , it will die there if you dont help, said Krishna. When he said so I had seen the kitten, it was starring at me with its cute eyes wide open. Seeing It I got the feeling that I should help it and then we could hear that another car was coming but that was an ordinary car and by the time we could hear the sound it was very near to the kitten. We both got up and ran towards the kitten and were about to raise our hand but by then it was too late , we understood that we could not save it and we closed our eyes but we could hear the sound of the kitten being crushed. We should not have seen it, but we had seen what happened to the kitten. It was just immersed in a pool of blood. Seeing we just started walking away from it. You , it was only because of you , the kitten died, said Krishna cursing me. Because of me, even I tried to help it, I said. It was just lying on the road helplessly and you were thinking if some one else would help it, you could have moved your ass instead of telling me that your God damn legs were paining , said Krishna. I could not speak anything or respond to what Krishna was saying because I felt that I was responsible for the death of the kitten. All that day I had guilt feeling . I could not dare to talk to Krishna as he was very angry at me. I felt very bad that instead of thinking all crap I should have saved the kitten when Krishna told me to help it. Out of guilt, a kind of depression and frustration developed in me . I did not eat anything that day . At 4 o clock in the evening let it go , said Krishna. how could I, its my fault, I said . There are no people in the world who dont do mistakes , but there are few people who learn from the mistakes and never repeat them , I expect you to be one among them, said Krishna.

 what was my mistake Krishna, I asked as I wanted to listen what he would tell. your mistake is a very common thing but at times its equal to being addicted to drugs, it is being lazy, replied Krishna. lazy!, I said expecting a clarity in his answer. yes because of it you postpone doing things and that is where the problem starts, so if you get rid of it then you will be fine, said Krishna. ok from this moment I wont be lazy, I said confidently. Come , it is already 4.30 PM , we need to go to the bus stop, said Krishna. I forgot that Krishna was going to propose to Sindhu today. But I was in no mood to encourage him. Krishna, why dont you propose her tomorrow, I said. See you are postponing things again, said Krishna. Normally I would not have moved ,but I was not ready to take the responsibility of another disaster on the same day. ok , lets go, I said. Krishna asked me to have something as I did not eat anything since morning but I really did not feel like eating anything so we went to the bus stop directly at 5 o clock , even Santhosh was there with us but the painful thing was that her college bus came but she wasnt in the bus. I guess , today it isnt good day for both of us , I said. yeah, replied Krishna disappointingly. Krishna I think she did not go to the college, good luck for tomorrow , said Santhosh. Krishna was too much disappointed to talk. ok then bye Santhosh, happy journey, I said. take it easy, it is not the end of the world , she will come tomorrow, I said to encourage Krishna. ok, said Krishna We were about to move and some one called Krishna. We turned around to see who it was. I could not believe it neither did Krishna, it was Sindhu. I wondered how could she know name of Krishna. How do you know my name Sindhu ?, asked Krishna which was exactly my question too. How do you know my name?, Sindhu questioned Krishna.

Shucks even she was collecting Krishnas Bio-data. Can I talk to you Krishna, she said. Krishna was dumbstruck , he had to face two back to back jolts . One was Sindhu talking to him and the other she called him by his name. Say yes or no , she said irritated seeing Krishnas dumb expression. Say something dumbo, I whispered to Krishna. o ya ya sure we we can talk, said Krishna. now,what happened why are you acting so strange , I again whispered to Krishna. You have a weird behavior , said Sindhu. This made me mad , I hate when anyone calls me or Krishna that we are acting weird. I was already a bit off mood about the kitten incident and now hearing her words I could not control my anger which showed in my face , seeing me she felt a bit uncomfortable. Dont spoil the day, she said that because I was really acting weird ,just calm down, whispered Krishna. So I calmed down and managed to change my face expression to a pleasant one. Are you okay, enquired Sindhu. Ya ,ya absolutely fine, replied Krishna. can we talk in private Krishna, Said Sindhu looking at me uncomfortably. I can just close my ears , I whispered to Krishna. Yes Sindh, said Krishna. follow me, said sindhu. We followed her and she took us to a near by coffee day. Dont whisper when she is talking to me , she should have a feeling that she is talking only to one person , said Krishna. ok, your girl , your wish, I said. Shall we sit there, she said pointing a table. Ya sure , Krishna replied. We sat , she ordered for us. After the order was given there was a tension in the air between Sindhu and Krishna as who should talk first . If he had given me the permission I would have talked first but he did not allow me to do that and I was just getting sick. I was just about to break the silence and she broke it.

 I like you, said Sindhu but there was no romantic feel but it did not matter to Krishna the moment she told him this he was out of the world. Krishna, screamed Sindhu to bring him back from the dream world. I just told you I like you ,not I love you, said Sindhu in a confident and a aggressive manner. All of a sudden Krishna crashed down to coffee day from the dream land. Pay attention to me, she ordered. Sorry, I will, said Krishna. Heck she was trying to control him anyhow I preferred to be silent . I am a practical girl, I dont believe in love but I would like to marry you, she said. It was strange as on one side I saw a women being so confident and on the other side a man who wasnt confident at all. Marriage!!, said Krishna showing a puzzled expression on his face. If I were you I would not say that Yes , is there any problem, if there is any problem why were you starring at me since one year, she questioned and demanded an answer. Actually I wasnt thinking about marriage, Said Krishna. See I dont have time for all this ,I will ask you one question , that too for once and I just the answer as a yes or no, Said Sindhu. What I did not get the point , is she mad? Why doesnt she have time? Does she think marriage is a Joke? I think Krishna should stop answering and start asking her. Ahhh, hmmm ok ask me, said Krishna. I found Krishna was more dumb than what I usually thought off. will you marry me, asked Sindhu politely. If Krishna says yes I think he will be trapped. Yes, said Krishna. Yup he is trapped , I should have said something to save him. When Krishna said so she smiled and now that smile would drag Krishna more towards her. Ok today is Jan 4th and by Feb 4th if you show me an appointment order , I would talk to my father about this, she said.

 How did you know that I have no job and why one month, said Krishna. For once Krishna asked what I wanted to ask. When I am thinking to marry you I should be knowing about you right and the time is unexplainable, she replied. I think this isnt a proper answer. ok will you do what I asked you to do, she said. I think it would be better if Krishna would ask about the time and also ask for some extension if possible. okay , replied Krishna. No because of their love I got the feeling that I was murdered. what is your number, she asked. I thought that it would have been better if Krishna had asked her number first. 9959614194, said Krishna. I will give you a missed call, save it, said Sindhu. She continued, All this month every day I will remind you about this ok, bye, saying this she left. What a girl, said Krishna. I was thinking the same, I said. Krishna why did you say yes to marriage?, I asked Krishna to know if he was sure. since 2 years I was seeing her not that she would be just a time pass girl friend. Of course I wanted to spend some time loving her before getting married but if she insists, I have no problem loving her after marriage, said Krishna. Never ever I heard Krishna speaking so confidently. Dont you think the girl is commanding you too much, I said. you had just seen her body language , said Krishna. what the hell did you see, I asked irritatedly. Her eyes , It had lot of affection on me , said Krishna. I think krishna had gone mad because a lot happened in one day. I think you should take some time and by the way how would you get a job in one month ,I said.

 There is nothing to think about Sindhu and her proposal and if we try sincerely we will get a job in 10 days, Said Krishna. God , if I ask him now to get 6 packs in two days he would say yes, anything is possible. I felt it would be better to remain silent instead of asking him stupid questions and getting meaningless answers . After Sindhus marriage proposal as he can do anything in the world. Dude, I think we need to pay the bill and leave now, I said. After paying the bill we left to the room , Krishna was very happy that night , he called Santhosh and told him what happened. Even Santhosh was shocked to hear the sudden marriage proposal of the girl. Out of anxiety he even asked Santhosh to check if there are any job opportunities. I thought that next day his anxiety would come down a bit and he will start seeing the real world. The next day Krishna woke me up for jogging again ,I could stop him from forcing me to pull me out of the bed as I told him that I could not jog because it remaided me of the Kitten incident. Actually the kitten incident didnt have much impact on me the next day. Once I told him that reason Krishna did not disturb me and let me sleep and so did he. At 9 0 clock our phone rang . The phone was at the table which was 5 feet away from the bed. Vijay, wake up the phone is ringing , said Krishna. Let it ring, if it is important they will call us again, I said and did not move from the bed. Two minutes later the phone started to ring again and this time I had no option but to get up. As we saw Sindhu calling both of us were surprised. Krishna was not able to believe it , he was stunned. lift the phone idiot or else she would get mad, I said bring back Krishna to his senses. ya,ya , said Krishna and finally took the call. Hello , said Sindhu. Even I could hear what she was talking as the phone had speaker issues. Hello Sindhu, said Krishna very sweetly. What were you doing and why were you not lifting the phone , said Sindhu. me, aa , hmmm. Aa. what kind of language is that , why are you just terrified to talk to her , tell her that you were sleeping, I whispered to Krishna as he was struggling to answers Sindhus instantaneous question. Nothing, I was just sleeping, replied Krishna. Your sleeping , how could you sleep, Sindhu asked . I think that we live in a country where sleeping is not a crime.

 Why did I do anything wrong, said Krishna , even he felt that he did not commit any crime. I think you are not taking my proposal serious, said Sindhu with reaction of disappointment and anger in her voice. Krishna did not know what to say when she said that. What the hell is she expecting from Krishna, to get a job today itself.. Krishna are you there?, Said Sindhu. Yes, yes , said Krishna coming out from confused state he as gone . I was awake till late night yesterday and so could not get up, thats all and I did not understand why this made you feel that I wasnt serious about your proposal, replied Krishna. Ya , nice cover up , I think Krishnas brain woke up right now. See Krishna, we dont have time , today it is already January 5th , what did you do from yesterday evening till today morning to get a job, Questioned Sindhu. Every time she questioned it was like a trained boxer punching on the face of a ordinary guy. I really felt that she was out of her mind. How could she think that Krishna would get an interview call with in 14 hours that too without applying for any company . I think it is very important for you to ask her that why she is pushing you to get a job and that too within one month, I have strong feeling that something is wrong , dont you feel that, I whispered to Krishna. Why are you taking so much time to answer me, said sindhu. Nothing , can I ask you something, Krishna said. Yes, said Sindhu sharply without taking a second to respond. Why are pushing me hard for the job? why do we have a limited time? Why cant you tell me the reason, asked Krishna. I already told you that the time factor is unexplainable , if you just want to marry me you need to get a job in a month and your count down starts from today. As I said will call twice a day once in the morning and once in the evening to enquire what you have done to get job, said Sindhu. Now what is she doing, is she spying on Krishna . I felt that she was directly forcing him to do what she likes and indirectly forcing me to do what I hate because If Krishna should work hard for a job, it meant that even I should work hard. Krishna tell her that it is too early for marriage and ask her to slow down a bit, I said in low voice controlling my anguish. Am I clear, was what we could hear from Sindhu.

 Sindhu I think, Said Krishna , he still did not complete what he wanted to say. What do you think, screamed Sindhu. God, she sounded like our father , he always wanted to listen to him though we hated what he told us and used to get mad at us if we try to question him back. Sindhu I think you need to slow down a bit and I think that it is too early for us to think about marriage, said Krishna gathering all the courage hidden in him. I was glad he told her this. When Krishna said that, there was no response form Sindhu for a minute. SIndhu, are you there?, asked Krishna politely thinking that she might have felt bad. Yes, she said expressing her anger in her voice. Krishna , I think you are not serious about my proposal , it would be better if we stop it here , bye. She said and hung up the phone. This was the fastest break up I had ever seen , the previous one lasted a bit longer. No ,No , said Krishna trying to stop her from hanging up the phone but it was of no use . I kept quite and Krishna was going on trying her number but could get a response. An hour passed and he was still calling her and his madness initiated me to talk to him. Krishna , just forget about her I think she is not good enough for you , she is very dominating , confused, demanding and good example of a dictator. So I think you should leave her, I said. Just leave her ,this is what you said exactly three years ago and so I left Riya and I still regret leaving her, said Krishna. I got pissed off when Krishna said that, he was indirectly blaming me that I was responsible for the break up of his relationship wit Riya. I hate being responsible for something for which I am not responsible and so decided to make it clear to Krishna and get relived from this shit or else this will kill me inside. Are you mad , why do you blame me ,you had seen Riya hugging Trinadh in the farewell party , I said. But you were the one who always told me negatively about them and convinced me that there was something between them, said Krishna. So you felt that there was nothing between them , I said. Yes, said Krishna. Then why did you break up with Riya , I questioned him demanding him for an explanation. There was no response from Krishna.

I continued, you trusted me , you believed what I told you, I mean you too believed that there was something between them , if you did not believe in me, today Riya would be with you, I said. yes you were right , I believed you so I broke up with Riya but right now I dont believe in you and so I am not going to leave Sindhu . I am going to call Sindhu until she lifts the phone and once she takes my call I will apologize to her and promise her that I will get a job in a month, said Krishna. Go to hell, I said. I felt very bad about what Krishna said. I just told him what I felt when ever I saw Riya and Trinadh. I knew that they were childhood friends but I hated when she cared more about Trinadh than Krishna. I told Krishna that I felt that something was going wrong between them and even he believed when he saw them hugging. Then he asked me what to do. If he belived Riya he would not asked me that stupid question. I just told him to leave her and he broke up with her and now he is telling me that I am responsible for his breakup. Even today I told him what I felt and if he doesnt believe and wants to maintain his relationship with Sindhu it is up to him. That day Krishna called her atleast for 100 times but she did not respond . Finally at 7 o clock in the evening she took the call. Why are you calling me, said Sindhu. Dont you know that B***h, why do you act so smart . I feel like stuffing a time bomb in your mouth and blasting you into 1000 pieces. Sindhu, I am very sorry, I will never ask you anything, I just want to marry you and I will do 100% best to get a job on or before February 4th , Said Krishna. Satisfied dumb head, now why the hell are you not responding ,Krishna told what you wanted. Hmmm, I forgive you, you already wasted today, we lost one day because of you , dont you waste your time like this again by arguing with me, she said. ok , ok, said Krishna. Shit she had made Krishna a puppy. Ok I will see for how many days this relationship will last. ok , then bye, said Sindhu and hung up the phone. I am sorry Vijay, said Krishna as soon as Sindhu hung up the phone. I did not respond to him . He continued, you know that I can not anything without you , I accept that I have done a mistake blaming you about my break up with Riya but please try to understand , I love Sindhu and at any cost I want to marry her. I could not understand why he was so desperate about a girl who started talking to him a day ago. Its just one day since you have started talking to Sindhu and how the hell are you so deeply and madly in love with her ?, I questioned him.

He laughed and said, She might have talked to me a day ago but I was dying to talk to her for two years and who knows it better than you, now what is wrong in marrying or loving a girl whom you have been waiting for such a long time, said Krishna. Even I felt , what he said was right. I forgot he was about to propose to her and that too I suggested him to do that. Ok, what do you want me to do, I said. This is a very crucial month for me and I beg you to do what I say, said Krishna. I thought for a second and said, I will try my best. Since that day I was seeing hell . Krishna asked our DOTNET trainer Mr Sarath to train us on a module in which we would learn quickly and also get a job immediately . He suggested us a module but asked us 20,000 Rs extra so that he would train us in 15 days and also refer us to an MNC. I told Krishna that it was lot of money and also asked Krishna not to trust Mr Sarath. But Krishna did not listen to me , he called father and convinced him to give Rs 20,000. Though father was hesitated a bit, even he trusted Krishnas confidence and so gave the money to him. Sindhu used to call Krishna and enquire what was Krishnas progress about the job. Krishna on the other hand pleaded me, begged me to come to the DOTNET class. I was very much reluctant to go to the class but seeing Krishna so desperate about the job I had to go to the class. Never I had seen Krishna so dedicated . Sometimes I got irritated and tried to convince Krishna to come out of the class but Sindhus black magic had more impact on him. He stuffed the DOTNET concept into my brain. 10 days have passed and I was just like a volcano about to burst. I did not watch a film since 10 days and when I thought of that I really got mad. We went to the institute and as the class completed Mr. Sarat had announced that the institute would be closed in 3hrs as Katrina was coming . We thought that Katrina was too popular that if she comes to the city even private institutes were given holiday. Come Vijay, let us go and practice at least for 3 hours today, Said Krishna. When he said that I felt like breaking his teeth. Krishna , I need to see a film badly, I said. oh , come on Vijay its just a matter of one month , once we get a job we will go to the movie daily , Said Krishna. Oh I see, a film is just a matter of 3 hours and just 3 hours wont ruin your life, I said. Hey, come on if Sindhu comes to know . Said Krishna. Oh cut the crap Krishna how would Sindhu Know if we go to the film, and by the way who the hell is Sindhu. Why is she commanding us, its been 10 days since she was talking and did she ever talk with you in a smooth or a lovely way , she is treating you like a slave and you are acting as if she is your boss. If you marry such a women you would be like a robot accepting commands . See Krishna all these 10 days I

hated to do what you asked me to do and I have done it and now I just need to relax, I can not do anything until I see a film peacefully, I said After a long time Krishna was about to get convinced and then his phone rang . I knew that it was the witch. Hello Sindhu, said Krishna as he took the call. where are you , Sindhu said going to the lab to Practice , why?, Krishna questioned. A friend of mine works in INFOTECH and their company is recruiting candidates having 2 years experience in DOTNET., said Sindhu. Where the hell do we have experience cyco. Aa, Sindhu but I have no experience , Krishna said. Ya , I know that send your resume to 3manchu @gmail.com. My friend will modify your resume and also arrange you the Fake certificates , She said. What the hell ,she is putting our lives at risk and that is illegal too. I whispered to Krishna. Sindhu dont you think it is risk , said krishna. shut up and do what I say, She said bluntly. Ya robot follow the command ,your just programmed to accept the command , you can not question back, I whispered. There is an on line application in the official website of infotech, note it down, Said Sindhu. Wait a second , said Krishna and started searching for pen in his pockets. What are your searching, we never maintained a pen, I said. Krishna ran into the lab for a pen and he finally found one. why did you take so much time dont you maintain a pen , said Sindhu irritatingly. Is pen mandatory like an adhar card to us witch. Tell me the website of the company and also the e-mail id of your friend, said Krishna as he forgot to note e-mail id when she told it . Once he noted down the details Krishna handed over the pen to its owner and gave the paper to me and told me to put it inside the pocket . But I did not care what he said I just holded the peace of paper in my hand. Sindhu ordered Krishna to fill up the application as it was the last day for the application to be submitted.

 How may times I told you not hold the important things in hand, why dont you put it inside immediately as I told you, Said Krishna. I did not reply. Krishna continued, come let us go to the net center, we need to fill the application and send Sindhus friend the resume. I already told you that I need to relax a bit 5minutes ago, I said. Why dont you understand me, said Krishna. why dont you, I said Spontaneously. ok, only on one condition , said Krishna. Now what is that, I asked. We need to send the resume to Sindhu friend and also fill the online application . Once we are done with it let us go to the film , said Krishna. Krishna it is already 1 o clock , the film starts at 2 o clock. First let us watch the film and in the evening we can do what ever you want, I said. Oh, come on Vijay it would just take 10 minutes , do not postpone it , Its my life, said Krishna with a deep pain. Ok ok you should complete it in 15 minutes, I said . Done , said Krishna. We ran to the near by net center. We were being opposed by severe winds caused due to sudden climatic change. Due to bad weather net wasnt fast . It took 15 minutes to send the resume which built great pressure in me and Krishna was cooling me down. Krishna completed filling the application in 10 minutes but as we clicked the submit option it was not getting submitted. We waited for another 10 minutes and then the net got disconnected. Both Krishna I got mad. The net owner told us that it will take another 15 minutes for the net to get connected again. Its already 1.30 PM , we should leave now, I said. come on man wait for another 10 minutes we will finish this and go to the first show, said Krishna. No , we need to go now , I ordered. Krishna was left with no other option and so we left to the theater . The climate was turning dreadful but some how we reached the theater at 2 o clock for the matinee show. We took tickets , the show was at 2.15 PM . We had some snacks as we did have time to eat lunch . We were inside the theater at 2.10 PM . If Sindhu finds out that we are in a theater watching a film she will kill me, said Krishna.

 Oh shut up, how would she know , as I said so the phone started to ring. It was Sindhu and at the same time the film began. Oh God , what should I do now? , said Krishna in a great tension as if he got a phone from a terrorist. If you lift the phone you will get caught , so switch off the phone and sit tight and focus on the film, I said. Krishna felt that my suggestion was good and had done what I told him to do. I was watching the film but I could not enjoy the film because of Krishna . I dont think this is correct, said Krishna. Just shut up and watch the film , I said. I cannot just sit here and watch the film, my mind is thinking of what Sindhu would think if I dont apply for the job, said Krishna. Krishna, I told you that after the film the first thing we are going to do is to apply for INFOTECH, I said. But this did not convince Krishna , for every 2 minutes he asked me questions like what if, If she, if I, then we , I will, oh God ,my God.. . I dont know when the film had reached the climax . It was suspense thriller and in the end the suspense was revealed but I could not understand anything as I was not following the film. I got completely irritated. As we came out of the theater the rain was pouring so terribly that the roads were invisible , we stood there for the rain to stop. Oh, Katrina is so severe, said a person standing beside me. What an idiot , why would Katrina be severe , She would be hot. Excuse me bhaiya , what do you mean , Kartrina is severe, Asked Krishna. Katrina ,the cyclone , isnt it severe, said the person. What Katrina meant a cyclone , why the hell do they give the name of hot girls to the cyclone. Why did you think that I was talking about Katrina Kaif, Said the person. No Bhaiya , I just did not know that the name of the cyclone is Katrina, I said. This information from the stranger had increased Krishnas depression as he was worried if he could be able to apply to the job or not. I just did not talk to him because I felt that being silent would be the best option now. It was 7 o clock in the evening when the intensity of Katrina reduced a bit but the density of water on the roads did not reduce. The phones did not have signals and so he did not get any call from Sindhu. So he was still in the depression mode not changing his mode to a panic one. I thought that before Sindhu called, it would better to apply the job some how. Krishna let us move , we need to search for a net center and apply for a job, I said.

 Are you crazy it is still raining , said Krishna. It is cyclone , it wont stop ranining till another 3 to 4 hours or more . So till then you will stand here and maintain that depression in your face or will you take some risk for the girl you love, I said. All my speech could not motivate Krishna to take risk but when I said girl he accepted to take the risk. We had determined to move but at that instant the intensity of Katrina had again increased but we did not change our decision. Dont be crazy you may hurt yourself, said the stranger. Shut up , I said for which stranger got surprised and shocked at a time .We just started to get down the steps which were being bathed d by Katrina since morning and so turned super smooth. As we were in hurry Krishna s leg slipped and we lost balance . We were about to fall and Krishna had put one hand on the step to balance but our whole body weight had fallen in Krishnas left hand and so he had to encounter terrible pain. The stranger came running and helped us get up and brought us back . Krishna was facing severe pain , he could not lift his left hand. I felt vey bad about it. Even the stranger was worried about Krishna so he decided to give us lift in his car. If you had the car why the hell were you waiting, I asked. I think you are a bit aggressive and so dont think much. If the roads are filled with water how will the car move , even if it moves what if it get stuck in the middle of the road, said the stranger. Now if you take us in your car and if it get stuck in the middle of the road , then what to do, I said. So what you want me to do , sit tight and watch whats gona happen , at least It is better to try . If the car gets stuck we would wait in the car , it is similar to waiting in the theater and incase if the car doesnt stop we can go to the hospital, said the stranger. What are you thinking the pain is untolerable, said Krishna. Ok, I said to the stranger. The strager took the risk . He got down the steps carefully . We could not see his legs once he got down as his legs were completely immersed in water. He had to fight with water to reach the car. We could hear that he was trying to start the engine but it wasnt starting . I think the engine was also filled with water. In the mean time the signals of the phone were back and within no time Krishna got a call from Sindhu. Hello Sindhu, said Krishna in a weak voice. Did you apply for the job, asked Sindhu. Say yes , I whispered. No, said Krishna.

Immediately she hung up the phone. I dont know about Krishna but I was really angry at her. The car started and the stranger had brought the car infront of stairs. He came up and helped Krishna and me to get in the car. Finally at 9 o clock we were out of the theater. The stranger had to raise the accerlation for the car to move. I felt as if we were in ship sailing in storm.The stranger had very carefully drove the car and finally at 10 o clock in the night we could reach a Hospital. The doctor had declared that Krishna had a minor fracture in the left hand. She wrapped up his hand with a pink band and asked him not to move at least for 10 days. I requested the stranger to drop us at our room. He without any hesitation accepted and we were at our room by 11 o clock in the night. We asked the stranger stay until the rain stopped. What is your name ?, I asked the stranger. Shyam, Shyam Kiran, He said . What do you do, I work as an Assistant Engineer in APEPDCL in energy audit section at Vizag. I just came here to attend my friend s marriage. cool , I said. Later we had a chat . Krishna told everything about us , he also told Shyam his love story and about the Job in one month. Shyam listened to Krishna carefully and said, as you are electrical engineer , we have 3 posts as a Sub Engineer in Energy Audit section . The job is contract based and the pay is 15000 per month and for that you need to face a walk in interview on Jan 24th . I am very close to the director of APEPDCL and for sure I can make the job permanent . I know nothing about Electrical, said Krishna. Just attend the interview , I will look over it but one thing you have to be there by time as the registration will done only for 1 hour that is form 10AM to 11AM. If you dont get the registration done even I cant help you. Ok then I need to leave , the rain had stopped now, said Shyam. Can I ask you a question, I said. Ya sure, Shyam said. Why did you help us?, I asked. what kind of question is that ?, Said Shyam. I just want to know what will you get if you help, I said. He paused for a minute smiled and said, Satisfaction and peace of mind. I did not understand, I said. You would understand once you help some one, Shyam replied and left

 You did not at least help a kitten , how the hell would you understand what he meant, Said Krishna. At that instant I felt that both of them lost their mind, satisfaction that was the stupid reason I had ever heard. Shyam left around 12 0 clock in the mid night and we too slept . We woke up at 8 o clock in the morning .Krishna was worried not about his hand but about Sindhu. He called Sindhu and as usual there is no response. He tried for another 10 to 15 times in one hour. He was tensed as she wasnt lifting the phone. Krishna cool down she will call you, I said . You because of you she isnt talking to me , if you had not forced me to watch the movie she would be talking to me right now, are you happy now. It doesnt matter to you but I have to suffer , said Krishna making me angry .He was feeling as if he lost a girl who was seriously in love with him .The girl never cared about Krishna , she was always bothered about the job. Though I was angry I did say anything because what he said was correct . I was responsible for happened yesterday but I am not feeling bad about it .Krishna was calling her again and again and when she wasnt lifting the call he was cursing me. For the first time I was hoping Sindhu to call and the unbelievable thing happened , she called. Krishnas face had a glow all of a sudden and I was equally happy. Hello Sindhu, said Krishna. Why the hell are you calling and disturbing me , you dont care about what I say, said Sindhu. Sindhu.., What !!!, dont you talk in between when I am talking, said Sindhu Krishna, we are running out of time and you are completely irresponsible. You stood at the bus stop and starred at me just for time pass and thats why you are not taking me serious . I am such a idiot to trust a . , leave it, Said Sindhu which was really frustrating Krishna. I had seen Krishna so irritated about Sindhu for the first time. Why dont you talk, said Sindhu. I think even she has gone mad. She asks him to be silent and when he is silent she asks him to talk , what a typical character . I pity, Krishna. Only God can save him. for god sake , say something, she said. I broke my left hand trying to go to the net center and apply the job, said Krishna. Nice move Krishna , for the first time he spoke intelligently . I thought that she will calm down but nothing of such sort happened. She just hung up the phone. I dont think this will work out , she is beautiful bit I dont understand her. She is just like a mystery girl., said Krishna. Dont tell me that you had lost interest on her because of me, I said.

 no, not this time, said Krishna. I felt very bad about Krishna , but I think he escaped form something very dangerous. Krishna remained silent for next half an hour. We both wer watchin TV. We even did not go to the class that day as there was no more Sindhu and so there was no point in going to the class. We both were seriously watching Die Hard .4.0 and then some one knocked the door. As usual I did not want to get off the sofa but strange thing was even Krishna did not respond. Again some one knocked the door. There was no response from Krishna. Krishna we need open the door , I said. If it is important they will knock again, Said Krishna. Now that was actually my attitude. So we did not move. But some one was continuously knocking the door and so we got up and opened the door. It was Chinna. What , said Krishna. A girl has come for you, said Chinna pointing someone. When he said a girl we both were surprised to know that a girl had come to see us. We just came out of the door and saw at the women Chinna was pointing and that was the awesome moment of Krishnas life. It was Sindhu at our door. Hay , aaa.. did I disturb you, said Sindhu very politely. That was the first time she spoke so politely and her face did not show any attitude. It just showed concern about Krishna. I had to admit that she was pretty hot. Krishnas eyes and mouth were wide open without his permission. May , I come in , said Sindhu. What , a girl asking permission to come into the bachelors room. Stop starring and respond to her you idiot, I whispered . I dont blame him for acting weird because it was most unexpected thing. Ah, ha , yaaa plzzzzzzz plz .. come in , said Krishna. Luckily we cleaned our room. We pulled a chair cleaned it infront of her to sit but she did not . She came close to us, I could hear Krishnas heart beat . Even I was excited to see what is she going to do. She came close and touched Krishna s broken hand . Krishna stopped breathing for a moment, even I could feel that , it was as if electric current passed through the body at once. She then looked into Krishnas eyes. Her eyes were red and wet. I think Krishna had understood that she was worried about his broken hand. Krishna did not speak anything as he was just enjoying the concern shown by Sindhu. She then touched Krishna broken hand with her other hand and started weeping. At that minute I understood that she was a typical women with an ordinary heart. please dont cry, said Krishna. According to me this was the only thing Krishna has achieved . Her concern towards Krishna is the measure of how much she loves Krishna. It was because of me , I just pressurized you and so you had to suffer, Said Sindhu .

She should have known the truth, She would have killed both of us. She was so beautiful when she was crying. Dont worry I got another job opportunity, by the way is it okay if I get a government job, I asked. Anything Krishna , just get a job . I want to marry you , she said and burst out crying. I still dont understand why the job is so important to her. I wanted Krishna to tell about the super market just to let her know that they would be safe without a job . But I preferred to be silent. Sindhu please stop crying , I will get the job for sure, said Krishna. When he said that within a few minutes she became normal. Ok, Krishna, I have to go now, just could not stay without seeing, said Sindhu. Sindhu , please stay for 10 more minutes, said Krishna. okay, said Sindhu without any hesitation . I think she wanted Krishna to ask her to stay . Sindhu can I ask you something, said Krishna. ask me, she said . Hmmm when did you fall in love with me, said Krishna. Wow was a nice romantic question dude but the point is , does she loves Krishna . I dont know, She said. She continued, first time I saw you I was irritated by the way you stared at me but later I loved the way you looked at me. You looked at me as if I was very precious and special to you. There was no other intention in you except love which I could feel. Lot of men stare at me but when you see me I felt very special. Days passed out and I started thinking about you in the college too. All the day I used wait for the 10 minutes in the bus stop to see you seeing me. Sometimes when I did not come to the college I used to come to the bus stop and stand behind taking care that you couldnt see me and enjoyed seeing you disappointed when I did not show up in the bus stop. To see that disappointment I intentionally I bunked the college telling some fake reason at home. The more disappointed you were , more happy I was seeing you missing me. Wow this freaking awesome . This is how Krishna felt about Sindhu. Krishna, said Sindhu in a cutest voice . yes, said Krishna. She hold Krishnas had tight , took a deep breathe , kept her head low but was seeing Krishna and finally said , I love you.

I was completely dumbstruck and so was Krishna as a girl has come to our room and proposed first . Say something, said Sindhu I love you too, said Krishna. This was still unbelievable , since past 10 days everything was unpredictable. It was just like watching a film in live . I thought such things would happen only in films but films are made of some real incidents . They both were looking into each other eyes enjoying the moment. They werent in this world for 30 minutes . Sindhu first came out form the romantic plant and said, ok then I need to leave. ok , said Krishna with an expression that pleas stay for another 5 minutes . She went till the door looked back , saw me and said, bye Vijay. Bye, I said. Once she left Krishna was jumping here and there. Idid not try to control him and left him to enjoy. I felt that he need to celebrate this moment. He pinched himself for 10 times confirming that it wasnt a dream. I was happy for him. Krishna called Santhosh and told him everything, even santhos was surprised but later was happy for him. Santhosh told us another news that there was walkin for job in DOTNET on 20th of January . He said that his friend was working in that company and told us that he would refer us . Krishna had double news that day. Seeing Sindhus response even I was ready to help Krishna. We had 5 days to prepare for the interview. We requested Sarath and asked him to train us to face the interview on 20th. As we already gave him 20,000 Rs he could not say no. Never did I co- operated Krishna so much. The next day I was on time to the class and tried to focus on the class rather to divert Krishna but this time it was Krishna who wasnt focusing. I reminded him about the interview at least for a 10 times but he was in dream land. He just focused on Sarath sir class bit did not practice much. He messaged Sindhu after the class and got an immediate response from Sindhu . I think she could not control herself from responding to Krishna. They went chatting for hours . I think this was the impact of yesterdays incident in our room.The same thing happened the next day and I got vexed , I was not patient like Krishna and so left him to his fate and started enjoying TV and relaxed .Since the day Sindhu said I love You, she never spoke in a rough manner. She talked politely and showed much care and attention to Krishna. She just spoke for 10 minutes a day as she did not have the intention do disturb Krishna but Krishna would just think about those 10 minutes all the day. He was chatting and I was watching TV and all the four days vanished like 4 minutes . We even did not go to the classes properly .The only useful thing which we did was we washed our clothes. As Krishna was busy in chatting and talking I did not check the pockets. On 19th a kind of panic started in Krishna. I completely stopped caring about the interview as Krishna being the one who was in more need of the job did not give a damn about it. Krishna out of tension spoke with Sindhu till the afternoon and I was watching the India Vs Australia match. At 1 0 clock Sindhu wished him all the best and told that she would call him tomorrow after the interview.

 Ah, Vijay we need to do lot of work, first of all we need to shave the beard , then we need check our formal and polish the shoes, said Krishna. Shut up, I said as I was angry as he did not work hard when I was ready to work hard and now I have no mood to do anything except watching cricket. I continued, stop telling me all this, Australia has given us a target of 360 plus and will be chasing it till 7 0 clock in the evening till then I am not moving my ass , neither are you, I said. Vijay , we have an interview tomorrow, Said Krishna as if he cared about it. oh, really, I said irritating Krishna. Vijay, screamed Krishna. Shut up Krishna, I screamed back. I continued, I reminded you about the interview but you did not care and now I think it is a waste to attend that interview. We have the interview, it is an opportunity, said Krishna. You had already lost it, I replied. how do you decide that without facing the interview?, said Krishna. Are you 100% sure that you would get the job ?, I questioned him. There was no response from Krishna. See you are not confident, the man without confidence is just like a man going to the war without weapon, I said. At least we should give it a try, said Krishna. okay then , we will attend the interview tomorrow but do not disturb me until the match is over, I said. Krishna accepted as he had no other choice. So we both started watching the match . For an hour killed with his whats and ifs but later the match turned interesting, even Krishna had seen the match interestingly. We even forgot to have lunch .The match was thriller and at last India won. We were severely starving by the time match has completed. Are you happy now ,can we just check for the requirements of the interview now, said Krishna. Sure but first let us eat something, I said. Hey , anyways we have to go out to eat, so let us see if we have everything for tomorrow , if anything is missing we can get it when we go out to eat, said Krishna. hmm , ok but hurry up, I said.

We checked if we had any formals . We were lucky enough to have one. We checked the shoes , they were good but needed some polish. We checked if we have cash, we found 1000 rs and had another 1200 in the ATM. We arranged all our certificates in order. We kept the certificates , money , dress and ATM at one place so that we wont be searching about anything in the last minute. ok , now as everything is fine, shall we go to the dinner, I asked. We need to shave our beard, said Krishna. no way I am going to eat right now or else I am going to faint , I said. ok then, come lets go and have the dinner, Said Krishna. As he said so , his phone began to ring. My time was not at all good it was Sindhu. Even Krishna was starving but as Sindhus name flashed on the mobile he got energy as if had stomach full of food. Hai Sindhu , said Krishna. His appetite might have died but I was hungry that I would eat any living thing. We can walk and talk Krishna, I whispered. Krishna, shall we have dinner together, Said Sindhu. What happened to this girl ,5 days back she was like carnivorous dinosaur in Jurassic park and eat our brain and all of a sudden she changed into romantic heroin in Karan Johars film. If just small fracture of Krishna is the reason for this change what might had happen if he had completely broke his hand. Ya , where should I meet you, I said. This dumb ass had forgot about the interview, ok its fine . what happened to the girl. Krishna are you mad say no , we have an interview tomorrow, I whispered. shut up , said Krishna he gets irritated when I whisper when he is talking to Sindhu. what... Questioned Sindhu from the phone. Nothing ,nothing , said Krishna . Krishna, we need to have dinner , shave our beard and revise what we learned as we did not prepare much since that last two days and now if we go to the dinner with her, the chances of getting the job would be zero, I said. Are you there, said Sindhu. ya ya , Said Krishna . Are you okay, She said.

 Ya ya, replied Krishna. tell her that we would have dinner tomorrow, I whispered. Krishna was in a dilemma whether to tell her what I said or simply ignore me. Krishna, what happened sweetie, Said Sindhu. When she called sweetie he simply ignored what I said. where are you ?, Krishna enquired Sindhu. At Hyderabad central , said Sindhu. ok , I will be there in 15 minutes,said Krishna and hung up. Krishna , I think you are doing a mistake, I said. Come on Krishna it is just a matter of 1hr , we will back early and then we will revise till late in the night, said Krishna. I told you what I had to, now it is up to you, I said. We hurried quickly , we changed our dress within 2 minutes , took the ATM and left and left the cash at the room. We had Rs 50 in the pocket. We used those 50 Rs for auto though it was a 15 minute walk because Krishna wanted to go as fast as possible. We reached central in 5 mins . It was sharp 8.30PM when we met Sindhu .She had a bag in her hand. She just finished a small shopping by the time we reached central. Hai Sindhu, said Krishna. Hello , said Sindhu with a bit of shy in her face. Time God she did not say hello Sweetie . If she had said that Krishna would turn into Dog leaving his tongue outside wagging his leg instead of his tail. where would you like to have dinner?, asked Krishna. Tell him princess , why do you feel shy the lord of 10 kings giving you a choice with huge amount of Rs1200 that too in his card. Shall we go to Pizza Hut, said Sindhu cutely. Ya ,sure ,said Krishna. We went to the pizza hut and ordered ourselves pizza and some soft drinks. We were in a bit tension that what if the bill would be more than 1200.When we were thinking about the bill She took a file from

the bag and handed over to me and said, Vijay, keep you certificates and other important materials which you need for the interview tomorrow in the file. Then she took a small gift pack from the same bag and handed it over to Krishna and said, Krishna please open it. Krishna opened it with great excitement . It was a parkar pen. oh, it is very beautiful , I love it ,thank you very much, said Krishna. It is a special gift to you from me. Always keep the pen near to your heart , I hope it will bring you luck, said Sindhu. Krishna was very much moved when Sindhu said this. She touched Krishnas broken hand and enquired if it was ok. Ah .. hmmm .. ey eyaa, said Krishna. He could not talk as he was just getting electrified by her touch. To his weird reaction Sindhu just laughed. We saw her when she was serious , disappointed , angry , sad and smiling cutely but never saw when she laughed. We were done with our pizzas but Sindhu was a slow eater . She almost took an hour to eat an in that time she told me about her friend s, college and other things. At last the bill came and with VAT the bill became fat. It was 1110 Rs only .We were happy that the bill was within our reach . It was around 10.30 PM when we came out .Sindhu left in the auto once again wishing us all the best and we were at central without a penny in our pocket.The western food costs more and fills just half of the stomach. So we were still starving. One advantage we had was our room was just a 15 minute walk. So we started our journey and reached the room . Once we reached our stairs Krishna checked his pockets and could not find the key. You had again left key for the lock of the door dumbo, I said. Hmmm , sorry, said Krishna. Remember you forgot the keys because of you not me, I said. ok ok, said Krishna. As we got on the stairs and reached the room we were Shocked to see our room was open. why the hell is our room door open, Said Krishna. you just leave the key to lock and expect it be safe ,dumbo. We have been robbed, I said. lets go inside and see what we have lost , I said. What if the burglar is still inside, said Krishna. This doubt of Krishna has just freaked me out . I felt that we need some weapon for self defense if anything goes wrong as we enter the room. We found a half broke cricket bat of chinna which was

strong enough to break a persons head. Once we had that in our had we had some courage to go inside the room. It was dark inside as the light was off . I know where the switch to turn on light was , it was exactly to the left the door. We were searching for the switch and at the same time our eyes were focusing if anything was coming towards us. I found the switch and turned it on. As soon I turned on the light my heart broke as I could not find the TV , Krishna was also worried because whatever we arranged neatly at one place for tomorrows interview were stolen. Our formals , shoes and 1000 Rs . A part of that our new body sprays some costly clothes were gone. But we were lucky enough that he did not touch our certificates. They were equal to tissue papers to him. So he did not even touch them. All this did not bother me but loosing the TV was very painfull. Oh shit , the asshole had taken away all the money and our formals too, how the hell will we go to the interview?, said Krishna. He was very much worried about the interview. Shall we complain to the police, I said. No its waste of time we did not lose anything precious , said Krishna. But those were important for tomorrows interview, I said. Vijay it is 11.30 PM and now even if we go and complain the police cannot get us our belongings by interview time, Said Krishna. Hey do you know where we have to go tomorrow, I mean the address of the company where we have to attend the interview, I asked Krishna. No, I forgot to ask Santhosh, said Krishna. great, I said. I thought of calling Santhosh once we come to the room, said Krishna. ok then call him now, I said. The battery is almost dead, said Krishna . call Santhosh and ask the address before the battery gets completely dead, I said. Krishna opened the menu and then contacts , searched for Santhosh name and finally pressed the green button. Santhosh s phone rang but he did not lift. I think he is sleeping, said Krishna . try again, he may also help financially , I said. Krishna called again and this time santhosh took call and said,hello and then the battery was dead. We were just having awesome time. We started searching for the charger and within a short time understood we had lost the charger too. We did know what to do . We did not have a proper dress for

the interview nor we knew where the interview is going to be conducted . We just had a parker pen and a file. How much did you pay at Pizza Hut?, I said. 1110 Rs only , said Krishna. balance is 90 and we can not take it from the ATM, I said. Then I got an idea check our pant pockets we may get some money, I said. I think we checked all the pockets before washing, Krishna said. You were talking Sindhu and so I skipped checking the pockets, if we are lucky we might get some money, I said. We started searching the clothes which were left by the burglar. This process went on for 10 minutes and we started losing hope and then Krishna felt a piece of paper in the pocket of my torn jeans . He took it out , it was a 500 Rs note. It was not crushed. I folded it into a rectangular(form) shape. I folded it 4 times. yes, see you always used to scold me for not checking the pockets , now see it has saved our day, I said. I continued, The first thing which we have to do in the morning is to call Santhosh and find the address of the company, I said. Krishna a had mixed feelings. He was happy that he got money and at the same time l unhappy that I did not check the pant pockets before washing . come on man we need to sleep, I said. Wait let us align the certificates in an oreder in the file , we should also see what we can wear tomorrow for the interview, said Krishna. Come on Krishna it is already 12 o clock, I said . But Krishna was in no mood to listen to me. He put the money in his pocket and started searching for a formal dress but could not find . So we decided to wear shirt which seemed formal but was not formal , it was short model and crushed too. We selected pants which had less shade and which were not torn. The worst thing was we did not have shoes. So we had decided to go with sandals. Krishna had again put all these at one place . Had put the parkar pen in the pocket of the shirt which he is going to wear tomorrow. Finally we were about to sleep. you are forgetting the money in your pocket again , I said. Krishna took the note from his pocket and caught the note with his broken hand at one end and on the other end of the note with other hand an unfolded it. Then a terrible thing had happened.As he unfolded it one part of the note was in one hand and the other part in the other hand. I mean the note got torn in the center. This had raised severe aggression in Krishna . He just slapped and I did not say a word as I deserved it.

We understood that we can not go to the interview tomorrow . We did not talk that night but none of us could sleep. At 2 o clock we feel asleep. But we woke up at 6 o clock in the morning. What should we do now , Said Krishna. I have an Idea , I said. Krishna wasnt interested in my idea but he had no option because he wasnt getting an ideas. Borrow Rs 500 from the house owner, I said. When I said that Krishna started to think as if he is going ask the house owne to give his complex. Stop thinking , we are left with no choice, I said. We went down as it was early in the morning our house owner was busy forcing his workers to prepare the tiffins . We met him a told him everything. He was happy that we did not complain to the police because he did not wanted the police to be in his complex as he thought that it will damage his image . We asked him for the help and he did it happily . Now as we had money the first thing we did was we called Santhosh. He gave us the address and a shocking news was that the written test would start at 7.30 Am in the morning. He told me to meet sudhakar as he was the one who was the friend of Santhosh. I also asked Santhosh to credit me some Rs 2000 in my account and promised that I would return it next month. I ran back to the room got ready and took everything which were necessary. We neither had a key nor a look nor had anything to be robbed. So we just bolted the door and left. We stopped an auto and told him that we need to go to cyber towers ,Hitech city and he charged us Rs 100 as he found that it was an emergency seeing me so desperate to reach in time. We had no time to bargain and accepted to pay him. As it was early in the morning it just took 20 minutes to reach the destination . By the way , the name of the company was CIRCOS and we never heard about it.The most irritating thing was the salary was 2 laks/ annum and for that around 500 members had attended. Seeing the number of people, that too in formal dresses we got discouraged. We did not have a clean shave, formal or a shoe. I think it will be better if we leave now, I said. Krishna felt the same but he remembered Sindhu and so decided to face the interview at any cost. Seeing us so many had puzzled expression on their faces and some where laughing which irritated us, especially me a lot. I dont feel like attending the interview, I said. Why, Krishna questioned. I am getting embarrassed when all these assholes are starring at us, dont you feel that, I said. even I am embarrassed but I am more worried about Sindhu and so we have to face the interview , ignore all the jerks standing there and find Sudhakar, said Krishna. Do you think we can get the job, I mean for the job in CIRCOS people have come as if they have come to see circus in a weekend, I said.

 I believe in Santhosh and expect even you to believe in Santhosh, said Krishna. I really had no hope neither did Krishna but he acted as if he was courage. We went on enquiring every employee about Sudhakar and finally we could find Sudhakar. He was dark in complexion ,had big eyes , was a bit stout and had hair which looked like wig. He was in his early 30s. Hello Sudhakar, said Krishna. He turned around .Even he gave us a puzzled expression when he saw us as we expected. So vijay, he said and saw me from top to bottom for a moment and turned the paper of a file in his hand . Then he said, Krishna and scanned us again. go and fill the application and give it to me, Said sudhakar in a commanding voice, directly speaking he ordered us. I felt like an Indian being ill-treated by a Britisher before independence . I think he should have some respect as we were friend s of his friend. Should I tell again , fill the form quickly, screamed Sudha bringing us back from 1947. We filled it and returned the form to Sudhakar . He asked to write the written test with others. I felt that what was the point of recommendation if we were also asked take the written test. What ever, we wrote the exam and were confident that we will get disqualified. We waited for an hour for the result , though I suggested Krishna that we should be leaving he opted to stay and check the result. The results were announced and then I came to know the power of recommendation . We got qualified, Out of 500 50 members got qualified . Immediately the qualified 50 members were called for the technical round. I was called 2 hours later which gave me some time to revise what Sarath had taught me. Finally we were called in and I was surprised to see Sudhakar in the panel.The interview went for just 2 minutes and Sudhakar was the only one who asked me 3 questions which were basics . Any one could answer all three but we answered only one.Sudhakar did not allow other panel members to ask us any questions. Suddenly I felt like an Indian enjoying the freedom which was the hard work of a freedom fighter. The results were announced at 1 o clock and just 5 were qualified and we were among the 5. This time i was less surprised as I partially new that I would get selected. As soon as we got selected Sudhakar has called aside and told us that he could help us till the second round only. He said that in the third and final round he could not help us as the HR team head is strict and will not allow any others to involve in the final selection process except them. So he wished me all the best and asked me to be confident. As Sudhakar told us this we lost our confidence. Till then Sudhakar was like a shield to us in the war and suddenly we had no shield , that means we are dead.We thanked Sudhakar for his help and were waiting for the call of the final round. We were starving as we did not have the tiffin . But we did not feel like eating as we wanted to face the interview first. We were called in at 2 o clock. As expected the panel members were completely unhappy seeing us . The cross examination started and within 2 minutes they found that we were useful for nothing. They gave us a puzzle which was given in the written test and asked us to solve in the paper which they gave.

 Ghosh, we never maintained a pen, I whispered. Sorry sir I just did not bring the pen , said Krishna listening to me. When he said so the main HR member starred at us . We completely got freaked out. You have a pen in a pocket , said the senior HR member pointing Krishna. Shucks I and even Krishna forgot that we have put parker pen gifted to Krishna by Sindhu in Krishnas shirt pocket last night itself. Sorry sir , sorry sir, said Krishna as he got panicked and then tried to solve the puzzle which was completely unknown.Even I tried to solve it but if Krishna doesnt know how would I know. We just sat ideally for half a minute and then HR said, OK, then you may leave, please wait outside. We knew what the result was. The result was announced and we did not get selected. We were completely disappointed. If we were out in the first round we wouldnt have felt bad but losing a job in the third round was pretty disappointing. It was 2.45 in the afternoon when we came out. We were tired both physically and mentally. We were severely starving and so went to restaurant . We spent around Rs 300 in the restaurant . We had 100 Rs left, we took an auto for 70 Rs and reached our room with 30 Rs in hand. We did not bother about the money because Santhosh would have already credite Rs2000 in my account. We were tired and so fell on the bed without changing and slept for 3 hours. By the time we woke up the time wa 7.30 in the evening. The first thing I felt bad was about TV as I was missing it and Krishna was missing Sindhu as he did not talk to her since morning . We took the ATM card and went out. Santhosh had credited us Rs 2000 and we debited 1000 Rs. The first thing we did was bought a charger and also recharged the mobile. We also bought a new lock. We returned Rs 500 to the owner which we borrowed in the morning as we came back. As soon as we entered the room Krishna started charging the phone as he was dying to talk to Sindhu. I think he forgot the point that the first question which she is going to ask is what happened to the interview? When she asks him this question his excitement will come down . So I thought of warning him. Hey , Krishna what will you tell her if she ask about the interview?, I questioned and as expected there was no quick response. I dont know , I think I will tell her the truth, Said Krishna . He wasnt confident enough to call Sindhu once I asked him this question. do you think I should call her now, said Krishna. I dont know you should decide that, I said. Krishna thought for a minute and said, I dont know what she is going to think if I tell her about the result of the interview but sure since noon she might have called me at least for 20 to 30 times expecting a positive response and each time she did not get the response she would have got

disappointed and tensed. Even if she gets disappointed by the news I tell her at least she would be tension free. Wow , this reason from Krishna was completely justified and so I did not raise any more doubts and gave him green signal to call Sindhu. So as the phone got charged Krishna switched on the mobile. He called her and she picked up the phone after one ring itself. Hello , why was your phone dead, questioned Sindhu with a pain in her voice which expressed concern about Krishna more than the concern about the job. Hmm , Sindhu aa., said Krishna not able to tell her about the interview. Its ok , you tried your best now dont you give up and try for the walk which Shyam told you about, said Sindhu understanding that we had lost the opportunity . That was the moment when I started liking her because she was boosting Krishna hiding her disappointment and also reminding him the next opportunity which we he had to focus. Krishna then apologized her for losing the opportunity and told her what happened from last night and also promised that he would avoid such silly mistakes and will be very careful in the next interview .She felt bad for what happened the previous night. After all this they slowly started talking all the romantic crap which bored me . I even did not have the TV. Their conversation went for an hour. After Krishna was done talking to Sindhu we called Santhosh and told him everything and apologized. He did not mind much , he said that he would try for another job but asked to be a bit cautious this time. Once we spoke with both Sindhu and Santhosh we were relieved and we slept peacefully. The next day was 21st ,we had 3 days for the interview. We called Shyam and reminded him that we were coming on 24th. He said that he had already spoken with director about us and the only thing I had to do was to attend the interview. We were happy , immediately Krishna called Sindhu and told her what Shyam said. She was very happy and excited too . Krishna wanted to book the train ticket on 22nd but I hated to stay with dad and asked Krishna to reserve the ticket on 23rd. So we went to the railway station, As it was marriage season it took us 2hours to book the ticket and finally we booked the ticket on 23rd. We had our lunch and slept in the afternoon. At 5 o clock in the evening a phone call has woke up and both of us knew that it was Sindhu. But we were wrong . It was Mr Sarath. Krishna took the call and said, hello. Hello , this is Sarath, Said Sarath. tell me sir, said Krishna. Krishna there is opening in Techno soft solutions Limited. There is also a back door offer, if you are in much need of the job, Said Sarath.

 Why the hell do we need this job for , we already have a good opportunity in our hands so say no to him, I whispered. are you there, said Sarat. yes sir, I will let you know about my opinion on 24th evening , Said Krishna and hung up the phone. I did not understand why Krishna responded like that . Krishna understood my confusion and said, in case anything goes wrong, it is just a back up, said Krishna. He is such a negative thinker. I dont think someone would come and stop Krishna from attending the interview in Vizag. When I was thinking so , the phone rang and this time it was Sindhu. Hai, the ticket is booked on 23rd , said Krishna. you should have booked it on 22nd itself, said Sindhu. You dont understand, there is an old an ready there to eat our brain. So I had to force Krishna to book the ticket on 23rd . did not feel like leaving you a day before , said Krishna. Krishna had improved a lot , for sure he will be getting a good response from SIndhu. Yes ,even I will miss you, Said Sindhu Ya this was expected, Krishna was completely happy with this response. Krishna hmm aa I aa, Sindhu was stammering , that was weird because she was always very confident about what she wanted to tell. Sindhu, feel free to tell, said Krishna. Ahh, nothing, she said. This is bull shit , for sure she was feeling a bit uncomfortable to tell something. Come on Sindhu ,please tell me, Said Krishna. ok, will talk to you later , said sindhu and hung up the phone. Shit girls are like puzzle boxes , we need to break our brain to understand them. Krishna was also using his brain to the peaks to guess what was the issue that she was so uncomfortable about and could not even share with him. why do you think she had hung up the phone, said Krishna. how would I know, idiot, I said. "I think she is a bit tensed as I am leaving her for two days, said Krishna.

 I think you are expecting more from a 20 day old love story, I said. Shut up, we can expect anything, even from a just born love , said Krishna. only God can help you, I said. Vijay aa hmm aaa.i think .., said Krishna hesitating to tell me something. I understood that there is some idiotic idea in his brain which he is going to spit on me. what , I screamed. Vijay I think I should give her something so that she wont miss me, said Krishna. and what is that, I asked. I think I should hug her, said Krishna. Bad idea, I said. why ?, questioned Krishna. I dont know , I think there is something else Sindhu wants to tell and for sure it is not about missing you, I said. I am going to hug her , said Krishna. I told you what I had to tell you and now its up to you, I said. Krishna called Sindhu but she did not lift the phone. Krishna started calling her continuously. Are you mad , if she sees your missed calls she will call you back, I said and then Krishna stopped calling her. Krishna was waiting for her to call so desperately and she called Krishna after 15 minutes. what happened Krishna , why did you call me, said Sindhu . She spoke as usual . I just want to meet you tomorrow, said Krishna. No , it is not possible , there are guests in our house, I can not come out all alone, She said. please only for 10 minutes, said Krishna. ok , where should I meet you?, asked Sindhu. in the park near the bustop at 6 o clock, I said. ok, bye, she said and hung up the phone. Once she accepted to meet him, Krishna began seriously practicing how to hug her. Dont you dare to pull me back or say some crap when I am trying to hug her, said Krishna.

 I will stop talking to you from now , ok, I said. The day just passed out and the next day we waited till sun started to set. Krishna was a bit over cautious this time, we got ready at by 5.15PM . Krishna sprayed half a bottle of axe hoping that it would help him. We locked the door and had put the key in the pocket and started to walk and reached the park by 5.30 PM. We still had half an hour time. Each minute was like an hour for me but for Krishna, a minute was like a second as every minute was vaporizing out of tension. Hmm what do you think I should do, asked Krishna finally. do what ever you want to do, I said. oh come say something to encourage, said Krishna. I think what you are trying to do is really a stupid act, It would be better if you stop it now, I said. I should have not talked to you,said Krishna. I really gave him a good suggestion but he was not happy. But I dont know why I felt that I need to support him. ok , do as I say, I said. ya tell me, said Krishna out of enthusiasm. Dont think anything, dont listen to what she is saying , just hug her and leave the remaining to God, I said. ok, ok, I will do that ,said Krishna. We were discussing and then came Sindhu. She was looking fabulous but wasnt in good mood or excited to see Krishna. Do you think it is a good idea to hug her , she seems to be a bit serious, said Krishna. God this jerks asks me everything in the last minute and blames me for what ever happens. its upto you, I said just say do it when she is about to talk and I will do it , said Krishna. She came and stood infront of us but wasnt looking at us. I knew that something is wrong. After a moment she still wasnt looking at us but was about to say something. Do it , I said in a low voice that only Krishna could hear. As I said that Krishna opened his arms and went closer . Even Sindhu became alert when I said do itas she could hear it and all off a sudden when she saw Krishna coming towords her with an idiotic expression she screamed ,Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. Krishna stopped . Are you trying to hug me?, questioned Sindhu.

 Yes ,said Krishna still standing with both his arms wide open. His answer irritated her and she slapped him hard and said, idiot and ran back. Krishna stood in the same position wondering what just happened. Krishna was not able to sleep all night but I felt that the girl was pretty descent and obviously acted like a traditional girl. Krishna was struggling to decide either to call Sindu and get ripped off or just to remain calm and be safe. what to do ,please tell me, said Krishna. Actually I dont know , she is different and unpredictable . I like her the way she is. I dont know may be you should wait for her phone call, I said . what if she doesnt call?, said Krishna I had no answer for that , I did not respond and so Krishna began to panic. Krishna opted not to call her. I thought that he had taken an intelligent decision but I was a bit worried as he is going to eat my brain asking all stupid questions. As he was punching my brain with his insecured questions, Sindhu called. Should I take the call?, asked Krishna. I did not respond. ok , then I am not going to take the call, said Krishna . She called us for around 2 to 3 times in the night and 10 to 15 times the next day. Krishna wasnt lifting the call because he feared that she would break up with him for the stupid act he tried to do. I asked him to lift the phone but he did not. He said that after getting job tomorrow he would talk to Sindhu. We had a train to catch at 8.30 in the evening. Next day the registration would start at 10 0 clock in the morning and the train would reach Vizag at 8.30 in the morning. We packed up everything in the morning forgetting nothing. We left to the railway station at 6 o clock from our room . As it was a week day it took 1hour 15 minutes to reach the railway station by an auto . While we were entering the station I observed a famous restaurant for Biryani. We did not eat much in the afternoon and so I was hungry. come Krishna let us have some Biryani, I said. I dont feel like eating anything and we have only Rs 400 with us, said Krishna. this is what you were telling since morning , you are not eating and not letting me eat, the biryani is only 180 Rs and with tip it would be Rs 200, still we will have Rs 200 , we will just require Rs 70 for an auto from Vizag railway station to our house and by the time we reach home you will still have 130Rs and in the worst case you will 100 Rs with you, I said. ok, ok let us go, said Krishna unwillingly. He was in no mood to argue with me. So we entered the restaurant at 7.30 . We stuffed ourselves completely. In recent time we did not have such heavy dinner. We paid the bill. We left the restaurant at 8 o clock . The train was in the 8th platform . We slowly walked

to the station . From the first platform to the 8th platform there was an overbridge. We had to climb over 60 steps and walked around 250 to 300 meters and got down another 60 steps with heavy bag mounted on our shoulders stuffed with our clothe and certificates. We were breathing heavily. As soon as we reached the compartment we felt as if we reached the top of Mount Everest. We got into the coach and to find the seat number I searched the left pocket of my pant were I kept the money and ticket . As I checked the pocket my heart came down to the pocket. Immediately I had seen Krishna. Dont tell me that you had missed the ticket, Said Krishna. I cannot find it in the pocket, I said. search the pockets properly ,it is an 8 pocket pant search each and every pocket, said Krishna. I checked the pockets but could not find the ticket. We checked the time it was 8.15. I was tensed and so was Krishna. ok , Vijay you paid the bill , you had the money and ticket in the same pocket, to pay the bill you took the money and ticket . you had put the ticket aside and paid the bill, the waiter brought back the remaining amount . you took it and where did you keep it, questioned Krishna. My mind wasnt working at that instant say something you idiot, screamed Krishna. I dont remember , I screamed back . The passengers in the train were puzzled seeing our weird behavior. you have a bloody habit of carrying the remaining change in you hand, without keeping it inside, now where did you put that, did you leave it in the restaurant ? ,krishna asked me for which I gave an expression of might be. We checked the time it was 8.20 come lets go and check in the restaurant, said Krishna. We started running with the bag. We could not leave the bag as we were not sure if we would catch the train and that too we had certificates in it. I suggested Krishna not to go by the overbridge . So we got down the empty tracks and boarded the stationary trains on the platforms and finally crossed the 8 platforms and came out of the railway station, by that time we were not able to run. We started walking quickly and entered the restaurant and went to the seat where we ate.As soon as I saw the place my brain had recollected the scene that happened as it showed me the view in which I took out the money with ticket and then the ticket was in my hand I did not put it any where, when the waiter bought the change I collected the change from him and gave him the tip and had kept the remaining amount and the ticket in the first pocket of the bag. where is the ticket , screamed Krishna bringing me back from the scene. shit, I said.

 why, what happened, Krishna asked. I took off the bag from my shoulders and checked the first pocket of the bag . Krishna was completely mad at me when he saw the ticket in the bag. It was already 8.30. We ran back , we were completely stuffed and could not run. As we entered the station the train on the 1st platform was moving . We had no choice except to get over the over Bridge . As we claimbed around 30 steps we could see that our train was moving. We started running but our stomach was not at all supporting us. It was severely paining at the left side of my stomach and I was not able to move. run, run. Said Krishna. I tried not giving up and ran a bit more and then after that could not breathe any more and my head started spinning . The last thing I heard was Krishna saying Run. I lost the sight of the train moving and everything became dark. I dont not how much time past. I could get up as Krishna was waking me up. We were on the over Bridge and lying down. where is the train, I said. Are you mad , it is 9 0 clock and the train left Half an hour ago, said Krishna. Come let us see if there is another train , I said . When I said so Krishna got a message from Sindhu. The message Sorry Krishna for what happened yesterday, I really did not mean to slap you , I was in great tension and dilemma when we met yesterday and when all of the sudden I saw you trying to hug me I slapped you unknowingly. I shouldnt have done that . Actually I called you to scold but when you were not lifting the phone I was really worried ,since then I was calling you . I came to the railway station to meet you just 5 minutes before the departure of the train , I wanted to give you a hug. I searched for you but I could not find you and the train left. Krishna please please dont break up with me, I will never ever slap you or scold you please call me. Once we were done reading the message the first thing we had done was we checked the platform form the overbridge if she was there and we found her . She was sitting on a bench all alone and was crying. Seeing her crying tears ran out of my eyes and I could understand the position of Krishna. That was the moment I understood how much Sindhu loved Krishna. We dont know how she would react if she comes to know that we missed the train. Krishna , I think you should meet her, I said. I am scared and ashamed too and can not show my face to her, said Krishna. I was feeling the same and so could not force him. I did not know what to do , I checked the time it was 9.10. we still have chance to reach Vizag in time , come let us see if there are any other trains, I said trying to boost Krishna bust Krishna lost hope. there is no use we wont reach in time , said Krishna. He was still crying . I did not know what to do. Then we saw Sindhu , she just got up from the bench stopped crying ,adjusted hair and turned towards

us, from where we seeing her . She could not see us as we were on the overbridge but we could see her face. She took her phone and dialed a number ,our phone rang . Krishna seeing her calling could not control himself and burst out . Even Sindhu started carrying as Krishna did not lift the phone .She walked to the exit and left and we did not move until She left . Come let us enquire if there is another train , said Krishna. He did not wanted to lose a girl like Sindhu and so wanted to reach vizag at any cost. We went to the enquiry counter and enquired that when the next train was. There was special train and would departure at 9.30 PM in Secunderabad and will reach vizag at 10 o clock. We had no money to buy a new ticket or pay an extra amount to the TC and get a berth . So we had to go by general ticket . I took the phone to call Shyam and ask the address where the interview is going to be conducted as we wanted to go to interview directly from the station. There was no place atleast to stand properly and so I had to work hard to take the phone from my pocket and in this process the phone slipped from my hand . This made us mad and we pushed the people around and got the phone and discovered that it got damaged. We could not call Shyam and so had no idea where the interview was going on. The good news was that the trains was one and half hour late. By the time we got down it was 11.30 and so we lost this opportunity. Krishna started crying and I think in this situation he had to cry . We reached home at Lawsons Bay Colony, it was two years since we left home and never came atleast for once. Our super market occupied the first floor of the apartment and in the second floor we had a flat. As soon as we got down the auto we first saw our father. He was busy assigning works to his workers . We gave him a smile but he did not care. We went down the cellular took the lift and went to the second floor. Krishna removed the band from his had because if mom sees that she will faint first. We knocked the door and with in a second my mom opened the door. She was very happy to see us. The first thing she did was , took off the bag from my shoulder and kept it aside. She asked us to sit and turned on the fan. She gave us water , just what we required most at that instant. She did not ask us anything she just told us to bath. We were reluctant to bath but she was very much bothered about our empty stomach. Finally she was successful in pushing us to the bathroom after 10 minutes and by the time we came out she was ready with our favorite tiffin . By the time we finished the tiffin she changed the bedsheets and turned on the phone. After the tiffin we crashed on the bed. We were thinking about Sindhu and did not know when we slept. We slept for 6 hours, woke up at 3 0 clock. Mom was waiting us to get up. She asked us to wash our face and again stuffed us with delicious meal which she prepared. I felt that home was home . In the after noon we could not sleep. Krishnas mind was filled with thought s about Sindhu but he did not ask me anything. I could not bear the silence and started the conversation. your freaking me out with your silence , I said you , because of you we lost the opportunity , said Krishna. I remained silent , it was really my fault . If we would have ate something in the train we would have the job.

 Say something jerk, you ruined my life , now how the hell am I going to show my face to Sindhu, questioned Krishna. I was seriously searching for the answers and other alternatives and then I remembered Mr Sarath and his offer. Hey , do you remember Mr Saraths offer?, I questioned Krishna. After a moment, even his tube light glew. yes , said Krishna. See, we always have an alternate ,you get panicked if there is any odd situation and get me tensed. This was the reason why I could not even remember that I kept the ticket in the bag. I said. Shut up, dont you dare to discuss that topic with me, replied Krishna. Oops I think I pressed the wrong button . This time we wont be doing any risk , we will just get the job through back door, I said. Back door! I think they would ask us to pay 1 or 2 lakhs, said Krishna. First let us ask Mr Sarath the details, I said. Our phone was damaged , so took moms which supported dual sim. Mom would just operate red and green buttons of the phone , she never needed a second sim. We inserted our SIM in moms phone and called Mr Sarath and found the details . The interview was on 30th in Hyderabad and it was a walk in . If we pay the back door amount one day before the interview would just be formality, but the problem here is the amount. It would cost us 1.5 lakh. Dont you think 1.5 lakh was too much, said Krishna. You just keep quite , it is my responsibility , I will take care of it , I said. I some how wanted to get this job and get out this crap as I did not wanted to be responsible for Krishnas failure love story. I had made up my mind to tell everything to mom so that she would help us to convince dad. I did not have any guts to ask him such a huge amount as I could not stand on my word, that I would get a job. Now all of a sudden I can not ask him to trust us and give such a huge amount. So I decided to talk to mom about this issue in the evening. As decided I went to mom. Do you think this will work out? , said Krishna. Do you have an option?, I said. no , said Krishna. then shut your bloody mouth and stop discouraging me, I said. Finally I told her everything about Krishna and how I misguided him . Mom completely had mixed expression like she was surprised when I told that Sindhu came by herself and talked to Krishna, tensed when Krishna broke his hand and she

scanned hi hand checking if it was ok Now, completely puzzled like us when she heard about Sindhu marriage proposal and finally irritated when she came Know how we came back to Vizag .Initially she just scolded us especially me for our stupid acts and latter asked if Krishna was serious about the girl. Krishna confidently said that he was serious. I know that Krishna was a coward in every issue but completely confident when the matter was about Sindhu. Finally after a two hour discussion mom had finally told that she will ask dad tonight . As she said that we promised her that we would sincerely do the job , get a good name and never ever depend on dad again. We both were very seriously waiting for him to come , in the mean time Sindhu called us twice. I asked Krishna nat to take the call until or unless we get a green signal from dad . Once dad accepts to give the amount we can tell her a good news and a bad news. Dad was always late , we were expecting him to come between 10 or 11 in the night. Krishna was seriously biting the nails , Even I was eagerly waiting for dad to come. Finally he was at home at 10.30. As soon as he came we ran into our bedroom. He had his bath and sat in the dining hall at 11 o clock having dinner and watching TV. Mom was just beside him. We were observing everything from our bedroom. Mom started talking to dad and soon the environment in the room changed. There was a heated up discussion going on. All of a sudden dad stood and screamed, I would not put my money on anything useless. When he said that I got pissed off as we were the only useless thing to him in the whole world. Shit , we lost the last opportunity , he will not give us the money, Said Krishna and this irritated me a lot more as I will be responsible for Krishnas failure love story. give , one more chance, pleaded mom. I have been giving chances from two years and now after listening to what you just told, I would be idiot to give money , said dad. shit , mom told him everything , she should have cooked up some hard working boy kind of story, I said. you should have told her before, now it is too late, said Krishna. There was nothing in moms hand now and so I had decided to talk by myself. what !!! if you talk to him you will get screwed , said Krishna . do you want Sindhu ? , I questioned. yes , Krishna answered . then just shut your mouth , I said. Though Krishna was pulling me back I dragged him to the dinning hall and stood before dad. He did not look at us. Dad just give me one more chance I just dont want to be responsible for someones broken heart, I said frankly as he knew everything now.

 I dont think so , you have broke my heart number of times , but never you behaved as you were responsible for it , said dad. Ahhhhh who cares about your broken heart , whispered Krishna . Dad looked at us he could hear partilly what Krishna said. Dont you talk in between , I whispered back to Krishna . Dads mood changed as we were whispering . How many times I told you to control your emotions Krishna, Speak loudly dont mutter , he screamed . We remained silent. Krishna say something , I whispered and dad was getting mad. Dad , there is a girl waiting for me please dad help us this time, Said Krishna pleading dad. Even I have been waiting for you to get a job, when he said Krishna got irritated. He continued, You are more concerned about the girl whom you met 25 days ago , than your parents. Any how If you really loved her you would have got a job by now, you are just attracted to her so could not give the best and today your begging me to buy a job. You know that I believe that there are no short cuts for Hard work. I can not give you any money as I already told your mom that I not going to put my money on anything useless. I was angry listening to what dad said but Krishna was more aggressive than me that too in front of dad as dad commented that his love was an attraction. Your not talking like a father you are talking like business man , said Krishna raising his voice . Dad starred at Krishna and Krishna did not give a damn. He starred back at dad. Krishna calm down what are you doing , I whispered. Stop muttering , screamed dad. He continued ,yes you are right I am a business man . ok then let us do business, said Krishna . Dad was surprised a bit. Krishna got mad, what business would he do with dad, he is screwing up things . I tried to control him but dad was getting mad when I was whispering. Krishna shut up, what are you talking, said mom. Keep quite mom, said Krishna. God Krishna got mad Hold your tongue Krishna, dad said very seriously. Krishna controlled himself a bit and said, ok ,here is the deal give me 1,50,000 Rs and I will pay you back the money with 1 rupee interest, Said Krishna. What an idea sirji, I did not know how Krishna got such a good idea.

 I will accept the deal If you pay me the amount with two rupees interest, said dad. I hated him for what he said .He was too commercial. He just got degraded with his cheap business deal. done , said Krishna. ok , but one condition, he said. what is that , enquired Krishna. If you fail to pay me , you need to work as a common employee in our super market without salary for a year , said dad. Oh this was a cheap trick , Krishna new that this was a back door opportunity and if he pays the money there is no doubt that we would get the job. Once we get the job, at any cost we would repay him his money with ineterst. now, is the deal done, asked dad with a wicked smile in his face. done , said Krishna. By the way arrange the money by 28th , I need to go to Hyderabad on 29th as I have to attend the interview on 30th , I said. ok, dad said. I think he was seriously hoping for our failure as he wanted us to be slaves in his super market. After this discussion we were releaved . Actually I thought of talking to dad about the money but Krishna had done a good job. The first thing Krishna did after the discussion was , he called Sindhu. Sindh took the call and she was non stoppable . She was not giving him a chance to explain she was going on saying what ever came from her mouth. Krishna did not stop her as he was enjoying his concern and love and once she got tired Krishna explained everything. Krishna , I want you to listen this very carefully, though you have a job or not I love you so much , right now I had decided that even if you dont get a job on 30th , I will marry you, said Sindhu. We did not understand why she said that. She continued, I will met you once you finish the interview on 30th , I need tell you something very important. Cant you tell me now, said Krishna . no, she said and Krishna did not force her . That night they spoke for 2 hours and then slept. By the time we woke up it was 10 o clock in the morning .It was since two years we did not sleep in such a soft bed so we could not sleep properly and were rotating on the bed whole night. The bed sheet was up side down , one pillow was on the bed and other on the floor. Mom did not wake us , actually she never disturbed when we were asleep. We just walked into the hall rubbing our eyes . Dad had already left to the super market . Mom asked us to brush but we did not . We sat in the sofa, I turned on the TV and Krishna started to chat. After continuous shunting of mom to brush we brushed and had Tiffin. The tiffin was delicious , even udipi

tiffin cannot be better than moms tiffin .Once we were done eating tiffin , she did not disturb us. We were busy with our activities. Two hour latter mom asked us to bath as it was lunch time but I did not care I was seriously watching TV. Come Vijay lets have shower now, we are stinking, said Krishna. Even I wanted to bath but I was not able to take my eyes off the TV because since 12 days I did not watch TV as we lost one in our room. Ya, Ya after this song, I said. you were saying this since an Hour, said Krishna . We Krishna said this a message came from Sindhu and he became busy again. Half a hour later Krishna again asked me to bath but did not move, then rang the door bell. Shit, its dad , he hates us watching TV that too without bathing, come Vijay lets go inside, said Krishna as he wanted to be careful with dad till we get the amount. dont be afraid of him , we are going to pay back for what he is giving us that too with 2 Rs interest , we are doing business with him then why to fear, I said . As a door opened fear in Krishna reached to such a peak that he dragged me into the bed room. you are a freak , I said as he dragged me inside the bed room. Vijay , I had just fixed up things and please you dont spoil it with your stupid logics, said Krishna. We both were surprised to see our room. I the morning the bed sheets where shattered and one pillow was was completely displaced but mom had reshaped the room. Everything were neat and were in places where they belonged. In our room at Hyderabad things remained in the same place until or unless we arranged them back. This was the awesome difference between being in room outside and being at house. We forgot the towel, ma , towel,I screamed within no time she bought us the towel. We came out through the towel a side and then opened our bag and were surprised to find it empty. ma , where are my clothes , I screamed. in you cupboard, she screamed back. As I opened the cup board our clothes were arranged in a column and were neatly pressed{ironed} too. As we changed she was already with the plate in our room. She feed us with her own hands. She just moved from dining hall to our room for 5 to 6 times , Once for rice, twice for curries and so on. Cant he come and eat hear, screamed dad irritated seeing her serving me. But we did not move and mom did not care . After we ate lunch , we waited till dad left and once he left, again I turned on the TV and Krishna was on the phone. At 4 o clock the door bell rang we were near the door and mom was in the kitchen. come lets open the door,said Krishna.

 Let this scene finish, I said. When were discussing mom opened the door. There were too large water cans kept outside the door. Mom , leave it there, said Krishna. Get it soon, She said and went back to the kitchen. come Vijay we need to keep the water cans inside, said Krishna. wait a minute jerk, just let the scene finish first, this is where the twist reveals, I said. God damn it, you are watching the film for 3rd time ,said Krishna. oh ,shut up and wait for a minute, I said. After 5 minutes the twist has revealed. come lets go and keep the water can inside , I said and we both turned towards the door to find that there were no cans. Mom had already kept them inside. Mom I told you to leave the cans there, why did you take them in, I said. I wanted some fresh water to wash the vegetables and also these cans were blocking the way out there, she replied. Krishna was about lecture me about this and then Sindhu called and he became busy talking to her. The day passed away as routine and the next was also the same .We got bored and went to the beach in the evening. We called Santhosh and asked him to meet us in the evening. We were waiting in beach . We were sitting on a bench there and enjoying the beautiful view of the Vizag beach. There were small kids running here and there . In the mean time Santhosh called me and said that , he will be late by some 30 minutes. We said that we will wait. I was observing the Kids , they were playing some game which I was unaware of . All of a sudden three boys came and stopped them from playing and were talking to them. For sure there were engineering students , all the three had a similar dress code, white T shirt and blue jeans. I got irritated as I was enjoying the kids playing. In the mean time around 10 more of the same age group and same dress code have come there. Even girls were in that group. Two boys were holding the banner which Showed NSS and in big letters and in the bottom it was written Lendi Institute of Engineering and Technology . They gave the children some biscuits and chocolates and asked them to sit . They started telling some crap and were getting some information from them. One of them had come and sat beside me. excuse me I am waiting for a friend, he would be coming any moment, I said. oh, can I sit till he comes, said the boy politely. He was handsome had a nice hair neatly combed , was around 5 feet 5 inch tall . He had glasses with big frames, wasnt too fair in complexion but had a good color .He had a mineral water bottle in his hand . He was for sure a 3rd or 4th year engineering student . What is your name , asked Krishna. Chaitanya , he said pretty politely with a nice smile on his face.

 What does NSS means, Said Krishna. National Service Scheme, it is an government organization which worked for the welfare of the society and we were all members of it , replied Chaitanya. What are your friends doing there with those kids, I said as I wanted to know the reason why they stopped the kids to play. They are getting the details of their parents and latter we will to go and meet their parents to create some awareness telling how important it is important for their children to get educated. I said. This was really dumb probably I was enjoyed my engineering watching films and following girls . I think that was the definition of youth. What kind of youth are these fellows. What are you studying, I asked. 4th year engineering , in Lendi Institute of Engineering and Technology, said chaitanya. what is your goal, I asked. I want to become an IAS officer , he said. I think this guy is from another world. Then why dont you prepare for that and disturb these kids who are just having fun, I said. Once I said that chaitanya got puzzled. I am not disturbing them sir , we are all trying to help, Said Chaitanya politely. if you really want to help , you should have helped by yourself , why do you need these dress codes, banners and all, I said. we need a platform , and this is the best platform to help others, said Chaithu. Why without platforms and railway stations you cant help people , if you want to help you can help any how . I think this is all a kind of show off or you are trying to impress some young girl in the group, I said,shooting him down with my questions for which he was searching anwers. Vijay, calm down, I think you are over reacting, whispered Krishna. Actually I was enjoying seeing the boy in a confused state. I was just passing the time there. Sir I am trying to impress no one, I think it is our responsibility to make this a better society, Said Chaithaya. Right now around 100 or 200 people had seen these Kids playing , none of them bothered then why did you, I asked. Sir I think its humanity ,Said Chaithanya. So you say that except you and your team members no one here is having humanity, I said.

I did not mean that , said Chaitanya then what did you mean , who are you to help them, I said. sir its just like our friend helping us, said Chaitaya. Do you know them, I said. No , said chiatanya. If it is your father or mother or brother or friend you were trying to help it is ok, why the hell are you helping unknown people , what do you get ?, I said. Chaitanya couldnt answer us and I was proud of myself. And then Chaitanya answerd, I will get satisfaction. This was exactly what Shyam said when he helped me. Saying this chaitanya left . I dont why, but I just felt bad when he said that . You dont help others and make fun of other who try to help you jerk, you could not even save kitten and now you are commenting some one who is trying to do something good, said Krishna. Shut up , you and your bloody kitten, I said. 5 minutes later Santhosh came . We had talked for two hours and dispersed. Days passed and on 28th we were going to start at 5 o clock in the evening . Mom started packing my language since morning and so we had nothing much to do. We were tensed either dad was going to get the money or not . At 12 o clock Sindhu had called Krishna . She was giving him all kind of precautions like pack up everything, eat early ,be at the station a hour before the departure of the train and so on. From precautions the conversation again turned into romance. The time began to run , it was 1 o clock . Krishna , please fill some of the water bottles and put it on the dining table, said mom but Krishna was in the middle of a romantic conversation. ha, just a minute ma, said Krishna. what, said sindhu from the phone . I wasnt talking to you,said Krishna. Mom called thrice but same was the response from Krishna . Even I told him to talk to Sindhu later and fill the water bottle first but he did not listen to me .I did not bother much as I knew that if he doesnt move I cannot move so I did disturb him again. It took 10 minutes for Krishna to cut the call. By the time we came out of our bedroom dad was filling the bottles. Oh shit , when did he come, whispered Krishna. Dad starred at us expressing his anger as we did not fill the water bottles , he hate when we dont do the given work. We could not stand in the dinning hall so we went and sat in the sofa. I found the remote and switched on the TV. Hero Prabhass film was coming and as we were huge fan of him we got involved in the film. Come Vijay lets have the lunch to gather . Said mom. No mom we will sit here and have lunch, I said

 come Vijay let us have lunch with them, said Krishna. you , just shut up and mind your business, I said. Mom got us a plate filled with 3 different curries and rice. We were watching the film seriously. As the curries completed. Mom get me chicken curry, I said. She came and served some chicken curry in my plate. After 2 minutes gap. mom rice, I said. She came, served some rice in my plate. why the hell do you call her every time , go serve your self, said Krishna. She doesnt like us to move when we are eating , I said .Again after 2 minutes gap. mom chicken curry, I sad. She again came and served me chicken curry. We were completely involved in the film watching the actors electrifying performance. Mom curry, I said. She is not your bloody servant , come here and serve yourself , screamed dad. We turned around and saw that even mom was having her lunch and understood that we were disturbing her. I am sorry , I did not know that even mom was having lunch, I said. What do you Know Vijay you know nothing , you are such a negligent person I had ever seen.YouI never cared about parents ,forget about parents ,you had never cared about yourself, I had never seen a person as lazy as you are, he said. And this was increasing my temper . Then he saw Krishna and said, I wonder how a girl had trusted a jerk like you who is useful for nothing. Krishna felt very bad about this but he did not respond as he feared that if any thing goes wrong he will lose the opportunity to get the job as well as Sindhu. Vijay just think about anything which you have done , so that I can proudly tell that you are my son, said dad looking at me. By that time I was just like a volcano which was about to blast , I said. Dont you react , remember about Sindhu, Whispered Krishna . Stop murmuring you idiot, speak out , Screamed dad. And I could not hold my temper any more. what the hell did you do to make me proud. You never spoke with us properly , the only thing I remember is lecturing me ,scolding me and ill-treating me. Do you remember at least one day when we went out and had fun. Even for giving money for your sons future you have done a bloody business deal, I said. I had still lot more to tell by then my left cheek had turned red as my mom slapped me to hard with her right hand and so I had calm down.

 Shut Vijay you spoke too much, she said. When I said these words my father did not reply, he stood there silently. I think I really hurt him but I lost control. gone, I think I lost Sindhu, Said Krishna. Dad just walked out and mom just walked in . I completely messed up. I am sorry Krishna , I just could not control, I said. you really dont care about any one, dad was right, said Krishna.We walked straight into our room and just feel on the bed. Krishna wasnt talking to me, I was feeling very bad .Not that I have misbehaved with my father ,I was the reason why Krishna has to suffer now. We did not turn on the fan, even the sound of the clock was clearly audible to me. I really hated my self at the moment . I could not even dare to convince Krishna. Even I remained silent . The train was at 5.30 and it was 4 o clock and then mom came to our room with a bag in her hand. your father gave me this bag and asked me to give you, she said. We got up and were surprised to see the money. We were happy and saw mom. Come lets go to the station , I will drop you said mom. Never I saw her so serious especially with me and that made me feel that I had done a terrible mistake. We got up from the bed and got ready. Mom and I reached the station by 4.30. talk something Krishna, I said. He did not respond. ok, I am sorry, I said. Apologize to mom and dad not me,said Krishna. ok, I said. We and mom were sitting on the chairs opposite to our compartment. Aaaa, hmm mom , I am really sorry, I said. She did not respond . I could understand how important dad was to her. Mom, I am sorry, I said again , this time hoping that she would talk to me. She looked at us said , what is you opnion about your father. I thought for a moment and said , he .. hmm.. aa strict , serious and different. ok , now I am going to tell you something about your father, She said and told me about him for 40 minutes. Once she told us everything I came to know that 3 hours back I had done a biggest mistake of life , misbehaving with dad . I was dieing out of guilt. Mom please help me, I said. She could understand what we felt like seeing us. call your dad and apologize, said mom giving me her phone.

I called him , the phone began to ring and heart started beating faster. hello , said dad as he took the call. I could not say anything . I thought that I had no Wright to talk to him. say sorry idiot , whispered Krishna. Hello , said dad again. Dad, I said with a shivering voice. Vijay!! are you okay, Said dad. dad I , aa I aa.., my voice was breaking and tears ran down my cheeks. say it, said Krishna Vijay I will be there in 10 minutes, said dad and hung up the phone. what did he say , asked mom. he is coming , I said, He understood your feeling, said mom. It was 5.10 the train would depart in 20 minutes. It was the first time we waited for the person whom we hated the most. The time was 5.30 and the train started moving. ok , get on the train, said mom. mom dad told that he would be come, Said Krishna. As he said so mom phone rang, never ever we heard such a bad news. Dad met with an accident. We reached the Care hospital . Dad was in ICU in the 4th floor. We enquired about the doctor about his condition. He told us that he broke his spine and told us that he cannot assure us anything till 24 hours. The doctors also told that he is not able to breathe by himself right now and was depending on ventilators. Mom was crying continuously. We went inside ICU, seeing him such a bad condition .We freaked out seeing such a dynamic person shouting with a strong voice all of a sudden lying on the bed fighting for breathe. We came out and ran, I did not know about Krishna but I was dieing of guilt. I was the reason why he was in such a condition today. That thought was killing me inside and I could not take that any more. At instant I felt like instead of bearing this pain ,it was better to die. What are you mad, Said Krishna. no , I am serious I can not take it any more, I said. At that instant Krishna got a call from SIndhu and that reminded me the even Krishnas and Sindhus love story was over and I was responsible for it. Krishna did not lift the phone. see I am even responsible for you failure love story, I said.

 yes, ofcourse you are the reason but you need not die, said Krishna. you wont understand I am responsible for what happened to dad and what happened to you, I shouldnt have reacted in the afternoon. I should have been silent when you told me too, I said. Krishna had no answers, even he felt that I was responsible for every thing . I could not bear his silence. There was a nurse taking some operation theater apparatus to a ward . I took a knife without her knowledge and went into the loan in the ground floor where no one could see us dragging Krishna. Vijay, what ever you are doing is wrong, said Krishna. you wont understand my pain, I said and done the stupid thing ever, I had cut my veins under my palm. As the knife was too sharp the blood spilled immediately. No, what have you done, screamed Krishna. cant you see what I did, I said laughing, I was releaved of guilt and happy as I felt that I deserved to die. no,no you are a bloody coward, you did not do the bravest thing ever, you are a selfish bastered, you just thought about your peace of mind but did not think about mom. She is already broken seeing dad in such a position and if she sees you like this she will die in no time you are not killing yourself , you are killing her, said Krishna. When Krishna reminded me about mom, a moment back a good idea seemed to be a hopeless one. Krishna ,please save me, I said as I was losing conscious . Jack ass you are to heavy to drag, dont close your eyes , said Krishna. He worked very hard and took me back to the hospital . By the time we reached the Hospital Kirshna screamed, help .and that was the last word I heard. I did not even if I was alive or not. Next thing I had seen was mom sitting beside me crying. hey buddy your alive congratulations, said Krishna. Mom did not show us any mercy she slapped me twice . I could understand her pain and love. How is dad , I said. the operation is going on, She said. The doctor came checked me and said that I was fine and can be discharged. Since how long , I was unconscious, I said. 24 hours, replied mom. At that time Krishna got a call from SIndhu , he just threw the phone from window as he could explain her what had happened .

 Right now dad is important if she wants me she should wait, said Krishna. Krishna and mom helped me to walk till the ICU and there I was surprised to see Chaitanya. Hey , what are you doing here , I said. Do you know him?, questioned mom. ya met him in beach once, I said. He with his NSS team was the one who admitted your father in the hospital, Said mom and went inside the ICU to see dad. That was the most awkward moment in my life. I was very much ashamed to even to apologize to him . Thank you , I said without looking into his eyes. Dont thank me as an NSS member ,it is my responsibility. If I think that, why do I need do bother about some one who met an accident , I think you would have imagined what might have happened. Thank me that I did not think like you . A man without humanity and social responsibity is not a human being according to me . I hope you understand me, said Chaitanya . I am sorry , I said as I had nothing else to say. Take good care of your father , said Chaitanya and left. I was ashamed that I had made fun of him. I came to know that society needs good people like Chaitanya.Four hours later the doctor told us a bad news that dad was in Koma. We and mom were waiting for dad to awake. We sincerely prayed for him. I promised God we ,especially I would change if dad awakes. Finally God had accepted our deal and we were happy that he came out of koma after 2 months. We and mom were very happy . These two months Krishna never thought of Sindhu and I never thought of watching TV. Doctors declared that he was out of danger . We thanked God for his mercy on us. Mom talked to dad first and next it was our turn. We both apologized to him. The first question he asked Krishna was,Where is Sindhu. Krishna had no answer as he was not in contact with Sindhu. I Dont know dad, said Krishna. I want to see her , said dad. but dad, I said. do as I say, said dad and for the first time I wanted to do what he asked me to do . come Krishna lets go , I said. The same day we went back to Hyderabad it was May and by that time the semester was over, I mean she had competed engineering. We had enquired about Sindhu and found that she got married.

 How the hell did she marry some one else, Said Krishna. He was very much disappointed. Krishna , I want you to listen this very carefully, though you have job or not I love you so much , right now I had decided that even if you dont get a job on 30th , I will marry you said Sindhu and How come the Bitch marry someone else in 2 months. I dont think she loves me, I think I was just an option, said Krishna . Even I felt the same because if she really loves him she would have waited for me. We went back home and told dad, he felt very bad. But seeing so many disasters losing Sindhu did not create a great impact on Krishna as he felt that he done all to save his love.Though he got depressed he was Ok in a month. Dad was asked to take 6 months bed rest and so I was the incharge of the market. As promised God I had changed. I learned to be patient and controlled my emotions as dad said and stopped postponing things. I had peace of mind now because when I postponed anything Krishna used to eat my brain reminding it and as I am doing things on time we did not fight much. We even started jogging in the morning ,that too regularly. After Six month we handed over the super market to dad. He asked us to take care of the super market but we wanted to be independent now , we wanted to establish ourselves , we wanted to get a job by ourselves . He was very happy listening to our decision, I think he would be proud of us. We were back in Hyderabad in the same room. We joined in DOTNET again as we forgot everything .But this time both of us were very serious and we got a good grip in DOTNET. We had attended an interview in INFOTECH. This was the company which Sindhu asked us to apply and also told us that some friend of her would refer us but we missed because of Katrina .But right now we dont require any reference. I went inside the company, it was good and pretty big. We werent tensed, we were cool. We had no pressure , if anything goes wrong there is no Sindhu to scold me and We had our parents ,especially dad to look after us . We were also confident about the subject. We had a written test . We had performed extraordinarily in the written test and so got selected out of 300 people and were among 150 qualified people, this time without a recommendation. The second round was Group Discussion and 150 members were divided into 15 groups and they named the batchs A,B,C. O. My batch was O . We sat beside a person. He was very tensed. what is your name , asked Krishna. Mahesh, replied the person. You seem very tensed, I said. ya , I need this job very much, said Mahesh. Do you have financial problems, I asked . No if i get this job I will get the girl whom I love, replied Mahesh. Listening to Mahesh I and Krishna burst out laughing. This annoyed Mahesh, we were about to tell Mahesh why we were laughed then we were called for the GD.

We performed well in GD too so we got selected and was waiting for the technical round. Even Mahesh got qualified. This time he sat away from us. But we did not leave him we went and sat beside him. Sorry, said Krishna. its ok, Said Mahesh but his voice told us that he wasnt interested to talk to us. So I started explaining Mahesh why we laughed at him. Initially Mahesh was reluctant to listen to our story later felt that our story was interesting. When I narrated him 3/4th of the story we were called for the technical round. The names were announced we got qualified in the technical round and the last name which was announced was Mahesh. After the technical round we had lunch together and we told the remaining story to Mahesh. Once we told our story to Mahesh he was more tensed about the job now. Finally we were called to the HR round . Mahesh was shivering out of tension. His fate was not good, he was called first. He came out in 5 minutes . He said that he did not perform well. We asked him not to panic but he was very much disappointed . He then asked me that what did mom told us that day in the railways station which had changed our opinion on dad. I started telling him him what mom told me that day. Moms Story. You know why you got your name , vijaya was the name of his first love and Krishnaveni was my name so he named you Vijay Krishna.

Yes it is true that your father loved a girl who was like an angel and was rich too. Her name Vijaya kumari. She was also in love with your father. Her family came to know about this , they did not accept their love because your father was not educated like you and was arrogant , irresponsible , lazy and recklace like you. The worst thing was he was poor too. So she was married to some one else and your fathers heart broke. Your father stopped caring about his family and himself. A year later his parents pressurized and emotionally black mailed him to marry me. For the sake of his parents your father married me and I was unaware of this . After marriage he did not change . It wasnt that he ill- treated me and was rash with me he just did not love me or could not love me. I could not understand the reason for his behaviour. He was just physically present but his heart and soul were with the women he loved. Two years later I gave birth to you , I was happy but tensed that your father might not love you .For the first time your father saw you I could see love in his eyes for you and for the first time I could see love in his eyes for me . Then and there he told me about his love story. He promised to him self and me that he will never let you feel the pain and agony he felt. Since then he started working hard starting the business. His aim was not to become rich but his aim was not see you poor. He never feared his parents and so became arrogant and lazy . He did not want you to be the same so he decided that he would behave with you in such a way that you would fear him so that you would not be lazy or arrogant but he took a

promise from me that I should treat you like prince . Every time he was scolding you or illtreating you he was dieing inside. But his love for you and fear that you would become like him did not allow him to treat you like me. His anger and harsh behavior towards showed me how much he loved you. I love you so much because you father loved me as I took so good care of you. Today you are educated, not poor , but still arrogant , lazy and recklace. When I told dad about Sindhu , he was completely freaked out of taught of you failing in your love , he immediately accepted to give you money but he did not want you to know it. Even If you lose the job he wanted you to tell Sindhu or her parents that you are the owner of a popular super market . For that he wanted you to take over the business and learn how this business would be, so he had done business deal with you because he did not want to see you failing in love like him at any cost. But you failed him , he could not change you. Moms story over.

Since my childhood about a coutless times he was harsh with me , but that today when I came to know that it was all his love for me tears ran out of my eyes, I said seeing Mahesh . Mr Vijay Krishna , please go to the second cabin in the 4th floor, said the HR who interviewed every one . We ,sorry I was last to be called. Yes my name is Vijay Krishna, some called me vijay and some called me Krishna . We were ATTACHED mentally but not physically. I was called weirdo because when we were all alone in the room I used to talk to myself. When I was outside and if any one irritate me or commented me I used to control myself by whispering to myself which seemed strange to people and if I could not control I would change my face expression or scream suddenly , freaking out people or saying all crap that comes out of mouth without using my brain. Even when I was in tensed situation I used to help myself by whispering leaving others surprised. I was like that because I could not control or hide my emotions and thats what dad always asked me to do . He asked me to control my emotions especially, anger . It is saying that there are two wolves in us , the one which is stronger would come out and we would act like it but the point was we are the one who are feeding and making the wolf stronger . Similarly there were two wolves in me one was vijay who was very aggressive and lazy other was Krishna the lover boy. They both used to fight over and I would act like the wolf which won. I was the one who doubted Riya and broke up with her. I was the one challenged dad but did not stand on my word. I was the one who waited for Sindhu in the bustop for 2 years. I was the one whom sindhu loved. I was the one who lost the first opportunity as I postponed to apply the job and planned to watch the film and became the victim of Katrina . I was I who broke the hand . It was me whom Shyam helped. I was the one who lost the second opportunity as It was me who forgot the key to the lock . I was the one whom sindhu met in my room. It was I who lost the third opportunity by missing the train as I forgot the ticket in my own bag. I was the one who lost the 4th opportunity and was also the reason why my father met with an accident and I was the one who attempted the suicide . I was the one who saved my self. Me , me and me it was always me it was never we. I reached the second cabin in the 4th floor. Strange thing was all of them faced the interview in the ground floor but I was asked to go to the cabin which was on the fourth floor. As we entered the room

the HR was seated in the chair in the direction opposite to the door we entered and was facing the wall. We sat after taking her permission . I found out that the HR was lady by her voice. How are you Krishna, She questioned. fine Riya, absolutely fine, you did not change. You are beautiful and your husband is handsome, together you both look awesome, I said . Riya turned sitting in the chair and said, how did you know that it was me. When you dont want the person coming to see you , apart of turning around you should also take off the photo of you from the table, said Krishna pointing Riyas marriage photo with her husband. smart weirdo said Riya. I think she was trying to test if we changed or not. When she called weirdo I did not change my face expression . thanks , I said. You have changed Vijay, said Riya. I laughed and said, I am glad you came to know that. How is Trinadh,I asked. He is fine he had married Sindhu, Said Riya. When I heard that I was a bit puzzled and so was Krishna. Which Sindhu, I asked out of Enthusiasm. The same Sindhu who loved you, Said Riya. When she said that I was in dilemma if the interview is still going on or is she telling the truth. Is this a kind of Joke or is this still an interview, I asked Riya. Come on Krishna it is not a joke and the interview is over, you already have the job, said Riya. I was shocked , amazed and surprised at a time. How do you Know Sindhu, I asked Riya. I was present on the engagement of Trinadh and Sindhu, said Riya . I was still puzzled, seeing me Riya said, let me tell you everything. Riyas story. Sindhu was engaged to Trinadh. Their marriage was fixed on February 10th. It did not take Trinadh to find that Sindhu wasnt happy at all . So he met Sindhu personally and asked the reason for why she was unhappy. She had surprised Trinadh telling him that she was in love with a guy called Krishna, at that time Trinadh doesnt knew that it was you .Trinadh asked that if you loved her , she told

that she wasnt sure. Trinadh had immediately informed Sindhus dad. Sindhus father , though initially surprised ,later felt bad that he did not take his daughter opinion before marriage. Sindhus father enquired Sindhu about you(vijay Krishna) and came to know that you were jobless. So he had made a deal with Sindhu that you(vijay Krishna) should get a job by February 4th , that is, he gave one month time. He told that if you get the job by Feb 4th he will let Sindhu marry you(vijay Krishna) . Sindhus father told that if you(Vijay Krishna) dont get the job She should marry Trinadh. Sindhus father also kept one condition and took a word from Sindhu that this should be between three of them only ,but trinadh told me because he was shocked when he came to know that you were the person whom Sindhu was in love with. I think you remember that day when Trinadh all of a sudden met you in the Bus stop. Trinadh tried to help you and Sindhu , he also gave his email Id , 3manchu@gmail.com to Sindhu and asked her to forward your resume so that he can modify it . He even prepared your fake certificates. He was the one who referred you to me . At that time I just joined as HR in INFOTECH. The job was ready for you but you did not apply after that Sindhu did not contact Trinadh as she felt bad that you did not apply. A month later , I think on Feb 1 Trinadh called Sindhu. She told that you were not in contact with her and wanted to wait for you. Trinadhs asked Sindhus father to give some more time but Sindhu father did not accept to give her a second chance. Sindhu could not disobey her father because he had given her a chance and so she was left with no other option except to marry Trinadh. Riyas story over. That was a horrible twist . So that was why Sindhu gave me the time limit . That was why Trinadh congratulated me and wished me all the best that day.My heart completely broke . Tears rolled out from my eyes . I felt very bad for misunderstanding Sindhu. is she happy now, I asked Riya. it took her time to adjust , right now they are fine . They live in Los vegas now, said Riya. Are you okay ,asked Riya seeing me so depressed. ya , I am fine , I said . Are you the one who is making the final list, I asked . yes , replied Riya. Am I selected, I asked. yes, your performance is good, she said. I smiled and questioned how many got selected?. 5 including you , Riya replied. is a person named Mahesh selected, I asked . Riya checked the list and said, no. Poor guy I think his heart is going to break. If i lose this job, there is nothing we are going to lose but Mahesh may lose his love.

 can you do me a favor, I said . you got the job, what more do you want, Said Riya. Instead of me please select Mahesh, I said . Why would you do that for an unknown person, said Riya. That was what I asked Shyam and that was what I asked Chaitanya and right now I am feeling what they felt when the helped an unkown person Satisfaction and peace of mind, I replied . The thought of Mahesh winning his love satisfied me , I was at peace because though I failed in my love story I may be the reason for someones successful l love story. So Mr Vijay Krishna , are you sure , said Riya. I turned back and said, Yes. Once I came out Mahesh met me and said how did you do the interview. Not at all good, I said and started walking out of the company. Wont you wait for the result?, asked Krishna. I know what the result is , may be you should be waiting, all the best, I said. I had no job but still I was happy but the most horrible truth was knowing that it was because of me Sindhu got married to Trinadh . Though it was tearing up my heart I was happy that she got married to a good person and will be happy for sure in the future. Till then I used to help myself blaming Sindhu for our failure love story but she was the one who tried her best to save our love. She struggled a lot as she could not tell about the deal her father has made and so she reacted initially when I lost the first two opportunities . I understood how bad she have felt whenever I reacted on me. In that one month she loved me so much that she even wanted to wait for me . But she had married, as her father asked her to marry . She wasnt wrong if she was wrong even I was wrong avoiding her for 2 months waiting for my father to awake from koma. If I had been in contact the story would have been different . Now at this point I had no job , no Sindhu whom I loved . But I always had my parents who loved me . I Never thought that I would think like this. Till I taught I changed but at this moment I felt that Ichanged , one true love and 4 lost opportunities and 3 consequences I had faced( one my fathers accident and two commiting suicide and three coming to know that because of me I lost the one I loved) changed me . What Riya told me today was painful but I learned to move on hoping for a better life.