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Aranya go down.
It would destroy her if the image she had painstakingly created of being holier
than thou exploded in a single moment of weakness. What would the professors
say? Would they still want her in their projects? This was great! And what if he
was the reason for all her misery? AWESOME. He would have his revenge.
He tried opening the door to the washroom but it was locked. He kicked in the
door and found the faces of two terror-stricken girls looking at him.
‘What are you doing here?’ growled Aranya.
‘I’m expected to be here. What are you doing here?’
‘. . .’
‘I think I should start drawing attention. Wouldn’t it be heartbreaking for
Raghuvir to see his pet student cheating?
‘PLEASE DON’T DO THAT!’ cried out the girl who was standing next to
Aranya. The girl’s face looked like she was constipated. Her body was
convulsing and tears had started to flow abundantly which made Dhruv roll his
eyes.
‘And why shouldn’t I?’
Aranya put her hand around the girl. ‘Dhruv, stop fucking around with people.
You’re better than that, I hope.’
‘I’m kind of not. And I’m deeply inclined to take down both of you with me
right now.’
‘You will not do that,’ said Aranya with an authority that belied her position.
‘This is between you and me.’
‘I don’t care. And I’m pretty sure I will.’
‘Please DON’T!’ the girl howled. ‘I will fail the exam. Please don’t.’ And the
girl rushed to Dhruv and stood a hair’s breadth away from his face.
‘Dhruv, the girl just recovered from jaundice. Give her a break! She deserves
to pass!’ yelled Aranya.
Dhruv felt like an asshole and suddenly couldn’t bear to look at the girl. ‘Fine.
Fuck off,’ said Dhruv.
‘THANK YOU!’ howled the girl, still crying. She was about to leave when
Aranya called her back and gave her two answer sheets filled with numbers.
‘Here,’ whispered Aranya in her ear. ‘I have solved the questions. Just append
them to your sheets.’ The girl nodded. ‘It will be okay.’ The girl literally ran past
Dhruv and out of the washroom. Dhruv, from the corner of his eye, saw the