Keya woke up with a determined smile.
Sun was still raising up, fresh new beginnings were welcoming her.

She got up and changed into her workout clothes as she did some warm-up exercises before going for a run.

"Good morning Vee!", she said coming back in the house drinking some water from the fridge.
"Breakfast?", Vee offered keeping the juice glasses on the table.
"Will be back in 5 after shower.", she said with a smile, going to her room.

After eating breakfast, she advanced to the college.
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"Wake up!", Sam said throwing a tv remote aimed right at Aarav's bum.

"Oww! Easy you doofus!", Aarav replied groggily.
He woke up and held his head.
"Too much Vodka last night.", he mumbled going up to his bathroom.

They grabbed coffee on their way to college.
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University of Sydney, was one of the most prestigious institutions and it did look as grand as that.
"Come on Sam, today is going to be the day. Fellow classmates are going to come and the plan with the gang is... We play in as seniors and rag them.", Aarav said moving towards their usual hangout spot.
"Is Dan there at the entrance along with 2 of his mates?", Aarav asked someone on the call.
"What are you planning?", Sam asked.
"Wait and watch, some fun is on your way and introduction to some hot classmates too.", Aarav said winking.

"Okay.", Sam said with a grin.
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"Excuse me? Where is the orientation session for first year Masters in Communications taking place?", Keya overheard a girl with short height straight hair and big specs, asking a boy.

"Yes sure go straight ahead and take the second turn from the basketball court, you will reach the building.", the boy replied with an extra gracious smile.

Anyways, Keya shrugged and followed the girl.
They really didn't seem to be going the right way, this area had minimised population of people.
As soon as they took a turn from the basketball ground, they came up to a clearing, which seemed eerie and unusual.
The nerdy girl just stopped as there came in sight a gang of people.
She fumbled and stepped two steps back.
"Hello, well who do we have here? A nerd.", A guy who looked like the leader of the group commented.
"I think I came up at a wrong place. I am sorry.", she said timidly and turned around to go, but one another guy stopped her way, "Not so soon, at least introduce yourself to your seniors.", he said with a smirk.
Keya was a little away and could listen to all of the conversation hiding behind a tree, she had to save this nerd girl from the ragging!
"So...What is your name?", the leader asked.
"Za..Zahra...", she said stammering looking down at the ground.
"Okay, Hi Za-Zahra, I am Aarav and this is everyone else. What would you do for us? Lets see.", he said checking Zahra out and going all around, examining her like she was a specimen.
"Be easy with her.", one of his group member whispered and all the others started hooting.
"Oh..Okay, So my best buddy, Sameer or Sam as you can call him, seems to be interested in you and thats why we will be good to you.", he said smirking.

"Please let me go!", she said in a low voice.
"Promise I will let you go. Just do..", before Aarav could continue, one of the group members shouted, "Hey you there! Why are you taking a video?!!"

Keya was taking a video as a proof to place a complaint at the university anti-ragging cell but she was caught and a girl from the gang got up and tried dragging her over to the center, but Keya twisted her hand instead and said, "Babe, I am the original tomboy. Next time, Don't try your amateur moves in front of black belt in Karate."

"Woah! We have a hothead here! Is it?", Aarav asked making a face observing her.
"Leave her alone.", Keya said firmly, pointing at Zahra.
"Okay. I will leave her alone. How about we talk to you Ms. Hothead?", Aarav said smirking.
"If you guys are seniors, where are your ID cards, there is no entry on the campus without ID cards.", Keya said.
"What if I have an ID card and we prove that we are seniors?", Aarav asked.
"Then what? Nothing Mister.", Keya said rolling her eyes.
"Nope, not that easy Hothead, if I show you the ID card, you have to get down on my feet and say 'I am SORRY sir, PLEASE let us go!', Game on?", he asked extending a handshake for the dare.
"And if you guys don't, then you get down at my feet and tell me that 'You are awesome maam, and I will never match up to your wit and IQ', Game on?", she asked.
The gang members laughed at Keya.

"Well, as I am so confident about myself, the GAME is ON", Aarav said grinning.

"Nick?", he said as this blonde approached from behind and threw his ID card in her face.
Keya catched it and smirked, "this is only his ID, where are the others?", she asked raising a brow.
"The deal said ID card, not everyone's ID cards. You loose, now do it.", Aarav said smirking.
"That's cheating.", Keya fumed.
"Everything is fair here. Now bow down.", Aarav said holding her by her elbow.

Keya glanced at Zahra, it looked like she would burst into tears any moment, so she decided for herself.

She slowly went down on both her knees and bowed at his feet.
Aarav looked up with a victorious smile and started high-fiving amongst his friends and almost partying at their victory.
Keya completed the given dialogue and got up to leave, she took Zahra along with her.
"Don't challenge me from next time, Ms. Hothead!", he called out.
"We will see, Mr. Aarav, remember the name Keya Mittal, you will want to stay away from me.", she said with a smirk and a wink and in a few moments they disappeared.
"What did she mean?", Aarav asked.
Sam made a face saying that even he didn't catch it.
"Lets go to the class.", Aarav said advancing to take his bag.
As soon as he turned around he fell with a thud on the ground.
"Ouch!", he exclaimed.
He got up with the help of Sam.
"Dammit! She is a kid or what?!", he exclaimed irritated untying his shoelaces that Keya had tangled to make a fool of him.
"Looks like you got competition bro.", Nick said before all of them departed.
"Nope. This is not over.", Aarav said smirking to Sam.
"Don't do anything stupid softy, and lets get your knee and elbow band-aid.", Sam replied taking him to the first aid room, whilst Aarav mumbled incoherent curses on his name.
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"Are you sure you will be fine now?", Keya asked Zahra.
"Yes. Thank you Keya.", Zahra said with a smile.
"Don't be scared next time, call me up if there is any emergency, or do one thing, I will teach you self defence. What say?", Keya asked.
"Sounds great to me! I really want to learn it from long can you teach me?", Zahra asked.
"Sure! Call me K, people I am close to call me that.", she said smiling.
"Ooh! I have read this in books, tomboy and the nerd being best of friends!", she said excitedly.
"You don't mind being called a nerd?", Keya asked.
"How about being called tomboy?", she asked.
"I am proud of that, people are scared of you, so less people, less drama, and you don't need yoga to de-stress as well!", Keya said laughing.
"Same! People stay away from nerds and that is what gives me only true friends coming around!", she said.
"Great, I have a class now, I will see you at lunch, Zahra?", Keya asked.
"Oh same here! See you at lunch. And K? The name is Zee for the people close to me.", she said going away.

Keya came up to her assigned class and sat down at a seat in the second last row beside a girl who seemed to be daydreaming.
"Hey! You are the tomboy!?", this girl suddenly asked excitedly.
"Umm..Yes!?", Keya asked as she took a seat beside her.
"Oh my god! You are famous on Instagram of the students page of the University, like you are loved by many students here, like the famous and others hate you but for now you are famous!!", she ranted all excited.
"Oh....Okay..Thank you for the information, I guess?!", Keya said a little scared.

"I am Sonali by the way!", she said extending her hand.
"Too many Indians here I guess!? I am Keya.", she said shaking the hands with her.
"Or you can call her Ms. Hothead.", came in a familiar sound.
Keya snapped her head around to see the idiot from the ragging scene sitting right next to her.
"What are you doing here?", she asked rolling her eyes.
"I have a class here.", he said shrugging.
"Oh good lords! I have to share a class with this duffer!", Keya mumbled.
"Heard you!", he said.
"Very well! I wanted you to!", she said glaring at him.
"Hi! I am Aarav Kohli, and you?", he asked to Sonali, ignoring Keya.
"I am Sonali, its good to meet you.", she said clearly blushing.
"So you are from India?", Aarav said clearly flirting with Sonali leaning over Keya's desk.
"Will you get off my desk?", she asked with a fake smile.
"Nope.", he said showing the middle finger.
"Okay.", she said smirking and lifted and tilted her desk and he fell on the ground.
"Don't fly in the air so much, better is you stay grounded.", she said smirking at him.
Everyone in the classroom started laughing at Aarav.

"You!", he snapped at her.
Keya saw from the entrance that professor was coming to the class.
"Get up you idiot! I don't want detention on the first day that too with you!", she said extending a hand for him.
He caught it and took a seat beside her.

"Come on hothead, agree to it that you wanted to touch me once, thats why you gave me your hand to get up.", Aarav said smirking to Keya.
"No.", she whispered back, taking notes to whatsoever professor was teaching.
"Oh come on!", he said nudging her.
"Shh..", she said keeping a finger on her lips and telling him to be quiet.

"Ms. Hothead can't agree that she has a crush on me..", he sang in a low tone to piss her off.

"OH GOD! SHUT UP!" Keya shouted at him.

"Yes Miss, you have a problem?", the professor asked.

"No sir! I am sorry..."Keya said looking down.

"Better be careful next time Miss.", the professor said and got back to explaining the concepts.

A few minutes later the class got over and everyone got up to leave.

"Hey do you want to hangout together?", Sonali asked Keya.

"Sure. Lets go.", Keya said picking up her bagpack.

"That seems a great idea, why don't all of us hangout together? Like why don't you both come over to our group, the more, the merrier.", he said being a sudden sweetheart.

"Not interested thank you.", Keya said with sass, almost immediately she earned a nudge from Sonali.

"Lets go na...", She whispered.
"Sonali, I guess you should continue, I will be with Zahra, I don't think she will be comfortable after what happened in the morning.", Keya said and turned around to leave.
"Ussi ko toh laana hai group mein..", Aarav mumbled under his breath.
"I knew it, thats Why.", she said rolling her eyes and left.
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