A New day starts with fresh casualties.
Akasa kicked back on the bed, legs crossed, eyes on the roof: "Heard anything on that girl, Kumar?"
With a blunt chuckle, Kumar jabbed—
"Your dream girl?"
Akasa dropped onto the bed, eyes rolling. "Figures—you know jack squat."
"Romeo, just focus on studying. we didn't know much about computing"
"Yeah— do you have a solution?"
"We can ask Nagul—he's pretty plugged in," Kumar said seriously.
Akasa snickered, locking eyes with him. "Who the hell is Nagul?"
"Room 153—buddies with me, Adi and Yash."
They rose together and made for room 153.
"Knock knock—anyone home?" Kumar asked, hand on Akasa's shoulder.
After endless raps, Nagul appeared, sheepish: "Hi—blasting music on my headphone, my bad."
Akasa grinned chill as he stepped in: "Yash, meowing along now?"
"What's the deal? No chill zone?" Yash barked.
"Need Nagul for coding," Kumar cut in.
Nagul met Akasa's gaze: "PCs here—team up, are you in Yash?"
"I am always in."
Laptops out, coding kicked off—bed crew: Yash, Akasa, Nagul; Kumar table-bound.
Head cocked bashfully, Akash murmured, "Nagul, loops still confuse me in this code after an hour."
"Hey, don't sweat it—every engineer hits this phase. Some just never outgrow it, like you," Yash teased.
"At this point, even the cursor is judging me."
Making him comfortable Nagul said "You don't need talent for this. Just patience… and less panic."
He patiently explained the concept again, breaking it down with clarity.
"Give him five more minutes. If it still doesn't run, we'll blame the system." Yash laughingly teased Akasa.
"If it doesn't work, it's not personal. Computers hate everyone equally." Nagul said gently.
"Wait… did it run?"
Yash smirked: "Karate > your crap gym session. Brain-fried on your knees? Now code clicks—have fun, rookie."
"Talking about who? Who gets period cramps from one push up?" Akasa glared at him.
"Hey, I remember something with this."— Nagul said.
"What," they both asked frequently.
"Yesterday I saw this girl in pink faint from dizziness," he said casually.
"What happened to her?" Akasa was already on his feet.