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“Is that what you guys think?? Do you think I jumped off
because I got a fakka??”
“Yes” everyone responding in unison
“Guys!! I have cancer. I couldn’t take the pain anymore.
That’s why I jumped. Grades have nothing to do with it.
Please treasure the life you have. You can fail, you can
get your degrees extended but you can also prevent
that. It is your responsibility to do that. I have said
enough. You guys can now decide what to do” and he
walked away.
Everyone on the roof was dumbfounded. Here was a guy
who was standing in front of them even after jumping
from a roof and having cancer and here they were
cribbing and crying about some girls who didn’t care.
They looked at each other and gave a slight nod. Haddi
was the first one to speak.
“Guys!! We need to get up.”
Everyone complied. They somehow rolled down to the
first floor and took a hot shower. Champak requested
hot coffees for all of them from the canteen. All of them
drank it and started coming back to their senses. This is
when kaka came rolling in with a backpack on his back
and saw 5 guys wrapped in sheets drinking hot coffee in
the corridor.
“What did I miss??” he said while looking down at all of
them.
Champak filled Kaka in on the events of the last 2 days.
Kaka was shocked. He consoled all of them. After he
was done he looked here and there and asked
“Where is Chashmish??”
Chashmish was in the library studying at a fervent pace.
He had finished mugging up 60% of Avantika’s notes
and was still chugging along. Avantika’s notes were