(A Holy Love of a Girl's Hostel Student)
CHAPTER-1
…Surrounded by hills on all sides sat, Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India. Back then, there was a lot of activity on the premises of the Engineering College located there.
The month of April had arrived, and the new session for first-year students had begun. The students were all busy settling into their respective rooms in the dormitories.
On one side of the college, there was a dormitory for the girls, and on the other side, there was a dormitory for the boys. The entire campus was bustling with student movements, and everyone at the college seemed very busy.
That day, Mohan was sitting in the server room of the college and lookedproductive. There was a problem with the Internet server, and he was hard at work trying to fix it. Because of this, Mohan appeared stressed and upset.
He tried to givethe computer commands, nevertaking his eyes away from the keyboard. Many different commands were going through his mind, but he didn't know which of them would solve the issue with the server.
Suddenly, atapping sound came from the server room door.
"May I come in, sir?"
Mohan didn't pay any attention to the sound as he was still engrossed in his work. After a brief pause, the knocking sound came again.
"May I come in, sir?"
The second time, the knock at the door became a bit louder, causing Mohan to lose his concentration.
As he looked up,he saw an 18-19-year-old girl standing at the door. She wore a red top and white jeans underneath. The girl was not very tall even whilst wearing tall sandals. She stood up straight, trying to appear taller. Despite her dark complexion, her face was radiant. The mascara applied to her large eyes showed that she was trying her best to make herself look beautiful.
At this time, Mohan's mind was unfocused. When he raised his eyes, they landed on the girl's face. For a while, Mohan's eyes fixated on her face. Mohan tried to think about the computer commands as his eyes involuntarily stopped on the girl's face.
Seeing Mohan's eyes fixed on her face, the girl flinched a little. Her cheeks turned slightly red with embarrassment, and she dropped her eyes, feeling uncomfortable.
With her eyes cast down, the student spoke again in a loud voice - "Sir, may I come in?"
Mohan regained his composure and said cautiously -"Yes...yes, come in."
Releasing the door handle, the female student approached Mohan and stood in front of his table.
She said, "Sir, my computer mouse is not working. Can you please check it?"
Mohan repliedto thefemale student and said, "OK, I'll come now to check it.'"
When the female student heard Mohan's response, she turned back around, opened the door of the server room, and went to the computer lab.
After a while, Mohan got up from his chair, opened the door of the server room, and went to the computer room.
The computer lab was located near the server room, where many computers were installed, and many students would come to do their projects on them. Many of the students used the computers to do computer language work on them.
When Mohan reached the computer lab, he looked around and saw that many of the students were doing their work. He walked up to the female student.
As soon as he saw the female student sitting at the computer, Mohan asked her:
"Tell me about the problem with your mouse?"
The female student looked at Mohan with a frown. She shook the mouse which was still sitting on the computer table."Sir, look at this, it is not working, it is fixed in one place." She had explained.
Mohan looked at the mouse on the computer screen and saw it was stuck in one place. The girl extended her hand towards the mouse, thenshe withdrew her hand back towards herself as she became thoughtful about what the issue might be.
Mohan saw that the ball below the mouse was jammed. Back in those days, there were no digital optical mice, instead, the mouse had analog balls, which would get spoilt by dust quickly.
Mohan looked at the mouse, picked it up, then took off the cap from under it. He took out the ball, cleaned the dust, and put the cap on the mouse again. Finally, he kept the mouse on the table and looked at the computer screen.
He began to move the mouse as he stared at the computer screen and as if by magic, the mouse moved onto the computer screen, and he watched as the female student's face lit up. She said with a smile, "Thank you, sir."
Mohan looked at the female student in silence, then walked towards his server room and continued working on his server issues.
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