She is a girl which is closest to being what you guys call “best friend”. Let’s call her Sushi. We both were in the same standard, different sections, same school. I joined our school from class 5th onwards, and though I had a vague idea of existence of someone in the other section by this name, we never really had enough interaction to be even named acquaintances. Our friendship started in the last few months of 12th standard to be specific, I tell you it was in December 2017.

I was an IIT aspirant, yeah you read it right “IIT”, that fucking building which is dream of a fucktone of science students who have a way with studies. Since the very beginning, IIT was always there in my dreams, and out of my capacity.
I started preparing for its entrance exam from class 11th by getting myself enrolled in a reputed coaching institute in my city. In school, I convinced my teachers to deal with my attendance for the entire session, in return of excellent marks that I’d fetch in every school exam.
For 2 years, I worked my ass out but still was not be able to solve the IIT-level-questions in first few attempts. I got frustrated. A lot indeed. I slipped into depression, I didn’t even bother to flip the NCERT pages now even when board exams were inching close day by day.
I would stay at home all day, half of my board’s syllabus was uncovered and it was December already - roughly speaking, less than 3 months to go. And I was running at a snail-like pace. I was both tired and bored. In 2 years, I had limited my social life to an extent that at this point of time I was all alone.
One day, I saw her online on facebook and casually sent a “Hi”. It was there where our talks started. She’s too friendly, and I love it. In less than a week our conversations...