Third person point of view
The next morning, Dev's mom saw him look a bit tired and was concerned. He usually woke up and went to gym early. But that day he woke up later than the time on days when he didn't go to the gym. She touched his forehead. " Are you not well ? You woke up later than usual today ". Dev shook his head. " Just didn't sleep well last night ".
She removed her hand. " Were you playing games again ? " His mom asked and Dev shook his head. " Then ? " Dev just shrugged. His mom shook her head. " Take care. And tell me if there is something ". " Alright ". " Bye. Be careful ". " Yeah ". She patted his shoulder and left. Dev also finished his breakfast and walked out of the house.
He brought the bike outside. He sat down on it and waited for Aravind. Aravind came out after 5 minutes and walked up to him. He noticed the gloomy expression. " What happened ? " Dev gave the helmet. " Bad sleep ". " Why ? " Dev looked up at Aravind. " Because of you ". He answered nonchalantly.
Aravind's expression was quite animated. He was shocked by the answer. He looked around and then pointed at himself. Dev chuckled. Aravind gave a light punch on his arm and put on the helmet. " But for real though, did something happen ? " Dev shook his head. " Nothing. I just couldn't fall asleep. That's all ". Aravind nodded and got on.
They went to the college and their lecturer told them that it would be good to start thinking about the projects. " But the college just started ". One of their classmates complained. Others also agreed with him. The lecturer sighed. " Just keep thinking like that and even the year will be over ". They all groaned and grunted.
The lecturer coaxed them a little to get them to say yes and then left the class. " What do we do ? " Aravind asked turning to Dev. Dev just shook his head. Aravind shrugged and let it be. There really was no rush anyway. They were barely a month into the semester. So they can take their time and think about it.
During the break, there was announcement about the fresher party. The class became noisier and all of them excitedly spoke about it. " Will you sing again ? " Arjun asked turning to Dev. Dev shook his head. " They didn't tell me anything yet, so probably no ". The others nodded. They were talking about the party when someone called for Dev.
They turned to the door and saw a guy peeking in. It was Akshay, the one who was in charge of organizing the whole thing. Dev walked out to talk to him. He walked back into the class after a few minutes. " So ? " Abhay asked. " He wants some people to help him with the organizing ". They all looked at each other.
" Fine ? " Dev asked and they all nodded. Sushanth grinned. " Who wouldn't want to skip classes and that too when we are going to get free attendance ? " They all laughed. " I will let him know about it and we can get to work right away. We have only a week left ". Dev said and went out informing Akshay that they were fine with it.
Akshay was happy with the news as he knew he could trust them with the work. " That's cool. After lunch, come to the auditorium. We will all be meeting there. And also don't worry about attendance, I will take care of it ". Dev nodded. " Done ". " Thanks man ". Akshay left and Dev went back informing them about it. They all had no objection.
After lunch, they went to the auditorium. There were also other students who were going to help them with the whole program. They started by discussing about the actual schedule and the order of performances. After that they decided on who would help with what and by when they should be done.
The gang of six was going to look after the decoration of the auditorium. There were people who were going to help and they need to be of help and supervise too. They agreed and all of them separated into groups based on their tasks. They started discussing about what they should do with the stage.
" How about we start with how we want to decorate ? Then we will be able to see what to keep, what to change and all that. We can develop a general idea of what to do ". A girl from some other class, Rashi said and the others nodded. They gave ideas based on how it was previously done and what differences they want to make.
Their day was done by the time they finalized everything. " We should be able to find most of the material but if there isn't any let's buy or rent them. Done ? " Dev said and they all agreed. They heard the bell and then realized the college hours were actually over. They all dispersed and went on their ways to go back home.
-MG