Next few days passed by as usual. Sumedh wasn't having any dreams of the mysterious girl, but he wasn't feeling anxious anymore. He accepted the fact that she entered in his life which is keeping her away from his dreams.

Siddharth's relationship was also going smoothly with Adya. They were going to shopping on every alternate days and minimum amount which Siddharth spent on her was around 5 to 10 lakh, but he was happy with her happiness.

A little friendship also grew between Ruhi and Siddharth. Everyday, he prefered to sit beside her. Most of the time, he talked or asked about Adya to her and she patiently answered or listened to him with a smile.

First semester was passing in the speed of a rabbit, that their first unit tests were scheduled within a week. Sumedh entered in the class and smiled at everyone.

"Our syllabus is complete for the test. So, aaj aap sab self study kariye.. koi bhi doubt ho to.. I am here."Sumedh announced with a smile,"Aur shor nhi.. time diya hai.. ache se utilize karo."

"Okay sir. Thank you."Everyone smiled and started studying.

Sumedh crossed his arms and started roaming in the classroom to make sure that everyone was studying. He was also solving doubts in between whenever anyone raised their hands.

After sometime, he noticed that Himani fell asleep while resting her head on the table. He walked towards her and knocked on her table. She didn't open her eyes, but narrowed her eyebrows. Sumedh knocked again.

"Good morning madam.. bistar lagwa de kya aapke liye yaha ?"Sumedh taunted and then again crossed his arms. Himani opened her eyes when she heard the voice and stood up instantly.

"Kitnein questions solve ho gye ?"Sumedh asked while picking up her notebook and then looked at her with narrow eyebrows as only topic was mentioned on the top of the page.

"Papa ke paise kyu barbad kar rhi ho baccha ?"He asked calmly while keeping down the notebook,"Kaise padhogi tum ? Dant liya, maar liya, punish kar ke dekh liya, pyaar se bol kar bhi dekh liya, lekin phir bhi same. 1% bhi change nhi. Ab to baas haath hi jor sakta hu."He said while folding his hands,"Padhlo.. exams aane wale hai. Mera record kyu kharab karna chati ho ? Is there any problem ? Personal problem ? Family problem ?"

She nodded in no with bowed head,"Then why are so silent all the time ? Why you don't study ? Samhj nhi aaya to pucho na. Self study ka time diya to soo rhi ho tum yaha aaram se. Pure raat kya karti ho ? Boyfriend se baat ?"His tone was getting angry,"Boyfriend ka lea bahut time bacha hai beta.. pehle apna career to bna lo, phir puri zindagi boyfriend se hi baat karni hai tumhe."He scolded and then sighed,"Kya karu main aaj kal ke baacho ka.. relationship nein zindagi barbad karke rakhi huyi hai."

Her eyes welled up a little, but instantly, she controlled her emotions and kept silent. "Tum khade hokar padho.. bithaya to phir soo jayogi."Sumedh said.

He was about to turn to leave, but Himani became unconscious and was about to fell on the ground. Before that, Sumedh instantly held her and looked at her worriedly. He tried to wake her up, and then touched her forehead which was burning.

He picked her up and informed the class,"Shor nhi aana chahiye.. Warna dekh lena. Main ise medical room lekar jaa rha hu."

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"Sir, kyu punish karte ho baccho ko itna ki aaisi halat ho jaati hai ?"The nurse said while checking Himani.

"Par maine to kuch kaha hi nhi ise.. infact.. sabhi ko bahut dino se kuch nhi kaha.."He innocently replied.

She chuckled,"Aapnein kaha aur maine maan liya.. kal join nhi kiya hai maine college."She sat beside Himani and checked her temperature,"103.7 hai. Itnein fever mein bhi class attend kar rhi thi."She read the temperature and then looked at Sumedh with narrowed her eyebrows,"Aapnein hi daraya hoga.. ki koi chutti nhi lega.. tabhi bechari itnein fever mein bhi class attend kar rhi thi."

Sumedh slapped his forehead,"Are ma'am.. sachmein maine kuch nhi kaha. Jitna lenient iss batch ke saath huwa hu na.. utna ab tak ke teacher career mein kisi ke saath nhi huwa. Aur aap meri class lagana choriye... isko dekhiye. Medicine se theek hogi ya hospital lekar jana padega ?"

"Main injection lga deti hu.. thoda wait karte hai agar kam ho gya to theek warna le jana padega.. for tests."She said and gave the injection to her,"Chaliye aap jayiye class mein.. I'll inform you when she will gain consciousness."

"Thank you. Aur agar kisi aur cheez ki zarurat ho to btayiye ga."He smiled and left from there.

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Sumedh confusingly looked at the class through mirror partition in the door as everyone was standing. He entered inside and was about to ask to them, but he stopped when he noticed that a ma'am was standing there.

She turned towards Sumedh with crossed arms and said,"Sir, sachmein aapki class hai ?"She shockingly asked,"Aapki class hokar itna shor ? Corridor ke end tak shor aa rha tha. Class mein aayi to dekha 2 ladke udhar ladh rhe hai.. Ladkiya Siddharth ki godh mein baithi padi hai..."

"No sir..."The girls tried to speak, but the teacher cut her off in between,"Shut up ! Can't you see that teachers are talking. Keep standing silently."She scolded her and then again looked at Sumedh,"Baaki ladke teez teez gana chala kar dance kar rhe hai. Jab inhone kaha ki aapka lecture hai to yakeen hi nhi huwa mujhe... uper se aap classroom teacher bhi hai inke."

Sumedh was standing there with bowed head like a student. He was feeling guilty and ashamed rather than feeling angry on students. He never assumed that he would ever get scolded by some random teacher for his class. Usually, he used to scold the teachers when they weren't able to handle the class. That day, same thing was happening to him. It seemed like karma was coming back to him.

"Lagta hai kuch jyada hi choot de rakhi hai aapnein iss batch ko.. kuch aur teachers se bhi pta lga hai mujhe ki ye class kisi bhi teacher ki respect nhi karti except you and Abhishek sir."She exaggerated a bit and then sighed,"Anyway, aapki class hai aap dekhiye.. main aur kya bol sakti hu."

Sumedh nodded and said in low voice when she was leaving from the class,"Sorry ma'am."

"Waah ! Kya din hai.. pehle nurse se dant khao.. phir inse."He whispered to himself while pressing the temple of his head and sat on his chair.

He looked at the class and was still calm but hurt which was noticable in his voice,"Hanji.. maza aagya mujhe dant parwa kar tum sab ko ? Shanti par gyi ? Ya abhi bhi kasar bachi hai ? Kasar bachi hai to kar lo puri. Aaj tak meri kisi class ki complaint tak nhi aayi. Aur tum sab ki wajha se mujhe hi dant par gyi aaj."He sighed and said the last time while gritting his teeth, but still his tone was normal and friendly,"Maan to kar rha hai danda laa kar kuut du tum sabko."

Everyone looked at other for once and then again bowed their heads while trying to control their smile.

"Shakale dekho.. abhi bhi hasi aa rhi hai sabko."Sumedh said while resting his elbow on the table,"Nalayak kahi ke sab ke sab. Baitho. Aur ek baat kaan khol kar sun lo sabhi.. test mein kisi ke bhi 70% se kaam aaye na to dekh lena. Jitni leniency pure semester dikhayi hai na.. saari nikal jayegi uss din."He warned while resting his back on the chair, sighed and said after few seconds,"Ground mein le jaakar murga bnawayungga... irrespective of the gender."

"Par sir hum bacche thodi hai."A boy said instantly.

"Haan Haan.. bahut bade ho gye ho na tum sab. Bahut mature ho.. 3-4 business hai. Naati poti ho gye hai."He sarcastically said,"Itnein mature ho tabhi to teacher ke jaate hi gaane chala kar dance kar rhe the. Pehle apni responsibilities puri karo phir bolna mujhse ki bacche hai ya nhi."

"Sir.. aap hum girls ko bhi punish karoge ? Hume bhi ground mein... ?"A girl asked innocently in sweet voice.

"Nhi baccha.. main tum sab ladkiyo ko kaise punish kar sakta hu ? Itni pyaari pyaari si ho.. acha lagta hai punishment mein ?"Sumedh also replied in the sweet voice with a smile. The girls smiled widely and released a sigh of happiness, but their smile vanished when Sumedh taunted with a smile,"Bas Siddharth ki godh mein baithnein se acha tum sab 70% le aana.. Kuch nhi kahungga main. Na dantungga aur na hi punish karungga. Theek hai ?"

"Nhi.. sir.. Aaisa kuch nhi huwa tha.."Siddharth tried to say.

"Bas kar bhai tu.. kuch nhi sunna mujhe. Chup chap padh lo sabhi."Sumedh cut him off in between and said in requested tone,"Mujhe bhi glucose chada lena chahiye tha medical room mein... phir shayad tum sab baccho ko handle karnein ki thodi energy mil jaati."