Game of Extermination

“Bro, I know that Engineering drives people crazy, but the classes haven’t even started yet and it seems like you have already gone crazy. Are you okay?”

The young man standing behind Aditya spoke while rubbing his eyes.

Aditya suddenly felt like an idiot and his face blushed in shame.

He realized that all this while he had been talking to Ram, he looked like he was talking to himself.

The young man looked at Aditya and asked again.

“Bro, are you okay?”

Aditya came out of his stupor and spoke.

“Haha, I am fine. I am just too excited about the first day. I am Aditya by the way.”

“I am Suraj.”

The young man said and they shook hands. Suraj sat on Aditya’s bed which is the closest to the table and said.

“You are up early and you even showered already. Looks like you are the early to bed and early to rise, good kid.” Suraj said with a smile while he looked at Aditya up and down.

Aditya chuckled awkwardly as he sized up Suraj as well.

He is not exactly a tall person maybe around five foot seven inches and his body is on the chubby side. He is not exactly fat, but not slim either. He has a round head with curly hair.

“I met you yesterday actually. But you were in a hurry and ran off.” Suraj continued speaking not minding Aditya’s silence.

“Oh, I forgot to bring some things, so I went to the town to buy them.”

Suraj looked at the shopping bags that were not completely unpacked and said.

“It seems like you are extremely averse to the mosquitoes.

Lucky for us, because of you, we got a good sleep. When we came back from dinner, mosquitoes were going wild. Friends next door had to deal with them without any assistance of repellants and from the looks of it, they might not have had a wink of sleep.”

Aditya suddenly beamed by the compliment and imagined a certain She-Devil’s face who thought that he would not be able to make friends with his obsession.

He became more comfortable with Suraj as they made small talk.

Soon, the remaining two also woke up.

One of them is Sanjay and as soon as Aditya looks at him, he felt lost. The jealousy he felt for other players a moment ago, once again returned. He didn’t want to speak for a moment. H

He doesn’t know the reason why. But he is sure that it is not because of Sanjay’s ridiculously handsome face and it is definitely not because of his six-foot height and Aditya is pretty damn sure that it is not because he is jealous of that ripped body.

He wouldn’t admit it even if he was beaten to death.

Some guys get great Game assistants and some guys get ridiculously attractive features. So, what of it? Its just normal. Right?

Aditya sighed. And it is definitely not because of how sorry his own situation is.

Maybe it is because Aditya could see those deep-rooted insecurities of Sanjay behind this handsome prince charming look he had.

‘That must be it. I am just that perceptive. I am just feeling sad for his insecurities and I am definitely not jealous.’

After convincing himself with those thoughts, he shifted his attention to the last person in the room. Venkat. This time, Aditya felt a little better. Because, this Venkat does not have any ‘insecurities’ that Sanjay had.

He is a thin frail guy with glasses. He would be the first target for bullies in any place. He just looks like someone easy to push around.

After some initial introductions, Aditya found out that Suraj is from the same class as his. Section B in Mechanical Engineering.

Sanjay who is a bit silent and the nerdy guy Venkat are from the Section A of Mechanical Engineering.

“Haha, finally someone from Section B.

I thought I would never find someone else from the same class in the nearby dorm rooms. All the neighboring dorms are filled with people for Section A or Section C.” Suraj said with a smile.

The small talk went on for a while before one by one went to get ready for school. After that, they went to the Dorm’s dining hall to have breakfast and went to college.

For a moment, Aditya felt relieved that he could put the thoughts of that stupid game aside.

They reached the Mechanical Engineering Block in the college and went to their classroom.

They sat on the last bench and immediately Suraj started looking for someone eagerly.

“Who are you looking for?” Aditya asked curiously. But he didn’t receive any answer. Slowly almost all the seats were filled and he observed as Suraj’s face went pale in despair.

He immediately ran out of the classroom and came back after five minutes. He is down in the dumps as if someone close has died.

“What happened?” Aditya asked carefully.

“Gone. All my hopes are gone. My college life is gone…” He muttered making Aditya frown.

Suraj turned to him and said.

“Bro, all the beautiful girls are in Section A. The three beauties of Mechanical engineering of our batch are in section A. God is unfair.” He almost fell into Aditya’s hands.

He could swear that he saw a few tears drip down those chubby cheeks.

Aditya moved to the far end of the bench and patted him on his shoulders.

“If you really came for girls, why did you pick Mechanical engineering? The one branch that doesn’t have many girls.”

Suraj wiped away his fake tears and invisible snot before explaining.

“That is where commoners like you are wrong.

You need to learn from the wise people like me. The probability of the beautiful girls is zero, but the boys here are desperate and disgusting, if I turn on my charm and look better than all of you, I will have the highest possibility to make the one in a hundred beauty fall in love with me.”

Aditya was dumbfounded by the twisted logic.

“Bro, don’t you realize something?”

“What is it?” Suraj asked in confusion.

“You look the most desperate and disgusting of all.”

Its Suraj’s turn to stare blankly. But Aditya continued.

“You can look on the bright side though.”

“What is it?”

“Your forearm will be Jacked up in the next four years.”

“…”

Aditya wasn’t done.

“With the level of your desperation, I highly doubt that you would be able to get close to a woman and speak with her without getting slapped. So, it can be said you might remain virgin for the rest of your life. So, these four years would be a perfect practice time for you. Good luck.”

“…”

The lecturer soon came. Since it was the first day, there was not much. In the afternoon, classes went on and after lunch, they organized a department tour for all the freshmen.

Suraj and Aditya met with Sanjay and Venkat in the College Cafeteria.

They also saw the so-called three beauties walking in while speaking with Sanjay.

Suraj widened his eyes in shock. When Sanjay and Venkat came to their table, he ran to Sanjay and held him while shaking.

“Dude, you have looks, you have height and you have the luck. Give me some of your luck, will you? Please, please.”

The three of them looked at the Suraj and took a step back. The so-called three beauties looked at them and chuckled.

All three of them wanted to hide under the table for a moment.

They finished the lunch in that embarrassed situation and went back to the department building where all three sections are assembled.

The Head of the department came down and started the assembly. It could be said that Mechanical engineering occupied the largest space in the college.

There are four strips of buildings solely dedicated for the workshops and laboratories.

One strip has the fluid mechanics and Hydraulics lab along with the Internal Combustion and Heat transfer laboratory.

The second strip has a Machine shop and a Carpentry workshop.

The third strip has Welding, Sheet Metal Smithy, and the Foundry.

The fourth strip of the building has the Metrology, CAD lab, and other stuff.

As they went through the trip, Aditya keenly observed various places within these laboratories.

One spot has a large heap of wooden products that haven’t been cleared for a long time in the Carpentry workshop. When he looked around he could have sworn that he saw some termites there.

While shifting between the blocks, he saw a small patch of trees that had a lot of ants and other insects.

There is a path they took behind the cafeteria which is right next to the mechanical engineering department and he saw some rats moving from one place to another.

While the rest of the students are in awe of the large-scale machinery, and various operations that are being conducted in different labs he is looking for various spots that house the insects and pests. The frown on his face only went deeper and deeper as he looked at the scene.

No one, bothered to notice him throughout the tour. If by any chance, his actions stood up… with him being close to Suraj, he wouldn’t have been able to escape the label of being a weirdo.

As Suraj, who is constantly stealing a glance at the three beautiful maidens was already labeled as not just weirdo, Aditya could have sworn he saw one of the girls mouth the word pervert.