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After sometime, again he bothered me, “Saa...ni!” He said my name in a singsong voice.
He seemed to be enjoying himself too much at my expense. More so, when I gave him the look that said, ‘Please stop this, or I will kill you,’ it just encouraged him more.
“Yes sir?” I muttered in annoyance.
His face looked like he was trying hard not to laugh,
“Have you ever tried to scare anyone by widening your eyes?”
He gave me a curious look, as if he seriously wondered about it.
“Why?” I snapped confused.
“No, it’s just that your eyes are so small, tiny! Even if you try to widen them, no one will be able to see the difference. But, I don’t mean it in a negative way. When I say your eyes are tiny, they are small, but really very pretty.” He smiled warmly.
It felt genuine for once.
Still, it was like an effort for me to give him a small smile and utter one word with a nod, “Sir.”
Yes, I was that furious. My face had turned hot and I could bet my cheeks were blushing red. I was flattered, yes. But I felt embarrassed as well, that he complimented about my eyes being nice in front of the whole class.
Still, I could not stop glancing at him every few minutes. In addition, whenever I looked at him, I found him staring back at me.
Finally, the lecture finished and I saw Aariz in the corridor answering doubts of a few students when we passed him. I could not help but stare yet again.
I did not fail to notice there were mostly girls lined up in front of him with their very many problems.
Who cares? At least I don’t! Hmph!
In all rationality, he could have just told them not to ask anything once the class was over. But why would he? Attention Seeker! Typical Male!
I came out of my reverie with Rose's question,
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“Sani, how come Prof Aariz knows you already?”
I was like, ‘What do I do now?’
Thinking quickly on my feet, I reassured her,
“He doesn’t know me, just my name. Our attendance register has everyone's name in it. I have seen it. He might know everyone's first name. Yours too, I'm sure.”
She glowed instantly at the prospect.
“You’re getting me? So you see it’s no big deal.”
I obviously made it all up.
“Yeah, but he...” Rose tried to say more with a suspicious look on her face.
Therefore, I chuckled weakly,
“Yeah, he cracks boring jokes, right?” I shrugged, “Yeah...uh...forget it.”
Just then, Prof Philip came to take our next lecture saving me from further questioning.
After Prof Philip, it was again time for Prof Aariz's lecture.
