It was another day. After spending the past few nights going to bed at daybreak and pulling one all-nighter after another, it was hardly surprising that I woke up sometime in the afternoon.

Now, instead of doing anything remotely productive, I was slacking off on Discord, chatting with random people and letting time slip by.

I'll just chat on the study server, I thought, opening it up and clicking on general chat.

I still had an hour to spare before I had to leave for my coaching classes. Surely, I could spend that hour doing something which was merely useful.

I was greeted by a flood of messages nearly fifty people were chatting at once and

Amidst all those strange and unfamiliar usernames, my eyes happened to land on one name nothing particularly unique, nothing that stood out from the rest. Just another name among the dozens.

Anmol...

And yet, for some reason, I paused.

There was something about those five letters that stirred a feeling I couldn't quite put into words.

I know it's something in contrast to the ordinary.

I.....I like....

I like that name!

I thought to myself , my eyes lingering on his profile. A bee-stung dog meme was his profile picture, while a quote in his bio gave off an unexpected feeling of discipline. Lost in my thoughts, I barely noticed the movement of my fingers as they tapped the friend request button almost on their own.

I waited for a few minutes, watching the little "online" status on his profile, yet my friend request remained unanswered. Somehow, that only made me more curious about him.

Does he ignore girls like this?

A dozen other random thoughts made their way into my head before I could stop them.

Sighing, I finally got up, got dressed, and left for my classes.

The day went by in a blink. I did my best to focus on the lectures, fighting the constant urge to fall asleep and before I could even process, it was already 6pm , It was finally time to head back home and surrender myself to the eternal comfort of my lovely bed.