“YoUnG, WiLd and FrEe” read her whatsapp status boldly written in animated font style. Being new to not just the app alone but also the brand android, I stared in fascination at the screen of my phone wondering embarrassingly how to haul out this digital screen keypad without exposing my ‘country-ness’. Eventually I was able to get around it and manage a “good night dear” text, which after a couple of minutes of it being sent seemed a pretty dumb thing to do as auto-correct had cunningly put out “good night death”. You can only imagine my face to this horror.

Next morning, we meet in the bathroom. Weird right, For we were complete strangers who had only gotten acquainted the night before in the hall. As students of the only multinational residential flat on campus, the hybrid bathrooms had become a normal phenomenon but as always with the first time, there is total shock when a lad walks into the bathroom only to meet two ladies brushing their teeth. Scary! Well, breath easy guys . . . there are strings of cubicled shower spaces that keeps each occupants’ business their business.

I walk straight to the sink and pull out my toothpaste. Looking at her stare into the mirror on the other side, I let out a “good morning”. I nearly choked on my toothbrush when I heard her classic response “Not yet resurrected!” and with that catwalked her gorgeous self outta the bathspace.

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