#FewWords
Stay away from hurting others. The hurt you cause and the pain inflicted as a result may come back to harm you in a different way.

Recap
Not yet, editing and making the final finishes" he replied

"Send it to me when you are"

"Okay, make sure you read those books and send me something on them"

"Okay, drive carefully learner" she sticked out her tongue and smiled

"Ohh, my heart is a puddle" he dropped his head on the steering and closed his eyes.

Chapter Forty
Third Person's POV
Nasir lifted his head and took his dad's company's route. He parked the car and walked straight to the elevator, employees on the ground floor stared at him as if he were a candy. The new receptionist stopped him from going because he had no appointment but one of the employees laughed at her and said

"He might be your next boss Lily"

"What do you mean?" She stated at him, almost disgustingly, that's almost every receptionist's behavior

"He is Nasir Muhammad Shehu"

Nasir just looked at them and didn't say anything to either of them, after a second, he just took the elevator's route.

"Good day" his dad's assistant, Jabir smiled at him

"He has a meeting that will end in five minutes, kindly wait please"

"Sure!" Nasir sat down and brought out his phone and started editing one his poems, writing is interesting till your muse is lost and almost nothing can be done about it because it willingly comes and goes.

Two men in corporate dressing came out of his dad's office smiling at each other.

"Mr Shehu" Jabir called out to him, indicating he could go in.

"Woah! Look who we have with us today" Mr Muhammad Shehu smiled at his son, it's surprising that the both of them are getting along pretty fast.

"Dad..." Nasir sat on the chair directly opposite his dad

"Are you okay?" His dad looked at him carefully

"Of course I am!" Nasir smiled

"Preparations are on for you guys to resume in 3 weeks, study smart" his dad said while his long fingers graced the laptop's keys.

"Sure dad..." He scratched his head and his dad immediately knew he needed something.

"You need something?" Mr Shehu raised his eyes and looked at him.

"Well...yeahh"

"Spill then..."

"You know Salma, right?" Nasir asked his dad even though he knows his dad knows her.

"Of course! That intelligent girl"

"Yeahh, dad, she's being forced to drop her dream for medicine because of finances..." Nasir explained everything to his dad who paid attention to him throughout.

"Hmm, so you want her to be on the school's scholarship list?" His dad asked

"Yeess, I know there's a way you can do it"

"Of course we can do it but..." His dad kept mute

"... it's almost late" his dad continued

"Ohh..." Nasir relaxed on the chair

"I can sponsor her" his dad suggested

"Yeahhh but..."

"... you don't want her to know she's being sponsored by me" his dad completed the sentence

"Yes..." Nasir replied, he was happy his dad could clearly see thingy from his perspective.

"Hmm, okay... that's not an issue" Mr Muhammad said

"Thank you so much dad" Nasir smiled at him and left the office after a few minutes of chatting.

Exactly two weeks after Salma applied for the scholarship through a link that Nasir sent to her, she got an acceptance letter through her Gmail account. Her happiness knew no bounds. She called Nasir and poured out her heart in a cup of happiness to him.

"We'll go to the same school Nas!" She said after ending the call.

"Dad..." She sat down and looked at him

"Look at this..." She showed him the letter and tears strolled down his cheeks.

"Hmm... won't the cost of living be too expensive for you Ahmad" Ruqayyah asked

"Haa... never thought of that" a line of worry was once again drawn on his forehead

"She better just study Biology at the..."

"The scholarship's covers everything I need" Salma said

"Ohhh..." Her mum relaxed on the couch

"That's amazing... you are every parent's dream Salma" Mr Ahmad looked at her

The house was as quiet as never because Maryam has already gone to school and Salma was getting her things prepared as she was leaving the next day.

"I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the letter" Rukayyah talked on the phone

"Yes, it's surprising that she'll follow my son again, I'm scared about his issue" Fatimah said

"Well...there are ways we can go about getting her out of his life" Rukayyah suggested

"Sure... I Know what to do"

In Nasir's house, the three of them sat at the dining table taking breakfast before Nasir goes to the airport.

"The journey will be interesting, Salma and Hammad are with you so..." His dad said

"Can't believe such coincidence... how can Salma get such a scholarship in your school Nasir" Fatimah looked at him, Nasir just replied with

"She's a brilliant fellow"

"How does it disturb you?" Mr Shehu asked her

Fatimah just looked at her husband and didn't say anything.

After the meal, Nasir bid his mum farewell with a hug.

"Bye mum..." Hammad smiled at his mum

"Welcome to the real deal" Hamid chuckled

"Do not do any kind of introduction till we are back" Hammad warned

"I want to witness every step of your wedding" he cleared his throat

"Sure bro!" Hamid smiled

"Listen, focus on what you want" Hammad's dad hugged him and whispered into his ear.

Three hours later, the trio found themselves in a completely new country with new people and new ways. Their met their guide to the school at the airport. He took them to their hostels immediately. Salma was taken to her hostel by a lady.

"This room is for you and a part 3 Student of human anatomy" the woman explained to her as their walked through the hallway.

"You will rest for the weekend and start classes next week, on Monday" the Lady said as she handed her a book that contained the rules and regulations of the school, the hostel, directions to all the halls she needed to know and other things.

"Thank you ma'am" Salma appreciated her when the lady took her back to her hostel and straight to her room after showing her a few places around the school.

"Thank God!" she flopped down on her bed and looked around. The room was shared into two equal halves. There was a reading table on each side of the two places. Under each table were drawers and on top of each table were reading lamps that didn't look like they were needed because the school looked like one that had no power cut. The room looked more like an apartment because it had a toilet, mini kitchen and a bean bag on each side of the bed. The room was quite a good one for Students.

Salma slept in no time, she didn't wake up till it was past 7pm. When she woke up and dragged her feet to the toilet to clean up, she met a tall and chubby washing its face.

"Ahhh..." She screamed and ran to the door and the girl also joined her, it looked like a marathon to the door.

When Salma turned and looked at her, she stopped and the girl bumped into her.

"Ouch!" Salma said

"Ohh..." She scratched her head and looked at the toilet when she realised she imagined the girl to be a shadow

"I thought you were a Shadow" Salma blurted

"Hahaha" the girl laughed and went back to the toilet

"This session will be interesting, a Muslimah for a roommate?" She mentally laughed

"Pardoned?" Salma asked her

"I'm Vivian" the girl stretched out her hand and smiled

"I'm Salma" Salma passed the same vibe

They chatted for a while, asking each other random questions, the girl is a friendly one and she didn't allow Salma get bored for a second.

"So, do you know anyone in this school?" Vivian asked her

"Nahhh, apart from my friends who are also freshers" Salma replied

"Ohh...cool"

"Excuse me please..." Salma excused herself and picked Hammad's call

After they exchanged pleasantries, Hammad suggested the three of them meet in front of her hostel so they could go back and look at the directions to the hall again because their first class on Monday is by 7am.

"Hmm, you can join us Vivian" Salma suggested

"Hmm, I will but I hope you guys won't spend so much time out, I got an assignment to complete cos the due date is today by 12am"

"No... we won't spend much time out" Salma smiled

"Heyyy..." Nasir said when they met

"Heyy, this is Vivian, my roommate"

"Heyy...Vivian" Hammad and Nasir both said at the same time

"Hii" she smiled at them

"Y'all in the same department?" Vivian asked as they walked to the hall

"Yeahh..." Hammad answered

"I'm in Department of Human Anatomy and y'all?" She asked

"MBBS" Salma replied

"Wow, y'all have lotta work to do" she chuckled

"Nothing's really difficult anyway..." She reassured them

"That's the hall" she pointed at the hall

"Thank you" Hammad said

"Hmm, what's the 7am course?" Vivian asked them

"It's Physical Chemistry" Salma answered her

"Hmm, you need to be in the hall before 6:45am because the lecturers taking that course will frustrate you if you are late, some will end up not allowing you into the hall immediately they are in..."

"Wow, thank God we have you" Nasir said

"Yeeess..." Salma backed up

"It's okay, y'all can call me anytime you need something"

"Sure we will!" Hammad said

After she showed around, specifically to the halls they needed to know, Vivian showed them the school library but it was closed so she couldn't show them the medical students section in the library.

"Y'all, till we meet tomorroww" Salma waved at them happily

"Make sure the lights are always switched off when you want to leave the room" Vivian randomly said when they got to their room

"Mmhmm" Salma murmured

"You can ask me if you need anything Salma" Vivian reassured her again, she was being as friendly as she could.

Salma went into the bathroom, bathed, made wudhu and prayed before she opened her bag and brought out few belongings, arranging each of them carefully in her locker. After arranging her things in the locker that has been before she even came, she changed into her pyjamas and climbed into her bed.

She sighed relieved and turned to her left side when she saw Nasir online. The room was as quiet as a grave, only the tappings on Vivian's laptops could be heard, the sound became heavy anytime she heavily tapped the enter key which is almost a most for everyone.

Salma was about to switch her off mobile data when a message came in from Nasir.

Nasir asked if she was enjoying herself with the new roommate, she responded in the affirmative.

Nasir: Guess what🌚

Salma: I'm a bad guesser

Nasir: Just tryyy...

Salma: hmm, you'll borrow me your ATM card with its pin?

Nasir: 😂😂nice try

Salma: 😂😅

Nasir: I got a complete poem... just for youuu!

Salma: just for me?

Nasir: ah well...
Nasir:

When my lips curl up into a smile
And I say I love you
I mean I’m the incomplete letters 
Of the English alphabet without U
And it's pretty obvious that the whole world falls for gravity
But I fell for YOU

Nasir: this is the last stanza

Salma: wow!

They chatted for a while and Salma asked him how he came up with the stanza but he just laughed off the question.

"Vivian, goodnight" Salma said as she covered herself with the fluffy blanket.

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