..."I just came out from your studio... you were no where to be seen in the campus since morning...where were you??" he said.... swiveling his pen drive pivoted in his long fingers...and added... "You know my concepts got approved...I just love them...!” slowly shifting his glace down towards me, he for the first time noted, "What are you doing exactly??" I was doing something more than just listening....something down under..."fidgeting with your shoe laces...?"

I frowned... "Just trying to get it right...I'm too bad at this...!" still, not looking at his face.
"Let me help you" he came down and finished the work in factions of seconds... something I was struggling to do for the past five minutes perhaps.

Suddenly I heard a tune up surging from the background where it seemed to have merged all this while....a fusion mix...perhaps a familiar tune...which my mind seized to recognize... I looked at his eyes, wondering, "Guess.... your phone's ringing...."

He stared at me as he shoved in, his hand into one of his pant pockets... and frowned... "NO!!", "may be... yours". He gave an irked look making me feel more confound...

Before I could let a word in dismay, I could feel my hands quiver wit my mobile on my hand....something strange happened... I could feel the earth vibrating...in a rhythm... that matched the tune that became more prominent now...more emphatic and very much obtrusive.
The whole surrounding seemed to blur and darken...and the vibration on my head...more like... Under one ear...I clamped my ears in my palms and tightened my eyes' closure...a fear....an impeccable commotion in my brain...causing me a head ache...

I so totally had forgotten him...and bravely to confront that annoyance I opened my eyes with enormous effort, to find him nowhere around now... 'twas just a few laundry clothes...tables with books...an empty cot and perfectly made bed...and my phone's alarm still buzzing under my pillow...and I lie....flat on my stomach on my cot...!!

I pulled it out to snooze it and checked it was 5.00am...and it was still dark outside...
I strive hard to keep my eyes open... but the shutter was automatic....!

There was a tug off war between me and my sleep, for the next few minutes..... sleep won.... and I, closed my windows to the world again to transcend to a graceful sleep.... just until...the turmoil started all over again...but this time... a different tune altogether... 'twas mom, waking me up... I promised that I’d be up in a few minutes and hung-up. I realized it was 5.30 already… antagonizing the fleet of time...and with no other way out...I woke up...walking like an insomniac to the rest rooms....and the auto-shutter stopped its collision as I splashed water.... I wondered if man was just another mechanism that desists with water....and off I go...spurting through my chores of the day...