1: The College I Hated, The People I Didn't Expect
S – Storm: I cried the day my admission got confirmed.
Not a cute tear, not an emotional moment,
real, frustrated crying.
Because I absolutely did not want that college.
I hated everything about it before even stepping inside.
So obviously, my first day wasn't any better.
I wasn't excited.
I wasn't curious.
I was just… quiet.
Silent.
Alone.
Uninterested.
I didn't know a single person.
And honestly, I didn't even want to.
I chose the seat at the very edge of the bench,
right next to the entrance where students walked in and out.
My favourite place.
Safe, roomy, mine.
So there I sat, staring at nothing,
waiting for the day to pass.
And then she walked in.
My so-called "God".
Simple, decent, nothing dramatic.
She came straight to my bench and asked me to move inside.
Obviously, I told her to go in instead.
Maybe my tone was rude,
But come on, that's how I talk.
But instead of walking away,
She calmly sat beside me and began talking,
where we came from,
Why we chose this college,
all those first-day questions
that slowly turn strangers into familiar faces.
Somehow, that awkward conversation
became a normal one…
and that normal one
turned her into my first-day classmate.
And now?
A so-called best friend.
We became the classic first benchers.
Behind us sat another girl
with the same energy and similar interests.
Naturally, we got close with her, too.
Everything was going fine…
until she entered the story.
After a few days came our annoying V,
The chaos of our soon-to-be trio.
She sat on the second bench behind us.
with the girl we had just become friends with.
Lucky us.
I don't remember the exact moment.
But I do remember this:
I found her very annoying that day.
And yes,
Me and my so-called God
did talk about how irritating she was.
2: Boring meets madness!
V: I'm not surprised by the way you guys described me as a bully.
And honestly… I agree.
I do irritate you.
That's who I am.
I love doing it.
And don't ever think I'm going to change.
I do remember that I didn't show up on the first day of college.
For the record, I didn't even like that college much.
Because I didn't choose it.
Someone else made that decision for me.
And that's how I ended up walking in on the third or fourth day like a late entry in a movie scene.
I wasn't exactly new to the place either.
I already knew a few people in the class,
Some friends had joined me, too.
And let me clarify one thing properly,
I absolutely did not want to sit on the first bench.
There's this stupid college myth that first-bench students are all toppers…
And I was definitely not one of them.
And unfortunately for me…
Storm and Truth were sitting right there.
First bench.
And worse?
They were actually toppers.
Meanwhile…
I was seated right behind them.
Second bench.
Not because I was motivated.
Not because I wanted knowledge to fall directly into my brain.
But because my old friends dragged me there and said,
"Come, sit with us."
And that's how my fate was sealed.
So there I was,
sitting right behind two so-called good students,
while casually pulling their hair just to irritate them.
At that time, they were nothing special to me.
They were just two serious bookworms sitting in front of me.
Trust me, they were typical first-rank students.
So boring.
And no, I'm not saying I was some all-rounder genius,
But I was definitely more fun than they were.
Except in studies.
Irony.
I am NOT someone who gets along easily with new faces.
People say I look scary.
Devil vibes, apparently.
Good.
Fear maintains discipline.
Even now, I don't really know what those idiots did to connect with me.
Feels like just opposite poles attract each other.
But honestly, they should consider themselves lucky to have me as their friend.
So please, cherish me.
And yes,
I love irritating people.
Both of you are included.
Because calm water is boring.
I was born to stir chaos with style.
But truthfully?
I never once felt that you two disliked that side of me.
Because let's be real,
You both were already boring.
You needed some madness in your life.
So…
You're welcome.
3: The Girl Who Almost Didn't Stay
S (God): If you ask me about my first day in that college…
I'll tell you honestly, I wasn't mentally present.
I walked in with zero excitement and a full playlist of overthinking.
I sat beside Storm that day, not because I wanted to talk…
But because she asked me to move in, and I didn't know how to say no without sounding rude.
So yes, that was our beginning.
To be honest, I didn't expect anything from that place.
Not friends, not memories, definitely not a trio that would later ruin my peace and fix it at the same time.
And then came V.
late entry, dramatic walk, irritating energy, and a confidence level I couldn't match even on my best day.
Storm found her annoying.
I agreed.
But here's the truth I realised later:
Sometimes the most irritating people become the most important ones.
Back then, I didn't know we were accidentally walking into the kind of friendship people pray for.
I was just a quiet girl trying to survive a college I didn't even want.
Funny how life gives us the best people
in the places we never planned to be.