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"The door is not even locked. What an irresponsible guy," Drishti said as she found the main door unlocked.

"He must be too tired to come down and lock it," Siddhu said.

"Let's go in and check," Drishti said, and together they climbed upstairs.

As soon as they entered the room, they found Siddhu on the bed, fully covered by the blanket.

"Oy Siddhu," Drishti called out loudly, making Siddhu groan.

"Go away," he muttered from under the blanket.

Drishti pulled at his blanket, making him groan.

Drishti dialled Anjana's phone number, and it was soon answered.

"Hello, aunty. Yeah, I'm with him," Drishti said.

"No, no, aunty. I think he is faking it," Drishti said, and Shravan gaped at her.

Siddhu sat up on the bed with a scowl.

"Their professor had called up for some extra classes before the semester began. This is all his acting to escape the class," Drishti said.

Siddhu coughed a couple of times and gestured to Drishti to get him some water from the table.

"Oh my god. He is doing melodram