I remember it was our final semester exam. All of us crammed into the topper’s room, studying every possible question that might show up. At some point, I fell asleep—don’t ask me when, because I sure don’t know.

I woke up a while later, though my eyes were still closed. Through the fog of my half-sleep, I overheard my so-called 'friends' plotting.

Bro, let’s prank him! We’ll lock him in this room, let him freak out tomorrow morning, and then wake him up just 10 minutes before the exam.

Now that I was in on their idiotic little scheme, I figured, why not hit them with an Uno reverse? They wrapped up their study session, packed their bags, and before crashing, headed off to the night canteen.

This gave me 30 glorious minutes alone with their six neatly packed bags. And voilà! I swiftly removed their calculators and stashed them in mine.

Cut to the next morning. They locked me in as planned, but little did they know I was more prepared for this than the actual exam. I played it cool and emotionless, and they woke me up 10 minutes before the test, just like they’d planned, laughing like idiots, unaware what Heisenberg has planned for them.

We all sprinted to the lecture hall.

We arrived just in time, with the door closing behind us. Question papers were being handed out.

I pulled out my pen, ID card, and, of course, my calculator.

My friends? Well, they pulled out their pens, ID cards, and... anxiety, despair, and the sudden realization that their placements might go poof if they failed.

Panicking, they ran to the invigilator and begged to return to the hostel for their calculators. The invigilator? Hard no. This exam was all about calculatios, and unless you’re Einstein, you can’t just eyeball e^2.56.

So, being the generous soul that I am, I casually mentioned, 'Oh, by the way, I have some extra calculators.' Because, you know, I’m Gautam Ambani and obviously bought 6–7 calculators for 1,200 rupees each.

When they opened my bag and saw the stash, chaos erupted. The pranksters had been pranked. I even pointed to the CCTV camera and waved—'Say hi, guys!'

I did get a little thrashing after the exam, but hey, I helped them avoid a backlog... sort of.