Chapter 1 :"Should I forget him now?"

19 September, 2023

Between a dark forest, the giggles, howling & mumbling is echoing as some students are playing near a lake at the midnight. These students are here for camping, today is their last day so all of them are enjoying completely for the last time.

They all are sitting around the bonfire, the moonlight is spreading its magic on this moment. The clear sky with so many shiny stars are making this moment so pleasant. At some distance, there are few tents lying on a sequence. The sound of flowing water is just like the old chanting rhyme of a sad lovers for his beloved' farewell.

The silence of this night, the magic of this moonlight, the twinkling aura of stars & the flowing song of river is drowning someone's heart.

A girl, sitting far from the noise, staring at the beautiful but drenched night sky, smiling to herself, engrossed within thoughts, someone's thoughts or his thoughts.

"You must be staring at the moon, right!", she said still not turning her gaze away. She smiled, once again when she saw a star falling. She immediately joined her both hands together, closed her eyes & started mumbling something.

Soon, she opened her eyes only to see a silhouette of someone standing near the edge of a river. It was looking like a man' silhouette, but she didn't know whose is it.

She turned around when she heard a girly voice, "Why are you sitting here?", the girl asked her while coming towards her.

Mehula was sitting on a rock that was right beneath a tree. She left a deep sigh when she saw that girl sitting beside her.

"You told me that you will not stay like this, but look you are still sitting here all alone", the girl said sadly with a frown on her face.

"Mehula are you still thinking about him?", she asked while looking at her, but in a serious tone this time.

"Maybe", Mehula replied not daring to look at her. Her gaze, her whole focus was still on that guy' silhuouette, she herself didn't know the reason why her gaze is stitched to him.

"Where are you looking?", that girl said awfully.

“Look Mehula you don't know where he is now nor you know his name then why are you still waiting for him. Its not like he did some kind of promise to come back.", she added to let her concern out.

"You both never even talked, Mehula.", she said while saying every single word carefully, this time she held her arm & made her turn towards her, only to face her.

Mehula's face was totally expressionless. But the moonlight was making the water visible that she was holding inside her eyes.

"Mehula just stop all this. You can't ignore the whole world for him. You can't let his memories ruin you", she said slowly almost a whisper, she was trying her best to convince Mehula, but little did she know Mehula has already drowned into the ocean of his memories, she is still struggling between her regret, regret of not talking to him once.

"He isn't ruining me, Jiya", finally Mehula said while trying to freeze those unwanted tears into her eyes. "You just want me to move on, right?", she asked Jiya while turning her gaze towards the moon that was shining like a pearl nailed on the crown & the crown was this night sky.

"I want you to live like others. Please stop thinking about him.", Jiya again said still not taking her eyes off Mehula.

Mehula stayed silent not willing to reply her back. Jiya also turned her gaze towards the sky. They can hear the giggles, howling of those students, but didn't care to look back. Mehula tilted her head down to Jiya's shoulder & kept it there, but gaze still resting on the moon.

"I'm not thinking about him. I'm just praying for him betterment & I don't think praying for someones' betterment can ruin ones' life! I'm just wishing for the 3rd chance", she said to Jiya while bearing an unknown pain in her heart.

She again moved her gaze to that place where that silhouette was few seconds ago, but it wasn't now.

Jiya left a deep sigh after hearing her statement, she knew no one can stop her from thinking about him cause she has gone insane for him, now. She herself never saw that person, don't know what kind of prince charming he is that this crazy girl still not ready to forget him.

They both got startled by another girly voice. "What are you two doing here? I looked everywhere for you two & you both are gossiping her alone, without me", that girl said while coming near them.

"I came because of her", Jiya said while rolling her eyes at Mehula, she was pissed off.

"What are you doing here, Miss?", she asked politely while pointing towards Mehula.

"Nothing, just trying to gather myself a bit. What about you? You also didn't seem to look in a good mood, Sara! ", Mehula smiled faintly while asking her, only to ignore the stabs of questions.

"All because of morning incident.", Sara said while hissing under her breath.

"Forget about it! I have arranged something new.", Jiya said while smirking devily.

"What you did this time?", Sara asked her while raising her left brow.

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They gathered around the bonfire separately far from other groups only 5 girls, but this time they were with plenty cans of beer. It was the surprise prepared by Jiya & 2 other girls. Not only their school was here for camping, but some other colleges & School's students also gathered here as this was the season of camping.

"Look you have only one chance just drink it or else you will lose it again", Siya told them while grabbing one can from the black polythene bag.

"What if they get to know about this?", Sara asked fearfully.

"We all will go inside the tent immediately after finishing them.", Jiya said while nodding at everyone.

"Let's forget our pain",all said together while clinking the cans together.

The teachers were sitting in their own group & that was so far from theirs. That was why they were not afraid of punishments & this night was full of giggles, chatting, laughs, mumbles everyone was drowned into their own enjoyment. So no one was there to pay attention on students as this was their last night to enjoy.

An hours later everyone was fully drunk , but fortunately all were lying there. But suddenly Siya stood up & hiccup begin to annoy her. Soon the other 4 girls also stood up & they all were trying their best to keep their eyes open.

"My head is drooling like this rivers' water.", Sara said while holding her head. Soon Jiya started crying, "He didn't talk to me nicely. These days he is being too rude with me.", she completed her statement while sobbing.

"I told you to not give him so much priority, but you never listen to me", Mehula said while trying to stand still, but kept trembling.

"You also never listen to me. How many times I told you to forget him, but look you always ignore me like I'm some kind of thorn between your & his way.", Jiya said while sitting down near the bonfire & shivered a little.

"I can't forget him, I tried before but failed.", Mehula said again in her drunky voice while making a pout. Suddenly Siya said she wants to throw out then Amira went with her who had a better tolerance in bearing alcohol than others & she was a little bit of sobber.

But Sara & Jiya were totally zoned out cause of the intoxicating drink. Mehula started wandering towards that tree again, her footsteps were stumbling, but still she kept walking while mumbling something.

Suddenly she froze & her lips got nailed into an upturned, slight smile. She heard an unknown, undeniable pleasant, but heart wrenching tune. It was the tune of guitar. She never & ever heard a melody like this, before. She herself was a lyricist, wrote ton of pages of beautiful, rhyme filled, emotion stained songs lyrics, but always failed whenever it comes to give them their perfect music. She always failed in those music notes, tunes.

She read over a book & there was a beautiful line, "What comes first, words or the melody?", she asked him. "Always the melody.", he replied while playing his guitar..

Similarly, he was the melody that her soul was longing to hear & she herself was the words that remained stuck into her heart, unspoken.

She can fill the ton of pages by the ink of her unspoken, silent, emotion filled, love filled words, but she can never give them the melody that they are longing to get. Cause he is her melody & he just left the traces of his melody while leaving her alone. He left her, but she thinks he is the reason behind his ignorance.

She ignored the tune & went towards the tree & sat near on the rock, plucked a small flower from the ground it was a wildflower.

She started plucking the petal of the flower, one by one.

While saying- "Should I forget him now?"

"Or not."

"Should I forget him now?"

"Or not."

"Should I forget him now?"

"Or not!"

Soon she got interrupted by a manly voice. She turned her gaze to that direction while pouting in anger. She saw a guy standing beside her but she didn't see his face clearly nor recognize him cause of the reaction of that intoxication.

"Forget him! If you are confused between still sticking with him or leaving him", that boy who was standing beside her, almost hovering above her said & her heart skipped a beat the moment she heard his voice. So deep, rough still pleasant.

His voice just echoed like a new song of this year into her mind. She never & ever heard this voice before still she felt it so familiar like her soul was longing to hear it.

His gaze was fixed on the flowing water, not even caring about the girl who is looking at him. "I didn't ask your opinion.", she said in drunken voice but it was almost a whisper. "But I said cause you kept repeating the same thing", he said again still not taking off his gaze from the river.

"I tried to, but always end up holding him. I don't want to forget him. Only his hope is making me feel alive.", she said while bearing those colourless blood into her eyes.

Mehula shook her head while turning her gaze down back at that flower. She didn't say anything when she didn't get any reply in turn, but the numbness she was feeling, she can't even describe.

He cleared his throat to say something, "These are just words, no one really meant them. I bet you, you'll forget him soon." His voice- it made her lips again drawn into a smile, but this time it was a genuine one. She didn't smile on his statement, but she smiled after hearing his voice.

His voice, it's somehow consoling her soul. It's providing the relief on her restless heart, on her self made wounds. His voice is melting like a melody into her heart. It's echoing into her abondon soul. But soon his voice started fading & his words starting scattering, as a sharp pain ran into her brain by the speed of light.

She held her forehead by one hand & grabbed a hold on the rock for balancing herself by another hand but soon she fell as she zoned out, she lose her all senses.

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"Enjoy the first glimpse of her unconditional love for him"

"An eye for an eye & the whole world goes blind"

20th Sept, 2023

"Did you find her?", Jiya asked Sara in panicked voice while running her fingers through her hair strands.

"No, I almost looked everywhere.", Sara replied while breathing heavily.

"Now what are we doing to do, we are about to leave.", Jiya said again while frowning. Her eyes were filled with tears, she was at the edge of crying, but somehow she made them froze.

That time suddenly Amira came there & she started huffing as she came while running. She inhaled deeply & then looked at both of them sorrowfully.

"Avni Mam is calling all of us.", she said slowly while sighing rapidly. A loud cry escaped from Jiya's lips. All three of them were really filled with fear, the fear of losing Mehula again.

Last night, they don't even know how they ended up inside their tents. But in morning when they opened their eyes, their head was freaking aching like the whole zoo was dancing inside their head.

But when they didn't see Mehula with them, they got panicked bebecause they don't remember what happened last night after they got drunk. They didn't remember any single act of theirs from last night.

Now they are afraid, a single thought is engrossing their mind & the thought is what if Mehula did any kind of stupidity again. What if she is lying somewhere lifelessly, again.

The three of them went to the spot where their school's students along with teachers are waiting for them. Siya waved at them the moment she saw them. They hurriedly went to her direction without looking at anyone & Jiya hid behind her immediately as she was afraid of the consequences now.

"So all the students gathered here?", Their P. T teacher, Avni Sharma asked them while grabbing the list from the side pocket of her bag. All the girls nodded immediately without hesitation, but Jiya, Siya, Sara & Amira were gulping the saliva again & again only to get rid of the lump that got stuck into their throats' cause of fear.

"Ok, so now I'm going to call the names loudly, raise you hands immediately after your name.", Their teacher ordered them & she started saying the names loudly, one by one.

Nearly 39 girls were standing there as this was only 11th & 12th medical girls' camping trip & the 40th girl was Mehula who is still missing.

Few minutes passed & now their teacher was calling the leftover girls name, "Siya".

"Y- Yes mam", she raised her hand & said in cracking voice, her whole body was trembling badly.

"Sara?"

"Yes mam", sara replied in rigid voice but still not daring to lift her gaze up.

"Jiya?", she called out another name & Jiya got startled the moment she heard her name. She unknowingly raised her hand & lifted her gaze a little only to ended up making an eye contact with their Physics Teacher named, Shidhant Nair.

Her breathe got sucked the moment their eyes met, she became a lifeless object, unable to utter any single word or to realize what's really going on around her.

Mr. Nair didn't even turn his gaze, nor he blinks. The surrounding noise started to vanish all of a sudden & now only silence got filled between them.

Almond black eyes, long lashes were spreading their trap on the mind of Jiya.

She wasn't able to resist the spell that Mr. Nair was spelling on her.

She got entangled into the traps of those magical long black lashes & suddenly her lips got curved into a slight smile.

She came back into reality the moment she saw Mr. Nair parting his lips to speak.

"Why aren't you answering?", he asked in demanding tone still not taking his eyes from hers. But Jiya turned her gaze & whole attention to Avni mam.

"Yes mam", she lifted her gaze down not daring to look back at that person who just made her breath stop. Her teacher smiled softly & she turned her gaze back to the paper list & now it was Mehula's turn & all four of them closed their eyes tightly & joined their hands only to pray for escapement from this heart stopping situation.

"Mehula", she called the name while lifting her gaze to the direction where all the girl were lined up. The Four of them tightened their grip on their own hands & closed their eyes more tightly while their bodies were trembling badly perhaps because of the morning cold breeze but most because of the fear.

"Me hula?", she called again while drooling her gaze here & there. "Where is Mehula?", she added to let out her curiosity.

Jiya bit on her lower lip after not getting any answer in return. Now she was about to tell them the whole truth but suddenly-

"Yes mam".

The four of them turned their heads to the direction from where that voice just came & soon they sighed in relief the moment they saw Mehula standing beside Amira. Mehula also looked towards them & signed them to not worry about anything.

"Okay! Amira?", she called the last name.

"Yes mam", Amira replied without wasting time.

"Now, turn around & march towards the buses soldiers.", she said loudly while smiling widely & all girls did the same & started laughing the moment they heard her statement.

Soon they reached at their buses, 4 buses were standing on the road way & they saw other students also arriving there from another direction. The girls started chatting & giggling the moment they saw handsome boys coming their.

But the Four of them went near Mehula & hugged her together not caring about what exactly going on around them. Mehula also hugged them back.

"Where were you?", Jiya asked her while breaking the hug & she noticed that Mehula's eyes were red & puffy. She gave her a suspicious look & asked her about her eyes by narrowing her brows.

"I got lost, lets talk inside the bus its so cold here", Mehula replied wile shivering a little.

The four of them nodded & went inside the Bus no. 3. Sara sat on the 2nd seat of the left row, Siya & Amira sat on the 3rd seat of that same row & Jiya + Mehula sat next to them. Jiya was sitting on the window side & Mehula closed her eyes while resting her head again the head of the seat.

"Tell me now, where were you last night?", Jiya asked while turning towards Mehula. Mehula stayed still & parted her lips to speak but then stopped.

"Something happened last night, right?", she asked again while raising her both brows. Mehula left a sigh while parting the lips again, "I messed up again.", she aswered while making a crease between the space of her brows.

"You cussed a stranger again?", Jiya asked in shocking tone while widening her eyes.

"Not only cussed, but maybe I spilled out everything & even I ended up crying in front of him, maybe!", she said while sucking her lower lip in embarrassment & not daring to lift her eyes.

"Who was him?"

"Was he handsome?"

"From which school he was?"

"Was he single?"

The four of them asked shockingly at the same time. Mehula gulped hard the moment she heard their unexpected questions all of a sudden, out of nowhere.

"Huh?", she asked confusedly not understanding anything.

"Tell me everything from the last night.", Amira demanded. "With every single detail", Sara added in excitement while smiling.

"Why you all are looking at me like this?", Mehula asked in slow tone. Not understanding the reason behind their excitement & unnecessary joy.

"Tell us nah!", Jiya said while looking at her with her pleading eyes. Mehula can sense the mischievousness behind their innocent smiles.

"Last night..... I went back to that tree & I was mumbling something & suddenly I heard a manly voice,, but damn it! It was so magical & pleasant just like the pleasant sound of a loftily flowing waterfall.", Mehula said & they all can see the shine in her eyes that was sparking brightly while describing the voice of that guy.

"Then what happened after that?", Amira asked her while chuckling more. She putted her arms on the edge of the head of that back seat & rested her chin on her arms while her gaze was fixed on Mehula.

"I don't remember everything clearly, but I think, or maybe it was just my illusion, or the result of intoxication-"

"Don't play the game of riddles!", Jiya said annoyingly.

"I don't know exactly, but maybe cause of intoxication I zoned out & when I regained my senses I saw him, but I was unable to see his face, but I think he was Rondu Shakal (cry face)", Mehula said confusedly.

The look of four of them got changed into incredulous. Their expression got changed into disbelief.

"Now I'm not interested in hearing any of your delulu", Jiya sighed while turning her gaze, out towards window.

& the three of them also sighed in disbelief, Siya & Amira turned back, but Sara asked her that then where she spent the whole night.

"I also don't know, when I opened my eyes in morning, I was somewhere in an unknown tent, but I didn't find anyone there. I was alone there,, but when I went out I saw so many boys who were packing their stuffs & taking off the tents. But maybe they didn't notice me & without wasting any moment I ran from there without asking anything.", Mehula replied while frowning.

"Mehula, please get a hold on yourself now", Sara said while advising her to not repeat any stupidity.

Mehula nodded while shifting her gaze back to window.

"Why they aren't coming inside?", Amira asked while looking out from window. She was confused by the crowd of girls who were staring at the boys who were standing at the opposite of them like a hawk.

"Wow! How handsome they are.", Siya said while pushing Amira's head aside. Amira shifted her head a little only to give some space to Siya.

"I'm not interested in them", Jiya gasped while turning her head straight with closed eyes.

"Was that really my delusion?", Mehula said slowly it was almost a whisper.

"Stop thinking about him, Mehula. It's been 2 years, now", Jiya said while her eyes were still close.

"It's been 2 years 5 days 4 hours & 56 minutes", she said while correcting her.

Jiya opened her eyes immediately & turned her gaze to looking at her in shock.

"Stop it, Mehula. You are scaring me now", Jiya said while making a crease between her brows.

Suddenly they heard a familiar voice & all girls ran towards their buses as Mrs. Sharma scolded them for standing there without any reason.

The girls also came inside their bus & soon bus got filled. The bus driver also came & started pressing the horn for signing other buses to clear the way.

Mehula heard some girls chatting, "Did you saw that boy who was from our neighbourhood college". "Yeah, he was indeed hot, but I heard he doesn't like to talk much,, nor he has a girlfriend", the another girl whispered back. "I heard, there is a girl whom he still loves unconditionally, but by some personal reasons they both aren't together & maybe he is still waiting for her", the 3rd girl whispered.

"Maybe he has also gone mad in love-how Mehula gone for that stranger”, they giggled lightly on that statement.

Mehula ignored them & putted her earphones on. She closed her eyes & left a heavy sigh like she was letting the heaviness out from her heart & soul. But the song she was listening made her eyes moist.

Her whole playlist was filled with the songs which she can't listen without listening him & this one was one of them.

Only he is filled in every word of every single line.

Only his traces can be find behind every tune of music.

The memories of those days came across her mind, they started appearing into her eyes like it all happened few days ago.

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...Chapter : “Flashbacks if pas’t...

*Flashbacks*

That was the year of 2020 , the ending of September. The nature was still in it's green form, but the trees' leaves had started turning yellow & brown slightly. That day the sky was clear, the sun was spreading its warmness all over the world making everyone ready to begin a new day.

That time Mehula was a middle school student she was in 8th standard. Like always she was on the way of her school & lost in her own thoughts, suddenly she lifted her gaze up a little & her gaze stopped at a person.

He was an odd boy, this was the first thought that popped into her mind, her legs started moving wherever he was going.

Frowned face, tired brows, sleepy eyes & only coldness was filled into them, oval face, spotless skin, pale ivory skin tone, perfect heart shaped lips & the innocence won Mehula's heart.

"Just like a Rondu Shakal", without realization this statement escaped from her lips & her lips got nailed with an undescribable smile, her eyes got filled with the sparkling shine of stars.

That day & that moment became so special, but undescribable for Mehula.

He was wearing a white shirt full buttoned with gray pants & black shoes. The black, grayish school bag was on his back & his sleeves were folded a little. His hair were of medium size not like other boys & he was walking so fast.

Mehula was walking behind him & she was almost running to match his footsteps. He was not caring about anything not even turning his gaze anywhere from the path.

He was so tall & Mehula's head reached at the height of his broad shoulder or maybe a little below of it.

He was slim with broad shoulder & tall height.

He was an alive fictional character from one of Mehula's favorite novel.

'He is so similar to Atlas Corrigan then Am I Lily Bloom?

Its okay if I'm not cause now I'm ready to become Lily Bloom for him'.

She reached near a shop & now she had to turn downward but he went straight forward. Mehula turned her gaze down in disappointed & she stopped at downward path,, but when she lifted her gaze back to him, his gaze met hers.

His eyes on her eyes & the whole world goes blind.

She felt a shiver running down her spine the moment she made the eye contact with his cold eyes.

She forget to breathe, his eyes on hers made her forgot to breath felt like the surrounding air just vanished & the universal rule of breathing got vanished just by his gaze.

The eye contact last for mere 4-5 seconds, but it made her forget her whole, her 14 yrs of existence in this universe.

She forget to blink & even her heart skipped a rhythmic beat.

He turned his gaze back to his way normally but, it took more than 10 seconds for Mehulas' existence to came back into this universe again. She released the heavy sigh that she forgot to release few seconds ago.

She drooled her gaze to his direction but he was no where to found.

"God, I just saw alive 'Greek God ' walking infront of my eyes", she said while blushing.

"Wait, did I just blush?", she asked herself while touching her cheeks & they were burning up like a burning lamp.

"It's just because of the hot weather & nothing else", she said again to herself while still touching her both cheeks by her both of hands.

"But few minutes ago, you were shivering", she again said to herself like another person was talking to her. But soon she shrugged a little & released another deep sigh.

"But he was so cute. So similar to Rondu shakal.", she said while chuckling. "Wait, did I just gave him a nickname?", she asked herself with a shock & sucked her lower lip in disbelief.

"Mehula, did you just fell for someone, again?", she asked herself in disbelief, but somehow she convinced her mind, not to think more about him & somehow she managed to make her mind believe that maybe it was just a mere attraction.

Then she turned her heels towards downstairs & walked back to her school.

She thought it was just a mere attraction, but she was unaware of the fact that its going to make her engross into him, forever.

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After that, few days later she was coming back from the school with one of her classmate & she reached at the same place from where she saw him last time. She was coming from down way & her classmate was telling her something & suddenly she lifted her gaze & turned it to left side of her direction & again the moment got freeze for her.

She saw him again coming towards her direction, she also started walking towards him & her classmate confusedly looked at her,, but immediately started walking along with her.

Her gaze was still on that guy, she wasn't even blinking just looking at his eyes straightly, but his eyes were straight on the path like last time, not caring about whatever happening around him.

Only few steps were left between them, they both were about to collide when suddenly from somewhere a boy came between them & now she was about to collide with him, but she came back to her senses the moment she saw another guy infront of her eyes.

Her body stood still & her breath got stuck the moment she felt him passing beside her, so close to her.

Her heart skipped another beat like it did last time.

The nondescript heat got it's way all over her cheeks, she also felt them heating up.

She felt the whole butterflies flying into her stomach.

But she got startled by the voice of her classmate who just pulled her aside by pulling her by arm only to give the way to pass that guy who was staring at her confusedly.

"I'm sorry, she is little sick today", her classmate lied to that guy & that guy just went while nodding in Its okay.

Mehula blushed crimson with embarrassment & sucked her lower lip like she always do out of nervousness.

"You gone crazy, Mehula", Prisha said while looking at her surprisingly.

"I was just lost a bit", Mehula lied to hide her stupidity.

They both started walking again.

"Why were you staring at him like that?", Prisha asked her while crossing her both arms against her chests out of curiosity.

"What does you mean by 'like that?", Mehula asked her innocently.

"Stop pretending like you don't know. The redness of your cheeks are making everything obvious.", Prisha said while rolling down her eyes.

Mehula lowered her gaze & didn't answered anything.

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It was 22nd of October, 2020. It was the time when their vacations started.

Mehula was sad today cause her nanny doesn't let her wear her choices' outfit. She made her wear an Alpukat colour sweater when it was already hot along with an Emerald coloured cotton pants.

But somewhere she was happy cause she was going to her maternal grandparent's house to shimla & she loves to spent her vacations there.

Nearly at 4 pm, they locked their house & left to market as they had to buy some stuffs on the midst of their way to parking area.

They were on the way of parking area, but the market was full of crowd as there was Diwali on the day after tomorrow. Many peoples were busy with the shopping of crackers, flowers, sculptures of Lord & many more things.

Mehula' gaze was drooling here & there without any reason. She was holding her nanny's hand while the guards went to the sweet's shop to buy some sweets & then they had to buy some other grocery & stuffs for Diwali pooja. So some of them headed to shops.

Mehula has social anxiety, that was why Mrs. Jain, her nanny stayed with her & they both stopped near the panipuri stall while waiting for the road to get clear so that they can cross it.

Mehula's unreasonable restlessness got disappeared somewhere, the moment her gaze found her silence into this crowdy & noisy place.

She saw her peace again, she met with her happiness again on an unexpected moment.

The noises of vehicles & peoples started vanishing into vain, soon the surrounding got filled with the serenity & silence.

Mehula loves it from the first day of her existence & now she loves him.

He was wearing that white uniform again, he was standing beside panipuri' stall & she forgets to catch the breath & the breath she took before looking at him got stucked into her treachea.

Her body got froze on the spot, her eyes got filled with that same shine again;

Her soul found its feath the moment their gaze collided into each other' again;

An eye for an eye & the whole world goes blind.

His cold gaze made the temperature around her decreased to -0°c.

But an unknown heatness was arousing up to her cheeks.

The eye contact lasted for 10 second & she got pulled by the hold of her nanny & the moment she passed beside him-

She inhaled his scent, it had smoky notes- the mixture of spicy, chilly sweaty, sweet & the little bit traces of wet wood & the smell arouses on the time of rain.

Is it his own fragrance, she said in her mind while inhaling deeply.

Soon she reached at the parking area & the driver.

Soon she reached at the parking area & the driver started driving. She & her nanny were sitting on the back seat, but Mehula's whole focus was on him.

She was engrossed by his existence.

She was lost into his rare essence.

She got entangled into his thoughts

She fell completely for his aura.

The whole way, she kept praying from God to let her see him again. She wanted to know him more. He was like some kind of miracle for her & she wanted this miracle to stay with her.

...*Flashback ended*...

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