Chapter 2

Amaya was called by someone and she left us. I was happy to have him all to myself, but to break the ice was a massive job to do.

" Well, how are you?" I asked. Oh god, it's the only thing I know to ask.

" Fine, what about you? "

" Same here."

Really! Could this get any more awkward.

" Have you heard about Jasmi, she got married last september. " I tried my best.

" Yeah I couldn't make it to the marriage. I had exams. I saw the photos on instagram, though "

" Oh! You missed it, there were a lot of our classmates there. " I said as if I don't know why he didn't attend the marriage. Of course I know, I asked around a bit about his absence.

" Mmm"

" Ishiha is back, right? " I asked. She is his elder sister and one of sister's bosom friends.

" Yeah, she came 2 days ago." He answered.

Now what to talk.

I want to talk to him about a lot of things. But I can't get a word out of me.

How have you been - without me?

Did you miss me like I did?

Did you think about me all the time like I did?

Did you wish to see me?

I felt hopeless as I can neither ask him these questions nor accept the truth. He won't miss me cause if he did, a single message and I would have bombarded our chatbox with my rambling.

Well I am partly in fault too since I don't have the courage to initiate a talk either.

Our chat is restricted to a happy birthday message that we sent each other. Atleast he didn't forget my birthday like I never forgot his.

" Do you remember Neeraj?"

" The tall boy, who had glasses right?"

" Yeah, him! He recently started a business and is even planning to get married soon"

" What? Marriage? We are only 22! I can't believe it, isn't it a bit early! " I said my voice racing and shaken.

"Well he's been in a relationship since our school days. Remember her? Her parents are insisting on getting her married so.." He looked around and replied

" Oh I see" I can't believe I just lost control of my stupid mouth. It's just that when I heard about a boy getting married, I felt like he would get married soon too. I can't even think about his marriage. He would call me and I would have to see him getting married to someone else. He will grab her hand tightly and smile at her.

No Anika! Don't think about it. It will only hurt you.

" Well what are your plans for the future? " I asked trying to distract myself from my gloomy thoughts.

" Job related or marriage?" His lips curled into a sly smile and God I want it to be mine.

" Both! " Yes it's perfectly natural to enquire into such details between classmates.

" Well I just finished college, so at first I want some peace of mind and would just like to idle around. I have given some interviews and will wait for the results meanwhile." He paused and looked at me, his glare piercing my eyes.

" About marriage I haven't thought much about it. " He added.

Yeah you may have not thought about it but I have. I have dreamed billions of times about marriage - our marriage, where I will walk in a carmine red lehenga and you in a champagne coloured sherwani. We would be in so much love.

No stop daydreaming

" What about you? Ready to settle soon or waiting to complete your studies?."

" Yeah my first priority right now is to complete my internship. I don't have time for anything else now and would think about the rest after it." I lied like I haven't been married to him in my head.

Our chat went on about a lot of casual matters, our mutual friends, the gossips and so on. It was one of the longest chats I had with him and I wonder why I didn't took an initiative in the past. Well he used to be the fun type and talk to everyone in the class but would refuse to talk to me. So I was kind of upset about it and would never initiate a talk.

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