Chapter : 3

...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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