Sk: I miss you♥️
Ashwin read the text and smiled to himself, both of them were working crazy shifts as they missed a lot during Rakshan's wedding and also to compensate before they could take a break for their own wedding.
Ashwin's thoughts got disturbed when he heard someone enter his cabin making him shut his phone and compose himself. Preethi stood there with the next patient's op card and took the opposite chair as the patient took the one beside him.
He checked the middle aged man and read out the notes to Preethi who scribbled in his prescription and frowned when she didn't meet his eyes and straight away went outside to call the next patient.
After about an hour Ashwin casually asked
Ak: is everything ok Preethi?
Preethi: yes sir
Ak: athu... About Sivaangi
He dragged while she looked up with a sad smile
Ak: Ava chinna ponnu, aniki neenga hurt aairnthingana I'm very sorry
Preethi shook her head sideways and looked into his eyes
Preethi: hurt aachu sir, na poi solla porathilla. Intha 2 years unmaile unga Mela neraya aasa vachurndhen athu poga poga love ah maaruchu. Sonna enga neenga dhooram poiruvingalo nu sollala. En pakkathula thaana irukinga enga poira poringa nu oru overconfidence
She looked down fiddling with her fingers while Ashwin sat there unable to respond
Preethi: enaku en mele first uh kovam vandhuchu, en munnadi ye ungalta solla la nu, may be things would have been different nu thonuchu, aana nalla ukandhu yosichappo Sivaangi unga life la vandhadhukapram ungalta neraya changes. Neraya vaai vitu sirichinga, time ku veetuku poninga. Epavum 2 vaarthaiku Mela pesaadha enga doctor ipo avalo azhaga staffs tayum patients tayum interact panraaru
She smiled looking up at him
Preethi: apo than purinjukuten, oru vela Sivaangi unga life la varadhuku munnadi na en manasula irundhadha ungalta sollirndha kooda ennala avanga edatha pidichirka mudiyaathu. Unga life oda missing piece of puzzle maari avanga, only she can complete you!
Ashwin sighed resting back on his chair and smiled at her
Ak: enaku ena solrathune therla Preethi
Preethi: neenga ethume solla venam sir, oru closure kaaga en manasula irundhadha solten I really hope this doesn't affect our professional relationship. I really like to work under you, intha 2 years la na neraya learn pannen
Ak: sure Preethi, don't worry. And love has a very funny way of finding us. You'll know that soon when u meet the right person.
He gave her an assuring smile to which she nodded and they both got back to work.
Ak: Preethi, namma stroke patient reports vandhurucha?
Preethi: shoo, en scooty le maranthu vachuten sir. Ipo eduthutu vandhuren
Ak: okok, take ur time
He opened the next file while she excused herself out to their hospital parking.
Preethi was feeling a lot better, all these days when she thought she was gonna lead a miserable single life forever, this conversation really did make things easy for her and she felt like she can breathe with content now. May be moving on is not such a mystical maze like it seems to be.
With these thoughts in her mind, she smiled to herself and looked up at her scooty only to find a young man sitting on it smoking his cigarette making her frown and walk swiftly to him.
