Dammit. I forgot to pack my lunch again. I need to do something before this becomes a habit. I text Twinkle that I'm coming to her cabin for lunch.
T: I'll come and get you. You haven't seen the office yet.
T: Aiming for employee of the month, are we? 🏆
Me: Hahaha I was busy finishing the syllabus
Me: You're just jealous bcz the kids love me 😜
T: In your dreams 💁
T: But seriously, let me get you. You have been here for a month, kid 🐣
Me: I'll find you, mom. I'll call you if I can't find you, okay?
T: You don't listen, do you?
Me: Nahhh 😛
Trying to find her cabin, I find myself in front of what looks like a café. Tripti. Huh. Odd place for a café. Why is it hidden? How are people here? Maybe the kids and the office peeps eat here.
Damn. The aroma of chhole bhature is delicious. Why hasn't Twinkle told me about it? I text her to meet me at the café and go to the counter, "Aunty, one plate chhole bhature please?"
Aunty: "Are you new here?"
"Yes."
Aunty: "I.D.?"
Why does she want my I.D.? Do we have a canteen? As I hand her my I.D., she says, "Beta, this is Neenv's kitchen. Edify doesn't have a canteen."
Huh?
"I know. Isn't this a café?"
Aunty: "No, this is Neenv's kitchen. Neenv, as in the real-estate firm you share the building with."
Goddammit. I can't have one meal in peace or what?
A voice: "Sia?"
Ram?
I turn to find Ram and his friends standing behind me.
Ram: "What are you doing here?"
"What are you all doing here?"
Ram: "I asked first."
"I work here."
Ram: "Adi?"
Adi: "No."
What was that?
Ram: "Where do you work?"
"Edify."
Ram: "Oh, so you teach. Naaice. What are you doing in my kitchen?"
Your?
"Neenv is your company?"
Ram: "Yes."
This is turning a bit scary now.
Ram: "What is turning a bit scary?"
I need to stop talking to myself out loud.
"You. This. Accidental meetings. First, you hijack my auto. Then, you barge into my home. Now, you own the building my office is in. Ain't this scary?"
Ram: "I might call it a pleasant surprise, but suit yourself."
I chuckle.
Ram: "See, not scary. You're laughing."
"It's not up to you to decide whether or not meeting you is pleasant."
Ram huffs, "It is. I'm nice."
"You're not."
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Evading Love
FanfictionSia is tired of the things that life endlessly throws at her and does not have the time or energy for love. It doesn't help that the people around her are suffering, too. What happens when she meets Ram Kapoor, who seems to be all sunshine and rain...
