A Day Off

It was any other day. She went to office and as usual was waiting for him to come in. It was like a daily ritual for them to have breakfast together. So, like any other day she was waiting that when Aryan would come and when they would eat. She checked his status on the office communicator a couple of times but he was offline.

Having waited enough she called him, “Hi sexy! Where are you?”

“Yes Niya” he replied in a tired voice.

This wasn’t a reply that she was expecting, “I’ve been waiting for you and you aren’t in the office, neither did you return my texts. All well?”

“Yes, just the usual headache” he complained.

“Oh… Did you eat anything?” she sounded concerned.

“No… Listen, I’ll sleep, let me call you back.” He replied annoyingly.

Although he sounded ignorant but Niya didn’t get mad at him. She knew that Aryan had bad headaches and would get cranky in such situations. She wished him well and hung up the phone.

She hated going to the cafeteria alone. Every known soul in the office knew that Niya and Aryan always hung out together. There was this traction between them which never went unnoticed. Going alone would always bring out a series of questions from not so good friends. Hence, she skipped breakfast and thought of having lunch early.

The day passed by and she got busy in her work. It was around 3:00 in the evening when she got a text from Aryan, “Hey… I am better now.”

She read the text and replied with a smile, “Well, that’s good news. Did you eat anything?”

“I was asleep, I didn’t but what about you?” he replied.

“I had my breakfast.” She replied conservatively.

“Yeah! Sure!” he replied with a smirk.

“Hah! So, you know! Big deal!” she replied with a quirk.

”But listen! I am hungry” Can you come?” he asked her.

“So, what? Do you want to eat me?” she texted.

“I am flattered but not in the mood to eat fish today.” He replied.

It was a busy day for her. Her manager was at her head trying to get the tasks completed. And hence she replied, “Will be there in 30 mins!”

“Great!” he replied.

She had never said “No” to him. Neither had he!

She reached his place as promised but was surprised to see him ready in the best of his clothing and with a nice fragrance on.

“Hey… what is this?” she questioned.

“We are going to the beach.” He replied.

“But your headache?” she further enquired.

“It went off when you said you’ll come to see me.” He replied flirtingly.

She blushed and replied, “Anyway, you look too good to be sick!”

He smirked in return and said, “Well, we can stay in if you want there’s no one around!”

“Oh, come one Aryan!” she blushed, “Let’s go. We’ll first get something to eat at the mall then go to the beach.” She said.

They loved spending time at the beach together. And going to the mall just before to grab some burgers was a part of the itinerary to the beach. After having filled their tummies to full they went to the beach and sat at their one favorite spot. The sky had turned dusky and the waves had become aggressive. Well, the sun and moon could have been charged guilty for setting up the beautiful act for the young souls. As the night kept on becoming dominant the breeze started getting faster and colder. They had been chatting for quite some time now and the words had started coming to an end. Now the only thing between both was the cold sea breeze. The conversation which was working as the insulator had now faded away.

Niya held Aryan’s hand tightly. She could feel the warmth starting from his hand and travelling all the way across her heart. She kept staring at the waves as she felt shy in looking towards Aryan. Aryan on the other hand shamelessly kept on staring at her. After a point she looked at him, tilted her head to the left, smiled and asked him, “What are you looking at?”

He didn’t reply. He didn’t need to. Niya giggled and kept her head on Aryan’s shoulder. Aryan wrapped Niya in his arms like a little kitten. Niya tucked herself further inside his arms making herself comfortable. Niya could hear Aryan’s heartbeats clearly and Aryan could very well sense the shiver in her body.

“Niya!” said Aryan.

“Hmm…” Niya whispered softly.

“We shouldn’t be doing this.” He said.

Niya was brought back to reality by these words by Aryan but she decided to keep mum.

She looked at Aryan with all the love in the world in her eyes and a tear dropped off! Aryan needed no explanation for the reaction from Niya. He understood everything.

Niya closed her eyes and leaned towards Aryan and they kissed with all the passion that they had for one-another. They let out all the hidden feelings, all the unspoken feelings that they had buried in their hearts for so long. The beach felt silent to them, the waves hitting the shore so hard had gone mute and all the people on the beach had gone dumb.  

Niya still wrapped in Aryan’s arms and both their eyes still shut. It seemed as if they were on the most solace place in the world just when Niya’s phone rang. She took out the phone from her pocket and answered it, “Hi… I am out with my team. I’ll reach in another hour. Will call you then.”

“Who was it”, enquired Aryan.

Niya got herself out from Aryan’s arms, sat straight and gasped, “My boyfriend!”

--by AMbuj