"Marry me."
Two words. Two people. Two different situations.
Ipshita Kumari, a 25 years old mechanical engineer at the MicroMakers, is faced with a different side of her lover, and a difficult decision.
Kabir Arora, a 26 years old software enginee...
She came outside to find Sia had prepared snacks for her. She sat down at the sofa as Sia set everything on the table.
"Need help? " Ipshita offered, which Sia kindly declined.
"Naah, it's done."
[Naah = Nope]
Sia poured the sherbet for both of them, handed one glass to Ipshita and sat down beside her.
"You've got quiet a pretty apartment." Ipshita started, "Seems like the company is paying well, huh? " She nudged Sia's shoulder, slightly teasing her.
"Arre, don't be fooled. It's actually a lot cheaper than it looks. "
"Really? How much ? "
"Why? Jealous? " Sia teased back.
"At least I get to live near my parents." Ipshita countered.
This was how their friendship was- constant teasing and banter. Their banter used to get so extreme sometimes, that others would have to separate them.
But they never crossed the limits. They both knew what the boundaries were and never hurt each other with their teasing.
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I felt so much better after talking to Sia. It reminded me of the college days.
After a bit of teasing, we sat in comfortable silence, both of us sipping our drinks.
The initial awkwardness faded away and it was peaceful now.
"You don't live with your parents?" Sia asked.
She must've caught on the 'near' part.
"All employees are provided living quarters, and I wanted my own space. So, I moved there. "
She nodded.
"And what about Kabir? "
My mood soured. Sia did not know about him yet, I did not tell her. In fact, I have not told anyone except my parents about it yet.
It was not intentional. I just did not know how to bring it up, and I did not wish to remember that again.
But now that the topic has arose, I decided to tell her.
So, I told her everything. How the calls reduced, then the messages too, and finally how after a month of no response from him, I decided to block him everywhere and cut all ties.
"Is that why you changed your contact?"
Yes, I changed my contact too around the same time after graduation. But that was not because of him. Coincidently, around the same time when I was busy cutting off ties and working on myself, our manager decided to take us trainees on a trek. I was talking to my parents at night, when one of my colleagues, Prem Mathur decided to scare me.
He succeeded, but in the attempt, my phone slipped out of my hand and fell on the other side of the fence, down the hill.
Prem immediately apologized and offered me his phone, as I wished to inform my parents. My sudden scream and the sudden ending of call must've scared them too.
And I was right. They were scared, but relieved when I explained the situation. Though I did get a good one hour scolding for losing my phone.
Sia laughed while listening to my story. I laughed along with her. Soon, we got tired of all that talking and laughing, and we both retired to our rooms for the night.
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It's been 18 months, 18 months since I lost her. I know it is my fault. I did not contact her, I did not give her enough love and care.
But I had to.
I couldn't let him know about her, I couldn't let him target her.
In the process of protecting her, I ended up losing her.
And now, I couldn't get in touch with her. She had blocked me from all her social media accounts, which was expected, and just recently I learned that she had changed her phone number too!
Did she hate me that much now?
The thought made me sad, par koi nhi, mana lunga. She is my girl, she will understand, like she always did.
[par koi na, mana lunga = But no problem, I will convince her.]
I turned my attention to my right hand man and friend, Advaik. He has helped me build The Nexsite Technologies, been with me since the start. When I lost Ipshita, I ended up spending days locked up in my room. He pulled me out and helped me find her again.
