Atlast it happened…

By Anuj

After that day we kept meeting each other every alternate weekend when both of us would be free. We enjoyed each other’s company. We went for movies, had lunch together, went shopping and had late night dinners with each other. Just the two of us and mind you we were not in love. We were “JUST FRIENDS”. One evening when I was still in office Sita called me up asking if we could have dinner together as her aunt was out of town and she really wanted to have food from her favorite restaurant. I was not too willing as I had loads of work and moreover it was not a weekend. But I said yes. I didn’t want to say no to her. I left office and caught a bus to reach the place which was about an hour away from my office. All of a sudden it started to rain. It started raining like it had never rained before. Within no time the roads were all flooded with water and the traffic was increasing. Cars and rickshaws could not move properly through water and many of them broke down on the street causing a traffic jam. My bus was just a kilometer away from the restaurant. It was getting late. So I got off from the bus and tried catching a rick. But my efforts were in vain and I had to walk all the way in that rain getting drenched to the restaurant. At last I reached the place. There stood Sita with an umbrella half drenched looking scared and when she saw me I could see her smiling again. “I am so sorry Anuj. I shouldn’t have called you tonight. Look at you. You are all drenched. Oh my God!!!!!!! U’ll fall sick…. Why didn’t you carry an umbrella?”. She looked so innocent when she said all that. I could see the worry in her eyes and I pacified her saying that its completely fine I wont fall sick so she need not worry. “Haan aap to steel ke bane ho na?????”, she teased me. “Steel nahi paagal Iron ka bana hu”, I replied back and she smiled. We went inside the restaurant and ordered food. as the waiter brought the food and we were about to eat it the electricity went off. The rain had played his favorite game and the power supply of that part of the city was disrupted. In no time the waiter brought candles and now we were having a candle light dinner. We both smiled at each other and had food in complete silence. It was 10 pm by the time we were done with our dinner and the rain had reduced to mere drizzling. We waited for a rick so that I could drop Sita back home but we could hardly find one. The roads were so flooded that none of the rick drivers were ready to go the area where Sita lived. Finally we got a cab that was going towards my place. We got into it and asked if he could first leave Sita at her place and then leave me at mine. We were read to pay him any amount he asked but he said that the roads were all closed that went in that direction. Sita looked worried and cold. I could see Goosebumps on her hand. We were left with only one option.

By Sita

We somehow reached Anuj’s flat at around 11 pm. He lived alone in his apartment. I had been to his place earlier but only during the day never so late at night. I was cold and we were both drenched. He gave me a pair of his clothes to change into and I looked like a joker in his over sized clothes. He suppressed his smile and avoided bursting into a laugh. He made black coffee for both of us and we sat watching TV and sipping coffee. Now I felt better after having coffee. I was no more cold but we were both not quiet comfortable being alone with each other. We hardly talked to each other. All we did was just watch TV. Kept on changing channels and struggled with sleep till 3 am. Finally at 3.30 am we decide to sleep. He would sleep in the drawing room and I in the bedroom. So we said our good nights and went to bed. After 10 mins I heard Anuj’s voice. “Sita….are you asleep?”. “No… I am still awake. Why what happened?” “I can’t sleep. Sing something for me please” “Anuj I can’t be in this room and sing aloud. What if your neighbors hear my voice?” I had just finished my sentence and there he was sitting right next to me. It was dark and there was a little light that illuminated the room. Enough light for us to see each other’s face. “What should I sing?”, I asked. “Any song of your choice”. I thought for some time and sang an old hindi song. He closed his eyes and was listening in rapt attention. I completed the song and stopped singing. “One more please” and he said it so sweetly that I couldn’t refuse. I sang one of my favorites and closed my eyes while I was singing. As I finished I could feel Anuj really close to me. He was waiting for me to open my eyes. As I opened my eyes what I felt was Anuj’s lips on mine.