Meant to be
Part 1
It's a very pleasant evening time, the sun was about to set. she walked slowly on the lone street... watching the surrounding lack of interest
Very posh area of the city, trees along the sides of the road giving shades and calmness to the disturbed minds, the chirping of the birds were very pleasant to hear...but all these natural scenery were nowhere to be soothing her heavy heart.
The pounding ache on her head added fuel to her misery...
The day was not that good for her..it had started with the call from her home...that very incident itself took off her whole day's happiness,
In office also, work pressure, Kaushik's torture...
Now she badly needed some rest, she wanted this day should end here; she was not in a state of facing any other bad situation...
As she nearing her apartment, she saw an ice cream parlor which she regularly visits
She thought of having one, may be that could change her mind from the unwanted memories...
Always she was fond of ice creams, that too cassata was her favorite. The thought itself energied her mind..
She entered the shop, The man at the counter smiled at her as a welcoming gesture ...
"yenna ice cream madam?",
"One cassata please.."she asked...
"sorry mam,cassata stock illa,onnu dhaan irundhadhu ,ippa dhaan indha sir vaanginaaru"he said apologetically..and pointed out the man besides her..
She looked back at the stranger,
He gave a cheeky smile to her...
It looked very odd to her, why this man was smiling at her?
He was a good looking ,decent ,young guy...
"Its ok ,u can have mine,I will buy something else" he offered the ice cream to her
This was definitely fishy...
"No thanks,"she denied in a low voice...
Ponnungannaa,udane vazhivaanga ..cha..'
She muttered in a low voice..but she was sure that he could have heard that..
But she didn't mind that..
"Madam vera neraiya flavours irukku,sapidureengalaa ?"
She said to the shop keeper,"illai venaam,Naan innoru naall varen.."and went out .
"Ice cream saapitaa,manasu nallaa irukkumnu ponaa,innum mosam aandhu dhaan micham"
She cursed herself for taking bad decision..
She entered the huge apartment gate, the security staff, smiled warmly at her.the seriousness on his face indicates that he was about to say something to her..
She didn't had the mood of listening to any story..so she hurriedly moved towards her block..
It was an apartment having 6 blocks, each block having 6 floors...
She was in "D" block's fifth floor. As she neared the elevator..
"Out of order" poster smiled at her..
"Oh nooo...not again...irundhirundhu,inniku paarthu dhaan indha paalaa pona lift repair aaganumaa?" She cursed her fate..
Oh... idha dhaan andha security solla vandhaano?
Now I have to climb five floors on my foot...
As she reached the fifth floor... with huffs and puffs.. all the energy were drained in her body
Since morning she hadn't eat anything properly...
Now she badly needed a hot coffee...to get rid of her killing head ache..
But her roommate Kavya wouldn't be available..she missed her now so badly like never before...
She was not in a state to prepare coffee all by herself..
Her stressed mind needed some vent out...she needed a shoulder to relax.. but she was not that fortunate..
May be "experiencing care and concern "was not written in her fate...
She reached her apartment door, inserted the key in the hole..but she couldn't able to open it, it was struck..she tried hard may times, but couldn't able to make it...
The day couldn't be worse than this..
"Oh ...No...now I have to go down and call security for help...how stupid I am? not having the number of security guards..Only kavya has that,"
She went numb,as she didn't know what to do next...Suddenly she heard a voice behind her,
"Need any help?"
She jumped with a sudden voice...And looked at the source of that voice..
It was the same man, whom she encountered in ice cream shop..
She looked him with suspect
Was he following me?'
The thought itself chilled her palms...her heart beat increased,and adrenaline rushed towards her abdomen...
He smiled at her comfortingly..
"I am karthik,naan opposite flat ku pudhusaa kudi vandhiruken,four days agudhu,naan ungala munnadiye paarthiruken,but neenga yenna notice pannala pola"he said in a flow..
Oh ,ivandhaan kavya sonna Mr.Handsome aa?appaa naalu naalaa indha manmadhanoda puraanatha kettu yenakku kaadhe pulichi pochi..appadi yenna azhagu ivan?eyes parka nallaa irukku,smile kooda ok dhaan ,appuram..."she was immersed in her thought..
He snapped before her..."hello..."
She was ashamed of herself for such idiotic thoughts..
Her mind was oscillating whether to ask help from him or not?
Finally she decided to take the help,
"Hello,I am Raji...Raja lakshmi..."
"Nice to meet u Raji...yenna problem?he asked in concern..
"Actually,this door lock got jammed , open panna mudiyala..."
"May I..."he stretched his hand for the key..
She reluctantly handed over the key to him, and moved aside giving him enough room
He tried two times, at the third try.. the door opened with the click sound...
Now time for her to thank him...
"Thank you so much..." she said in a low voice and raised her eyes to him,
but he was not there,he was long gone from there,
He unlocked his door and had vanished inside his home..
"Romba thimiru pidichavan pola..."she shook her head carelessly and entered inside and shut the door tightly..
"Romba thimiru pudichava,periya ulaga azhaginnu nenaipu..,appadiye ivala paarthadhum vazhiyaraangalaam"he thought in irritation"Ava dhaan avlo kevalamaa pesinaa illa,appuram yedhukku daa nee poi avalukku help panna,maanam kettavan daa nee,"he scolded himself,for volunteered a help to her..
"Inimel andha flat pakkam thirumbi kooda parka koodadhu.".he made a resolution ...
At that time..he heard a loud scream from the opposite flat..
Forgetting his resolution he rushed to her flat...
But the sight he had seen there..He would never forget in his life time...
Raji was standing on the sofa with closed eyes and hands covering her ears..
She was in utter shock and terribly scared of something...
At first he was clueless of what was happening there..
After he got to see the whole situation, he burst out in laughter..
A cockroach was roaming here and there on the floor..
Hearing the laughing sound ,she snapped open her eyes..
On seeing karthik...she totally forgot her current situation and anger seeped in her..
"How dare u enter my flat ,without my permission...?"
"Its ur scream brought me here... I expected some thief or ghost...but didn't even imagined this small creature..I am wondering that even women having fear of such a cockroach do exist..."
He tried to hide his smile...
"yaaru sonnaa yenakku bayam nu...?"she got down of the sofa..."Sudden aa parandhu vandhu mela vizhundhadhum aruvarupaa irundhadhu,adhaan ..aaa" she felt something moving on her foot...
She jumped on to the sofa again..
This time he laughed out loud...she frowned at him...
The way she carried herself elegantly, and showed herself as a calm and composed person to the world, but in reality she was like a small innocent kid at heart, that melts his heart...
"Ok tell me where is the broom stick...?""its in the kichen,"she pointed towards the kitchen,
"Wait... I ll get it," he went inside , came back with the broom and hit the insect , collected it in the small carry bag and went out to dispose it...
Mean while she cleaned up the place, he returned after 15 minutes..
She felt pity for him..
"Paavam ,thirumba keezhapoittu vandhirukaan...konjam nallavan dhaan pola.."
She thanked him whole heartedly, this time without any hesitation..
"Unga thanks yaarukku venum?"
"Then?"
"Oru cup coffee kedaikumaa?Throat dry aagiduchi"
She had no other option other than to say.."yeah sure"
She quickly made two cups of coffee; She gave him one and took herself one.
They sipped the coffee in silence.
She expected him to say something about her coffee, but he said nothing..
"Konjam kooda manners ae illai ivanukku", she doesn't know why she needed a compliment from him..what did that mattered to her? she chided herself for her stupidity
He almost finished the cup, she couldn't wait anymore,
"coffee yeppadi irukku?"Words spilled out without her control
"Actually it was great..adhaan romba rasichi, kudichittu irundhen,thank u for such a wonderful coffee"
She herself couldn't control her flying heart..a sweet smiled appeared on her face..
"Neenga chummaa, muhasthudhi kaaga solreenga nu theriyum but irundhaalum thanks.."
"Naan yeppavume unamaiya dhaan sollunven..he returned the smile..
"ok then I take my leave...He was about to leave...
"Andha cockroach thirumba varaadhulla?"she bit her tongue hard for asking such a stupid question..
"Iyoo avan yennai pathi yenna ninaipaan..?...she thought to herself
He smiled at her innocence..and said teasingly..
"Solla mudiyaadhu,sethu pona poochi night aaviya vandhaalum varum..."and left...
Fear slightly peeped in her eyes, and then realizing his teasing..she starred at his back..
Sariyaana thimiru pudichavan,indha coffee oda serthu avanoda savagaasamum mudinjadhu..
She made up her mind...
But who knows..???
"A lot can happen after a cup of coffee ..."
To be continued...
index
part 1 - above
part 2 part 12 part 22 part 31 part 41
part 3 part 13 part 23 part 32 part 42
part 4 part 14 part 24 part 33 part 43
part 5 part 15 precap part 34 part 44
part 6 part 16 part 25 part 35 part 45
part 7 part 17 part 26 part 36 epilogue
part 8 part 18 part 27 part 37
part 9 part 19 part 28 part 38
part 10 part 20 part 29 part 39
part 11 part 21 part 30 part 40
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