Where it all began Shreyas and Nidhi Cont..

After a hectic day in office with the same work of printing the passbook and then telling balance to people, to explaining the customers it's a bank not a Xerox shop, to opening and reviewing accounts he was exhausted and he needed sleep. A closing day can specially test a banker, accounts tallying, balance sheet and pressure from head office. Shreyas was an engineer who had worked in an MNC in Mumbai, it was a different world for him in a bank. Shreyas was used to a posh lifestyle in Mumbai, handling big clients he had seen another world all together but one day when he was thinking of his future he somehow felt there's a stagnant growth in his field plus the job security issue. He was given 4 sites to handle which was earlier managed by his ex boss a 40 yr old man which the company sacked giving a month's notice. All this factors had clouded Shreyas thoughts and here he was an engineer working in a bank. With a lot of hope he came into banking after all he had seen his father working and providing for the family for almost 25 years now so he thought how hard would it be little did he knew seeing is not believing it was a nightmare for him like conjuring movie coming true. Still he used to keep that fake smile on his face and kept himself busy, off late he was good in faking a lot of things in life. After this long tiring day and attending a queue of customers he needed sleep but how could he sleep it was still two hours for the result to come out. An idea struck his head and there he was plugging in headphones, Arijit Singh was on with some Linkin park and Bruno mars what a mixed collection he had.

Thirty minutes past midnight his eyes were dropping he needed that bed but kept on saying let me see the result and then I will have a good night's sleep. He used to remember how at nights when he would feel sleepy and had to study Nidhi would call him up and tell him to have some tea, the irony being he hated tea. Every time they were out together Nidhi would order a cup of tea for both of them, he never said that he hated it just smiled and drank it. Nidhi used to find different coffee and tea shops around Delhi just to experiment new flavors of tea and Shreyas used to love her excitement and without saying a word would accompany her. It’s cold today have tea. You are wet in rains have tea. You have a head ache today Shreyas have tea. Nidhi’s solution to every problem was TEA. Nidhi was God's perfect creation. A dream come true, those round eyes of her , a smile which would make the whole world smile. She was not tall, she was not short just perfect, she was amazing just the way she was carrying that confident attitude Shreyas met Nidhi in a classroom and told his friend, Rohit one day I will be with this girl forever and ever. It was love at first sight for him little did he knew what mysteries life had planned for him.

          Sleep was not an option so why not make a cup of TEA. YouTube is one of the best inventions, Shreyas was ready with his tea recipe mixing ginger, tea leaves, milk, water and sugar. Excitedly he opened his messages and typed “Hi Nidhi you idiot I have made a full bowl of tea and that too watching a YouTube video I wish you were here love you” another message saved in his drafts. If only drafts could speak she would know how much he missed her, how much he wanted her to be there in his life. He still remembers when they used to talk for hours on WhatsApp, he used to say happiness is last seen turning to online and online turning to typing. It’s funny how they used to talk for hours and hours and now he couldn’t even say hi. So the tea was ready, he had his music, his laptop was open google chrome had seven different tabs all discussing about the results yet he was feeling sleepy probably because of the ambiance, lights off, everyone sleeping so he thought of taking a walk on the terrace. No matter how much he hated Bangalore, he couldn’t complain about the weather. Shreyas used to hide a couple of cigarette for emergency, although he was not a smoker he enjoyed it's feel once in a while. Taking out his stash he silently closed the door making sure his parents didn't wake up and went to the terrace. The clock had struck 1PM he lighted that match, took that first drag and coughed it had been a while since he had smoked. The cold breeze hit his face, the moon was perfectly lit up he could count the stars in that dark night. A certain nostalgia hit him, he remembered of the perfect life he had in Pune during his college life, those night outs, those walks a slight drizzle was what he needed.

Ting buzzed his cell as he was on that terrace enjoying that moment. “All the best for your results do tell me what happens I am awake and waiting”. It was Nidhi. At that moment he was numb there was a smile on his face tears in his eyes goosebumps all over, a shiver went through him. He wanted to call her ASAP, he wanted to listen to her voice and say I love you baby I missed you but some where down Shreyas knew that message is from a FRIEND and not from a LOVER.