LOVE and LIKE are two human behavioural phenomenon that goes hand in hand. If she LIKEs you then definitely she will LOVE you someday. One can LIKE the behaviour of someone, sense of humour or their unique styles that distinguish that person in the crowd. Such was the case with Ragav, he believed that someday Arya will definitely love him. Just he had to maintain the patience and let the Likeness upgrade to LOVE. The Best feeling in this world is when the person you Love, loves you back. Everything changes when your crush starts to like you. Ragav now had a different feeling towards Arya, like she is one of the most precious diamond in the world which needs greater attention.
Night before the last exam of semester 2 : 11:00 PM
The exam timeline of an Engineering student is the true phase where the real engineer comes to life. The first step to clear every written exam is gathering of notes from library. Students who never visited library since their last exam enter library like a celebrity. For them its like a museum where academic books are for public viewing and borrow the same for a temporary time being. But its not necessary that everyone should get the book, some unfortunate move to next possible alternate i.e Xerox- photo copies. Sometimes the person who runs Xerox centre in college has better knowledge of syllabus than students do.
Late night studies, revision, group studies, collecting the notes practising the diagrams, solving the problems, guessing the possible question in next paper, deciding which chapter should be omitted from syllabus, all these activities are done during the exam week.
It was last paper for Ragav, frustrated with the studies he decided to call Arya and dialled her number.
Arya “Hellooe” in her sweet voice
Ragav “hey sweetie … wassup ?”
Arya “revising the last chapter … what about you?”
Ragav “done with first section …will start second section now...”
Arya “Whaaaat? Now? When you’ll sleep?”
Ragav “haha.. maybe tomorrow after paper”
Arya “God help you dude...”
Ragav “I was thinking can we could go for coffee tomorrow after paper??”
Arya “you asking me for a date?” with a giggle
Ragav “sort of date… because you like me now and I like you”
Arya “ahem... ahem... this is getting serious”
Ragav “OK deal done… tomorrow 5PM at Nescafe! ”
Arya “But…”
Ragav “No buts! See you tomorrow good Night…”
This was it Ragav got a chance to spend some time with her which he wanted since he saw her first time in bus.
NEXT MORNING:
8 AM:
Ragav hardly slept for 3 hours as he had to cover the second section of syllabus but manged to complete his studies.
9:45 AM: College Campus
Every student has to check the examination hall and get there by checking the roll number on the notice board. Ragav was busy trying to find his number in the crowd. Suddenly in between the crowd a soft hand caught his hands and pointed to exam hall number on the board. “WTF? This is my exam hall! How come she knows...”
Ragav still confused, got out from the crowd “Hey how come you know my seat no?” and saw her.
Arya “I could be your spy!” winked at him with her smiling.
10:00 AM:
The last hope to get passed in exam is making some deal with God and 3 hrs of creativity in writing the exam paper. With all the blessing from God take the question paper from the examiners hands and gaze at the questions. Some questions you find familiar and some not, it depends on efforts you applied in studies.
12:00 PM:
Questions seemed to be easy for Ragav and was trying to attempt every question, but he was very happy with the thought that he was going to meet Arya and was thinking about her this whole time.
1:00 PM:
After exam Ragav texted Arya “will be waiting for you … 5 PM! Nescafe ”
Nescafé 5 PM
Sometimes waiting for a girl in life is frustrating but waiting for a girl at coffee shop is torture. Ragav was waiting for Arya since 40 mins but she didn’t show up. Finally she arrived, she was in her pink top. ‘Hello Kitte ‘with a cat on her shirt and black jeans with shoes. She also had a matching pair of ear rings which increased her beauty by 2 points (final score 102/100). She looked fabulous.
Arya “Ragav so sorry … didn’t got the bus… and”
Ragav “its fine dear! I’ll keep on waiting for you ages”
Hearing this she blushed “Thank you” with a smile.
Ragav ordered the coffee and both settled at the table.
Arya “looking handsome…”
Ragav “who? me?”
Arya “no your grandpa” with a grumpy face
Ragav “hehe … thank you! and btw you are looking beautiful!”
Arya “Ya I know that…”
And there was no stopping. They got into the talking with each other about their studies, favourite food, films, songs etc just like the best friends talk. Ragav dint wanted to ask her but finally asked her
Ragav “what do you think about love?”
After thinking a bit she replied “Falling in love is like jumping off a really tall building, your brain tells you it’s not a good idea but your heart says you can fly “
Ragav “so you tried loving…”
Arya “change the topic...”
There was something wrong when it comes to love. Ragav felt this and wanted to know more but he didn’t want to push the subject more.
Ragav “so when are you going home? Tomorrow?”
Arya “yea … by 4.30 bus”
Ragav “yes… the fortunate bus!”
Arya “The coincidence bus! hehe”
Ragav “this time it will be not a coincidence because I’m also coming by same bus…”
Arya “good for both of us then… we can chat and have fun…”
Ragav “ok then tomorrow by 4.30 … make sure you bring all your stars at you side because mine are already at my side”
Arya “shut up!” and punches on his shoulder.
THE JOURNEY DAY: 4:30 PM
Ragav and Arya boarded the bus, since they had already done the reservation they need not to worry about the crowd. After getting settled in their seats Ragav took the side seat while Arya window seat. He knew this was going to be special moment for him. Time flies quickly when you are with someone and when ‘someone’ is your crush then you are in different universe. Ragav and Arya spent whole journey talking and teasing each other. Ragav felt like he knew her since ages and she is the one!
After few hours they reached a pit stop.
Ragav “This is the place where first we met”
Arya “ya… I was sleepy...hehe”
Ragav “Still you looked beautiful...” trying to be honest.
Arya “Ragav … stop flirting…” still trying to control her blushing.
As the evening turned into night, the cold wind blowing through the window and your crush sitting next to you. Perfect setup for romance!
Arya rested her head on his shoulders with closed eyes. Ragav didn’t wanted to wake her up, he took her hands in his and whispered in her ears “Arya…”
Arya “hmmm…” raised her head and looked into his eyes.
Ragav looked into her eyes “do you love me?” could hear his heart beating.
Arya with long silence “maybe but …” and tear drop fell from her eyes.
Ragav “Shhhh… Shhhh…” still trying to consolidate her “Arya I Love you”
He looked into her eyes… She looked into his eyes… and her smooth lips met his.
To be Continued…
