In the afternoon, when the bell rang, Sindhu jumped up from her place and went to open the door. When she opened the door, there stood Steve in all his glory.He was tall with a fair complex. His eyes were blue and piercing. He was slim but looked fit. His hairs were unkempt but short. He had a wide grin plastered on his face and both his arms extended on both sides.Sindhu immediately flung herself on him and hugged Steve in a vigor. Steve lifted her off his feet and circled around with Sindhu still in his arms."I missed you so much, sis. It's soo good to see you. God, I missed you.", Steve said still hugging her tightly. Steve let go of Sindhu only when he heard someone cough behind them. Steve carefully placed Sindhu back at her feet and turned to the source of the voice. "And you are??", Steve asked in a stern, authoritative voice trying to intimidate Gautham. But since he was several years younger than Gautham and Shreya, his naivety showed very apparently

Sindhu: I will pick you up after work. I want to take you someplace.Gautham let out a chuckle seeing the authoritative tone that Sindhu used even when she was texting. At sharp 6 pm, Sindhu was at his office and half dragged him out, to a lot of his colleague's amusement.Half an hour later, they were outside a normal-looking house. Its name board read 'Aryan Singhania'. Gautham figured it was the house of Sindhu's best friend. Gautham felt a slight pang of jealousy creep in him. But he was not dense enough to let it cloud his judgment. He knew Aryan meant a lot to Sindhu. Aryan must have done something right to have earned that place. So Gautham wanted to build a good relationship with Aryan too.Sindhu rang the bell and a guy opened the door with a bright smile. He was tall, with a fit body and brown eyes. He had both his hands wide open to give Sindhu a bear hug but Sindhu lightly shoved the guy away and went inside and hugged a female standing in their livi

Sindhu and Gautham left Aryan's place at about 8 pm. They had a hefty dinner. They had a lot of fun.Gautham found himself attached to them just after spending a few hours, especially Adithi. He felt like he could have a relationship similar to that of Aryan and Sindhu's between himself and Adithi. She talked so much that he wondered how her jaws had not gone numb yet. She was out of the world bubbly and so straightforward. She talked as if she had no filter on her mouth and Gautham liked it even though she asked him some awkward questions.Gautham also got along with Aryan. Seeing as both females forgot the guys more often than not when they talked within themselves, Gautham and Aryan invariably ended up talking a lot too.When they reached Gautham's office to take his bike, Sindhu suggested they go on a walk, and Gautham obviously happily agreed.The city was still bustling around them with vehicles and people all around. Hotels and other eateries were

Thanks to his parents’ relentless teasing and his own head playing tricks on him, Gautham actually ended up in front of Sindhu’s home well past midnight.His hands hovered over the phone hesitating for the 100th time whether to call her or not.Even if it is just his own imagination, why not let the imagination last for at least one night? Why do you have to be so paranoid and burst the bubble so soon?If it were only possible, he would probably roll his eyes at his own thoughts…But then it was also right on some level.He was being paranoid. He did not really realize how desperate he was until this moment… When she did not confirm, he was able to maintain some composure because he had always been preparing for the worse. But now that he had tasted the sweetness, he found that it was getting hard to keep his calm and think straight.In frustration, he actually banged his head over the steering w

In a blink of an eye, both their parents started preparations for the marriage. The list of rituals was endless. Sindhu barely had any time to comprehend what was actually happening around her. Both the parents rushed into everything so fast as if they were scared she would suddenly change her decision or something. It felt as if both had everything already ready and were only waiting for her to nod. There were about three months before she became a married woman.Sindhu did not even get time to think anything. Not that she was having second thoughts. She will think... She will think hard before taking a decision but once she decided she never thinks about it again but all the shopping's, poojas, and all sorts of people calling her up to congratulate her- she felt exhausted.On the other hand, Gautham was ecstatic. He won't stop grinning no matter what anyone said. He even took the incessant teasing from his parents and cousins head-on without flinching. The only downs