Chapter Four
Kavya woke up with the sudden jolt, thanks to the thunderous alarm tone. With drowsy eyes, she got up from her bed and dragged the curtains open. The bright sun rays totally made her eyes wide open. As usual, she fixed her coffee and went straight to her swing zone and scooted on it with her morning companion, coffee. She never compromised with the quality time she used to spend with oneself. This always helped her to discover answers for some unspoken and tacit questions or helped her to come out of any dilemma. Introspection is what she believed in.
Kavya, after having her own time with the morning breeze and coffee, got ready by nine. She was almost done with her breakfast when the knock at the door jarred her. Her mom answered the threshold. There was Yash on the other side, waiting for Kavya.
"Namaste aunty.... Ummm... Is Kavya ready...?", Yash queried.
Kavya's mom motioned her to hurry up.
"Please, come in beta.....", Kavya's mom gestured him to get in. Yash got in and waved hi to Kavya to which she reciprocated with a grin.
"Only five minutes.... Yash, tell me what all documents do we need..??", Kavya inquired.
"Show me...I'll have a look and let you know the needy..", Yash said.
Kavya walked towards her bag and took hold of a file full loaded with all the documents.
"Here...", Kavya said while passing that file to Yash. He slowly flipped every single paper with scrutiny.
"We possess all the documents the only thing is we need attest them. Ummm...on our way to college...we can fix it. Now we may speed up.",
Yash said while gesturing towards the door.
Kavya nodded in concordance. She rooted in her sling bag on and waved her Mom a good bye. Yash and Kavya both didn't share a single word for a quite while, simply shared some simple smiles. And it was legit because both were total strangers to each other, one wrong move can ruin everything so both seemed conscious with every way they can. Finally, Kavya summoned the courage to initiate a conversation .
"Where will we attest those documents..? ", she inquired with concern.
"Just few more steps. We have a family doctor over at that place. He will verify and attest our documents. Even I did it from him." Soni Don't worry.", Yash replied assuringly.
"Hmm... Hope I hit it in the first list itself. By the way you're in the mechanical field.. Right.. ", Kavya asked excitedly.
"Definitely you will.... After all scoring 80 plus is not a gag. Yes, I'm in mechanical..... Which are you fronting for..?", Yash asked.
"Biomedical......",Kavya informed.
" Ohhh...Great... ", Yash said appraisingly.
After walking for about 10 mins, Yash and Kavya halted near Yash's family doctor's clinic.
" You wait here, I'll go in and have the papers done. Kavya nodded and perched on the bench comfortably. Yash accorded towards the doctor's cabin and strolled in. Within 5 mins he was back with all the papers attested and a broad smile of self assessment.
"Thanks a lot Yash. You have already dragged half of my college worries burden. ", Kavya said with absolute gratitude for Yash.
"Always my pleasure...Now stop being so formal with me...Kavya... Let's move now...", Yash uttered while escorting Kavya to speed up. Yash and Kavya, got a cab and headed towards the station. Kavya was really excited as the life she has always read in the newspapers and watched in tv news channel, will be live in front of her and more of she is now a part of it. The life goes on theory and the bindaas mumbaikar wala aatitude was captivating. Yash for once looked at Kavya's face, which was all looking outside and could feel the exhilarated eyes depicting amusement and shine. Her eyes twinkled and her gleaming face was alluring. The wind was definitely playing with her hair despite her hard attempts of tucking them behind her ears. He could only grin while glancing at Kavya.
They stepped down from the cab and walked towards the station. Kavya could see the whole station was packed with commuters. With passing time only more and more people are adding to the already packed space. Everyone is preoccupied with their own worries, tensions, plans and what not. She had heard that Mumbai Local Trains are the lifeline of this city and one of the busiest city, where people are always in a continuous tunnel of life, struggling for their bread and butter. She now knew that it was definitely true.
"God...!!! I haven't seen so many people at once, except during Navratri in our Gujreat.", Kavya exclaimed.
"Haaa....That you are right, but you will get used to this crowd once you start travelling on a daily basis.", Yash smirked.
"I'm so excited...", Kavya said smiling broadly.
"Really, see I'm not saying this just to horrify you, but let me tell you the truth, As it is your first day you gonna love this, but while you travel in the evening, way back to your home, the fusion of morning perfumes and cologne is transformed to sweaty armpits and sweltering bodies all around you. There is no escape. You have to smell in that air, but still you will love that, though with 'Ewww' feeling...", Yash chuckled.
"Okay...but still I'm excited.. Actually, you just elevated my excitement...!!!", Kavya winked at him and showcased a broad smile to which Yash nodded in appreciation.
On the arrival of the train, Yash already motioned Kavya to be in front of him so that he can shield her from any kind of ramming and buffeting. Kavya was really impressed by Yash's chivalrous nature. Yash grabbed seats for both of them as it would take an hour or so to reach their college. Kavya motioned Yash towards the window seat, and he understood that. He swapped the position and gave Kavya the window seat.
"We'll never grow up. This window seat thing is with every person.. Hai na...", Yash said.
"Yes...for sure. Be childlike, but don't be childish...!!", Kavya quoted.
"Hmmm... Well said..", Yash replied in admiration.
Yash plugged in his earphones and rested his head on the back of his seat. He offered Kavya, but she nodded in denial. Kavya lost herself in exploring the rustling and capturing the fast moving city's picturesque. She rested her head on the window grill and engrossed herself in the beauty of the new city. Where Yash was unknowingly taking a glimpse of her on unspecific intervals. Even he was bewildered about why every now and then her face dragged him. Her dancing long black hair, her almond shaped eyes, her radiating skin, her glistened face.... Everything enticed Yash towards Kavya. He tried to ignore her, but all in vain. Yash and Kavya were unaware of what their destiny held. Some for good and some for bad.
"Namaste aunty.... Ummm... Is Kavya ready...?", Yash queried.
Kavya's mom motioned her to hurry up.
"Please, come in beta.....", Kavya's mom gestured him to get in. Yash got in and waved hi to Kavya to which she reciprocated with a grin.
"Only five minutes.... Yash, tell me what all documents do we need..??", Kavya inquired.
"Show me...I'll have a look and let you know the needy..", Yash said.
Kavya walked towards her bag and took hold of a file full loaded with all the documents.
"Here...", Kavya said while passing that file to Yash. He slowly flipped every single paper with scrutiny.
"We possess all the documents the only thing is we need attest them. Ummm...on our way to college...we can fix it. Now we may speed up.",
Yash said while gesturing towards the door.
Kavya nodded in concordance. She rooted in her sling bag on and waved her Mom a good bye. Yash and Kavya both didn't share a single word for a quite while, simply shared some simple smiles. And it was legit because both were total strangers to each other, one wrong move can ruin everything so both seemed conscious with every way they can. Finally, Kavya summoned the courage to initiate a conversation .
"Where will we attest those documents..? ", she inquired with concern.
"Just few more steps. We have a family doctor over at that place. He will verify and attest our documents. Even I did it from him." Soni Don't worry.", Yash replied assuringly.
"Hmm... Hope I hit it in the first list itself. By the way you're in the mechanical field.. Right.. ", Kavya asked excitedly.
"Definitely you will.... After all scoring 80 plus is not a gag. Yes, I'm in mechanical..... Which are you fronting for..?", Yash asked.
"Biomedical......",Kavya informed.
" Ohhh...Great... ", Yash said appraisingly.
After walking for about 10 mins, Yash and Kavya halted near Yash's family doctor's clinic.
" You wait here, I'll go in and have the papers done. Kavya nodded and perched on the bench comfortably. Yash accorded towards the doctor's cabin and strolled in. Within 5 mins he was back with all the papers attested and a broad smile of self assessment.
"Thanks a lot Yash. You have already dragged half of my college worries burden. ", Kavya said with absolute gratitude for Yash.
"Always my pleasure...Now stop being so formal with me...Kavya... Let's move now...", Yash uttered while escorting Kavya to speed up. Yash and Kavya, got a cab and headed towards the station. Kavya was really excited as the life she has always read in the newspapers and watched in tv news channel, will be live in front of her and more of she is now a part of it. The life goes on theory and the bindaas mumbaikar wala aatitude was captivating. Yash for once looked at Kavya's face, which was all looking outside and could feel the exhilarated eyes depicting amusement and shine. Her eyes twinkled and her gleaming face was alluring. The wind was definitely playing with her hair despite her hard attempts of tucking them behind her ears. He could only grin while glancing at Kavya.
They stepped down from the cab and walked towards the station. Kavya could see the whole station was packed with commuters. With passing time only more and more people are adding to the already packed space. Everyone is preoccupied with their own worries, tensions, plans and what not. She had heard that Mumbai Local Trains are the lifeline of this city and one of the busiest city, where people are always in a continuous tunnel of life, struggling for their bread and butter. She now knew that it was definitely true.
"God...!!! I haven't seen so many people at once, except during Navratri in our Gujreat.", Kavya exclaimed.
"Haaa....That you are right, but you will get used to this crowd once you start travelling on a daily basis.", Yash smirked.
"I'm so excited...", Kavya said smiling broadly.
"Really, see I'm not saying this just to horrify you, but let me tell you the truth, As it is your first day you gonna love this, but while you travel in the evening, way back to your home, the fusion of morning perfumes and cologne is transformed to sweaty armpits and sweltering bodies all around you. There is no escape. You have to smell in that air, but still you will love that, though with 'Ewww' feeling...", Yash chuckled.
"Okay...but still I'm excited.. Actually, you just elevated my excitement...!!!", Kavya winked at him and showcased a broad smile to which Yash nodded in appreciation.
On the arrival of the train, Yash already motioned Kavya to be in front of him so that he can shield her from any kind of ramming and buffeting. Kavya was really impressed by Yash's chivalrous nature. Yash grabbed seats for both of them as it would take an hour or so to reach their college. Kavya motioned Yash towards the window seat, and he understood that. He swapped the position and gave Kavya the window seat.
"We'll never grow up. This window seat thing is with every person.. Hai na...", Yash said.
"Yes...for sure. Be childlike, but don't be childish...!!", Kavya quoted.
"Hmmm... Well said..", Yash replied in admiration.
Yash plugged in his earphones and rested his head on the back of his seat. He offered Kavya, but she nodded in denial. Kavya lost herself in exploring the rustling and capturing the fast moving city's picturesque. She rested her head on the window grill and engrossed herself in the beauty of the new city. Where Yash was unknowingly taking a glimpse of her on unspecific intervals. Even he was bewildered about why every now and then her face dragged him. Her dancing long black hair, her almond shaped eyes, her radiating skin, her glistened face.... Everything enticed Yash towards Kavya. He tried to ignore her, but all in vain. Yash and Kavya were unaware of what their destiny held. Some for good and some for bad.
To Be Continued......!!!
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