"So.. How was the sight seeing?" the message said on my WhatsApp, flashing an unknown number.
"Who the hell is messaging me so late!"
I cursed under my breath and looked into my phone uninterested. Oh! It's an unknown number. Let me see the DP. He seems familiar! Oh ! it's that laptop guy! What was his name again! Drat.. I forgot again. something with a M.... That's fine. And I named him the laptop guy.
""Hey!, it was great. How was yours?"
'It was nice. So what are you doing tomorrow?"
"What is tomorrow? Am I missing something?"
"No..no! I thought.. If you were free.."
Okay! It keeps getting awkward dude.
"May be we could go for a walk in the morning?"
Ah.. What do I say? I don't even get up that early in the morning. Also it's Monday tomorrow!
"okay sure. what time?" Impulsive reply. You are so gonna regret it!
"okay great! see you then. Tankbund. 6:00a.m"
Great! 6:00. It's like the middle of the night. Does he even sleep? I set my alarm for 5:30, 5:45, 5:50 and went to sleep. And miraculously the next day I woke up at 6:00 because of a call.
"Hey Tara. This is Manav. Are you coming for the walk. I am already here."
Oh shoot. I slept through 3 of my alarms.
"Hey Manav! Yes, Of Course I am coming. You stay right there."
Okay, focus! Tankbund is like 10 min from my place. So, if I brush my teeth really fast I can get there in 15. Possibly have to run.
And I ran .. like my life depended on it. Finally called him up got to know the location and started walking with him.
"Are you okay Tara? Did you run all the way here?"
"What! Noo.. I jog daily. I was actually running when you called me."
Yes, lie through to your teeth.
I will never forget that talk or that walk. It was the most amazing one you can ever have with someone. We talked about movies, likes, dislikes, childhood, family, college, office, future, laughed, made fun of each other and best of all I lost track of time until my phone vibrated in my pocket.
"Hey, Dia! What's up ? Is that the time? Oh I came for a walk.... With Manav... Yes, your office... Okay. I am on my way. I will get ready quickly."
"We are so gonna be late."
"I know. This was great. We should do this again." I couldn't believe I said that.
"Yeah, sure. You wanna get breakfast?"
"I so want to. But we are gonna be very late Manav."
"That's okay. We will meet at the breakfast point after getting ready. Okay?"
"yeah. okay. Bye."
"Bye."
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