Chapter 04

Giving out a small smile, still feeling nervous he went inside. It was a nice, single room flat with well furnished interiors and lovely colors.

He had a look around the place but all he could see was pale walls that held something discrete.

'Um...Your parents?' He asked standing near the door of the kitchen.

'They are not here, I am working and staying here all by myself,' Nisha who was preparing a coffee replied handing him a bottle of water.

He took it with a smile and gulped in a few.

'Nice place but are you staying here alone?' He asked again.

'Yeah'

'Your workplace?'

'Its nearby'

All his curiosity was breaking the bounds moreover her simple answers which never answered his questions made him grow more and more curious about this girl.

Once again he tried to have a clear look at her, who was dressed in a fancy little dress and had a mask on her face which was not just hiding her identity but also many dark secrets.

He could see her frowning and getting nervous at his questions, specially about her personals. She was surely trying to hide something from him, but why?

Moreover why is he caring about her?

Why is he trying to dig out her past?

Is he in love with her?

Questions are veiled now but answers are more dangerous for such questions.

'Why don't you change? Wont you feel uneasy in these party clothes for such a longtime?' He asked her to move and tried making coffee.

'Yeah,' she replied moving out of the place who was waiting for an excuse.

'Here are the mugs' she said and disappeared within seconds and the dark secrets of night were about to come out.

What is life all about??

Expecting the unexpected things to happen in life so that every time your expected expectations will shatter and leave you behind completely broken.

'So tell me about you,' He asked her handing a mug with a same suspicion.

'Hmm...about me?' She tried to chuckle holding her anxiety 'Nothing much to say,' She said avoiding his gaze.

'Hmm....then what you wanna say about your suicide attempt?' He sounded serious this time as every time her simple one word answers annoyed him.

Nisha's expression changed all of a sudden,' I said that I don't wanna talk about it now,' she moved out to the balcony leaving him behind.

'Then why were you following me?' He followed her shooting his questions.

The whole discussion was going in some another way, they both wanted to spend some more time with them as they really enjoyed each other's company. But now he was trying hard to dig out her past and as a reflex she was also too adamant to reveal her past.

'I wasn't,' she tried defending herself. 'Can we switchover to some other topic?' She tried to shield herself.

'No...I need to know the answers,' He replied sternly.

'I think it's not going to get better in any way but why are you so interested in knowing about me?' She asked.

'Because you have already learnt about my past and I wish to know about you as well,' He said as his temper joined his curiosity. 'But why are you so secretive and why are you trying so hard to hide things?' He expressed his suspicion.

'Why the hell you wanna know about me? we are not on a date or something...' she retorted back without having a hold on her words which turned the whole situation into a lot more embarrassment.

Both of them were taken aback while he was quite confused about his interest in her personals and she was also quite embarrassed but relieved when he became silent.

Without giving him any chance to speak further she went inside leaving him alone in the balcony, where they had a little heated argument just a while before.

Where is this heading?

Love isn't accidental, is it?

'I m sorry for what I said a while ago,' her voice disturbed his deep thoughts about her.

He turned to see her standing next to him placing her hand on his shoulder.

'I shouldn't have said that,' she added.

'I am sorry too, I shouldn't have forced you,' He too apologized.

They both thought they were strangers to each other and had no need to interfere in each other's lives but unknowingly they were held together and bonded by the chord of destiny.

'No worries and no sorry's now,' she smiled brightly when the atmosphere lightened up a little.

They both were back to normal as the same strangers who met in the middle of the night. He met an amazing chatter box in his life and enjoyed her chatter all the time which had no breaks.

His thoughts travelled back to the time when he met her for the first time, when she approached him to help to get back home, how she taunted him but at the same time she apologized for hurting him and followed him till he got his way back. How they enjoyed the ride without destination and landed up in the hospital where he spent his frightening hours caring for her.

Their last night food fun, her helping nature, wonderful, cute personality and many other things held him up with her and he was not late this time to realize his true feelings for her.

He was sure that they were not a strangers anymore and more over this feeling had a new hope for his life. He noticed her who was lost in her own chatter and that is when he realized that he is in love with her. It's true that you don't need years to feel that one special moment, just one second of realization made him confess his feelings for her.

After a very longtime his heart felt the true circumstances of "LOVE" again and there he was admiring her and thanking god for the wonderful timing and night.

'I love you,' He confessed loud enough for her to hear.

She was taken aback and stopped her chatter looking completely perplexed.

'Huh?' She wasn't sure what she heard but surely knew that he confessed clearly.

'Nisha, I said I love you,' He was more loud this time and those words directly got into her head.