Love Bites

Unexpected Serendipity (3)

 Avni was finally done with all her classes at the very first day of the start of the course. The day had turned out to be actually good. She had found Neil ready for his office when she came out of her room. They had their breakfast together & Neil had even prepared a lunch box for her. How early did he even wake up? He had even dropped her to the Institute even when Avni told him that she would book a cab. Her cheeks had heated up when he had wished her luck for the first day. 

At the moment, she was just stepping out of the premises of the Institute when she saw Neil's car there. Confused, she walked up to it & knocked on the passenger window as she knew he'd be sitting there. 

N - How was your day? All good? - he asked as he got off the car. 

A - It was good. - she smiled as her cheeks started heating up again. 

N - That's nice! - he smiled back. C'mon, sit. Let's go home! - he turned to open the door for her. 

A - Uh, Neil. - she held his arm before he could open the door. 

N - Yes? What happened, Avni? Do you need anything? - he asked. 

A - Uh, No! I just, could you please show me the route of public transport. I want to travel like the locals. Gaadi mein raste smjh nhi aate hain! Sab ek jaise hi lagte hain! - she spoke innocently making him smile. 

Avni watched Neil as he walked around the car & asked the driver to leave the car at home. Once the car was out of their sight, he slowly walked towards Avni as he led her towards the pavement. 

A - Thankyou! - she said as she fiddled with the straps of her bag while he walked next to her on the pavement.

Neil didn't say anything & they just walked in comfortable silence for a while till they reached the end of the lane. Neil told her to take a left turn from there as he told her about some of the landmarks that were there in the surrounding. They reached the metro station in about ten minutes & Neil helped Avni to get a metro card of her own. 

Just when they were about to start stepping down the staircase in order to reach the platform, the announcement of a metro was made. 

N - Ah, I guess, we'll just have to wait for twenty more minutes till the next one comes. - he said as he slowly stepped down the stairs.

A - What? But, I am hungry! Let's run & catch the train, no! C'mon! 

And before Neil could retort, she grabbed his hand as she started descending the stairs with Neil following her closely. The metro was already at the platform by the time they descended the stairs. 

N - Avni, we'll catch the next -

A - C'mon, Neil! Run!

She cut him midway as she ran towards the metro while still holding on to his hand. Shaking his head, he pushed through the crowd as both of them finally got on the train. 

Huffing, Neil led her inside the metro as he helped her grab hold of a pole nearby so that she could stand steadily & comfortably. He himself stood beside her as he held on to the pole just above where her hand was. 

N - God! You're mad! - he huffed. 

A - C'mon! That was fun! - she laughed while Neil just rolled his eyes trying his best to stifle a laugh! 

N - Listen, but you're not supposed to do this everyday, okay? These are rush hours, we might have fallen down because of all the ruckus going on around. - he almost scolded her like a child making her roll her eyes.