I Was Made For Someone Else

The Day We Met

I had an off from work that day. I was standing in my balcony and sipping my cup of coffee in the not so cold winter of Mumbai. I searched him out on social media and stalked him. Just then, the doorbell rang, I was pretty sure that it was Keshav. I opened the door and it was him.

"Hi, Riddhi right?"

"Ya, you're Keshav right?"

"Yes, nice to meet you."

"Same here, hope you had no issues finding the house?"

"Not really."

"Good then. Have a seat."

He sat on the couch and I went to the kitchen to get him some coffee.

"Have this." I gave him a cup of coffee.

"Thanks. I've the interview at 1pm so I'll go out at around 12:20pm."

"Ya, you will get a lot of time. Get freshened up now and you can use that room and that's the washroom." I showed him the directions.

"OK, thanks a lot. I was going to stay in a hotel but I wasn't getting any good hotels nearby and then Aunt urged me to stay at your place."

"You don't have to feel uncomfortable. Think that you are staying at any of your friend's house."

"Umm, ok...I feel much comfortable now." He said with laughter.

"Now that's what I like! By the way, you must be hungry. What do you want to eat?"

"I'm hungry. Do you know how to cook?" He said with a slight laughter.

"Are you insulting me or what? I can cook." I said laughing.

"No doubt then; but to be honest it didn't seem like you can do all these things. I genuinely didn't expect that."

"Really?"

"Whatever. I don't want to trouble you. Would you mind going out with me to a nearby place for eating. My friend suggested me and I really want to try that." He showed me the place on his phone.

"Even I wanted to try this place out. You get freshened and we'll go after that."

He headed towards that room to get freshened up. His first impression on me was pretty nice. In terms of looks, he was handsome. He looked better in real.

We went out to have food.

"So, is this your first job?" I asked him.

"No, I work in a company in Delhi but I got a job offer from this company and also I want to stay in Mumbai and I even have plans to move abroad in future."

"Oh, I see."

"What about you?"

"Me? I have been working in a company here for 2 years and I'm planning to go abroad soon. A company in Canada, they want me to work for them but I need some more time here before I move out of the country."

"Nice. What about love and all? Do you have someone?"

"No, I'm single. We broke up a few months ago and it was a serious relationship. We were together for many years. He got up with his ex."

"I see. I don't know much about it but still I would say that everything happens for a good."

"Ya, maybe life has someone better for me. I have still not completely gotten over him tho."

"Umm, you will get over it."

"Yeah. Leave it. What about you?"

"I'm single. Apparently, I had been dating a girl but she is not the one for me. I realised it a few months ago and from then I have been concentrating on the other things."