CAPRICIOUS CONFESSIONS

CHAPTER 5

I walked towards him, and then, he slightly moved forward and whispered in my ears -

"The mic was MUTE!" 

He winked at me, and drove away.

"What...?" At first, I did not understand his words or rather his SECRET.

Later, when I  entered my home, my mom asked," Shweta...tune phone kiya tha?"

"Woh actually galti se lag gaya tha shayad" I did not want to continue this conversation, but my mom relieved my stress, saying -

"Tera call kaafi time tak chalu tha, lekin aawaz hi nahi aa rahi thi!"

"Kyaaa..." At first, I screeched and later I understood, the meaning of Kshiteej's  previous statement. 

"Ohhhh...

Usne call MUTE kar diya tha..."

I simply wondered - Was he that smart or I that naive? That I didn't even understand his statement. But I adored his smartness, or rather his presence of mind.

That night, when I opened my Whatsapp after dinner, before going to bed, at first I thought to message him, about our conversation.

I browsed through the contacts, found his name, and with a beaming smile, I typed -

"That secret was indeed smart" 

Unexpectedly, he replied in an instant.

"Haha...

Your welcome Ms. Kalantry!"

I questioned again,

"Par tune tera SECRET toh bataya hi nahi"

He replied - "Unfortunately, I have no SECRETS to disclose"

Followed with - TWO CRYING EMOJIS.

"Awww...how unlucky...hain na?" - I commented back.

"Exactly..." 

"Agar tumhare nazar mein, koi SECRETIVE insaan hain, toh mujhe batana zaroor" - his replied seemed mischievous.

"Okayyyy!"

"So, are you looking for a SECRETIVE person?" - It seemed like an interrogation, as I restlessly waited for his reply.

"Well...not exactly...but haan"

"Either a person, whom I can tell my SECRET 

Or a person, whom I can involve in my SECRET"

That winking emoji after his answer, simply increased my temptations, to reveal my truth.

However, I CONTROLLED MY RISING SPIRITS.

I was tempted to reveal him that, for his search of a person, for both the categories, I HAD A SINGLE ANSWER, in my mind.

Answer = Ms. Shweta Kalantry

But expectedly, neither he messaged nor I, as the conversation ended on an incomplete note.

Keeping my phone aside, tucking myself in the warm quilt on my soft bed, I simply wondered at his words and my imaginations.

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"Kya karu...kuch samajh mein bhi nahi aa raha hain!"

"Iski baaton se toh lag raha hain, ki yeh thoda bigada hua toh hain!"

"Because he is very much interested into relationships and stuff"