Almost Friend!!

chapter 1

     Once there was a girl named Shruti who just think about her family, her friends and her future -about her career. She was as simple as we, she always used to think that she has to be perfect by everything, she has to be flawless. So she was working hard on her future, on her career. 

          She was very ambitious about her future. She believes, " you've to dream big to live big." She was about to make a big step towards her bright future.

    So she was avoiding the luxuries that could distract her from her path, but still deep down inside her, somewhere she was waiting for her Mr Perfect. She dreamed about her Mr Perfect coming into her life as soon as possible. But she never told anyone about her biggest wish ever neither herself. She always pretended that she needs no one by her side, she is good being single. But deep down She always tried to find her Mr Perfect among the crowd without showing anyone. Even she doesn't know that she was eagerly waiting for her first love. 
    
 

     And as much as she started to push those feelings away, to be loved by someone that way, to have an intimate relationship with a guy. Those feelings started to grow more and more, she started to feel lonely even between her beloved family and friends.
 
     By that time, she got informed that a new guy was about to join her in the office. And she grew very excited about him without knowing him.
  
   The next day, she was a bit late so she hurriedly came to her desk and started to get ready for her today's meeting that she was about to host. And in this rush, she didn't even notice the new guy right next to her desk.

        As soon as she returned from the meeting, and sat down after a long time, she noticed him and without knowing any reason she grew anxious.
 
     A moment later she controlled herself and make the first move and asked his name. He told them his name was Raj and she was a bit shocked listening to his name 'cause it was the name what she thought for her Mr Perfect and impossibly his physical appearance matched with her dream. It was like her dream guy just came into life, what she couldn't even think about. And somewhere she was expecting that to be the new guy at work.

     She don't know why but she was impressed by that strange boy in the first meeting, it was the first time in her life where she was really impressed by the cheap tactics of a boy, that she knew very well. But she didn't give any importance to that and returned to her daily routine, thinking maybe it'll for that for the first time a guy has talked with her for that long like she does with her friends. And it was not special for a guy to have "Raj" as the name. It's a very common male name in India. So what's the special thing about it?

       When she was about to leave for home she found that the boy's destination was also in her way. So she allowed him to accompany her 'cause she was alone like every day.

    On her way, she found that he has all qualities as her imaginative boyfriend has. And he told her that he used to like the name "shruti" from his childhood. He's a special place for the name Shruti.
  
   And oddly,  she was also able to laugh at his silly jokes. Which she never experienced. That was a new experience for her and without knowing she makes a wish to be like that all her life. 

         She started small chats and laugh with a boy she just meet a few days ago, and yes! It was special 'cause she makes her first friend in school when she was in 8th standard with the girl she knew from 5th standard. And for the first in her life, she allowed a guy to hold her hands, even though it was an accidental touch. But it was the first time for her that a guy holds her hand whom she knew just for few days.
   
    All the experiences were new for her and she started to like that experience. Tried to spend some more time with him 'cause she loves those moments that she spends with him. 

   She tried to keep some distance between them as a stranger. But he was a powerful, big magnet that was pulling her towards him. The more she tried to keep her distance the more he started to come closer to her...