The Two of Me

New Beginnings

The following morning didn't seem so pleasing but well I had to set up my room and I had to go home for a day or two.

So, I had breakfast and set up my room, and left for home over there I met mom, dad, and my grandparents.

Well, I had some chores to do there so I went and got them completed then I went back called Shanaya to check if she had reached safely and stuff. Well, when I called, she didn't pick up I assumed she might be busy as that was a new city for her and, we were on "break" for 3 years.

I didn't try much I just went back home. I spent one more day there met my friends had a small reunion type of thing then I left back for Aadhya's house. While going there I saw my favorite raw mango stall.

I took a few with me and went home I was home alone I also put back my and Shanaya's frames and other stuff. I then started cooking some snacks and made some tea. While making the snacks I was so in the flow that I didn't remember that I had to only cook for myself and not Shanaya.

So after cooking I took out two dishes and kept them on the dining table. After putting those two dishes I remembered that I had to cook for one but it wasn't much of an issue as Aadhya had just come home at the right time so she had the part made for Shanaya. My job started the Monday so I had to complete setting up all the things so that I don't have to worry much on Monday.

I even set up my minor server and my PC  in the room. After that, I set up my routine in the house. I didn't figure out when Monday had come.

I was the only person to be get selected over there from my college. On my first day of office I was having a nice enough orientation I was placed in the best team of the office. Well, u could see that because I am in the same office since then but I have a went a lot upon my ladder.

So on my first day, I got introduced to my "cubicle" which was going to be my home for 8 hours a day. The first few weeks were pretty hectic for me. I barely slept for 4 hours and I didn't even have time to think of Shanaya nor did she contacted me, she was busy too, I suppose.

Those days my daily routine was to get up at 7 am get ready till 7.30 and then leave reach office at 8.30 and sit in the office till 5.30 pm. Well, this was a regular 8-hour job but I had to bring work home also as I was on my probation and had got a lot of work.

I had started using my bike more as I was able to reach distances fast. After I completed my first month I got my salary. Well, I didn't know that salary gets credited in the morning due to which I had messaged my team head 2 times, emailed her 4 times, and called once.

I then got to know and had to write many apology letters to resolve the issue. From my salary, I contributed to the house as decided and also I got myself a nice graphic tablet. I then called Shanaya as I was having some less work as it was month start. Shanaya did pick up the call but as soon as she picked it up she said: "I am busy I will call you later". I didn't react much as she had also just started her job. But internally I was sad because we hadn't talked properly for once in an entire month. From that person that we used to watch movies and chill the entire night now had almost no contact with me for a month.

Once, I called her and tried to talk to her about the thing that I was missing her, but I couldn't because I thought, she had just started her job and might be busy, but I think I needed her with me back then, I loved her and of course, I still do but according to me, "break" was not a perfect solution to it.

Well, I was having a nice settlement in the office but was that everything one needs. I used to consolidate myself by telling that's all one needs but deep down, I knew that I needed her with me not physically but mentally.

Few Months went like this every month I tried to contact her but I didn't get a positive response when I called. Gradually I stopped calling her after a few months, that was the only thing one could do if they didn't get a proper response if they tried to call them and they didn't respond.

Apparently, after some months, out of nowhere, one night, when I was working on my PC, I got a call from Shanaya, I picked it up and as I picked it up, she said, "Sid, I love you." "I love you too Shanaya, but it's 1.00 already, sleep," I replied. "You know every day I miss you, and I miss you so much that even if I get busy at work, I don't pay my 100% to it, and that is why I had been ignoring whenever you called because I would have cried out and I thought it was a fresh beginning to both of our jobs so it wasn't a great decision to call you." She said.

I was freaked out when she said this so I replied, "Whenever you want to talk to me, just call me!! I am always there for you" "Yeah, sure." She replied and we hung up the call as it was already 1.30 and we were no more in college and had a long day coming ahead of us.