The case of unrequited love

3 - The unexpected rendezvous

When they were going to the meeting, Anu offered him chocolate.

"What is this?" Rajesh asked, looking at the brown colored candy.

"It is a caffeine candy! A must for someone who looks like a mess because he didn't get to sleep all night and has to attend the meeting," Anu offered a caffeine candy to Rajesh on their way to the meeting.

"How is it?" Anu asked for his review when he tasted it.

"Not bad! Is this your secret for looking all active despite pulling a night off?

"Mine is opposite. I don't take pills to stay awake. I take pills to fall asleep," Anu said.

"What do you mean?" Rajesh asked after taking a sip of water to eliminate the bitterness.

"I have insomnia," Anu confessed, which shocked Rajesh quite a lot. He stopped walking for a moment and looked at her wondering what kind of stress she has to that extent where she is unable to fall asleep.

"Why did you stop? Aren't we getting late?" she asked him.

"What's with that look? Hold on, do I seem pathetic?" Anu regretted revealing her problem to her rival while Rajesh was still looking at her.

"We can look at each other throughout the day once we are done with the meeting," Anu pushed him from behind.

Finally when they reached, they were amazed looking at all the lawyers standing.

"Whoa! I never knew we have this many lawyers in our law firm," Anu whispered.

"So, do we stand throughout the meeting? What a great way to start a day!" Rajesh cried. The thought of standing for the entire meeting without knowing how long it is going to last terrified Rajesh even more.

They both greeted their seniors and found a perfect spot to stand. Rajesh chose to stand beside a wall so that he can lean on if his legs hurt whereas Anu stood beside him and tried to hide behind a rookie so that she won't be getting any case if the meeting is about a case.

"Being lawyers of the Aqua law firm, I hope everyone is updated with news. Is everyone aware of the news that has dropped a huge rock on the music industry?" Ms. Keerthana asked.

The rookie lawyers were quite excited. Few of them raised their hand while the other few started reading the headlines about the artist's case.

"I wish we had chairs," Rajesh leaned to the wall and whispered his wish which was irrelevant to what the discussion was.

Anu raised her hand after everyone put their hands down which kind of seemed off the key.

"I am sorry to disturb you but can we have chairs? So that we can sit and discuss with even more concentration," Anu asked on behalf of Rajesh.

"The meeting's not going to last that long," the senior lawyer judged her physical stamina.

"At least one chair? It is just that Rajesh is having difficulty..." Anu was not sure if she was allowed to complete or not as the entire crowd looked at her at once and were shocked by the way she spoke for Rajesh. Anu didn't know why everyone was looking at her.

"...to stand. So - " Anu's voice slowly came down because she felt awkward. The 'Rajsree' shippers finally came to the conclusion that there is something beyond those silly fights.

"Rajesh, are you fine?" Ms. Keerthana asked to know if he is healthy enough to attend the meeting. Rajesh said that he is fine and apologized for creating an unnecessary inconvenience. The shippers felt bad looking at the way he behaved.