XOMANTORAL

Chapter 1

The phone rang.. She picked up the call.
"Hello!"
.....
No response from her side. Arohan said,
"Hello, xunisane?"
With shaky voice, Aditi said,
"H.. hmm."
......
There was an awkward silence. He said,
"Kiba kua aakou."
"N... naai. Apuni kouk."
"Bhoii lagise nekii? Khaam neki tumaak?"
His words made her smirk. She said,
"Nhoi mane...... Agote e.. eneke... mane.. eneke mane agote.."
Her stuttering made Arohan laugh.
"Hahaha... Aagote karo logot eneke phone t kotha pata nasila.. noh?"
"Hmm"
"Hmm"
.......
This time, Arohan didn't say anything. After a minute, Aditi said,
"Kiba kouk"
"Hmm kom roba. Tumaar maat tu bhaal lagise xuni. Eko naai nekii mok kobo?"
She blushed. But she continued
"Kaalir sweater tur karone thank you.... snehai d... apuni diya bulii koisil...."
"Eko naai. Kali keneke kopi asila! Etiya tumaak matileo baa tumii mata ne naai.. Xikarone Snehar hatotei pothaai dilu sweater tu. Kalir pora bhalke gorom kapur pindhii ahiba."
"Hmm."
Her one word answer made Rohan irritated. He said,
"Taar baahire?"
"Aapuni mok maatibo office t... Moi beya napau."
He smiled. He again asked,
"Xosaai beya nupuwa ne? Tenehole kalir pora tumaar cubicle t jaai bohii thakim kintu."
She again grinned at his teasing. She said,
"Dhett.. Nalage diyok matibo. Phone teii kotha paatim."
"Phone t hmm hmm kori thakile cubicle teii bohibo lagibo jen paau."
"Nalage diyok. Kothaa paatim."
"Good girl. Kali tetiyahole sweater tu aanibo jaam tumaar usorot?"
"Aahibo..."
He decided to make her free and let her sleep.
"Hmm.. diyaa good night... take care."
"Hmm bye."
Office.....
Arohan came to the office without the coat. His employees kept looking at him. Everyone was shocked looking at the unusual incident of arohan not wearing a formal dress. He was in a t-shirt. He directly went to Sneha's cubicle.
"Sneha, kaalir file keita mok dii ahiba sun. Ebaar check korii dim."
"Ok, moi dii asu apunak. Would 5 mins be okay to take?"
"Yeah yeah. Take your time."
He kept standing there like a statue. His awkward posture drew the attention of Sneha
"Ki hol Arohan? Kabak bisari ase nki?"
"Nhoi mane...."
Sneha started laughing. She again said,
"Hahahah, apunio je aaru. Aditir kotha xudhibo khujise?"
"Mane.... mane mor sweater tu taaik disilu nohoi..."
"Hobo.. apuni diya naai, moi he disu.
Aahise robo taai. Khali moii taik eta file bisaribo pothaisu."
He gave a confused nod and turned to return to his room. Suddenly he saw Aditi coming towards Sneha's cubicle. He went back in again
"Akou ghuri ahile sun."
"Roba taai ahise. Chup chup."
He sat in one of the chairs.
As she entered the room, Arohan stood up to leave.
"Tetiyahole Sneha, moi goi thaku. Mok file tu dii ahiba."
"Ok, moi pothai asu."
Aditi got nervous seeing Arohan. She thought of leaving silently. But suddenly Sneha said,
"Aditi, file tu anila?"
She turned back nervously. Her hands were shaking. She replied
"A... anilu.."
Arohan immediately said,
"Ouhh Aditi sun. Mor sweater tu anisa ne?"
She didn't say anything. She kept standing there with her eyes fixed at the floor. Again Arohan said,
"Anisa ne?"
She gave a slight nod...
"Bola.. Loi louge"
She directly looked into his eyes. He moved his brows and said,
"Ki hol? Thoii diba neki sweater tu nijor logot?"
She didn't say anything more and went outside the cubicle. He followed her to her cubicle. He entered her cubicle and sat down on the chair. She took out the sweater from her bag and gave it to him.
"Eiya louk. Dhubo xomoy napalu."
"Dhubaa aaru kio?"
"Nhoii beyao pabo paare moi pindhisu."
He whispered
"Eitu aaru ketiyaao nudhu moi"
"Huh?" She said
"Naai naai. Kiba file etar naam monot kori asilu."
He waited for a moment and said,
"Btw, coffee khabo jaba?"
She was startled
"Definitely not asking you out. Eneii coffee khaam."
.......
She didn't say anything
"Yess buli dhorii lou nki?"
"Naai diyok. Belege beleg bhabibo."
"Belegor kotha iman nabhabiba deii. Mor logot thakile belegor kothaa baad dibo lagibo."
She didn't understand what he said. She said,
"Apuni jaaok etiya. Belege saai ase."
He took the paper weight from Aditi's desk and kept rolling it. Aditi again said,
"Ki hol! Goi thakok akou!"
He kept the paper weight on the desk and again said,
"Keneke khedi ase saa sn. Baaru jaau moi. Kali khlii ulaba dinner date, 8 pm, okay?"
"Ki?"
"Yeah, aaji non date tu reject korila, toh kali proper date t jaam."
She didn't say anything. He again added,
"Etiya tata. Raati phone korim. Speech tu ready kori thoba. Nhole hm um teii xekh hbo amar kotha."
He winked at her. She blushed as he walked out of the room.
As he walked out of the room, Aditi's colleague, Rohan came in. Aditi was doing something on the computer
"Lucky girl, huh?" He said
Listening to his words, Aditi looked straight into his eyes
"Excuse me! Kio kola teneke?"
"Ohh offend hoi gola neki? I was just teasing you."
Aditi didn't seem to like the joke.
"Btw Aditi, tumar aaru eii Arohan r majot ki soli ase?"
Aditi again started typing something on the computer and said without looking up,
"Eko naai sola. Just mor tat kibaa nibo ahisil."
"Ohh, sweater nibole ahisil."
Aditi was startled. She again looked into his eyes. He continued,
"Xidina je disil. Cuz you were shivering. Snehar hatot pothai disile, 'Aditik di diba' buli koi"
Aditi got angry,
"Are you trying to spy on ne Rohan? First off, I am not what you think. Secondly, moi aaru Arohan sir r majot eko solaa naai. He is just one of my senior officer, that's it. And jodi solio ase, it's my responsibility to handle it. Mok kuneo spy kora proyojan naai, got it?"
"Ohh ma'am, sorry. I was just checking on you."
"Thank you so much. But I am better off without whatever you are trying to do."
Aditi stood up from her chair and went out of her cubicle. As she reached the door, Rohan again stopped her by calling her name,
"Aditi, he is my brother. I know him better than anyone. It's better for you to stay away from him. He will hurt you. Remember. "
He walked out off rage. She got a little scared about his behaviour. After sometime, thinking what Rohan said, she went to the printing machine and did whatever she had to do. Again, Arohan came to her,
"Kiba kaam asil?"
She didn't reply. He again asked,
"Snehar logot korii thoka project nekii Aditi?"
She still was trying to avoid him. He again asked softly,
"Aditi, kiba hoise neki?"
She tried to walk away from him as her printings were completed. He again called her, this time he was angry,
"I am asking you something god damn it!"
"Issa naai etiya kotha kobo. Ratike kotha patim"
She walked off from there. He kept looking at her, clueless about her weird behaviour.