Tender Storm

Chapter 21

"Tell me something".

"What?"

"Anything...about your dreams and aspirations".

"I don't have any dream..."

"Oh come on! Everyone has a dream. You're not any different".

"I'm not sure...I've never thought that far".

"How far have you thought then?"

"I don't know..after my graduation, I joined Infosys with bright percentage and made my parents proud...and now I'm pursuing phD because I want to branch out further academically".

"I don't want to know about your academics..."

"Then what?"

"Jeez Amit! How can I explain to you?" Sakshi giggled, enjoying every bit of their late night conversations.

"Okay" Amit said "what's your dream then Sakshi?"

She waited for a moment "I'll only tell you if you do.."

"This isn't fair.."

"Of course it's fair" she laughed "I asked you first". There was a small pause and she wondered if he was thinking.

"It's too personal.." he said simply "I can't really reveal my deepest desire just like that.."

She felt let down at that statement "why not? We're going to be soulmates, aren't we?"

"Yes we are but that's not enough" he replied in a serious tone "we haven't reached that level where we can totally be honest with each other. I hope you understand what I'm trying to say".

She didn't; what was the point in getting familiar then? Wasn't getting closer enough?

"I understand" she lied "I guess you're a secretive person. Not everyone likes to babble about their dreams".

There was a minute pause "I'm not being secretive" he explained "it's just I've not yet figured my craziest passion yet".

Somehow she wasn't convinced; he probably didn't want to share it with her, given that they were distant with each other.

"What's your passion then?"he asked after a while.

"I...don't have any craziest dream yet" she said slowly.

"You're being contradictory" he chuckled "you just said everyone has a passion. I think you're only hiding because I didn't share it with you".

She thought for a fleeting moment abs decided to lie, for her benefit. "My dream is to travel around the world" she lied.

"That's it?"he scoffed and she smiled "yeah..that's all. I would love to see what the real world looks like".

After a paused moment, he replied "well...we can do that once we are settled. I'll take you places".

Even though she was pleased with his response, she knew it wasn't time yet to reveal her deepest desire.

It was too personal. Maybe once they fall head over heels with one another, she would open her heart out to him.