Journey Of Strokes

CHAPTER 7

Aarohi POV

I wake up at my usual time,  get ready, and go to the gym. I work out for about an hour and a half and then get ready for work. I go down and see that Manya has already prepared a South Indian breakfast spread like Dosa and Pungulu. I sit at the table, and we both have our breakfast. Manya has a few days off, so she decided to go shopping today. "Aaru tells me when you are free so we can go out and have like a BFF date, "Manya speaks. I nod. "I will clear my schedule. Let me check and let you know ". The rest of the time we eat while talking about random stuff.

I reach the office around 9:30 a.m. I switch on my computer, check my schedule, and make adjustments to it. I open my email to see if all the directors had sent the progress record. To be fair in the selection of the PPT for presentation, all the directors should send the progress report, so it can be placed in PPT. I look through the materials, create different folders, and dump all the things into it.

At 10 a.m., Avika knocks on my door to tell me the schedule for the day. She let me know that I have a few meetings with the senior designer for the finalization of work and also let me know that there was no reply from the director about the contracts and copyrights. I just sigh and shake my head. Before Avika left, she brought a card and placed it on my table. I open the card, sigh, and place it in my drawer. "Did the receptionist find out information about who is sending the bouquet? "I ask her. She just shakes her head and replies, "Mam the delivery person says that the company policies are against it and the sender doesn't want to be known ". I nod, and she leaves. I e-mail the director myself to ask about the progress and go back to making the PPT.

At around lunchtime, I decided to go to the cafeteria to have my lunch. As I'm about to get up, I hear my phone ring. "What? " I ask on the phone as soon as I answer. " Aisa koyi tarika hai badho se bath kar ne ka" (Is it the way to talk to elders) I hear Ayush from the other side. "You are not elder " I counterattack, and before we start fighting on the phone, the sound of the phone being snatched is heard, and the voice of my bhai from the other side is heard. "Aaru I'm going back this weekend. So agar time hai tho ( if you have time) we can go hiking and spend time ". I look through the schedule to see that I don't have any meetings lined up tomorrow. " Bhai I'm free tomorrow so we can go tomorrow, par Manya bhi hamare sath aayegi ( Manya will also come with us ). I quickly switch on my computer, open the draft of the leave letter, make changes, and email it to Avika.

I go out to find Avika, who is just getting up to go to lunch. I wait for her to come to where I am standing " Avika after you have lunch, can you print out the leave letter I sent you in the mail." She nods. I smile and say, "Enjoy your lunch. Are you going to the cafeteria? " I say, and she nods in confirmation, and we both go down to the cafeteria. I order from today's menu and take an empty table. I take my phone and message in our group chat and also to Manya that tomorrow we are going hiking, and in our family group, I message that evening we will have family dinner together.

I quickly have my lunch and go back to my cabin to continue to arrange the material for the PPT when Avika comes with the leave form and informs me about the meeting. I sign the form and ask her to submit it to HR for me. I go into one of the smaller meeting rooms in our section. The senior designer comes in with all the manuscripts, and we go through them and sort out and mark the corrections to let the artist know about changes.

I go home a bit early today, me and Manya have dinner while talking about our day. " What happened to that Bastard who sent you flowers? Agar mujhe mila na, toh Hadiya todh dungi "( if I find him I will break his legs) Manya says slapping the countertop. I just laugh at her antics. I was about to tell her something when I notice her immersed in the phone, blushing and giggling. I try to snatch her phone when she notices me, pulls her phone away, and points a finger at me   " DON'T YOU DARE" she warns. I just sit back down " Humph!!!! I'm not your BFF anymore, hiding and keeping secrets from me" I say wiping a fake tear. She just sighs saying " Aaru you know it is not like that." I point a finger at her," I must WARN you that if you meet your soulmate, I should be the first one to know." I say making a non-negotiable deal. " IF I meet then I will let you know. BTW I don't even know how people find soulmates so easily, why is there no man for me ? " she says dramatically. I just laugh at her antics " I heard that you get a tattoo imprinted when you meet your soulmate but, I'm not that sure how it happens as it is different for everyone." I shrug my shoulder. We talk for a while, pack our bags for tomorrow, and go to sleep.