Elysian

the starting

(Aditi)

home

I and Raghav were on this project for 4 days, sometimes at my home. if I'd be doing that alone, I'd finish it in a night. he's such a headache.

Now today is a weekend, SATURDAY, and weekend means office. Yes, I was working in a small office obv for myself.

*alarm rings "Argh" I groaned in a sleepy voice.

I just don't like it when someone wakes me up. I stood up and thought about any motivation for going office, but I didn't get any, so I lay on my bed again. then a thought covered my mind, I stood up again and looked at the watch, 6 AM, not late, I ran towards the washroom.

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outside the office

(Raghav)

I was heading towards my room. I often go there, when I and my siblings fight. today, it was yakshita, sissy, waise to I love her but, she becomes too stubborn sometimes.

" ye yakshita, chun chun ke badla lunga isse bhi" I was in anger, but my anger left my body as soon as I saw Aditi.

I don't like her or maybe I do or not, I don't know. but when I saw her, I stopped my car and unknowingly admired her, the only thought that came to my mind was, "She is so simple, with no makeup, no hairstyle, and not even expensive clothes, then how is she beautiful" she was wearing a purple silk shirt with black formal pants and a tied up the bun, it has just been 4 days with her and I like her attitude so much. I came into my senses "ADITII!" I shouted with my full strength. she looked at me as she came down towards my car, I could fairly see that she didn't like my call.

"What?" she asked in the most horrible voice.
"what are you doing here?"
"Why do.. you want to know?" straightforward.
"I'm heading towards my room" I smiled
"So?"
'oh god, why did you make her brusque?" I said to myself.
"I'll drop you then"
"no thanks" I stared at her
"Please, let me do you this favor" I tried again
"I don't like favors" I failed.
"Then you do me a favor" one last time.
"Let me drop you your home."

I don't know why insisted on her. But she agreed. I opened a car's door for her thinking she would be impressed. But she looked at me shut the door, and opened it again saying "I said, I don't like favors" and sat down, I felt disgusted.

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In the car.

(Aditi)

" So?" He asked me.
"What?" His questions are often random.
"No, I mean, you were outside that building." he just wanted to know so badly.
"That building is my office." He struggled to put his feelings into verbalizations.
"You do JOB??" The way he said the word 'job' is like it's a crime.
"Uh.! Yes"
"But you're just 21."
"Raghav, I'm not a kid." he shut up.
"Have you finished your work?" I asked
"what work?"
"the remaining project? you said you'll do it."
"uh wo- " his facial expressions already told me. I looked at him "Nahi kiya?" he shook his head.
" I don't know how you became a topper."

I made him upset with my civil words. We didn't talk the whole way.
He dropped me off at my apartment.

"Bye" he smiled, I just nodded and thought that I didn't even thank him, I'm such a crap. I never felt bad for these things but this was the first time I felt bad for not saying just "THANK YOU" to someone.

Somehow I managed my weekend by going office, sleeping for hours, or just binge-watching the lamest movies with no interest in it.

In her room

I was sitting on the study table trying to focus but somehow, I was ending up thinking about something shitty, I sighed and put my head on the table and sighed again. From nowhere, I thought "Raghav would be doing something creative as he is 'bade baap ki aulad' " I realized that I was thinking about him, why?? It's Just 4 days and I'm already thinking about him. Maybe I'm overthinking too much, it's just a random thought.
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(Raghav)

In his room.

I was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling. I turned over and sighed.

*Phone rings.

It was Samaksh my best friend since childhood. I was a shy kinda kid in my childhood, but Sam, Sam was that one energetic and sports kid whom everybody wanted to be friends with. He was a playboy since we don't know what a playboy is. Sam's family is my neighbor.

" Sam ke Bache!" I said sarcastically.
"Bhai, bhai maf krde bhai!"
[Please forgive me bro] he said.
"Bro you chose her over me" Her means here, is his girlfriend.
"Bhai, bandi thi yar" he claimed.
"Bro you change your girlfriend like clothes." I pitched up my tone.
"Kya karu bhai, I don't get the feel, to mai breakup krleta hu"
"Leave this all, let's go hang out somewhere" I agreed.

We went to our usual base. Since the second semester started we haven't talked in a while. It's so after a long time. We both missed that bridge with golden lights our favourite beers and too many nonsense talks till midnight.

"So?" I know what he's going to ask.
"What?" I have to pretend.
"Kuch hua uske sath"
[Did something happen?] Oh god, what does he's expecting me to do in just 4 days?
"Kiske sath?
[With whom?]
"With her, what was her name.." he took a sip of his bottle
"ADITI!"
"Ya, so, how's going with her?" Will he stop pulling my leg?
"Insane!" I realized I was blushing, why?? IDK, I just controlled it. I looked down and then towards the waterway.
"Are, tell me, I'm asking it seriously?" He looked concerned.
"Tu chup reh year, it's not like that, stop being delusional, uski meri to banti bhi nhi hai, mai kuch bhi bolta hu voh gussa hojati hai, she's absolutely rude to me yar, and I guess this is enough to tell you that nothing's going between us, and it will never, she's just my classmate nothing else." I tried to explain to him.
"Your nonsense paragraph told me everything" he looked at me.
"W- what??" I got scared for no reason.
"Nothing," he smiled sarcastically and looked at the sky while saying "I'll tell you later."