Aathiya's POV
Aaru went to her room after dinner to complete her last assignment of the semester. My college break starts tomorrow, and I have to look for a new job. My head feels like it's going to explode with everything on my plate. Maybe I should watch something to relax. I lay on the couch and turned on a Punjabi movie.
"Finally, I'm done for the semester! Yay!" Aaru came running to me, excitement was dripping from her voice.
"Cheers, girll!"
"So, what are your plans for the break?" she asked.
"I need to find a new job," I replied.
"Ah, boring! By the way, did you get the pictures from that guy?"
"Damn, I totally forgot. I got his friend request this morning."
"Bruh, seriously? How can you forget the guy you danced with, your dream boy?"
"50 Ruapae kaatne bnte h apki is overacting k" I teased her
(50 rupees fine for your overacting)
"Aww, was it that bad? Anyway, accept the request no"
"Yeah, yeah. I know you're dying to see your photos and videos."
"Well, I'm also curious if he'll just send the link or say something more."
I rolled my eyes at her and accepted his friend request.
"Oh, come on, at least text him 'hey,'" Aaru nudged me.
"He must be sleeping; it's 11 at night." Before I could say anything else, a text notification popped up. It was from him: "Hi"
"Lo krlo bat, lrka to lgta apki request acept krne ka hi wait kr rha tha Aathiya mam. Chlie aap keejie vartalap, hum jaate h apne kaksh me".
(See? the boy was just waiting for you to accept his request, Aathiya ma'am. Now, go on, have your conversation. I'm going to my room)
"Hogya tera ya or kuch bhi kehna h"
(Are you done, or do you have more to say?)
"Nope, I'm done for the night. Goodnight, babe, enjoy." She winked at me before retreating to her room.
"Hi, how are you?" I replied to his text.
Rey: I'm good, and you? His response was almost immediate.
"Good."
Rey: I've uploaded all the pictures and videos to this link. You can download whichever you want. He shared a link.
"Thank you 😊." I clicked the link and saw all the photos and videos. I downloaded the photos, but for some reason, I couldn't download the videos. I tried a few times but kept failing. I really needed those videos, so I texted him again: "I'm so sorry to bother you, but I can't seem to download the videos. Can you send them separately?"
Rey: Sure, maybe it's an Android issue. There are too many, and the quality will be distorted if I share them here. If you're okay with it, I can send them via WhatsApp. Here's my number
He sent his number. Too many people have my number since I came to Canada, so it's not a big deal. "Okay." I pondered for a moment on how to save his number. I have this weird habit of saving contacts with nicknames or based on how I met them. After some thought, I saved his number as "Garba Guy" and texted him on WhatsApp: "Hi, it's Aathiya."
Rey: Hi, you only need the videos, right?
"Yes." He sent me the videos. "Thank you so much!"
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Her Innocent Love
RomanceAathiya always thought of life as living hell but what she firmly believed was in fairytale love that one day her one and only will come who will protect her from whole world, with whom she will live happily ever after. But all her dreams shattered...
