The Best Match

The Walking Cliche

"I make mistakes; I know I'm not perfect. That's why I'm thankful for the true friends who stick by me knowing how I am."

"You said you will introduce me to this guy today. So?" Rhea barged inside my cabin when I was working and demanded. I didn't even spare a glance at her but I saw her snatching the nearby chair and perching upon it through my peripheral gaze. "I am asking you something. You need to focus here, Shree."

"I heard that." I waved my hand dismissively at her, "In lunch break. I'm working now, shoo!"

"Whatever!" The recent program was giving me headache and that had some loopholes which needed to be fixed immediately but Rhea had some other things in mind. She dwindled on the A4 sheet lying on the table and hummed a tone.

"If that bulldog sees you in my cabin, he will sue us both." I reminded her once before focusing back on the screen. Her vindictive laugh poured in my ear as she scoffed. "And, I am afraid of him. I feel that he would've been a wimp kid in the school or a frustrated teen if he gets excited by torturing innocent employees." She explained her analysis making me shake my head. "Anyway, you know what Mrigank told me."

"What?"

"He said that perhaps bulldog is planning to take us on a trip via office after the meeting with Mittal Group as it proposed to his dad." She appraised, vibrating in mirth and shook me hard. "I can't believe we're going to spend two days in Ooty. Yay!"

"That's actually great but why?"

She jerked her hair back from her shoulder, "Basically what I understand by this is the next two months are going to be extremely hard on us until the project gets over with clients and a few things here and there."

"Wait, we are going on a trip after two months and you're excited as we're going tomorrow." I huffed and mentally abused her rolling my eyes.

"So what if it is going to take two months that's still worth it if we're going to Ooty." She argued, selling her thought to me.

"You are mental."I certified, "These two months will be under his command and he will turn us in bulls."

"And, you are the pessimistic one." She twitched her lips, slapping my shoulder.

***

"Where is he?" Rhea constantly tapped her foot on the wooden flooring of the canteen while I was amazed at her desperation. This was a first.

"Aren't you behaving overexcited? It's looking creepy to me." I finally blurted out to her. She found a pause on her tap dance and cleared her throat, catching herself. "There's nothing like that. You've instigated my instinct. I am fairly curious."

"Curious? He is not a specimen of Homo Cerebrals." I reminded her and she plastered a faux smile on her lips, "Shut up."

"But what I said...finally." I breathed inaudibly I saw Akshat trolling inside and he waved at me. Rhea followed my gaze as I waved back at him.

"Who is he?"

"The person you were awaiting impatiently." I smirked.

"Hey, you ordered or should I?" He asked, mischievously at me before settling on the chair vacant seat.

"I am sorry for that day!" I bit my lips extremely embarrassed.

"That's fine; I was kidding." He smiled politely.

"I believe you are never going to get bored of teasing me with that."

"Yes, never." With that, our conversation heated up and since, we got so engaged that I literally missed a fuming Rhea beside me who was glaring me, offended of being neglected.