Nandini's POV
I reached in my office, but that fortune cookie message was still in my head. For some reason, I couldn't distract my mind from it. I went to the reception.
"Good Afternoon Nandini", Shriya wished me.
"Good Afternoon Shriya. My schedule?", I asked her, with a constant smile.
She handed me my schedule and said, "Nandini, you'll working under your new boss in the admin department itself. He just got transferred from our Pune Branch. So you've to report to him", she informed and I nodded in sigh.
It was like I was being appointed to work under different bosses everytime. Like, who gets three bosses in a week?
I sighed, in short puffs and came to my cabin. I walked inside, knocking on the cabin of my departmental head and entered, hobbling in my heels. I was honestly least interested in meeting anyone new, but since he was my new head, I was obliged to work under him.
"Good Morning Sir", I greeted, as I saw a man, donned in a black suit, with his back faced me. He was sitting on a swivel chair and his head was turned back. I waited for him to show his face, so that I could at least know to whom I was going to report.
My voice alarmed him and he turned.
My gaze skimmed above and stopped exactly at his contours and I was baffled. Words stuck in my mouth, seeing him.
Samay Mathur.
My new boss. My best friend.
My mouth fell faster than a corpse, trying to register, the beauty of the fine specimen sitting in front of me. He has grown older, and more handsome, with a kind of face, that would make girls fall for him. If I hadn't known him, like that, no wonder I would have failed to recognize him. He had lost weight, a considerable amount of. Assuming some 20 kilos. He was a tall big fellow of twenty-eight. He sat in a chair in front of me, some distance back, and stretched his long legs far in front..His chin too was sunk on his breast, his young forehead was covered with thick wispd, and raised in odd wrinkles, he had a silent half-grin on his face, a little tipsy, a little satyr-like. His small moustache was very appealing.
"You thought, he left you. But he's gonna come back. It's time that you'll reunite with someone, long lost back"
Suddenly, my mind went blank and happiness knocked on my heart. My best friend was back.
"Motuuu", I shouted, almost deafening to his ears as his hands involuntarily covered them. "I can't believe this, you're here. Almost five long years"
I immediately grabbed him and shoved my arms around his neck and sunk in his hold. My lips twitched wide with a smile and then I felt his arms getting tightened around me.
"I missed you, Chipkali", he teased and immediately, I retrenched back and started beating him.
"areee.. Stop.. Stop"
"No, I won't.. How dare you call me Chipkali again", I didn't heed a word.
He was running in the whole cabin and I marveled, what if anyone saw us like that. I'm sure, they would go bonkers in laughing. We pulled apart and stood there, observing each others contours.
"So you're my boss", I said, "And you've grown to a fine man"
He took my hands in his and squeezed them, "I'm not your boss, knowing you're my best friend" I squirmed in happiness, thinking I wouldn't have to face any more difficulties, if my best friend would be my boss. "BTW, I've grown too hot for you. Doesn't it turn you on?", he winked playfully, and I hit his shoulder.
