Her Secret Smile

20.

"Everybody has an addiction and mine is thinking about you!"

In the middle of the tutoring session, Roshini noticed her phone was ringing. It was Nidhi calling her.
She hangs up the call since she was teaching an important problem.

After asking an excuse from Shiva and Lakshmi Roshini came out of the room and phoned her back.

"Hey, have you reached home?" Roshini anxiously asked that question first.

"Yeah, I am at home," hearing that Roshini sighed in a relief. She was so worried about this since yesterday. Now her heart calmed to hear that everything was fine.

"Okay Nidhar, we will meet tomorrow at the park," Roshini said before ending the call.

She smiled lightly out of relief and lifted her head up to see the long corridor. She knows Siddharth room was at the end. What might be he is doing now? She thought squinting her eyes.

When she was gazing, Siddharth suddenly came out of his room. She was taken aback to see him staring straight at her. She wants to turn and run away but with no way of escaping she stood like glued on the floor.

She felt It is not a right thing to walk away like he didn't exist here. At least a hi and few greeting words doesn't going to affect me right was the thought that Roshini has all the time, not only with Siddharth to whoever she knows, even she greet or at least smile at her enemy if they happen to come face to face. Roshini was grown this way, it is one of the many good qualities which her mom taught to her.

And added to that Siddharth noticed her right away he came out of his room so now she can't avoid him.

By grinning, Siddharth came forward. He was wearing glasses newly! which even more complimented his killer looks and he looked somewhat tired. His hair was messy and his eyes were very dull.

"Hi," he raised his hand.

"Finished tutoring?" he questioned and stood before her leaving a decent gap between them.

"No, I came out to make a call," she replied.

"To who?" he added a question that literally surprised her.

"Nidhi," she said showing her surprise.
"Why she called you?" he again added a question.

"Ah... She came back home so for informing that she called and we are going to meet tomorrow."

"Where?" Siddharth questioned smiling and that easily affected her sanity.

"In the nearby park," Roshini answered like an obedient wife answering to her husband's question.

"Oh," telling that Siddharth walked down. He is truly enjoying this and it was evident from the grin he had before leaving.
Nowadays their conversation is getting more informal. Before Roshini will talk with him in a little-hesitated tone and fear but now that hesitation was all gone.

How this all changed suddenly?
What happened to him? Why he is looking like a zombie!! And why he is questioning me like he is my real boyfriend.
Why?????
With so many confusions, she again went in.

Siddharth turned so different nowadays. He is interrogating her like he wants to know everything, he even asks her what she ate in the morning.
And he knows about Nidhi's secret trip and Roshini fear about maintaining that lie and everything!

These past few days were like Siddharth unexpectedly popping into the study room and trying to get her attention and in one day he totally stayed there.
Roshini first thought it is nothing but she eventually understood there is some change in him when she realizes this growing closeness and his advances over her.
Sometimes it feels like they were actually in a relationship.