Love in Metro ✅

Part 2

PART 2

10 minutes passed in complete awkward silence. Manik was continuously looking at his watch. It was 7:45, exactly after 5 minutes they would reach Church Gate, their destination. If he didn't talk now he wouldn't even know her name. So, he decided to take the first step.

He cleared his throat to gain her attention

"umm Hi... I am Manik" he turned towards her with his right hand forward for a handshake.

"I am Nandini" she said sweetly not looking into his eyes with a red hue creeping up her cheeks.

Again there was silence. 3 minutes more, he was literally counting seconds he decided to spend with her.

"I work as Sales Executive in Amazon" he said trying to prolong the conversation

"I work as a Maths faculty in FITJEE" she too replied looking at his face, but didn't dare look into his eyes.

"Wow FITJEE and Maths, which class" he was genuinely interested

"11th and 12th standard Maths" she replied with a smile

"That's amazing... so you are a maths geek, that subject was a nightmare for me" he added with a chuckle and she also smiled.

"Most of the students also think the same." She chuckled but the next moment their smiles dropped as the train came to a halt.

Manan looked at each other, none of them wanted to leave but they knew they cant stay back. The crowd was getting down on the station, the train was almost empty

"beta yeh last station hai" someone said while getting down looking at the duo. Both of the got up and there was this awkward silence again.

"See you tomorrow morning then" Manik said with a smile making Nandini smile.

"At what time?" she asked him as both of them were early that their regular schedule today.

"Regular 7:30" he said casually making her smile drop.

"Umm... my students have exam this entire week, I will have to leave early" she said in a disappointed tone.

"koi nai I will join you early like today" and for the first time today she looked into his eyes and the world stopped.

"You will come early for me??" she was confused and lost. They hardly knew each other and he was so casual about it.

"haan na ... I will get bored travelling without you... adat ho gayi hai tumhari..." he said the last part in a low tone but as there was no one around, she heard it. Blood creeped into her cheeks making him enjoy her exprsession.

"chalo phir see you tomorrow morning" she said and turned to leave

"suno" he called her again and she turned adjusting the bag on her shoulder.

"ji"

"umm you look cute in saree" he said scratching his neck with a blush on her cheeks, so cute that she wanted to pull his cheeks.

"Thank you and white shirt suits you better than anything" she added with red cheeks and got down with Manik following her like a teenager.

**

The rest of the day passed in a blink for both of them. Manik came back a little early as he was free and he had to do the grocery shopping and get up early tomorrow morning. He was counting hours from morning when they parted ways outside the station. He didn't fail to notice the way her body reacted when he sat next to her today morning, which made him smirk. He was absolutely loving it.