Unsure and Puzzled
1002 Words
Ignisia wants to meet me. Sameer was shocked and at the same time felt giddy. He was not sure how to react. he saw PJ busy on his phone. Should I share this with him? Sameer wondered. Unsure of his feelings, he tried his best to calm himself down. He thought Ignisia must be waiting for a reply. should I text her just yes or should I write it some other way? But before that shouldn't he be thanking PJ for creating his sss account? he texted PJ thanks man and looked up at him.
PJ got the notification.
"I am sitting just by your side and you are texting me?" PJ said as he opened the text.
"Thanks! why man?" PJ asked intrigued. "what did I do now?" He inquired.
"just can't thank you enough for creating this account" Sameer replied.
Sameer was an introvert and preferred to keep fewer people around. he didn't have many friends nor had any life outside his room. unlike other boys, he preferred to spend much of his time reading books or watching movies. he would rather go for a swim in the nearby pond than play with others of the same age.
As soon as he opened Ignisia's chat box to reply, he received another text from her.
"If you already have plans, it's okay. we can meet some other time. It isn't really important. I just wanted to talk to you about something."
His heart sank. she must have felt apprehensive after not receiving the reply instantly, he thought.
"Yeah, we can meet up. evening at 5? near your hostel?" Sameer texted.
"5 sounds good but near gops."
"Okay."
Does she want to check the books out there or play the game? he wondered. he felt anxious, nervous, and excited all at the same time. he wanted to share this with PJ but some part of his heart stopped him. he finally resolved to share about this meet-up after coming back.
it was after this moment, after every few minutes he would check his watch. he didn't want to be late. he kept on wondering the whole time, what should he wear? formals or casuals? shoes or just the sandal?
by 4 he got ready. he wore white sneakers, black trousers and paired this with a chambray shirt. he wanted to keep his look casual yet modest.
PJ was already out with his friends to someplace. Sameer locked the room and headed towards gops. he wondered whether he should wait for her outside the girls' hostel? and stroll towards gops together? but then she didn't want to meet up near the hostel. does she wants it to be some sort of secret? not to be seen with him by anyone else? but then at gops, students are bound to notice them together and rumors spread fast. with all these questions in his head, he finally decided to wait outside the girls' hostel until he spots her. keeping some distance, he would walk behind her. this way he can walk to gops with her without her even noticing.
he texted her to make sure that she hasn't left yet but got no reply. it was at this moment that to his amazement, he noticed PJ and Rimi coming towards the girls' hostel. it seemed that both of them were returning from somewhere. Sameer saw PJ dropping off Rimi near the gate and then going towards the other building.
Sameer was new to the campus and so he didn't know much around. But PJ and Rimi had friends here and they knew most of the buildings inside the campus. Sameer called PJ.
"where are you?"
"inside the campus". PJ replied.
"so you are coming back to the room?"
"no, not yet. got some errands to run. I will be back around dinner time."
"Okay, buy then."
Sameer got curious about the errands. he thought he would ask him at the dinner table. It was at this moment that he received a notification. he checked his phone.it was a text from Ignisia.
"what are you doing here?"
"where?" Sameer replied.
"outside my gate. I asked you to meet me at gops."
Sameer looked up as soon as he read that text. Ignisia stood there exhausted. Sameer signaled her to wait there and crossed the road.
"Hey."
"What are you doing here?"
"I thought one replies hey with hi maybe."
"It's no time to joke."
"Okay! I was going to the gops and your hotel is on the way so that's why I am here!"
"Fine."
"now that we are here, do you wanna talk now or at gops?"
"The only place around I know is gops. if you want we can walk towards your hostel and talk. this way I will be able to see around."
"Okay, that works for me."
Sameer led the way and Ignisia followed.
"to be honest, I too don't know much around. I came just a day before the classes were supposed to start." Sameer tried to initiate a conversation but found Ignisia to be not so interested. she was looking away at the trees and the buildings around.
Sameer tried again. "So what was it that you wanted to talk about?"
This caught Ignisia's attention.
"I wanted to talk about the last night at gops."
"go on! I am listening." Sameer replied.
"How could you do it" Ignisia shouted in exasperation.
Sameer got startled. he felt Ignisia was accusing him of something about which he was unaware.
"Now don't act as if you don't know what I am talking about." she exhaled.
Sameer felt helpless and was not sure how to react. He looked at her in the eyes.
"What wrong did I do."
Ignisia looked up in his eyes. she could say no more. it was as if time had stopped. They both were looking into each other. It seemed their differences in height were just the right kind.
"You two together?" A voice called out.
It was PJ.
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