I was unsure as to why I even carried one tin specifically for her! She is not very fond of rasgullas, she is more of a ras malai person (Yet another story!). But nevertheless she was a Bengali afterall, she should like it and so should her family as well.
Initially I was reluctant to give it to her in office. What will she think? What will the other think? Will it seem to desperate? So for the first week after my return the rasgullas were kept safe in my fridge at home, and since they were packed ones it had an expiry date after 3 months. Hence, lot of time to ponder over as to how I should hand it over to her.
I decided one day that I need to come out of my shell and message her once to meet up outside office. I texted her one fine Sunday to meet me for 10 minutes as I had some urgent work with her, did not mention about the rasgullas though. She said fine she will text ne as to when will it be a suitable time to meet up.
The much awaited text never came but yes we did talk about other things like my profile pic on WhatsApp. She even edited that for me the very moment (That's still my dp on WhatsApp in my primary mobile number). Yet the text regarding our meeting never came. Now me being a man decided to not poke her much on the meeting part, I felt that maybe she doesn't want to meet! Maybe she has other engagements! Or maybe she simply cared a damn!
It was the 11th day of November, a fine Monday when I reached office. I decided to show my disdain for her by simply ignoring her and not talking to her at all. She sat in the seat next to me, and my habit was to just look at her face everytime I was talking on the phone. That day somehow I tried not to do that and she understood that something is not right with me.
I was finding it really difficult to ignore her! How can one ignore such a pretty face? How can one ignore that small mole on her chin which occupied a lot of place in my heart? She also felt something and started poking me as to why I was not talking to her, to which I replied in one sentence answers like 'I am busy' or 'Not ignoring you at all'.
While I was returning home from work after an entire day of ignoring her, I received the longest text ever sent to me by someone. It was she explaining and asking me as to why I was doing so, yet also admitting the fact that it was her fault that she could not meet up.
That message tore me apart and I realised one thing that day. 'Love is something which silently creeps upon us, you can never choose to ignore it'.
I pacified her as she was being all emotional. I told her one thing that day 'You and only you will forever remain my first priority'.
To which she replied 'If you say like this then I might start loving you one day'. (She did! Read on)
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