Kiss from a Rose

Our office timings were the most dreaded ever, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM. Who the hell works so early? 

I had a pact with my Manager that I will not arrive before 10:30 AM and I used public transport so I could do that. She on the other hand availed the company cab service which picked he up at 7:45 AM (I can understand her pain, she loves to just sleep without any disturbance). Now once we were together the minutes seemed to pass a bit too slow, and we almost stayed back twice a week post office hours and spent quality time in the food court having 'Khullar Chai' (Petrichor again, the smell from the Khullar). Then my responsibility was to drop her at the lane adjacent to her home and then return home and we again used to be glued to the phone for hours speaking about anything and everything under the sun.

On one such day, it was already late, about 8:30 PM when I booked an Uber. Our office was 26 kilometers from her home but it took about 40-45 minutes thanks to the Yamuna Expressway. We boarded the cab and started chatting about anything and everything that sprang up in our minds. The situation became a bit cosy because of the AC and also because of the fact that there were less lights around. Its that time when we kissed for the first time (Not going into details). The feeling for me was divine. It instilled faith and belief in me and I felt that I had found the power source to survive for another 100 years or maybe more. I knew she had the similar feeling because post that we were short of words and spoke very little. 

I reached home after dropping her when I received a text from her 'Thank you for making me realise I am still alive' That's what she said.

I replied 'That's a previledge you gave me my love' and this time I send the kiss smiley to her and the heart shaped one as well. I could sense the joy and the feeling of extreme happiness in her that night when we again spoke for hours on the phone. We never mentioned what happened on the cab yet somehow I felt that the bond had grown to be stronger, the love had become incremental and I knew she was mine, forever! She did give me the world. For she is the world I stay in. She is the one who I beleive in and she is the one without whom I am just another guy in the known world.