{THE NEXT MORNING}
IT WAS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER USUAL DAY FOR ARIS, SHE WISHED HER FAMILY GOOD MORNING WITH A BRIGHT SMILE, WASHED UP, AND HAD A DELICIOUS BREAKFAST.

ON THE OTHER HAND, MELA COULDN'T SLEEP WELL LAST NIGHT SINCE SHE CONFESSED HER LOVE UNEXPECTEDLY THE DAY BEFORE.

ABHEEK BEING WORRIED ASKED CLEM IF MELA TOLD HIM ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, CLEM ANSWERED, "NO, SHE NOT EVEN UTTER A WORD. "

ABHEEK HAD AN IDEA IN HIS MIND, HE SHARED IT WITH CLEM. THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE ARIS AND MELA MEET AT A PLACE TO SORT OUT ALL THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS B/W THEM.

SO, AS PLANNED, CLEM TEXTED A MESSAGE ON THEIR GROUP CHAT TO MEET AT AN ALLEY IN FRONT OF MYSTIC Café (NAME OF THE Café).

ARIS AND MELA, BEFORE ANYTHING, WERE BEST FRIENDS, SO THEY BOTH STARTED GOING THERE.

CLEM AND ABHEEK ACCORDING TO THEIR PLAN, MET BEFORE MELA AND ARIS AND HID NEAR THE ALLEY WHEN SAW MELA AND ARIS COMING FROM AFAR TO HEAR THEIR CONVERSATION WITHOUT LETTING THEM KNOW.

WHEN THE GIRLS SAW EACH OTHER, THEY WAVED WITH A SMILE BUT COULDN'T DIRECTLY LOOK INTO EACH OTHER'S EYES. THEY HAD AN AWKWARD DISTANCE B/W THEM WHILE WAITING FOR CLEM AND ABHEEK TO COME.

ABHEEK THEN MESSAGED ON THE GROUP CHAT, "SORRY PEOPLE, I DON THINK I CAN MAKE IT TODAY, I HAVE TO GO SHOPPING WITH MY FAMILY." BOTH THE GIRLS LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID It's OKAY ABHEEK WILL COME, DON'T WORRY HAHA (AWKWARDLY)

[MELA'S MIND:

MELA WAS THINKING, WHAT IF CLEM ALSO DOESN'T Come?! COS SHE SAW HIM GOING OUT BEFORE.]

AND SUDDENLY CLEM TEXTED TOO, "ME TOO GUYS, SORRY BUT I'LL TAKE A RAIN CHECK TODAY."

ARIS AND MELA HAD THEIR EYES WIDEN, LOOKED AT EACH Other than AT THE PHONE. MELA WANTED TO GO HOME TODAY BUT ARIS SAID, "FORGET ABOUT THEM...HAHA...LET'S JUST 2 OF US HAVE A NICE TIME RIGHT?" MELA AGREED HALF-WILLINGLY.

SUDDENLY, A BIKE CAME INTO THE NARROW LANE,

ARIS PULLED MELA SO THAT SHE DOESN'T GET HURT.
BUT THE PULL WAS A BIT AGGRESSIVE, ARIS HAS BEEN PRESSED AGAIN THE WALL, ARIS'S HANDS WRAPPED MELA AROUND.
THEIR EYES CLOSED. ACCIDENTALLY, THEIR LIPS MET.

THEY WERE WARM AND SOFT, MAKING A SWEET TICKLE OF THEIR BREATH BENEATH THE NOSE.

WARMTH BLOSSOMED IN MELA'S CHEST. ARIS HAD A SUDDEN PASS OF HEAT THROUGH HER SPINE, A NEW FEELING SHE NEVER HAD BEFORE.

IN THAT PARTICULAR SECOND, ARIS THOUGHT, "WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? YESTERDAY WAS THAT ME THINKING TO CONFESS MY FEELINGS FOR THIS GIRL'S TWIN BROTHER, THE GIRL WHOM I'M KISSING TODAY, AND FEELING LIKE MY HEART IS GONNA EXPLODE? I CAN'T HANDLE IT ANYMORE, WHAT SHOULD I BELIEVE IN- YESTERDAY OR TODAY? OR WILL SOMETHING ELSE HAPPEN TOMORROW, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT!"

THEY SUDDENLY OPENED THEIR EYES AFTER THEIR SHORT KISS AND FOUND,

THEY WERE NOT IN THE ALLEY THEY WERE STANDING IN A MINUTE AGO, RATHER THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF CROWDED STREETS!

CARS WERE PASSING BY. BOTH PANICKED, STARTED SHOUTING, HELD EACH OTHER'S HAND. SUDDENLY A CAR COMES...THEY SHOUTED "AHHH......"😲

TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM, WAIT FOR THE NEXT EPISODE *💜*g