In the fresh spirit of the morning, the entire city is abuzz. Riya is entering through the gate of the building when she suddenly notices Ted, looking somewhat lost, in a suit and boots, heading towards the building. People nearby are greeting him with a "good morning," but he continues to move forward without acknowledging them.
“Hey! Look ahead.”
In front of him is a wall that he is about to collide with, and when Riya sees this, she calls out to him from behind. But her words fail to reach his ears as he continues walking, lost in his thoughts, clutching a weighty envelope in his hand.
Before he bangs his head against the wall. Riya firmly grabs hold of his arm, pulling him back with force. This causes Ted to lose his balance, leading to a collision between them.The impact results in the envelope tearing, and the bundles inside it scatter on the ground
"Where is your attention? You could have gotten hurt just now," scolds Riya.
"I was lost in thought," Ted responds.
"You're behaving just like Muskaan ma'am. She often gets lost in her thoughts these days too," Riya remarks.
Hearing the name Muskan, Ted suddenly remembers about last evening.
“No. You can’t give me what I want. So don’t even try. For the last time, the Muskan you are searching for is no longer here." And she left.
“But maam-'' Ted tried to stop Muskan from, but Jay prevented him from doing so.
"Sir, how can you let her go like this? You've waited so long for this day because you want her to go with a misunderstanding. You should stop her, and you are stopping me." Infuriated Ted said as he watched Muskan get away from them in her car.
"What do you think, I don't want to stop her? But nothing will change her mind." Jay replied.
"Until you try, how will you know if something will happen or not?" Ted countered
"I know because I've been in that place before. I was once consumed by anger and hatred towards the entire world. I used to behave the same way she is now. Back then, Muskaan held me, introduced me to the beauty of the world. Now it's my turn." Jay looked towards the exit and, while holding his captivating smile on his lips, calmed Ted's anger.
Present
“By the way, what are these documents?”
While Riya was helping Ted pick up the bundles, she noticed some papers inside them. They appeared to resemble invitations from somewhere.
“Oh these! You’ll get to know about them soon.”
“Ok! Let me help you.
‘No, It’s fine. I can take them.”
“Woah! I’ll get offended. If you don't let me take this with me, I'll assume you don't consider me your friend," she said and picked up half of the bundles before heading inside. Once she turned around to look back, Ted was standing there like a statue.
"What are you doing? Come on!" she called out to him.
“When did we become friends? Why don’t I remember?” Confused Ted murmured to himself.
“Wait for me! I am coming.”Having no choice he followed her.
"Woah! Why is the young and pretty lady carrying these packages? Please hand them to me. What's going on, Ted? Is this too cumbersome for you?"
"No, Sir. I was—"
"It's not what you think, sir. He was lost in thought and almost collided with the wall. I offered assistance, but unfortunately, the envelope tore, causing all the packages to fall. I insisted on helping him."
Both Ted and Riya entered Jay's office carrying bundles. Inside, Jay who was in a yellow and red patterned suit, walking around his entire cabin, engrossed in reading some files, line by line, very carefully. Upon their arrival in his cabin, he saw Riya carrying heavy bundles of invitations, scolded Ted. However, before he could say anything further, in her cheerful manner, Riya defended Ted from her standpoint.
“Oh! Is that so? That’s so sweet of you. But don’t call me sir. It’s Jay for you.” Jay said, teasing Ted.
“But everyone calls you sir then how can I?”
“Everyone isn't Just this idiot.” Pointing towards Ted.
“At work he never calls me by my name. He becomes unnecessarily professional.”
They both chuckled, teasing Ted and causing him to feel embarrassed.
“If I may ask, what are these invitations for?”
"Certainly, you may. However, I won't provide an answer at this moment. I won't keep you waiting much longer either. I intend to announce it today, so please bear with me for a little while longer."
“By the way si- sorry Jay, what were you doing roaming around the cabin.”
“Oh that. I was just going through files. Walking around helps me concentrate.”
“Really! Even Muskan ma’am does that. I guess this is a genius trait. I should also try it.”
“She doesn’t know who the original genius is. Unnecessarily giving credit to sir." Ted muttered to himself, grumbling.
Jay heard him and smiled.
Ted was correct. Jay got this habit from Muskan. Back in their school days this is how they used to study for their exams.
A big smile lit up Jay's face as those old memories came rushing back.
Riya left the cabin as it was time for her shift to start. Jay, without saying a word, playfully teased Ted with his gaze with the name of Riya. It was because he had never appeared so close to any girl as he had been in these days with Riya.
“She talks a lot, doesn’t she? Cute.”
Ted, whose attention was initially fixed on the door, redirected his focus upon Jay's insistence. He shrugged off the rest of Jay's conversation like insignificant chatter.and immersed himself in his work at his desk. Jay, his elder brother like boss, was pleased to see him experience a new emotion.
Jay, engrossed in his work, couldn't notice a flurry of 4-5 messages consistently arriving on his phone.
Whose messages could these be?' Could these notifications disrupt the slow-moving love story of Jay and Muskan, or will they accelerate it? Or perhaps, will they bring it to an indefinite halt?
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