It was a Saturday, a normal day-off for everybody else that she had gone to the office with the dying hope of her project meeting its deadline, that they actually met. Both have been working in the same offices for quite some time, more like a couple of years, even sitting in the adjacent cubicles but they had barely interacted; except from the occasional hi’s and the good mornings’. There was always a reluctance, a sheer hesitation in his eyes even when they would rise in order to wish her the same. To everybody, he was just another workaholic who would move out of his cubicle, make a beeline to the pantry, take coffee, and make another beeline back to his place. So, that day, just for company’s sake over lunch, she asked Vishal to join her. And since then, everything had started falling out of place. She had expected it to be a sour company, a dull conversation if at-all. Out of courtesy,they offered each other, Vidya offering him her self-made matar-paneer an...
He apparently didn't understand her at all. Poor guy...
ReplyDeleteYes, if only he understood ... so much of 'if's'... Thanks for reading trudgingthorughfog :)
Deletegeographic undesirable to one another. When you are young and sometimes when you are old, where you live can trump all.
ReplyDeleteTure dat Ann ... Sometimes, that does become a constraint or a restraint ! :)
DeleteFantastic work! So many subtleties in so little words.
ReplyDeleteThanks Oscar... So glad you liked it :)
DeleteAwesome
ReplyDeleteThanks Ruby :)
DeleteAnd you are so kind with your words ... Thanks Jo-Anne :)
ReplyDeleteOuch, burn. He should have been more attentive!
ReplyDeleteSure that ! Thanks for reading Draug :)
Deleteover and end... poor guy
ReplyDeleteYes he may be ... !
DeleteYou capture the body language of the photo well :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Janna ... Glad you think so :)
DeleteNice: simple, subtle and effective. Clean writing, well done.
ReplyDeleteLaura
Hey ! Thanks for reading ... It is subtle, isn't it! Glad you liked it. :)
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