Chapter 17:- Your company gives me comfort.

He tells me that" Hey, listen, just drink this water if you need it."

And in my mind, it's like many thoughts are going on like why is he offering me water now and he is the same guy who gets angry with me in the morning. In the morning he was behaving like an angry jerk and right now he is giving me water like a gentleman who cares for me without even knowing me when I get busy in thinking about this he seat beside me before I again get lost in my thoughts he gives me a glass of water again and this time I just take that without thinking of other things and drinks that water.

He starts talking " I'm not good at giving company to someone and especially in this kind of situation but I feel like I should sit here and talk with you. I hope that you don't mind it".

His words are much different than I actually thought about him and I'm feeling lonely in the house full of people including my siblings because today is the day when Meera leave this house but his this kind of words just make me calm down and I think it will be good to seat here with him then going in another corner of the house and crying more and now I'm not in a situation that I can face any of my family members because it will all remind me that I miss Meera so I need a distraction from my own thoughts and situation so I decide to seat here with him.

So I told him that " No, no I don't mind it you can sit here."

I again start thinking about what he's going to say next. I hope he doesn't say anything that makes me angry.

He starts talking with me again that

" I think I got too angry at you and that too early in the morning. I need to Walk carefully so that this kind of thing doesn't happen and you to need to Walk carefully while you have something in your hands"

Okay, so he realizes that he gets angry and it's his fault too but he is in no mood to say a simple word sorry.

So I told him that " It's good to know that you accept that your fault is equal as mine for that thing. My clothes got spoiled so I wasn't in the mood to say anything to you and your anger made me irritated and frustrated that I was the victim and you were completely okay and still shouted at me".

And he tells me that " Aarya I was in hurry and your sudden entry like that it's about to spoil my clothes and I didn't have other clothes for Haldi ceremony so I got angry on you because anger is the only emotion that I can express fully on my face and people around me feels only that emotion"

He knew my name and I know his name so here we don't need any introduction but we just only know names not more than that but still, he is trying to explain himself as if he has a fear that I will start judging him wrong.

I tell him that "It's okay I am forgiving you and I'm sorry for that whatever had happened in the morning"

He tells me that " You're so kind and thanks for understanding me. I also forgive you"

I again start thinking that this is it. Our conversation ends like this and he is thanking me for understanding him in one particular situation. Is that too hard to understand him or he doesn't have anyone to understand him? I heard from Meera that he is a reserved kind of person and gets angry easily and very few know that he is a man with a good heart and before I think too much about him in my thoughts I again start missing Meera and his voice makes me realize his presence.

He starts telling me that " You know it feels good that without even knowing me you understand me and after the incident, I was like you're not even going to talk with me because of my behaviour and even I notice that you were ignoring me sometimes still you forgive me it made me feel relaxed"

So I tell him that " I was ignoring you because I wasn't in the mood to fight with you and especially when it's Meera's special day and when you come with a glass of water it makes me feel that you are not a that bad person so I forgive you easily"

I miss Meera and again I start feeling sad. And he starts talking that " I'm a single child of my parents so it's difficult for me to communicate with people easily, but to my surprise, it's the longest time ever that I talk with someone whom I don't know "

His change in the topic distracted me from feeling sad and thinking of Meera and I started again concentrating on his talks.

I tell him that " You know my name so think that you're not talking with a stranger and your talking skills are really good so now I'm feeling okay. If you didn't come here then I would end up crying more. So thanks for coming".

He tells me with a little smile on his face that " You don't need to say thanks and I'm feeling good in your company. It's like I'm feeling comfortable in your company. You look wonderful when you smile so I want you to keep smiling. Can you try to smile a little now I know it's difficult but I feel that you can do it".

He is feeling good and comfortable in my company it is good but right now I'm not in the mood to smile but still, his insistence on it makes me to do an effort for once for his happiness or I can say for his satisfaction.so I smile a little and he smiles back and I feel relieved that he doesn't insist more by understanding my situation.

In a house full of people, I think I found the perfect place to sit where no one is coming or passing by or else what they will think about me and what if they ask me , 'Why am I sitting with him even without knowing him'. I have many questions about him but I know that this is not the right time to discuss it. but I have to go from here before someone comes to search for me or shout my name to find me.

So in an attempt to end the conversation, I said to him that "You're such a talented singer at Sangeet Ceremony your performance was amazing"

So he replied to me that " Thanks for your compliment"

Before he could say anything further to me or I could say anything to him my brother shouted my name" Aarya, come here where are you? "

So I tell him that " I have to go now but I must say that your company is good and it's given me comfort and also cheered up my mood. We will meet soon."