Some say love is brace of emotion which starts at a moment
and change the life of human.
This story comes deep from my heart and again as I normally
say before writing each of my fiction that it’s only a fiction nothing more.
The story is about two office colleagues Ryan Rao and Kanak Urs.
Ryan and Kanak use to work for Hypermedia Inc at Bangalore. Both were engineers
by profession and were part of same team. Ryan although a senior for kanak was
more a friend. Sam was Senior Team lead for the team and Mir used to work in
the same team under Ryan.
Ryan was a friendly guy who was basically a South Indian guy
but was born and bought up in North India. Kanak was a typical North Karnataka
girl. Karnataka is divided into two major portions North Karnataka(NK) and
South Karnataka(SK).
Well to start off, Ryan joins the team of Mir, Sam and
Kanak. There was plenty of work assigned to Sam and Sam asked for a resource to
his manager which led to Ryan joining the team.
Ryan was introduced to his new team my Sam’s manager and Sam
was asked to share the work with Ryan. Ryan introduced himself with Sam and Mir
and turned towards Kanak to say Hi. Kanak responded with a small Hello.
Ryan was quick to ask whether you belong to NK.
Kanak responded with smile saying How come you came to know?
Ryan had already hit the Bulls Eye
A quick discussion with Sam on responsibilities in project
followed by a tea was a warm welcome for Ryan in the Team. Ryan started working
in team and was working on some independent module and use to help Mir and
Kanak in their complex day to day tasks. Mir became friend to Ryan and they
used to hang out together on tea breaks. Kanak started hating that and one day
she openly blasted Mir asking why don’t you call me for tea and soon Kanak also
became a tea partner.
It was month of December around 22nd I guess when
one day the team had to deliver a lot of deliverables before going for
holidays. The clock had already struck 8:00PM but still there was no sign of
work getting over. Ryan asked Kanak to leave for the day and asked Mir to stay
. Kanak refused saying that she will also stay with us to finish off the task.
Sam ordered couple of pizza’s and the work continued till 11:00. The project
was in a good shape but it was too late for the team. Sam contacted to Travel
desk for cab but the cab’s were not available.
Sam asked Ryan to drop Kanak to her house on his bike and
asked Mir if he can stay at his place. Mir was fine with the same. It was
already 11:30 when Ryan pressed the self-start button and vroomed his bike from
office parking. Kanak was bit scared to sit behind a guy, guess she was first
time sitting on someone’s bike.
By the time they had crossed ITPL rain started. It was
already late and temperature being cold, Ryan decides that he will drop Kanak
then only will stop for a tea. Within minutes both were drenched and Ryan
stopped the bike near a so called Tea shop. Ryan couldn’t resist watching Kanak
while having a sip of tea. Kanak was already wet and droplets of water falling
from her hair made her look prettier than how she was. Kanak caught Ryan
staring at her and asked what you are looking at. Ryan lied like a nerd
engineer saying that I am thinking about one of the defects in the code. It was
an early sense for Kanak that Ryan has started falling in love. Although Kanak
holding bars behind the pillion seat on bike Ryan took a quick view of her in
rear mirror and asked are you comfortable?
Kanak replied I am fine……
Days went on and the project went Live in middle Sam had
left the org and Ryan was assigned the lead role before the crucial release.
Ryan had slowly built his reputation in the org and had almost replaced Sam.
Kanak and Ryan were more than friends.
Somewhere deep in the heart Kanak had fallen in love with
Ryan but feared that she will lose friendship with Ryan if she expressed her
emotions.
It was in month of March when Ryan and Kanak left for home
and rain started again. Kanak was holding Ryan shoulders. Ryan asked Kanak
whether to stop the bike. Kanak in reply asked Ryan to turn the bike on NH 7
for a long drive. Ryan pressed brake suddenly and asked Kanak have you gone
Mad!!!!
Kanak asked Ryan to continue drive bike on NH7. Ryan
followed like a puppet and after driving across the city limit Ryan stopped the
bike near a corn vendor. It was outside city and not many people were visible
on roads being a weekday. Kanak removed her sandal and started dancing on road
like a peacock dancing in rain. Ryan also loved it but Kanak was the person who
was enjoyed the most.
Kanak came and jumped into Ryan’s arm and staring at earth
expressed her feeling for Ryan. Ryan tears were visible in Rain when he
accepted his proposal by kissing her on forehead.
There is more to write about their breakup which I will
write some other day with a heavy heart.
