Mystery beneath the First Impression

People say, might you once fall in love, let it make you feel, letting it go after, will make you miserable enough that even if you want to regret it, you can't, 

That's what love does to people, making them fall in ways completely different, first letting them feel butterflies and after making all their hearts heavy, 

After falling in love, before breaking the hearts, people feel as if they are above the sky, everything they see, they see the beauty in and out, 

But for those who feel something for the first time, after they meet the only one, but unknown of their feelings, are somewhere lost in their own thoughts,

Will Samriddhi, ever know about that, love she always read in books, saw in real life but had never felt before, but what she is feeling is that love in real ?

After the meeting, she had with her manager along with her friends, she didn't think, didn't know anything else, where she went, her thoughts somewhere spiraled back to him, 

That incident kept drawing her back to the corridor, that place, where she met him, for the first time, his charm, his blue eyes, his concern, her thoughts somehow were now full of him, 

Still unaware, still denying, in her own mind that he was just a co-worker, in the same company, she worked for, without knowing his complete identity, 

One of her friends, attention moved to her, she nudged another, Shravya, she got startled, with her mouth full, looked at Kratika, while Kratika hinted Shravya to look at Samriddhi, 

Samriddhi's eyes looked as if they were dreaming, whereas there was a small smile, attached to her lips, and her food on the table untouched, as if her body was here but soul and mind were somewhere or say with someone. 

Shravya and Kratika, looked at each other, which Kratika sitting in between, broke Samriddhi's trance by bumping her shoulder against her, both smiling looking at her, 

Irritated by their sudden looks, she somewhat shouted, "What ?", the people looking at her with looks confused that made her suddenly embarrassed about it, 

While, Shravya and Kratika, couldn't help bringing smiles on their faces by looking at Samriddhi who got irritated so easily without a reason that specific, 

Asked Kratika, "well did I stop you from dreaming about your Prince Charming ?", both Shravya and kratika giggled, Shravya jumped in, "how did he look ?

What does he do, is he somewhere here, do we know him?" Terrorized by their sudden interest and stupid target questioning, panicked, Samriddhi stopped them from blabbering. 

"Are you out of your damn minds? Where did the sudden Prince Charming, come from?" Both gave a duh look, Kratika started, "Girl, you haven't touched your damn food 

While we are almost finished, and by the look on your face with a smile so certain, sticked to it, there is no chance, you would be dreaming our married manager with two kids."

Shravya, couldn't stop laughing, while Samriddhi who just took a sip of juice, spilt it all on the table, with a look as if she saw ghost on the terrace in white, 

Samriddhi, cleaned her lips with a tissue, and gave her a bombastic side eye look, as if screaming loudly, "STOP, enough with your stupid talk," while Kratika, unafraid on the out, 

Gave her a look, saying, "NO, you can't run, you have to speak, we are not afraid of you," while in real both were afraid of her, when she got angry in real. 

Knowing, now, there was place, no where to go, no where to hide, had she option only one, to spill the beans, although she knew, the blabbermouth they were, 

She told about the meeting with Arjun, giving her all the details of it, only keeping the part, where they got lost in each other, for a moment, then came back from the flustered, 

Noting, the details of the coffee meet, Kratika and Shravya, both got excited to meet the guy, of whom Samriddhi daydreamed but denied, while Samriddhi was tense, 

She was no where near getting excited, rather then getting stressed, that those two problematic souls, were interested to go there, not just to meet but end up troubling mostly by embarrassing her, 

So, without waiting another moment, they made Samriddhi finish her meal and got up for the Team meeting, which had to happen in the morning, but due to schedule so tight moved to the afternoon. 

Samriddhi, was stressed, since she knew, those two friends but bullies, are going to the coffee, with her, she thought in her mind, "God knows, what troubles they are going to brew?"

Still, the three ladies, went to the cafeteria, as soon as they went out, they heard hushed whispers coming out of the Department opposite her, some looking scared, 

Some waiting for the scenario as a whole to unfold, some quiet but their curious eyes telling a whole different story, but every story that whispered landed on the door of the Department Opposite, 

Curious, Samriddhi, moved her steps towards the door, where everyone's eyes were fixed, Kratika, always being the cautious one, stopped her, without a pause, 

Whispering, "That's the Android and App Design, Department, and heard the HOD of that department is very strict, dangerous, once lost his cool, God knows, how will he cool!!"

Slow moving steps, of Samriddhi, suddenly stopped, her gaze showing a flicker of concern, remembering, Arjun's words, she thought, "He was from that same department, what if" 

She even stopped saying the words in her mind, as if they will get real, as per the way she thought, as if someone would hear her mind and repeat the actions those so cruel, 

Slowly, she turned back, thinking to go back to the desk, Shravya noticed, and held her back, saying, "Where are you going, don't you remember, we were about to go have our coffe?, Where are you running now?" 

Kratika, the understanding one, stopped Shravya from pestering, saying, "the place is so crowded, it's way better to go sit at our desk and enjoy some free time, since the department is here,"

"And, also, the person, might not be there, since," she stopped from continuing, whereas Samriddhi hiding her unease, continued with fake enthusiasm, "Still, we can have our as always, we don't have to go there, as if we would go drink a coffee for a reason."

Startled by her enthusiasm, Kratika, blinked and the ever unfiltered, blunt Shravya, nodded with excitedly and moved, all three reached together, then came Samriddhi, 

Who suddenly said, "wait for me here, I'm coming back from the washroom in a moment," saying this she turned, making sure they both didn't notice, she roamed her eyes all over the cafeteria, 

Searching for the only person, she met before lunch, not finding her somewhat made her sad, but still she had another plan, out of curiosity, she moved towards the opposite Department, 

Where there was a door transparent, showing individuals far away with their heads bowed, infront of them stood Arjun, hands folded, eyes blazing, a man on his knees infront of him praying with tears filled in his eyes, while another man held his collar.

Seeing this, Samriddhi, lost her focus, shocked to the core, eyes big, her whole frame freezed, for a moment she lost her foot, imbalancing her body, but regained composure, 

One thing, she became sure, one should never judge always by the First Impression, First Impression might say truth, but not whole, the whole truth lies beneath making it more dangerous to believe, 

First Impression, only shows a glimpse, of what the person wants to show him, how the person carries himself, but in truth, the real person is always hidden behind, 

The incident, that she looked at just moments ago, had shaken her entire being, her whole thoughts got messed up, with how could he, what, why, the reason, the people afraid, nothing answered her, now her mind was a mess with questions only and no answers.