Disclaimer : All the characters written below are imaginary and a work of pure fiction. There is no resemblance to any incident or situation and is written as work of fiction.

Mishti ran through the pavement and made her way into the office building and panted to catch her breath. Her heavy laptop bag was not helping her in any way. She had a terrible morning. It was her first day at her new office and she was running half an hour late. And all because of the innumerable cabs and rickshaw that refused her trip.

She wiped the swear off her face with the tissue in her hand and fixed her kurta and walked into the office building. Noon Fashions.

She was taking her ID card out from her bag to swipe it when she bumped into someone and looked up.

"what the...." Ritwik opened his glares and looked at his suit which was now covered with coffee.

This girl could not look straight while walking and had come and bumped into him straight before he could react and spiled the coffee that he was holding on his suit. Great.

"sorr....sorry sir....i am extremely sorry...." she could feel her throat getting dry. First day at office. Late. Bumping into the owner. Spoiling his suit with coffee. What next?

"what's your log in time?" he asked checking the time.

"10 o' clock sir...." she said nervously , her voice barely audible.

"you are on time...." he said sarcastically.

"i am sorry sir...." she said lowering her head.

"Mishti Khanna....designing department...." he read from the ID which she was holding in her hand now. "i have not seen you here...." he tried to recollect her face. He had frequent meetings with all the designers but he didn't know her. Strange.

"it's my first day here sir...." she said slowly.

"and you are on time....nice.... Ms.Khanna welcome to Noon Fashions.... And please continue to be on time...." he gave her a small smile and walked away to the lift lobby.

"khadoos...." she muttered under her breath and punched the card and went to her cubicle.

"hey mishti...." Maria came and gave a pat on her shoulder. She was an middle aged woman , extremely cordial and friendly , the general manager of western division of Noon Fashions in India.

"hi ma'am....good morning...." she got up and smiled at her immediately.

"sit....i heard what happened downstairs....don't worry about Ritwik....welcome to the company....and if you need any assistance please feel free to come up to my cabin...." she gave her a warm smile. To say that Mishti was surprised would be an understatement. She has never worked in any company has a GM who will walk upto a fresher and greets so warmly.

"thank you so much ma'am....and i am really sorry for being late...." she said with embarassment.

"happens Mishti....don't get worked up for that....the company needs your full talent on the designs which you will only deliver when you are stress free...." she patted her shoulder. "by the way....i like your name...." she said with a huge smile. "see you...."

Mishti had a huge smile on her face. Not everyone in the office was a weirdo like the owner , she thought.

Her day passed in a frenzy , trying to adjust to the new work environment. All her team mates were great people by the looks of it on the first day. She wrapped up her work and logged out after her duty hours were completed and went to the nearby rickshaw stand to find there was none.

She was fidgeting with her phone when the voice of two kids broke her reverie.

She looked up to find a girl about roughly six years of age running behind a boy of about the same age and two women walking behind them.

"give the chocolate back you idiot....i will never talk to you....you are the worst friend...." the girl shouted at the boy.

The boy looked back and showed his tongue to her and started to run again.

"Adi shreya...." one of the women said loudly from behind. "run slowly....you will fall...."

Mishti's face broke into a smile as her mind went back years back.

"sunny....don't take my chocolate....give it back or else i will tell choti maa...." a four year old mishti ran behind her best friend.

"go ahead laddoo...." he laughed and showed his tongue to her.

"choti maa...." she screamed and went to complain to the boy's mother.

"I miss you sunny...." she whispered to the winds after coming out of her reverie. Her face adorned with a serene smile remembering her childhood best friend.

Her smile soon converted into a frown as she saw Ritwik's BMW speed past her.

"khadoos...." she muttered and looked at the road waiting for her rickshaw.

Note: I have got amazing response on my story What Love Feels Like. Here is a new plot I had in mind. Hope you like it too. Will wait for feedbacks.
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