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"Aah!" Ishita shouts when her car crashes the wall of the parking area in the mall.

It was all foggy outside and it looked like it would rain heavily any minute. The televisions showed the news of the upcoming hurricane which would not end until 3 days.

There was lack of cereals and other necessities in her home so her mother forced her to go and buy things and return early.

Ishita would have declined her mother but she realized that in those necessity her Nutella too was lacking. She got out of her house only for the sake of her Nutella.

There were only two to three cars in the parking lot so no one really noticed Ishita and her now crashed car.

"Which mall is it?" Ishita frowns and exits her car. Locking up the door and leaving her mobile inside, she walks to the entrance.

Her frowned lips curve into a big smile when she sees the name of the mall. This was the mall where her long time crush worked. Ishita met Raman when she came to drop tiffin of her big brother, Subbu who too worked here.

When she saw Raman, she immediately had a crush on him. Since the day she saw Raman, she started coming here almost three times a week. All she wanted was a glimpse of him. She never had a chance to talk to him. She had talked to him only one time and that was when Subbu introduced Ishita to Raman and Raman to Ishita. All they had said was, 'Hello' with a smile.

"Yes!" Ishita grins and takes a step forward.

She frowns when she sees the mall dark and a old man carrying things and putting them aside on the counter.

"What are you doing here?" The old man asks with a frown.

"I...I want to buy things." Ishita hesitates but answers the question.

"Sorry, You can't. The mall is closing due to the hurricane. You should go back home now. Come here when the mall reopens after the hurricane." The man answers harshly making Ishita flinch back.

She realizes Raman would have definitely went away by now but she had to buy the things else her mother would kill her. Not seriously tho.

The old man turns away to continue keeping the things while Ishita takes the opportunity to go and inside and grab her things.

As she tip toes inside and reaches the daily requirement center, she realizes she needs to go to Washroom urgently. She groans and rushes towards the Woman's Toilet.

After doing her business, Ishita sighs and walks out.

She takes quick yet silent steps towards the rack and grabs the nutella jar first.

The light goes and it's all dark. Ishita screams and manages to make her way to the entrance and her mouth is left open when she realizes it to be locked.

"Oh shit! I...I'm locked...Oh god!" Ishita panics and trips.

"Oh no! I can't see anything. Where are the lights? Amma! I'm scared of darkness!" Ishita whines and kicks the stuff that made her trip.

"I should find the torch or lighter or something." Ishita pushes her hand around to check her surroundings.

"I am an idiot!" Ishita laughs at herself and searches for her phone.

"I am surely an idiot." Ishita mutters under her breath when she realizes she forgot her phone inside her car.

Ishita counts her steps and reaches a rack. Her hand shuffles inside it and she feels something cylindrical.

She pushes the button and the flashlight turns on.

"Yay! I found the torch." Ishita grins childishly.

She turns around and a face flashes in front of her. She smiles at the face and turns around. She freezes—Turns around— and flashes the torch hesitantly back up.

She screams when she sees the face again.

"Aaahhhh!!! Ghost! Amma!!!!!"

Ishita screams when suddenly a hand clasps her mouth shut.

"Mmm...blmmmhh...mmhhh"

Ishita shouts under the hand. She licks it and the hand immediately disappears.

"Please leave me! What have I done? Ghost king. I'll do whatever you want." Ishita rambles and then she hears someone laughing.

"Hahaha...God!...Haha! You're so cute...It's not a ghost!"

Ishita frowns and brings up the torch. She blushes with excitement and embarrassment when she realizes it was none other than her her crush. Raman Bhalla.

Ulala! She was locked inside the mall with him. This was definitely going to be a great adventure.

"Ra...Raman?" She looks at his tag even though she knows his name.

"Yes sweetheart..It's me. I hope you remember me...Your brother..Subbu....that day...Introduced us–"

"Yes! Yes! I do remember." Ishita shakes her head at him. Raman grins at her.

"Ishita–"

"You know my name?" Her heart flutters as she hears her name rolling out of his tongue.

"Of course!" He smiles at her.

"But wait! What are you doing here? Your shift must have ended right?"

She sees a glint of pink colour on his cheeks as he scratches the back of his neck.

"I know....Actually I fell asleep during afternoon..I know it's against the policy so I slept behind the huge pile of clothes and woke up when I heard your scream and then realized I'm locked. What about you?"

"I...I..came here to take Nutella and other necessities."

"The guard didn't stop you?"

"No..No..He did...I actually crept in." Ishita blushes.

"Oh! So you were here to steal!" Raman teases her.

"What?–No! I would have kept money at the counter."

"Why is the mall closed so early?"

"You don't know? There's a hurricane!"

"Oh yeah! I heard about it in the news today morning. It won't end until 3 to 4 days to say the least." Raman says with a frown.

"We're locked." Ishita says blankly

"Alone!" Raman continues.

"For 3 days." Ishita ends.

"Now there's nothing we can do. The guard must have locked the back door too. We're stuck here." Raman sighs.

"Yeah. I'm Stuck With You."

"Don't worry. You won't regret." He winks at her making Ishita roll her eyes and turn away to hide her blush even though he couldn't notice it under the torch light.

"C'mon! Let's go and search for lights." Raman says and grabs her arm.

They reach the switch board after tripping and falling several times.

Raman switches on the lights and the light switches on.

Ishita sighs with relief and keeps the torch aside.

"Do you have your phone?" Ishita asks worriedly as she realizes Amma would be worried.

"Sorry. The battery died in the morning." Raman apologizes.

"Oh!"

"What about yours?"

"I forgot it inside my car!" Ishita stomps her foot on the ground childishly.

"It's okay. I'm not going to harm you. You don't need to call the police." Raman says dramatically.

"Oh. No. No." Ishita laughs.
Raman's stomach grumbles making Ishita chuckle.

"Sorry..I didn't feed him after breakfast." He passes his dimpled smile and pats his stomach.

"Let's eat something. I'm hungry too"

Raman nods and Ishita giggles.

"Let's pick something that can be cooked by heating in the microwave." Raman suggests.

"Okay! Let's pick those." Ishita points at the food stock where the readymade breadsticks and hotdogs were kept.

"Great choice!" Raman shows a thumbs up.

They grab the food and Raman walks towards the staff kitchen followed by Ishita.

Ishita looks around the big kitchen while Raman turns on the microwave.

Setting the timer, he turns to are Ishita sitting on the counter with a water bottle in her hand. She was looking down and had pinkish colour on her cheeks.

Raman gives her an amused look and walks towards her. He brushes his finger on her cheek making her flinch back.

Raman laughs at her.

"So Ishita. Tell me about you."

"I'm a girl." Ishita teases.

"Really? I thought you were a boy." Raman rolls his eyes before continuing,"Tell about yourself! Your likes! Dislikes!"

"Umm! I like to dance, sing and yes! Draw! I love to paint. I painted posters of celebrities. I dislike–Uh–Dogs! I don't like them. I'm scared of them."

Raman chuckles at her cute reply.

DING

The microwave dings and Raman takes out their dish.

"C'mon let's go and eat!"

Ishita nods and jumps of the counter and chirps following him.

They sit down on the floor and eat their food. They talk about themselves and about their funny incidents.

I wish these 3 days never end, Ishita thinks smiling and gulps down her morsel.