A/N : Hi peeps! Thanks a lot for being such a sweet group of readers. A lot of you are anonymous but yeah still very much grateful. We are on 700 reads folks!! A short yet sweet chapter, 1007 words it is.

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Anah's POV

Whole day swirled around patients and roaming around wards, thankfully no emergency came so far. I was waiting for food and my colleague , Shresth to bring us some delicious hospital café food.

Sarcasm indeed!

I was scrolling through my Instagram casually when a post by the pet.co came into my notice. There's supposed to be a charity pet meet up and adoption programme but before I could further inquire, Shresth came over.

"And here you go madamosille, your grilled sandwich with orange juice, bon appetite!" I just smiled and shook my head at his god forbidden learned-from-ottd french.

"You know what Anah?" I drifted my attention back to him, "Yeah?". "You look beautiful today, not like you don't do everyday but white really suits you".

Giving him a polite smile in return of his cheeky compliment, " Thank you Shresth! You look good too". To avoid him, I drifted my attention to the post I was reading earlier as if it's very important.

Don't get me wrong he is nice and a sweet guy and I am not  from one of them who think just because a guy compliments you he is getting all clingy, it's just I very clearly know Shresth's intentions regarding me, which exceeds the limit friendship upholds.

So basically, whatever he does or say about me, I instinctively take few steps back just not to let go any hideous hints, for his own good. He is just a friend and colleague nothing more nothing less.

"Anah? That's very bad". Somehow his words fell on deaf ears as I felt some commotion though chose to ignore it but couldn't anymore as I felt the source too close for my liking.

His cheek was almost touching mine as he peeped into my phone. Nobody and I mean it , should never interfere with someone's personal space be it a girl or a boy. "Shresth!" Agitatedly still maintaining as much calmness as possible I adjusted my chair a little away as he gave me a sheepish smile.

"Sorry Anah! Didn't meant to make you feel uncomfortable. Umm- You were looking through the pet.co programme na ,do you want to go with me like just on a lunch, it's on Sunday either way..so?" He finished ranting and looked at me for my response.

I sighed while rubbing my temple " Shresth, you are a nice guy, I mean it, listen first! Let me complete! Dating is not in my priority at this moment plus I don't see you more than a friend, good friend to the max but not as somebody with whom I choose to spend the rest of my life or even a part of it and-."

He cut me off by saying " Anah! Please, I just asked as friends do, they hangout, have fun. Don't worry I am not going to propose you and even if I wanted to, you made it very clear just now. I get it Anah that recently you have lost your brother and I understand that you are not ready now. I can wait  trust me, it can wait. I am in no hurry. Its time for my rounds, I will see you later."

You recently lost your brother? Yeah no shit Sherlock. I blinked away the hot tears that threatened to fall at the name of my brother. The food was untouched except for the orange juice, quickly discarding the juice and taking the fresh sandwich along, I did a quick search as I found an old lady janitor sitting in one of the corners without any food.

I quickly walked towards her with a shaky smile, " Jaya Aunty? Can you please fetch up my handbag from the cabin?" She smiled and nodded and went on the way.
I turned around and sent my sandwich for a reheat. As she got back with my bag, I picked the sandwich from the counter now all fresh & toasty and gave it to her " Thank you so much, I was very tired. I bought this for you I hope you like it".

She gave me a grateful smile which I reciprocated and left her to eat in peace. I again went to my cabin to get some more stuff, as soon I entered my phone rang.

It was fhufi(Aunt).

"Yes fhufi?" I asked merrily. "Anah beta? Umm can you come home early today?", I frowned. "Everything alright fhufi? If its urgent I can come now" , I offered while checking my watch.

I heard hushed voices from the other side, I think she is conversing with Papa and Sheikh uncle. " Anah? Beta no issue. You come when you are done with the work but don't be too late and before you ask everything is okay, it's just been long since we all sat down and had dinner."

Still not convinced by her reason, I chose to leave it for now. " Okay Aunty I would be home as soon as possible, take care". As I hung up, thoughts started clouding my mind, thoughts I have been avoiding since last week.

Rubbing my temple is irritation I decided to do the most sensible thing that anybody of my age would have done instantly in there situation. I sat down, opening the Google tab I quickly typed " Shourya Singh Rajput, Indian army"

Logging into my FB account, the search began for a certain guy. To my bad luck, there were alot of Shourya's and the army hashtag was just not working. Tiredly I slumped back on my chair, my head hanging off it's back.

Soon the pager rang and the quest for the day continued with a certain guy at the back of mind clouding my thoughts  constantly.

Ahh these men!