*************************************** Next day, she was eating with her friends at canteen. He came out of nowhere. "Hey, Can I join you??" and without answer he had joined her. At first she had find this somewhat weird, but he was such a charmer, he soon became friendlier to her friends than she was. Pretty soon, he was hanging out with her friend?s circle. And She had somewhat loved his company. He was kind of happy go lucky, kind of whacky, but he was fun to be around. He would have thousand of jokes to make good laugh to everyone. He was fun-driven person, taking each day of life as celebration. That day he was somewhat serious, somewhat diverted. He was talking less. And for next three days he just vanished away from the group. She had clearly seen all the changes, but seeing that was not going away that easily, she thought of talking with him. She found him at the Caf? that day, sitting alone. "Hey, K Chha??" "Thikai?" "Yeuta kura sodhanun??" She asked for permission. "Sodhe hunchha, sodhna pani sodhirakhnu parchha??" "Tmilai kehi bhairakheko chha ho??" She had hit the bull?s eye. "I don?t know" He was hesitant to reply. "Ok" she had taken coolly. They had their first cup of coffee that day, black coffee and that day did they knew they both have common love for coffee, black and bitter, the taste of life. Next day, He had come to her. "Hey, I think I need to talk." He asked. "Yeah, Ok." She had replied. "I think I am in love." He had told her. "Ammaai.. ko ni lucky kti??" She was surprised. "Khoi malai uule aaru nai man paraunchha jasto lagchha, and I am not sure if I should tell her name, but I will tell you someday." He had replied. "Bhana na please, ma kasailai bhandina k." She was curious. "Someday k?" he was still somewhat hesitant. She said something that day that struck deep inside his heart forever. "Tmilai yeuta kura bhanu hai?hope you won?t mind." She tried to be as cool as possible. "You know, you act as if you are so frank, but in real you are not, you always keep so much inside yourself." She had darted into his heart. Nobody had told him this before, and this was the way he was, always with himself, never trying to share anything, never trying to show he has something to share. And that day he felt, "Here is someone who knows me better than myself." He didn?t tell her the name, but that day, he felt somewhat intimate with her. ***************************************