Chapter 16: chapter 16

I came in the local library for some studying. I want our play to be good and working on it for sometime will help it look good.I am also here cause I need some math practice books for my exam. I told sister zilla before coming here . I don't know if kabir sir will show up to teach or not. After what happened I don't think that may happen. The library is quite empty today , it's not that big library anyway. The librarian, an oldie is sleeping soundly in the counter. I am sitting in the last corner of the library with my books. Maths is really troublesome subject. It's really complicated for me. Don't know how kabir sir does it without any trouble. Why am I thinking about him ? I should focus on my studies and not on him. But again this is so hard , I am working on it for twenty minutes still I couldn't find an answer, he would have done it in five minutes. " You're supposed to divide it not multiple, you know that right ..." Came a voice and as I looked up. It was kabir sir , standing by the wall watching me do maths. But who told him that I am here...must be sister zilla. Must say sometimes in casual looks he does look good. And as usual he was right I was doing it all wrong. I had to correct it. He walked over and sat opposite me. I may be angry but at the same time I need to pass my exams. So if he wants to help then who am I to stop him from doing that .I gave him my copy without saying anything. His eyes were on me for a few seconds and then he started correcting my maths. He circled a few mistakes and like that all my problems are gone . " Thank you sir. " I told him when we were done. " You didn't wait for me today megha. " he asked like I did something wrong. Excuse me sir you particularly threw me out of your house and think I will wait for you. " I was busy thinking about exam and college performance and ...I forgot about you. Sorry sir. " I told him , wholey not true but not completely lie. " You did forget about me. " he said and I don't know why it sounded like he was complaining about it. " I wanted to tell you something important. I was looking for you all day , you even missed my class. Now I wanted to..." he said and his voice sounding like a whisper. But I don't want to listen to him. " Orphanage gates will get closed soon sir , I must leave. " I told him and walked towards the door but as my luck . It's raining outside. And it's not a light shower , it's a strom outside. " Looks like we have to wait. " Said kabir sir looking at the weather. " I better call sister zilla and tell her not to close the gate. " I told him and walked towards the reception. I called sister zilla and told her everything. The power has been cut in our area so I grabbed few candles from our librarian and we walked back to our seats. Kabir sir lit the candles. And I must say with the glow of candles kabir sir was looking dazzling, with rain outside and cold ...I have to remind myself that he is my teacher, have to keep my thoughts proper. Cause not only is he my teacher, he is engaged. " Can I continue now. " he asked and I nodded. " I was really stressed the day you went in my house. I know that's not an excuse for being rude , but combined with relatives, work I was little stressed. " he said and I understand. It's okay to be a little stressed on your engagement." It's okay I understand. " I told him. Why should I be angry with him ? He is not my family who will treat me nicely. He is an outsider, will treat me like one. " My sister got so angry...." he said and his who ? I gave him a confused look. He looked at me like how can you not know that. " My elder  sister ...you saw her with me. She talked with you ..it was her engagement. " he said and wait what ? That changes everything. " That beautiful lady standing next to you ..she was your sister? " I asked him all schoked. " Yes , we are non identical twins , so she is two minutes older than me ..." he said and I am glad that I didn't say zoya anything about it. " Oh ! That was your sister's engagement....I see. She looked amazing by the way. " I told him , I don't know why all of a sudden I am so happy. I don't mind the rain or the mosquitoed here it's fine. But why I am so happy? " Yes it was..thank you for the compliment. I will let my sister know. But why are you surprised at the news ? What did you think ? " he asked looking amused like he made an assumption and it's all coming true. " I thought it was your engagement.." I told him and he laughed so hard , his head tilting a little back as he laughed with all heart and my heart , can't survive such cuteness. " Of course it wasn't my engagement. By the way I talked with sister zilla, she said you can stay in rent in my house. The price isn't that high, you can stay. " he said. I nodded with a smile. For some reason my heart is light , I can dance and sing. Even now that I am thinking why my play sounds so depressed and dull ? " Thank you so much. " I told him and he nodded. " Do you like rain sir ? " I asked him. " Never thought about it that deeply, always like a science student, never saw it with literature. " he said honestly and what was I thinking. " You should come with me. " I told him and we walked over the open window near our table. It's not that much bright outside, we can see little bit of the streets, a car parked on it , the dance of trees with the rain. " See , it's so beautiful. Nature is so beautiful. It's so nice to watch rainfall. " I told him. It's one of my favourite thing to do. Watch rainfall from the window of my orphanage, sail boats on the street water. Those are few favourite memories of mine. " It's just water falling from sky ... what's so good about it. " he said looking at the rain and what else was I expecting from him. " It's fun. The sound of rain is calming, brings peace to soul. " I told him. " You can feel the cold water in your hands and the coldness help you feel good. " I told him demonstrating him as I felt the cold rain drops in my hand. " Other than getting common colds and fever , flooding the roads ...I never knew it has any better side. " he said and well he is officially very unromantic person, I can tell that. So , I didn't argued with him anymore and was feeling the cold rain water on my finger tips when it suddenly thundered very loudly. And I got really scared, my soul left my body. I had to grab something and I did... grabbed kabir sir. It sounds like a classic romantic story line but it's not. He may get really angry. But I am scared. I looked up , his arms still around me holding me closer to him. He looked out  and said " Now I can see what's good about watching rainfall. Must say it's quite interesting. "