🍁 chapter one 🍁

Tring Tring

The alarm clock rang. It was 6:00 in the morning. A hand emerged from under the quilt and switched off the alarm. The person lay in bed for a while before sitting up “Why does everyone have to go to work so early?” he said in a whiny voice.

He lay back down, but five minutes later, the alarm buzzed again. He fake-cried for a moment and then told himself,“Shan, it’s your first day at the office, and you already want to be late?”

Shan lazily gets down from his cozy bed. He quickly got ready, grabbed some bread and coffee, and left for the office.

Shan is a fashion designer. A few days ago, he interviewed for the fashion design department at RS Enterprise and got selected. Due to heavy traffic, Shan was late for his first day. Normally, it takes him an hour to reach the office, but today it took two. He was supposed to report by 8:00 AM, but he was already 30 minutes late.

Shan quickly parked his car in the parking lot and ran towards the elevator. The doors of the lift closed before he could step inside. Glancing at his watch and then at the elevator, he muttered in distressed voice,“Shit, I messed up on my very first day.”

Looking around, he spotted another elevator not far away. He took a sigh of relief then headed towards it. Fortunately, the elevator was on the ground floor. Shan quickly entered and pressed the button for his floor.

Shan was instructed to report to Block 2 on the third floor. Upon reaching Block 2, a receptionist checked his file, handed him an ID card, and directed him to Block A on the sixth floor.

When Shan arrived at Block A, the person who was sitting there asked him for his ID card. He checked something on his computer, and then directed him to Block B on the same floor. Shan, holding his file and ID card, headed towards Block B.

Block B was a large hall divided into two compartments: one where people were working on computers and another where mannequins were displayed, with some people trying dresses on them.

After Preparing himself to interact, Shan smiled and greeted everyone with a cheerful “Hello.”

Hearing his voice, everyone turned to look at him questioningly. Maintaining his smile, Shan introduced himself:

“Hii ! This is Shantanu Joshi, a new fashion designer.”

Everyone greeted him back one by one. Shan smiled again and said,

“I think I’ll be working here. Please take care of me.”

Shan’s charming personality immediately made him likable. Some of the girls working in Block B developed a crush on him instantly. One girl stepped forward and tried to strike up a conversation. “Hello, this is Priyanka, but you can call me Pari,” she said, extending her hand with a smile.

Shan happily shook her hand and replied, “Hello! This is Shantanu Joshi, and you can call me Shan.”

Priyanka gave an flirty smile and said,“Good name, just like your face.”

Hearing this, Shan laughed and flirted back,“You’re also beautiful as your name.”

A guy from Block B approached them and said,“Pari, stop flirting and get back to work.”

He smiled at Shan and introduced himself,“Hello, this is Vivek.”

Shan returned the smile and introduced himself again.

“Did you report to the HOD on this floor?” Vivek asked. Shan shook his head negatively with a confused face

“Go report to them first; they’ll assign you your work. The HOD’s office is on the first floor.”Nodding in agreement, Shan headed to the first floor.

Meanwhile,Rudra had also arrived at the office. As he entered his personal elevator, a familiar scent caught his attention. His heart raced at the thought of a certain person but He dismissed his thoughts as It is impossible for that person to be here.

He took a deep breath as he wanted to breath all the scent present in the lift . However, the scent brought back some memories that made him restless but his face was expressionless as always.

Shan met with the HOD, who gave  him computer password and other essential details about his work. Finally, the HOD asked Shan to get Rudra’s signature on some documents.

Letting out a deep sigh, Shan thought to himself,“This much effort wasn’t even required for the interview !”

After running around for half an hour, Shan finally located Rudra’s office and headed there with the file.

In Rudra’s office, he sat with his eyes closed, lost in his thoughts. A wave of restlessness swept over him because memories of someone flooded his mind  "No matter how much I deny but my heart always becomes wild with a mare thought of him." He expelled all air out with force. A knock at the door interrupted his thoughts.

What’s Next?

Why is Rudra feeling restless? Whom is he remembering? What will his reaction be upon seeing Shan in the office?

Keep reading "Chained Heart: RuShan"

Note:

The main characters of this story are Rudra and Shantanu. This is a BL story. If you don’t like gay couples, please refrain from reading it, as I don’t want to deal with hate comments.

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