"You guys done", we both tried to stop laughing, as we covered our mouth's with hands. "Kalyani, I wouldn't mind you calling me anything.", then he turned to me, with a smirk forming on his face and mischief taking over his eye's and said, "As for you puja, I'm anything but a UNCLE. I wouldn't mind you calling me honey or baby either".

Hearing his word's, I froze in my place, as I stared into his eyes, gulping hard on my already dry mouth. Kalyani coughed making us both come out of our own world's. I diverted my eye's to look at anywhere but kalyani and jiaer. 

"Aah, you guy's. I mean, you sure, you met each other today for the first time?", kalyani asked looking excitedly between both of them.

"Regretfully, yeah!", jiaer replied still staring at her. To his reply, puja glanced over him, once more as her cheeks started to show reddish color. They both stared into each other's eye's, like the world around them is nothing but an empty space. They both couldn't understand what's happening to them? Nor could they understand, why it's unbearable to take their eyes of from each other. They both felt as if, their eye's have finally been filled, the empty knot in their heart is slowly but happily blooming. Jiaer isn't afraid to show his emotions, while puja couldn't bring herself to accept these weird circumstances.

"You mean, you regret to meet her late, or you regret to meet her today-", kalyani tried to pull his leg, but he cut her off saying, "NO, I mean, I regret meeting her late, not today. Infact I'm grateful that we met today". without realizing her joke, jiaer started explaining himself to puja, thinking that she might misunderstand him. Looking at his clumsy attempt to explain himself, kalyani and puja both broke out in laughter. Finally the awkward mood has lighten up.

Trying to change the subject, puja spoke," You know, there's one more interesting thing happened", turning to jiaer, "Jiaer, your hand". Despite their different personalities, he understood what she is saying, as he extended his hand towards her's. And there formed the same thread, they saw in the morning.

" What? You guy's are trying to make me angry by showing those wrist cut marks again?", confused and annoyed kalyani asked, as she folded her hands and her lips formed a little pout.

"NO, can't you see it? Here_", puja used her right hand to motion her to see the thread which is formed, "-look, these formed red line, formed till the ring place on ring finger"

"Now you are trying to make fun of me", she turned her head to the left.

"No, we are not-", as puja started explaining, jiaer asked, "Wait, you don't see any line on our fingers?"

Realizing that they are genually asking, she turned to look at jiaer and answered, "Nahh,  I don't see anything there"

"Here, look here, these red line.", Puja gestured using a pen, on both her and jiaer's hands, "Whenever we reach our hands to each other's, these line will be formed from our wrist to our ring finger, and give a shape of an ring"

"What? But I really don't see anything like that", she asked confusingly.

"I think, only we ourselves can see these line, and none other than us", jiaer tried to make sense out of this situation. To him, everyone agreed.

Puja sighed in relief for successfully changing the subject and started drinking water, just then, kalyani said, " Isn't it like The red thread of destiny?", and puja choked on her water. With concern, kalyani and jiaer both looked at her, jiaer went to her side and patted her on the back. "Guess what, despite your age gap of 8 years, you guys are quite a match"

Thankfully, she changed the subject fast, "Anyway, let's go puja! ruhi must be waiting for us, to eat", with a nod puja followed her, leaving jiaer behind.

After 20 minutes, she came back with food. 

"What is this?", jiaer pointed at the puri's, as puja set him a plate to eat. She replied," They are puri's and that's bhaji.", as she sat down. Realising he is still curious about it, she explained further, "Puri is made from white flour or all purpose flour and the bhaji is made from potato's"

"Oh, but isn't is too heavy to eat on empty stomach?", looking curiously between plate and her, he asked, like a curious little kid.

Holding back her smile, she replied, " It'll be fine for one day, and even if you don't want to eat it, you have no option for today."

"What about tomorrow? And the day after tomorrow?"

"I don't dare to hide you for that many days in girl's hostel, so it's not like you have to eat the canteen food daily."

"Wait, you are not going to throw me out, are you? No No, you can't do that, where am I supposed to go? I don't even have my passport, with me. I-"

"Shhhh, dude you are 28 years old, basically an uncle, but the way you are behaving it's like a stupid teenager.", she let out a heavy sigh, putting her phone on side,  and continued, "And no, I am not throwing you out.Though I wouldn't mind to do so.", as she whispered the last part.

"Damm, girl, you are really cruel. First of all thanks for not throwing me out, but anyway, I came here because of an unknown reason, which have something to do with both of us. So, you have to take care of me, till we find a way for me to go back."

"Yeah yeah i know, don't worry. I was talking about moving you to my apartment."

"Apartment? Wait, do you have a apartment? Then why are you living here?"

"None of your business.", after saying, she continued to scroll on her phone, ignoring his total existence. Putting the subject behind, he started to eat his food. After taking first bite, he let out a small appealing noise, at the texture of spicy but yummy bhaji and puri.

"WoW, it's tasty."

"I know"

"Can you make it?"

"Yeah, why?". she finally lifter her head up from her mobile.

"Well, then, will you make it for me? when we go to your apartment."

"Sure", with a smile she turned her attention to mobile, but somehow filling ticklish in stomach and excited to see his reaction on her cooking.