After talking to Yazhini, Raghav settled on his bed with his laptop. Making sure that his mother had gone to sleep, he logged in to the website where he writes his story.

The moment he opened it, the notifications started running down throughout the page. As he was busy for the past two days, he couldn't login and update his story "The Gun Point".

Writing is not his passion, but it is his stress buster. It is the way by which he vents out his pain and stress. It has introduced to him  a new world of words and thoughts and lots of new characters in the journey of writing.

As his mother was an English teacher, his vocabulary and hold on the language was eventually high. That boosted his confidence level to start writing.

One day, he had a weird dream of a criminal who trapped a victim and threatened him under his gun point, the struggles the victim had gone through to escape from the criminal and the consequences faced by the innocent victim thereafter. This dream provoked his imagination and made him pen it down as a story titled "The Gun Point".

People started welcoming this thriller story and supported him. That was the reason why he had planned for a sequel of the same.

Just like every other day he was scrolling down the notifications, he found a new name in the list. "Mad Medico" weird yet unique name, he thought.

The predictions made by that user in the comments was very funny and strange as well. Some were related to the story while the other comments made him laugh hilariously.  At the end of the story, the "Mad Medico" had left a lengthy message to him on how she was hooked up with the story and how he made it so engaging and thrilling in every single part. Raghav felt touched on reading it. 

"Hey techie!! This a mad medico who has gone extremely mad after reading your book;) How could you come up with such a lot of twists and turns in your story? They're so complicated and twisted than my anatomy books and the hairpin bends of the hill stations. Kudos to you man! I'm a reader who looses intrest in a story if I couldn't easily find out what's gonna happen next. But you kept me engaged and made me be on the edge of the seat throughout the read. If you keep on writing like this, I guess there won't be a need for a nail cutter in my house. *Just kidding*. I had a great time while reading your book "The Gun Point"! In fact I even forgot the time and kept reading it until you came up with the climax. Thanks and best wishes for the good work!"

This was the message sent by Nithya aka Mad medico to Raghav.

"Hey hi! Thank you so much for your heart warming message. I'm happy that you liked my story and got so involved with it. I assure that my upcoming works will also be liked by you. Keep supporting."

As Raghav was feeling very tired because of hectic office work, he closed his laptop and tried catching some sleep.

He woke up sharp at six the next day, before the buzz of the alarm clock. He had scheduled the works to done that day, so his day will go on smoothly.

He walked to the living room and found his mom glancing through the newspaper as she sipped her coffee. She heard him walking in and lifted her head from the newspaper.

"Good morning da! You're up so soon?" she asked him surprised.

"Morning maa! I have lots of works to be completed today, so I woke up early." He replied.

"Okay da, wait let me make coffee for you." She said and walked towards the kitchen.

Raghav started reading newspaper in the mean time. His phone buzzed with a message. He curiously opened it, as he was surprised to receive a message so early.

Darling 😘 : Good morning anna 🤩 are you free today?

He smiled on seeing Yazhini's message.

Raghav: Good morning Yazhini! I have a  meeting in the morning da, anything important?

"Oh okay anna. I spoke to Aravind last night, I told him about you too.. he was very eager the meet you. That's why I asked whether you'd be free today. "

" Hmm..I'll check my schedule da,  I'll alter the schedule if possible "

" it's okay anna, we can meet some other day!"

" No da, just give me 10 minutes I'll make the changes. Please don't change the plan. He is going to be our family, we cannot demand him to change plans as per our wish. "

" Anna... We have just met yesterday... How could you say he is the one?"

" If he is not the one you would not have been chatting with him all night and make a plan to meet him the very next day ;) I know you better than you do Madam;)"

🙈🙈🙈

" Madam ku ippove vekkama? "

Annnaaa...

" Okay okay . I'll check my schedule and let you know. And please don't ask him to make any changes in the plan. It won't sound good."

"Okay anna. Have a great day! Amma is calling me, I've to go"

"Same to you darling bye!"

Raghav replied and smiled looking at his mobile. He was happy that Yazhini had spoke to the groom and felt comfortable. Just like Aravind, Raghav was also eager to meet him.

Sharadha came with the coffee. She found him thinking by looking at his mobile.

"What are you thinking Raghav?" She asked him.

"Yazhini texted me maa, we are planning to meet Aravind today. "

"That's good da, but you told me just now that you have lots of work na.."

"Yeah ma, but don't worry. I'll manage or I'll ask Vicky to do on behalf of me." Raghav winked at his mom.

"Hey that poor soul is already doing all the things for you and you are still loading with your works la?"

"Maa, that was the deal ma.." Raghav spilt the truth and bit his tongue.

"What deal?" Sharadha asked as she sat next to him.

"That... That's nothing ma , leave it"

"I'm suspicious only because you told there's nothing. Tell me da!"

"Maa.. it's a dealing between friends"

"Am I not your best friend? When did you start hiding things from me??" She asked him furiously.

"Hey maa.. no.. It's not like that"

"Then?"

"There's nothing new in it, that's why I didn't tell you.."

"If there's nothing new, then you tell me what had actually happened?"

"Phew! You know that too"

"Did he fight with Anitha again?"

"Hmm yeah.. but this time she faught with him"

"That's nothing new either, what did he do?"

"Forgot their first year relationship anniversary"

"Aww! I pity Anitha! Why is this Vicky behaving like this?" Sharadha asked with a frown.

"Manufacturing defect! What to do!" he replied.

"Hmm.. so if my guess is right, he would have asked you or in fact begged you to act as a cupid and resolve the fight"

"Smart mummy! That's what happened. And I asked him to complete my work"

"Hahaha! Now I get it. So when are you going to talk to her?"

"She is not in town. Once she comes here I'll talk to her. Vicky may sometimes act immaturely, but he is a sweetheart. Anitha will understand him for sure. She is just upset that he forgot their anniversary"

"I know da! Once their problem is resolved, let me know okay?"

"Sure ma. I've to log in early today, as I have to wind up things before 6 PM at least. So I'll start getting ready maa"

"What do you want for breakfast pa?"

"We bought bread that day right? Let's eat sandwich now and have an early lunch ma"

"Okay pa! I'll get your breakfast ready while you take bath".

Sharadha and Raghav started their day on a happy note.

To be continued
Next chapter : Sweet talks