It was raining unusually, and she had to wait until it stopped. But she wished, if it never stopped. She didn't want to go. She wished to stay. It's been a while she has come home. Away from projects, semester exams, stress, busy days, she felt pampered being home with her friends and family around. Every visit to home, ends with a sadness that prolonged until she reached hostel and started her crazy days again. But this time, she really wished she could stay. For him. His presence around could overpower her good times at hostel. She only wanted to feel his presence. Nothing more she wished for.
The days when her friends paired him up with her, she too laughed. Such a hilarious lot of people they were. They were everything to her. They could make her laugh out loud, when her heart bruised. She could forget the word stress, anxieties when they cracked random jokes. She doesn't remember when exactly she became part of that gang. But now they mean a lot to her, she means a lot to them, and to him. It was that day when she actually felt that he has developed feelings for her. Those pairing up, and stories were not merely stories. They were what she meant to him. But she never wanted to take it that way. She believed it was a prank. Well, how can she not. He, being the most spontaneous, and the most-liked by all chap; and she, the not so outspoken, yet easy-go one. She could never think of him having feelings for her. They were worlds apart, in every way. 'He deserve a better girl', 'We are very different, he'll find a girl better than me', 'Perhaps he's just flirting, because I might seem a vulnerable one for him'.... She made up every bit of thoughts to not take his feelings to heart. Yet, somewhere around the corner, she wished it was true.
His statements made it obvious, he likes her. But the never-serious guy, could not make her fall in love with him. She always suspected if he was true to his words. She never reflected her heart to him. She always laughed, when they said about his liking to her. She feared, if she would actually fall in love with him, and then coming to know whether it was all a game, like how they found fun in everything. So she ignored it. But her feelings couldn't.
It's drizzling now and her dad asked her to get her bags. All her thoughts suddenly awoke to reality. She realized lately that she needed him. Maybe not for a relationship. But the feeling of liked by someone made her feel special. She wished, if his liking for her never faded away. She wished even if they don't go ahead for a relationship, her friends continued pairing him with her. She wished if he could wait, until she figured out whether she has the same feelings for him. She wished, if all these wishes could come true....