A bright Sunday- summer morning and our male lead Kio Harley was out for a jog. He was sweaty and almost dripped after a complete hour of jog. He came to a halt and bent down in exhaustion. His throat was dry and he panted heavily.

🄺🄸🄾 : (How did I forget to carry water with me...I feel so thirsty... I'll buy it from the convenience store.)

He raised his head and looked around. He found a convenience store across the road and went there. He stood near the frozen food corner and grabbed a bottle of mineral water from the commercial cooler. He walked towards the billing counter but stopped in the middle. The lights went off. It was pitch black in the store, so much that people around could not even reach their pockets to hold out their phone torches.

🄺🄸🄾 : Heyy... !!!

Someone heavy, bumped into Kio in the dark.

"Excuse me...!!", the person answered.

Kio could not see the person but he could make out that the person was a man. He seemed a bit, in a hurry as he kept moving even when the crowd had come to a still. His actions looked suspicious.

🄺🄸🄾 : (Why do people have to move when it's so dark. Let me grab a corner so that no one can bump into me again.)

Kio carefully shifted to a corner by his previous interceptions and placed his arm over the wall that he could feel in front of him. He moved closer and closer to the wall to avoid being hit by anyone again. The electricity in the store was restored and he found a beautiful girl standing in front of him. He was shocked.

🄺🄸🄾 : (How did this girl come here... I hope my hand is on the correct wall or she'll beat the hell out of me...)

He looked towards his hand and found it placed very correctly on the wall only and nowhere else.

🄺🄸🄾 : (Thank God it's only on the wall...)

She looked at him in resentment. Her piqued eyes made Kio notice that he had done something terrible and must make it better but could not guess what it was. His mind was lost in her, and he could not think properly. He scrutinized every part of his, but could not find a single flaw. The girl was leaning against the wall, cramped to a small corner, and Kio was over her with his hand firmly placed beside her. They were very close, almost sticking. After a lot of straining efforts by the beauty oppressed brain, he suddenly realised that he had accidentally given a wall smack to a random unknown girl. He exclaimed and moved away to release her.

🄺🄸🄾 : Ohh... I'm sorry!! It was dark and I could not see anything... I planned to get a safe corner for myself and unknowingly got hold of you...

The girl, without paying much attention, turned around after a nod and went away. She could understand that Kio's intention was not even close to wrong and it was a simple mistake.

🄺🄸🄾 : (Ohh... She seems quite compatible... If there would have been some other girl, she would definitely had screamed and yelled at me. I envy the person who has her as his girl...)

People were starring him with cold eyes. He was obviously handsome but the sights he received was not for his looks. People around him were furious and had started judging him.

"Hmph... boys now days, think they can flirt with anyone with their good looks... ", said a lady.

" Such an ill mannered brat... ", said a man.

"Wow... that girl was so lucky to smell him so closely... I wish I was there in her place... ", said another girl to her friend.

🄺🄸🄾 : (I think I should leave fast or they'll kill me.)

Kio, with the bottle in his hand, went to the billing counter for the purchase. Standing in the queue, he found that his wallet was not with him.

He searched his pockets.

🄺🄸🄾 : (Where is my wallet... I remember keeping it with me...Ohh wait...noo.)

The man who had bumped into Kio before was actually a pick-pocket and had stollen his wallet then. Kio had no choice but to leave the bottle there and go back dying with thirst. He went out of the store to look for that man.

🄺🄸🄾 : (He must have ran away there and then... As it is my impression on the people in, has been so bad after that accidental wall smack, that I can't ask for anybody's help... and now my growing thirst... More importantly, I lost my wallet and have no money with me...I'm sick of luck today. Should I break in as a burglar and force them to give me water...?? I have even lost my mind today...What's happening...)

Kio was upset and stood outside the store in a state of conundrum. His thirst was growing at an inhumane rate. He was wearing a smart black track suit, with short sleeves and sweat over his body that amplified his muscles. All the female passerbys were falling for his looks but he was at his own pace, not even noticing.

"Look at that tall guy standing over there... he's so cute... ", said a girl on the street to her friends.

(PS : They were only normal people who were just walking by. They don't have anything to do with the characters.)

"Not only cute... look at his body too... what a perfect built... ", said the other.

"He must be quite rich, his clothes look expensive... ", said the third.

"He must be having a real good taste for everything... What a complete package... I wish I could get to date someone like him... ", said the first again.

"Stop dreaming, he must be having hundreds around... ", said the second again.

"You are so right... ", (Do I have to tell who she was...!?)

🄺🄸🄾 : (Am I a kid that I can't control my thirst?... Never in my life have I craved for something so badly. I even completed a tour of hiking without water but today... My thirst grew after I met that girl... Maybe because that was too sudden a jolt... and... )

Kio's thirst had not grown because of the sudden jolt, instead it was the girl's aura that had made him crave for her.

🄺🄸🄾 : ( And I couldn't move when I saw her... It took me so long to get away frome that girl... Like I never wanted to... Things like these have never happened with me before.)

He sorted to walk back home. His lips were cracking and his tongue dried. No one could have ever imagined that a person, in the middle of the city, could get so badly dehydrated. He thought of stopping someone on the way and asking for water but the words couldn't come out of his water drained throat.

🄺🄸🄾 : (Let me just try to get back home before I faint and fall. I even lost my phone to that guy. Is it true that I might end here?... What a peculiar, strange way to die... I'll be covering tomorrow's headlines...)

People were busy looking and admiring his handsomeness but no one could feel and think of his trouble. Dehydration had actually made him loose his thinking capacity. His head ached. He didn't know how to save himself. The event was very unusual and exaggerated. In fact, it hardly seemed possible.

Just when he started to move, he felt a soft one- finger poke over his shoulder's tight skin. He turned around and saw the same girl who he had accidentally got hold of, standing in front of him. She said nothing and simply handed out a bottle of water to him that she was holding in her hand. With a gentle smile that was hardly noticeable, she looked into his eyes and left before Kio could even realise. He solely gaped at her with is mouth open. He wanted to hear her talk, but she swept with the wind.

🄺🄸🄾 : (Come on Kio... act like the educated and sane person that you are... What are you doing... Stop acting like a lost wanderer in an unknown city...)

The moment was magical for Kio. A mild cool breeze blew across his face, soothing him down. He felt like a pretty angel had brought peace to him. The prolonged thirst that he had been suffering was gone. His lips healed, and his tongue became wet again. The headache vanished and his brain worked perfectly. Without water, he was quenched.

🄺🄸🄾 : (What's happening... Have I lost my mind... Just a moment ago, I was dying for water, now the bottle is in my hands and I do not feel like drinking... That girl, she could understand my problem without saying... I couldn't even thank her then... She came in and went like an angel and... hahah... actually saved my life... this is so strange... May every person on earth get a life saver like her... I don't know which way she went, she just disappeared... Who is she?)

The girl we just met was Sia Adamson, the one and only female lead of our story. She is a twenty two year old brilliant student, who recently graduated from the most prestigious university of her city. She is a gold-medalist in the field of computer science. She looks pretty with her big brown eyes, small mouth and long, dark hair. One-seventy centimeter tall, a perfect model like figure, and is too brainy to digest.

Do you get all eggs in one basket...?...No.... Same goes here. In spite of being a charm to see, she does not have many, actually any social interaction... Why??... Because she's an introvert. She hardly talks, always ready to listen to others and keep her mouth completely shut. Whenever the blue moon situation takes place and she tries to say something, her soft, feeble voice makes it worse for the people.

Talking about her nature... because of her shy and introverted character, she may appear rude to others on the first meet, but when you come across her for the second time, you'll find her the most sweetest person on earth. This is because she will never put her happiness before you, and will always try to make you feel that someone is there for you to look back to.

You will never feel lonely once you get acquainted with her. To see a smile on your lovely face, she can go all distances. A very unique habit and quality of her is temperament control. She might feel uncomfortable at times but doesn't gets angry easily.

People, who are close to her do not want to let go off such a precious gem in their life. She is adorable, I wish I could have someone like her around me.**

Let me tell you, she is not good at sports.

The days back then, she was looking for a job. She had sent her resume to a few best companies in the same city and got a call for an interview from the Harley Industries, the second largest company in the whole country. Her magnificent ranking and high IQ was sure to fetch her a good job as a beginner.

She lives in the capital, far from her home. She came to this city for higher education and planned to settle there further. After her graduation, she had to move out from the student's dormitory and rented a medium sized apartment in a colony. Being from a middle class family, her main goal was to find a stable job to support herself.

She reached her home and unlocked the door. She had gone for daily grocery purchase, when she came across Kio. They didn't know each other and on the supplementary, she doesn't even remember his face properly. This is how a socially inept person is. Foil to her, Kio was never able to forget her face. He has a total outgoing personality. He might seem matured from his behavior but from the inside, he is just a kid. A person's appearance can often lead us to a one sided judgement. To know the 'real someone', you need to spend time with them.

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🅂🄷🄰🄳🄾🅆 : I am more like Kio... talkative and jolly. 😁

What are you? Serene Sia or Kinetic Kio?

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Her interview was scheduled for Monday, the immediate day after this 'thirsty' incident.

🅂🄸🄰 : (This is my first interview... I must perform well... I don't know what happens in a job interview... will they ask me general questions, my hobbies or something more into computer technicalities... The main drawback is that I have no practical experience of work. I just completed my studies... They might not hire me... but I'll give my best to them.)

She went near the closet to open it and shuffled through the clothes hanging in it.

🅂🄸🄰 : (What do I wear tomorrow... I must keep it ready... Formal pants and shirt would be the best option, later on if I get a job, I can wear casual jeans. The position I'll get will not be too noticeable.)

Our Sia is a plain dresser. All the clothes that she collects, do not go with the latest trends. They are not at all fancy. Makeup, a word that is hardly suitable to use in her lifestyle. It's only during a party or function ceremonies that she applies little bit of color to her face. The only thing you will see on her face is a thin covering of lip balm over her lips, and believe me, she looks stunning in just this. How can a person like this even exist in normal times...!?

She stood in front of the mirror and started reciting random information about herself as a practice for tomorrow's questionnaire. She went through her previous years' notes and by the end of the day, she was fairly confident. That is how Sia works... she won't stop until she satisfies herself.

**This girl actually exists in real world. She is not an imaginary character.