Kia captives.

"Nishant Chandravanshi. Brother of Nishant Chandravanshi." He introduces more.

"Myself Kia-" lost in his captivation, she speaks.

"I know." He smiles. His smiles has some different elixir. She believes anyone can be hypnotise by him, like the moon. His serenity, makes her feel like amidst of cool breeze, calm surroundings. The whole chaos of fest has turned silent just by his presence.

"Nishant asked me to drop you at your home, safely." His words breaks the trance of Kia's captivation.

Kia nods slowly. In front of him, no words is coming out from her throat. An unnecessary shyness tries to grip her tightly. Now she is not feeling hard to make a straight eye contact with him. If Nishant would present instead of him, she could make some leg pulling to him, but this man, big no.

Siding the crowd, he starts to move out from the fest. Kia is following him, or she thinks his strange captivation making her to follow him. He has a guardian personality.

"Come lady-" he gestures his hand to his car, opening the back seat door. She too was about to enter there while follow him and his instructions, but suddenly she notices there isn't any driver on the front. "Is he himself going to drive?" She confuses. For a common people it's not uncommon, but belonging from such family, this thing is unusual.

"Are yo-u go-ing to dr-ive?" She hesitatingly asks.

"Yes miss." He replies softly.

"Mm.. I didn't want to give you any trouble, actually- sorry- means" her words are tangling up, while speaking in front of his unreactive behaviour.

He smiles looking at her. His smile has an assurance. "It's not any trouble. You don't have to worry about it. I would be glad more."

"Okay". His murmurs lowing her face. Still she remains standing there.

"Any problem?"

"Mm- would you mind if -" Kia stammers.

"What happened?"

"If I share the front sest, please-" she squeezing her eyes speaks in one go.

He laughs. "Ooh-okay okay-" he replies in his that serene voice. Then proceeding he slowly closes the backdoor and instead he opens the front one. Showing his hand gesture forward "Please-", he says.

"Thankyou" she swiftly enters inside. He has so delicate gesture in every step, making Kia very surprised. He is quite different from Nishant totally. Almost contrasting behaviour. But similarity is both are very sensitive and gentle. Nishant's flirting also has a comfortable gentleness.

"Impressive!" Kia comments.

"Blessed you like it." He says and engines his car. Taking out from parking to the main road, they both remain silent. Kia was though in sensing the ambience. Slowly he pull on the glass and turns the air conditioning on. She was vaguely looking at him with her eyes straight but he never turns his eye towards her, not even tries through the mirror.

"Where I will drop you?"

"Should I say direction?" Kia slowly asks. His all questions make her head tangle.

"No no. Just tell me the location, I will figure out."

"Okay, my office address-"

"Office, at this night?" He says cutting her in surprise tone and now looks straight at her.

"Mm- actually-" her thoughts again tangles more. She isn't afraid of him, but asking him to drive upto her home, she is confusing. "It's too far- though."

"At this night better not to travel through public transport. Don't worry. I will make you reach safely. Trust me." His voice has assurance.

Hearing him, she feels embarassed. Did he think that she is doubting him or have trust issue, actually not. She sighs. A lot of communication gap is rising, she thinks to herself. She narrates her residential address and lowering her head she sits silently.

The car keep going smoothly. Without any feelings of jerk, no sound from outside is coming. In inside also whole numb.

"Do you like music?" Suddenly he speaks in his deep voice, breaking the silence, after some time.

"Yeah!" Kia has been supporting her head on the back rest in try to do some random thinking to pass the time. But his question again like he in try of some effort. She straightens and looks at him.

He smiles. His eyes are towards her only. His hazel orbs has that sweet captivation again she feels and wants to stare at him for eternity, as if she is going to immerse into it.

"What kind of music?" He speaks keeping his eyes into her.

"Anything- I will hear whatever you will play." She says. Her voice turning more and more soft she can't control. "Or you will sing?" She asks.

He smiles, coyly, now lows his head a bit, making her heart skip for a moment. "No. I can't sing." This is approach she wanted, enlisted in her criteria, coy smile, the way she read in novels or stories. He rotates the nob of music player and whole car fills with melody.

"Instrumental music, string instruments mostly, I prefer. Hope you will like." He says.

Kia nods. It's one of her favourite genre too. "I like it. I also like string instruments." She says.

He doesn't say anything anymore. He just smile again. His smile is not new, it's just eternal. His lips are made only to smile, she thinks, and to make everyone captivate, all around will hypnotise.

"Do you play any instruments?" She initiates.

"No." He laughs. "I just love listening. My brother can play various, sitar, tanpura, even he manages to play Veena too."

"Wow!" Kia's eyes enlarge. "I don't know Nishant have another hidden talent. He even mentioned me, and I didn't ask too."

"Mm no no. Not Nishant. Sorry for misunderstanding, it's actually our another brother."

"Oou.. oops" Kia gently pats her head in embarrassment.

"We are five brothers, and Nishant is fourth." Be clarifies.

Kia slowly smiles, lowering her head. She pinches herself to control not showing over eagerness towards Nishant and hesitating to ask all about himself, about Nishant, about his family, siblings, the brother who plays instruments, and even the other brothers too who till now not come in frame. She is becoming so curious about them, she can't even understanding the reason.

She keep staring at him, and try to gain courage to ask about more. And he, looking straight through the glass, suddenly jerks the brake. Kia stumbles. Her head spins and she bends forward to hit her head. She squeezes her eyes. At instant instead of hard car surface, she feels something strong guard. She peeps through her eyelashes. The muscular arm of Yamak is spread forward by protecting her head.

"Sorry-"

"Sorry -"

they both says to one another.

"A little puppy suddenly comes in front. So-" Yamak says having a look of apology. He slowly pulls his hand back.

"You save that atleast." Kia smiles. "That puppy is blessed and so as me. Thankyou from the behalf of puppy." She giggles more.

For a moment, Yamak feels he can't abe to detach his eyes from her. Her innocence, silly behaviour, yet too sensitive, her tender eyes, yet too expressive, like god has created her by pouring every beautiful things into her. He keeps looking at her and smiling.

"Next lane leads to my house." Her words bring him back. He feels shy to stare at her for long, he exhales and gently nods. Taking her to the appropriate location, he stops the car.

"Bye- Thankyou and Good night." She waves her hands and says, after coming down.

"Same to you." He don't want to say more, can't getting proper words to speak.

He keep looking at her. With baby steps she crosses the lane, opens the gate and enters. The large lawn, garden in front of her house with low lights, he lost visibility. He turns his car and engines to go back. With the sound, piercing the lane's silence he gone. But, he doesn't come to know, from that gloomy lawn, her two eyes was only on that car. She waits there until her disappears.