Mithra

When time stood still! {5} ‘Would you mind if I sit down on your berth?’ My throat went dry hearing her words. ‘No, absolutely not.’ The words simply fell out of my mouth while my lips curved into a sheepish smile. In the next minute, she was comfortably seated in front of me with her legs crossed. I removed the headphones hanging around my neck and put it in my bag while she sat gazing outside the window. The cold air almost gave me goose bumps but she remained unfazed even when the rain drops sprinkled on her face. I could not help brazenly staring at her. The good boy in me was furious at my own shamelessness. Never before have I stared at the features of a woman for two full minutes. My eyes began slowly consuming the beauty, moving from her long eyebrows, to her almond eyes and then to her luscious peach lips. The train began to leave the platform and I reluctantly tore my gaze away from her before she could catch me red-handed. It would have been too embarras...