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Arjun arrived exactly at 9 a.m to pick Sagrika up, but he was still hesitating to ring the bell as he was not sure about his own mental condition and the battles raging inside his own head. He was worried that he might end up hurting his Maenu by asking stupid questions; he was startled when he heard the door open.

Sagrika came out smiling and asked him first of all, “How long were you planning to stay here without ringing the bell? If the servants hadn’t noticed you, I would have been waiting still, thinking that you might be stuck in traffic!”

Arjun scratched the back of his neck smiling, this habit had lingered with him since his childhood. He was still thinking of an answer, when Sagrika spoke again.

“You still have this habit of scratching your neck whenever you get nervous, I’ll cut your ordeal short: let's go, otherwise we will get late.”

“Okay Maenu, but isn't uncle going to join us?”