Synthesis of Scattered Pieces ✔️

6.

"Be ready with your ideas, we'll discuss them in the next meeting" David announced at the end of the meeting and all the employees nodded their heads in response, before standing up to leave the meeting room, including Shifa.

The meeting was good and surprisingly Daniyal saved Shifa from David's scolding. Getting this job was not less than a miracle for Shifa, but she had no professional experience as an RJ so sometimes she does big mistakes. But for today, She was thankful to Daniyal.

'I have to admit, he is much better than my assumption.'  With this thought she smiled and glanced at her mobile, there was still an hour for her recording and she was feeling hungry. She looked around, everyone was busy with their works so the recording room was empty. 

Finding no barrier she went to the recording room and draws out her lunch box from the bag. But before she could lift the very first bite of rice a voice stopped her in between.

"Yaha to lunch chal raha hai. Sorry, mene aap ko disturb kar diya." Shifa looked up, Daniyal was standing near the door.

(Oh, sorry to disturb you in between your lunch)

"No sir, it's okay. Come in" Shifa replied with a small smile and lift the lid to close her lunchbox.

"You continue having your meal." Shifa smiled hesitantly and decided to resume her lunch as she was very hungry.

"Kesa zamana aa gya na, now people don't even offer lunch to their colleagues" Shifa suddenly looked up, Daniyal was holding a teasing smile on his face, but shifa was embarrassed. 

"Umm... I- I'm sorry" She muttered while gritting her teeth nervously, pulling the chair Daniyal sat down beside her, and put his mobile on the table. Being a foodie he was ready to share lunch with Shifa moreover he was hungry too.

Shifa felt embarrassed. "Sorry, sir but... I can't share it with you" Without looking at him, she replied which made Daniyal embarrassed. He was teasing Shifa by asking to share her lunch but her clear refusal humiliate him.

"Oh... It's okay, even I'm sorry... I was just..." Picking his mobile he tries to mask his remorse and Shifa felt guilty.

"I would love to share lunch with you but..." Before she could complete her sentence Daniyal shook his head with a fake smile. "It's okay if you don't want to. I've already ordered a pizza for me, it'll be arriving in no time" Daniyal cleared his side and cursed himself to become too affable to Shifa.

"It's not like that... But... I can't share it with you" Shifa muttered with a lower gaze before continuing. "This is leftover from dinner... So... I mean it's not fresh" She explained the reason for not sharing the lunch and Daniyal looked at her with a shocked expression on his face.

"Are you for real, Shifa?" The poor girl was confused.

"We have a fridge at home, and we use it to store leftovers, then eat that next day. What's wrong with it?" Asking that Daniyal raised his hand to take Shifa's lunchbox and she silently passed it.

"Umm... It's tasty," After taking a morsel he asked, Shifa was amazed at Daniyal's friendly and decent behaviour. He was having that food without any kind of hesitation. "Shifa had you cooked it?" She shook her head in reply.

"All credit goes to my mom" she smiled and Daniyal nodded. "Hmm, Mothers have magic in their hands" He muttered whilst having another morsel and offered it to Shifa too as if it was his lunch, not hers. Meanwhile, the cheese pizza with extra toppings also arrived and Daniyal offered it to Shifa, though she wanted to refuse due to hesitation, but it's not good to refuse to have a cheesy pizza. So she lifts a slice.