~Perfect Imperfections~RN Fic~Epilogue~PG-22 Upd - Page 11

I saw Rajveer sitting on her desk doing something with some papers…..he seemed engrossed but I wavered his concentration……..he looked up and I stood stunned…..

"I am so..sorry….i didn't know you were here….woh main toh Pooja…."I stood still at the door and looked up and down ……but his gaze remained intact…..

"I just came to wake her up…..Abhi Abhi Madam ki good morning hui hai….She's in the bathroom"…he laughed😛😛….and continued "But I am still wondering why was she blaming you for not letting her sleep"😉😉…….he smirked inwardly and looked at his file again….😊😊😊

I blushed and cursed😳😳😳...….damn I hate her….i simply hate Pooja…..oh God pata nahi isne Rajveer ko aur kya kya bataa diya hoga…..did she tell him our entire conversation…..i swear I'll strangle her if she has done anything of those sorts…….😡😡😡😡

" And yes, May I complement you for looking beautiful…."….He had strolled up to me while I was busy cursing Pooja….Lost I looked up not expecting to meet him face to face…….

"Thanx…" I said….it was almost inaudible as he smiled and slipped outside the room from the door besides me….his shoulders brushing against mine………

"Ahem Ahem….."…..Rajveer stopped at this and we turned towards the bathroom…….. "My love birds seem so romantic na…."😉😉😉….Pooja stood caressing the picture frame of two birds on the side wall….and smiling teasingly…….and it didn't take an IITian to understand that she meant us…. Even I, a fashion designer understood……..I felt embarrassed while Rajveer just shook her head, sighed and left the room………

10 minutes later we sat in the dining room….after all the pillow fighting between Pooja and me……as I hit her while she laughed and teased…..thankfully she only told him that I didn't let her sleep…….along with a 'just as I don't let him' clause😉😉😉…....nothing else😛😛…not even that I had called her in the middle of the night…..we ended up laughing and clutching our stomachs….😆😆😆😆😆.

"Naina, are you nervous…???" ….this time Pooja was serious….

"Hmm…"…though I didn't need to answer….

Pooja knew me too well…..she knew how shy and timid i was…..she was herself unsure if I will be able to tell him…..even I was……but then I knew whatever it was….whatever needs to be sorted out….it would be today…..

I had one of my feelings…….😊😊😊

In the Dining room we sat discussing, exactly where were we supposed to go…..Rajveer suggested Qutub Minar…..i wasn't too keen but agreed nevertheless……Pooja took the opposition…..

"Aye bhai….we are not going for a heritage trip of the school….🤢🤢🤢"

"I haven't seen it….."

"There is nothing to see…..its a tall building…..which might give you a neck ache……if you try to look up….and its too hot…..i am not going….aur itna hi dekhne ka shauk hai toh net kholo google mein search maro aur Qutub Minar ki photo dekh lo……"…she said making a face………..🥱🥱

"Phir kahan jayegi….Tu hi bataa...???"

"Lets go for sho…."….

"I AM NOT GOING SHOPPING" Rajveer cut Pooja in between……

Both brother-sister began bickering forgetting that we still hadn't decided where to go…….

"hello….where are we going finally…..???" I interrupted……

"oops sorry she distracted me….."said Rajveer….

"And I thought it was someone else distracting you nowadays…."Pooja whispered and giggled😉😉😆😆😆…..as I glared at her and looked for aunty if she was anywhere around……..

" We can go to Akshardham temple or what about Delhi Haat…… I warn Delhi Haat is shopping….but it's a nice place…….with good food outlets…and….."

"and there are ice-cream parlours too…" Pooja teased again😉😉😉

"Can we go to both places today……I will not be having much time afterwards"….he said ignoring Pooja….

"They are far off…..but I don't mind…..If you don't mind driving..I am all free…..Mom has asked me to be back by 7 in the evening….."

"what about you????" Rajveer asked Pooja…..

"what abt me kya???....as if you care….if I say no you'll conveniently leave me and go…..hmph…."she pouted….😔😔😔

"No, I will not go….but I know you will not say no…."he got up, gave her a peck on the cheek and went to his room…..she sat smilingly….I knew Pooja really loved him….😊😊😊.

Again I got a chance to share the front seat besides Rajveer…..this time because Pooja conveniently claimed that she was not aware of the way……and that I am yet to know his bro….He has the ability to somersault in irritating situations……like when we take a wrong turn and then have to travel 5 km to find a U turn…hehe😆😆😆😆😆

The Akshardham temple was magnificent….the sight was enchanting….and the weather had decided to bless us by overcastting the sky with light clouds…..

It took us almost 3 half hours at the temple…….which is considerably less keeping in mind its immensity…..it would have taken lesser if Mr Shekhawat would have succumbed to his younger sister's constant nagging…😛😛..yet he had to read each and every engraved stone or information imparting board as if he was here to prepare a research report….🤓🤓🤓

I was engaged in my own world….far away from Rajveer's ……. The facts, figures and the History of the beautiful creation held no importance to me…… It was the sculptures, the engraved stone walls and the glass painted ceilings……. My mind dwelled onto its beauty in the soul stirring peace….Though I believed in God and would not eat until I prayed, here I felt myself engrossed in thoughts away from the Divinity….

In one such moment when I was totally lost in a carving, my fingers tracing the outlines on the engraved pillar as I tried to remember it so that I could sketch it on a piece of paper later, my eyes drifted towards my left. I saw Rajveer leaning against the opposite wall and watching me keenly. Before he knew I diverted my eyes again so as to show I was still engrossed in the carving…..but my attention was caught by this handsome guy in a light blue shirt and basic denims, who continued to see me as I looked at him from the corner of my eyes….the wind was higher and my open hair well set until a few minutes earlier began dancing on its rhythm..….and before I knew some strands began troubling my eyes….my eyes fluttered to fight them as my left hand tried to remove them while I tried managing my dupatta with the other……my struggle felt useless against the force of the wind leaving me with just managing my kurta and dupatta while my eyes remained troubled…..

And then I felt a caress on my cheek near my eyes…..my eyes closed more from the touch than the strands in my eyes…..Rajveer's fingers traced my cheek as he tamed the disobedient strands and tucked it behind my ears……. I felt the proximity, his gaze and his touch even though my eyes remained shut…..and after a short moment I felt him moving back increasing the distance between us……my eyes opening a little more with each backward step he took….. and then he was back to where he was earlier….just that this time instead of looking at me, he focused on some board telling the tourists about the specific structure we stood in……

It was then I realized I had not accepted his proposal yet….if I had then he would have stood next to me…..the longing to say a yes suddenly increased its vigour as something inside me panicked to lose him the same way when he had begun with his backward steps…….away from me!!!

After visiting every site, the beautiful Temple had to offer and seeing everything from beautiful idols to Pooja's facial pouts for hurrying..😆😆😆..we left …..even though it left me with an imprint which I could feel even after 5 long years….. which suddenly seem miniature in my moment of solitude…. How I wish I can relive it all over again…… just the happy moments all compiled together!!!😳😳😊😊😊😊

I stretched my legs on the bed as I shivered….taking the remote I increased the AC's temperature. I realized I was smiling while my diary remained in my lap as I sat flipping through it for the last hour even without reading a line……

My life was seeming a novel to my own self…..which I intended to read line by line and word by word….!!!