All about me…
Things were compounded the next morning by the largest bunch of red roses Viveka had ever seen in her life
Papa was reading the newspaper Naina and Viveka hadn’t said a word to each other after Naina had slammed her door on Viveka’s back
The twins just laughed and made fun of her misery. Akash was at a point where he had had it with Naina. He talked to Anubha last night and she had told him to lay off
Thankfully Dadu and Dadi were at Bua’s
Naina’s theater did not have any spectators
Viveka made pancakes (the twins got whatever they wanted when Ma was not in town)
They generally used the words “Oh Gawdd!! I HATE my life”
Now Naina was right there
Akash was no longer worried she would do self harm
The man holding the roses was hidden behind the bunch
It was simple, elegant arrangement of the darkest of red roses, must be a 100 or more?
Viveka peeked myopically through her steamed up glasses, oiled hair and pancake flour on her skinny tee
“Kaun hai Papa”
“Roses hain beta” he mumbled
He could not hold it, he asked the guy to set it on the coffee table
“WOWW” Veev gasped
“Here she was all upset… looks like dude wants to make up with her” Viveka laughed
The twins had left for college they would have posed with it individually and shot a 100 selfies in a second and gone off and bragged something utterly cliche to their male friends “If I cant have such a relationship then I don’t want a BF”
Their lives were lived on SM
Viveka chuckled and did the same… for no reason
Abhishek had not sent her a THING in the few months
There was no chance he was going to send her a 100 roses
When all this Raanav thing blows over she could very well use the roses to shame Abhishek or whoever… she chuckled
“card hai?” she peered in the red velvet forest
There was one tucked underneath in what seemed like a Swarovski crystal bowl
“Kitna bhari hai beta, kaise uthaya aapne?” Akash quizzed the delivery kid
“Jee sir” he nodded and accepted the Rs.100 with gratitude and walked away
Viveka wanted to vaporize when she saw the name on the card
“Viveka Mathur” it said
But it was too late Papa had accidentally pounded on Naina’s door announcing she had gotten flowers from inder
She came out screeching and gushing
Viveka pulled the card and stood up to open
“Its RUDE Veev” she yanked it smugly with a giggle
“Umm.. OK” Viveka pushed her glasses up awkward wondering how to break it to her
But the card was gone… swoosh
“Thanks for the coffee and the Dan Ariely quotes! Raanav”
“MUJHE kyon bheja hai isne?” Naina looked confused truly “Is HE hitting on me now?” she scowled a little egotistically
She flipped over the envelope
“To
Viveka Mathur”
It said
She just threw it on a couch and went into her room and slammed the door with a loud bang
Akash picked it up opened the card and read it… and smiled handing it to a pink Viveka
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