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Guys!I am back with another OS!
I hope uh guys like it!
I may not be the most decent boy, but I'm confident and bold enough to ask you the following... Wanna have fun sometime?
He re-read the message that he sent to Panchi. The delivery report confirmed that she had received it. He regretted hitting the send button but couldn't take the words back. It was too late now. What if she laughed at it? What if she thought he was being ridiculous? What if she considered it vulgar? Ranveer wondered if he could pretend he was drunk when he sent the message. But no, it was just 7pm.
Panchi was a quick texter and Ranveer, too, wasn't a guy with patience but still, she hadn't replied yet. He kept picking his mobile up, reading his words, browsing the menu and then keeping it down.
Feeling a sudden ache in his stomach, he went to the toilet and decided to tell her that he was just kidding and there's nothing serious. However, when he returned back, his mobile beeped.
1 New Message Received: Panchi
Why did she have to reply? He was about to clarify that it was just a joke.
He knew her since they were in school. Then, Ranveer had quickly realised that she was not his kind of girl but he could be himself with her.
His hands shook as he picked up his mobile. Hesitating, Ranveer frowned. Her reply shouldn't matter to him - he had never cared when asked other girls the same thing. But still, there was something different about her - she was more real to him than anyone else.
Finally, he opened the message and his eyes stoned on the screen.
What kind of fun? Please specify
Ranveer's heart bounced to his neck. Not once had it ever crossed his mind that Panchi would reply so. She understood what fun he was talking about. She had known her to be someone who believed in enjoying such treats that life offered.
Fooling around with girls was easy for him. He flirted, he dated, he got dot down dirty and then told after a while, I think it's not working anymore. Ranveer wasn't into commitment and tended to escape like sliding butter.
He approached life to be a fun.
Fun that comes with the tag of no-strings-attached, he quickly replied.
He wasn't sure what he wanted but he knew he could never have any strings.
He gazed outside. The flickering stars seemed disco lights to him.
Yeah, Strings are easily tangled, his mobile beeped again.
Ranveer didn't know what to reply back, so he simply typed, So?
He looked at his picture on the wall that said - Mr. Fresher '13. Smiling with pride of his win, he waited for her reply that didn't come. Panchi was playing with his head but Ranveer didn't mind. For the first time, he was enjoying his mind being screwed by a girl.
He fell on the bed and closed his eyes. Why did he sent the message? What attracted him to her? Panchi wasn't a game for him; she was just something... he didn't know. He smelt her presence around.
He texted his best friend, kd.
Panchi and I...are on!
Ranveer knew kd would drop his jaw on reading the text. Kd had been his closest buddy since forever; they were brothers-from-different-mothers.
Ranveer's phone buzzed again but for a call, and not a text.
He smiled as he picked it up. "Quite a shock, huh?"
"You doggy, I can't believe you did it!" came kd's voice with a giggle. "This is so exciting dude. How did you propose to her?" he asked excited.
"Well, I didn't propose but offered," Ranveer smiled wickedly.
"What?" kd sounded disappointed. "Don't tell me she is the next in your list. She is too cute to be your toy. Don't play with her dude," he warned.
"I'm not playing," Ranveer laughed.
"Then? What is it?"
"She knows me. We are just gonna enjoy it and there is nothing wrong with that. Everyone does that," he laughed again.
"Everyone?"
"Expect the ones like you - One Girl Boyfriend"
Kd sighed. "It's all great and cool but with Panchi? I doubt that. She is so endearing and adorable. You are being nasty. Listen ..."
His cell phone buzzed in between, "Oh, hang on kd." Ranveer quickly put him on speaker, "Can you hear me?"
"Yeah, what is it?"
"A text, from your Miss Endearing and Adorable," Ranveer chuckled.
"And what does it say?"
OK. I am in. I can never turn down Mr. Ranveet <3
Ranveer read the text as his chest ballooned with smugness. "Dude, I'm gonna fool around Panchi Rastogi! Party!"
Kd laughed and then quietly asked, "Wouldn't you want something more?"
"I don't think so. I am bad at handling something more," Ranveer said, confused.
There was a long pause from both the sides as Ranveer replied Panchi with a <3
"Ranveer, you need to understand that you lack a gravity in life - Panchi will bring the gravity," kd broke the long pause.
"Don't start your lecture again," said Ranveer, annoyed. "I don't want this something more."
They had this same conversation over a thousand of times and it was old news by now. Kd had almost given up and didn't hold a grudge. He laughed, "I wonder if something crazy can happen."
"I've flirt with three girls at the same time keeping them on hold. Every CCD worker, around the city, knows me for being with girls all the time. I get my mobile recharged and bike fuelled with girl's money. And then, I have played the prank of being a blackmailer too. What else can I do?" Ranveer laughed.
"Get her to fall in love with you," kd murmured.
Ranveer smiled slightly, "Hmmm.. Well, that would be a fun challenge but..."
"But...?"
"But I couldn't hurt her like that. I don't want to," Ranveer shrugged, even though kd couldn't see him. "Think something else"
Kd was silent for a moment and then spoke, "I have to go bro. It's time to call kiya"
"kiya! Kiya is a lucky girl to have you," Ranveer sighed. "Call her to say Ranveer loves her too"
"You're a swine!"
"kd darling, don't get jealous. I love you too baby. Bye!" Ranveer chuckled.
"Bye doggy," kd said, smiling. They both adored each other more than anyone else.
***
Ranveer groaned as his phone vibrated besides him. He rubbed his eyes and cussed the blooming sun. He rolled over, threw his arm out and looked at the screen with a curse.
It was Panchi's call.
"Meet me at eleven at CCD, Preet Vihar. You know that place?," said Panchi, without a good-morning-greeting.
"Yeah, I know. But what time is it?," Ranveer asked half-asleep.
"Its ten duffer! And it's morning," laughed Panchi.
"Am I late?" Ranveer rubbed his eyes.
"Not yet but you might be. And if you are late, be ready to bear the consequences. Now bye!" Panchi replied.
"I am coming, I am coming," Ranveer repeated as he heard the line cut.
Grudgingly, he tossed his legs over the side and sat up. Time to rush hero, he thought.
He counted ten deep breaths and then he ran to his bathroom. He threw his clothes off his body as hurriedly he could. He put the toothbrush in his mouth and danced under the shower. The bath refreshed his senses. As he came out of the bathroom, he bathed with his favourite deodorant. Girls love guys who smell fresh, he knew. He put on his best dress and was ready to vroom for Panchi.
He found Panchi, sitting on a table, as he entered the CCD. She was in a black dress. Her long hair was tied in a loose knot that fell all the way to her waist. He sat and gave her the rose bouquet that he had brought on the way. Her skin was vibrant and her eyes reflected purity. He could smell her lavender perfume. She turned and smiled her eyes caught Ranveer's. It was a smile igniting a thousand questions that he feared to answer.
"Hey," he said.
"You came". Her eyes beamed like a flower of the spring.
"Of course I did," he responded with a smile.
"What keeps you sleep so long?"
"I stay awake late nights."
"And what you do all night?" she chuckled.
"I think of the darkness and emptiness this universe is filled of, same as mine," Ranveer lied. He spent the whole browsing her pics.
"Don't try to sound intellectual, I know you are not," Panchi winked as they both laughed.
They had a friendly conversation about their chats, their school and their taste and then Ranveer asked what she dreamt last night, "Did you'd any nightmare last night?"
"Hmmm.. I didn't have any nightmare last night. In fact I had a very beautiful dream that a handsome boy asked me to be his latest toy."
He didn't speak, afraid she was about to slap him.
"I haven't decided if I want to accept or not but I really like this guy, you know," Panchi spoke so easily. "I would rather love to be his girlfriend," she smiled indifferently.
Ranveer scowled, "Maybe this guy doesn't want a relationship."
"Why wouldn't he?"
Ranveer took a deep breath. "Maybe his first girlfriend was a cheat. Maybe he was rejected by the second. Or maybe he has seen every friend of him cry in relationships. Maybe he see his parents divorced and happy with their different partners," his voice went low. "Maybe he thinks he can't be serious in anything because it scares him."
Panchi was nodding while he spoke. She stared at his hand, his fingers and his skin. He knew what she was asking for. It was too much though. He didn't think he could take the leap.
"Hey, I didn't know so much about your past," she rolled her eyes.
"There was a girl, Anjali. I loved her but she cheated. It was very hard to recover," Ranveer looked away while saying.
"Now I see the seeds. Then?"
"Then there was Sarah. I had a crush on her. I confronted to her but she refused. She hated my attitude," Ranveer hung his head.
Panchi caressed his cheeks, "It happens Ranveer, it happens to everyone."
"Besides, I see friends crying all the time. Relationships are hurting," he said as he filled the gaps between her fingers. Their eyes met, "Fun, Panchi. I just want fun only"
"Alright," she smiled. "If you can't be serious, we'll do it your way. But I just want to kiss you anytime I feel like."
Ranveer's lips curved a smile too. He held both her hands, "I'll break your heart"
"I'll steal yours," she kissed his hands.
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