9. The Moody game
"Baava, what's that drama there?" Vinod teases Prasanna who has his hand in extended position (His imaginary handshake)😆. He immediately takes his hand as if adjusting his perfect shirts and bluffs it off.🤣
"Baava, I find something fishy with you" 😉
"What Vinnieee?" Prasanna shouts from his place
"Ohhh don't 'Vinnie' me.."
The girls gang at the front of the bus cheer loudly "Vinnie, Vinnie, Vinnie"🤪
Vinod puts his hand over his head and shakes his head "Now will you make it stop?"😆
Prasanna shrugs off "You asked for it"😆
It's like a tit for tat between them. Everytime Vinod tries to pull some act on Prasanna, he triggers the Vinnie card.. And the girls are always ready to go Vinnie.. 😆
"Oh.. My dreams.. "🥱
"What? Were you daydreaming?" 😉
"Hmm.."😳
Vinod moves to a seat near Prasanna
"Yes Baava, my dreams and my dream girl"😳
Prasanna suddenly feels an urge to get up and walk away but he controls any explicit sign of discomfort. He tries to be calm and listen to Vinod.
"Maaalavikaaa.." Vinod says the name dramatically
'Satyaaa' However hard Prasanna tries, he couldn't help reflecting his emotion in alignment with Vinod's😳
'Ok not so dramatic for me. I'll keep it simple - Satya' He😆 and his mind voice actively engaged in a conversation while Vinod is vocally conversing with Prasanna
"I don't know Baava why she attracts me so much"😳
'Ok, it's just attraction' His inner voice😉
"I couldn't remove her image from my mind. Like a repeating dream"😳
'Ok ok it's just a dream' He defends himself😉
"She's so full of life" Vinod says about Malvi😳
'Yeah, that she is' Prasanna thinks about Satya
"I'm already missing her, Baava"
'I don't want to but yes, I'm missing her too' Prasanna feels helpless inside
"You know she didn't say goodbye too"
'Tell me about it..'
"But I've no complaints Baava.. Her teammate fell sick and they all had to rush"
Prasanna just freezes his thoughts.😉
"What? Who?" He panics
"I don't remember her face someone named Bhuvana.. Why are you panicking?"
"Oh nothing. They could've told us. We could've helped them, right?"
"I think they were very much worried and didn't want to delay. Baava, is everything alright?"
"Hmm.. Yeah alright"
Vinod knows that Prasanna isn't alright. Anyway he doesn't want to disturb him so he keeps quiet.
Prasanna once again gets lost in his own thoughts.
'Ok, now she has a reason and I was unreasonably upset'
'So what? that doesn't change anything'
'She could still be not thinking about me like me. Anyway the past few hours weren't so good for me and I don't want to get into such things. It's better I stay away and keep everything to myself. That's good for me and her'
He decides and convinces himself that that's the right decision. At least after knowing that she purposely didn't avoid him he is feeling so much better now. He could now stay calm without any more doubts or confusions. But that's not gonna change his determination to keep his emotions under control..🤔
A week passed by without too much of changes in everyone's routine. Only that Vinod is completely occupied with daydreaming about Malvi. And Satya is smiling to herself very often, getting into a singing mood every now and then.😳
One fine evening at Mount Carmel college campus. Satya is in the court with the girls. She's fully focused on the vigorous practice session for her team, to prepare them for a club match. She doesn't notice someone coming and standing next to her.
"Come on Radhika, build the pressure now"
"Change of defense, Malvi. Don't try your routine"
Satya is putting some real situations into their regular practices. This way her girls can be prepared for them and everyone will be on same during real game situations.
"That's going great"👏
She hears the voice and just then realizes someone is standing next to her. She turns and smiles wide at the person smiling childlike at her
"Vinoddd.. Wow what a surprise" Satya is genuinely happy and it shows on her face
"Yeah wanted to really surprise, Ma'm"😉
"Ok I'm surprised and now you can go back" She teases, very well knowing whom he wants to surprise in real😳
"Maaa'm" He's shocked and laughs aloud when she bursts into laughter seeing his alarmed face
"So, how's everything at Christ college?"
Prasanna's charming face flashes in front of her when mentioning the college name. She finds herself very silly for relating every small thing to him.🤪
"Going great Ma'm"
"Any matches lined up?"
"Yes, the Lion's club"
"Ok that's great."
"Is something up for your girls too?"
"Yeah, the Youth club festival season started"
"Oh yeah.. Must be busy weeks"
Satya is smiling, thinking how Vinod must be wondering about taking Malvi's time out😉
"Yes, very much. And you must be too"
"Yeah, Baava drills us" He smiles
She smiles back wide, as a response to his smile and also because for the first time after a week, she hears someone mentioning about Prasanna😳
After a while, Malvi and the girls come out tired after their energetic practice. Satya just gives some instructions and walks away.
Vinod is grinning ear to ear looking at Malvi. Her reaction is very neutral and Vinod couldn't say from the look of hers whether she's surprised or indifferent. She might have seen him talking to Satya while she was playing but her face is not revealing anything at all.
"Hi Malvi" The grin on his face is almost plastered there
"Hiya... Hmmm.. What's that... Rahul? Arjun? I'm sorry.. I am not getting the name.." Her act is so pathetic and she's trying really hard not to be evident that she's happy to see him
"Think.. think. I've all the time. Try some more names. You'll get it" Vinod's smile only widened on seeing her cuteness
She is embarrassed for being caught but doesn't want to show it.
"Haaan Vinnieee... If people have one name it's easy to remember" She's really smart and never fails to show it. And just like she guessed the 'Vinnie' thing got him stop his smile. Though she wins her word banter, Malvi quickly regrets for that on seeing his lost smile
"So you must be ok to add another name for you, right Vino?" She tries her charm and it works instantly
"Of course, I can add one store room exclusively for my visiting cards"😆
Both laugh so easily like lifelong friends who continue wherever they left last
"You didn't message me all these days" He's the first one to complain
"I don't think I got any of those 'hey.. beautiful' messages from your number too"
"Because.. Because... you're not beautiful"🤪
"Oh yeah?!. you should dream after taking bath"
He laughs and he finds himself smitten again and again, if it's even possible
After a few minutes of silence he says
"So we meet.."
"Yes we meet.."
"Shall we go for a coffee?"
Though Malavika knows that Vinod is very outspoken and fast forward, this sudden question on taking her out for coffee, she's both blushing and angry. Angry because she couldn't contain her own excitement and worries whether it's very obvious to him.
"I'll need to freshen up" She says
"No problem I will wait" He's such an open book that his childlike enthusiasm is very clear on his face. His body language shows his excitement very well and she's liking that about him😳
She walks towards her college hostel asking him to wait near the parking lot. While walking away they share a quick eyelock which says so many things about what's going on inside them.. It's like thousands of butterflies fluttering together in one place and that's there🥳
Around 6.45 in the evening, Satya is in her room staring at her phone. There is a number typed on it waiting to be saved. With a smile she saves it with a name 'Mr. LaZeeBoy'😳. She taps her phone on her forehead with a blush on her face remembering the moment how she got his number.
It was an awkward moment for her but she didn't want you let go of the chance. In-between their talks, Satya asked Vinod very casually "So how's the preparation going for the club match"
"Quiet tough. Baava ensures that" He laughed
"Maybe I should get some tips from him to keep it tough" She probed
"No Ma'm you please don't.. I pity the girls" He cracked
"He can't be that hard"
"You've to see it for yourself"
"Hmmm.."
Just then his phone rang.
"Speak of the devil and here are his horns" He picked the phone with a smile
"Baava, yes Baava we finished the practice well today"
"No no no Baava, it was all on proper schedule with all the real situations as you said"
"No no.. He was there"
"Yes, we are meeting again in the morning"
From the look of it it was very evident how Prasanna had been drilling into the details and ofcourse Vinod too...
By the Vinod ended the call he was kinda tired. He smirked at her like saying 'See I told you'
"I really gotta learn his ways" She tried hard not to look desperate
"If you insist.. Enter the dragon house"😆
"Can I have his number?" Finally she asked for it and turned away in self-consciousness.😉
"Oh sure" Vinod was as casual as he can be and didn't find anything fishy
And Satya rewinds her plight of emotions when she got his number. The little girl inside her was jumping in joy and it's only a miracle that she restrained herself from doing anything stupid. But given a choice she was all ready to be stupid and outburst with her hidden emotions. It was like a dam waiting to be opened to let out the gushing waterfalls.
'Enough of solitude.. Now action time, Satya' She orders herself and sees the phone again
"Hi. Good dusk!" She clicks send seeing the night falling down near her window😳
She waits for few seconds then realizes should she mention her name
"- Satya" Clicking send is like a hell of a task for her this time
As she sees her name in the sent message, it appears as if it's called out in bold with all her feelings out in the open. If only a name can reveal all the emotions at a time... She waits patiently for something without knowing what.😳
The other side, when Prasanna gets the message "Hi. Good dusk!" He knows she's out there thinking about him. His face is just as blank as a wood.. He sees the message for good long seconds when the next message comes in...😳
Edited by Push-pull - 8 years ago
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