Walk of fame & shame
“If you are so over… umm.. umm confident you really should not worry should you?” she smiled quick on the rebound
She had no idea why he was so upset
He looked great angry though
“U think I am over confident?” he asked silkily
“I mean why would you even ask if I accepted the offer?” “Who even told you I have an offer?” she was befuddled
“He would have offered you I know” he said smugly
“So you are over confident “ she smiled nailing him
“About my Dad? YES!” he smiled flashing teeth humorlessly
“If I tell you he didn’t would that make me a liar then?”
“You tell me Viveka Mathur” he stressed on the Mathur
“When you make Mathur sound like an insult I don’t really feel the urge to answer” she shrugged getting off the bed
It was a gorgeous old house with punkhas along the periphery of the ceiling, and tall walls and curved edges and a low teakwood four poster bed with mosquito net
The walls had original art from all around Maharashtra
She bend down to look for her chappal
“where are you going?”
“Out” she mumbled sleepily
“Can I see your presentation?” “I never heard from you that you were doing any such thing” “Power Engg Must be beneath ur stature” he mocked
“You may not see my presentation” she said arms across her chest
“Got it” he said coldly
“I am going to have dinner”
He did not respond
“If he offers me a job I don’t plan to take it so that should ease your mind” she said softly
“You think I care?”
He was shouting
“Oh you do… Raanav Parashar… if you didn’t you would have bothered to say HELLO I did not get a freaking hello” “I don’t need a job at Power Engineers to prove my worth. Its all yours” she knotted the scarf over her skinny tee, and grabbed a shawl from the foot board
“Also I did not intentionally hide the event from you, he sprung it on the plane so I worked on my slides I didn’t talk to you the last 4 days so I didn’t tell you”
“Totally fair” he mumbled
“When we had a fight in London, you clearly told me I don’t have to share “everything” if I don’t want unsolicited advice”
“THAT’S what you got out of it?” he yelled
There was a knock on the door
Dilli or Aurangabad… Rakshit just knew when to knock on the door
“Dinner?” he peeked with a grin
“Out mann!!” Raanav warned
“How can you guys be fighting everywhere dude?” Rakshit began to laugh out loud
“Well you have sh—y timing” Raanav shut the door on his face
“Mujhe bhook lagi hai main ja rahi hoon”
She walked up to him, he held the door firmly
“Raanavvv” she hissed twisting the handle… they fought over it, he was forcing it shut and she was prying it open…
He was unperturbed
“Let me go!” she whispered
“I am not done talking”
“Mujhe khaana khaana hai” she wrenched it unsuccessfully
Being close and together was sheer agony
“Must do ur victory walk?”
“Who already ho chuka at lunch time” she smiled yanking it hard
He loosened his grip letting her win
He watched as she left him
She turned around to see if he had shut it back and went in
Their eyes met she turned away