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Chapter 84
She saw him and thought Great! What a perfect day it is! First, Aditya couldn't come to drop her off to the airport due to a meeting he couldn't get out of. Then, she and Keerti didn't get seats together and now this? A seat next to a hippie?! If she were to die in a plane crash, she was sure to ask the Almighty why he had showered so much grace on her all at once. She threw her bag in the overhead bin and slumped on her seat...which wasn't even the window seat. Her agitation was rising by the minute and it really didn't help when the hippie occupied so much space...almost leaning on her.She calmed herself a bit before speaking "Excuse me..." He was looking out the window and turned when he heard her address him. "Do you mind exchanging seats with a friend of mine? We couldn't get seats together. It's an identical seat, only the last row in this section." He looked back and turned again to tell her "I'm sorry. I don't want to change seats."
She made a face when he turned to look out the window. She turned around to check if Keerti's neighbor had agreed, but saw her shake her head as well. She turned around and threw her handbag on the floor before kicking it under the seat in front of her. She made sure the noise reached her neighbor's ears. She wondered what was causing her so much agitation.
Closing her eyes, she tried to calm herself as she rested her head on the seat. And then something tickled her. She opened her eyes only to see the hippie was also resting his head back on the seat, but leaning closer to her, his long hair reaching up to her shoulder. She clenched her fist before opening it to poke a finger into his shoulder then, feeling highly irritated. "Can you please stick to your seat? You are almost falling on my shoulder." she spoke in agitation.
"I'm leaning into you now...5 minutes later you will be leaning on me." he whispered as he moved away not looking at her, but she heard it. She rolled her eyes at that, wondering how she was going to tolerate him for the next 15 hours. She crossed her arms as she sincerely tried to calm herself when the plane took off.
She had been looking at her ring and thinking about Aditya when she felt his elbow reach the side of her ribs. And that was it! He had crossed all limits. She got up and stormed to the flight attendant to ask to be re-seated, but none were available. It was a full flight. She came back to her seat feeling angry and dejected. Her journey had started on such a bad note, how could her trip go well? Not that she was looking forward to meeting her father or his wife. The only saving grace was Keerti's sister's wedding. She closed her eyes as she tried to think of Aditya and not the man sitting in the seat next to her.
Just when she thought she had calmed herself down, he tapped on her shoulder. She gritted her teeth and clenched her fists before she opened her eyes. "Can I borrow your headphones?" he asked her when she looked at him and her eyes widened. She wondered what made him think she would share her headphones with him of all people. She made a face and went back to resting.
Only a few moments passed before she again felt him tap on her shoulder. "Are you thinking of someone?" She bit out "No!" and made a face, making sure he saw it this time.
So angry and irked was she that she even skipped dinner. She continued to keep her eyes closed as she tried hard not to bang his head against the window whenever his elbow hit her. After she had successfully calmed herself and had brought her heart rate back to normal, she felt him tap on her shoulder again. And this time she screamed at him, "Look Mister. If you disturb me one more time, I'm going to have to report you."
She saw him grin and immediately got up from her seat. This time he caught her by her wrist and said "Don't be angry. I was just asking if you have heard this song..." and then he sang to her still looking away "Na jaane kahan kho gaya hai...mera yeh dil..."
She turned her head in a jerk and saw him pull his beard off, followed by his mustache, his wig, his glares and finally his head band. A wide smile immediately showed on her face as she sat down on her seat, her eyes beaming with joy. But then she made an angry face and looked away, not before slapping him on his shoulder.
He leaned closer to her and asked "Gussa ho?"
"Bolo naa..." he elbowed her when she didn't answer.
"I'm sorry." he told her softly kissing her shoulder. But she moved it out of his reach.
"So you won't talk to me?" he asked her again. She didn't answer.
"Fine. Peaches and I will play by ourselves..." he brought her out of her basket and that completely caught her attention. She saw him play with her for a bit...and not being able to resist longer, she snatched her gently from him and he let go. She nuzzled her while Peaches licked her nose making her grin widely.
She let out a deep breath and looked in his eyes before she finally kissed him. "Itna tang kyun kiya?" she asked him when she pulled away.
He had been holding her hand and stroking her finger around the ring. He brought his thumb to caress the skin close to her lips while saying, "To see that smile and that elation on your face." They kissed again, longer this time.
"Ro is here too?" she asked him when they pulled away and he nodded.
They turned around and giggled when they saw Keerti and Rohan were already at work. He probably didn't have that kind of patience to trouble his girl this way. Perhaps, he had his own ways...
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