*1*"Laal duppata, urr gaya re bairi hawa ke jhonke se..."She hummed to herself as she stood in front of mirror, getting ready. Her hands moving through her long wet hair. She wanted them to dry soon so she could become the Indian version of Chun Li.
"Mujh ko piya ne dekh liya, haaye re dhoke se..."Just as she sung this line, a reflection appeared behind her. Shocked, she turned around to get a better look at the person. But he was standing so close that her hair whipped on his face. At the touch of her long, wet hair on his face, his eyes automatically closed and he tilted his face on the face instinctively.
"Aakash...tum?" Her breaths were heavy. Her seemed to be racing and threatening to come out of her chest. He was standing so close to her and she realized, for the umpteenth time, just how angelic he was.
"Haan woh, tum ne jhoot kyun kaha tha ke tumare ghar tamatar khatam hogaye the?" Getting over his entranced state, he cleared his throat and asked her with the tube-light of interest shining on his face.
"Jhoot...?" She, unlike him, hadn't gotten over her breathless state. His cologne was doing crazy things to her respiratory system.
"Haan! Kyunke main tou tamatar dekh raha hun!" He said with a very all-knowing look on his face, a smirk plastered on his face. She got confused at his statement and started looking here and there to see the tomatoes that he had seen.
"Kahan?" Curiosity got over her breathlessness. Moving her head left and right, she searched for the tomatoes while he stood there with his arms crossed looking at her and enjoying her childish and innocent actions.
"Yahan." He poked her cheeks which had gone red. She stopped like a statue at his touch. For the first time, he had not only been so close to her but he had touched her in a more than friendly way. Before she could react, he winked at her and walked away.
Her red cheeks went redder at his wink and she could hear the pounding of her heart in her ears. She struggled to breathe.
"CHIKKI!" Soni came running in and seeing her friend in a very unusual state, she got worried and rushed to her.
"Kya hua?!" Soni shook the statue Chikki who was feeling like she had been hit by a club over her head.
"Kuch nahin..." she managed to whisper before fainting straight into Soni's arms.
*2*"Chikki! Chalo!"
"Aakash nahin!"
"Arey, chalo na!"
"Nahin Aakash, mujhe darr lag raha hai..."
"Darr? Kis baat ka?"
"Wo...nahin bus! Choro na, tum jao dance karo. Main yaheen khari hun."
"Akele dance karne mein kya faida? Main yahan tumhare saath aya hun tou tumare saath hi dance karunga."
"Nahin, tumare dost tumara mazaak uraenge..."
"Kyun?"
"Kyunke main tumare laiq nahin hun!"
"Chikki, bhool ke bhi dobara aisa mat kehna. Tum mere liye dunya ki sab se khoobsurat larki ho aur main puri dunya ko dikhana chahta hun ke Chikki kitni khaas hai mere liye."
"Aakash..."
"I love you Chikki. Ye kabhi mat bhoolna."
"I love you too Aakash."
"Really?! Tou chalo, let's dance!"
"Tum mera saath kabhi nahin choro ge na?"
"Mar jaounga lekin aisa kabhi nahin karunga!"
(more updates coming soon. till then, throw away your jootas and chappals!)