Confessions of a Drunken Man
"Yuvi...stop it!" Naina tried to stop her boyfriend from stealing the flower out of a woman's hair
"But I want to give you a flower!" Yuvi attempted again to steal the flower but Naina pulled him away yet again
This had been going on for the last twenty minutes...ever since Naina came across a drunk Yuvi trying to drown Raaj in a little glass...she thanked Krishna slightly when she realized that even Raaj was drunk...she didn't want her boyfriend to be embarrassed in the hospital the next day.
"Yuvi...let's go home! No Yuvi...I don't want that flower...let's go!" Naina dragged Yuvi out of the holi party...
"Naina...where are we going?" Yuvi stopped walking and looked at Naina with a silly smile on his face.
"Why can't you smile like this more often?" Naina gave Yuvi a kiss on his cheek and started to walk again...dragging Yuvi with her.
"Naina...let's walk home!" Yuvi suddenly declared as Naina went to open the door of his car.
Before Naina could protest...Yuvi snatched the key from her hands and threw it away...
"Let's go!" Yuvi pulled Naina forcefully...even in a drunken state...Naina couldn't match his strength so she gave up after a few struggles.
"Yuvi...where are we going?
"We are walking Naina!"
"Correction...I am walking...while you're dancing on the street!" Naina smiled sweetly at Yuvi...who smiled back as if he just got a life changing idea!
"Dance!"
"Yuvi...no!"
"Dance!" Yuvi pulled Naina toward him with a romantic but childish look
She couldn't refuse him again, so she just simply smiled and allowed him to lead her...they danced in the middle of the street as the onlookers looked on amused and the car drivers with bemused look.
After a few minutes, Naina gave Yuvi a "stop it" look...and this once he listened to her...
"Let's go home now!" Naina pulled Yuvi as she tried to walk ahead but was having a hard time since he was struggling. "Yuvi!"
He stopped struggling and took Naina in his arms...
"Let's walk Naina!" Naina rolled her eyes but gave him a kiss on the cheek before starting to walk again
They walked a few blocks before Yuvi suddenly stopped again...
"Now what Yuvi?"
"You kissed me on the cheek...why don't you ever kiss me on the lips?" Yuvi looked at her with a serious but obviously a silly expression.
"Yuvi...let's walk!" Naina blushed and looked away
"I have experienced a lot of kisses...I want to experience the kiss of true love!" he played with his feet as a little kid would when he wanted something but was too scared to ask.
"You have kissed?" Naina wanted to shout but she knew that there were people on the street and this wasn't the right time
"Haven't you ever kissed before?" Yuvi looked up with a confused look
"No!"
"Oh!"
"What oh?"
"Oh..oh!"
"Yuvi!!!" She couldn't help it this time...she had to yell at him
Yuvi ignored her and started to walk again...
"I am talking to you, mister!"
Yuvi turned around with an amused smile...
"You sound like my mother! I am talking to you, mister!" Yuvi imitated someone who Naina guessed was his mother.
"You miss your mother a lot, don't you?" Naina didn't want to change the subject...she wanted to know about his girlfriends but for some reason she knew that Yuvi wanted to talk about his mother.
"Yeah...yeah...I miss her!" Yuvi picked up a rock and threw it...nearly missing a woman in her 30s who was probably coming back from a shopping spree.
"Let's not pick up anything and throw it around...please!" Naina got a hold of his hands and started to walk yet again.
"You know...I always thought that there was no one like my mother...no one could match her...but when I met you...my thoughts became those of a typical mamma's boy...you remind me of my mother!" Naina was please to hear that and looked at him with a thankful smile...which he returned as a lopsided smile.
"So you were spoiled a lot?"
"You're spoiled"
"Yuvi..."
"She forgave me for everything that I did...just like you! She understood me...no one ever after her did that...until you!"
"What about Mac?"
"Mac...he's good with girls!" Yuvi giggled like a girl, which made Naina laugh out loud. "I love when you laugh!"
They both looked at each other...with enough love to prove that heaven does exist on this planet...
"So...he was good with girls...weren't you?"
"Yeah...but I never liked any of them...they were just means of use..."
"At one point, I was just a means of use as well..." Naina quietly stated and looked away
"One can forgive...but never forget!" Naina looked at Yuvi with unshed tears in her eyes...
"I don't mean that..."
"Naina...I hurt you...I lied to you...you have forgiven me...that is enough! I don't expect you to forget...because there are some wounds that may heal but the scars remain!" Yuvi looked at Naina this time with unshed tears in his eyes...
"These scars are nothing compared to the love that you have given me!" she gave him a kiss again on the cheek with a small smile
"Hee..hee...I can't believe that I am talking sense when I am drunk...life is much more awesome this way!"
Naina rolled her eyes as they continued to walk.
"Will you spend the rest of your life with me?"
Naina looked up with a surprised look...
"Yes..." she looked down with a shy smile...
"Let's get married!"
"What?"
"Let's get married!"
"We will..."
"There is a mandir down the road!"
Naina suddenly stopped walking...
"You mean...now?"
"Yes!"
"Now you're not talking sense...let's get you home!"
Naina tried to walk but Yuvi pulled her back and she hit his chest with a shocked expression...
"All you need in a marriage is a boy and a girl...along with a pandit! I am sure we'll find one at the mandap!"
Naina just shook her head and pulled him toward the route to his house...
"Okay...not now...but you will marry me right?" Naina noticed that he sounded really unsure...as if he was afraid that she was going to leave him any moment.
"Don't you trust me?"
"I don't trust myself or my destiny!"
"But I trust you, myself and our destiny!" Naina started to walk again without dragging Yuvi this time...
She looked back to see him still standing there with an unreadable expression
"Let's go Yuvi!"
"Naina..."
"Yuvi..."
"Naina...I am drunk right?"
Naina looked at him with a confused expression and nodded
"Then why are you acting like you're drunk?"
"What?"
"We're here!"
"Where?"
"Here!"
"Here where, Yuvi?"
"Here!"
"Yuvi!"
Yuvi shook his head and started to walk away...Naina followed him without looking around...until he stopped and when she looked up...she realized that they were standing right by his building...
"Here!"
Naina smiled and walked up to Yuvi...
"Let's go!"
"Haan...haan let's go!! Booommmm!!! Naina, I love racing!" Yuvi pretended that he was driving a bike and started to rush off
"Yuvi...stop! and I am not going to allow you to race again!"
"Yes, mother!"
Naina punched Yuvi in the arm as they got into the elevator to go up to his apartment...they were silent for the rest of the way...until they got to his apartment...
"Yuvi...where is your key?"
"I forced it down Raaj's throat...that was fun!" Naina looked at Yuvi with a shocked expression...who was busy giggling like a little school girl.
"Yuvi...you did not really do that...did you?"
"Yep...that was fun!" he continued to giggle as he bent down to lift the doormat up. "Key!"
Naina didn't know if she was supposed to be happy that there was a spare key...or worried that Raaj might be choking right now...
"Naina...here open the door!" he handed her the key as he yawned and started to shake a bit
She took the key from his hand and opened the door....
"Let's go!" she took a hold of his body and helped him...placing him on the sofa softly before heading back to close the door.
She found him sleeping when she came back within few seconds...
"You're really adorable, do you know that Yuvi! Don't you dare ever change! I love you!" she softly gave him a kiss on the forehead and was about to walk away...when she turned back...
She bent down slowly...and admired him for few seconds...before touching her lips with his...
"Kissing in love is sweet! I love you too!" Naina looked up to see a smirking Yuvi...with obvious signs of drowsiness looking at her...before closing his eyes and falling back asleep.
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