Obviously on fire today 😂.
This is a younger Shiva and Raavi dabble./short OS
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Raavi hummed as she looked through the bags she'd helped Masi carry in. She'd wanted to go to the store to see Dev who worked there on weekends but Masi was like the eclipse in her story always standing in between them.
She'd given Masi a long list of things she absolutely needed. After all she was 16 and had a reputation to protect. She found the makeup, the cute pens and dairy, her magazines, chewing gum, her toothbrush and toothpaste, the new shampoo to make her hair even silkier and even the brand of hairspray she'd asked for.
Bopping her head she helped put the rest of the monthly shop away, still looking for the last thing on her list.
"Masiiiiiiiii!!!! You forgot to bring my pads! I will need them soon which is why I'd put them on the list with stars!"
"He mara Bhogilal. I thought I'd put them with the rest of the things. Why don't you get some from Anita this month. I'll remember when I go next time."
"No masi! I need those ones only. Anita di uses different ones and they don't suit my flow or my skin. I remember what happened last time you forgot and I don't want a repeat of that. I'm going to Pandya store to get some. Bye!" she waved excitedly. She'd get to see Dev after all.
"Raavi, wait I'll...go instead" Prafula finished, but she was gone.
Dev wasn't there. The one time she'd managed to escape from home and come to the store all on her own and he wasn't there. Instead that bhootnath stood at the counter that her Dev normally manned looking through a cars magazine.
She didn't really want to ask him for the pads. She pictured the entire scenario in her head; she'd ask him for the pads, he'd give her his annoying smirk, call her names and then make it a point to annoy her about it. But there was noone else at the shop, so she'd just have to suck it up because masi would definitely not come back to buy them for her.
"Hi Shiva.. Umm... I need... I need" she stuttered.
Why was this so hard. She'd have asked Dev no problem she was sure or even Gautam or Kaka, but she was nervous asking him. He was staring at her, eyebrow raised,
"What do you want mami ki behen ki beti?"
Taking a deep breath she said "IneedapackofOrganicheavyflowpads." in that one exhale.
Giving her one last look he turned to the shelf behind him and pulled a pack down for her. "Rs.55. I'll add it to the next bill. Do you want a bag?" Shaking her head she ran out of the store.
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The following month, Raavi was away on a school trip and couldn't give her list to Masi. When she got home, she found a pack of her pads sitting on the bed.
Edited by Miss.M - 2 years ago
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