He laughed at me and said “I have something to say to you buddy! Don’t think too much about your dressing. That is girls’ thing. Just wear whatever you find.”
“How do you know all this stuff Kiran?”
“Mounica taught me!”
“What?”
“Listen to this! They will like you whatever you wear! Even if it worse! Every time you get a new look or color. They will say you look new and it’s really nice.”
“Ohoo Kiran! All this things were said to you by Mounica..” I discovered and he blushed in his style.
He looked at my shirts, handed over one to me and said “You will look a little manly..wear this..”
Everyone in the room was laughing at me. I don’t know why!
At last it was 12:30 PM and I was about to start and my mobile phone ringed. Kiran lifted the call. Wrong person in wrong timing! I was not able to hear Pari’s words.
“Arjun is waiting for your call from 1 hour!” Oh no! He shouldn’t have said that.
“.....”
“Oh oh I will send him right now” He ended the call immediately.
“Arjun!! Go fast! She has been waiting for you from 1 hour.”
I was surprised but my heart, it was beating hard. And it was clear that this love has started to spread its fragrance.
I was following her. I had something in my brain but she convinced me to follow her.
We were walking in a strange place. We came across a little boy. He came running towards Pari calling her Didi. She was calling him Doctorji.
He made us sit at a table. It was special and abnormally beautiful. The table was similar to the one from tiffin center of Pari’s cook. I was later greeted by that kid’s grandfather and mother.
Words were less. Pari was trying to make me speak. But I was in so much surprise that I couldn’t speak out.
“Does the food remind you your mother?”
“No! It reminded me our Aunt! She cooks delicious!”
“Did you like this arrangement by my cook?”
“It is abnormally beautiful!”
There were few similar questions. The lunch was delicious. It included Andhra style sweets too. I ate less in the excitement. Pari was trying to make me speak.
We finished our lunch. Pari said “Pay for it!” She raised.
“Bill?”
“Pay him as much as you wish!”. Pari surprised me.
That old man was looking at me with smile. He said “You lucky young man!”
What? I thought for myself. Took out my wallet. I was not in my senses. I was in a completely excited state. I took out all the cash in my wallet and handed over to the old man. His eyes became wet and he gave me a big smile.
I walked her to her building. We spoke nothing till that point. We were exchanging smiles and when it was time to say a good bye. I said “Pari..I loved it!”
Pari answered “You know what I said to that old man!”. I was listening curiously.
“I said to him that am bringing Arjun to his home. And I also said that Arjun may become my future husband!” I was dumb. My eyes became wet. She smiled and left me there.
-Arjun Krishna
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