Akruti Arora
"Thanks for entering my life, happy pill".
The moment he whispered this in my years, my cheeks started turning red on its own. This guy knows how to make me blush like this. He chuckled huskily near my ears.
'God, why does he have this much effect on me?' , I questioned myself internally.
"You blush so fast Akruti....and I'm proud and happy that I'm the reason behind your blush", he whispered but laughing this time. I turned towards him and sat in lotus position glaring at him. He tapped the tip of my nose like it's some button.
I narrowed my eyes at him, whilst he just gave me a cheeky smile in response. My lips threatened to smile, instead, I pouted at him, and I turned my head away from him, whilst crossing my arms at the front.
"You're such a kid", he teased me. And I just huffed. For the next ten minutes he kept on teasing me, and all I did was glaring at him and pouting. Then an idea instantly clicked my mind.
"If you keep on teasing me, I'll go in search of my mystery man", I said to him, while adding more pressure on the word 'my'. His eyes went wide and his mouth formed a perfect ' O ' shaped. Now it was my turn to laugh.
"Who is that mystery man? Why would you go in search of him, when you have a boyfriend for heaven's sake woman?", he questioned with annoyance filling his tone.
'Ahh!! Payback time Mister', I smirked internally.
"Why do you wanna know about him? He's 'my mystery man' and not yours, and by any chance are you jealous", I replied to him stressing more on my mystery man and giggled. He puffed out loudly and cupped my face.
"Yes, I'm jealous Happy Pill. Akruti please tell me who that person is? So that I can hunt him down and kill him", he replied calmly. This time my eyes went wider and I pushed his hands that were cupping my face.
"You wouldn't do that!!", I told him, with my eyes wide.
"Try me!!"
"Noooo you wouldn't"
"Okay now tell me about him....please", he asked me so innocently that too with puppy eyes. This guy and his innocent looks. Sighing I narrated the whole bet and park incident to him.
Did I mention his total demeanor changed? From jealousy to happiness. I wonder why?
"Why are you smiling like a lunatic now??", I quizzed him suspiciously. Grinning he cupped my face and kissed my forehead. Pulling away from him, I narrowed my eyes at him.
"All the best in finding him, mia pillola felice ( my happy pill) ", he said grinning.
'Okay now the plan totally backfired', I sighed thinking about it.
"Okay let's talk something else.", I tried to change the topic.
"Trying to change the topic, are we?", he teased me again. I huffed in response. "If you gonna tease me, I'll go and search my mystery man"
" I'll be glad to help you, happy pill.", he smiled again. I turned my face away from him. Sighing I faced him.
"Is happy pill my nickname?", I questioned him. Chuckling nervously he rubbed the back of his neck.
' One action, every boy do, when they're nervous', I chuckled at my thought.
"Yeah!! You always bring me out of my gloominess without your knowledge, so the name happy pill", he pecking my lips. My eyes went wide and soon turned around to see if anyone saw his action. Thank god no one did.
But hearing his explanation my heart melts. How much I love him. I'm always thankful to God for sending him in my life. But his next set of words made me shocked.
"Okay, now you tell me, what nickname you have kept for me? No, wait I'll call your mobile so that I can see myself", he replied and grabbed my phone from me when I was plotting a plan to stop this.
How on earth I'll tell him the names. God seriously! Like all the names were 'Mr. Hoity- Toity, Arrogant Jerk, Muttonhead, and many more'. God, I heard my mobile ringing and I closed my eyes.
'Boom now Akruti', IÂ thought to myself. When I didn't hear any reaction, I peeked to look at him, whilst he was already looking at me with a raised eyebrow.
"Mr. Hoity- Toity huh!?", he asked me, whilst I gulped in response.
"Umm...well you see Viren....", I dragged my sentences not knowing what to say. He sat there calmly waiting for my answers.
"Since you were going all rude on me, I named you Mr. Hoity-Toity, Arrogant Jerk, Muttonhead, and many more....ahh I forgot one more name!", explaining this I was thinking of the names which I had given him.
"All names related to arrogant. Wow, and how do you even know these many words huh? Like seriously! ", he asked me shocked.
"Viren don't disturb me, I'm thinking here", mumbling this I shushed him. He looked bewildered for a moment. We sat in silence for minutes.
"Yay!! I got it....it's pompous", I shouted gleefully and the next second I shut myself seeing him, narrowing his eyes at me like it was asking for an explanation.
"This I named you after, you gave me loads of work to do, I mean after the fainting incident", I said to him shrugging.
After hearing my definition, he shook his head and said, "I don't know, how am I gonna handle you?". Confessing he got up from his place and offered his hands for me.
I being myself, ignored his hand royally and got up, but fate has planned to ditch me today. I the clumsiest one, got my legs tangled while getting up, I was about to hit the floor, but he caught me before I do.
Even though it was so cliche, I loved the way he was holding me. I just kept looking at his eyes. He made me stand on my feet and I wrapped my arms around his neck. It was so romantic. But the idiot he was, spoiled everything.
"You're one clumsiest woman Akruti.", informing me he started laughing. Here I was thinking of romance and this guy.
'A thousand ways to spoil a romantic aura', thinking I moved away from him, but he brought me closer to him, by tugging my waist. I was looking up since I was on a shorter side. This guy is all grown up like an Eiffel tower.
"You can't get away from me easily, happy pill", he said and pecked my lips. I smiled and replied,
"And I wish not to", saying this I hugged him and he tightened his hold around me. It felt so right. Standing here, hugging him. This wants I want. With him all my life.
"Akruti, I want to meet your family!", he said all of a sudden, and I looked at him.
"Why?"
"Because I want my girlfriend's family to know that I'm courting her. And I want to meet your family too since you have met mine", he replied.
"I'm warning you beforehand, my family is a hella crazy one"
"Not more than mine, I guess".
"Nope, they're equal.", I said and we both laughed.
"But there's a problem", I told him.
"What?", he asked me.
"Both pairs of my grandparents are in Delhi, just my parents and my brother are here, and they're also saying that mystery man will become their son-in-law. ", I told him with sadness in my voice.
"It's okay. And don't worry I'll change your parents' mind okay? ", he asked me, whilst I nodded my head.
"So when can I meet them? "
"Umm...Sunday for lunch?"
"Yeah that's sounds fine. So finally I can meet your family.", mumbling this he kissed my forehead.
"Hey, I didn't meet your family, properly. I just saw them at the party. And I want to meet your parents too", I said smiling at him. His eyes glistened with tears.
"I'm a lucky bastard", he replied, whilst I smiled at him. " That you are", I murmured to myself, to which he raised one of his eyebrows at me. I just grinned at him, whilst he kissed my forehead.
"So when can I see them?", I questioned him.
"On Sunday for dinner?"
"Yeah sure!!". We started walking hand in hand and the other three too joined us. It was so cute to see all of us here as a family.
"Okay, can we get some food. I'm damn hungry", Sharav and Daksh confided at the same time and we all laughed. We all went to a small and cozy restaurant and ate our food.
After paying our bill, we were standing and talking when Sharav's phone ringed. Excusing from us he went to attend the call.
He returned after a few minutes and mood was off. Viren asked him about the call.
"Well you see, now my so-called parents want to show me that, they're not like what others say. So on Monday, the next Monday, they have planned on gathering to raise funds for the orphans. And they have invited us." Sharav said gritting his teeth.
"Yes, Sharav calm down.", Viren and Daksh finally calmed him down.
"Girls can you please accompany us to the event. 'cause I don't think we might handle ourselves.", Sharav asked us. Nila and I looked at each other. Then I replied,
"Sure we'll come ".
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