22| Mr Shy is scared

Started writing on 26th August 2020.

Completed on 27th August 2020.

Word count : 3348 words

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- N A T A S H A -

La la la....

Why am I feeling butterflies in my stomach? Maybe due to the upcoming confession I'm going to do.

Hope everything goes right and Dhruv agrees to my proposal.

"Natasha, have you thought about the Hollywood training?" My manager popped out of nowhere.

I want to kill her. This old woman wants to control me in every way. She told me about the three months Hollywood training just a day ago and wants me to give an answer in a moment.

What does she think of himself? Middle aged woman!

"I need some time to think."

"Natasha! It's your career. You have a golden opportunity in your hands, why waste it?" I nodded as I can't talk rudely to her.

First reason, she's my senior- almost fifteen years older than me. Secondly, she's the one under who's guidance I am now a star.

"I know but- "

"No buts Natasha! It's just a three months training. If you're selected as a finalist then you would surely secure a good position internationally........" She lectured and I nodded in every sentence she spoke. I finally checked the time, it was already evening. So I packed myself up and reached the restaurant where I was going to meeting him.

He wasn't present there. Thank God! I needed to touch up my makeup. I sat on my seat seeing the beautiful night sky. After using the concealer I took out the lipstick I needed to put on. Just when I was applying it on my lips, he entered. I quickly packed my purse as no girl would want a boy to see her applying makeup.

Every girl wants to look beautiful without using makeup and that's what guys want to see too. No man wants to see a makeup box sitting in front of him. So I applied just a little makeup- neither less nor much, just a perfect natural look.

He sat down in front of me. "Hi!" I waved my hands.

"Hello." He replied without any expression on his face. The silence was killing me.

"What would you like to eat?" I asked.

"Anything that's healthy." He answered. Oh my goodness!

"Okay! Then let's order something." And I ordered a lavish dinner. I was going to dip the spoon inside my mouth but his voice stopped me.

"Are you going to eat with lipstick over your mouth?" I nodded in yes.

"Lipstick contains chemicals which attracts all the dust and dirt particles from the air. And then when you eat like this, it would directly go inside your body harming it and may even be the cause of your death."

"Stop..... I understood." I quickly swiped my lipstick as I don't want myself to die early. Whole dinner was in pin drop silence. No one spoke anything.

Dinner was complete and finally it was the time for my proposal. I took a long breath and stood up. "Dhruv I want to say some-"

His phone rang!!

He looked at me and excused himself.

"Alright!" "I'll be coming now. It would take ten minutes." He said over the phone.

"I need to go now, Dr Samaira called. It's urgent." He said and moved out.

Oh God!

Why does she have to come in between? Can't she live her life happily? That bitch! I want to punch her, but I can't.

But why does he have to go on her call. Can't he say no to her?

×× ××

- D I V Y A -

I lost it. My first kiss!!

But it was an accidental one, should it be counted?

Who knows?

I came back to my room and closed my eyes to get some sleep.

'Finally you did it Divya, at last you gave away your first kiss! I knew it, you can't die being inexperienced in kissing.' My inner self, dressed in black silk gown was finally here. And here I was wondering why she wasn't here for so many days.

'That wasn't a kiss. It was just an accidental situation and nothing else.' I said and opened my eyes.

'You and I both know what it was. Weren't you enjoying it?'

'No. Why would I?' I closed my eyes leaving a deep breath.

'Ohh, I get it. You don't feel anything for him but your lips were just stuck over his for about twenty seconds.' I snapped my eyes open and she was smirking there. 'Don't worry I won't lead the secret out. Trust me.'

'You better be!' I warned her. 'What secret are you taking about? I don't even feel anything for him. And wait a minute! Even if I had a secret, how could you disclose it to everyone. You don't even have a seperate alive body through which you can speak to others.' I closed my eyes and decided not to open them out else I would have to listen to her useless love talks.

'Divya! Divya! Listen to me!'

'Stop disturbing me!' That's the last thing I remembered saying before drifting off to sleep.

Sunshine gazed through the curtains directly onto my face and woke me up.

What's the time?

The time was eight o'clock!

And there was no one to wake me up?

Where is Mr omelette?

It's my fault. Earlier I used to set alarm to wake up but now I changed my habits into him waking me up.

My fault!

My fault!

My fault!

I quickly washed up and went down in a hurry. No one was there which meant the only possible thing, Ayaan left office without me.

I have to drive on my own today.

I took some fruits and drove in hurry.

Whole time went engaging in work. This time too something felt wrong in work, as if there was a mistake, but what?

I have to find it.

Then we had a meeting about the current sales which were going great. But a big news comes with its responsibilities too. To maintain the procedure and have enough stocks, this meeting was highly needed.

"....... So that's the only thing we have to look upon. What's your views sir?" Aman, the manager of the designing department asked Ayaan and we all looked towards him.

"Are you listening sir?" Aman asked Ayaan.

He was busy in his own world looking towards my side and after listening Aman's voice he diverted his gaze all across the room and his ears were all red as if he was...

Blushing?

Why would a man blush in a meeting?

Wait! Was he blushing after seeing Aman?

I knew about Aman but Ayaan too!

Is Ayaan attracted towards men or women? Should I ask him directly?

No! Why do I even care who he likes!

"Give me the synopsis!" He said.

Maya kicked my legs as she was sitting just in front of me. She gave the 'what's with him' look and I shrugged my shoulders as I knew nothing about her was thinking.

A whole new cartoon CEO of our company!

"What happened with you two?" Maya asked after coming out of the meeting room.

"What?"

"Your husband is mad over you!" She exclaimed. Mad over me? Wasn't he looking Aman?

"What rubbish are you saying?"

"Marriage is like that darling! He was looking at you like a lost puppy." She said.

He was looking at me?

"Disgusting!" I said and moved inside my cabin.

Whole day went in work and work. While coming down I saw Aman waving hand at me. "What happened?"

"I wanted an advice from you." He asked.

"Okay! But about what?" I asked.

"Not here! I need a long suggestion. Let's grab some coffee." Aman suggested.

"Some cake too!" I ordered.

"Alright!" He laughed and we both grabbed our evening food after entering the cafeteria.

"So what tragedy happened in your life now?" I asked.

"My own........... " And his talks continued. This man behaves like a loner in front of everyone but has a big blabbering mouth. "Thanks. I'm feeling as if I'm relieved." I nodded.

"Then bye! I'll get going. Your husband is waiting for you." Aman said and the seat beside me got occupied. A looked on the side and saw Ayaan.

"Excuse me! Can I take my wife with me." Ayaan smiled with a tight jaw.

"Ofcourse! She's all yours." Aman said and moved from our sight in a second.

What's with Ayaan?

Why is he looking like a red monkey?

"I'm going back. Do you want to go?" He asked looking in the front.

"Of course. It would save fuel." I said without thinking. The ride was in pin drop silence. Only the voice of soft music was available to my ears.

We reached back moved to our respective rooms to freshen up. I thought to ask Natasha about her date but what if they both were busy? So I decided to call her the next day. I opened the gate of my room at the same time as his'. We both came down together and moved inside the kitchen to make something for dinner.

"What do you want to eat?" I asked.

"Anything." He finally looked towards me. Whole day this man is avoiding my gaze.

"Mr CEO. May I ask you something?" I said pacing towards him and he nodded. "Are you ignoring me?"

"Of course not."

"Oh. But why are your ears so red? I'm mean today your ears are so red than usual. Are suffering from any disease?" I asked.

"What? Leave it. We're here to cook food not to talk unnecessarily." I nodded my head.

After eating I was going towards my bedroom but Ayaan's voice stopped me.

"Divya! Do you want to watch a movie?"

"Now? It's already night!" I said.

"Movies are meant to be seen at night."

"But if I wake up late then you would call me 'late comer' which I don't want to listen." I turned to go back to my room.

"I won't. I'll wake you up." He shouted and I stopped.

"Alright. If you say so." I said and settled myself on the sofa.

He played a horror movie on the TV and sat down near me. "Can you be a little that side?" I said politely.

"Why?" He asked. Is he a fool? Who asks these type of questions?

"Because I'm saying so. Why? Are you scared?" I teased him.

"Of course not." He said and moved at the edge. The movie was going all right but a little boring. Why are these movies even labelled as horror? They should be called time passers.

After some time I felt some movement on the sofa. I looked beside and saw Ayaan shifted near me from the edge. I turned my gaze towards the movie and started concentrating there. But Ayaan was Ayaan, being scared of not so horror movie. He shifted more towards me and covered his eyes with his hands. Such a scared man he is!

There wasn't even anything scary.

Has anyone ever be scared of this type of movie?

Of course. Ayaan!

I shifted my mind towards the boring screen instead of him slowly drifting into slumber.

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- A Y A A N -

It was my first kiss!

How can it be an accidental kiss?

How can I lose my memorable moment?

It's not that I regret it but I wanted to make it memorable.

Divya was also shocked, her eyes were coming out of her sockets. She got up touching her lips and what could I do? I lost my first kiss in an accident!! I want it back. I wanted to make it memorable.

I quickly ran away into my room and lied on the bed, constantly looking at the ceiling.

Was it really real?

But the question is.... Does she like me?

Or not?

Should I ask?

No!

With what face will I ask her? Wasn't our current relationship complicated enough that this accidental kiss happened? I wanted to kiss her in our consciousness, not an accident which happened so quickly and ended too.

××

I woke up at five, and after my daily exercise decided to wake her up. But should I wake her? Why am I feeling so different?

So I went to take a bath after making the decision to wake her up after washing up. But after coming out the same thing happened. I didn't want to face her.

Are you feeling shy to see to her?

What? Why would I feel shy after seeing her? It's been twenty two years since I know her. There's no chance of feeling shy.

Liar!

I'm not a liar.

Yeah! Not a liar but a loser who don't even know how to win the love of her wife or should I day childhood...

Stop!

What if she thinks I'm a pervert who took advantage of the situation? But that was an accident, how could I take advantage when I myself was the victim.

So, after thinking a lot for about five minutes I decided to grab something to eat and go alone. I don't want to listen to her curses.

After working half a day it felt as if something was missing. I moved towards the meeting hall as it already the time for the designing department's meeting.

I sat down comfortably and saw Divya coming inside with a file in her hand. She sat down and opened her PC and was working over something. Then she turned her gaze towards the main screen and was looking there peacefully. But after some time I saw a crease on her forehead as if she was worrying about something. If I come to know about the cause, I'll kill it.

"Are you listening sir?" Aman said drifting me out of my day dreams.

"Give me the synopsis." I said and he looked at me shockingly as if I've declared him as the Prime Minister of India. He started his explanation once more.

After finishing I moved out of the meeting room. What's going on with me?

And the day went in this and that. After finishing my work I moved out to inhale some fresh air. While coming inside I went towards the cafeteria to get something to drink but stopped on my way when I saw Divya talking to Aman with a smile.

Why does she talk with him so nicely?

And, isn't he having anything better to do than hitting on someone else's wife! I want to break his good for nothing jaw with which he's smiling in front of Divya.

I went towards them. He saw me and said something to Divya. Guess he's not saying something weird about me and filling her ears.

"Excuse me! Can I take my wife with me." I fake smiled as he's my enemy now.

"Ofcourse! She's all yours." Aman said and moved from the sight in a second.

Good! Or else I would have killed him!

"I'm going back. So you want to go?" I asked looking in the front as the growing tension was eating me up. We have to live under the same roof. I can't acct like this all the time.

"Of course. It would save fuel." She said without thinking. Reaching home I walked towards my room and took a shower to calm my nerves. After taking the shower I came out and took my phone out to search the most important question- how to attract your wife?

The answer came- spend time with her. Try to be near her. If you're the one she always sees, then there are high chance of her being in love with you.

I sighed and came down. She and I, both were walking by each other's side.

"What do you want to eat?" She asked when we both were in the kitchen.

"Anything." I looked at her and said.

"Mr CEO. May I ask you something?" She said pacing towards me. Is she going to kiss me or slap me? "Are you ignoring me?"

"Of course not." Why is she asking this? Did she really notice that I was ignoring her but at the same time looking at her?

So the question is does she like me?

"Oh. But why are your ears so red? I'm mean today your ears are so red than usual. Are suffering from any disease?" She asked. My ears are red?

Am I blushing?

"What? Leave it. We're here to cook food not to talk unnecessarily." I said and she nodded her head. The process of eating was in silence.

"Divya! Do you want to watch a movie?" I stopped her when she was going back to her room. I wanted to spend time some with her.

"Now? It's already night!" She exclaimed.

"Movies are meant to be seen at night."

"But if I wake up late then you would call me 'late comer' which I don't want to listen." She turned to go back to her room.

"I won't. I'll wake you up." I shouted and she stopped. The tactic worked!

"Alright. If you say so." She said and sat down on the sofa.

I played a horror movie on the TV and sat down near her. "Can you be a little that side?" She said. Why does she want me to be away from her?

"Why?" I asked.

"Because I'm saying so. Why? Are you scared?" She teased me.

"Of course not." I said and moved at the edge. The movie started and I decided to move near her. I held my hand in air to hold her shoulder but brought it back when she looked at me.

Now the ghost would appear and she being scared will hug me. I know it, the classic but effective move.

After sometime the ghost showed it's face and the man in the movie freaked out. It was so scary!

I moved towards Divya and shut my eyes down with my hands.

It was too scary!

Wasn't she scared? "Did the ghost go away?" I asked.

"Yes." As soon as she answered I opened my eyes but the ghost was still there.

"Liar!" I said and she started laughing.

After some time I felt my eyes shutting down. Maybe due to tiredness or maybe because I didn't want to watch the movie alone as she was in to mood to sleep.

××

I woke up when I felt someone's tight hold on my torso. But I sleep alone?

I opened my eyes and saw Divya sleeping peacefully over my chest, holding my torso. Her legs were tied around mine as if she doesn't want to let me go.

And day before yesterday someone said that she won't even touch me!

It means that Google really works.

I looked around and observed my surrounding, we were sleeping on sofa. There was a paper on the table. I stretched my hand carefully, so as not to disturb her sleep and picked the paper up.

It was our photo- Divya and me, sleeping together on the sofa. Same clothes, same background, same sofa.

In the end, something was written.

'A sweet pic by the sweetest person'

'Picture credit goes to Kritika Chauhan!'

Mom!

When did she come? And where is she?

I called her and it was shifted to a voice message- "Don't worry. You would be thinking when did I come."

How does she know I'm thinking the same?

"I'm your mom. I have given birth to you. It's easy for me to know what you would think. I and your dad came to meet you both but you both were busy so we thought to get busy too! We felt you both looking extremely cute, so I decided to capture the moment in a picture. Bye bye enjoy!!"

Mom and her thoughts! Who knows what she's thinking and what she'll do!

I hid the photo and hugged Divya, snuggling more into her. Sleeping with her in my arms is more important than my daily exercise!

If she wakes up now, she'll eat me up!

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TIED TOGETHER BY LOVE 💍

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