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Chapter Thirty-Three
"
I'll tell you pickup lines, Rate them"
à ANANYA Ã
"Sahilllll" I did a short dance while walking towards his room, shouting his name.
We were on the last floor of their mansion-like house which was practically a terrace, but there were also two rooms. We were given this last floor or terrace to ourselves so that we could get some privacy. And that no one will get disturbed.
Everyone, even the elders are dirty minded, nowadays. Sad, Bad generation.
He didn't open the door when I knocked for like two times and shouted for like two hundred times but there was no response. I panicked wondering what happened to him. I tapped my foot impatiently, waiting for him to answer or open the door.
Is he angry at me?
But what did I do? I recalled the day with every minor detail possible.
Was he angry because I was going to answer that Sana? But he didn't even let me. I would have understood if he was mad if I did that.
I noticed the long window, adjacent to the door which anyone could pass through it it's open. I went towards it and checked if I could open it and to my luck, it wasn't closed properly so I opened it, completely.
You should not do this!
I ignored the voice in my head and bending a little, I reached his room. I dusted off the dust in my hands with a proud look.
I, Mafia Queen Ananya had to act and enter a room like a thief, and all thanks to who?
Her God's Angel.
I closed the window again because armies of mosquitoes were entering the territory of Sahil. She wouldn't want him to get troubled while sleeping only because of this army. That is how sweet she is!
I looked around and did not find Sahil in the room. I'm sure he came into the room, but now where did he vanish?
What if some monster from another dimension took him? Or worse, a sadist psychopath girl who's obsessed with him for years? I have to go and save him like a superhero.
Oh shit.
But before that, Did I close the window of my room properly?
Oh, double shit.
I was in my world of imagination where I saved Sahil wearing a red cape and a mask from the evil black-clothed, white-haired witch who had captured him when I heard a doorknob twisting. I turned around, towards the door to see who was there. But neither did the door open nor there was a person.
"Chamatkar?"
What the fuck- where is his voice coming from?
I turned back towards the room only to find Sahil standing there with a confused look on his face.
Where did he come from?
My eyes then traveled down to find him with a lack of clothes on his well-toned upper body which was still a little wet, the four abs popping out which gave me an urge to touch them, a towel covering his modesty along with the lower body.
Dang!
I licked my lips and gulped at the hot sight present in front of me.
He leaned on the closed cupboard with his hands folded and I heard him say, "Subha ho jayegi agar tu aaise hi dekhti rahi toh, chamatkar. Not that I mind"
[If you keep looking like this, then I'll be morning soon]
"Huh?" My brain couldn't register the words he said, it already had a very good, hot thing to focus on.
I absolutely did not mean to say a thing, it just happened, I'm sorry-
"Do one thing, take a picture, and then keep staring, abh mujhe thoda sa shy feel ho raha hai aise."Â I managed to look at his face only to find his ears all red.
[Now I'm feeling a bit shy]
Just like my cheeks. I bet they are redder right now. I could feel it.
"Pakka, lu?"
[Are you sure that I can take a picture?]
I wished to bang my head somewhere so hard. That was not supposed to be said out loud.
"Ugh, sorry, I, Me, uh, no," I stuttered trying to find some words, and licked my lips again while blinking my eyes rapidly.
Look at his face. Look at his face. Look at his face.
"Wait a minute, how did you enter?"
"Like a thief" his face had a question mark pasted on it.
What an answer, Anu, what an answer.
I turned around, opened the window, and went out the same way I came in, giving him a live demonstration.
"I-I also think that, uh, I should get going. Thank you for the pleasant sight." I showed him a thumbs-up, awkwardly and left from there.
I was so distracted that I spoke utter nonsense in front of him.
What if he was uncomfortable?
Go, Ananya, this is how to talk in front of your shirtless crush.
Yaar yeh kya sirf embarrass karne ke liye bagwan ne Janam Diya hai?
[Did God give me a life so I can be embarrassed?]
Khud hi sab hag ke aati hai fir bagwan par dal deti hai.
[You spoil everything and then blame it all on God]
Nothing but facts were spoken.
Oh, how I wish to see that handsome sight again.
And Oh how I wish to kick you out of my body, my pervert side.
But sadly, it's impossible, I am you, you are me. But Sahil is mine.
Fuck off.
I should maybe stop having this conversation with myself and hide my face somewhere in the corner of the world.
But still, I tell you, God decided to make a book only with embarrassment and put my name first. Aaye din do char toh fix hai.
[Four embarrassments a day is fixed]
Going towards my room which was just seven-eight steps, I went towards the window and opened it.
Why am I going like a thief again?
Banging my head lightly on the window, I went towards the door and twisted the knob. I directly went towards the bed and threw myself on it, lying on my front.
Why am I so dumb?
That one image in my head is playing on repeat. How am I going to sleep?
My phone vibrated and I checked to see who it was. It was Sahil. Curiously, I opened his chat on WhatsApp, it was a once view picture. I clicked on it when it completed loading.
Damn!
It was a mirror selfie of him in the same state as I saw him a few minutes back, shirtless and in a towel. I was a little taken back reading the caption and blood crept into my cheeks.
[Abh tadle jitna tadna haið]
[Now keep staring ð]
Staring at the picture for a few seconds like a shameless woman, I closed the chat and sent him just two emojis.
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Damn wrong one. I was not supposed to sent the second one. It had to be the thumbs-up. He had already seen the message so there was no point in deleting it, I corrected the mistake instead.
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After a while, I heard the knock on the door and Sahil calling my name a few times.
Not my original name. Not the name he gave me (he never did). But the name I gave myself.
Name yourself jethalal next time. Kyuki kismat bhi uske jaisi hi hai.
[Because you're luck is also like him]
[Jethalal- The main character from the show in India "Tarak Mehta ka oolta chashma" (Some context: he practically believes that he is very unlucky)]
"Aye aye, Chor kahin ka" I stood up on my feet and shouted accusingly when I heard the window opening.
[You thief!]
He can't get creative, can he?
Copycat.
"Acha, hum kare toh chori ji, aap karo toh sab okay ji? Aaisa kaise chalega"
[Oh, so it's robbery when I do it and everything is fine when you do it? How is this fair?]
"Ji, Humare yaha aaisa hi hota hai" He passed a betrayed look.
[Yes, this is fair.]
"By the way, why are you here?" I asked him.
"I think you barged into my room like a thief, calling out my name a million times while I was taking a shower. I thought you had some work" He answered.
"Right. I did not have any work, I was just saying let's go for a walk"
"At this time?" He asked. I searched for the clock to check the time it was 15 minutes past eleven at night.
"If you don't mind. Or else I'll go alone" I shrugged, and he gave out a small chuckle, I don't know what for.
"It's not safe for anyone to go out here at this time."
"I appreciate the fact that you didn't include any gender here. Good boy." I said.
"Obviously. The last time I went out alone here at night, I came back without my wallet and watch plus with a red eye." He said grumpily and continued, "I was even ready to give them the wallet and watch, I don't know why those thieves punched me. Goddamn Idiots."
"Aww, softie" I started laughing imagining the scene of Sahil peacefully telling them 'Yes yes, take everything you want, just no violence, I hate it, please.' and then getting punched.
"I'm not a softie, okay" The offensiveness in his tone was clearly visible.
"Okay, whatever you say, Mr. Softie" he scrunched his nose and glared at me making a cute face.
I started laughing again and he glared at me. "Stop laughing"
I nodded and pressed my lips together trying hard not to laugh. Four seconds later, I started laughing again, loudly this time.
"Chamatkar, You laugh again and I leaving," He said folding his hands. I could not stop laughing so he turned and took an ahead, I immediately held his hand stopping him. He turned and I kept a finger on my hand after showing him a thumbs-up.
"Good. Now do you still want to go for a walk?" He asked sarcastically. I nodded brightly.
"Yes, I would love to see you getting punched again," I said and he glared at me so hard.
"It's a bad idea, I'm telling you, no one is going to touch you, mera hi muh todna hai sirf"
[They are going to break my face only.]
"Arey, tu chal, main hoon na-" I said and flipped my hair. He instantly replied.
[You just come with me, I'm there]
"Musibat badhane ke liye"
[To increase my problems]
I'm officially offended.
When did I increase his problems? Huh.
"Oye, chup. Sab lutero se maine hi nipat lena hai. Blue belt hu karate mein main" I said in a tch tone to which he rolled his eyes.
[Shut up, I'll fight with the thieves, I am a blue belt in karate]
"Ma'am, aap aakele aur woh char-paanch toh honge."
[Ma'am, you will be alone, and they willing be four-five]
"Aakeli kyu? Tum ho na! Hum do sabpe bhaari!" I said and linked my arms with his, with a tight-lipped smile on my face.
[Why would I be alone? You are there with me. We both will rock!]
"Aur kisne kaha main ladne wala hu? Maine bhag jana hai" I immediately removed my arms after hearing him.
[And who said that I'll fight? I'll run away]
"Dhokebaaz!"
[Betrayer!]
"Whatever, You can take your phone, wallet and anything if it's not dear to you. I'm not taking anything except for some cash" I nodded at his words still giving him a side eye.
Bhaag ke toh dikhaye. Woh haq sirf mera hai!
[Let him just try to run. That is only my right]
Lol, no self-sabotage, Ananya.
I took a scarf with me and we silently went down as everyone was sleeping in their respective rooms. We strolled a bit in front of their house and then he asked me, "Do you want to eat ice cream?"
"I can never say no to deserts!" He smiled and we changed the way towards an ice cream shop he said he knew.
"Wait, wait, wait" We abruptly stopped. He looked at me raising his eyebrows. "I'll tell you pickup lines, Rate them"
"Okay"
"Just okay?"
"Show some energy. A girl is trying to use her pickup lines on you!" I exclaimed.
"The girl who is already my pretend girlfriend in front of almost everyone."
"Right." I decided to let that topic go. It was useless. "So, Are you a hot air balloon?"
I raised both of my brows in sync with a smile on my face. He started walking again, and so did I. Thinking I didn't know what, for a while, he asked "Why?"
"Because being with you lifts me" I had a grin on my face and he looked at me chuckling.
"Where did you copy that from?" He asked me and my smile vanished.
"I heard that somewhere. And the confidence you had me in that I'll copy was wonderful." I muttered sarcastically. "Now rate it!"
"It's a 7/10, I guess" I pouted.
"Alright, I'll try harder"
"Do you have a name or can I call you mine?" I used the most common one while fluttering my eyelashes innocently.
"Nah, I already know that one. Try more harder. It's 5/10 now because of the number of times I've heard it"
"Ugh, Irritating creature" I mumbled.
"Okay okay, I got one. I made it right now before you ask me where I copied it from again." I said and he nodded eagerly to hear.
"In the world full of cakes," I paused for his reaction. He looked at me but we kept walking. "You're my Bundi ka ladoo"
[Bundi ka ladoo- An Indian sweet]
"That was a nice one" he grinned so widely that I could only focus on his damn smile.
The real smile.
I decided to add food because I remembered that I was flirting with a man who was a chef.
Food is the way to every man's heart. And a chef's too.
"I'll give that a solid 9"
"Are you Taylor Swift?" He shook his head but I continued anyway. "Because I was enchanted to meet you"
All I know is that was not a lie.
"Woah. Enchanted is one of her songs, right?" He asked and I nodded.
"Yeah, how do you know?"
"I searched her up because you said you like her" My brain did a disco dance throwing arms and swaying hips for no reason.
DAMNNNN. I feel special!
"Wow" was all I could reply for the first few seconds. "That, that made me feel special"
"You are"
Stop. Sahil. Stop.
I'll no longer comment on a couple of posts that I want to sleep on the highway. I would rather make such posts and laugh at people's sleeping on highway comments. Haha.
"Chamatkar, I, uh, I think we're..lost," he said scratching his head.
"Oh nice" I was still in a happy mood because of what he said.
The hopeless romantic side of my brain was performing a vulgar dance in front of the logical one.
Don't mind them, they have their own Grumpy à Sunshine trope.
"I think, you didn't hear me right. I said we are lost"
"We are what?!" I shouted when I heard him.
"Yeah, exactly what you heard. Lost."
"What the fuck, Sahil?" I asked him with an irritated expression. I looked around to find only a dark alley.
"I, I was so busy talking to you that I lost the path-"
"Now? Let's track the same way we came from" I suggested.
"Do you remember the way?" He asked me rubbing the back of his neck.
"This is my first time coming to Punjab, Sahil. First."
"It's dark, so, I cannot recognise the road, exactly." He tried to justify himself.
"Yeah, let's wait here till morning then," I said and sat on the footpath not before dusting the place with my hand.
"Are you sure?" He asked and came and sat beside me.
"Have you ever heard of sarcasm, Mr Khurana?" I asked him and he nodded muttering a 'sorry' and immediately stood up making a face.
"I shouldn't have listened to you. I told you it was a bad idea coming here" He said in frustrated tone after a minute of thinking and I gasped.
"It's my fault? You said you knew an ice cream shop" I stood up, and going closer to him, pointed my finger at him in the offended tone.
"I thought you would want to eat an ice cream!" He replied taking a step closer to me.
"Why would you even think of that?"
"Because I read that girls wish to eat something sweet on their periods!" At this point, We were standing directly in front of each other, looking at each other's faces with irritation.
"That was sweet but you also forgot the way back home"
"I told you, the shop vanished!" He said stupidly.
"How can a shop vanish? Are you hearing yourself, Sahil?!"
"So how is it my fault? You asked me to rate those pick-up lines, I got busy and didn't see the route" My mouth formed into an 'O'
"How easily can you blame me? If you were getting distracted then you should've told me" I said.
"As if you would stop talking?" He asked grumpily.
"Yes"
"Ma'am, please. Once you start, you cannot stop talking. It's a fact" he stated. He was pissed but so was I.
"Oh, please, I can stop talking." I defended myself.
"Then stay quiet for five minutes."
"No, why would I listen to your order? I'll speak, and speak, and speak. I'm not hearing anything you say right now" I said being the adamant kid I am.
"Just stay quiet for a few minutes. Let me think of something"
"No, no, no. I'm irritating the hell out of you till you take me back. I knew coming here in a different state with you was a bad idea. What was I high on when I decided to trust you? I should have arrived with Kirti, but I melted in your words and now I am facing the consequences-"
"Stop talking, be queit!"
"What if I say no? I won't stop talking, I won't be queit!"
"Then I'll do something that'll make you shut your mouth!" He threatened me.
"Oh, I'm so scared. What are you going to do?"
"I'll kiss you," he said filling the distance of mere inches between us by taking a step.
"What the f-"
"Can I kiss you?" He asked me.
"What the f-"
"I'm kissing you!" he stated.
"What the f-"
"Yes or no?" His was a little loud this time.
Dammit, let me complete, you jerk.
"Yes!" Without wasting a second, I felt his lips against mine. It was hard for me to stand properly, because of the speed and shock. I threw my hands around his neck for some support, understanding my situation, he wrapped his hand around my waist tightly. He kept doing something or other to my lips while I stood there clueless.
You can't blame me, this was my first time kissing someone!
I tried to copy whatever he was doing but it was hard because he was so fast and good at that. And by the time I could apply what I understood, my body required some air. I placed my hand on his hand, pushing him lightly. He understood the clue and we parted, panting and breathless.
Did I just lose my first goddamn kiss?
Because of what? My period hormones?
"What the f-" he cut me off again when I said that after I could speak.
"You complete that and I'm kissing you again. You speak a word and I'm kissing you again to shut you up. And you dare to open your mouth and I'm kissing you again. Remember that" he said in a furious tone. I gasped and my mouth hung open.
What the fuck-?
What the fuck just happened-?
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Squealing, crying, dancing ðð
I bet none of you expected that, and neither did I, it was so sudden istg.
The kiss was supposed to come late but then I went deep into emotions, and emotions and emotions, that I wrote it now. ð
They might have kissed but I'm smiling so hard right now. So damn hard.
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