I returned
back and saw Upasana with same confused expression. I asked,” what have you
decided?”
She spoke
shrugging her shoulders, “I don’t know…you please suggest.”
“You want me
to choose. Upasana, I think you were the one who was hungry.”
All of sudden
she got up, grasped my hand and said, “let’s go to the games section, it’s so
dull here.”
Now this was
a straight insult to me. This was type of my first official date and the girl was bored in my company. I felt so low.
The color of my face faded away. I then realized that it’s better sometimes to
chit-chat with a girl on facebook or over phone. Otherwise they won’t lose a
chance to make you feel an ultimate stupid.
They are so unpredictable. I took this as a personal insult. But then I
consoled myself as in experienced guy about this matter.
I nodded in
consent and went to the games section and by God’s grace the princess smiled
delightfully at my company. One the way to the college I gave her a box full of
Hachez chocolates and getting that she jumped like an innocent child. Her eyes
sparkled with joy. I then ignited the conversation.
“So, I think
you didn’t enjoy so much with me. You got bored in my company.” I said with
gravity.
“No, Vyom. I
did enjoy with you. Why are you saying like this? You made feel so good and
special.”
“Really, I
don’t feel like that. Just tell me, how much did you talk to me, you were all
busy with yourself.” My tone was gradually becoming harsh.
“You
know…that’s the problem with me. Everyone gets me wrong. I take pretty long
time to mix up with people. I’m very lame to start a conversation and carry it
interestingly. I’m sorry Vyom, if you are hurt. I never meant like that.” She
said and her eyes got welled up. Suddenly tears rolled down her pink cheeks.
She turned her face on the other side and started wiping her tears. And these
all things made me feel guilty. How can I make her cry? I was supposed to turn
her evening from blue to pink. She must have expected a lot more good and fun
things from me. But I had let her down. I chided myself for such an ass-ish and
imperfect behavior. I was trying hard to figure out an idea to lighten up the
atmosphere. And next moment by God’s grace it clicked.
“C’mon Sana,
oh…sorry I mean Upasana.” I took a pause.
She turned
towards me with a smile. “It sounds good. You can call me by that. I’ll love
it.” She said smiling.
Now this was something I wanted. I had
made a hit. I was gaining my sharpness. I continued. “Sana…I was just kidding.
You must be surprised to know that you are the first girl with whom I felt so
nice to come along. And I really mean it. I felt so awesome when you asked me
for out. I really had an awesome and wonderful time with you. Please don’t
cry…”
“Seriously…do you mean by that?” She asked
making a puppy face.
“Of course,
I do, sweetie”. I said seeing which way the wind was blowing. She was already
enjoying my flirtatious behavior. My humbleness and decency had high chances to
win over her down-heartedness. I have always noticed that girls adore decent
boys. Remember, boys should never act meek. Their behavior and attitude wins
when it is escorted by decency and wittiness.
“Oh…well
sorry for that sweetie part.” I said
playfully to amuse her.
I saw her
blushes. It added more to my confidence. I knew that the situation was now
under my feet. I was about to throw another card but she said in between ,“you mean, you have been out with many
other girls but only I made you feel
good?” Now this question was a tricky one and I had to answer it cleverly. I
was trying hard to come up with a convincible answer but after a pause she
continued, “Not even Rimsha, for that
good and awesome part I’m asking…nothing else.”
“Rimsha…err…she
is just a friend. I don’t like her as such. She just remains hooked up with me
for grabbing attention. That’s just her sheer stupidity. Nothing else” I said.
She nodded
and I continued, “hey…now don’t tell you think that something is there between
us and she is my girlfriend.”
She smiled
and answered, “You both remain together all the time. And that’s why I thought
like that. At the beginning, when I joined it was surprising to see Rimsha into
a relationship because it’s simply opposite to her no relationship-no tension theory.
“You know Rimsha beforehand?” I asked in
shock.
“Yeah! Don’t
you know…she is my school senior? When
I got that task, it was really hard to find out your name and the other
details…don’t know why? But it was actually difficult for me. But then I went
to Rimsha.”
It then
clicked my mind that both were from Kolkata and there were huge possibility
that they were known to each other.
“She is very
sweet to everyone. She helped me with the task.” She brought out this secret.
And the moment she realized that she had spoken which she wasn’t supposed to,
she insisted me not to tell this to anyone. I felt the need to come back.
I
placed my palm on her and said, “Sana…you are really special to me. And always
remember…when you are with Vyom you are absolutely safe.” And next thing
whatever happened was beyond my expectations. If, you people are thinking that
we kissed each other, so let me make it clear that nothing sort of happened. To
bring an end to such enthralling time the auto reached its destination, that is,
our college. We got down from auto and were quietly moving on the footpaths
holding each other’s hand. Yeah!! This thing was new and I was mesmerizing it.
When I was about to move to my hostel she held my hand, dragged me towards her
and placed a kiss on my cheek and whispered in my ears, “Thanks Vyom, for this
evening. I really had such a great time with you. I’ll
always mesmerize this and hope the same for you. Bye and hope you’ll surely
have a sweet dream.” Saying this she went away without giving me any time to
react.
