Aruna
As I sat in the living room my eyes wandered to the pictures hanging on the cream coloured wall to my left. My eyes zeroed on a picture of a boy wearing a white t-shirt and black half-pants holding a trophy, giving a toothy grin, there was another boy on his right who looked slightly older, wearing black trousers and a blue shirt and a man in his late 40s perhaps, wearing a black suit standing the older boy's right and a beautiful woman in her late 30s weari
ArunaI tapped my foot anxiously as I waited for Sumit. "Ma'am your order", the waiter asked for the third time. "Can't you see that I'm waiting for someone and when that someone comes, I promise I'll call you. Thank you", I smiled sweetly but nonetheless sent an icy glare. The waiter paled then nodded and scurried to another table.
Aruna"Wait. What about granny?" I asked curiously. If I was worried about one thing then that was about his granny. I couldn't help but feel sad whenever I saw her genuine happiness and how this marriage will basically give her a false sense of peace. To dupe her, my parents...I felt guilty.
ArunaWhen I entered, I saw mom and dad, sitting on the sofa, busy talking. When they noticed my presence, mom came to me and asked excitedly, "How was the date? Where did you go? Did he give any gift? A flower or-"I stopped her fr
ArunaNext day I woke up late. Thanks to Rashmi who asked me to video call her. So after I finished checking some exam papers, I called her. Trust me when I say that I had to give her an account, word by word of what happened yesterday. Moreover, she was arriving today, she thought of keeping it a surprise but she just couldn't keep it a secret, she has always been like that, never being able to keep anything a secret from me. Ma too knew about it. Rashmi did tell Rohit about me finally deciding to tie t
ArunaShortly after our stilted conversation, I had left, I decided to leave for two reasons, one, I wanted to meet Rashu as soon as possible and two, talking to Sumit was becoming a chore. I had arrived late at Sumit's house and it was already past 1 p.m. Rashmi might have arrived already. I even forgot to tell her that I wouldn't be able to pick her up as I did not remember that I was supposed to be visiting granny today.
ArunaYou might have read in many fictions about a scenario where a girl's best friend meets her boyfriend and shit hits the fan, well, something similar was about to happen and I could foresee all hell breaking loose.I gulpe
Aruna"Where is ma?" I asked Rashu, plopping down on the sofa. I was feeling too lazy to go to my room and change. "Taking her hour-long bath", she replied, plopping down beside me. "That's why she did not come out to stop her son-in-law from leaving", I quipped. Rashmi giggled.
ArunaAt night we decided to watch a movie while savouring ice-cream. Rashu was currently browsing through the movies I had on my laptop and I was brushing my hair, getting ready for the girl's night. We used to watch movies often in our college days. But now this occurrence is as rare as a hunter's moon.
ArunaThe girl, dressed in a red lehenga - her bridal attire, looked back at me. Her usual dull brown orbs had a certain glint and was enhanced by black kohl and eyeliner. Her lips, tinged with red, looked plump, her cheeks showed a faint tinge of pink. Hair was made up in a bun, leaving a few trendrils loose.
Aruna"My bestie is finally getting married", Rashu gushed. I rolled my eyes and grumbled, "You are acting as if I took an oath of celibacy which I am breaking now"."You can say that as well", she replied as she took another spoonf
SumitAruna had pulled her away hand after some time.She was now fidgeting with her fingers, her eyes fixed on her lap. I, on the other hand, looked ahead, the daylight was slowly getting brighter, more people were coming in the park. But I did n
SumitAfter getting an earful from granny about how wrong it was of me to pry into Aruna's personal information, though I did not tell her about that even she did that sort of background check. However, she let me go but only after Rohit reassured her that we had reconciled.
ArunaI was sitting on the edge of the bed and replaying the events that took place today. I felt a lot lighter."Miss Aruna Mathur!" Someone's high pitched voice rang through my mind. I whipped my head to see the source of that voi
ArunaWe left the café and headed towards Sumit's car. As soon as Rohit saw us approaching he got out of the car and flashed a grin at us, "Solved your lover's tiff?"I did not answer and before Sumit could reply my hands sho
ArunaIblinked.Once.
ArunaIpursed my lips. The first question that popped up in my mind was - what did he want now? Then my confusion thickened when my eyes yet again landed on Rohit. How did he know him? Moreoverwhenthe heck did Rohit come?
Aruna(after coming home from the restaurant )I cannot describe how I came back home. It felt as if I was in a trance. I had taken a cab to reach home, I was lucky enough to get one.