A week passed. Some sanity was restored in Shiva’s mind. He was beginning to find his rhythm. He was on damage control mode now; trying to spend time with his two soul mates and also with Shweta. Her possessiveness was dragging him down. He loved her. But he was unable to satisfy her. She expected a lot out of him. Small, inconspicuous things that didn’t matter a lot were becoming issues. The sweet sugar candy had few stones in it! And it hurt when bit. Shiva began to learn everything comes at a cost. Even love. It has in it a few harsh words, sullen days and fits of fights. He was determined to swim across those blue waters. Shiva and Shweta loved each other so much that they were unable to convey it to each other especially over the phone. Shweta too had bought a mobile the week after Shiva got one. She wanted to reach him whenever she missed him.
He was beginning to feel bugged. He was doing things for others’ sake. His works were getting delayed. He felt squeezed. He wanted his friends. He wanted Shweta too. But he wanted her to give him some space. He wanted her to accept his love in a way that he could give. He was unable to wholly satisfy even one of them. Top of that being his mind. Like a weighing scale falling to the side where there is maximum weight, Shiva fell to the side from where there was maximum pressure. Also, he was beginning to get selfish.
Shweta and Shiva reverted back to how they were. Ramya and Vinod were disdained seeing the way Shiva’s priorities had changed.
In between all this, Shiva had another encounter with a strange guy while on the way to Shweta’s place. He had kept all that hidden away in his mind and didn’t bother to tell anyone.
Ever since he had the second encounter with the strange guy, he stopped going to Shweta’s house. They talked over the phone. But that didn’t do much good to either of them. Shweta and Shiva wanted to spend time together. They needed each other’s presence. They decided to meet that weekend and planned to hang out for the night. Shiva got his dad’s nod by telling him he was going to his friend Kishore’s place to stay for the night.
Shweta managed to convince her parents by telling them she was to stay at her friend, Sneha’s place that weekend as her Sneha’s parents were going out on a tour.
Their real plan: to dance that night away in a disco!
He didn’t notify Vinod or Ramya about his plans to go out with Shweta. He knew they wouldn’t approve of it. In addition to not approving, they will try to influence him and make him return to normalcy. He didn’t want them to do that. He wanted to be with Shweta. He desperately wanted to spend some time with her.
The weekend came. They both went to their friends places in the evening. The very thought they were going out together and were going to spend the night together gave them both goose tickles. He called her from Kishore’s place when it was quarter past ten. She was ready to leave. He borrowed Kishore’s bike for the night.
He reached Sneha’s place and saw Shweta wandering outside. She appeared sexy in her blue top and grey jean. The jean didn’t fit her properly though. It appeared as if she had bought it when she was a bit bulky and seemed to have lost a few kilos after that. He was looking at her with the same desire with which he used to look at her when he first saw her in college. As he kept telling to him, he liked everything about her. He had liked her even before they talked. Why had he liked her? It was some extreme feeling. From where it came, he still couldn’t figure out. He liked her. She liked him too.
Her movements appeared so graceful to him. His friends teased him for having fallen for her when he could have gone on to get someone pretty than her. He paid no heed to what they said. They could see just her physical appearance and her outward features. They didn’t see her mind. He did.
He liked her crooked smile. She seemed to find childish pleasure in doing something new and that showed her want to explore. She was a kid! An over grown kid! How much he loved her, only he knew. Today she was having her hair differently. It made her forehead appear high. He liked that too. There was a certain manner of aloofness in whatever she did. But that was purely her nature and unintentional.
He was beginning to feel bugged. He was doing things for others’ sake. His works were getting delayed. He felt squeezed. He wanted his friends. He wanted Shweta too. But he wanted her to give him some space. He wanted her to accept his love in a way that he could give. He was unable to wholly satisfy even one of them. Top of that being his mind. Like a weighing scale falling to the side where there is maximum weight, Shiva fell to the side from where there was maximum pressure. Also, he was beginning to get selfish.
Shweta and Shiva reverted back to how they were. Ramya and Vinod were disdained seeing the way Shiva’s priorities had changed.
In between all this, Shiva had another encounter with a strange guy while on the way to Shweta’s place. He had kept all that hidden away in his mind and didn’t bother to tell anyone.
Ever since he had the second encounter with the strange guy, he stopped going to Shweta’s house. They talked over the phone. But that didn’t do much good to either of them. Shweta and Shiva wanted to spend time together. They needed each other’s presence. They decided to meet that weekend and planned to hang out for the night. Shiva got his dad’s nod by telling him he was going to his friend Kishore’s place to stay for the night.
Shweta managed to convince her parents by telling them she was to stay at her friend, Sneha’s place that weekend as her Sneha’s parents were going out on a tour.
Their real plan: to dance that night away in a disco!
He didn’t notify Vinod or Ramya about his plans to go out with Shweta. He knew they wouldn’t approve of it. In addition to not approving, they will try to influence him and make him return to normalcy. He didn’t want them to do that. He wanted to be with Shweta. He desperately wanted to spend some time with her.
The weekend came. They both went to their friends places in the evening. The very thought they were going out together and were going to spend the night together gave them both goose tickles. He called her from Kishore’s place when it was quarter past ten. She was ready to leave. He borrowed Kishore’s bike for the night.
He reached Sneha’s place and saw Shweta wandering outside. She appeared sexy in her blue top and grey jean. The jean didn’t fit her properly though. It appeared as if she had bought it when she was a bit bulky and seemed to have lost a few kilos after that. He was looking at her with the same desire with which he used to look at her when he first saw her in college. As he kept telling to him, he liked everything about her. He had liked her even before they talked. Why had he liked her? It was some extreme feeling. From where it came, he still couldn’t figure out. He liked her. She liked him too.
Her movements appeared so graceful to him. His friends teased him for having fallen for her when he could have gone on to get someone pretty than her. He paid no heed to what they said. They could see just her physical appearance and her outward features. They didn’t see her mind. He did.
He liked her crooked smile. She seemed to find childish pleasure in doing something new and that showed her want to explore. She was a kid! An over grown kid! How much he loved her, only he knew. Today she was having her hair differently. It made her forehead appear high. He liked that too. There was a certain manner of aloofness in whatever she did. But that was purely her nature and unintentional.
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