An Accidental Bride!

Chapter 8- Sooo Happy To Say Yessss!!! ❤️❤️

A Yes Hug?
What is a YES hug? 
What was he asking me? 
Hug??
Did he ask me for a hug??
Really??
What's a 'yes' hug anyway?

Ohh!
Got it!
A hug for saying yes to him?

He sounds cute! 

"Whaaaat???! Raaaadssss!"
My mind voice hissed!

"Control yourself!
Don't give in to those hugs!
Don't hug him!
Not yet!
Collect and compose yourself!
Don't be stupid and girlish!
Oh thank God for those knocks!"

I could tell that my mind voice was very upset with my heart strummings!

We both, Rishi and I look towards the door and I apologetically shrug my shoulders indicating that there was no time for a hug and look towards the door and lo!

My mother opens it and smiling knowingly, maybe of having interrupted us at an 'ahem' moment, says,

"Rishi!
Sorry to bother you. 
Your mother and sister are waiting for you to wrap up as you are all getting late for lunch at their house, and then you also have the flight back to Chennai, in the evening. 
So, if you are done...."

My mother's voice trailed off, with her eyebrows raised inquisitively, her eyes seeking the answer to the much awaited question. 

"Did he say YES?
Did you say YES?"

He visibly groans but quickly pulls himself together as my eyebrows reach my forehead making my eyes go saucer wide;

One... at his people's agenda! 
What other thing could be more important than this deciding 'talk' with ones future life partner?

Two... at his visible groan!
Yay!
He doesn't want to leave but wants to stay back and converse more!

Aah!
Maybe he wants that hug! 
Hmmmm... naughty Rishi!!

I turn towards my mother, hoping against hope that she hadn't heard the groan! 

I take one look at that smile-threatening-to-break into a laugh on her face, I want to die of embarrassment!
Right then and there!

This guy was going to embarrass me in front of my parents by being fast and furious of his wants!!
Errrrr...nothing really major, but a hug?
Really?
I had simply agreed to his proposal that is all! 

If I got engaged, wonder what he would do! 
What he would ask for then?

On one side, naughty, exciting thoughts are mirthfully twirling around in my 21 year old head making my tummy go topsy turvy and on the other, I want to laugh aloud at my mom peering into the room like my naughtiest girlfriend at every given opportunity, trying to get the scoop out of me!

I was for sure caught between a rock and a hard place!

Hard place?

I immediately looked down, you know where!

Phew!
Everything is normal! 

I ask my mom to stop the peeping-into-the-room-with-a-smile business assuring her we would be out in a couple minutes and slowly turn my head towards Rishi to catch him looking at me with a pair of impish eyes! 

There were three pairs of impish eyes with their own sets of thoughts twirling in their heads! 

Each with their own construed ideas! 

My mother leaves, and I look up, slightly reddening as he quickly changes the topic throwing me off!

What?!

"Shall we go out and tell them all about our decision?!"

I decide not to agree with him right away, but to give him a hard time.