Liar Liar

4.

Raavi walked to the store with her heart beating loudly. Her headache was long forgotten. Now she was only concerned with Shiva. What would she say to him? How would she say it? He would kill her. She didn't want to die and she didn't want him to get hanged on charges of murder. They were both too young to die.

She found Kaka at the store. He told her Shiva was in the back room doing inventory. She gulped and quickly recited the four lines of hanuman chalisa she knew before going inside. He was matching the stock with his records. Raavi cleared her throat to get her attention. He turned around to look at her.

"Tu?" Shiva rolled his eyes and sat on the chair with his account book. He decided to ignore whatever nonsense she was about to say and focus on his work.

"Shiva... mujhse na ek choti si galti ho gayi hai." Raavi said very carefully.

"Usme naya kya hai?" Shiva asked without looking at her.

"Naya toh nahi hai par usme tu involved hai." Raavi said.

Shiva glared at her. He was sure she got him into some trouble with Dhara bhabhi. He needed to buy some pesticide to keep this chipkali away.

"Kal ki party mein kuch hua tha. Matlab maine jaan bujhke nahi kiya. Galati se... main drunk thi aur josh mein aake bol gayi." Raavi said.

"Ae maami ki behen ki beti, mujhe bohot kaam hain. Teri tarah faltu nahi baitha rehta. Jo bolna hai jaldi bol aur jaa yaha se."

Raavi nodded. She took a long breath and blurt out. "Maine kal ek game ke waqt sabko keh diya ki maine tere saath woh kiya hai."

"Kya kiya hai?"

"Woh."

"Yeh woh kya hota hai?" Shiva asked.

"Arrey woh... Samajh naaaa."

"Ae gadheri, tera yeh woh samajh nahi aata mujhe. Seedhe seedhe bata woh matlab kya."

Raavi blushed. How would explain it to him? "Wahi jo ek ladka aur ladki karti hai." She looked at Shiva who was still looking absolutely clueless. "Kiss karne ke baad."

"Shaadi?"

Raavi hit her head with her hand. He was so dumb. "Nahi. Sex." She finally said it and then blushed again. When she saw his eyes widen, she quickly added, "Woh Kaveri aur Rimi ko laga ki maine kabhi kisi ko kiss nahi kiya hoga toh main josh mein aake bol gayi ki maine kiss kya woh bhi kiya hai. Phir jab Rishita ne pucha kiske saath toh tera naam aaya dimaag mein."

Shiva remained rooted in spot, absolutely speechless. Raavi walked for him to shout on him, but no word came out of his mouth. He remained frozen for a few minutes. Shiva just kept looking at her with a shocked expression.

"Shiva?" Raavi went closer to him and shook him just a little.

"Sex?" He asked. Raavi flinched at the word. "Tune aur maine?"

Raavi nodded.

Shiva felt his throat parched. He took the water bottle and drank it in one go. Raavi still waited patiently for his reaction.

"I'm sorry." She said.

"Sorry? Sorry?" Shiva was flabbergasted. "SORRY?? TUNE SABKO BOLA KI HUMNE SEX KIYA HAI? DIMAAG KHARAB HO GAYA HAI TERA RAAVI???"

"Shiva woh galti se bol diya..." Raavi gave him best puppy eyes. "Ab jo ho gaya so ho gaya. Chorr na."

Shiva looked at her incredulously. This girl was way too dumb. She didn't even realise the true implications of what she said. "Akkal kaha bechke aayi hai tu? Ya phir bhagwaan ne akkal di hi nahi thi? Tujhe idea bhi hain ki tu kya boli?"