Aru Shah was pissed. Seriously. It wasn't like Aiden to be late, she was usually the tardy one! She scowled at the ice-cream place next to the park, where she and Aiden were supposed to meet for their date.
A blush still rose to her cheeks as she thought of the word, date. Even though it had been a day since Aiden asked her out, her heart was still squealing.
The moment she'd told her sisters that Aiden asked her out, a flurry of texts flooded their group chat. The conversation went like this:
LeDaughter of Thunder is online
LeDaughter of Thunder: Ya know, Aiden asked me out.
Sanitizer Lady is online
Sanitizer Lady: WHAT?
DaChefOfAWESOMNESS is online
DaChefOfAWESOMNESS: WAIT- Shah, what made Aiden man up and ask you out???
Sanitizer Lady: I may or may not have threatened
Sanitizer Lady: to murder him
Sanitizer Lady: if he didn't man up and ask Aru out
Sanitizer Lady: THOSE TWO OBVIOUSLY HAVE FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER
DaChefOfAWESOMNESS: Mini........ are you secretly scary?
Sanitizer Lady: Maybe
TheFutureTeller is online
TheFashionista is online
TheFashionista: AHHHH- MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED- BRYNNE YOU OWE ME HUNDRED BUCKS-
TheFutureTeller: YAY- THAT'S GREAT, ARU
LeDaughter of Thunder: Nice to see that Nikki and Brynne bet on my love life.
LeDaughter of Thunder went offline
As she glowered at the ice-cream parlour, she she saw the figure of Aiden Acharya running up to her. "Hi! Sorry I'm late." he said apologetically.
She mock-glared at him, and said, "You better have decided your flavour."
Noticing his confused expression, she said, "You're literally the most indecisive person in Atlanta- I bet the ice-cream shops have nicknamed you as, 'The bane of Atlanta ice-cream shops.'"
He rolled his eyes, while she just smiled and said, "C'mon Wifey, I need my daily intake of sugar."
He scowled at the nickname, but before he could start complaining, a monster burst out from the ground.
The first thing that hit Aru was the smell. The demon smelled like unwashed laundry combined with the stench of the gym in Augustus Day. Wrinkling her nose, she summoned Vajra, who immediately woke up and gave her a shock, which she took to mean, How was the date?
"Not now, Vaj!" she groaned, backing away, to get a good look at the demon. It must have been about twenty feet tall, and people started screaming as it swayed its arms, uprooting trees.
"Light 'em up, Shah!" Aiden yelled, his scimitars flashing in the Saturday afternoon sun. She touched Vajra to his scimitars, which crackled with electricity.
Then, willing Vajra to turn into a spear, she stabbed it into the ankle of the demon. It roared in pain, and started stumbling. She threw Vajra to Aiden, and, Vajra turned into a hoverboard.
Aiden rode on Vajra the hoverboard, and then chopped the demon's head off. It disintegrated into ash before the body hit the ground.
Aiden flew down, and then Aru's stomach gave a loud grumble. "C'mon, troll. We have ice-cream to eat!"
They linked arms, and as they walked to the ice-cream parlour, Aiden grumbled, "If our obliviousness wasn't enough, now demons are coming in between us going on dates!"
Aru couldn't help herself. She laughed.
A/N- Soooo, how was it? Not bad or cringey, I hope? This is my first short story, so constructive criticism is appreciated! (Yes, I know, I need to think up better username ideas.)
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