Admiration to Love

Date And Last Visit or is it?

It was time for Tanvi to leave for her home, back in Kolkata. She had only two days in her hand.

But her last day was occupied by Param, as he wanted to have her go out with him for a day.

"Are you ready?", texted Param, "I will be there by 11."

Tanvi was blushing to say the least. She had spent a commendable time on what to wear, as she didn't bring anything suitable for a day out. Back in hometown, she hardly went out, that too with a boy, her strict parents would disown her. But as far as Akash is concerned, "Di! Can you imagine, me having my idol as my brother in law! How cool is that?"

A glare from her has shut him off, but couldn't stop her erratic heartbeats. Akash was even more excited for the outing, he even wanted to buy her new outfit and accessories, but Tanvi being Tanvi stopped him.

Now she was standing in front of the mirror, in the same blue Anarkali she wore on her first day, here. She spent about a hour on straightening and braiding her hair in a fish tail braid. Her sense of make up, is some kajal, eyeliner, lipstick and may be a bindi. She was wearing her favorite Jhumka and the watch her brother gifted her from his first salary, on her left hand.

She was looking at herself with a bit of insecurity. "Do I even look good? Will I look okay standing beside him?"

Suddenly, Akash bursted in the room, "Diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii," but stopped abruptly looking at her, and fainted on the ground clutching his heart. Tanvi rushed to him, and cupped his cheek, "Chotu, what happened, wake up!"

Akash opened an eye looking at her, and said, "Dii, you look drop dead gorgeous!"

Tanvi slapped him hard on his chest, but Akash continued, "Di, Jiju will faint for sure!"

Tanvi got flustered but replied, "Chotu, you know that's not possible. That will never happen. We don't belong in the same class, they are far out of reach, you know that right. I am not even worthy of his nail, he is so talented, and look at me still struggling to make a name. Moreover, ma baba will never accept, we belong to different castes, he is a Punjabi and we are Bengali."

"How does it matter? As far as I know, your sankha-pala and our chura are both red and white in colour." Param replied from behind startling both sister and brother.

"Oh dii, I came to tell that Sir has come to pick you up", Akash quipped with a Cheshire grin.

Tanvi was still processing his earlier comment about sankha pala and chura, Is he hinting that this is actually a date? Something can actually happen between us? It isn't only me feeling the butterflies, he also feels something?

"Dii?" Akash broke her reverie, "Yeah, I will bring my bag."

When Tanvi went to stuff her phone and earphones in her bag, Param wound a hand around Akash's shoulder whispering, "I liked Jiju better."

Tanvi for the first time looked at Param carefully. He was wearing a black button down, with a beige Jeans. His hair gelled back yet a bit messy, aviator golden rimmed black sunglasses hanging from his shirt pocket, a silver watch hanging on his hand. Her weakness in men, personified, standing proudly in front of her. As much devilish he looked, his smile made him warmer enough to feel comfortable.

While she was busy checking him out, she didn't realize when they have come outside, she was searching for his car, but instead he stopped in front of her in his Avengers bike. "Come hop on,"asked Param handing her over a helmet.

Tanvi was flabbergasted, she never imagined Param will actually bring a bike in their first meet. When she was thinking how she would sit, he commented, "Sit like me, legs on both side."