Lockdown

PARTY! popper

PARI POV

" Yeah!" I raised my juice glass in the air and he chuckled as all the old cringe songs that I once listened to played on my TV screen and we both slowly danced on it. He wouldn't let me drink to celebrate but well, that makes sense. Still, he made me fruit juice and was dancing to " Aasman Ko Chukar Dekho!" from that cartoon movie, Hanuman returns. Yes. I have weird taste in music and I get it a lot but honestly, all I wanted to have for that one night was quirky music that we could later laugh on...

" I still don't understand why we are slow dancing on this song!" 
" Because I can't jump around! Duh!" he chuckled only louder and shook his head while I kept giggling but soon enough it seemed like the TV also understood the mood because after that loud, Hindi song, perfect began playing. As in, perfect. From Ed Sheeran? I don't even get how but it did and now, everything just made so much more sense. 

I was in a long pink dress. My hair was pulled up in a messy bun and there was a small gold necklace around my neck. But all that didn't matter. What mattered was that his hand was right around my waist and that his other hand was in mine. I had a gold clip pinned up in my hair but I was paying more attention to his green, dreamy eyes much more than I cared about anything valuable because, in my light brown eyes, he was the most valuable thing I owned. Yes, I owned him. Do I need to say it twice? I do. I own him and everything about him and all of him. I have a copyright on his existence and he is only there in this world for me. 

" You're looking so pretty today," 
" And you are looking pretty charming yourself in your suit," he chuckled and rubbed my nose with his. Hmm... Now that I look carefully at it, his nose is pretty big. I mean, like really big for his face definitely. And his lips are... No. They are perfect. They are just perfect on him and even more than perfect when they touch mine.

And he was just about to do it. Touch my lips. He was going to slowly move them over mine and then even slowly take over me. He was just about to take over me but that damned bell destroyed our perfect mood. 

" Must be your extra cheese burst pizza. Put up the movie... I'll get it," and saying that, he left me waiting there with a feeling of uneasiness. It didn't seem right that our kiss remained unfinished but well... We could continue after he got the order. So, I didn't think much of it and just paused the song that was playing over the TV, sighed and just plummeted on the sofa as I shifted channels.
Lala land. Sohit told me that he had never watched that iconic movie! I was making him watch it. Maybe I would even fall asleep in the middle but at least I would be able to cuddle with him during that movie because if it were for him, he'd play Sooryavanshi or Bahubali. Like anyone even watches any of those movies at home.

" Pari!" And just when I thought that I had finally gotten to relax on the couch, he called for me from the door. There was something about his tone... It just seemed... Disturbed.
" Hmm?"
" Someone is at the door," I just blinked my eyes when I saw a frown over his face and casually began walking towards him
" Who?"
" He won't say. Just keeps asking to see you. Irritating rascal," he snapped in anger and I only ever so casually, without thinking much of it, put my hand around his back and looked up at the man standing in front of me, wearing a mask.

" You are?" It was hard recognizing him through his mask, unlike the time I saw Pranav. This time, it had been 5 years since I last saw him or heard about him... But the pain that I saw in his eyes when I raised my eyebrows and still remained in Sohit's arms... It was something different altogether.
" Are you mute or something? Hello?"
" He's not mute. Is Pari there? He's been asking the since the time I opened the door,"
" Well... He doesn't..." but I stopped when I saw him take off his mask.

It was when I saw his full face that I remembered... I remembered that day.

" I'm sorry yaar. Pari!"
" WHAT SORRY YAAR?! SHE'S MY SISTER! MY FUCKING REAL SISTER!"
" It wasn't anything!"
" No! You stay away from me. And... AND DON'T TOUCH ME! Don't touch me with those filthy hands!"

Yeah... That day. That horrible day when Prachi got revenge on me for "stealing" her crush. You know... In 20 years of my life, there was a man whom I had trusted with my truth. What did he end up doing? He ended up spending the night with my sister instead of being with me during my result day. He was out partying with her...

" What are you doing here?"
" Prachi said that you have a room empty..."
" I don't," I raised my eyebrows in anger now, " I don't have any rooms empty-"
" I. I'll pay extra-"
" I don't need it. Seriously... Geez. I don't need your money. Just go back from where you came here,"
" No. Please. I need a room. If my father finds me outside... He'll get me killed. Please. I don't want to disrupt your life or anything. I just need a room for 2 days,"