And it all started with a show...

A reel date!!

As Ishqi reached home, totally exhausting, she made herself a nice hot cup of coffee and went straight to her balcony. It was her all time favorite place to drain all the stress in her life. Ishqi grabbed her headphones and started listening songs, it was the best way to relax herself. As she was singing along with the lyrics of song...

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After the success of day 1 of shoot, it was now day 2. They were not going to be shooting in studio today, they were all going towards a cafe, specially booked for shooting. As Ishqi entered the cafe, she saw Ahaan already there rehearsing his lines while the camera crew were settting lights and camera. Ishqi quickly sat on a chair and got her makeup and hair done while rehearsing her lines. After the cameras and the lights were set up it was now time to shoot...

They shot ateast 3 shots and now it was for them to shoot a scene where the leads' accidentally touch hands and then have an eye lock or as per the director a cute eye lock. For Ishqi, she hated eye locks, as per her perspective an eye lock made everything awkward, but Ahaan on the other hand had no problem with them rather really liked them as an eye lock was the key to love at first sight...

"Action" yelled the director Robin as the camera began rolling and Ishqi and Ahaan started acting. Not before long they had to cut because Ishqi couldn't just look into Ahaan's eyes for more than 5 seconds...

After almost 3 takes, Ishqi was still getting awkward. Even though director told her that it was okay to take retake yet Ishqi was stressing up. Ishqi kept looking to the floor making her mind that this would be the last take of this scene...

Ahaan- Ishqi yaha dekho...

As Ishqi looked up she just couldn't help but burst out laughing cuz Ahaan was wearing a fake mustache making him look like Charli Chaplin...

For the first time, Ahaan saw her laughing. He kept smiling. He was looking really cute with that fake mustache and with his sweet smile. After a few seconds of good laugh she was finally ready for the take. She took a deep breath and they started rolling...

They both made their hands purposely touch making it look accidental and then looked into each other's eyes. This time, Ishqi wasn't at all hesitated or awkward. They were finally able to take the shot...

They both kept looking into each other's eyes until the director yelled "Cut"

Ishqi, now comfortable looking into his eyes, still immediately moved her gaze while Ahaan's gaze still fixed on her...

Everyone literally started clapping as finally the shot was filmed. As the day progressed, they kept filming...

They shot many scenes, making them tired. Finally it was time for them to pack up. Everyone were leaving except Ishqi and Ahaan. Both wanted to have some coffee after a tiring and long day...

Ishqi- tum kyu ruke ho?

Ahaan- kyu tum coffee peene ke liye ruk sakti ho toh main kyu nahi.

Ishqi nodded in disbelief and ordered a cappacino with whipped cream and chocolate chips for herself. Ahaan took a seat near her and ordered cold coffee for himself. After a minute of silence Ahaan finally spoke...

Ahaan- soo thak gayi??

Ishqi- kya lagta hai. Pura din bas baate kar rahi thi, has rahi thi aur kuch nahi...

Ahaan- itna sarcastic kon hota hai yaar??

Ishqi- main sarcastic nahi ho rahi sach bol rahi hu, kon itna hasta hai woh bhi pura din.

Ahaan- you know na humne abhi shoot kiya hai aur editing ke baad yeh scene bas paach ya das minute ka hoga.

Ishqi- ohh God yes, I totally forgot.

Just then the waitress came with their order...

Ishqi- thank you I really needed this!!

She said as she grabbed her cappacino and started drinking it...

Ahaan- you know aaj ek miracle hua.

Ishqi- kya?

Ahaan- aaj ek khadoos ladki khulke hasi.

Ishqi gave Ahaan a death stare to which Ahaan quietly sipped his coffee.

Ahaan- waise tum pura din aapne headphones pe kya sunti ho?

Ishqi- pravachan, mahan gyaani baba ji ka pravachan. You know tumhe na pravachan ki zyada zarurat hai, main tumhe bheju kya?

Ahaan- tum kabhi sidha bol hi nahi sakti na.

Ishqi- never, this Ishqi is very risky.

At this statement, both Ishqi and Ahaan laughed...

As they packed up, now the cafe was open for customers. People started coming in and one of them was an annoying girl was coincidentally sat on the opposite table of Ishqi and Ahaan's. She came with a guy who supposedly was her boyfriend...

They were talking really loudly, being extra couplely, in short being clingy. They looked like residents of L.A , meaning they didn't knew Hindi...

Ahaan noticed Ishqi slowly getting irritated by them...

Ahaan- kya hua, tumhe couples pasand nahi hai?

Ishqi- not at all. I mean iss type ke nahi.

Ahaan- iss type ke?

Ishqi- being extra couplely in public, Babu, Shona, mona, baby ugh i hate that stuff.

Ahaan giggled at her answer while Ishqi continued...

Ishqi- no seriously, mele Babu ne thana thaya. Like yeh log kya relationship mein aane se pehele koi contract sign karte hai kya "Terms and contions applied" aap relationship mein ho yeh sab toh karna hi padega...

Ahaan's giggling session was continued. He was non-stop laughing...

Ahaan- waah tum na baba ji ke pravachan sunte sunte pravachan dene bhi lag gayi ho.

Ishqi- haha not funny...

She said mocking him...

Ahaan- tum itna inhe roast kar rahi ho, you tell me tum jab relationship mein hogi tab kaisa behave karogi?

Ishqi- first of all I hate these relationship ka fanda and secondly hum kya yaha date pe aaye hai jo tum mujhse yeh sab sawal puch rahe ho!

Ahaan- well hum nahi aaye par Isha aur Aditya toh aaye the na. So friends?

Ishqi- yeah save that for later, anyways meri coffee khatam hogayi hai, am leaving.

Ahaan- wait meri toh nahi hui na.

Ishqi- so?

Ahaan- soo wait for me.

Ishqi- come on yaar, mujhe ghar jaana hai waise bhi aaj ke liye na bohot socializing hoagyi hai.

Ishqi kept money for her coffee under her cup, grabbed her bag and left...

"And she's back to her old, boring and introverted self again"

Ahaan thought as he sipped his coffee...
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To be continued...
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"Kehete hai dosti mein pyaar hota hai aur pyaar mein dosti par yaha toh dosti karne mein hi hai inki halat tight. Kya hoga jab dono mein se kisiko pyaar hoga?"
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Thank you for reading and also for showering this story with your love. And don't forget to comment your favorite part of this chapter. And yeah that poetry/philosophical part, just ignore it, like haven't seen it...

Precap:- In Italy...

Word count- 1161

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