Megha was looking through the racks of clothes to find a suitable shirt for her father, but all were very expensive for her budget. Proma brought her a shirt with lower price. She asked her from which side of the store she got it and followed that way. Proma stayed behind, looking at her surroundings casually.
Megha found some affordable priced shirts on that specific part. She was deciding which one to choose between two light colors, when a shadow loomed on her from behind. She was so focused that she didn't notice first until she heard someone clearing their throat. She looked back and got startled.
"Hello!" With a bright smile on his face, Jung Hoseok aka J-Hope of BTS, was standing there.
"H-H-Hi..!" She awkwardly waved back, but immediately lowered her hand after noticing her hands were full with the shirts. She put them down on the racks neatly before turning back to him and genuinely smiled.
"Sorry, I got a bit surprised."
"Oh! Did I scare you? I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to." Hoseok started apologizing.
"No, no. It's fine. I was thinking something, then I heard and saw you. I got startled more when I saw it is you."
"Me? Am I scary?"
She quickly shook her head. "No. I meant to say, you are BTS. What do you expect from an ARMY if they see their idol in front of them?"
Realization dawned on him and his mouth shaped into a big 'o'. She nodded sympathetically.
"I didn't think about this before. I just saw you from outside of the glass window and wanted to ask you about your health. So, how are you now?"
"Oh! I'm totally fine now. Thank you so much for asking." She politely smiled.
Proma was waiting for Megha on the other side of the store for the last twenty minutes. They needed to search and buy some gifts for tomorrow's fan-meet. If Megha would take a long time here, then they would have short time to find things. Proma started to walk towards the way Megha went earlier, when her eyes caught a scene and she immediately hid behind a cloth-rack.
J-Hope and Megha were talking and smiling.
Despite a lot of questions were clouding her mind, like "What is he doing here?" or "What are they talking about?", a smile crept onto Proma's lips automatically. Her ship was sailing. She was deeply absorbed into the situation, when she heard someone behind her was talking loudly.
"What ar--"
"Shhh! Keep quite."
"What are you looking at?" This time, a deep male voice whispered.
"Look that way." She also whisper-answered.
"Who is that lady?"
"She is my soulmate. Isn't she pretty?"
"Yeah, she is. But why is she talking to Ho--"
"What is your problem, dude? Can't you keep quite for a moment? You're making me talk as well. Who the hell are you?" She whisper-yelled at that person and turned her head behind, only to encountered with a white t-shirt covered chest. She raised her head to see the towering person and met with a very confused and amused Kim Taehyung.
"Ahhh!" Proma screamed and fell on the ground with a loud thud, which caused the singer a hearty laughter.
The sound coming from there already caught attention of Megha and J-Hope as they came running.
"What happened?" Megha asked while helping her soulmate to get up.
"It's his fault." Proma blurted out and glared at the singer, who was still recovering from the laughter by covering his face.
"Are you okay? Did Taehyung scare you?" Hoseok asked worriedly.
"Ye-- Actually never mind. I'm okay. But what are you two doing here? Shopping?" Proma asked curiously.
J-hope smiled brightly and nodded.
"We thought of shopping some traditional dress while we are In India. Any recommendation?"
"There are many. Every state in India has their own culture, language, food, dress, even the nature. It's a mini-world in itself. So, if you don't explain what you're looking for, we can't help you." Megha answered.
"Megha, what about Panjabi ?" Proma interfered, seeing her friend was trying to sink her ship even before sailing.
"Panjabi?" The singer commented.
"Yes. We are from West Bengal. Dhuti-Panjabi is our traditional dress for males. Dhuti is a bit hard for you guys, but you can try Panjabi." Proma explained enthusiastically.
"But where do you find a store of Panjabi in here?" Megha inquired.
"There maybe is. Let's ask to the salesperson at the counter." Proma eagerly went to the counter and came back after a while.
"The salesman informed that there is a traditional menswear shop on the sixth floor. Maybe we can find Panjabi there."
"Shall we go?" Taehyung asked.
Proma looked expectantly at Megha until she agreed.
"Okay. But let's split up. You two go there first and wait. We'll come after."
The other three gave a questioning look.
"I'm sure there are press and fans outside this store already. If we go together rumors will fly and I can't let that happen. You're the idols whom I love and respect, but you're also our guest. I sure will do everything to protect your privacy."
The singer and the rapper were both speechless, shocked and impressed. Proma just smiling as she knew how confident and passionate her friend could be whenever such things happened. She might look like a shy, scared or unconfident girl, but she was way more than that. Looks could be deceiving.
As they planned, the members got out of the store first. Proma and Megha also came out after a minute or so and followed the route to sixth floor. As soon as four of them reunited at that menswear shop, they were greeted with loud to light shade of different colors, wide range of designed Kurtas, pants and jackets. All four split on their own and explored the store. There weren't any Panjabis, but only designer Kurta-pant sets. That would do.
The ladies helped the stars to find their designer Kurtas. Hoseok chose a red printed Dupion Silk Kurta with white silk dhoti pant and Taehyung chose a simple golden colored Silk Kurta-Pajama set with a green based multi-colored designer Jodhpuri jacket, which truly brought the best of the whole outfit. They liked the outfits so much that they decided to buy for others as well.
Proma specially hand-picked an all white Kurta-Churidaar with heavily embroidery work of Chikankari, Mukaish and Zardozi for Yoongi whereas Megha chose a royal blue colored high-neck and full sleeve Sherwani Kurta with intricate hand embroidery for Namjoon. They both helped the rapper and the singer to choose a designer grayish blue colored Silk and Velvet half-half Sherwani for Jin, a purple colored velvet Kurta with stylish pleats at the front for Jimin and a simple black cotton Kurta with triangle shaped mirror worked Galabandh for Jungkook.
After paying the bills, Jhope turned to the ladies once again.
"Thank you for your help. We love these dresses so much and I know, others will like it too."
"Oh, it's our pleasure. We have never thought in our life that we would meet again so soon after yesterday; Moreover, in this scenario and we would get a chance to help you for something. It really means a lot for us." Megha expressed the thoughts on behalf of her and Proma.
The superstars smiled at them and took their farewell from them. The ladies also came out after a minute from the shop, to not to catch any attention from medias and went their own way to buy some things for the next day's fan-meeting.
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