KariLa One Shots

16 - Reels and College Love

Special Changes: Veyoshma are unmarried, go to the same college

Extra Characters: Ishaan Malhotra (IM) - Veyom's Friend

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Karishma walked through the college campus with a coffee in hand, humming to herself, when she heard a group of people talking a few feet away from her. Normally she hated eavesdropping, but this was Veyom and she was 110% sure she heard the word love, so she sat down on a bench near them, but facing the other way.

VS: Agar pyaar hoga toh sirf dosti wala pyaar, yeh weekdays pe babu shona aur weekends pe palang todne wala rishta nahi chahiye merko

IM: Tabhi main sochu, itne handsome young bande ko girlfriend kyun nahi mil rahi. Bhai aaj kal ki saari ladkiyon ko yahin chahiye hota hai

VS: Nahi na, koi toh hogi, inn sabse alag, jisse meri tarah inn sab mein interest naa ho

KS (to herself): Main hoon naa

Karishma had a crush on him for as long as she could remember, but she had dropped all hopes of being in a relationship with him because of his playboy personality. Veyoshma had only started talking a few days ago, and Karishma didn't want to ruin their new friendship so she was happy to keep her feelings to herself.

IM: Aur aisi koi ladki nahi mili toh?

VS: Toh aise hi sabke saath masti karta rahunga (blew a kiss to a random girl walking by)

Just then, Karishma's phone rang flashing the name Haseena. Haseena was her roommate, and a great person by heart, but her idea of fun was a lot different than Karishma's. She had recently become friends with the bullies of their course who didn't spare a chance to make fun of Karishma for being simple. She picked up the call, then made a face hearing what Haseena had to say. As if her day couldn't get any worse. After much debating and convincing, Karishma finally agreed to go to dinner with Haseena and her new "friends".

That night, Karishma reached the restaurant she was invited to and gaped at the view. It was undoubtedly beautiful, but coming from a middle-class family, this wasn't something she saw very regularly. Karishma made her way inside and found the table the others were sitting at. It had been merely seconds since she sat down that they started passing mean comments about her.

B1: Dekho kaisi khoyi khoyi lag rahi hai, pehli baar aisi jagah pe aayi hongi na bechari

B2: Pehli baar hi hoga, iske baap ki aukat hi kahan ki apne bacchon ko aisi jagah le aaye

And that's when Veyom made his Bollywood-style entry. He sat at the seat opposite from Karishma and looked the spoilt rich kids in the eyes, replying to them will full confidence.

VS: Aur tumhara baap toh itni aish-o-aaram ki zindagi jeene ke baad bhi apne bacchon ko tameez se baat karna tak nahi sikha paaya

The table fell silent at his reply, while Karishma looked at him in awe. She had no interest in extra-filmy things like these but the fact that Veyom had stuck up for her made her heart smile. Haseena, with her amazing timing, chose just that moment to enter, blabbering nonstop about how the traffic had stopped her. Thanks to her for breaking the tension or this might have turned into a public commotion, which Karishma didn't want.

Everyone began ordering food, while Karishma looked at the menu for whatever cost the least. She just didn't get the idea of spending so much on fancy food when you could have food a hundred times better at a quarter of the price. She looked up for a second and saw Veyom doing the same, which made her feel better that she wasn't the only one who felt out of place. Veyoshma were determined to spend the least time possible with these people, so they left as soon as they finished their food.

KS: Uh...tum gaadi leke aaye?

VS: Nahi, kyun?

KS: Woh...main auto se aayi thi aur iss samay toh yahan auto milegi nahi isliye puch rahi thi...koi baat nahi cab bula leti hoon

VS: Arre uski zarurat nahi padegi, peeche wale raaste se hostel sirf das minute ki doori pe hai

KS: Nahi maine dekha thha wahan se raasta nahi hai

VS: Hai raasta, woh beechmein se main road pe bhi khulta hai. Toh...um...paidal chale?

KS: H-Haan bilkul

Veyom led the way back to the hostel with Karishma following closely behind. Not long after, as they came out onto the main road, Veyom spotted some food stalls and offered to get them something as he knew they were both hungry. Meanwhile Karishma walked over to the side and took pictures of the beautiful view.

Veyom returned after a while and photobombed one of her pictures, earning a smack on the arm from Karishma. He handed her a packet of chips and soda and took one for himself. Veyoshma sat on the ledge beside the food stalls and finished eating in a few minutes. They soon stood up and continued walking back to the hostel.

VS: Kya soch rahi ho?

KS: Kitna majak udate hai woh log....hadd hoti hai matlab

VS: Woh jalte hai tumse

KS: Haan mere paas toh Mercedes haina

VS: Tumhara dimaag hai tumhari Mercedes, poore class mein tumse zyada intelligent koi nikla toh naam badal dena mera

KS: Aur badal ke kya rakhu, Chhota Chhatri?

VS: Yarrr kabhi toh meri baat pe bharosa karo

KS: Pehle tum bharosa karne laayak baat karo

VS: *frowned*

But Veyom didn't have time to stay upset because it suddenly started raining heavily. He grabbed Karishma's hand and the two sprinted to the nearest cover. All the buildings around were closed so the closest they had to shelter was the part of a roof that lay over the building. They shook off their clothes to get the water out then burst out laughing at the situation they had landed themselves in.

A few minutes passed but the rain was as heavy as before, so Veyoshma had to stay put. Karishma just couldn't stay still, and when boredom took over, she pulled out her phone and began shooting videos. She switched angles and put her hand out in the rain as she took the video. Meanwhile, Veyom stared at her, extremely confused.

VS: Yeh kya kar rahi ho?

KS: Woh social media pe log baarish mein posts daalte haina isliye (pouting)

VS: Kitni velli ho tum

KS: Velle toh tum bhi ho isliye ab tum meri madad karoge video banane mein

VS: Haan theek hai waise bhi baarish kam hone mein time hai

Veyom took the phone from her and helped her make videos, or so she thought, because he was busy fooling around and taking videos of himself instead. It wasn't long before Karishma noticed and she snatched the phone away from him, crossing her arms and glaring at him.

KS: Kaahe bigaada mera video?

VS: Maine kahan kuch kiya (innocently)

KS: Jyada na chant banne ka jarurat nahi hai mere saamne

VS (rubbing his nose against hers): Arre gussa mat ho meri jaan

Karishma's breath hitched in her throat when Veyom's nose touched hers. She knew she had no chance being with him and he'd probably just done this out of habit, but she couldn't stop the butterflies in her stomach at their proximity. She shook out of the trance before Veyom could notice and asked him to come in her video.

KS: Tum bhi aajao na video mein

VS: M-Main? Nahi mujhe yeh..camera ke saamne aake kuch hota hai...nahi

KS: Chinta mat karo chehra nahi aayega, sirf parchaayi aayegi I promise

VS: Theek hai, batao kya karna hai

Karishma went into a full-fledged explanation of what moves they had to do in sync with the audio. Veyom, meanwhile, couldn't stop adoring her. The spark in her eyes when she talked about something she was interested in, the way her hair blew in the light breeze, her cute little nose, and.... those soft lips. He had a record of flirting with every girl in their year, but for Karishma he felt something different. Something deeper than just the urge to cause mischief. He was shaken out of his trance when Karishma was snapping her fingers in front of him.

VS: H-Haan haan samajh gaya

KS (narrowing her eyes): Pakka?

VS: Haan pakka, chalo shuru karte hai

KS: Theek se karna kyunki hamare paas ek hi chance hai. Bheeg jaayenge toh parchaayi acchi nahi aayegi

VS: Baarish mein jaana hai?

KS: Kyun darr lag raha hai?

VS: Nahi nahi chalo

They pressed the record button and walked out into the rain, performing the agreed steps. Veyom's subconscious mind seemed to have picked up what Karishma was saying while he was busy adoring her, so thankfully he knew what to do. Veyom twirled her around the first beat, pulled her close on the second, and kissed her on the third.

Karishma felt a rush of heat go through her body when his lips touched hers. Any normal person would dream of kissing their crush, but with her situation, Karishma thought it was impossible. And now when it had really happened, she couldn't be any happier. She kissed him back passionately as her hands cupped his face and his arms wound around her waist. The rain fell above them, drenching the careless lovers as they poured out months of hidden desire. What felt like ages later, the rain stopped and they pulled away.

Before Karishma could express her concerns of this being just a one-time thing, Veyom looked intesely into her eyes and washed away all her worries.

VS (whispering): I love you

KS (controlling her smile): I love you too

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