Kandy+This blasting on the speakers, we prance around. With every step as a dance move, we inch towards the basketball court. The emptiness I had been feeling the entire day could not sum up the happiness of being beside him. I was truly myself- not giving a damn what people thought.
"Do you wanna go and sit in the middle of the basketball court?" he asked with a certain gleam in his eyes. A few weeks back, I would have laughed and treated it as a joke but something had changed inside me. His 'Do we care?' mixed with the voices in my head saying, 'Why not?' made us run upstairs and towards the court.
Standing in the middle of the court, his eyes give me a confused look- as though he wanted me to back out. I sit down- inviting him to do the same. Placing his orange bag on the ground, he sits facing me. Travis Scott playing in the background, we guffaw at our impromptu plan. There were people chatting on the bleachers, taking a late-night walk, or shooting baskets- and there we were in the middle of the court, vibing to the music.
I look up at the endless sky and gasp at the infinite number of stars gleaming. I nudge his shoulder in excitement and point up at the sky as a wide grin creeps onto his face.
It was finally coming true- our first date on the bucket list. "This is a proper stargazing date", he whispers as we lay on the court amidst the others minding their business.
As he points out a star gleaming more than the others, I hear Yosemite starting to play. What if all this while we already had 'our song' with us and we were desperately searching for one?
I turn to look at him, his eyes still fixed on that one star. Only if he knew how adorable he looks when he is smiling to himself.
