XOMANTORAL

Chapter 5

It was hell of a day for Aditi. She didn't understand why Arohan behaved like that and didn't ever expect it. She silenced her phone and lied on the bed. The face of Arohan kept coming to her mind. She turned to the right and slept like a baby. Her eyes were wet. Tears kept rolling from her eyes. She kept rubbing her nose. She looked at her lock screen wallpaper on her phone. Her oldself. A sense of relief came to her face. She smiled at her. She kept the phone aside and slept.
She woke up and found 7 missed calls, 5 from Arohan and 2 from Sneha. She instantly called Sneha, remember about weird behaviour of Arohan? That's why she ignored his ones. Sneha picked up the call.
"Oii Aditi,  phone son nodhora kio?"
Aditi replied while rubbing her eyes
"Xuii aasilu. Phone tu silent t asil."
"Arohan pagol hobo etiya. Phone kora etiyaai."
Her half asleep state changed into full charged up state. A little butterfly tried to fly inside her stomach,but she slapped her stomach and it stayed at its place. She said
"Kio? Iman sinta ne?"
"Xeibur najanu. Phone kora bopaai o. Morii thakibo."
She cut Sneha's call without saying bye and called Arohan. He picked up the at one ring.
"Phone tu jodii nuthua e, rakhisa kio ene?"
Arohan burst out.
"Phone korile phone tu uthabou lage noh? Ifaale moi morile o phone tu nuthaba sage."
"Hett, ki koi thake eibur! Moi xui asilu. Phone tu silent t thoi."
Arohan didn't say anything more
"Aaru kio lage mor khobor ha? Kio lage? Aaji khedi disile sun."
"Cuz I care for you idiot. Mori jaam kunbadina tumar kotha bhabote. Khaai marisa tumi. Beyake koi xaantit thakibo para naai. Pagol hoi golu tumar naamot. Nijok Arohan jen nalage. Premik jen lage. Arohan premik nohoi, Arohane prem bhaal napai. But Aditir Arohan premik hoi gol. Arohan heartless aasil, but Aditi Arohan r heart boni gol. Aaru kiba reason lage?"
......
Silence. Aditi couldn't soak in what he just said. Did he mean he loved her? What did he mean? Her face got covered with sweat. Her hands were shaking. Her heart was pounding. Her cheeks became red like the apple. Arohan again said
"Are Aditi,  please ei silent treatment tu nidiba naa. Please. Morii jua jen paau."
"Hmm."
Aditi said, with a broken voice.
"Xuni asu."
Arohan said, with a little annoyance
"Iman kolu. Etiya toh kua tumi."
Aditi very slowly, started
"Kaile ghor jaam."
"Kaar logot?"
"Morning busot. Porohi aahim"
"Nalage jaabo bus t. Moi jaam tumaar logot."
"Nalage neki?"
"Arre, tumar premik hoi najau diya. Tumar boss hoi jaam. Convince koribo bhaal hobo."
Aditi didn't say anything more. She knew that saying more would mean irritating him. She again said,
"Apunar digdar hobo neki?"
"Naah."
"Apuni jaabo ne Mumbait?"
"Aahhh. Ahi gola ne main point t. Moi najau o Aditi. Kaam aase iyaat bohut."
"Tetiyahole kio iman jor korise jabo?"
"Ohh moi jaabo lagibo neki? Jaam diya tetiyahole. "
She blushed more and more.
Arohan laughed and said
"Enei koisu diya. Eitu bhal opportunity. So eitu hator pora jabo nidiba. Xikarone jor korisu. Nothing personal. "
"Hmm"
She was still stuck to his weird confession. He was so cute. Why the hell was he so cute! She kept rolling hair and biting her lips. Aditi again said
"Xua Aditi. Xunkale ulai thakiba. Jabo lagibo. Good night."
"Good night."

Good night it was, for Aditi. It was the best night for her. Those little words meant the world to her. She kept smiling like an idiot. Poor little idiot she was. She switched off the light. There was a small music box. She played "Ek din aap" from 'Yes boss', her favorite movie with her dil ka raja Srk being the cute mundaa. The song became closer to her heart after the cute little story of Dhruv and Kavya. Little things have been her favorite series since its release. Ughh... She loved both of them. Listening to that song everytime made her fall for Arohan a little bit more.
While listening to the song, she suddenly realised that she didn't inform her parents about her visit to home. Shit! Arohan was going with her. She needed to call her mom right away. It was 11 pm. No problem, her mom might be cleaning the kitchen. She called her. Her dad picked up the call after several rings
"Maina, ko. Ei raatikhon phone korili je!"
"Deta nokoba aaru. Kaile moi goi aasu ha. Maak koba aa...."
"Oo heraa xunisane? Kaile Oditi ahibo."
Her dad shouted to her mom even when her sentence was not finished.
"Are xunato deta. Kaile mor logot mor boss o jaabo. Toh koi tholu tumaak."
"Ohh hoi neki? Mane toi nathako neki? Edinot keneke ghuri jaabi?"
"Paarim diya."
"Oh de. Sirok bhalke rasta dekhuai loi ahibi deii. Kiba anibo lagibo neki teur karone?"
"Naai nalage dia.. Khali maa aaru bormak ekdom tasty khana bonabo kobaa... Maar kosur anja khon bonabo koba deii."
Her dada started laughing
"Ha ha... oh hobo de. Bapre eir kisuman issar kotha xunile hahi uthi jaai dei. Kom de. Xui thaak etiya."
"Ohh diya deta. Good night."
She cut the call. Her dad's main priority was making her sleep, somehow, on time. She was totally against it. She slept whenever she wanted to, and dad was never successful with it.
It was almost 11:30 and she slept. Her thoughts were stuck to how the next day would be. Arohan, going to her house, meeting her family! Shit, it was very exhausting. Imagining all these things made her fall asleep.
3:30 am. The alarm started beeping. She jumped out of the bed and went directly to the bathroom. The summer mornings are always pretty. It was beautiful outside. While she was still in the bathroom, she heard the honking of a car. Her phone was ringing. She started panicking and somehow went to the bedroom. Arohan was ringing the doorbell by then. But she wasn't even dressed yet. She had to open the door. Arohan came in and when he saw her in the house dress, she said
"Ready e hua naai saa. Jua joldii kora. Ghurio ahibo lagibo."
She ran to her room and quickly dressed up. She wore a simple kurti and a denim pant. She took her bag and went out. Arohan looked at her and said
"Ready?"
She nodded. Arohan went out and started the car, while she locked the doors of the house and whispered a prayer. She went out of the gate and closed it. Arohan opened the door of the car and she went in. As they started the journey, she kept snoozing. Arohan said
"Xonmukhor seatot bohile tuponiyabo nuwara deiii."
She rubbed her eyes and said
"Gaan logaau?"
He bent his head, signing his affirmation. She connected the phone to the car and selected "Ek din aap". Arohan asked
"Purona gaano xunaa mane?"
"Off course. Eitu gaan mor favorite? "
Arohan didn't say anything
"Apuni little things suwa naai?"
"Ki bostu xeitu?"
She slapped her forehead and said
"Ki koi? Series khonor naam xuna nai?"
He shook his head. She sat in a comfortable position in her seat and started explaining him about the series. He kept smiling and listening to her. After completing her explanation, he said,
"Buji paale ne?"
"Paalu aai. Iman cute nohoba. Kobaat khundiyaai dim gose sose."
She blushed and looked away. His small weird sentences always made her awkward, but in the cutest way. She said, without looking at him
"Eneke flirt nokoribo maa hotor aagot. Ses hobo lagibo moi."
"Naai naai. Eitu khali between us, okay?"
She nodded and looked at him. She felt an urge to hold his hand. She softly bput her over his hand on the gear. He confusingly looked at her and said
"Eitu akou kihor karone?"
"Najanu. Felt like it."
"Hmm."
"Eta kotha kou sir?"
"Kuwa."
"I think...."
As she was saying, her phone rang. It was her mom
"Ki paali maina?"
"Maa kaziranga paar hou aaru."
"Ohh de de."
She cut the phone. He said
"Ki koisila? "
"Naai naai. Just thank you je mor logot eneke lagi ase, iman khong uthai thakileo."
He smiled and said
"Khong uthua, but nuwaru khong kori thakibo. Bhal lage tumii obhiman korile. Apun manuhe he obhiman kore. Korii thakiba obhiman. Moi bhangi thakim, promise."