Threads of Destiny

3. Day out

30th November, 8:00 am, Arora house

                     A U T H O R'S P O V

"Noooo" Vanya screamed and got up with a jerk. Her forehead beaded in sweat and panting heavily.

"It's just a nightmare, calm down. You're fine, everyone's fine" she comforted herself. Looking at the clock , which showed 8 in the morning, she changed into her gym clothes and moved towards the gym.

                     V A N Y A 'S P O V

After gym, I took a bath and changed into a fully black outfit, which is perfect for a day out. I've been waiting for three years to finally spend time alone with bhaiya, although he used to video call me every now and then to see how I was doing. He may seem cold but a very big softie at heart.

I did my skincare and went downstairs.
"Good morning mumma" I said cheerfully.

"Good morning bacha" she said and took me for a quick hug.
"Bhaiya isn't ready yet?" I asked and she just shared her head in a no.

"I'll go and call him" I said hastily and turned towards the stairs when a loud voice stopped me.

"VANYA ARORA" oh no I'm doomed, Viransh Malik, my best friend since college. But what is he doing here? Wasn't he supposed to be out of town? Heyyy Mahadev, pls Bacha lena.

(Heyyy lord Shiva, pls save me)

"How could you not tell me, you idiot", he said as I came infront of him.

"I was about to-" I started but was cut off by him.

"I was out of town for 2 days and you didn't even bother to tell me that you came back". He took me in a big hug and continued "How are you?",

"I'm hot ,as you can see" I replied, sassily winking at him. He chuckled rolling his eyes and excitedly said "Let's go out today!"

"I'm already going out with Ashrut bhai today"

"This is not fair man, first you didn't tell me and now you're not even coming with me" he whined like a child.

"We'll go out after a few days as tomorrow dad has kept a pooja for me , so I think you should go to shop for your outfit." I suggested.

"Or I could-" before he could complete Ashrut bhai cut him off by saying "No you can't join us"

I laughed looking at his sulking face and went towards bhaiya, showing Viransh my tongue.

"Mom we'll be back at night, not before that", he informed mumma and started walking with me, and Viransh trailing behind like a lost puppy.

After bidding Viransh, I went towards the car where bhaiya opened the door for me and then came towards his side.

"Where are we going?" I asked as he got in "You'll get to know soon". He is so cruel,he didn't even tell me where we were going once.

Half an hour later , the car came to a stop. "Are we here for shopping?" I asked in denial .Shaking his head in a nod to me, he handed the keys to the valet.

We went to a few shops where he bought me almost everything I touched from western to traditional, bags to shoes and accessories even though it was not at all necessary and also held all the bags on his own.

"Bhaiya let me carry few bags-" I insisted .

"No it's fine the guards will take care of it" he said while handing the bags and the car key over to the guards.