Extremely Slow love

6

"Ready to go home?" Meera asked.

I responded without thinking, 'Yes.'"

"Huh?" (She looked at me in surprise.)

Meera took out something like a spray from her bag and said,

"Freshen up your mouth."

I carefully looked at the spray; it said mint flavor. Seeing a picture of two people kissing, my heart started beating faster, and my lips felt dry. Meera took the spray from my hand and sprayed it into her own mouth, and I did the same. I looked around nervously, trying to avoid this awkward situation. Then Meera, like a pro, turned towards me. I closed my eyes beforehand, clenched my fists, and opened my eyes to find Meera leaning towards my lips. She looked at me without any expression, then moved her hand backward.

Meera started the car and said, "I can't do it."

I opened my eyes and touched my face; it had become warmer than 100 degrees. My heart was pounding so fast it felt like it might jump out. I couldn't even look at Meera.

Meera said, "We're home, go in. All the best."

She handed me a mouth freshener and said,

"Thanks, Meera." (Avoiding eye contact)

I went home and started waiting. Initially, my problem was the car incident; I couldn't get over it.

"I kept touching my lips again and again while trying to sleep. At midnight, my alarm rang, and I called Aahan. Aahan said, 'Are you ready?'

'Yes! Happy birthday, Aahan.'

'Thank you. I'm coming to your house; come outside.'

Outside, the car was parked in the garden, and Meera was in the car. Aahan hugged me as soon as he saw me, and we both got into the car. As the car started moving, Aahan was leaning towards my lips. Meera had earphones on, and I don't know why she was wearing sunglasses at night.

'Aahan, you're in front of your sister.'

'So, where should I go now? Hurry up; I want to cut the cake.'

Aahan was still moving towards my lips when Meera stopped the car on the side and said,

'No one will see here. I'll step out of the car.'

I couldn't understand anything from Meera's face. She didn't look at me once. Aahan was getting closer to kissing me, about to kiss, when I told him,

'Leave the lips; do it anywhere. If we're talking about a kiss, do it on the cheek.'

As Aahan kissed my cheek, he started smiling lightly and blushed, looking shyly towards the window. Aahan's cheeks turned red, and I tried to control my laughter. Then I looked at Meera. Meera was closing and opening her fist repeatedly. I called out to Meera,

'Meera!'

'Aahan, are you feeling shy?' Meera looked at him teasingly. Aahan hid his face, and I signaled to Meera by pointing towards my cheek. Meera, without any expression, said,

'Good.'

We got out of the car, cut the cake, took some pictures, and returned. Naina had been pretending to sleep for a while, and her hand's condition was visible to Meera.

The next morning, as Naina woke up, she said,

'Aahan kissed me, and I didn't think anything about him. Was it good or bad?'

After brushing and freshening up, Naina realized she forgot to bring a towel. She went to get the towel, freshened up, wore her school dress, and sat down. Her mom brought breakfast.