"I thought you hated hugs" , I voiced out as he wrapped his arms ever so gently around me.
"I still do, but hugs from you are an exception", he pulled me closer, a small smile tugging at the corner of his lips.
Intrigued, I slightly tilted my head...
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"Dadi, what was the need to call me Laddu in front of her !? ", I complained, serving the food on the plates.
"Mere Laddu ko Laddu nahi bolungi toh aur kya bolungi.. You didn't have a problem with me calling you Laddu before, so why now? ", Dadi asked, taking a seat at the dining table.
("What else should I address Laddu as then? )
"I don't but not in front of her please.... Now she will bring this up whenever we have a fight "
"How dare you fight with her , kitni acchi ladki hai Prisha "
("Prisha is such a nice girl")
"She is .... with everyone except me " , I narrated the whole bickering moments and the playful banters we had been sharing since the past 5 months. Dadi was the closest person to me, my first ever best friend. I hadn't gotten the chance to tell her about this as she had gone on a trip with her friends and had come back two days ago.
"I don't see her fault in this .... Tune hi panga liya hai " , Dadi said, muching on the food. Obviously, now even my Dadi had to take her side . I swear Prisha had a magnetic presence that made people want to be on her side .
("You have messed up with her")
" Accha, ab bata shadi kab karne wala hai..... Now toh even Harsh is getting married. Uska call aya tha ", Dadi said.
("Okay, now tell me when are yougetting married.... Harsh had called me ")
"Dadi, I haven't thought about it for a while and you know very well why ", I stammered,not wanting to recall the ghost of the past .
"Veer , I understand but you can't stay single forever, eventually you will need someone who loves you and who you love.... "
LOVE...... The simplest four lettered word , yet the most complicated feeling in the world. It makes you feel n numbers of feelings both positive and negative ..... The care, jealousy, enviousness, pride, joy, respect, intimacy it brings with it leaves a hollowness the moment it is snatched away. I wanted to love..... I wanted to be loved.... But loving someone was difficult for me. I thought I cannot love anyone, not when my past was still related with me in some way.
