WORSHIP : Pure Form of Love

2. First Day

"𝐴𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑣, 𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖 𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑘𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑎𝑎..."

"𝑂𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑒. 𝐵𝑢𝑡.....𝐼'𝑑 𝑟𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢."

"𝐵𝑎𝑏𝑦...𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 !!"

Arnav on his knees, started setting the plates and suddenly he heard an alarm sound.

He got shocked, "𝐴𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑚 !!!! 𝐴𝑡 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 !!"

"𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑏𝑦𝑒 𝐴𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑣, 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛."
"𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡...𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡...𝐻𝑒𝑦, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 ?"
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"𝐴 𝐷𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 !!!"
Arnav stopped the alarm and once again lay down on the bed.
"𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡? 𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙? 𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑒? 𝑊𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚? 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑏𝑒...𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠...𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒. 𝐵𝑢𝑡, 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑒."

Looking at the roof, he kept thinking about the dream and he realised something.
"𝑊𝑎𝑖𝑡....𝐼𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑖𝑡 10𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦!!! 𝐼 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡."
He got up from the bed and rushed into the bathroom in a flashy speed.

Now, about his boards.....well...it was nice...he appeared the exam very nicely, but... He was unable to distract his mind from his theories about love. Even in middle of the exam, a weird thought about love would strike his mind...but still, he managed to complete the paper nicely.

Around 50 min later he came out from the bathroom.
"𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝐺𝑜𝑗𝑜 𝑡-𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑡? 𝐴ℎℎ...𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒...𝑀𝑦 𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚."
He said while searching in his cupboard.
"𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘....𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 80-90 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟."
He went downstairs for breakfast.
"𝑀𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑎....𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡?" He asked as if he is in a great rush.
"𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡, 𝑔𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡." Mrs. Singhania ordered.
"𝑀𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑎...𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡...𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑎 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦."
"𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑎."
"𝑂𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒."
He went to his father.
"𝑃𝑎𝑝𝑎....𝑃𝑎𝑝𝑎...𝑀𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑢𝑝."
"𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑?"
Mr. Singhania asked in a sleepy and rough voice.
"𝐴𝑡 11 𝑃𝑎𝑝𝑎." Arnav answered.
"𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤?"
"𝑁𝑜𝑤...9:45." Arnav answered looking at the clock.
"𝑂𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛..." Mr. Singhania woke up and gave a cheerful smile to Arnav.
"𝑊𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒, 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑒'𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟." Mr. Singhania told in a courteous manner and went to the bathroom.
Arnav kept thinking about the weird behaviour his father gave. He never saw his father this happy."𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑠𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦?"
He rushed to the kitchen asked his mother about his father's behaviour.
"𝑁𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔...𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤...𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑎 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑎." Mrs. Singhania replied sarcastically.
Arnav got confused about what's going on here. His face changed exactly like an emoji of smiling, confused, happy, shocked, feared, etc etc expressions. Ultimately, all in one emoji (🙂- like this).
After around 15 min, his father came down and sit on his place for breakfast. Mrs. Singhania served two parathas to each of them.
"𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑅𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠ℎ?" Mr. Singhania asked about their servent.
"𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒." Mrs. Singhania replied.
"𝑂ℎℎ...𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠...𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑠. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑗𝑎𝑎𝑛𝑢. 𝐼𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝐴𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑣?"
Arnav got totally shocked."𝐽𝑎𝑎𝑛𝑢......𝐷𝑖𝑑 𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑎? 𝐴 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑚, 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑙𝑦....𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ?"
He couldn't hold his confusion...he asked,"𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑎 ? 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑?"
"𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤? 𝑊𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔." Mr. Singhania replied so softly.
"𝑂𝑘𝑎𝑦....𝐴𝑙𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡." 𝐴𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑣 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑.
After 5-10 min, he took his eyes towards his father's plate. It was empty."𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒? 𝐻𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡." he thought to himself.
"𝐴𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑣... 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠...𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒." Mr. Singhania ordered pointing towards the chair beside him.
Arnav washed his hands and came to that chair. So many questions are roaming inside his mind.
"𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡? 𝐷𝑖𝑑 𝐼 𝑑𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔? He thought himself and sat on the chair.
Mr. Singhania hold his hands and said,"𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘...𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑎...𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒...𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛...𝑏𝑢𝑡, 𝐶𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟? 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒...𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒."