TERI MERI YAARI

~4~ The Dance competition

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NANDINI'S POV:

The next morning after the dal and khichdi massacre contained the usual, me being woken up by maa, dadu and dadi bickering, dadu making sandwiches for breakfast, dad showing his for me like always, Kabir barging into my home and occupying my seat and being scared of dad as well. The only thing different was kabir took 3 extra sandwiches and when I called him bhukkad for that, he gave a which had me laughing like shit. Well wanna know what he told?

"Kal jo tune dal aur khichdi ka experiment merepe kiya tha uske liye sirf 3 sandwich extra liya, shukar mana iss baat ka. Warna teri plate bhi safa chat karjaata."

(After the experiment that you performed on me with porridge and dal, be glad I took only 3 sandwiches extra, or else I wouldn't have minded emptying your plate as well.)

Then the morning went by as usual, we went to school, he held my hand as always and Shanvi again advised us to date each other. In fact, that is what is going on right now as well.

SHANVI: See, I can give you a thousand reasons why you should date Kabir.

NANDINI: No use, I won't date him anyway.

SHANVI: come on look at him! he's so cute.

NANDINI: eww who's cute? stop bothering him.

SHANVI: come on! he is cute! just look at him once.

I gave her an irritated expression and turned to look at kabir because there's no way she'll be off my back if I didn't do what she told me to.

I looked at him and he was doing his usual funny business, throwing paper balls at gaurav who was hitting those back with a book. GOOFY HUMANS. I could hear shanvi whispering something in my ear.

SHANVI: do you see him?

NANDINI: ofc, duh.

SHANVI: Now look at his happy face, it looks as if it radiates sunshine.

Well, now that I observe it, he's the sunshine boy. His smile is soo infectious. It can make even an ice cube for a person smile. Looking at his smiling face, a small smile broke out on my face as well.

SHANVI: His smile is beautiful isn't it?

Unknowingly I nodded my head at her. It wasn't like I was listening to what she was saying. I was still focused on Kabir.

SHANVI: Look at his eyes now, they're magnetic aren't they?

Slowly my eyes went towards his and they were sure magnetic. His eyes were dark brown in color, almost black. No one would notice their real color if they don't look comfortably. His eyes reduced in size, almost scrunching up in a cute whenever he laughed and my smile widened. Suddenly his eyes caught mine and I diverted my gaze.

Shanvi was smiling ear to ear while putting a display of her 32 teeth and wiggling her eyebrows as if she won a trophy.

SHANVI: toh? kuch kuch hua?

(So, did you feel something?)

NANDINI: *gritting teeth* Haan hua na.

(Yes! I did feel something.)

She excitedly leaned towards me and asked.

SHANVI: kya hua??

(what did you feel?)

NANDINI: teri battisi todne ka man hua.

(I felt like breaking your teeth.)

SHANVI: *pout* Hawww nandu how can you say this? I am such a cute and innocent girl.

NANDINI: stop dreaming with open eyes.

She was about to utter something but stopped when we saw Kabir approaching us.

KABIR: what's happening?

He sat beside me and dropped his arm around my shoulder and pulled me closer. This was his everyday routine.

SHANVI: *smirking* Nothing, I was just witnessing nandu falling in love.

KABIR: wait what?!?!?!?! Yeh Panda pyaar mei gir rahi hai aur mujhe nahi pata?! Nandu itna bada dhoka? Tune mera dil tod diya yaar! abb mujhse shaadi kon karega?

(This panda is falling in love and I don't know about it? Nandu such a big betrayal?? You broke my heart yaar! now who'll marry me?)

SHANVI: she'll marry you don't worry. *goofy smile*

I picked up the pencil pouch which was placed in front of me and threw it on her face which she unfortunately dodged.

NANDINI: dafa hojaa yahan se.

(Get lost from here)

SHANVI: yes yes you people carry on! I won't disturb you.

KABIR: *confused* what's going on here?

NANDINI: just ignore her. Kuch bhi bak bak karti rehti hai.

(she speaks all non sense.)

KABIR: By the way, I saw you staring at me some time ago. Kyu aaj meri khoobsoorati bhaa gayi tujhe? Pyaar wyaar hogaya hai kya? *teasing smile*

(Did you like my handsome face today? does that mean you've fallen for me?)

I don't know why but this time, I really did feel butterflies in my tummy. Nope this is fucked up. Nah its not possible. It's all because of Shanvi. I can never fall for Kabir sharma. Not even in my dreams.

NANDINI: khuli aankhon se sapne dekhna band karde.

(Stop dreaming with your eyes open.)

KABIR: aankhen bandh rakho ya khuli, kya fark padta hai. Sapne toh tere hi dekhta hu.

(eyes open on closed, doesn't matter. After all I dream only about you.)

I gave him an irritated glare to which he laughed.

KABIR: ok ok! I'll stop.

NANDINI: that's good if you want to be alive.

KABIR: by the way, nandu?

NANDINI: hmm?

KABIR: you know na, I am just joking? I mean, I don't mean to flirt with you in a serious sense. I just do this to irritate you. And I don't do this with any other girl because I don't feel comfortable enough. But you are my family yaar. Tere saamne toh kuch bhi bolsakta hu na? Uncomfortable toh nahi hoti tu?

(But you are my family yaar. I can tell anything in front of you right? do you feel uncomfortable?)

This is the real Kabir sharma. He can get all playful and flirty but at the end, he equally cares about how I feel. This guy here might look playful but he can be really mature when needed. I still remember our childhood. Once when I was crying because my doll went missing, so he broke his piggy bank and used all his savings to get me a doll. I can never forget what he told me that day.

FLASHBACK:

I was sitting under my bed and crying badly because I lost my ms. bella. She was the prettiest doll in the whole world and I was proud to be her mother. I used to give her a bath, dress her up, feed her, talk to her, I used to love spending time with her. Kabir loved her too. He was her father. We both used to play with bella the entire day but now she was gone. She was no where to be found and I can't stop crying.

I was hugging my knees to my chest and weeping with my head placed on it. Suddenly, I felt someone getting below the bed with me and I tightened my hold around my knees. Soon I felt two tiny hands lifting my face up. I saw Kabir who was panting but yet he had a huge smile on his face.

KABIR: hey panda, stop crying.

NANDINI: *sniff* bella is gone. I miss her.

KABIR: I found her!! see!!

He forwarded his hand in front of me and I jumped in excitement looking at bella. I grabbed bella from his hand and brought her closer to my chest and hugged her tight.

NANDINI: bad girl bella. Don't make mumma cry from next time.

I gave a peck on her cheek and looked at Kabir who was giving me a big smile.

I engulfed him in a tight hug and and thanked him continuously and we played with bella the entire day.

Then later that week, when I had been to their house, I heard aarna aunty scolding him for breaking his piggy bank and using all his savings. That is when we understood why bella felt so new.

END OF THE FLASHBACK

I smiled slowly at the memory and looked back at his face. He was staring at me with his doe eyes. I smacked his head a little to which he reacted with a groan.

NANDINI: Have you ever seen me being comfortable with anyone as much as I am with you?

KABIR: *huge smile* No! that's why you're my best friend.

We both laughed a little and continued with our jokes when teacher entered the classroom. We all stood up to wish her and she asked us to sit down.

TEACHER: Ok, so listen up everyone!! there'll be a an event at the end of the year, after your board exams of course and all of you are cordially invited.

Everyone started hooting, including Kabir, but I was silent as usual.

TEACHER: ok now quite everyone! there'll be a dance competition held during that event. It will be in the category of partner dance. Anyone who's interested please give me your names.

??: Ma'am! of course Kabir and nandini will participate. They're the best dancer duo of our class.

??: yes ma'am! Kabir and nandini will be the best!

Every started cheering our name and the teacher chuckled while looking at us.

TEACHER: So? Kabir and nandini? ready to rock the stage once more?

Kabir and I looked at each other with smiles on our faces.

KABIR: kya bolti hai? hilaa daalen sabko firse?

(What do you say? shall we rock it again?)

NANDINI: aajtak kabhi option diya hai tune? Chal iss baar toh level karke dikhayenge.

(Have you ever provided me with an option? Let's level it up and show it to everyone)

He gave me a huge smile and turned towards the teacher.

KABIR: yes ma'am! we're ready to rock the stage once again.

Everyone started cheering loudly and we started laughing while looking at everyone.

KABIR: Kal school ke dance studio mei shaam 5 baje?

(Tomorrow at school's dance studio at 5 pm?)

NANDINI: done!

We both high fived each other and continued with our day at school. I can't wait to experience another victory with my best friend.

We were unbreakable and unbeatable together.

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