When starts align

Part 9

"Dei costumes fitting ku poniya ?", Vinay who was incharge of costumes questioned Aakash who was busy tuning his guitar for the nth time that morning.

He was definitely distracted and probably disturbed to think clearly at this point. Her face was the only thing that kept flashing and he wished there was a way he could stop his mind from being so preoccupied but there wasn't.

None of his usual ways of relaxing had helped. He tried to go on a long drive with his favourite playlist. He tried talking to his mom but within a few minutes she started getting worried by his facial expressions so he decided to not put her through this misery too. Even his time on the guitar did not help and that was a first.

"Design lam locked and good to go. Fitting ku ponum nu nooru dhadava solten. Inum neeyum Ritesh matum dan pending from guys. Girls la Navya and Shreya. Inum 2 days la final fitting kudukanum. Marakaama Inikaachu po da. Nethu poren nu sona la ?! En Pola ?!", Vinay scrunched his forehead in frustration.

"Illa something else came up. Iniku kandipa", he tried to reason but stopped abruptly when he was reminded of her, yet again.

Ritesh walked in just on time to catch this conversation.

"Machan ippove anga porom", Ritesh finished and put his hand over Aakash to pull him into a much needed hug.

"Thanks da. Apdiye Org committee la tickets panriya. Edho details ketanga. You are incharge of that la?", Vinay suggested and Ritesh nodded before pulling Aakash out of their jam room.

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"Message panlama... venama...", Tara contemplated after her first 2 classes.

They had a break before their next class and almost everyone had left the room while she was there still trying to figure out what to do next.

She hated this phase.

"Why is making new friends so freaking hard", she ranted to herself.

After a couple of minutes, she convinced herself to take the plunge and send the text afterall.

"I have a break now. Would it be ok if I stopped by the Cultural Org Committee office ? Wanted to check it out in person before other clubs", she typed and clicked send to Keerthana.

Thats when she noticed a text message that instantly brightened her whole day up. A shy smile found its way to her delicate lips.

"Good Morning Tara! Are you ok?", the message read from Karthik.

She read the message atleast 10 times before starting to type a response.

"Good Morning Karthik! Na ok. Neenga?", she stared at her text for a whole minute while deciding if she should include a smiley in it.

"Ivaruku message pananum na matum en ipdilam yosika thonudhu",she asked her poor heart that was racing at this point.

"Special la adhan", her mind voice teased which made her face instantly full with blush.

She finally decided to add the smiley with a blush smile and clicked send before walking out of the class room.

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"Fitting perfect ah iruku... ", Aakash said with a straight face to the girl who has been constantly flirting with him for the past thirty minutes despite his conscious effort to cut it down.

"This whole look is so sexy", she commented earning a glare from him.

Ritesh was observing this sequence but did not interrupt or intervene which was completely unlike him.