𝓓𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓨𝓸𝓾

2. First encounter

"Brother, you need to get dressed decently, Kritika is coming to our room today, after that we'll go on a date and return by the evening till then you'll have to stay here" said Shitij excitedly as his girlfriend was about to come

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''Neelakshi, get ready I'll take you to Shitij's room because i guess you'll have to stay there till evening for keeping around a look, be quick and dress nicely" Kritika said

Kushagra exited the bathroom with a towel on his waist, revealing his toned body with droplets of water enhancing the beauty as someone entered the room, two girls, one of them were wearing a minimalist cute short dress whereas the other, she was something different, she was tall, she had put an oversized shirt and trousers with a pair of crocs in her feet, with messy bun.. He felt something..

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Neelakshi's pupils dilated as she saw Kushagra's revealed abs and sexy body.. she was flustered at one point but she controlled her emotions since she assumed him to be Kritika's boyfriend. Kushagra shoved himself behind the door, perplexed. He did not know they'll reach this early.

"Yeh sharmeela tera banda h?" Neelakshi chuckled (𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯?)

"Arey nah behen woh toh Kushagra h, Shitij ka dost.. mera banda udhar baitha h" she pointed towards Shitij who was sitting on the single bed, enjoying the scenario with a mischevious grin on his face. (𝘈𝘺 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘒𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢.. 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦)

Neelakshi somehow felt a relief, why? She had rarely been into guys, she had no interest but that guy right there made her feel something different. 

"Ma'am, allow me to make you enjoy the next entire day" Shitij kissed the back of Kritika's hand, kneeling down dramatically

"By the way, you guys will stay here? we'll leave then" Shitij said with a slight smirk looking at Kushagra.

Kushagra got dressed as they left, "Would you like to have tea?" he asked

She nodded sideways softly, "No thankyou I'm good, I just came from the court I can't have anything right now" 

"court?" 

"Oh my bad, Basketball court I mean" 

"you play basketball?"

"hmm" she nodded

his eyebrows raised, he was impressed "here, have this" he slipped the protein bar in her hands, assuming her to be an athletic one

she unwrapped the bar and started eating silently, "actually, my family low-key dislikes me playing basketball, they think I can't be feminine"

"I don't think they're right, engaging in sports has nothing to do with feminism" he stated

"right, my friends used to mock me for being unusually athletic"

"Perhaps they're wrong at this point too, PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Mary Kom, all of them are amazingly graceful, blessed with feminism and athletism.. I don't believe in any such thing like a girl can't be sporty if she wants to be feminine, it's all their orthodox mindset, and today, today the women of our world are so ahead of men even in terms of sports, Manu Bhaker achieved gold medal in olympics 2024  and over that she's so pretty too- She's always going to be my inspiration. You don't need to be disappointed, Neel- Neelakshi" he stuttered using her name for the first time

She was impressed by his perspective, "i guess you're right" she smiled

"I hope you get it, even you're enchanting" he muttered below his breathe. She couldn't hear him.

"what? did you say something?" 

"Oh nevermind"

Kushagra checked his watch, only 30 minutes had past during their awkward conversation

Breaking the silence, his phone rang. It was Shitij "bro i need your help.. erm" he stammered

"Abey kaha fasa diya tuney, it's really awkward jaldi aaja" (𝘉𝘳𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘢𝘸𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘈𝘚𝘈𝘗) he whispered

"shit, maine toh-" (shit I-)

"Kya maine toh? you need help?"

"Y-yeah i called you to tell we're planning for uh... uhm.. uk can you get that packet of, c-co-con" he stammered

Kushagra understood, he glanced towards Neelakshi, she looked back.. he broke the eye contact out of embarrassment "aa raha hu, gadha" (𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘯.) 

He headed towards Shitij's wardrobe to search for the condoms when he realised she was standing behind him, peeking in the wardrobe

"No-no no no you're misunderstanding this- this is for" he blabbered

she said awkwardly, "I know, I understood" with a hint of red on her cheeks

"Y-you'll stay here? I'll be right back" he said and exited the room

"Wai-" 

he left the room before she could say anything with a bang of the door.

"Huff" he left a sigh "please god why? our first encounter? why was it damn embarrassing? and this guy- i swear to god i'll kill him" he groaned and left

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Neelakshi was sitting in the room fidgeting with her hands, playing shots in her mind when his naked chest  flashed her mind

"Come back to your senses Neelakshi, you're not into men, you have to be unique and different" she said to herself, whenever she told people she was not into men.. the very first question they asked her was about being a lesbian.. no way, then what can she say? all the guys she dated broke up with her because of being sporty, or because of her anger issues, or maybe because of being the dominant one in their relationships. She gave up on love.

She walked around the room out of curiosity finding a piece of crimson pink paper cut decoratively on Kushagra's desk, she couldn't help but check it out

Beloved Kushagra,

I know I've been bothering you a lot but trust me I'll do anything to be with you.. for god's sake please don't break my heart, I'll do my best to keep you happy.. 

I can't live without you, I even told my parents, they'll talk about my proposal to your parents soon, please Kushagra, please think about it

I love you <3

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