𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙮

chapter 6

Dedicated to Vishakav0

Undertow

a subtle pull of unspoken desire beneath the surface.

All the four girls went back to their rooms. Meera and Aarushi got right into getting ready for the after party. Yuktha and vriddhi had some assignments to do so they were relaxing for a bit before catching up with them.

"Oh dayummm. You are gonna make a lot of jaws drop with that for sure." Aarushi said whistling as she looked at Meera's outfit for the night. "Okay come on we need to get started with your makeup" Aarushi said slightly dragging Meera to her vanity table.

"Would it make any difference if I said no crazy eye look?" Meera said smiling a little knowing all well the answer will be: "no" aaru said without missing a beat. Meera just laughed softly and shook her head. "Alright do whatever you want" she said submitting to her best friend's persuasion without putting up much fight.

Aarushi chose two shades of pink for the eye look. She took some  baby pink eye shadow and blended it just below her water line and at the end of her eyelids. She then took a very thin brush and added a drop of water to a darker pink eye shadow. She drew a long wing and drew along the shape of her eye on top. She then took a silver shimmery eyeshadow and blended it as well .

To elevate the look more, aarushi added some rhinestones on her eyelids.She went on with other products. And she did some last minute highlighting on her cheeks, nose  and collarbone. Aarushi completed Meera's look with a little sparkling body mist.

"Okay now open your eyes babess" Aarushi said clapping her hands. When Meera looked at herself in the mirror, she couldn't recognise the person she saw. She felt like a fairy. She had done her makeup a lot of times before but none of those times made her feel like this. Suddenly all the doubts she had vanished. She turned to look at aarushi and hugged her tightly.

"Can't...breathe" Aarushi's muffled voice came and Meera released her laughing lightly. "Thank you. Really." She said holding Aarushi's shoulders. "You can repay me by making Dhruv faint the moment he lays his eyes on you" she said with the utmost seriousness. "Oh please. As if he's gonna forget everything in his surroundings and get lost in my eyes." She said sassily, rolling her eyes in a joking manner. Oh Meera. Aarushi just shook her head and went ahead to do her make up. 

Meera went and quickly changed into her outfit. It was a baby pink spaghetti strap georgette kurti, that had a little band of lace detailing on the stomach part and matching pink flowy pants. She put on a pair of silver butterfly dangly earrings with little rhinestones embedded on them.

A pearl in the shape of a heart on a chunky band of  silver and a sparkling butterfly ring adorned her fingers. She pulled out the matching dupatta and wore it. She curled her hair only at the ends and they sat comfortably in her shoulders. She sprayed some perfume and looked in the mirror for one last time, took a deep breath, and nodded to herself in a way that said 'you got this'. She took her phone and stood up ready to go have fun.

"Wow. I wish I was a man right now ugh" Aarushi said shaking her head in mock sympathy. "Who says you have to be a man?" Meera said playfully raising both her eyebrows in a suggestive manner. Aarushi just snorted. "Look at you miss hotness!! Are you gonna turn around so I can use the k3g shahrukh khan reference?" Meera said as she twirled her best friend.

"Ha. Sadly, you are robbed of that opportunity. I wanna dress modestly today." She said as she ran her fingers through the saree pleats. When she looked up, Meera had a look on her face that said 'really? modesty?' while the saree wasn't too revealing, it was hugging her body in all the right places. "Picture timeeeee" aarushi said taking Meera's Polaroid camera in her hand and started posing for pictures.