The Rivals (Rewriting)

Shot-27

Randhir and Sanyukta made their way down the elevator of the newly bulid shopping mall in the sub urbs. Sanyukta was feeling quite a bit awkward while choosing swim wear for herself as Randhir kept on pouring down his suggestions. For a female garment? Why the heck even? She groaned in mind. She now regretted the idea of bringing him along for shopping. They kept on walking side by side, their hands occasionally brushing each other. The feels made both of them shudder. The aparment incident still kept on clouding her memories as an involuntary blush crept her cheeks.

Randhir chuckled at a sight in front of them as they kept on walking through the corridor of the mall, passing through different sections. Sanyukta followed his eyes and frowned at
the sight that made him chuckle. A bunch of girls clad in all velvety and shimmery short outfits were literally screaming and crying horrendously as they passed different sections of branded commodities. They looked such merry as if they have never visited any mall lately. Few of them dashed into the shops and came out with huge loads of bags as if they have got all the money to buy off the whole mall.

"Girls and shopping...!" Randhir sighed and chuckled lightly, looking towards them while Sanyukta kept switching her gaze from those girls and Randhir. What was so amusing in that? Pooh! They have till then halted in their tracks, Sanyukta though uninterestingly. She coughed to gain his attention.
He looked back at a frowning Sanyukta.

"What?? I was just saying... Not all girls are like you..." He shrugged his shoulders.

"What you mean by 'all girls are not like me' huh?" She flared her nose in anger, cupping the side of her waist with the arm which held the swimsuit bag. Why was she being targetted among the female species of homosapiens suddenly? Who was he to judge her?

"Well of course... I mean.. Look at you.. We have been here past two hours and you just bought a swimsuit.. Neither you look excited viewing those dresses hung in the shops nor you behaved insanely when the shopkeeper announced a 50% discount in those accessories in that shop from which we got this.. Seriously? A girl would have mobbed the whole shop in seconds! But you? I mean.. You don't behave like typical girls.." Randhir confessed the honest thing that has been poking his brain since the time they had entered the mall and led out a small laugh. This girl was totally out of the world!

"That's because I believe in not wasting my time and money on unnecessary things! I already have the things much adequate for fulfilling my needs! That doesn't prove that I am not a girl!" She rolled her eyes while answering while Randhir kept on grinning at her.

"And My sole purpose was to get a swimsuit.. And now that it's accomplished, I don't need to waste any more time.. Come on..." She added and turned back to leave, ignoring his deadly smirk. She would have ended up smacking his face if she didn't look away. He just insulted her for God's sake! She is a 'SHE'! He knows that better!

"I didn't say that you are not a girl... But.. But but.. Uh oh. Now that you have brought up the topic, I seriously doubt on your feminity..." He matched her pace, walking a bit faster to catch her tracks and exclaimed mischievously.

Sanyukta turned back at a jolt and looked at him, horrified!

"What? What did you just utter?" Her cute button nose flared more, making Randhir chuckle. Oh he so loved teasing her!

"Look at you.. Baggy tee shirts, ripped off jeans! Dishevelled hairs! And for God's sake, superman cap Sanyukta? A person from a distance would take you as a little school boy with long hairs!" He scrunched his nose deliberately, ridiculing her looks.

"I don't get influenced by others opinions about me! I dress for myself and not for others!" Sanyukta retorted back, her pitch higher, feeling offended at his opinion about her dressing sense. Uh oh. Didn't she just say that she never gets influenced by people's thoughts? Well, this is not any 'Person'. He is Randhir, pronouncing her looks,her recently found, itsy bitsy crush! She has to feel offended!

"Come on Sanyukta.. Now just don't cover up.. Everyone knows about your 'girly behaviour'.. You just know how to eat books! Dressing up and flaunting like other girls is just not you part.. Accept it.." He smirked leaning on the railing and triggered her right in her ego! He wanted the thing to go just like what had imagined few minutes ago during the coversation! He knows her in and out! She wasn't a girl to get and not to return!

"You..." She barged towards him poking her finger against his chest when suddenly Randhir felt a tug from behind and on turning, he almost lost his balance due to a sudden force and weight, which was almost on him. It took him seconds to register that a body was hugging him, precisely a girl, with slim and petite figure. Bewildered, Randhir tried to detach his frame from the girl!

"Oh God Ron! It's been such a lonnnggggg time.. I missed you so much..." The girl exclaimed kissing his cheeks once, before detaching their frames, that is when Randhir took a glance at her.

The girl looked highly enthusiastic on meeting him while Randhir shifted back uncomfortably. He was well, not that much happy at the sudden reunion with his Ex-girlfriend. Hell! He wasn't a bit happy! He seemed least bothered. The only thing that came in his mind was that Sanyukta shouldn't misinterpret the happenings. Oh well? Why? His heart remarked.

"Hello Nia... How are you..?" He faked a smile and rolled his eyes. His eyes looked at Sanyukta who stood a step behind him, looking totally clueless at the sudden intrusion of this girl out of no where.

"Am not good Sweetie! Where have you been all this while.. You know how much I missed you baby?" Nia exclaimed in uber sweet voice diving to cling onto him all over again.
He jerked away her hands and stood keeping a distance between them. That is when Nia's eyes fell on Sanyukta, standing behind him and she widened her eyes.

"Oh my god! What is this girl doing with you? Isn't she the geeky girl of you school baby?" Nia sounded surprised and not so impressed seeing her with him.

Sanyukta stood there puzzled and angry at the same time. The audacity of the girl to comment on her! She doesn't own this mall! Even she is a human being with equal rights to roam anywhere with anyone! Who was that clingy girl to judge her exclaiming her to be a geek?

Randhir shifted to Sanyukta and stood beside her clutching her waist to which Sanyukta jumped up a little, surprised.

"Yes.. She's from my school and she has a name for your etiquettes.." He sounded stern as his clutch over her waist tightened. His eyes throwing daggers to that clingy girl.

Nia looked somewhat shocked at his behaviour. Randhir never took interest in geeky girls and Sanyukta's appearance clearly screamed that she nothing but a nerd. She felt a bit offended at the way Randhir was behaving indifferent towards her. Though their break up was a mutual one, rather more from Randhir's part, she was a bit startled at the way Randhir was treating her. Her eyes glued to his arms clutching Sanyukta's waist tightly which clearly interpreted that they seemed to be seeing each other. What on the earth? She was puzzled till death.

"She's Sanyukta... My..." Randhir trailed off at his sentence as Sanyukta shot up her eyes looking equally shocked as Nia.

Nia wasn't expecting the thing that he uttered next. Nor did Sanyukta! Hell she felt her kness going jelly at the way his dominating voice echoed.

"My girlfriend..." And that was it. Nia's eyes literally popped out of the socket.

TBC

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