You're My Destiny.

Chapter - 8: Dream on.

Kaira's POV:

Letting my bag slide to the ground I run as fast as my legs could and stop in front of Gaj. His eyes are twinkling with happiness which sure reflects mine. With a broad smile, I step forward petting his trunk lovingly.

I turn to look at Sidharth who is looking at us with mixed expressions I couldn't point.

"Look I've brought someone with me here to meet you. Sidharth Gaj, Gaj Sidharth." I introduced smiling.

Sidharth comes forward to stand beside me and Gaj extends his trunk in form of a handshake which my fiancé does but not before mocking his eyebrows at me, in return, I shrugged at my Gaj's manners.

He was too young when we met. Naturally I taught him a thing or two.

Gaj trumpets again and bends on the ground, getting on his back I gesture Sidharth to follow which he hesitantly does.

When we were set I pat Gaj's head gesturing to move. He gets up making his way in a very familiar direction.

I nudged Sidharth behind me as I say "Gaj is only a kid, you know? I was lucky to see him on the first day, most memorable day..."

As soon as I completed narrating him about that day, we reached where we were supposed to.

I see around to get a better view of my hand made temporary shed still intact and in a far-left, I could see the water shinning by the reflection of the sun overhead. We get off Gaj's back and make our way in the shed. We hear more trumpets from the riverside as Gaj's family and friends have their time in the water.

I gather the hay together to make a better sitting. Literally dumping my bags down, I stretch.

Finally at peace!

I hear Sidharth chuckle softly and when I look at him he shakes his head at my childishness. I pass a equally childish smile.

"You can have a seat you know, I don't charge money."

"Yeah, of course." he rolls his eyes, followed my lead and dumped his bags beside mine.

"Okay, I'm hungry what do you have with you?" I say sitting down and getting out the tiffin I made in a hurry.

Gaj immediately moves to his corner and with his trunk he pulls off the big banana leaves revealing a mass amount of fruits collected.

"Wow, impressive Gaja! Won't you give me some?"

He is quick to collect a few handfuls— um, trunkful— and dump them in my lap, which he undoubtedly does being excited like a child he is.

"And what about me? I don't get to taste those wonderful fruits you collected Gaj?" Sidharth fakes hurt. Gaj simply gestures at the fruits in my hand.

"He probably just wants us to share these. A selfish little child he is!" I laugh as I pass him an apple eating another.

After the apple, we opened our lunch boxes and dug in, sharing with each other. Though I was tempted to have more of his 'quick fried rice' as he puts it, I kept to my vermicelli.

"So what is this place?" He asks as he keeps his half-eaten box away into the bag.

I smile as I keep my lunch box away and turn to him "Aristan animal palace?"

He freezes and slowly meets my eyes "Wasn't that shut down a few years ago."

"It did. It was taken under the National Animal Protection Program Committee as the manager got involved in illegal services." I explain.