The meaning of Love

Mumbai - 7

It had been a boring and dull day, in school today. I wanted to make this day joyful and only one thing came to my mind, Shruti. I ran home quick and turned on the wi-fi. I searched for the new number she gave me in my WhatsApp contacts.
I found the number and saw the display photo. The display had a photo of Isha and some of her friends.
I remembered that it was Isha's number and hesitated to message.
I couldn't resist myself for a long time. I texted her,

Arjun : Hi

I waited for her reply. After eight  minutes Isha replied,

Isha : Hi

Arjun : Shruti????

Isha : No, I am Isha. Her cousin.

Arjun : Ohhhh. Is Shruti there?

Isha : She is having her lunch

Arjun : Ok. Tell her to message me when she is free

Isha : She is reading your messages and I am typing her messages to you. You can talk to her now.

Arjun : Ok. How are you??

Isha : I am good. What about you?

Arjun : I am fine. Where are you?

Isha : Home

Arjun : Can we meet?

Isha : Yes, I will meet you in your society at 5 in the evening.

Arjun : Ok. Bye 😊😊😊

Isha : Bye.

She came perfectly on time. Isha also came with her. I took them to a coffee shop nearby.
I asked them," What would you like to have?"

Shruti replied," Anything, just order anything you want".

I suggested," Filter coffee is superb here may I order that".

Shruti replied," Sure, you may".

I asked Isha," What would you like?"

Isha said," Cold coffee please".

I requested Isha to go to the counter and give our order.
As she moved towards the counter, I took the moment and started talking to Shruti.
I asked her," Shruti do you have a boyfriend?"

She replied," Do you think so?"

I replied," I don't know".

Shruti said," No, I don't have a boyfriend."

I replied," Hmmmm".

She asked," Do you have a girlfriend."

"No, I am single"I replied.

Everything was going alright and it was time to make her realise that I liked her.
I just said,"Shru...."
And Isha was back. I felt irritated but couldn't do anything.
After five minutes our coffee was in front of us.

Shruti sipped her coffee. The coffee was hot and so was she. She looked more hotter as she sipped the hot coffee. Isha was sipping her cold coffee and her phone rang.

She saw her phone and looked at Shruti. They both smiled at each other. Isha said,"Excuse me", and left.

Shruti said," Her boyfriend".

I smiled and thought this is the perfect time. Lets speak out. I saw her little finger, it was still bandaged. It looked cuter. I took her little finger in my hand and said," It looks so cute, isn't it."

"Yes, it does", she replied.

She started removing the bandage from her finger. I didn't say anything.
She removed the bandage completely, her little finger was looking alright.

We smiled at each other. Her little finger was still in my hand. Her eyes were attracting me. I was looking at her, she was busy playing with the cup of coffee. She looked up, our eyes met each others.
I was still looking in her eyes. I wanted her to understand my feelings towards her. She looked away and I captured every moment.

We were having fun when Aditya entered the shop. Vidya was also with him. He saw me and joined me. I introduced Shruti to them.

What I wanted to say remained once again. We finished our coffee and Isha was back now. I dropped them near their building and came home.

I had taken the bandage which she kept on the table. I looked at it and it reminded me of her cute little finger.
I smiled at the feeling. Now, I had two things to remember her.

I kept the bandage along with the pen in my cupboard where I kept my important things. I turned off the lights and went to sleep.