Love and Music

The Evening

The next day Arshi woke up at 9:00 AM later than usual . She went to the kitchen to make some coffee and some breakfast (Scrambled egg and toast as usual). She was scrolling through her Instagram while sipping her coffee. She saw that Rahul had uploaded a post yesternight about the song that was released. She went through his profile for sometime and every photo she saw of Rahul, she was getting a tinge of happiness and a strong feeling of love and attraction towards him. She thought,"Oh my god. What the hell is this!! I am falling in love with this guy and I don't know why I am feeling so happy just thinking about him and just seeing his pictures. Oh god! This is so strange. I have never felt this way before." 

She just thought and thought about it even while she had her breakfast. By the time she gulped down the last piece of the toast, she was sure that she was in love with Rahul. She felt helpless and did not know what to do. She wanted to confess her feelings  to Rahul but feared losing him. She could not imagine how Rahul would react if he would know that she was in love with him. As she sat at her balcony, post breakfast, she was just thinking and thinking about Rahul and nothing else. She shut her eyes and remembered how Rahul had comforted her so many times when she was nervous. She remembered the hug before her first concert. She remembered how he had broken down in front of her. She smiled at every thought of Rahul. She never knew that she was making beautiful memories with him. She never knew that those happy moments with Rahul that she had not bothered to appreciate would hold such great importance for her at one point of time. She knew that she loved him and that is all. She was just blank after that. It was at about 11:00 AM when she got up from her spot in the balcony as her maid had come. She headed to her room and lay on the bed. 

That morning, Rahul woke up at about 11:00 AM. He went downstairs to fetch his coffee. He did not usually have breakfast as he always woke up late except when there was some music related work or Zoom Meetings or calls. He took his coffee to the room and DMed Arshi on Instagram. It read,"Hey. Good Morning. Are you up?"

 Arshi replied immediately, "Hey! Good Morning. I am up since 9 AM.What are you doing?"

Rahul texted back,"Nothing much. Just got up and having some coffee. Are we meeting today?

"Yes, we are. My place at 7:00 PM. Be on time. See you soon." 

Arshi had a smile on her face after the chat. She went to the kitchen to make preps for Dinner. She decided to make Veg Augratin, Bruschettas, Garlic bread, Pasta, Grilled chicken and some Dark chocolate Muffins. The bruschettas and the garlic bread were to be made by the cook while Arshi was going to make the Muffins and Augratin. She had to prepare the muffins' batter from the  noon to make it ready for the dinner. 

She was done with all her cooking by 4:30 PM when she decided to grab another Cup of coffee. She went with her mug to her room and saw a lot of notifications on her phone. There were 3 calls from her mother and 12 calls from Rahul and 1 call from Akshat sir that was a couple of minutes back. She called up Akshat sir and he responded before the second ring. He informed Arshi happily, " Our song has got more than 100K views within just a day. I just called up to congratulate you as it is your first song as a music producer with Akshat Amit. Congratulations dear. We are meeting tomorrow at the studio to celebrate and also discuss about our future gigs.She was elated to hear that and congratulated Akshat sir and thanked him and the entire team profusely for all the support and for welcoming her with open arms. \

Then she called her mother who had called to just check up on her. She also gave her mother the news of her song and she was overwhelmed with pride seeing her daughter's success. Arshi informed her mother that Rahul was coming over for dinner and her mother asked her to cook well and have fun. Arshi did not wish to tell her mom about what she felt for Rahul. She then called up Rahul at about 6:00 PM. He picked up the call and asked her worriedly," Hey. What are you doing? I called you up so many times. You did not even pick up once. What have you been upto all this while?" Arshi calmly replied," Sorry Rahul for not having picked up your call. I was in the kitchen making dinner. I hope you remember about the plan today." Rahul replied,"Yes, I do remember the plan. But I never wanted to toil hard making food for me the entire day. I am leaving home now. See you soon. Bye. Arshi had a smile on her face. She was waiting to meet Rahul. She did not know what she was going to do and was not sure if she was going to confess her love for him or not. Having all such thoughts in her head, she headed to her wardrobe and pulled out a lovely Black dress that ended just below her knees. She opened her hair and styled it, sprayed some perfume, put her eye liner and dabbed on some lipstick and headed out of her room to set up the table. She put up small wooden infusers in the living room to ensure a great fragrance. As soon as she was done setting up the table,the door bell rang. She rushed towards the door and opened it. 

It was Rahul. He was looking very handsome in white Shirt and a pair of Denims. He smelled wonderful too. Arshi could not control herself and whispered slowly,"You look great,Rahul. Rahul replied smiling,"You yourself are looking so beautiful, dear. He had got a huge bouquet of red roses for her which he handed her smilingly. Arshi was sure now that she was in love with Rahul. 

He let himself in. Arshi asked if he wanted some coffee, which he agreed without much thought and added "I want it with Jaggery though." Arshi and Rahul went to the kitchen where Arshi made coffee. She felt so elated just having him stand beside her. As she was done with the coffee, she added a teaspoon of jaggery in both the cups and headed to the balcony. They both started talking about everything (as usual). 

The evening had just begun and the two were enjoying themselves with each other. They did not need anyone else. None of them knew how the evening would unfold but were just chatting incessantly. Both were  scared losing the other if they confessed their love but someone had to speak about it. None of them start the topic and rather stick to random talks about music, band, tours, relationships,past, mysteries and everything else except their true feelings for each other. 

TO KNOW HOW THE EVENING UNFOLDS, WAIT FOR THE NEXT PART. DOES ANYONE ACTUALLY CONFESS THEIR LOVE OR DO THEY JUST FEAR AND THUS DECIDE OTHERWISE? DO THEY EVEN HAVE A FUTURE TOGETHER OR IS IT JUST GOING TO END UP WITH THEM BEING FRIENDS? SO MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWERED NOW. FOR THE ANSWERS STAY HOOKED ON TO THE PAGE AND WAIT FOR THE NEXT PART OF THE STORY (COMING OUT TOMORROW).