It was a very beautiful morning , the sun was shining like a sunflower coated with gold dust the breeze was like a blue cloud the sky was clear and the chatter around the mandir made it all very soul soothing moment.
Abhi's dadi (Grandmother)has forced him to come to the mandir with him that day because she has been sick of his temper and mood swing .
She was tired of the fights he used to have with his father and people outside. Abhi had stayed with her in his childhood and they shared a very deep bond that dadi was so longing to gain again after abhi being distant since the last 11 years , they stopped having that bond last when he was 10 years old.
He left home when he was 18 years old after having a big fight with his father. He used to barely come home, asked for anything or suggested or celebrated anything unless forced or very necessary to do so, like a birthday of any member. He had came to house to visit them and dadi stopped his car midway in front of mandir and wanted him to visit mandir with her before going home to let his soul get positive and not react with anger at home and make the new person uncomfortable.
Abhi was so not in the mood to visit the mandir(temple) hr did not believed in god or so whatever he thought it is just people being selfish and making god a way to gain and fulfill their wishes. Abhi had no idea,All this was going to change today. When he is going to see her he will believe in FOREVER , something he thought is just an assumed thought and thing achieved by sweet people like his parents and grandparents and nothing that he deserves or could tolerate or maintain.
Dadi ( grandmother) stopped just outside the mandir main door and told abhi that she is going to pour water to Surya Dev(;sun) meenal did not noticed all this because she was focused on god. Abhi entered the mandir and he rang the bell hung on the ceiling and joined his hands and then he saw her and their eyes met. Big innocent hazel eyes shining like stars. She was pouring the milk mixed water on the shivling( shivling is a stone emphasizing the great God) she looked in his direction a bit and then again while reciting mantra and continued the pouring. He was just starstuck by her he took a breath, his heartbeat quickened ,mouth a little agap, hand joined looking at her , wanting her to look at him again . She after finishing pouring, looked at him and their eyes met and she again looked away shying away . Her heartbeat also quickened but she focused on pouring the water and after finishing when she looked again she noticed he was still looking and she felt like heat rising in her cheeks .For a second she thought God has heard her wish and send the love she so wanted to have but her brain reminded her that her fate is not so Good she would not receive any love no matter what.
Her brain reminded her she was not so preety to achieve love from so beautiful person, she was not mentally stable to receive attention from someone so dreamy as him. She took chandan( sandalwood )out mixed with water applied to shivling and then to her forehead and got up joined her hand and decided to leave while looking down to avoid looking at him but her heart did not listened and when she again looked he was still looking at her. She again looked down she again looked up after crossing him to go to the gate she found dadi entering the temple who paused outside to pour water to Surya dev ( sun)before coming in and told dadi that she is going home . Dadi nodded with a smile and asked her to go carefully.
Abhi was watching all this after she passed beside him and after she left he asked dadi if she knew her.
Abhi do you know her?
Dadi yes
before dadi could say anything
Abhi then again looked at her and went after her and stopped her midway outside the temple main gate. People were going in and out
Abhi wait
She looked back and found him looking at her she got happy and wanted to shout from inside but still maintained her composure
Abhi do you live here
Her yes
Abhi which house
Her why
Abhi nothing just casually asking
She thought it was not safe to tell any of these what if he would come to her adopted parents house and cause a havoc there abhi sensed she was being protective like anyone would but he got a bit sad to seeing her protective
Her ok
she began to leave
Abhi stopped her again he did not wanted to miss this only chance he had no idea how to talk but could not resist the talking. He was afraid that if he let go he might not see her again what if she was a relative of someone living here and leaves tomorrow. He anxiously asked
Abhi a a are you um free?
She was dumbfounded she got bit offended God knows why she felt that he is saying if she does not cost anything as if like she costs something (author🤭)
Her brain was not functioning properly
Meenal excuse me what do you mean by free
She said in a angered time
Abhi sorry if you are not I I I just wanted um to ask you to go out with me for a coffee sometime
She just blinked her eyes 3 times in a bit uncomfortable way to hide her happiness
Abhi if you donot want it's ok
She asked why
Abhi because because you are very preety
He felt like cursing himself for telling her that her being pretty is the reason for it while he literally fell love at first site in such a way that he felt like his soul was pulled like a magnet towards her
Her really
Meenal said in a sassy tone
Abhi uh huh nhi I mean ha I I I mean that is not the only reason
Her what is the reason them she was being very cut and maintaining a coldness in her voice in her words
Meenal what else is the reason then
Him there are many reasons
He again cursed inside like what are you saying dude he felt like punching himself
Meenal I don't want to know
she said this and began to leave it was just her natural protective self guarding her heart from breaking because she felt like she deserves nothing. He again stopped her.
Abhi please wait I am sorry for my behaviour I like you
abhi I I mean you are very pretty I want to say that you are very kind and beautiful I was hooked into you shit
he again cursed inside she raised her eyebrow she felt amused that he was so shy saying his feelings to her
ABHI I mean do you want to go out sometime I stay here only there is this very beautiful gareden cafe here if you want to go out
Her no
Him please stop
She clicked her mouth
She said "anything else"
Abhi huh
She turned and left
abhi was left dumbfounded he could not think straight that how can she jus5 cut him off and and ask him if he wanted to say anything else and acted like whatever he had said was so stupid