Date with arranged match - 2

 

Date with my arranged match - 2

Lil introduction:

Anushree : Female lead character

Manan : Male lead character

Papa : Anushree's father

Mum : Anushree's mother

Mom : Manan's mother

Dad : Manan's father

Pov : Anushree

He was still holding me in his embrace, gently patting my back. Finally he let go of me when I calm down. 

And now I'm all excited to explore this new home. I open the box and here he goes with another surprise. He has got the key chain of Carl and Ellie from Up. Oh god, this man is determined to shake my heart. I  look at him and find him already staring at me lovingly. 

Him : I think you should save those surprised reactions for later. 

Me : Don't tell me there is more. 

Him : Look for yourself. 

Excited with this new information, I unlock the front door and I see classy looking hall colored in beacon gray and matching furniture. Another 3 rooms and kitchen also had same classy interior. But when I opened door to the last room I'm welcomed with teal colored walls, furniture with all bright colors. I turned around with wide grin and  found him leaning on the doorframe with smug smile on his face and taking in every reaction of mine. 

He walks upto me and holds my hand with utmost gentle touch. 

Him : This is your room. How do you like this place? 

Me :  Do you think you need to ask this question? 

Him : Umm... looking at your reaction no, but I would still want you to ....

Me : I love this place. This is perfect. When did you find this ? 

Him : You know I was pretty busy last month. 

Me : Okay . So that was about this. But you could have told me, I would have helped you with ... 

Him : I know very well but I wanted this to be a surprise. 

Me : Fair enough. 

We take a tour around house and lil garden in back yard. Then settle down on sofa in hall. 

Him : Would you like to watch a movie? 

Me : Why not! 

Him : What would you like to watch? 

Me : Anything would do. 

Him : Okay then! 

He turned  on TV and  started  going through DVDs . Until then I hurried over to kitchen to make some popcorn and grab cold drinks. He joined me in a while,  asking. 

Him : How about   " The incredibles "  ? 

Me : Sounds good. 

We settled down on sofa and he started movie. 

We were enjoying movie and I heard sound of front door unlocking. Before I could react, his and mine family were there. I was in utter shock . I glanced towards Manan and he's perfectly calm and composed, which clearly indicated its his plan all along. 

We greet each other and settle down . I felt really happy looking at our families, who got along with each other like it was meant to be like this, all along. Not like this was rare sight but I still feel emotional everytime I see our families like this. As if reading my mind , Manan holded my hand and looked into my eyes , as if telling me, this is how it should be and this is how it's gonna be forever. 

His sincere eyes and the way he holds my hand, always made me feel contented. 

 This time we were caught holding hands and staring at each other by both families.

And here we go, I can feel my cheeks flushed red, and I immediately step away from him . 

As soon as I step away from him, I announced. 

Me : I'm going to make tea and snacks for everyone. 

And I hurried over to kitchen. 

I was making tea and I heard footsteps. 

Me : You shouldn't have followed me  here. I'm already feeling shy, not able to face our families. Please, don't make it anymore difficult. 

I didn't get any reply, so I turned back and another shock.

My papa was looking at me, trying to hide his smile. 

Me : I thought , Manan ... 

Papa : I got that. You know, I'm so happy. 

Me : Me, too. 

Papa hugged me and we were having perfect father- daughter moment but then as expected Manan was there. 

Papa : You weren't wrong when you thought he'd follow you here. 

Papa couldn't supress his chuckle anymore , he patted Manan over shoulder a lil and left. 

Manan helped me with preparing and serving snacks and tea. 

Now as we were having tea and snacks, I got to know Manan and our families had planned all of this. They had planned staying here for a night . 

We were spending our time happily chatting . 

As the clock ticked 7 pm. All the men

of our family left to kitchen and I was again in shock. Like I know Manan and Papa can cook, because I had seen them cooking every time we planned get-together  like this. But this time

Dad joined them. And I'm looking at Mom astonished, Mom laughed a lil at me . 

Mom : Don't be shocked, Anu . Your Dad can cook, too. He just needs a lil motivation to cook, that's all. 

Me : I had no idea about this. 

Mom : From where do you think Manan learned all those lil tricks. 

This time my mum was also shocked. Because Manan had proved that even though he hadn't graduated from culinary school, he has almost got perfection in each dish he had tried to cook. It wasn't expected that he had inherited that talent  from his Dad. 

And our conversation went on about everything and nothing in particular. 

We had our dinner by 8: 30 . And I must say, Mom was right when she said Manan got his talent from Dad, because the dishes which Dad had cooked were on another level. 

After dinner, we chit - chatted for a while and then our parents left to their rooms. 

Me and Manan decided to take a lil stroll in our lil garden. We weren't talking just walking side by side. And it felt so perfect. I generally feel to fill the silence with words and keep on talking, but with him by my side, I don't feel like I had to keep on talking or fill the silence with words. Words are my comfort. But with him even silence felt comfortable. 

And for the first time I reach out and hold his hand. And my goodness, he was blushing. The urge to tease him was strong but I knew it would backfire.

Him : You're right. Teasing me would backfire for sure. 

He said with smug smile plastered on his face. 

Me : How do you do that? 

Him : what? 

Me : Reading my mind all the time. 

He chuckled. 

Him : You love reading books. But I love reading only one particular book. 

Listening  the words book and reading from him, I was all excited. 

Me : Which one? You never told me about it. 

He again chuckled like I was missing out on  something so obvious. And I was confused. Looking at my confused face, he laughed. 

Him : It's you , darling. 

My mind froze for a moment. His words echoing through my mind.  Crimson red was back on my face. And I was looking away with shyness written all over my face. His sweet lil confessions continued. 

Him : You are that one book, I prefer reading over and over. And still not get enough of it. 

This time I looked straight into his eyes, and found he was as sincere as always. I stared into his eyes for a very long moment. And as I tried to say something. 

Him : You don't need to say anything. I know and understand how you feel but I also know you need lil more time. So don't rush anything, take your time. 

And I smiled at him a content smile, wondering what did I do to get this

man in my life. 

He kept looking into my eyes, as if he got all his answers there. 

And again we let the silence wrap around us like cozy blanket. We sat down on lawn and gazed at sky. I put my head over his shoulder and he started playing with my hair. Those moments felt so perfect and serene. 

After don't know for how long we sat there stargazing, we left to our rooms, wishing  good night to each other. 

And our perfect date came to a beautiful end.