Apparently, Ahaan agreed to visit the mall with us, although I am a hundred percent sure he must be busy in the context of business, but then he'll get a chance to irritate me. Or maybe kill me?

And that's why I am standing in front of my vanity, all donned out

"Kyra. Come on downstairs, we are getting late. Ahaan must be about to come as well." I heard Sarah shouting for me.

"Coming. Just a second." I shouted back.

Moving downstairs, I saw that all three of them, Dhruv, Sarah, and Aarav, were ready, and Ahaan was nowhere to be seen.

"Let's head out." I clapped my hands cheerfully.

"Ahaan has yet not arrived. We just have to wait for him." Aarav butted in.

"But -" I was about to say something, and that's when Ahaan, in his full glory, came inside the mansion.

I turned towards him, and my breath hitched. He was looking so dashing in his dark washed jeans and white t-shirt. And man, his attitude.
I so badly wanted to punch him right there, and here he was showing me his pearly white teeth.

"Hey guys!" Ahaan said as he entered and hugged each of them.

"Hey. Now that you are finally here, let's get going." Dhruv replied.

"Yes!" Sarah, Aarav, and I shouted in unison, and Ahaan and Dhruv laughed at us.

Soon, we were outside the mansion standing in the driveway, ready to leave for our outing.

"We all can go by my car, right?" Dhruv questioned.

"I have to go somewhere directly from the mall so we'll take my car as well." Ahaan replied.

"What about the seating arrangements then?" Aarav asked.

"Sarah can come with me in my car." Dhruv replied, and Sarah turned scarlet red.

"I don't mind." Sarah replied.

"Of course you don't." I said, crossing my arms.

I am tired of waiting for them to be together. Why don't they just get over with it?

"And Aarav can also accompany us." Dhruv added, looking at my smirk.

"So it's settled. Ahaan will take Kyra with him." Aarav commented.

"What, no! I am coming with you guys." I butted in.

"So that Ahaan will come alone? That won't look good, Kyra." Dhruv said as if he were some elder.

I pouted towards 3 of them, but none was affected. I didn't want to go with Ahaan in the same car. God knows what he'll do to me. I am not even sure if I'll reach the mall in a single piece or if I'll let him reach in a single piece. If he's going to disturb me again, I'll surely beat his ass.

All three of them pointed towards his car, and I slumped my shoulders in defeat and went towards it.

Reaching for the door, when I opened it, I saw that Ahaan was already seated in the driver seat. An idea came up in my mind, and I as soon as I was about to close the door to reach in the back seat, he locked the back doors. I glared at him.

"Open it." I crossed my arms.

"What?" He asked innocently .

"The door of the back seat." I said in a 'duh' tone.

"Am I your driver, Miss Kyra?" He asked.

"Of course! That's why you agreed to take me." I replied casually.

"Now that's where you are wrong. I am taking my future wife with me for an outing." He replied, smirking.

"Asshole." I said and climbed in the passenger seat.

"Only for you, baby." He replied, showing a dazzling smile.

"Will you drive now?" I snapped at him.

"Of course. We are already late. They must be already way ahead of us." He chuckled.

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The drive to the mall was super tiresome. The continuous banter between me and Ahaan made it worse. He literally annoyed the hell out of me by asking stupid questions and talking total shit. I have no idea how I am going to survive after marrying him. If I clearly remember, he was not like this in his teenage years. I guess God has made some mistakes by taking away his maturity, which he had in his teenage years, where usually god provides others maturity in adulthood.

"Here we are, princess." Ahaan said as soon as the mall came in view.

"Princess. Really Ahaan?" I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Yes. You are my princess, and I am your prince, and this prince shall protect his princess." He replied, bowing his head at me.

"You've turned so childish. I have no idea what has happened to my old Ahaan." I replied, crossing my arms.

"My Ahaan, huh?" He smirked at me.

Shit! What did I just say? I have gone insane and should probably think better before speaking.

"I didn't say that. Don't make up things unnecessarily." I replied, realizing what the hell I just said.

"Yes, you did, Kyra. Accept the fact that you still love me. There's nothing to be ashamed of. After all, we're getting married." He said, his tone casual as ever.

"It's not like I have a choice." I pouted ahead.

Ahaan suddenly turned uncomfortable, and I decided it was the best not to discuss it any further because my outing will surely be ruined because of this.

"Let's head inside. Sarah just texted me that they are waiting for us at the entrance." I said.

"Okay."

With this, he parked the car in the parking lot, and we further went to the direction of Mall.

Entering, I saw Dhruv, Sarah, and Aarav waiting for us impatiently, and I am sure Dhruv is only annoyed because he wants to eat as soon as possible.

"You guys took forever." Dhruv commented as we reached to them.

"Well, it's his fault that he can't drive fast." I said, directing at Ahaan.

"You were the one who couldn't decide where to sit." Ahaan replied, smiling at me.

"No, you were the one who was constantly talking instead of driving." I glared at him.

"Excuse me! You were continuously scolding and snapping at me. I couldn't concentrate on driving." He pointed at me.

"Oh, shut up." I turned away.

"No, you shut up!" He replied and turned in another direction.

"Stop it!" All three of them shouted at us, which gained other people's attention. I waved towards them as a sign to dismiss.

My friends are extremely weird.

"Just stop it. Because of you two, I am already late for the most important thing, food, and here you both are making it worse. I am sure I'll faint soon." Dhruv whined.

"He only thinks about food." Aarav laughed.

"Obviously. Food is life." Dhruv just shrugged his shoulders.

"Okay, so what's the plan?" Sarah asked.

"Nothing much. We'll go to the food court, have something, and then nonstop shopping!" Sarah cheerfully said.

"Yeah, we'd already decided that on our way." Aarav said.

"Okay then. What are you waiting for?" I raised my eyebrows.

"Let's get going."

Reaching the food court, we all sat on a large table with me in between Sarah and Dhruv, and across me were Aarav and Ahaan. We all decided to have something from McDonald's as we wanted to have nothing more than some snacks. I ordered a burger, some fries and coke.

In between, Dhruv tried to take some of my fries, and I slapped his hand away. He pouted at me, but I stuck my tongue out at him.

"So where do you wanna shop?" Sarah asked as we were busy eating.

"Anywhere. What I care about is shopping." I replied, stuffing my mouth with some fries.

"I should've known." She muttered, making me chuckle.

Turning my head from Sarah to my tray, I saw that half of my fries were gone. I knew this was Dhruv knowing the fact what a big foodie he is and turned towards him on a mission to strangle him.

I raised my eyebrows at him.

He looked so innocently at me.

I glared towards him.

He smiled sheepishly at me.

I punched him in the stomach.

He cried, and it was so annoying.

I pushed my hands on his mouth to shut him.

"What happened?" Ahaan questioned.

"This fatty ate my fries although I'd already denied him." I pointed at Dhruv and shot him an angry look.

"What? I was hungry." He replied innocently.

"Oh, shut up. You'd already ordered half of the menu, and still, you are hungry. God knows where this food goes!" I huffed at him.

"Let it be Kyra. I know you were not going to complete your fries anyway." Sarah commented.

I pouted at my fries.

Sarah has teamed up with Dhruv this time.

Everyone resumed with their foods and while I was having a look at my phone , I dropped my hand to take a fry and noticed that there were more than it was after Dhruv took them.

I looked at everyone to know who did this and saw that only Ahaan had fries except me. I had no idea that he could be this sweet.

I looked at him, and he looked directly into my eyes and gave a tight smile. I don't know why, but I involuntarily smiled back at him, to which he took by surprise and winked back at me. This gesture really made my heart flutter.

Arrghhh Ahaan! If you hadn't done that stupid mistake, well it was not stupid for me atleast we would have been living together for so long and getting married to you would have been a great achievement and possession for me. But now it's all kinda forced, not by my family, but by myself.

Soon we were all finished and so ready for shopping. Well, particularly, Sarah and I were super excited, and the boys had to bear with it.

"Come on, boys. It's time for shopping." Sarah clapped her hands childishly.

"Here we start!" I declared.

"It's not like you both will leave us alone." Dhruv commented.

"True. And this is how you are going to pay for stealing my fries." I poked his cheek.

"Try to show some mercy princess." Dhruv bowed in front of me.

I just laughed evilly.

Entering the showroom me and Sarah instantly went towards the clothing section, and the boys followed us like lost puppies.

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"So, how's this one?" I asked Sarah after 30 minutes of shopping.

"Sexy babe. You are going to turn many heads in this." She replied.

I decided that the dresses I had chosen were enough for this time and thought to have a look at them by trying.

"Hey, I am going to the trial room for checking these out." I informed Sarah.

"Okay. I am almost done as well." She replied back.

The first outfit was a bottle green coloured two-piece dress that reached up till my mid thigh. It was okayish, although there were better options.

Deciding to show the boys the dress and letting them approve, I went outside the trial room and saw all three of them laughing at some joke, which most probably Dhruv has said.

"Guys!" I clapped my hands to gain their attention.

"So how am I looking?" I asked, twirling so that they could have a better view.

Aarav's jaw dropped.

Dhruv looked sharply at me.

Ahaan's face was blank. Not a single void of emotion.

I cleared my throat so they could react.

"You are not buying this." Dhruv stated sternly.

"You are definitely buying this." Aarav said, looking at me with a big smile.

"And why not Dhruv?" I asked.

"I will not let my sister wear this. At no bloody cost." He replied in a firm tone.

I frowned at him.

Why does he have to be so protective?

"I said no means no. No further discussion." Dhruv said.

"No further discussions." I mimicked his tone and turned back to the trial room's direction.

Glancing at the back, I saw Ahaan's face, and he slightly shook his head as a sign for 'no' for this dress.

Not him now!

The next one was a pastel blue short floral dress that reached till my mid thigh. For me, it looked perfect, and when I showed it to the boys, all three of them approved. So, one dress check.

For the next 4 dresses, they all approved as well .

Currently, I was having a look at my selections, which was a total of 15 items when Ahaan appeared from nowhere to my side.

"Uhhm, here I found this for you. Thought it'll look good on you. If you don't mind, just check it out once."

Looking at the dress which Ahaan bought for me I noticed that it was a black color full length dress. It had an elegant vibe and a long slit that reached mid of left thigh. It had spaghetti strap dress, which looked so beautiful. I wonder why my eyes didn't. My eyes haven't gone on this one already.

"Sure. I would love to."

I don't know what went inside of me.

He smiled at me.

What's the loss in trying this? He even gave some of his fries to me, so this could be considered as a payback.

After trying this outfit, I came outside the trial room and saw that only Ahaan was present there. Thank goodness.

"So?" I raised my eyebrows at him expectantly.

"Wow." He breathed out.

"You are looking breathtaking in this dress." He replied, coming near me.

Once he reached in front of me where his face was just 2 inches away from me, he brushed a strand of my hair backward, which was falling in front of my face.

"So beautiful." He commented.

A blush had started to form on my cheeks.

Oh God. Why am I behaving like a teenager?

"My fiance is going to look stunning whenever she'll wear this, and no one will be able to remove their eyes from you. I am sure of it." He stated.

I am sure I had turned scarlet red by now.

"Stop blushing. It's true that no one can even compare to you." He said, pecking me on the lips.

I looked at him, shocked. I mean, we have kissed multiple times in teenage years, but it's been 8 years. 8 years after, he had broken my heart. I didn't like this at all.

Touching my lips, I said, "Never do that again."

"We might be doing a lot more soon or later." He said, smirking at me.

"Don't raise false hope, Ahaan." I replied.

"Anyways, let's go get the billing done. I am really tired and want to go back." I mumbled.

"Lead the way." He said as I was done.

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"Ma'am, how would you like to do the payment?" The person at the billing counter asked.

"Card." I replied.

As I was about to hand him my credit card, Ahaan stopped me with his hand and handed the person his own.

I raised my eyebrows at him. "You know I can pay for my own things."

"I know you can. I just wanted to pay for my fiance. Is something wrong in this?" He replied.

Fiance, huh?

"I should've bought the whole store instead then." I muttered.

"Huh?" He questioned.

"Nothing." I replied as I just couldn't tell him that I was thinking about emptying his pockets by my shopping.

"Even if you buy the whole store, I'll have enough to satisfy us and our generations ahead." He smirked, making me root in my place.

"Here you go, sir." He gave him his card back.

I took the shopping bags from him, and Ahaan insisted on helping, so I handed him over half of them. What a gentleman.

We met Aarav, Dhruv, and Sarah in another showroom, and they'd already purchased the needed items. As I didn't want to buy anything else, we were done for the day.

Coming outside the mall, we headed towards our car, and it was decided that Sarah Dhruv and I would go together in his car. And Ahaan agreed to drop Aarav as they were to be headed in the same direction.

For me, the outing was satisfying and fun as I'd experienced it after so long, and the fact we all were together was a bonus.

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Who's gushing over them? Or who's hating them together, lol?

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