ARNAV

For today, Rahat had plans for shopping, earlier he told us we were going to do something fun, I dint know shopping was fun for him. I mean I know a lot of people liked to shop, as for me, I dint really like it much, I always sent someone to get me something in case I needed anything.

One advantage of shopping in Mauritius though was that we could roam around the streets freely with people barely recognizing us so it was better than shopping in India, where a lot of people knew us.

"It's been ages since we shopped right bro?" Rahat looked at me excitedly as we stepped out of the car and looked at the huge street in front of us that was full of shops with a lot of varieties. I nodded and looked towards Khushi who seemed in awe of this place.

"You like shopping?" I asked.

"Which girl doesn't?" She smiled, she looked just as excited as Rahat was, so we started, we walked around, went from one shop to the other looking at a lot of stuff, as for Rahat he kept on buying really random stuff, things that he dint even need and his excuse was, that he would gift them to his girlfriends, oh yes the one that he changed like clothes.

Next we stopped at a shoes shop, Rahat got busy in finding a good pair of shoes for the both of us while Khushi and I stood in a corner waiting for him to actually find something.

"You haven't bought anything so far, dint you find anything you like?" I asked.

"No, I loved a lot of stuff, but I don't really need them and I only buy things that I really need." She smiled.

"Bro, come try this out." Rahat called me, I looked towards him and he was holding a pair of shoes in his hand, I nodded as I looked back at Khushi.

"You can go roam in that shop, maybe you can find some good clothes, meanwhile Rahat and I will buy some shoes and join you." I said to Khushi as I pointed towards the shop that was opposite the shop we were in at the moment.

She nodded positively as she headed out while I walked towards Rahat, he had actually managed to find some good shoes.

I tried a few pairs from the ones he had selected and at the end we both ended up buying two pair each and the same, we had quite a similar choice.

Once we paid, we headed out of the shop, Rahat spotted a watch shop and rushed there while I headed to the opposite shop to find Khushi.

I walked inside and found her holding a dress while she stood in front of the mirror, there was a huge smile on her face which clearly stated how much she liked that dress, she checked a few more but dint seem impressed. I stood in a corner just looking at her and she had no idea I was there.

She placed all the other dressed back, but kept on holding the one that she had liked in the beginning, she checked the price tag and frowned as she returned the dress and then turned towards the door when she saw me, she smiled and walked towards me.

"Dint find anything interesting?" I asked.

"No, nothing that good." She smiled as she walked out of the shop.

"Rahat is in that shop, go join him, I just saw a good shirt, I'll check it out and join you." I smiled at her, she nodded as she headed towards the shop while I headed to get the dress for her.

I was born in a rich family so as for me, I hadn't ever even looked at the price tag of anything, if I liked anything, I'd just buy it without caring how much it cost, but now I was realizing not everyone had a luxurious life like mine, at least I could always get myself whatever I liked, some people out there couldn't even get food to survive, and that kind of made me sad.

RAHAT

She tucked her hair behind her ear as she walked inside looking like she was nervous, no matter how much I disliked her, every time I'd look at her, she would take my breath away, she was that gorgeous.

"Help me decide." I said, she nodded as she walked closer to me, and started looking at the few watches that I had selected, I was confused between two of them, I liked both but I dint want to buy two.

"I like this one." She said as she picked the one that was a bit simple than the other one, I nodded as I told the shopkeeper to pack it.

"See, we can actually get along." I said, she giggled and nodded, it looked like my charm was finally working, it seemed like the hatred or whatever she had against me was lessening, well it was good for me, my plan seemed to be working. I was definitely winning the bet.

"Come now, select one watch for yourself." I said.

"I can't afford this one." She giggled.

"When did I say you were supposed to pay?" I asked.

"I am not a charity case Rahat, neither am I one of those girls you gift such things to so you can impress them, thanks I don't need your watch." She frowned, god, what was wrong with this girl? I was just trying to impress her by getting her a watch, this kind of things always worked on other girls, they would get excited whenever I'd buy them something, why wasn't it working on her.

ARNAV

I saw Khushi frowning at Rahat as I walked towards them, I don't know why this two never got along, I had thought they were kind of starting to get along but well it seemed like it wasn't happening.

"What did you buy bro?" Rahat asked as he looked at the shopping bag I was holding.

"Nothing, just a shirt." I shrugged, he nodded as he got his watch and we headed out of that shop, after that we went to so many other shops bought a lot of things and finally when we were done, it was almost lunch time, so we headed to a nearby restaurant to have lunch.

Once we arrived, Rahat and I settled down at the table while Khushi excused herself as she went to use the washroom.

"So what happened at the shop before I came? I saw you both arguing?" I asked Rahat.

"Nothing, she helped me choose a watch and then I told her to choose one for herself, she said she can't afford and I told her she dint have to pay for it. I was just being nice to her but she got all rude, I really hate this girl." Rahat rolled his eyes.

"That's not how you gift a girl something Rahat." I laughed at him.

"Well I have always done it like that so far, none of the girls ever seemed to be offended." He shrugged.

"Well because they had a different point of view about you, you already know what Khushi thinks about you and if you say things like that to her, she's obviously going to take it in a wrong way." I said.

"She's weird then." He said, I laughed at him as Khushi joined us again, now after what Rahat told me, I was kind of nervous to gift her the dress. I only bought it because I saw how much she liked it, what if she was going to tell me off like she told Rahat off?

Damn, this girl was scary. It was funny actually, until today I had only bought gifts for my family members and Tina, I had never gifted anyone else anything, it was my first time buying a gift for someone else and usually I was confident about the gifts but today I was scared on how Khushi would react.

I dint want her to think I was doing her any kind of favor or anything, I just wanted her to be happy, for getting what she wanted for once at least, I really hoped she wasn't going to take it wrongly.

*****

After we were done with lunch, Khushi and I headed back home, Rahat went somewhere else, he wouldn't tell us where he was going but I was his brother, I knew exactly where he was going. It was his usual stories, every time we went anywhere, I don't know how he managed to find a girl out of nowhere to flirt with.

Once we arrived home, Khushi and I walked inside, I had no idea when Rahat was going to be back and I dint have anything else to do either, so I was kind of wondering what I was going to do to pass time.

"Tiring day, I think I'll fall asleep as soon as I get to the room." Khushi said.

"I'm your boss young lady, who said you are allowed to sleep at working hours." I looked at her strictly.

"I'm sorry, I... I thought there wasn't work so..." She stammered, she looked really intimidated by me.

"Relax Khushi, I am joking, why are you always so scared of me?" I laughed, she sighed and seemed relaxed now.

"I don't know, you just seem the serious kind of a person and I don't want to lose this job, I still have a university to get to." She smiled as she sat down on the sofa, I sat opposite her.

"It's okay you can take a nap if you wish to, we don't have any work anyway until we get back to India, and Rahat is insisting we stay here for a while so I had to listen to my little brother." I sighed.

"Okay." She smiled excitedly as she stood up to head to her room, that's when I remember I still had the dress, and I dint know how to give it to her, I thought of something quickly as I called out her name, she stopped and looked at me.

"Scaring me again?" She pouted, she looked so adorable when she pouted.

Okay Arnav, put a hold on your thoughts, why was I thinking so much about this girl?

"I was thinking, now that Rahat isn't going to be back anytime soon and we have nothing much to do, we can go somewhere for dinner tonight?" I asked.

"Sure sir, anything you wish." She smiled.

"And I was wondering if you would wear this for the dinner?" I looked at her nervously as I handed her the bag, I hoped she wasn't going to get pissed or something.

"What's this?" She asked as she took the bag from my hand and pulled out the dress while I kept on looking at face trying to read out her expressions, did she seem angry? She did look serious, damn it, I knew she would take it wrongly.

It was difficult to do something for her and not to offend her, she was scarier to me than I was to her.