His eyes forgot to blink when he saw her arriving in her pink hoodie with her hands in her pockets. Her lips biting smile and her ponytail added some effect in his heart but he waved stop to it in his mind when it went beyond limits. Over then, He noticed she wore hotpants and her legs were showing actually they were shining in the street light. He raised his eyelids upwards and never attempted to see downwards till she reaches him. 

"Hi" - She heaved out a deep breathe along with a smile which she can't resist after seeing him in a person after two months. She tried to ask him out but every time she failed to ask him in hesitation but when he asked her out, She couldn't resist herself from reaching him. She forgets everything, From her exam to Arshat who was patiently waiting for her to explain Anatomy. She literally betrayed her own friends and reach out to him to have ice-cream or Date? Who knows?

"Hi..." - He replied and reached out her hands for a handshake but she misunderstood and hugged him as soon as he slightly opened his arms. It was a friendly hug according to anika but it did create some butterfly effect in him. He was not new to the hugging culture, He hugged his parents, Friends, Exes. But when She hugged him he couldn't resist himself from touching her. It was not he wanted, But everything happening, That too, With him. He could be awarded for self-control but now, He could feel the real game. If he crosses this date in a sanitized way, He won the game. 

"So What's up?" - She asked him breaking the hug casually. He seriously has no idea what to reply. But he managed. 

"I think I came here because you insisted to get out from where you're living." - He said smiling. She turned around and chuckled without meeting his face. He noticed that with a smile. 

"But I never thought you would arrive for this small wish... And I will become mad sometimes." - She told while biting her tongue. 

"Okay! Is it okay to roam around in the night?" - He asked. 

"Actually, I was teaching Yami and Arshat. I think it won't be an issue." - She replied while pointing her right thumb behind her. 

"So..." - He asked forwarding his hand a little faster without leaving a chance for misunderstanding and asked her to hold it. She held it without any hesitation and walked towards the car with a smile. She never let him open the door but went to another side faster and sat inside. He was standing there flushed. He looked at her in surprise who forgot her own words that it was their first date actually. 

"Where are we going?" - She asked him in excitement. 

"Some ice cream parlour. I have nothing in my mind." - He said to her while starting the car. 

"Aren't you suppose to think before taking me? isn't it our date?"- She asked him in confusion. 

"Well, I have to remind someone about the same thing. Is this a kind of outfit you pick for a date? Hoddie and shorts?" - He asked her. 

"Do you expect me to wear a proper outfit? That too, From my hostel room?" - She asked him a disappointment. 

"Nothing like that! You look beautiful in every dress you wear with that smile. Keep smiling always." - He said in a flow, He couldn't able to recognize when he spoke out the word which was in his heart. Her smile became a little bit wider accompanied with a pink shade in both of her cheeks. 

"You also look good in this professional outfit. Heavy work?" - She asked him. 

"Yeah... Yeah. Actually had two meetings today, Both went around 3 hours each." - He said and trying to divert from the words which were slipped from his mouth. 

"6 hours! Seriously! Shivaay? Why do you work so hard?" - She asked him in disbelief. 

"I work because I like to... And also, I am making money!" - He replied with a sheepish smile. 

"I didn't expect this. Seriously, One day I am going to break that laptop which you're working." - She replied in an angry tone. He chuckled. 

"What?" - She asked.

"Nothing... Hey! That place looks great. Let's go there." - He asked her. 

"It's from the start! You never took me seriously." - She showed her disinterest and tried to get down from the car but pulled back by him which made her jerk for a second. 

"When?" - He asked her while starling her with his gaze. She forget what she was about to say. She felt difficult to gulp the lump in her throat. 

"I asked you when, Ms Trivedi." - He asked her by pulling her even closer. She didn't expect that. She felt like she gave up all the energy in her and forget the whole world looking at his eyes closer after a long, Long time. He felt the same energy, Leaving her hand and let her go away from him. Both could feel their ranging heartbeat which was going in a sync. Both of their lips stretched to a smile for no reason. Either it's because of the proximity or the effect of the budding feeling. And it was totally meaningless. the expression slightly changed into tension when he started to approach her. But soon, A horn sound from the car behind his car stopped him. He stayed back and lossen the grip in her hand. She couldn't able to control her chuckled to see the flushed face of him. She didn't wait a minute to peck his cheek. He was taken back in surprise and turned around to see her but before that she got down from the car and walked towards the ice-cream parlour. 

He had no idea how to react but his lips was in stretched state, He couldn't make it to normal. He got down from the car and jocked a little bit to join her. There were no sort of verbal communication but they communicated. He held her palm and walked inside. She didn't turn her face to him but he did, Every three seconds. 

"So..." - He asked her smiling taking the seat opposite to her. She immediately took the menu card and acted like choosing the dish seriously. 

"How about chocolate death?" - She asked him seriously. 

"Oh. I never heard about it. Can you tell me how it will look and taste like?" - He asked her. The smile and the blush she controlled for the long time exposed. She started to smile covering her face with the menu card. He immediately take that card from her and kept it in the table. 

"Stop...doing this to me..." - She murmured to herself which was clearly heard by him. But he continued to stare at her. 

"Hey! What happened to you?" - She asked him out of patience when he continued to stare at her glancing her face. 

"I don't know... Maybe it's the side-effects of the peck." - He replied firmly. 

"Okay! Mr Oberoi, Stop making me uncomfortable. Remember, You are the one who told to take it slowly. And now, You're burning my cheeks with your gaze." - She said looking at him straight.

"Well, I don't remember when I said that. I remember saying I will try to rectify my mistake to make our easier." - He said looking at her straight while pouting sarcastically. While then, The waiter arrived and asked for the order. 

"Black currant for me and Chocolate death for the lady." - He ordered, Waiter nodded to them and left. 

"What I was saying?" - He asked her.

"Nothing. Please change the topic for the god sake." - She asked him while covering her face with her palms. But when he pulled her cheeks, She was taken back in surprise. 

"Okay. Tell me how's your exams are going?" - He asked her changing the topic.

"For now, It's good. Let's see, Two more weeks are left to get over this tension." - She said in frustration. 

"And Anu... I have something for you." - He said taking out an envolope from his pocket and gave it to her. She opened it and found a debit card in it in her name as Anika singh Oberoi sculped in it. 

"What's this?" - Anika asked him.

"debit card. From now on, Use this, Okay?" - He asked her. 

"Why? Out of sudden?" 

"Because you're my responsibility, Like you're looking at me as your responsibility by taking care of me even though you're not there by my side. Shivaay did you have your meal, Salad, Medicine and check up. Let me take care of your financial needs from now." - He said taking a sip of her ice-cream instead trying his own. She got convinced even though she felt a little weird accepting these kind of gifts from him. 

"That's my ice cream." - She spelled. 

"But I like it. You try mine..." - He said passing his ice cream to her. 

"If I say something, You won't mind right." - She asked him. He nodded. 

"Chocolate ice cream was your all time favorite since you joined college. Out of sudden, What happened? Your tastes, Your perspective changed out of sudden. And now, Ordering Black currant which you once said you feel smell of medicine in it. Why this much change?" - She asked him. She knew it was not the change from the college but the change he got after meeting his ran away ex. For the safer side, She asked him like that. But the reaction was unexpected. He moved the black currant ice cream out of the sight and moved his ice cream to the middle. 

"Yeah but nowadays I started to hate the new change of me. You know I also renovated our room in upstairs like my old room in delhi. Can't you see the change in me?" - He asked her. She smiled at him with the heartful of happiness. With his actions and words, He conveyed that he finally moved on from that incident.

"You have no idea how much I love your old room. It was the main purpose to visit your house daily during school days." - Anika said with excitement. 

"I knew that." - He said with a smile remembering how she used to visit his room and break at least a thing in the end. She thugged her hair back recalling the immature and innocent version of her. She took another spoon and tried to take ice cream but he resisted her everytime and had it. 

"Anna. Take this and bring me another chocolate death." - Anika said out of frustration while returning the black currant ice cream which left out in the table to the waiter. 

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