"Gir...Girlfriend...?" Sanyukta almost choked on her own words as Nia stood there shocked looking at them.

"Baby.. Come on.. We need to get going now.. It's already late.. And we have much to do right?" He winked at Sanyukta, kissing her on her cheeks deliberately, completely ignoring the bewildered soul standing just two steps away from them.

"Umm.. Nia.. We gotta go.. Goodbye and have a good life..." He smirked advancing his hands for a handshake towards Nia. Nia involuntarily pulled her hands up before smiling a little at them.

"M happy for you Randhir.. At last you took a decision by yourself.. You too have a great life.." She led out a sigh and smiled brightly before moving towards Sanyukta and pulling her into a warm hug. Sanyukta was till then stoned into her place.

"You're lucky.. Hope you be by his side for the whole life. He's a great guy.." Nia whispered into her eyes before breaking the hug and chipping a quick bye. She left. Randhir stood there registering the situation. Girls! He still can't understand them! They are one heck of complicated beings! He moved his gaze towards Sanyukta. She was standing still gazing straight and clearly looked baffled with the previous encounter. He sighed before tugging a her arm. She jolted out from her trance and jerked off his hand holding her arm.

"What was that Randhir?" Her pupils contracted in anger.

"What what?" Randhir half smirked.

"You know what.." She flared her nose.

"I seriously don't know..." He tried to play but badly failed looking at her uberly serious expression. She was furious when furious! Nothing can work then!

"Okay... It was... Umm..." He scratched his nape and chewed his lips.

"What?" She bellowed in a rageful voice.

"Look.. I m sorry.. I just wanted to get rid of her.. That's it..." He pulled his hands up in a surrendered way.

"And you just used me?" Her voice sounded hurt.

"I didn't use you..." He whispered looking down.

"You just did. Nothing can reverse that..." She yelled. This was totally intolerable! How can he even do that? He just introduced her as his girlfriend to his Ex girlfriend! Wipe out the part where she felt butterflies rising in the pit of her stomach, her heart throbbing at the highest rate and the hidden happiness to be attached to him in that way, she didn't want to get used by him for his own purpose! Period.

"I said sorry right.. M really sorry.. I dint mean to hurt you... I even don't know how it came out.. I couldn't think of anything else at that moment and that girl truly gets on my nerves... So I just..." He couldn't complete his speech as she stomped her foot on the floor and turned back before storming off from the mall. He ran behind her to catch her on her tracks but she had already exited. He came out of the mall and moved his gaze all over to spot her in the parking lot. Had she borrowed Harry Potter's invisible cloak? Where the hell did she vanish in seconds? He sighed as he saw her leaning against his bike. Wasn't she angry on him? He chuckled and jogged till his bike.

"Umm.. Did I get pardoned?" He shoved his hands inside his pockets and looked at her with hopeful eyes.

She didn't move an inch then. Just stood there leaning onto the bike with her hands crossed over her chest.

"Ahh... Are you hungry?" He questioned and Sanyukta jerked up her head to stare at him with a 'really now?' expression.

"I guess.. We should just umm... There's a great ice cream parlour at the end of the road... Only if you agree..." He shrugged his shoulders, chewing his lower lip.

Hell they have already turned red! Why the heck was he hell bent on murdering those soft and fluffy and kissable and luscious and distracting and alluring and breathtakingly sexy and... Okay... pair of pink lips?! Sanyukta groaned mentally! Wait?! She was pissed off at him right now! Kill this boy for being such a distractor!

"What would you take to stop these mind talks of yours Sanyu...? I have been blabbering like a fool since so long!" He chipped, sounding irritated. She came out of her trance by his nagging.

Just then a point clicked in her brain. He just called her 'Sanyu'? Woah! He did! Surprisingly, Sanyukta's lips curved up into a half smile.

"You just called me Sanyu..?" She spoke or rather blurted out and bit her lips the next second. Randhir, who was constantly jabbering about the new ice cream parlour and it's delicious specialites, halted down at his speech and looked into her eyes.

"Yeah.. Did I? What's the big deal...? There isn't any copyright over that name, I assume?" He sounded casual.

"No.. It's like.. No one calls me with that name except Mom..." She shook her head too and fro.

"Oh my god! Recognise me Sanyukta! M not your Mom!" Randhir shuddered dramatically as he swayed his hands over his face.

Sanyukta rolled her eyes.

"Stop being such sarcastic everytime..." She swatted his arms while he chuckled moving away a bit.

"I guess.. I m hungry..." She kept her hands on her stomach as it growled a little, making Randhir grin. She looked up at a grinning Randhir and pulled her lips out in a pout and her tummy grumbled yet again.

"You're such a non-girl I tell you!" He took out the bike keys from his left pocket while she frowned.

"Stop clearing more causes for me to strangle you right here..." She twisted her lips and settled herself behind him, clutching his shoulders, as he zoomed the bike out of the mall arena.

"Butterscotch with chocolate drip and ya, a bit of white choco pearls..." Sanyukta ordered immediately as they both stood by the counter of Baskin&Robins, making Randhir look up at her in a jolt with an amused expression.

"Hey.. How come you stole my favorite? Are you stalking me in  anyway Sanyukta?" His lips broke out in a grin as she smirked at him.

"I guess I should be the one asking you that... You're behavior, these days clearly interpret that..." She narrowed her eyes at him.

"I already told you my part, as far my memory goes..." Randhir's face suddenly depicted seriousness as he voiced those. Sanyukta could do nothing but flush as the way he confessed his attraction towards her clouded her memories. How terribly scrawny she felt at that moment under his serious and intense gaze. Just then the attendant served them their ice creams, much to Sanyukta's relief, to avoid the intense situation that they had fallen in then, all over again.

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