The valentine's day!!

“Wow, they are soooo pretty. I love them”. She exclaimed with extreme joy. The glitter in her eyes did corroborate her statements. The efforts which I had put in over the last few days completely paid off. Her smile was way too compelling and I tried hard not to kiss her. Her light pink formal shirt complimented the crystal blue pendant. I fell in love with her once again. She acted as if blushing when I kept staring at her for a few seconds and said ”Its already late mister, don’t have some wild thoughts. Lets go home”.

We neared her place, but I wanted the time to stand still. I could not let her go, though I knew I would meet her again the very next day. As we neared the lane to her place, it was as if she read my mind. “Want to go for a drive” she uttered or rather commanded. “What about your parents, won’t they worry for you”, I replied back in a reassuring tone. “Its OK, I know how to manage things”, she said as we took the flyover instead of left turn.

I had no clue how times had changed. We had graduated from buddies, to close friends and I tried hard to believe that with the acceptance of the gift, the relation took to a romantic turn. We both knew about it, but were too skeptical to confront it. She started to talk, as we hit the highway. “I wanna change the song to Raabta”. She was a big Arijit singh fan and the romantic number was icing on an already romantic night, which I was having with the lady I loved the most. I couldn’t have asked for more.

“Don’t you like him”, she asked poking me and waking me up from my thoughts. “I don’t like men, but yeah I like his songs though”, I said in a playful tone. We have known each other for ages, went over coffee a zillion times, but today it was different. I took cognizance of the moment and put my palm on hers. She held my hand in hers and our fingers intertwined. “You are an idiot, a big one” she said with a broad grin on her face. “I knew all along, right from the day you asked me out for coffee, lying your parents that you were going to office. It took you so long”. “Wow”, I thought. She knew about it and pretended all long.

Me : “You don’t know a thing, I have this feeling for you since I don’t know, 6 months”.

Her : “You’re kidding, aren’t you. I thought you liked Sneha and you two guys had something going on”.

Me : “The only person I had anything going for was you”.

Her : “So, what next. Where does this go to”.

Me : “This road goes to the airport, we can have a midnight meal at the McDonalds on our way back”. I replied back, though I knew she did not mean to ask that.

Her : “Nooo, I mean are we dating.?? Gosh, I can’t believe I am dating you.”

Me : “Am I an extinct species that you cannot believe that fact.”

Her : “You were my best friend. I don’t want to screw up things, as to now we both will have more expectations from each other.” She sounded quite pragmatic.

Me : “Nothing changes, we are still the best buddies. And trust me, I won’t disappoint you. I will be along your side no matter what happens.” I said with a lot of emotion and authority in my tone.

She came close to me and put her head on my left shoulder. I could feel her breath and smell the cologne, which were irresistible. We kept driving on the dark corridors aimlessly for the next hour, without speaking much. It was the company more than the words, which did the magic.

I dropped her at her place and as I turned back, she tapped on my shoulders. She hugged me tightly and gave a peck on my cheek. She whispered “Happy valentine’s day” in my ears and hopped towards the lift. She didn’t look back, but I stood there frozen in time and space.

P.S. : Yet again, a work of fiction.