Don't call me cheater

Chapter-10

‘Movie ?? tomorrow’ I couldn’t believe my eyes. ‘Is he asking for a date,’

I felt I was dreaming I showed the message Sobi, ‘Is it real?’

‘I won the bet,’ shouted she. We both jumped out of excitement,

‘What should I reply to him?’,

‘don’t take much time, he will think it as a no’

‘I am not experienced at these things. What about direct Yes’

‘You look desperate that way’

‘Then tell me something’

‘Okay give me your mobile’

I gave her my mob though I didn’t trust her on that.

‘Okay done’, said she.

I grabbed the mob to see the chat

‘I have to see, I will inform you later’

‘WTF you said to him, Why this attitude. He might be feeling bad. How can you do this to me I was so looking forward to this’

‘Don’t worry, after an hour tell him you are coming’

‘No, I am doing it now’

Sobi again grabbed mob from me, don’t be so desperate I know how does it works trust me.

She kept the mobile for an hour, I tried everything to steal it but I couldn’t.

I was worried, excited, loved, and angry all at the same time. It was mixed feelings, restlessness, anxiety.

‘You are in love’, said Sobu.

It was almost an hour when she returned me the mob.

‘I am sorry I have a strick parent so had to make plans’

Sobu watched the msg from above

‘Have you lost your mind, I told you to tell him you are going’

‘I just wrote the thing that came to my mind’

Meanwhile, msg from Asif came on the screen’

‘It’s okay, I just wanted to spend my new year eve with you, if you are busy then it’s okay’

‘No No, it's not like that, I will come because I want to come’

‘then 9 am on the same place we parted today’

‘okay’

I smiled while texting him, and I knew I wasn’t going to sleep that day, too excited for my first date with my first crush.

‘Does that mean he feels the same for me?’

‘What if he was just bored and wanted to kill some time with me?’

‘After tomorrow what will we be, a friend or more than a friend?’

I was right I couldn’t sleep that day, different types of questions were arising in my head. And my mind was blaming me for having my hopes high and my heart was constantly seeing both of us together and happy. I was in the middle and had to chose one of them, On the fight between them, I chose the heart. And I was imagining different things inside my head.

It was already seven when I woke up, For the first time in my life I was going to get ready for a date and I was confused about how?.

I had Sobi she made my hair, and gave me one of her shirt sleeveless ones, and I had my jeans.

‘I recommend you one piece over the T-shirt and jeans’

‘But I know Asif will like me on these’, I said picking up the jeans. I got ready and applied little liner, mascara and Sobi lend me a light orange colored lipstick I gently dabbed it against my lips, they were looking pretty. I was ready, then out excitement, I didn’t eat anything for breakfast just went out biding them bye.

I was 5 minutes earlier to 9 am but he was already there,

Our eyes met from far away, little shyness, little smile, little butterflies, and little nervousness filled the air. I couldn’t help but keep on smiling and he was doing the same, I diverted my eyes away from his out of shyness but in an instant, it was again attached to his. The little distance between us felt like miles. I reached there, ‘You are looking so beautiful today, just as I imagined’

‘Not more handsome than you’

He laughed and again we stared at each other. Breaking the silence he said, 'Movie starts in 15 minutes, we have to hurry'. I climbed the bike with his help this time he held my hand and kept it in his jacket’s pocket.

‘Hold me firmly, I am not going to slow down today’.

My breast was pressing his back and I could feel his packs inside the pocket, An aura of satisfaction generated inside me. I wanted more and more than that with him and that was the first time I felt something so satisfying.

After 5 minutes of the ride, we reached the theater

‘Have you ate something’

‘A kind of’, I lied

‘But I haven’t’, he said smiling at me. We went to food stalls and bought cheese popcorns, burgers, cold drinks, and a chicken drumstick.

I wasn’t sure about the movie we were going to watch, but in front of the hall it was written ‘half girlfriend.’

From its name it was clear to be a romantic one, I was excited about the movie and his company.

We sat next to each other keeping food items as a boundary in the middle. The movie was romantic, and at the top of that, my situation was romantic too. We didn’t even touch each other in the dark hall, we just focused our eyes on the screen and hand at the popcorn. Once in awhile I used to glance at him, little light from the screen used to brighten his face, once when the scene in the movie was getting hot due to bed scene of protagonist I moved my head to glance at him, our eyes met I hurriedly moved my eyes toward the screen again with loud thumping on my chest. It was awkward but romantic.

‘Do you like the movie?’ he asked when we came out of the theater.

I didn’t even get the story as my all focus was on him but I lied

‘I like the movie, thanks for it’

He smiled again.

‘Do you like to go to Siddha lake with me now’

Siddha lake was a popular dating spot for couples, It was a big lake with all types of fishes on it. I had once gone there with my cousins so without hesitation I said yes.

That wasn’t far enough, so we didn’t take the bike.

We were walking next to each other from the sidewalk, sometimes our hands were clashing with each other, and sometimes we were clashing with each other. We used to talk for hours in chat but now not a single word was coming from us. At a point when our hands clashed again, Asif held it.

‘Can I?’ he said looking at me

I was blushing I just nodded yes. That day was new year eve the whole area of the lake was decorated. Different colored light bulbs were adding the beauty there. We were still holding hands and the place we were was just amazing. We bought some fish food and sat on the bank at one corner. We both threw at once, a golden fish hurriedly went for my food and his was still floating. I laughed

‘Fish rejected your food’, I mocked

WE again threw the food, again the fish ate mine and his was still floating

‘Have I put poison in mine?’ he shouted

I laughed at him. He begun to threw many of it at once but none of the fishes came toward it.

I was trying to stop my laughter but failed. I again threw the food but this time it was in his direction. My food settled in the middle of his and for sure no fish came there.

‘See, it’s not me it is probably because of mosses there’, he exclaimed like a child. It was the other side of him I got to see that day.

We sat there for an hour talking about random things, some of the couples there were kissing and some were sitting as if they were one not two but there we were on the bank talking about velocity by which stone will go into the water if we throw them.

‘I am hungry now, you know all the nook and corners here take me to the restaurant that you like the most’, I said finally after sometimes.

‘As your wish princess’, he replied mocking me.

The resturo wasn’t far we got there within 5 minutes, went to the top balcony whole Bhaktapur was visible from there, our seat was opposite to each other but Asif pulled the chair and rested it next to me

‘so what do you wanna eat, princess’, said he moving his face little closure to mine.

‘Your favorite food here’

‘Are you sure’

‘Yes’

He called the waiter and ask for a chicken sizzler.

‘so are you having fun?’ he asked again looking at me constantly

‘Yes, what about you?’

‘More than you I bet’, he laughed again his most attractive smile making me escape my breath.

Out of nowhere, I remembered mood killer

‘Are you going to Canada if results won't come well’, I said to him hoping for a positive response but his answer just killed my mood

‘I have to’

We both went silent, The things that were happening were increasing my hopes.

Maybe he saw how ruined I was that time

‘don’t worry, I will call you every day and it’s not sure I am going to fail either right, at least trust your teaching’, he chuckled

That wasn’t going to cheer my mood but I pretended to smile. I didn’t want to make him feel bad about that. Meanwhile, our chicken sizzler comes, Nearly half chicken, with mushroom, noodles, cauliflowers, and carrot were kept on the big plate with soup, it was looking so yummy. And my hunger also told me to gobble it. Before I kept my hands on the spoon Asif took it, and slowly cut the chicken pieces pierce it and brought it toward me. I just kept on watching him, he signaled me to open my mouth I just obeyed him and he fed me the piece. It was the first time any guy made me eat something with his own hands. I was blushing at that moment. He could make my mood and ruin it at the same time and that time he was making it. He kept on feeding me with care in his eyes.

‘Do you like me Asif’, I wanted to say but couldn’t. I just couldn’t understand him, sometimes he behaves as if I don’t matter to him at all, and at times like this, he used to make me feel as if he is also afraid to lose me. At the time when he was continuously feeding me, I used to hold his hand and take it back to his mouth. We were behaving like a couple who were in love for thousands of years.

After clearing our plate when I tried to stand I broke my heels, Asif caught me before hitting the ground.

‘Now how am I gonna walk’, I panicked. I hadn’t brought much money to buy new shoes either.

‘Don’t worry I will do something he assured me, he held my hands and made me walk slowly to the nearby shoe store. I was embarrassed, it was my first date everything was going fine and that shoes betrayed me.

‘How am I going to tell him I don’t have money to buy shoes, Asif might think me a loser’, I said to myself.

But the shoe store was so near gathering up the courage I told him about money.

‘You don’t need to, because I was thinking of gifting you something in this eve now it will be the shoe, and I am happy I get the chance’, he replied without hesitation.

On the store there were different beautiful shoes, ‘chose one’, he said

I took a glance at all of them, but couldn’t decide because all shoes looked costly and I didn’t want him to spend his money on that.

‘I can’t decide, why don’t you pick one for me’, I said looking at him.

He picked one from the corner very beautiful one. He brought that to me and made me wear those. They just fit me.

‘You look extremely gorgeous on it’, said the shopkeeper.

‘why would she not, it’s my choice’, bragged Asif from behind looking satisfied.

I liked those too but they looked costly,

‘not this one, give me the cheaper one’

‘They look so good on you’

‘they look expensive’

‘How does that make any difference, please for me take that one’

‘okay, but you will let me pay it back’,

He thought for a second and nodded his head saying yes.

I was embarrassed and shy for making him buy the shoes but at the same time seeing his care I was overwhelmed.

‘I haven’t bought anything for you’, I said while returning to the theatre

‘You gave me your time, it’s enough’

He was acting so different, I wasn’t seeing the usual Asif I was used to. He was different cheesy, romantic, caring and the one I liked the most.

He again held my hands, it was already dark the street and houses were all decorated for eve. 7 calls from home and 5 from sobu, but I wasn’t afraid of anything, I just wanted to be there with him.

After we reached theatre we climbed on his bike, this time without him saying so I put my hands on his pocket, I felt him smile at my doing but I wasn’t nervous this time, I slept in his back whole way and it was the best pillow ever. Like the previous day this time too there were no goodbye hugs, no goodbye handshake we just departed, and this time too he was looking at me until I went out of his sight.