36. Planning for V-day

CHAPTER 36

Planning for V-day

Prutvi and Chandini were sitting in a restaurant. Chandini was in deep thought. Prutvi clicked a finger at her face. “What are you thinking about?”

“Nothing. I am just thinking what gift to purchase for you.”

“Ok. Think and then we can go to the shop.”

Chandini closed her eyes and thought.

After some time, Prutvi asked, “Ok have you decided?”

Chandini smiled. “Yes.”

Prutvi put his ear at her heat. Chandini pushed him away.

Prutvi laughed. “Ah! I know now.”

“No please don’t. You are too dangerous.”

Prutvi thought, “You know all that is in my mind.”

Chandini thought, “I love you so much. I want to be with you forever. U my heartbeat.”

Prutvi closed his eyes. “Yes U my heartbeat.”

Chandini was shocked. She knocked on his head. “Naughty.”

Prutvi laughed. “Come let us go for shopping.”

They climbed on the bike and left.

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Prutvi parked the motorbike outside a gift shop in the bazaar.

Chandini pointed to a gift shop and said, “I will go into that gift shop.”

Prutvi pointed to another gift shop. “Ok. I will go to this gift shop.”

They separated. Chandini entered the shop and searched for the gift (a ship). She found it and asked the shopkeeper to pack it. Inside she kept a lover’s greeting card on which she had written ‘U My Heartbeat’

In another shop, Prutvi purchased a similar ship and put a greeting card inside on which he had written ‘U My Heartbeat’.

Suddenly there was a commotion in the Bazaar.

Background:

Since last 30 years there had been two Mafia gangs in the city;

1.     Daga

2.     mustang

They had made so many rivalries destroying the city. They had political background and earned a lot of money. They kept having gang wars.

On this day, Daga had come with his brother to the bazaar and the Mustan gang had attacked them. They threw bombs and the bazaar shook. Shops started closing.

Prutvi came out of the shop with the gift looking for Chandini. Chandini too came out of the shop. Everywhere there was smoke due to the bomb blast. Prutvi held the hand of Chandini and went to the motorbike. There was another bomb blast.

Suddenly one fellow fell in front of Prutvi’s bike. They saw each other. Blood was oozing from the man’s legs. “Please save me.”

He extended his hand and pleaded with Prutvi to save him.

Prutvi looked at his face and spat. “It is better if you die. It will make many people happy to see people like you die.”

He started his bike and moved. As he approached a jeep, he saw a dead body fallen on the jeep with the face inside the jeep.

Prutvi stopped the bike near the colony entrance. He held her face in his hands.

“Did you get scared?”

“When you are there, why should I get scared?”

She hugged him tight. He caressed her head. “There are gang wars. You know who was that bastard? Daga. His photo has come in the newspaper so many times. He is destroying the city. He is there in all the functions. The fellow who put the bomb is Mustan, his rival. He is another bastard. They are both ruining this city. I hate these people.”

Chandini was shocked to see his anger. “Cool down. Tomorrow is lover’s day.”

Prutvi said, “You know what will happen tomorrow because of the gang war? There will be bandh. I dreamt so much of enjoying the day with you.”

She looked at him.

Prutvi said, “I want to tell you everything that is in my mind. Due to these bastards, tomorrow the city will be closed. We can’t go anywhere.”

Chandini put her hand on his back. “So what if the city is closed. We can go to the beach.”

He became happy and cooled down. “Correct. We will go to the beach.”

Chandini said, “I will bring your favourite sweet and puliogare from my house. I will prepare it by myself. We will have picnic on the beach.”

He was very happy. He looked into her eyes and thought, “U my heartbeat.”

Chandini also thought, “U my heartbeat. Let us dissolve tomorrow.”

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It was 11pm at night. Chandini was rolling on her bed with no sleep. She was waiting for the V-day to start. She was eager to give the gift to Prutvi and dissolve into him. “I want to dissolve into him.”

She took the nearby pillow and hugged it and kissed it. Then she looked at it.

“He is very dangerous. Magic man. This pillow itself might become him.”

Suddenly the pillow changed into Prutvi. He sat up and spread his arms calling her. She shook her head.

Prutvi asked, “Why?”

Chandini smiled. “Only after marriage.”

“Ok. I will come after marriage. Till then I will remain as a pillow.”

Prutvi again became a pillow. Chandini shook her head in disgust at her foolishness.