EVENING,SAME DAY

"i am feeling so cold..."swara muttered,pulling shawl around herself tightly while walking downstairs.she was going toward kitchen to prepare something for herself when doorbell ringed.

"grandpa came so early..."she muttered and walked toward door.she opens it and greeted her teeth after seeing sanskar.

"you!...you dare to...."swara angrily stepped forward to grab his neck but sanskar moves a packed food item in front of her face.

"what is this?..."swara asked with raised eye brows.

"chicken soup from my favorite restaurant....i was buying for myself,so i bought one for you also but if  you don't want then i will leave."sanskar said,moved his hand down,turned to leave but swara quickly holds his hand.

"if you have brought it then how can you leave without giving me....give it"swara said and forward her hand.sanskar shakes his head at her attitude and gives her.swara opens it,looks inside,smiles and turned back.sanskar was also going to enter but swara keeps hand on door.

"where are you coming...you came to give this,now leave"swara said with one raised eyebrow.

"do you think...this is for free"sanskar said,taking one step closer to her,swara's eyes turned wide.sanskar holds her wrist,moves it from door and entered inside.

"they packed our soup together...i will leave after drinking it."he said as he walked inside.

"what's wrong with me?..."swara asked from herself,closed her eyes and keeps hand on chest.

"why are you still standing there?...soup will get cold."sanskar asked in loud voice,pulling chair of small dining table in their kitchen.

"coming...."swara said coming back to her senses,quickly closed the door and walks back.she puts soup in large bowl and keeps it in dish with two small bowls and put it on table.she fills one small bowl with soup and gives to sanskar then goes and sits opposite to him and filled her bowl and started eating it slowly.

"tomorrow i will send car to pick you up from hospital...."sanskar said in normal tone and put one spoon of soup in his mouth.

"i am not going anywhere with you...."swara said,blowing on soup in bowl.

"i am not asking from you..."sanskar said calmly.swara raised her eyes and looked at him.

"did you get hit on head today?..."swara asked in pitiful tone.

"No!..."

"then what made you think i will take your orders?..."swara said in taunting tone,jerked her head and takes one spoon of soup.

"you have to pay price of the soup you are eating."sanskar said in his usual calmed tone while sighing toward her bowl.swara takes out spoon from mouth and put bowl on table again.

"if the price is to come with you then i am not eating it."swara said in angry and annoyed tone.

"as you wish...'he shrugged his shoulder and takes one full spoon then another.swara layed back on chair and crossed her arms over chest.sanskar silently eats one bowl and starts filling it again.

"how much you will eat?..."swara said with furious red face.

"you are not eating then its my duty to finish it..its expensive"sanskar said with innocent looks on his face and fills his bowl fully.swara takes a very deep breath ,takes out spoon from her bowl and throw it toward sanskar.it hit his bowl and it fell down as complete soup on his shirt front.

"yes!..."swara said excitedly as she hit jackpot.

"hey!!!...this is my favorite shirt."sanskar shouted at her.

"bingo!..."swara said,feeling more happy after hearing that.sanskar greeted his teeth,stood up,walked toward her,grabbed her arm and dragged her with him.

"where are you taking me?"swara said,trying to free her arm.

"you ruined it..you will wash it..."sanskar said,opened the washroom and took her inside with him and closed the door.

"what are you doing?....why are you removing your shirt."swara said in panicked voice,covers her face with both hands and turned to other side,seeing him opening his shirt buttons.

sanskar smiled seeing her shy act,removes his shirt,goes and stands behind her.he holds her hand from behind,removes it from her face,without turning her back.

"i am removing my shirt so that you can wash it....i didn't know that you have such thoughts about me."sanskar whispered in her ear from back and keeps his shirt on her hand.

"i am not thinking anything and i am not going to wash your shirt...wash it yourself."swara shouted with tightly shut eyes and pushes his shirt back in his hand.sanskar 

"fine...."sanskar said,slides his hand around her waist from back and pulled her back in his chest.swara's eyes gets open with jerk and her heart beats increased to rapid rate.

"if you don't want to wash shirt then help me to take shower..."sanskar whispered as his lips touched her ear shell.

"i..i will wash shirt your shirt."swara stammered in breathless tone and tried to take his shirt but sanskar holds her hand after dropping shirt and made her turn toward him.

"i will wash it myself..."sanskar said,moving a single strain behind her ear as his finger tips brushed her cheek.swara closed her eyes feeling his touch.

"then let me go..."swara whispered with closed eyes.

"only if you promise to come on date with me tomorrow..."sanskar whispered over her lips.swara nodded her head slowly.sanskar stares at her lips,he really wanted to kiss her passionately but he knew that she was not ready for it.

"remember that its a official date.."sanskar said in deep tone,closed his eyes,regretting his decision as he frees her arm.swara quickly runs outside and directly upstairs to her room,closes the door and attaches her back to door.she takes deep breaths and slowly keeps hand on her heart and attaches her head to door.

sanskar released a suffering sigh,picks up his shirt from floor and walks out.he stops in his steps and looks toward swara's room.

"i am such a fool.."sanskar muttered,shaking his head and walks out from there.

TO BE CONTINUED