346 All dressed up
Vikram knew that she was a bit moody for the last couple of days, but never in his wildest dreams, he expected her to banish him in this way. He looked at the flower bouquet which he was holding in his hands and then out of anger, he threw them into the dustbin nearby.
He loosened his tie and started walking towards the parking feeling all dejected.
She had been a bit difficult and edgy to handle for the last couple of days, but somehow she showed him a ray of hope only to block all the rays of hope, all at once pushing him into a purgatory filled with nothing but absolute darkness.
He sat in the driving seat of his car for a while and then turned his navigation on. At first, he wanted to navigate to Brooklyn and wanted to check up on her if she was ok, but then he realized that the more he intruded into her life, the more distant and irritated she might become. So thinking from that perspective, he decided to go back home.
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Akira was lost in her thoughts when suddenly her phone beeped with a message.
It was from a PRIVATE NUMBER and instantly seeing that message and a happy smile spread on her face.
"I guess it's high time to teach you some tango" - PRIVATE NUMBER
With a smile on her lips, she replied,
"I bet it is" - PRIVATE_NUMBER
She bit her lip in excitement. Just the thought of him teaching her tango was enough to give her the chills. She remembered their first dance together at his apartment where he acted like he didn't know how to dance and she gave him dancing lessons like he was a novice.
"If only I knew that you knew dancing so well, I would have only danced with you till eternity", saying that she started to get ready.
After getting ready she knocked on Mike's door and the moment he came out, he was shocked to death.
"You are wearing colors?", he exclaimed.
Ever since Raymond had left her, she was always dressed up in formal colors only and that too only for office. At home, he always saw her in shorts and some random T-shirts. It was like as if she had forgotten what colors were, what prints were.
But today dressed up in a sunshine yellow dress with orange tulips designed all over it, she looked like a breath of fresh air.
He was happier than happiness to see her dressed up like this.
Without saying a word, he just went forward and hugged her tight and said,
"God, I missed you so much."
She hugged him back tightly as well and said,
"Just three days in London and you already miss me this much, huh."
"No not that Akira, I missed this Akira", saying that he kissed her lightly on her forehead.
She became all emotional and buried her nose in his chest but in response to that, he pushed her away and said,
"Don't be too over-sentimental. And don't spoil my t-shirt for God's sake."
Akira was taken aback for an instant and her eyes changed instantly from emotional to murderous and she jumped to kick him.
They both ran all around the house and Akira kept chasing him to hit him.
"Timeout Timeout", Mike said and stopped near the sofa.
Placing her hands on her own waist Akira also came to a halt and then looked at her brother and said,
"I missed me too."
They both slumped into the sofa all tired and laughed like crazy.
"Finally !!! Finally, you smiled like before", saying that Mike clicked a picture of her on his phone.
"What are you doing?",
"I just want to remember this day. Every day I come back and see you sitting all gloomy and sad. It used to kill me Akira. No matter what I tried, you never opened up, you never shared your pain with me. At least now that I see you happy, I feel so good about it. I can't change what happened in the past, but I promise you that I will make our future better. I promise you that we will have a happy life together."
Akira looked at Mike. That little boy had grown up and had become a fine man, a perfect gentleman to be precise.
She looked fondly at him and then ruffled his hair and said,
"I know that we will do just fine. The worst is over Mike. You will see. There is nothing but happy times ahead of us."
Mike was surprised to see such positivity in her. She was giving him surprise after surprise.
"Did you do drugs or something in London?", he asked and chuckled.
"You have a death wish. Don't you? You, moron."
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