Chapter 16

                                    

                                          
The wedding is in three days from now (day 3). Anirudh had began his game and Janu was his goal. 

'Ani! Can you and Janu go to the bouquet store to place an order for the flowers?'

'No Akka. Let Ani go by himself. I can go somewhere else.'

'Stop joking, Janu. This is Chennai not US. If you step out of this house and turn around thrice, you wont know where you are.'

'Shut up, Ani. Nobody asked you.'

'Well! I woudnt want to lose you, Janu. Just taking precautions.'

'Can you please stop blabbering what comes to you mind? Oh. Sorry. Forgot you dont have a mind.'

'Changing topics? Scared, are we?'

'Scared of what?'

(singsong voice) 'Coming with me, seeing the beautiful flowers and falling for me!'

'Me? Falling? For you? Ha! Nice joke! I am coming with you just to be a pain in your neck.'

'I would prefer the pain elsewhere.'

'What the hell? Perverted freako! Mad dog!'

'You have a weird habit of describing yourself so randomly. You do it well though.'

(defeatedly) 'Can we leave?'

'Sure, my queen.'

(rolls eyes) 'Whatever, moron!'

At the store

'Anna! We need flower decorations.'

'Hello! Dont be blunt like that. Tell me where, when, what type and all.'

(in his mind - Anna! Not in front of her!) Janani smirks and gives him the proper order with an advance.

'Janu! Lets go get coffee.'

'No! Thank you!'

'Haha! Just like I thought.'

'What the hell did you think?'

'That you will say no.'

'Wow! Thats a surprise. I didnt know you could think.'

'I didnt know you could resist coffee and me.'

'Thats a lame comeback and I hate you more than I love coffee.'

'Scared again!'

'Who the hell said I was scared?'

'Then prove it and come out with me.'

'Hey! Why I need to prove it to you?'

'Because we are in a bet and if in a bet, you play fair and square and you aint fair or square.'

'Everything is fair in love and war.'

'Ha! You admitted love!'

'Idiot! I said love and war. This is definitely war.'

'Okay. Keep it as a war. But in a war, you fight with your enemy, not run away from them. You are running away from me.'

'Fuck you!'

'Good idea.'

'Thats not what I meant.'

'I will take it like that.'

'Lets go get coffee. I swear, by the end of this week, you would have given up hope in true love. I am going to make you regret doing this.'

'Sometimes I wonder what I did. Fall in love with you or rape you!'

At the coffee shop,

'You sit there and I will sit here.'

'Janani? Even India and Pakistan maintains a publicly friendlier realtionship. You are reacting like I am a murderer.'

'I cant take chances with you.'

'Chances of me being charmful and you falling for me?'

'Screw you! Lets sit here.'

'LOL! It is funny to see you try to not fall for me.'

'I am not trying to not fall for you. I am trying not to hit you with my slippers.'

'Best of luck for both!'

'Your order, sir!'

'One cold coffee and one normal coffee. Make the normal one with less sugar.'

(smirks) 'What, you have sugar?'

'The normal coffee is not for me, its for you.'

'What the hell? I didnt ask for a normal coffee.'

'You are pregnant. That what you get.'

'Who are you to tell me this?'

'Your future husband.'

(gasps and under her breath)'Dont be so sure.'

'You sound like you are not sure about that part.'

'I am going to the car. Get my coffee and come.'

'You ok?'

'Yea yea. Little nauseous.'

'Okay. Be right there.'

After the coffee,

'Feeling better now?'

'Yea. But I have no positive feelings toward you, anyhow. So, quit trying to be nice.'

'Positive for me or you?'

'Whats the difference?'

'If its positive for me, then I am winning. If not, I keep trying.'

'Positive towards you only.' 

'I will get there soon.'

'What makes you so sure? What if I lie at the end of one week?'

'I will be able to see it in your eyes.'

'What shit?'

'You must be knowing that your eyes twinkle when you say lies.'

'How did you know?'

'Just noticed.'

Janani was shocked by how well he knew her. That twinkling was only known to her mom and Dave. How did he notice? Also, how is he so confident? Will he really be able to get her love? No no no. She wont let it go that far. She consoled herself and got down at home. He went to his studio and she kept thinking about him. Not realizing that she was doing exactly what she never wanted to do. Where was this going to end?