The Carnival!

"Sing something to make me believe you are bad at singing." Somya tried to lure him.

Varun turned to look at her, "Why?"

"To make me believe you are bad at singing."

"No. I am asking why do you want me to sing so badly?"

"Because you need it."

"Huh?"

"Singing is a way to let yourself free, without any worries or restrictions. You look like someone who loves to restrict his thoughts."

"..."

"So relax, Gorgeous. I won't tell anyone how bad you are at singing."

Varun ignores this Spiritual Bunny but ponders about her word.

"'So, where are we going?' shouldn't you ask me something like this?"

"To the address you gave me." he again joked with a straight face.

"Uff! Honey, why are you so foolish." she tried to flirt.

Varun raised an eyebrow at her. Lately, she is becoming more and more courageous with her words.

"Lemme tell you. We are going to a Carnival. Yay!"

"But you said you want to treat me?" Varun frowned at this.

"Oh, yea! We will have a treat as well as fun there."

"Don't tell me your 'Carnival' is actually an Adventure Park?"

"No. You will get to know once we reach."

After 15 minutes of drive, they finally reached their destination.

Entering the Carnival, they saw many stalls of food, games, shopping, and rides. Somya gets excited and hurriedly dragged Varun in the direction of the rides.

Varun had never been to a carnival, so it's his first time here. He looked here and there curiously. There were many people due to the weekend off. Rides were looking pretty interesting, and so do the food.

"So, what do you want to try first?" Somya asked him.

"Hmm." Varun was busy in observing surrounding.

"It's your first time in a carnival?"

"Yes," he replied honestly.

"Oh! Then, let me tell you, it's the famous Festival Carnival. We can have food, play games, buy things or enjoy rides here as you can see. As you are new here, so you should be the one to choose what to do first. Wanna try eating something?"

" Anything but not street food," he declines her offer.

But Somya being herself, pulled him along with her to paneer tikka stall.

"Hey! I am not eating this," he tried to stop her from ordering two tikkas, but she did what she wants.

First, she took a bite of the tikka to check if it's tasty enough, then her eyes widened in surprise to find it delicious.

"Here," Somya brought a paneer tikka near his mouth. "Try this. You will love it. Please. You can kill me if you don't like it."

She gestures again and again for him to take it. Varun finally sighs and, as always, gives in to her.

Being born in an upper class, he had never tried street food before. He stares at the tikka like it's his worst enemy at the moment. Finally, he took a bite but surprisingly, he found it tasty. But there's no way he would tell that to her.

" How's it? How's it?" Somya asked like a curious cat.

"Fine," Somya pouted like a child and dragged him forward to try a ride now.

"Let's try Pendulum Ride?" as always, Somya moved without waiting for his reply marched towards the ticket counter.

"Let's go!" she said while waiving ride tickets at him.

They both get on the ride, and the ride started.

Somya was looking exactly like a little excited little scared child. "SCREAM," she ordered Varun when the ride reached its height, and everyone started shouting.

Varun was busy reading the number of emotions on her face, so he didn't hear her.

Somya got angry and pinched his thigh very hard and ordered again, "SCREAM!"

Varun felt he would bleed if he didn't scream, so he joined her in hooting and started shouting like anybody else.

"How was it?" she asked.

"Ride? It was good, but I had tried a much bigger one before," he replied.

"No. I am asking how was the after feeling of scream? Don't you feel light after it?"

"What's next?" he ignores her question.

"The Big Wheel!"

They rode the Big Wheel, and when the wheel reached its height, Somya was too scared to open her eyes. She had her eyes closed tightly, and her arms were tightly clutching the seat's handle. Varun saw this and smirks. He taps lightly on her shoulder, intending to tease her.

"Look, there's something." He was pointing down.

She opens her eyes to see what's it. But looking at the ant-like humans down there, she closed her eyes even more tightly.

Varun smiles at her childishness.

After coming down, Somya immediately felt hungry and pulled Varun towards different street stalls. She made him eat everything, and he pretended that he didn't like anything. Suddenly, a crowd gathered in a corner, so they went there to see what's happening. There, a singing game was going on in which people were challenging each other to sing. Somya immediately went over the moon and rushed forward with Varun.

"Wait!" Varun pulled her to stop.

"What!" she asked. Her excitement was evident on her face. Varun doesn't have the heart to kill her excitement, so he said, "You go. I'll wait here."

"Why?" Somya frowned. She remembered something and asked him cheekily, "Are you worried if a great beauty challenged you, you can't escape? Come on, Angry Young Man. People there are much worse than us in singing, but they are still doing it. Let's sing too. Please. I will really appreciate your bad singing," she made a pitiful face.

~Something about you

make me feel a little

more alive and a far

less lost~