First date...

"Punya, look there" he said pointing at the peacock which sat on a tree branch.

"Wow it is so beautiful, I haven't seen peacock from so near. Have you domesticated that too?" she asked gazing at the peacock.

There was no response for almost a minute, she turned back and she saw chilly standing there.

"Hi baby" said Punya.

"I hate you" said Chilly.

"Why"

"You said that to Prakruth right?"

"Yeah long back... Not now"

"So now you like him?" chilly asked.

Punya just chuckled. "Come he told me to bring you after 10 minutes" said chilly.

"Where is he?" she asked.

"In the house..." chilly held her hand and took her to the farm house.

"Go in, I'll come later" said chilly and ran away.

As Punya stepped in, white pigeons flew across the door. She took a step back but didn't step in. She was surprised by the ambience of the house, It had a big square hall with huge round pillars surrounding a center small square pond. There was no ceiling above the pond, it was open. Plants were hanging from the edge of the ceiling over the pond on all the four sides, they had colorful flowers. The pond had colored fishes. As she lifted her leg to step in, Prakruth brought a plate which had red colored water in it.

He said "step in this and then step on this sheet here. Right foot."

She followed the instructions and came in, he took the paper with printed step and kept it on the side table. He asked "Can I lift you?"

"Yes but why" she was standing on the foot mat.

He chuckled and lifted her in his arms. Sitting at the edge of pond, he let her legs dip in water. She giggled as water trickled her feet. Then he landed her on a soft foot mat.

"Come.... This way. Light the lamp" he said showing a lamp in front of a photo.

She gave a curious look.

"My grandparents, only people who used to love me" he sighed.

She lit the lamp and closed her eyes to pray. When she opened her eyes, he had a large bouquet of white roses in his hand. Each rose had her name inscribed on a small heart made up of red velvet cloth in the center.

"Such a huge bouquet, it might have around five to six hundred flowers" exclaimed Punya.

"One thousand exactly" he said.

"Oh my God" she exclaimed.

"When my Punya loves me for more than thousand years shouldn't I tell her that how much I do?" he asked.

"You do what?" she raised her eyebrows.

He went on his knees "Ms. Punya Varun, thank you for accepting me and filling my life with your unconditional love. I promise to love you more than you do till the end of my breath, this birth and several births thereafter. Will you do the honor of being my soul mate forever??" he asked.

"Yes" said Punya as her eyes welled up.

"Even this is for you" he held a small box.

"What's it?" she asked as she opened the box "Bangles" she exclaimed.

"My grandma's bangles, she wanted to give it my wife" he said as he put one bangle to each of her hands. "They look pretty on you" he kissed her hands.

They were diamond bangles which had a row of emerald at the center made out of antique gold. "They're very pretty" she said.

"Finally the stone hearted lioness fell in love with a cold reserved type nerd" he said.

She snickered softly "Yes... But I'm scared"

"Scared of me??"

"No, scared of losing you or not living up to your expectations" she sighed.

"I trust my selection, we will be happy to complete each other, trust me" he said as he stood up.

"I trust you more than I trust myself... You're my blessing in disguise" she held his hand.

"You took so long to know me, you don't understand how long I have waited for you" he said in a sad tone.

"Finally I'm here with you, now there is no point in being sad" said Punya.

"Yes" he said and lifted her up in the air and started rotating... "I'm the most luckiest person in this whole universe" he shouted in exhilaration.

"Drop me down Prakruth" she begged.

"No, I will carry you like this my whole life"

"Are you crazy?"

"Yeah, crazy, mad, sentimental, emotional and endlessly addicted to you" he said.

"Idiot, let me down" she ordered.

He dropped her safely and stood away making a sad face. She chuckled.

He approached her and she went back till she reached a pillar, he put his hands on either side of her and asked "How dare you call me idiot? That too so many times?"

"When you do idiotic work, I'll call you idiot" she said.

"No one has ever scolded me, only you" he scowled but it was fake.

"No one has ever loved you so much to get comfortable with you to scold you. We scold the people we love the most, so that they won't get into same mistakes again" she explained.

"Oh you think I make mistakes?"

"Yes when you're crazy, you do"

"Ok then don't drive me crazy..."

"I'll try" she winked.

It made him crazy again. "You...." he started tickling her... she started laughing ..."Ok sorry" she apologized.

Whole day they spoke about each other, past, present and future. They saw the beautiful sunset at the river bank and late evening he dropped her off at her house safely.