Crushed Chimere

11. Mr bright side pleasing the storm.

The shopkeeper picks the set of bangles and asks for my hand so he can help me to put the bangles on .

Holding my hand he starts to put the bangles on but he was a little aggressive in the process.

"Ouch" I said. I could see the red marks forming on the outer corner of my hand.

"Aaram se." Arhaan says to the shopkeeper In a incensed voice , glaring at him he takes my hand from the shopkeeper and slowly starts to put the bangles on , being extra careful to not hurt me in the process.

(Translation: carefully.)

After putting all the bangles on he pulls my hand in the air to see how they look.
They looked pretty.

"We'll take them" Arhaan says handing the money to the shopkeeper, not caring about taking the change he pulls me to come with him to the next shop.

Surprisingly we are not fighting about anything today.

It's a weird day. Very very weird day.

Bubbles of excitement formed in my stomach as I saw that we are going to the jewelry shop.
I bended a little to see all the pretty jhumkas
Hanging on the side wall.
Silver,plain,colourful all kind , size, shape jewelries were aesthetically displayed.
There was a big mirror hanging on the other side.

Leaving Arhaan's hand which felt a little weird because the feeling of emptiness that I felt for a moment scared me to death.

Seeing all the earrings I select a few to try.
Looking in the mirror I wear silver and red jhumkas , least to say they were not my favourite.

In the mirror I see Arhaan standing behind me his black shirt was now rolled up, various tattoos now on display. His hands were crossed, one finger pressed against his cheek he looks at my earrings like he is in some kind of thought.

I never felt this feeling before but for some reason I raised my eyebrows indicating him to comment how my earrings looked.

He bit his lips and slightly shaked his head.
I mean I didn't needed his approval or something, I already knew that this was not the prettiest ones.

Now wearing the blue beaded ones I look in the mirror and the first thing I wanted to see was Arhaan's reaction. He just scrunched his nose.

Umm maybe these are not the best pair aswell.

After 1 min of choosing the earrings I see the silver jhumkas with light purple color on the corners. Wearing them I look in the mirror and saw his eyes lightening up.
A small smile grazes up my lips as I look myself in the mirror.

"We'll take these pairs in every colour" Arhaan says to the shopkeeper.

" we don't need them in every colour Arhaan" I say.

"We don't but I like those on you, you look less nerdy" Arhaan says after looking at my shocked reaction.

" I don't look like a nerd"

" yess you do Mrs Malhotra "

" Shut up Arhaan"

" fine" he says giving the shopkeeper money and taking the Pollybag from him.

I grumply walk forward but i felt a pull from behind me.

Looking behind I see my dupatta stuck with Arhaan's watch.

I try to pull it's corner But it doesn’t bulge. Arhaan raises his arm and try to remove it from his occupied hand but it still doesn’t move an inch.

I move a little closer to him, his arm is still raised and me being 5’4 and him being stupidly 6’2 ,is becoming a little tough for me to reach his watch. I get on my toes and start removing the thread which is stuck. I feel a push from the crowd and i trip and land on his chest. He tightly wraps his arms around my waist and my hand unconsciously lands on his chest which are not doubt bulgy.