Meghna tried her best to retain the fake anger in her eyes. She didn't look at him atall. In reality she was too happy in her heart and just wanted to see him..
Shubh realised he had pissed off this female too much, afterall making her wait 45minutes wasn't a great thing atall.
To save the situation Shubh took out a small chocolate from his bag and presented to her. Hoping she would melt and soften up like other girls on receiving a tasty chocolate. To his utter shock Meghna growled at him and simply said "WHAT?" He was just shocked to see her angry and scared at the same time. He replied "I wanted you to have chocolate with me." She replied NO! he was dumbstruck for a minute. He said okay softly and now took out a beautiful red rose from his bag. For "you", Meghna faced him... she couldn't be fake angry on him anymore.
What costly presents couldn't do to her .. Be it presents or food. A small rose presented with respect melted her away like ice under direct sunlight.
She respectfully accepted the rose from Shubh and coyly said thank you by looking up at him. Their eyes met, A big flash swept through her.
His eyes were just having a spark. The same spark, she felt when they had messaged each other first time. Her eyes glowed too and she felt like hypnotised by his beaming eyes.
He broke the silence by saying "Let's eat something..." She said "No" on his face. He asked Why? Meghna stayed quite only in her heart she remembered how the last date with other ex had been so awful. Shubh's words to eat gave Meghna a bad flashback of how illtreated she was, in previous date when some ex dared to touch her thigh when she was eating lunch with him for the very first time.
Shubh might have realised something wasn't right so he got shut and waited for her response. Meghna decided to ignore her flashback and told Shubh "Let's take a walk". He humbly agreed like a gentleman.
They started talking .. Rather it was a one sided coversation. Meghna kept asking and Shubh kept responding.
They weren't touching each other atall but there was some magnetism between them. Meghna stood towards the railing her both hands holding the railing. Shubh came behind her and held the railing edges just centimeters away from touching her hands and back.
Both of them didn't even realise they were standing so close to each other on the first date itself. There was some calmness around them. As if they had known each other for a very long time.
He stopped talking and said his throat felt dry. So, they both sat together side by side. At first he poured one glass, and looked in her eyes. She understood his expression and nodded softly. They both decided to share the soft drink from one glass.
Most people would feel it was gross and awkward but to them it was first close step in relationship. Their hands touched as both shared the same glass together. And they smiled happily to be with each other. There was no need to rush now, they were getting warmed up and a cozy intimacy feeling swept through them as they talked.
Suddenly Meghna's friend Neha came behind her and invited both Shubh and Meghna for her birthday party next week. Meghna looked at Shubh he happily nodded.
Circumstances pulled them both closer again. Their next date was fixed even before this date had ended. They both smiled at each other.
---What was going to happen next Shubh had no idea .. but it shocked him to his core.