(Chapter 4):
A flying cow.
Oh I'm going bonkers.
I signaled Kiaan to look outside.
"Am I seeing what I am seeing?" Kiaan asked perplexed.
I nodded my head, "If you are seeing a well decorated flying cow, a cow with wings; then yes."
He nodded, "oh".
So it is not a hallucination.
It suddenly started flying near to the bus; I could almost touch the wings if I put my hand outside the window. And I can't take my eyes off this madness.
Kiaan nudged me, "I think we are the only ones who are seeing this. Look at them"
I looked around and he is right.
"Nobody is seeing this, not even Mehul, looks like he is just gazing outside scenery," I said.
"Or he is just raised by them, so he is not surprised" Kiaan countered, I rolled my eyes.
"What should we do?" I asked Kiaan.
"Nothing, just act normally." Kiaan shrugged.
I gave him a disbelieving look, "Normally? Did you say normally? I can't unsee this. How can you even unsee this?"
"So what? Shall we announce this to everybody? Okay, let's try an idiot first", he said and didn't even wait.
He poked Heer and said, "Hey, I just want to say 'the day I think you are smart is when pigs fly', so the big well decorated flying cow outside our bus doesn't count."
Gosh, he really went and said that.
I nodded in resignation. He did.
Uh oh, Heer and Mehul are turning fifty shades of red.
I put face in my hands, when Heer and Mehul started shouting at Kiaan.
After ten minutes or so, I put my foot down.
"Guys, stop shouting, everybody is looking at us, see; the actress over there is giving us a 'stop shouting, peasants' look."
They all grumbled but stopped shouting.
Mehul is showering praises on Heer, by the looks of it, she is enjoying it. Kiaan is giving both of them an incredulous look.
"That is horrifying." He said.
"No, that is cute. They are just appreciating each other. I like it," I said, "I think they like each other."
"I think you made a great decision, when you got that candy box in the super market." He said.
"What are you even talking?"
"I am just 'appreciating' your executive decision,"
I'm confused, "Why?"
He gave me a disappointed look, "You are spoiling the moment."
"There is a 'mOmeNT?"
Kiaan scoffed, but said, "That's what happens when you say about a 'flying cow' to people."
The sudden topic changes are giving me whip lash, but I'm not backing off.
"Oh no no no..no sir, that's what happened when you poked a bee-hive named 'Heer'." I pointed out.
He sighed, "You are missing the point. They didn't even blink an eye at 'flying cow', they just jumped at insult. What we are seeing is so impossible, that they don't even think about it."
He's got a point. I pouted at that.
Why did he get to be all logical?
"But still, you could just not poke both of them," I said. He just shrugged.
"Then tell me 'oh wise one', how should I act normally?" I asked. He turned away, almost giving me a hair flip.
"Such a drama queen," I mumbled.
"I heard that," He drawled.
"Oh good, that's why I said it."
We were quiet for about fifteen minutes; I'm still looking out at that cow.
"Nice bracelet," kiaan said suddenly.
"Can you be even more narcissist? You have the exact same bracelet on your wrist," I deadpanned.
His eyes widened, "You saw it? Are you waiting for me to talk first then?"
I blinked, "What?"
He looked at me keenly, and then his eyes widened, "You don't remember, you are impossible."
"I am impossible? You are impossible; you are giving me whip-lash. I don't even know what you are talking anymore."
"Of course you don't know."
"That's what I said."
"I'm such a big fool, expecting from you,"
"I know, you are"
He gave me a look and turned other side with a 'hmph'.
Oh I can do that too and 'I did just that'.
After an hour of looking at the window, I was bored. I mean there is only so much you could see a cow, even if it is flying.
I opened my candy box to munch on 'dried gooseberry' when I heard kiaan saying, "Don't touch the ginger candy, they are mine."
He is looking at me imploringly.
Great. I can't be even mad now. I sighed and passed my candy box to him.
"Wht are you doing?" I asked.
"Checking the statues of the group I follow," Kiaan said.
"Are you big on social media?" I asked.
"Not really, but this is a special group." Kiaan said smirking.
What is he smirking about?
"You want to know?" he asked.
"Nope, I'm not big on social media. Actually I'm not in any social media platforms."
"Really? I happen to see your account though." He said frowning.
I laughed, "Oh that? My company manages my social media accounts. I asked my boss to arrange something because I don't want to be in any platform. They usually announce upcoming programs and all that using the promos I shoot for my program. My boss is more than happy to manage that. Though I asked him to not endorse anything using my accounts, not even advertisements for my show."
"Why do you not want to be in social media?" He asked.
I sighed, "That is a big story, I don't like to talk about it."
We suddenly started discussing about how to prepare 'candied ginger', because apparently Kiaan saw a youtube video on that.
The bus stopped at our hotel. Kiaan and I got down and saw that the cow stopped just before us and dropped a bell at Kiaan's feet.
I looked at Kiaan, "What was that about?" I asked. He shrugged, I took bell from his hand to examine, and for a secret code/an inscription /a red button… you know the usual.
"Did that cow just vanished?" He asked. I nodded my head.
"To where?"
"Probably to where the flying cows go, I don't know"
He sighed and shook his head in amusement.
The tour guide announced that tomorrow we will go to Narayana Sarovar and we should wear our traditional attire. After that we went to our allotted rooms and called it a day.