"Hi, Ankita." Koushik turned around. "Oh!" He accidentally splashed water on the brown undershirt that he wore. "Hahahahaha. You look like a tree Koushik. The cargo pants and undershirt is the trunk while the green shirt fluttering in the wind is the leaves. Now with a splash of water, the tree is drinking water! Hahahaha." Ankita laughed. "Then say it's a handsome tree." he kept the can aside and said placing his hands in his pockets. He stood in an elegant pose. Even with the wet patch on his shirt, he looked like a model. Ankita slapped her temple "Yes. Handsome tree. You won't leave a moment to compliment yourself huh?" she said.
"Ankita you need to compliment yourself first else how do you expect compliments from others?" Koushik intended to put his arm on her shoulder but Ankita slipped away at the right moment making him lose balance. Ankita laughed and stuck out her tongue. Just then Mr Chakraborty came to the door and called "Come in you two. Lunch is ready." "Yaaay." Ankita threw her hands up and ran inside happily. Seeing her mood Mr Chakraborty smiled to himself. He had received Tanmoy's message earlier and was worried Ankita would be upset about the whole thing. 'Good thing Koushik came at the right moment.' he thought.
What happened earlier:-
Mr Chakraborty frowned slightly seeing the message from his son. He turned the TV off and walked out of the door. Just then he saw Koushik standing there. Their last meeting was not during a good time so he wanted to make up for that this time so he called him in. "Hello, Koushik. What brings you to our house?" "Hi, Uncle. Our results for the test will be declared tomorrow and Ankita said she was very nervous so she called me to play some video games with her. It will help us to relax and also distract her mind." Koushik said respectfully. "Oh, this girl. Worried about everything little thing. We just want her to have a good education. Marks aren't important. She learns well, that's our wish. But she gets nervous about her marks every time before the results are out. Good thing you came. The last time I didn't get the chance to greet you properly. You know everything was so..." Mr Chakraborty did not say more. Koushik also understood and waved his hands.
"Oh. See where my manners are. Come in. I'm making you stand at the door." He said welcoming Koushik in. After talking for some time Mr Chakraborty slapped his temple and said "Oh. No. I'm certainly getting old. I totally forgot to water the plants in our garden. And I also have to cook. Ankita will be back any minute now." Saying that he hurriedly got up. He was scurrying here and there. Filling up the watering can, going to the kitchen and washing the vegetables again running back to take the filled can and turning off the tap.
Seeing him in such a chaotic state Koushik stood up. "Uncle let me help. I'll go water the plants in the garden. You cook in peace." he offered to help politely. "Oh, my child. It'd be very helpful. I'm so ashamed to ask my guest to help me." Mr Chakraborty said hesitantly. "It's no problem uncle. I'll be happy to help." He smiled. "Aww. I can say that whichever family you marry into, if you want to get married, of course, will be very happy to have you as their son-in-law." Subhashish said while cutting the vegetables. He was not looking at Koushik so he did not notice how his face turned red like a tomato. "I'm going to the garden uncle." he quickly grabbed the can and dashed out. Mr Chakraborty stared at his back with a puzzled expression. He did not pay any mind and focused on cooking...
Ankita dashed inside and went to the basin to wash her hands. Koushik also kept the can and went to wash his hands. Mr Chakraborty internationally cooked something special today to lift his daughter's mood. When Ankita came back she almost couldn't hold her drool. "Chingri Bhapa, Aloo Posto, Potoler dorma. Uufff. Baba, what am I seeing? I can't believe my eyes!" Ankita said eyeing the food greedily. She swallowed her saliva and said "Koushik, pinch me. Pinch me. I think I'm dreaming." She said dreamily. Koushik and Mr Chakraborty laughed. Subhashish was happy to see his daughter like this.
After lunch, Ankita went upstairs to change into her home clothes. After that, Mr Chakraborty sent Koushik upstairs to blow dry his shirt. He wanted to deny it saying it was summer and it'll dry on its own but on Subhashish's insistence, he had to dry it before starting their game. Ankita brought two chairs from downstairs while Koushik blow-dried his shirt and placed it in front of her study table. Then she turned on her Board and searched the games they will be playing. Koushik was rather surprised to see her choice of game. Apparently, it was a bit violent for a timid person like Ankita. After that, she selected her favourite and gave Koushik his headset while wearing hers. Meanwhile, a hologram showed above the Board and the game screen was displayed. Koushik had gamed with his bandmates quite a few times so he was familiar with this popular game. But he was doubtful whether Ankita played it before because there were some gory scenes in it. But she seemed to be quite brave while beating the living daylight out of the opponents. And she was quite good too. Having a good playmate Koushik also enjoyed playing it. It had been quite some time since he got the chance to relax like this.