The Road-side gift

Once they both were feeling gloomy. It was a Sunday afternoon.
So He asked She if she wants to go for a shopping.
Seems He has got lots of pennies with him this time, She thought and gave a freaky smile and nodded her head.

Soon they got up from he bed, winded up their romance, got dressed nicely, of course neatly. He put on his denim jeans and a white Tee shirt and she wore a gracy ashy chiffon kurta, well embroidered with silver threads and a white pajama.She put kalool in her hazel nutted eyes and then mascara on the thick eyelashes. A bit of lip gloss on the strawberry lips and now she was ready with her "typical shopping bag" and those Inblu slippers on her soft feet.

Seeing this, he realised one more thing in his life... "Girls are so much into their attire... so much into make up.. Hell on Companies like Revlon, Lakhme, bla bla... for making the cosmetics"
The first thing he realised in his whole life was girls love shopping, after meeting his She.

I doubt if ever before they went for shopping the first time, He had realised this truth. Anyways back to the story.

While She was busy inside her closet's door, he was watching her very keenly.

She was searching something in her silver foiled, well carved box, then in her leather pouch with floral prints.. and then in the hand made box from Aurobindo ashram .. and then in the drawer of the study table... finally she left the search half way and turned back ... She said-: Jaaaaanu, lets go, I cant find them anyways.. so why to bother so much and watse the time...!!"

He was pretty shocked, with excitement.

And they left their room, locked it and walked down the stairs, then through the gate and finally through the lane.. then to the main road and boarded a bus that goes to Shivaji Nagar.

The bus was crowded and both had to hanged themselves like bags from the roof.. She was a bit annoyed as she hates crowd and especially the crowded town buses. But her poor fate, she loves that guy who loves to hang himself in the bus like a bag...

They reached the bus stop and both jumped out and walked towards the wide road to go to Brigade Road.

They walked and walked by, passed by many people, of different ages, different religions, different feels and different motives. But one thing was common- "All loved to freak out in the Sunday Evening."

They walked and and finally reached the place where the shopping junction starts... M G Road intersecting Brigade Road. And standing there, He decided to go into Brigade Road. They proceeded...

She said-"Can I buy this?"
She went on jabbering in front of all the shops which she loves for window shopping. In front a great shop she stood and watched and suddenly spelled out.. "Thats a lovely teddy Poppy.. buy me on my birthday."

He stopped by a juncture.. not to forget Our "He" is finky with eating outside... they have fights very often on the menu in hotels, restruants.. and other eating places in the town... thats a perennial problem with this couple..

The evening was falling and the night was approaching..She purchased some junk things according to He. She got a kashmiri stol for her and then some nice Cds to listen. Also a big card to gift to He on his coming birthday which he wasn't aware of. He purchased a pair of sandals for him and then a big box of chocolates.. Vochelle Hazelnut( a common favorite). She purchased a flavored cigar for her. At times she is finky with few things esp. drinks and cigars. Dont make a mess of that. She has a differnet feel for these things. But He has great resent for these particulars esp social drinking, boozing, fagging.

May be one day He realise That She knows the limits and accept the fact that She is a well sounded girl with heights of .............


Well He wasnt very happy when she purchased that Vanilla flavored cigar of 60 bugs. But he could do nothing as he knew she will defend herself and they will finally land up in a messy fight on the road and he just didnt want nor intend it.

They walked and walked in the midst of the Sunday crowd in a metro in Bangalore.

Slowly the ill feel vanished and he was walking close to his soul mate trying to hold her tiny fingers and caress them. May be he loves her that much and she deserves all that. May be He realises her feeling better than her. Who knows...

And then they stopped.. in front of a footpath shop... lots of gittering things ... ladies hovering road it like flies in a fish market, like bees on flowers...

Yea He realised one thing... He went and searched in the crowdy mess.... and stopped for a while... turned back and and smiled and said-" Janu this is for u.. the gift of today's shopping."

A dangling ear-ring for his sweet heart, not less than 70 bugs... She was extremely happy and jumped.. As I say, "Women are always unexpected, but men are even more unexpected."

She never thought in her dreams that her boy-fren will gift her some thing which she was searching for a long time in the afternoon to go with her get up. A matching hanging ear ring pair for her gracy ashy chiffon kurta, well embroidered with silver threads....

She was over-whelmed and hugged him and gave a sweet peck on his cheek showing her ear to put them in their well deserved place than keeping in the envelope, inside her "mini-world" bag.

He carefully put those well deserving rings into the holes and said..." I love u more than what I u mean to me .."

She gave a sheepish smile and giggled saying all what she means in two words-" I too."

And they walked, side by side, holding each other's hand...in the crowded pavement, amongst hundreds of passers by....

And soon vanished in the midst of the Sunday crowd.