"My Head On Your Heart~"
⊙ Ch. 1— "This is it~"-> Palak
In the bustling streets of Hyderabad, a girl barely out of her shell, looked around with awe.
Her eyes held sparkles of new emotions~
||Palak Solanki||
"Woah~" a gasp left her lips
||Palak Solanki||
"This is it!" she whispered-screamed to herself while giggling.
"I am in my dream city~"
She roamed around in the local streets of Pittalguda. Curiosity flowing out of her eyes.
She noticed a group of small kids outside a cozy cafe.
She immediately ran to them, the duppata on her shoulders gracefully nuzzling the air before settling back down again.
•|In The Cozy Restaurant|•
The cafe's aroma was filled with comfortable food and perfumes of the customers.
At the very corner most table, sat three men in their late 20's.
||Om Prakash Yadala||
"Bro~ I beg you! Please come to my birthday party! Please!" he looked at him with puppy eyes
||Anuraag Kesari||
[Rolls his eyes and looks outside]
Anuraag looks outside the window, leaning slightly on the cold glass.
Suddenly, his eyes darkened yet softened. His body went rigid like if he moves: he vanishes.
A small hideous smirk spread on his lips as his lips quirked upwards slightly.
Om and Arun, both were oblivious to his rigidness. Still begging for him to come.
||Arun Sathyam||
"Dude— Raag, like seriously! Please come na. None of us can celebrate without you, mate!" he said in a pleading voice, a hint of nostalgia in his voice remembering their vibrant childhood.
||Arun Sathyam||
[A chuckle left his lips... Soft— melodious]
||Anuraag Kesari||
[A chuckle also left his lips... Dark— dangerous.]
The other men at the table flinched hearing their friend chuckle like this, then only they saw his smirk.
||Anuraag Kesari||
[nodded stiffly while looking outside— once... Twice.]
||Anuraag Kesari||
[His orbs dark black]
||Anuraag Kesari||
"On one condition—" his voice came out husky
Both Arun and Om nodded immediately like puppies.
||Anuraag Kesari||
"look outside— see that girl?" he points at her through his eyes
They all look outside, curiosity creeping on their face as it was the very first time Anuraag was attracted towards a girl.
They both nodded again. Eager to know what he will say next~
||Anuraag Kesari||
"I want her to come to your birthday party next week... And not by force but by choice~" he smiled— a dark upward pull of his lips at the corner.
||Om Prakash Yadala||
"B-but—" Om hesitated, but Arun stopped him
||Arun Sathyam||
[Turned his gaze to Anuraag again.]
||Arun Sathyam||
"Think it's done." smiled gently with mischievous
||Anuraag Kesari||
[nodded stiffly and again looked outside]
||Arun Sathyam||
"I will get her information." he said and reached out for his phone placed on the table.
Before Arun could pick up his phone, Anuraag sharply snapped his head back at him. His gaze penetrating holes on his skin as he spoke.
||Anuraag Kesari||
"Palak Solanki."
||Arun Sathyam||
Gulped and looked in Om's eyes.
(Damn dude, what is happening?)
||Om Prakash Yadala||
Already looking in his eyes as he gulps too.
(Does it look like I know?!)
||Anuraag Kesari||
[Looked at their eye talking interaction and cleared his throat.]
Both of them flinched and returned their gaze to him immediately.
||Arun Sathyam||
"P-Pardon?" stuttered slightly
||Anuraag Kesari||
"Palak Solanki.... Her name." he said and looked at her again, his eyes on the keychain hanging on the side of her purse.
Both of them immediately looked in the direction of his gaze.
A sigh of relief left them when they realized he found out her name through the customized keychain on her purse with her name.
||Arun Sathyam||
[Frowned slightly and looked at Anuraag]
||Arun Sathyam||
"Solanki- Doesn't feel familiar. I don't think she is from here."
||Om Prakash Yadala||
[Nodded in agreement like a kid.]
||Anuraag Kesari||
[He smirked again.]
||Anuraag Kesari||
"That is your job to find out."
||Arun Sathyam||
[gulped and looked outside at her innocent figure playing with the kids.]
||Om Prakash Yadala||
[Hesitated slightly before himself to speak]
||Om Prakash Yadala||
"But w-why do you wanna know about her?"
||Arun Sathyam||
[still looking at her.]
||Arun Sathyam||
💭Oh my poor future bhabhi~ You caught the devil's heart like the cupid in disguise....
||Arun Sathyam||
💭He is dangerous— gentle too— but still dangerous
||Arun Sathyam||
[he turned his gaze towards Anuraag waiting for his answer and reasoning.]
||Anuraag Kesari||
[Again a smile spread, but this time— a little softer.]
||Anuraag Kesari||
"She is cute. I want to know about her."
Both Arun and Om chuckled like teens finding a couple with true love.
||Palak Solanki||
"Bye babies!!!" she giggled and bid byes to the group of kids.
Before the Sun rested away from our gaze, she reached her flat.
In it was her cozy apartment, a gift from her parents. She was a brilliant student, her results filled with perfect scores.
Therefore, she was loved and adored by her parents and siblings.
In her life, she never requested her parents for big things even when she deserved it. It was the very first time she asked for something really valuable and big, a home. Her parents did their best to find a perfect room for her.
She entered inside, whistling softly while settling herself in the familiar environment.
It has been only two days since she came here, day one was all about organizing.
Next chapter on Thursday, 2 pm.
⊙ Ch. 2— "Looks Like We Did" -> Vaishnavi
Palak came outside, giggling, after talking to the Dean.
She was happily going through the bustling hallway towards her first lecture room.
On her way, she noticed a group of three girls whispering to each other while looking at her.
||Palak Solanki||
[Looks down with a pout thinking they are judging her.]
||Madhumita Kesari||
"Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh" said while gasping
||Madhumita Kesari||
"She is so pretty!!!" she said dramatically while covering her mouth.
||Vaishnavi Yadala||
[Smacked her head]
||Vaishnavi Yadala||
"Spit on the side! She will catch a bad eye because of you!" she said while still staring at her in an awe
||Madhumita Kesari||
Immediately obeyed, "Thhu-thhu"
||Vidhya Sathyam||
"Pinch me! She feels like a goddess, yet she looks so damn innocent. Aish, Who let this puppy wander?!" she said dramatically
||Madhumita Kesari||
"I wanna talk to her! I think we gave her a bad impression." pouted while looking at Vaishnavi
||Vaishnavi Yadala||
[Came out of her daze and cleared her throat in embarrassment while nodding.]
||Vaishnavi Yadala||
"Looks like we did~"
||Vidhya Sathyam||
"There is still time till lectures start." She said and waved her hand at Palak.
Palak looks at her, confused by the fact why they are waving at her.
She looks around and behind her checking if someone else was there, to her surprise no one was looking in that direction. Coming to the conclusion, she hesitantly pointed at herself while looking at them, mouthing a confused- "me?"
||Vidhya Sathyam||
[Node dramatically with a smile and gestures her to come]
||Palak Solanki||
[a soft, melodic giggle of happiness left her lips when she saw her reaction]
She immediately went to three of them, her long wavy hair till her upper thigh, gracefully flowing with each step while brushing the back of her coquette frock.
||Vaishnavi Yadala||
[Gave her a big smile and offered her hand for a handshake]
||Vaishnavi Yadala||
"I am Vaishnavi Yadala, your name?"
Palak immediately accepts her hand with a soft smile.
||Palak Solanki||
"I am Palak- Palak Solanki~"
Next, Vidhya offers her hand, her bangles chiming with the movement.
||Vidhya Sathyam||
"I am Vidhya Sathyam, your age and subject?" asks gently with a soft, cozy smile.
||Palak Solanki||
[Accepts her handshake also with the same enthusiasm.]
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Still looking at her in a daze.]
Madhumita didn't know why, but she felt a strong pull towards Palak. Like this creature belonged in her embrace~
||Palak Solanki||
"I am 20 and in Language and Literature." She replied
||Palak Solanki||
[Palak looked at Madhumita, who was staring at her. Waiting for her actions.]
Vaishnavi nudged Madhumita with her elbow, breaking her from her daze.
||Madhumita Kesari||
"I am Madhumita Kesari!!" She chimed in offering her hand.
||Palak Solanki||
[Accepted her handshake also.]
The moment their hand touches, a feeling of protection runs through Madhumita. While, with Palak, she feels like the single nuzzle of her own hand against hers told her that she is protected.
||Palak Solanki||
"Nice meeting you~" she said with her childish smile
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Gives her a soft nod as she reluctantly lets go of her hand.]
||Vidhya Sathyam||
"You are a new student here, right?"
||Palak Solanki||
"Yup! I am new here. Just got the schedule from the Dean."
||Vaishnavi Yadala||
"You don't look from around here. You from another state?" asks with a hint of curiosity
||Palak Solanki||
[she giggled at her observation and nodded.]
||Palak Solanki||
"I am from Ahmedabad, Gujarat~"
Three of them nod, a soft smile lingering on their lips.
||Palak Solanki||
"Well, I gotta go. Class is about to start. Can't be late on the first day~" she smiles cutely
The trio chuckles at her words and nods. They bid byes with her as she turns around and leaves.
Her comfortable jasmine smell diminishing with her each step.
||Vidhya Sathyam||
[Spanks Madhumita's butt the moment Palak vanishes from sight.]
||Madhumita Kesari||
"Ouch!" leaves her lips instantly
Madhumita turns her gaze to Vaishnavi to complain but freezes and gives a hesitant shrug with an 'I did nothing' smile, because—
||Vaishnavi Yadala||
[Glaring at her intensely with a frown.]
||Vidhya Sathyam||
"What was that?" asks like interrogating a criminal
||Madhumita Kesari||
"W-what what?" asks with fake confusion
||Vaishnavi Yadala||
[Glares at her more as her frown intensifies.]
||Vaishnavi Yadala||
"Why did you behave like that?!" whisper-screams
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Finally sighs and looks at them]
||Madhumita Kesari||
"I want her to become my cute bhabhi!"
A visible expression change takes place on both Vaishnavi and Vidhya's face.
||Vidhya Sathyam||
[Gasped]
||Vidhya Sathyam||
"You want her—"
||Vaishnavi Yadala||
"—To become your brother's wife?"
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Blink multiple times in fake innocence]
||Vaishnavi Yadala||
"This poor, innocent, young, Gujarati soul—"
||Vidhya Sathyam||
"As your dangerous, evil, oldie brother's partner?"
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Nods with a pout like she didn't just drop a bomb.]
||Madhumita Kesari||
[barges inside her brother's room without permission.]
She sees her brother sitting in front of his desk. His expression didn't even falter with her sudden arrival.
||Madhumita Kesari||
"Raag~" she said in an extra sweet voice and sat beside him.
||Anuraag Kesari||
[sighs while still typing]
||Anuraag Kesari||
"I swear I will kill you if this is something boring, Mad!" he said while his gaze still fixated on the laptop screen.
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Shakes her head innocently like she isn't about to do something devilish.]
||Madhumita Kesari||
"There is a new girl in our University." begins softly
||Madhumita Kesari||
"She is really pretty, cute, innocent, and intelligent~" she lists with a certain intention
||Anuraag Kesari||
"So?" still not bothered.
||Madhumita Kesari||
"I want her as your wife~" casually says with a huge hint of hope.
||Anuraag Kesari||
"No." simply replies
||Madhumita Kesari||
[blinks her lashes multiple times at him while pouting and looking at him with puppy eyes.]
||Madhumita Kesari||
"Look at her at least once—" tries showing him her photo posted on social media
Before barging into his room, she was sitting on her bed with her phone in her hands. A smirk was lingering on her lips.
Actually, she was rummaging through Social media. Trying to find Palak's account.
||Madhumita Kesari||
"Found it~" smiles devilishly and stands up.
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Starts walking out of her room.]
||Madhumita Kesari||
"Look at her at least once—" tries showing him her photo posted on social media
||Anuraag Kesari||
"No means no!" eyes still stubbornly fixed on the screen as he pushes her hand back.
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Gets up with a sad pout]
||Madhumita Kesari||
"Fine then, her name is Palak Solanki by the way."
||Anuraag Kesari||
[eyes widened immediately as he looks at her retreating figure with disbelief.]
Anuraag immediately closes his laptop with a harsh thud— not giving a damn— and shoves it aside.
He makes her sit beside him and takes her both hands in his.
||Anuraag Kesari||
"My Sister... My cute-cute sister~ My Perfect Mad~" gently massaging her palms and fingers.
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Rolls her eyes and looks away with a sad pout.]
||Anuraag Kesari||
"You want her as your bhabhi right?" asks hesitantly with an extra buttery voice.
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Immediately turns her gaze to him.]
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Nods thrice like a child offered their favourite thing]
||Anuraag Kesari||
"I will make your wish come true... Tell me everything you know about her~" asks more like begs his sister.
Next chapter on Tuesday, 2 pm.
⊙ Ch. 3— "Who died?!"-> Anuraag
||Anuraag Kesari||
"I will make your wish come true... Tell me everything you know about her~" asks more like begs his sister.
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Squints her eyes with curiosity but nods.]
||Madhumita Kesari||
"Okay..." she says with a doubtful voice
||Anuraag Kesari||
[Immediately nods like an obedient puppy.]
||Madhumita Kesari||
[stares at his sitting form from head to toe.]
||Madhumita Kesari||
"Her name is Palak Solanki, she is 20." she begins
||Anuraag Kesari||
[Immediately starts memorizing everything.]
||Anuraag Kesari||
(20— means she is 7 years younger than me. Who cares~) he says in his mind
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Observing his moves.]
||Madhumita Kesari||
"She is from Gujarat, Ahemdabad."
||Anuraag Kesari||
[Slaps his thigh in a small victory] "Knew it!"
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Flinched and stared at him with an ugly expression.]
||Anuraag Kesari||
(Means I guessed it correctly. She is indeed from Gujarat.)
||Anuraag Kesari||
[Notices Madhumita's stare and clears his throat.]
||Anuraag Kesari||
[Gives her an almost innocent smile like he is not dying here.]
||Madhumita Kesari||
"From her social media account I found out..." points at her phone's screen.
||Madhumita Kesari||
"She is an atheist." smiles softly
||Anuraag Kesari||
(Wow, just like me~)
||Anuraag Kesari||
[Smiles proudly.]
||Madhumita Kesari||
"Her birthdate is August 27th."
||Anuraag Kesari||
(Aww~ My angel is an August girly.)
||Anuraag Kesari||
[Chuckles while thinking about cutting her birthday cake with her.]
Suddenly, a soft knock takes place as their mother, Madhumala Kesari, comes inside.
||Madhumala Kesari||
"Raag, I was thinking abo—" she comes inside while talking but stops as she looks at the scene.
||Madhumala Kesari||
[A frown forms on her face as he processes the surroundings.]
||Madhumala Kesari||
[Looks at Madhumita]
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Staring up and down at Anuraag with an ugly expression.]
||Madhumala Kesari||
[frowns more and diverts her eyes to Anuraag.]
||Anuraag Kesari||
[staring at a random point. Chuckling like a teenager and daydreaming.]
||Madhumala Kesari||
[An ugly expression forms on her own face.]
Madhumala was dumbfounded. An ugly expression formed on her face too, the same as Madhumita.
She started coming towards them.
||Madhumala Kesari||
"What happened to him?" Whispers to her while looking at him still being in a daze.
||Madhumita Kesari||
"నా అన్నయ్య ప్రేమలో ఉన్నాడు"
(Na annaya premalo unnadu.)
{My brother is in love.}
||Madhumala Kesari||
"ఓ, సారే." [Nods]
(Oh, saare.)
{Oh, Okay}
||Madhumita Kesari||
[looks at her with disbelief because of her reaction.]
||Madhumala Kesari||
"Wait—" processes.
"What!!!" shouts in shock.
||Anuraag Kesari||
[flinches and comes out of his daze.]
"Who died?!"
Before anyone can utter another word— The door barged open.
||Rajiv Kesari||
[Comes inside while running and hugs his wife and daughter.]
||Rajiv Kesari||
"What Happened?!" asks while Huffing
||Madhumala Kesari||
"Your rigid son is finally in love~" whispers in his ears.
•|Inside The Cozy Restaurant|•
On the same spot were four customers sitting this time. Two men and two women.
||Om Prakash Yadala||
"So you are telling me Palak is in your college?" squints his eyes
||Vaishnavi Yadala||
[Nods while casually scrolling social media.]
||Vidhya Sathyam||
[Nods while sipping her coffee and looking outside at two birds.]
All of them divert their gazes to the birds too.
At first, there was only one bird sitting, then another bird came. When that bird came, he brought a small wood stick and handed it to the first bird.
All four of them were focused.
||Arun Sathyam||
[Looking at the birds intensely.]
The first bird took the stick from his beak, their sharp beaks brushing each other's. But, to their surprise. The bird threw away the stick.
||Vidhya Sathyam||
[Gasped.]
A gasp.
That was the only sound that took place.
The second bird flew away again.
But it came back... This time with a petal from a beautiful yellow orchid.
This time, not only the bird accepted it— but also nuzzled his neck by her head while still holding the petal in her mouth.
The four's head snapped in a communal single eye contact.
||Arun Sathyam||
[Clears his throat smugly and looks away.]
||Om Prakash Yadala||
[Scratches the back of his neck with a soft whistle and looks away.]
||Vidhya Sathyam||
[Smirks and looks away.]
||Vaishnavi Yadala||
[Removes her glasses and blows hot breath on the concave lens. Wipes the blur with her sleeve and wears them again. She looks away, but a hint of a smirk also crept her lips.]
The before silent room, where only the sound of soft breaths and the brushing of fingers against the keyboard was present.
Now it felt like things went South.
||Anuraag Kesari||
[Sitting on the sofa. His elbow resting on his knees as his face was covered in between his hands from second-hand embarrassment]
||Madhumala Kesari||
[Singing native banger songs like there is no tommorow.]
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Pinching herself for the seventh time to check and make sure it's not a fever dream.]
||Rajiv Kesari||
[Dancing like he is high on the last bottle of aged vintage.]
They had their dinner, it was in silence— but it was anything than peaceful.
||Anuraag Kesari||
[Picks up a spoon on the side of the plate.]
||Rajiv Kesari||
[Coughs once.]
||Anuraag Kesari||
[Looking down yet gives him a side eye but ignores it nonetheless.]
||Anuraag Kesari||
[Reaches his hand out to pick a spoonful of the veg.]
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Clears her throat and looks away.]
Again, he looks at her yet ignores.
||Anuraag Kesari||
[Sighs as he continues eating.]
Anuraag was done with his dinner. He settled his spoon on the now empty plate and reached out for a glass of water. But—
||Madhumala Kesari||
[Whistles softly but fake sneezes at the end.]
This time, Anuraag glares at her. Trying his best to not let his lips twitch into a smile.
||Madhumala Kesari||
[Gulps and looks away.]
||Madhumita Kesari||
[Itches the top of her nose with her index finger and looks away.]
||Rajiv Kesari||
[just looks away.]
||Anuraag Kesari||
[Gets up with a thud, as his rugged hands collide against the table slab.]
Three of them flinch, their eyes roaming anywhere but on his figure.
||Anuraag Kesari||
[Leaves the room in five long strides.]
The moment they hear his room's door closing shut. They break out!
||Palak Solanki||
[Laughing while her head is down on the table.]
||Rajiv Kesari||
[Laughing while shaking his head.]
||Madhumala Kesari||
[Laughing while clutching Rajiv's shoulder]
Next update on Saturday, 2 p.m.
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