345 From family to just a friend
Vikram was waiting all eagerly at the airport for Akira to arrive checking his wristwatch every now and then.
He had bought a bouquet of baby's breath for her and had done reservations at the Four Seasons for dinner. He had dressed himself up in a dapper suit and a matching necktie to go with it.
Today he wanted to look all prim and dandy. After all, he was going to pick up his girl.
He had prepared for a funky na board for her and holding that he was waiting outside the airport.
For the last one and a half year, he had been trying his best to bring out a smile on her face. No matter how bad her mood was, he always tried sothing or the other to cheer her up and today was no different.
He checked the notification panel and that said that the flight had arrived.
All eagerly he kept checking his attire and look every now and then by walking in front of the steel panels near the arrival gate. He knew that it would take a minimum of thirty minutes for her to pass through the formalities and baggage belt, but he was still getting all impatient.
After fifteen minutes, he dropped her a text.
"Waiting outside the airport. See you soon" - VIKRAM
He saw that the ssage was delivered and read as well. That double blue tick mark sohow made him happy.
As Akira ca out of her bath she saw the ssage indication on her phone. She ran to check it, thinking that it was from Raymond. But then she saw that the ssage was from Vikram. She was a tad bit disappointed, but then she mumbled,
"You made suffer, you made him suffer, now it's your turn". And saying that she picked the phone and called him up.
"Hey, Vikram !!!"
"Hi, Akira. Did you get your bag?"
"Yeah, I got that today morning itself."
"Wait, what? Today morning? Where are you right now?"
"At my ho. It's Sunday evening. Where else will I be?"
"I don't understand. You said that you are going to reach here by today evening. You had even shared your flight details with ".
"Oh, my bad. I must have given the wrong details to you. Are you waiting for at the airport?"
"Of course I am. I told you that I will co and pick you up".
"Oh shit !!! All that effort in drain !!!", said Akira and sighed with drama.
Vikram was annoyed to his max and was not able to understand what was happening. So getting all edgy he asked,
"But I don't understand. I told you that I was going to co and pick you up. So if you ca in the morning and you didn't find , then why didn't you call ?"
"Oh, co on Vikram, why should I disturb you for such petty things. I an you are a busy man and I know that very well. I thought you must be busy with sothing important. Else you would have definitely co to pick up. So I took a cab instead and ca back ho".
"I see", he said, but sohow he didn't sound very convinced with her reasons. Sothing was definitely off about her.
"You could have just texted ", he said taking a deep remorseful breath.
Then he checked his watch and said,
"Fine whatever miscommunication has happened, has already happened. There is nothing that I can do about it. So wait for at your place, I will be there in another 50 minutes or so. Let's go out for dinner together. I have booked your favorite Chinese restaurant at the Four Seasons."
"I might have to do a rain check on that Vikram. I have already promised Mike that I will spend so ti with him. Its been long that we two did anything together, as in like family. So maybe so other ti?"
"Where are you guys planning to go?"
"Nowhere special. Just a match of foosball in the arcade center".
"Can I join you guys?"
"Well, I am sorry Vikram. As I said, it's family ti. So that would be just and Mike. Ok, gotta go now else he will be miffed with . Bye".
Saying that Akira disconnected the call.
Then she threw the phone on her bed and smiled and mumbled in her head,
"Ouch Vikram !!! Did that hurt?"
As Akira disconnected the call, Vikram stood there all stupified, unable to believe that Akira could say such a thing to him. Just when he had thought that things have beco better and he was getting closer to her, she just pushed him miles away from her.
He always considered himself as part of her family. Akira, Mike, and Vikram. That's how he thought, or probably that's how he had assud all these days.
But her statent was just like a slap on his face. She had in a minute reduced him from family to just a friend.
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