*Priya Pov*
I finally got ready for the dinner tonight. He said he will pick me up but I stopped him saying I will be there on my own.
I took a taxi and reached the restaurant. I am going to take a car soon for use as I can't travel in a taxi anymore when I know that I can afford one car even though a second hand car instead of throwing away money like this for the taxis.
Atleast I take bus to go to college everyday otherwise I would have not even been able to save any money. When the taxi stopped at my destination I got out of my thoughts along with the taxi.
I walked inside and said his name so that they can take me near the table which he booked. And then manager showed me where it is.
Then I saw that he is already here sitting calmly. I smiled and walked towards him saying manager that I can go there on my own.
"Hey!" I said standing near the table.
He immediately got up and said "Hey!" then he moved my chair back a little making me smile even more. It's not that no boyfriend of mine did that but it's just that he is really uncomfortable while doing it like he is contemplating whether what he is doing is right or wrong.
We both got settled and started looking around not knowing what to do or what to say. In the middle we look at each other and smile a little.
"Order Sir, Madam?" A waiter walked towards us and asked.
Then we both realized that we didn't even look at our menus. We both immediately took each one in our hands and started looking at each item taking our own time.
Looking at the poor waiter standing there I turned towards him and said "We may take some time to place our order."
He nodded and left from there. Bharghav is still not comfortable and I am not comfortable because he is not.
Even after few minutes as we are hiding behind the menus. I sighed and placed my menu back on the table.
"Bharghav!" I called him and he immediately looked at me.
"You are not ok with this dinner right?" I asked him directly.
"How can I not be when I am the one who asked you for this? But it just that I am not really good at these places with all these people around." He replied honestly.
"No one is observing the other. Everyone wants the privacy here so they give that to other people. If you want look around." I said leaning back.
"I know that!" he said sighing.
I looked at him for few minutes and called the waiter. When he came near us I asked him "10 plates butter-naan and one butter panner."
When he noted down I added "Parcel!"
"Parcel?" they both asked at the same time.
"Yeah! Any problem?" I asked the waiter.
"No maam! It will be here in few minutes." He replied and walked away.
"Why are you asking for parcel? And why did you ordered 10 plates?" Bharghav asked.
"In each plate we get two and here they serve the naan which is smaller than our palm." I replied to his second question.
"How do you know?" He asked frowning.
"They called me and informed me." I replied sarcastically making him frown even more.
"I had too many lunches and dinners from here. Surprisingly looks like everyone wants to have date only in this restaurant as the food and service is good." I said in normal tone.
"You mean to say you were here for dates before?" He asked finally understanding.
"Yeah! And naan is my favorite so any boyfriend of mine would have ordered that atleast one time in all our dates." I replied not at all feeling uncomfortable telling him about them.
"That's good of them." He said honestly.
"Maam parcel." Waiter walked near us and placed it at our table and Bharghav paid him.
I took the parcel and got up to leave. But turned to see him still sitting there. I gestured him to get up and we walked outside the restaurant.
"Where do you want to go? Any favorite places in Kolkata?" I asked him when we both sat inside his car.
"Shouldn't I be asking you that one?" He asked but a smile was on his face.
"Well now I am asking so tell me." I replied.
"There is one park but there won't be much crowd or something. Will you feel safe there?" He asked and I couldn't help but smile more.
"I guess I will be. Now take us there." I replied and he started driving.
After few minutes we reached the park he is talking about and it is nice park. We walked inside and sat on a bench and I made sure that there are no benches very near to it.
I placed the parcel between us and opened the two packets out. He just looked at me curiously.
"You have two options Mr.Bharghav." I said looking at him.
"And what are those Ms.Priya?" he asked smiling a little.
"Either we can place the Naan on its packet and share the curry from the same packet or I will share the curry in both packets and we have to place the Naan in our hands. The choice is yours." I replied smiling.
"Are you serious?" He asked completely shocked.
"Of course! Why did you think I even brought parcel and don't forget that we don't have any plates." I replied leaning back.
"Ok!" he said nodding.
"Ok as in for what option?" I asked raising my eyebrow.
"Ok as in we will share." He replied making me look at him in shock for a second because I never thought he would say something like that in both selection of the option and also the way he said it.
I took the sanitizer outside my purse and cleaned my hands first then passed it to him. After he cleaned his hands I opened the packets carefully so that I will not spill the curry outside.
Then took the Naan's outside and placed them on its packed itself. Then took one piece and had one bite of it.
I gestured him to do the same which he did without any questions. And we finally started having our dinner along with talking too.
"Did you used to do the same with other boyfriends too?" he asked suddenly.
"No! My sisters and I would eat like this atleast once a week before I came to Kolkata. Now we still do whenever I visit them." I replied and nodded.
"They are so sweet that they said they will not eat like this if I am not there with them. This will be done only when we four are together." I added smiling remembering when they told me this sadly as I got onto the train to reach Kolkata.
"You are close to them." He stated.
"I am! How can I not be when they are such an amazing sisters?" I asked smiling at him.
"You are also a amazing sister." He replied.
"How do you know?" I asked him raising my eyebrow.
"Just like that." He replied shrugging.
"So you have never done this with any of your boyfriends?" he asked again.
"They would have laughed at me if I suggested this and few did when I suggested to do this." I replied.
"But how do you know that I will accept to this without even asking?" he asked suddenly confused.
"Well I know you will accept because you have no other option." I replied suddenly smiling.
"And why is that?" he asked even more confused.
"You are scared of me so even if you don't like it you will accept it." I replied and started laughing.
"I am not scared of you." he said shaking his head.
"Oh but you are Bharghav. It's ok no need to feel shy about that." I said teasingly.
Suddenly he shoved a piece of Naan into my mouth and said "I am not!"
I glared at him and shoved one piece in his mouth along with curry saying "You are!"
Like that it continued and then we realized that the Naan are over and we have actually fed each other nearly half of them.
"Well...." I started to say but didn't know what to so I kept quiet.
"Let's wash our hands." He said and I nodded walking near the public tap in the park.
After that I walked near the ice cream boy in the park and got two for us. Then when I went near him he shook his head looking at the ice cream.
"Come on Mr.Bharghav! Nothing will happen to you." I said shoving the cone in his hand.
I took my purse and we both started walking along the park not in one direction and talked about our interests and even about any funny memories.
"You didn't get uncomfortable right when I was talking about my previous boyfriends?" I asked him looking at him.
"Are you serious? Did you forget that I am divorced and I have no right to even get uncomfortable." He replied smiling.
"But I may get possessive of you by passing time." He added and I looked at him in surprise.
"I think we will see." I said not knowing what to say.
"You are more than close to your students than I thought." He suddenly said.
"Why?" I asked him confused.
"I got so many messages from many unknown saying that they will hurt me if I hurt you." he replied shaking his head.
"That's normal for them to do. And if someone really hurts me then they will definitely hurt them." I said not at all surprising by the news.
"You are special." He said when we stood infront of each other.
"You are also special but in a little bad way." I said and rushed away when he glared at me.
He immediately reached me and stopped me from running away holding my shoulder by his one hand. Then he pulled me completely towards him as we continued to walk.
"You are not uncomfortable by this?" I asked him raising my eyebrow.
"Surprisingly no! What about you?" he asked pulling me even more to him.
"Surprisingly no! Looks like we have lot of surprises for ourselves." I replied smiling.
"So tell me something else." He asked when went quiet.
"At dinner we need to do is only eat our food. What is the need for us to even talk?" I asked him in serious tone and he suddenly turned me so that he can look at me.
"Stop your teasing Ms.Priya." he said smiling.
"What can I say I love teasing you." I said grinning and we both just stood there infront of each other looking at each other's eyes.
"Is it too fast to have a kiss?" he asked frowning suddenly.
"It is!" I replied still looking at me.
"Are we normal?" He asked with no frown now.
"We put a lot of milestones which definitely doesn't make us normal." I replied in low voice.
"Then?" he asked and I asked him back the same.
He leaned down and kissed me on my cheek. With that I smiled and hugged him like that.
"We need to go." He said and I nodded releasing him.
He drove us towards my home and we just sat there in silence but I have a smile on my face. And I hope he too have that on his face.
"Good night!" he said when I got outside.
I leaned near his window and planted a kiss on his cheek. He smiled and asked "So when is our next date?"
"Whenever you think is possible. But please no fancy restaurants because I can't get you eloped with me like that every time." I replied winking and moved back to go inside.
When I went inside my small flat he drove off and I fell on my bed with a big grin on my face. Then I opened my mobile to see a lot of messages from the student's group in whatsapp.
'I had lot of fun and he is amazing. :D ' I messaged and just drifted off into sleep with that smile.