Pranbir Short Stories

Triangle

He just nodded at her, feeling a bit weird but a good kind of weird.
"I am Prachi... Dadu's grand... I mean Mr. Mehra's granddaughter."
She forwarded her hands for a handshake but Ranbir just looked in between her and her hands confusedly.

He noticed her scrunched forehead and realised that he didn't move a bit. He awkwardly shifted so that he could move his hand for the handshake.
"Ranbir Kohli..."

Prachi, in an extrovert manner: "Actually The Ranbir Kohli... Dadu talks a lot about you... and it's nothing but praises. Sometimes, I think he loves you more than me..."
She sat next to him as she continued to blabber.

Prachi: "But yeah, don't tell him that I feel a little bit jealous, okay... He will tease me endlessly."
A small smile came on Ranbir's face seeing her cute antics.

Ranbir: "Congratulations for your engagement."
Prachi, happily: "Thank you... and not only for the wishes but for everything that you did for Dadu. It really means a lot to him and to me as well."
Ranbir: "Dadu is exceptional, no need to thank me for that. He is actually an asset for my company."

This deepened her smile and Ranbir could feel a tug on the strings of his heart.
Ranbir, to himself: "What the hell!"
One of the guests came to them.
"Congratulations to the couple of the day."

Pranbir looked at each other and Ranbir noticed how Prachi tried to hide her smile. Instead of feeling awkward, she was amused by that and she had no intention to clear the misunderstanding.
So Ranbir thought to clear it: "Actually we are not a couple... I am not the groom."

Guest, embarrassedly: "oh, I am really sorry. I thought..."
Prachi, amusedly: "It's okay... everyone makes mistake. Don't worry."
The guest left from there and Ranbir heard the giggles from the girl besides him.

He turned to her: "Why are you laughing?"
Prachi: "Well, it was not her fault since you are sitting next to me."
Confused, he questioned her.
Prachi: "See, everyone knows it's my engagement and look at the couch, it's in the middle where the groom/bride are supposed to sit. So anyone would assume that you are the groom."

As she finished talking, Ranbir immediately stood up and this made Prachi chuckle once more. She also stood up.
Ranbir: "Sorry, Dadu asked me to sit so I just sat."
Prachi: "It's okay... and you can sit because apparently the groom's side will be late."

He noticed that her smile fell a bit and couldn't help but asked her the reason of their lateness.
Prachi: "I don't know. Rohan texted me saying that they will be late. And after that, no reply..."
He knew Rohan was her would be fiancé's name as he read the card earlier.

Ranbir: "Maybe some last minutes arrangements..."
She nodded and her smile was back as before.
Some of Prachi's friends came to talk to her so Ranbir left and went to the side. However, his eyes were stuck on the bride itself.

Everything that her grandfather had told him about her was indeed true but he might have missed out a little detail and now that little detail has caught his attention.
And that little detail was that she was extremely gorgeous and beautiful.

The groom's side arrived one hour later and Ranbir looked at the groom. As he sat next to Prachi, he tried to talk to her but she was a little angry with him.
Ranbir concluded that it was because of his lateness. Her anger was reasonable, who comes late on his own engagement and that too with Prachi...

Once that thought was processed, Ranbir shook his head to remove such thoughts. He reminded himself that he is here for their engagement. But that thought was quickly dismissed when his eyes went to Prachi.

Her fiancé had successfully made her smile after various attempts and stealthily kissed her cheek. A shocked Prachi looked at him but the shock soon turned to a blush.