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"Have you ridden a horse before?" He asked me, making me shake my head. Exhaling loudly, he extended his hand which I accepted eagerly. He pulled me up the saddle and sat me before him. Grabbing hold of the reins from around me, he explained, "These are reins that you use to control the horse." His cool breath hit the side of my neck as his chin hovered over my shoulder but I was busy with the feeling of euphoria.
I held them above his hands, feeling the leather ropes under my skin. I was so happy and thrilled to be sitting on the horse that I cared less about being pressed up against Viaan.
"Now, brace yourself," Viaan's voice finally seemed to kiss the insides of me as I turned over my shoulder to look at him. His eyes were trained ahead as he moved the reins making the horse walk.
For the next half an hour he explained to me how to control the horse, letting me try it myself at a point. Surprisingly, Viaan was a good teacher, letting me grasp a few things at a time.
"Now, make him run," he ordered, testing the things that he had taught me and I did. The horse galloped, letting the air kiss my face. I let out a cheerful laugh as excitement took over me.
I did it! It was me who was riding the horse!
Me, the clumsy girl, Rynah Kundra! Sorry, Raivardhan, Rynah Raivardhan! The horse ran through the woods, reached a lake, then I deviated it towards the compound before taking it back the way we had come. And all this time, Viaan sat quietly behind me, not interfering with anything I did. And I was grateful for that.
When we reached the clearing, I slowly pulled the rein as I exerted pressure over the seat. The horse slowed down before coming to a stop. The rest of the Raivardhans had already assembled there. Neel was shrugging on his jacket while Aaryan was tying his shoelaces. Vikrant and Daksh had been leaning over the trees when Viaan helped me hop down.
"Whoa! What is this? Craziness was right here the entire time, and I just learned about it?" Aaryan teased me by making me roll my eyes.
"You would have seen her earlier if you weren't busy getting your ass kicked," Viaan commented, jumping down behind me.
"Hey! I kicked his ass, not get mine kicked," Aaryan exclaimed, throwing a broken twig towards Neel.
"Like I let you," Neel sneered at him playfully.
"Don't be shy, bro. Admitting your failure makes you a humble person." Aaryan put an arm around Neel's shoulder teasingly, making him push his little brother away as he countered, "then admit it, humble person, that you cheated yet again."
Aaryan opened his mouth to continue but was beaten by someone else.
"Shut up, you two," Viaan rubbed his forehead as he picked his denim jacket. The silence remained for a few seconds before Aaryan placed his hands over my shoulders and started to guide me towards the diverging roads ahead of Vikrant's Jeep.
"Where are you taking her?" Neel shouted from behind making Aaryan shout back over his shoulder, "to the ice cream parlor. I need to cool this heat down."
Now that he mentioned it, I realized that I was sweating profusely. The humid air felt kind of sticky on the skin. The other two cars sat like wildcats hidden behind the bushes. And being sports model, camouflaged them well, so did the black and green color of the body.
Aaryan unlocked the green Lamborghini Huracan and climbed into the driver seat letting me in the passenger.
As soon as he started the car, I turned to him and ordered, "Okay spill."
He turned to regard me with raised eyebrows, "I have nothing to spill."
"Now, don't act too innocent, you are anything but that. What is it that you are planning?"
"I am more of a good person than you give me credit for, Craziness," he chuckled while driving out of another set of black gates on the other side of whatever this place was. Similar to before, the watchmen closed the gate soon after we joined the other vehicles on the highway.
"I still don't believe that." My eyes had narrowed at his words making him chortle some more.
"And I had a feeling that you wouldn’t."
The drive to the ice cream parlor didn't even last for fifteen minutes. Aaryan glided the car into the parking lot before perfectly sliding it into the available space like a professional driver.
I didn't wait for him to permit me, I was already out of the car and almost into the Baskin-Robbins when I heard Aaryan's amused chuckle. The parlor had been pretty much empty with lots of places available to sit.
I was selecting the flavor when Aaryan came to stand beside me.
"One Tiramisu and," he looked at me to let me finish my order, "Chocolate chip cookie dough."
The server handed Aaryan the ice creams as I sat down at one of the tables. He handed over my cookie dough ice cream letting me melt away in its goodness. We ate in silence till something crawled into my thoughts.
I looked at Aaryan who had been busy biting the chocolate decoration on the ice cream when I asked him, "Does Viaan love horses? Why was he simply riding the horse when the rest of you were busy with convoluted activities?"
