*Anitha Pov*
"Why did you plan this outing if you didn't even think about where will we be going?" Prathap asked her frowning as right now she is sitting in the back seat while still thinking about where to go.
"I was thinking more about meeting you guys and not about how to spend the time. Do you both have any idea?" She asked leaning forward to be closer to us.
"And you can call your friend too. Vikranth is busy but she can join us right." She added looking at me and I stared at her in surprise.
Wasn't she the one to act like Kanika and I were the whose presence wouldn't matter and these three are the only important ones? Why is she suddenly fine about Kanika joining us?
I was already surprised that she invited me and I don't want to spend time with her too with my present mindset but I don't think I will be fine after letting these two spend time alone even as friends. And it is better to have a peaceful mind at least in the area of jealousy.
"It's okay! She must be busy too." I mumbled and she frowned hearing that.
"Okay!" she mumbled before glancing at Prathap who is sighing at his seat.
"Did you decide?" she asked and he frowned at her.
"What should I decide? We both will be fine with anything." He replied glancing at me and I nodded accepting that.
"Fine! Let's go to the water park." She said smiling and he immediately shook his head.
"There will be too many people and she shouldn't be at those places. Think of someplace where there will be not many people." He said rejecting the idea and I smiled hearing that.
"Then movie?" she asked giving him a weird look after hearing those words.
"He doesn't like watching movies much." I pointed out and she turned to give me a weird look.
"If you both know so much about what the other person wants then just decide on something together." Saying that she leaned back with an irritated look.
"Okay! Don't get annoyed like that. Let's go to some park." He said smiling at her and tried to pacify her a bit.
"I am fine with it." I added and he smiled looking at me.
"Park? What will we do there?" she asked frowning but he called someone and after sometime when he still didn't start driving, I turned to stare at him.
"I asked Deepak to get some food items packed. Let's have a small picnic." He explained and turned to stare at her.
"You always liked going on picnics when we were kids, right?" he asked smiling at her and she sighed slowly nodded.
"When I was a kid and when we three were together." She whispered and I stared at her as there was a pained look that passed for a second through her eyes before it completely disappeared.
"Is it okay if I join then?" I asked and she turned with a smile before nodding.
"Of course! I met a few celebrities for my work but I never got to know anyone personally." She replied smiling and I finally smiled at her.
Maybe I was being too biased and thought everything she did as wrong because of Kanika and Prathap. Maybe I will move on from this thinking and even like her.
As there must be a reason for Prathap to fall for her and a reason for these three to be friends for more than two decades right.
After getting the food, Prathap started driving and after nearly two hours he stopped near a park because of the huge traffic and we all got down.
"I know we should not discuss your fake thing. So, I will think completely that you both are a couple." Saying that she walked away.
"I can hear your heartbreak right now after listening to her words." I said staring at him while he rolled his eyes.
"You should check your ears for hearing something that didn't happen." He mumbled circling his hand around my waist and my eyes widened at his gesture while he smiled widely.
"Looks like I am winning this time at the game of shocking others." He whispered tugging me closer.
"Just a game?" I asked recovering from the shock to place my hand on his cheek and he opened his mouth before closing it.
"See? You can never win over me. I am way ahead from the beginning." Saying that I patted his shoulder while he gave an annoyed look.
"What are you guys..." we both turned to find Shrishti who is looking at us with a wide look and he immediately dropped his hand which dropped my mood too.
"Find a good spot, Shrishti. We will get the food from the car." He said clearing his throat and she slowly nodded before walking away and glanced at me.
However, I already turned to take one bag from the back seat and followed her. After finding a good place, he arranged the mat his manager passed along with food before we all sat down.
"So, I heard you will be shooting a movie soon. Are you excited?" She asked looking at me.
"Yeah! At present, I am reading the script and will soon meet the whole cast where we will discuss the script a bit and the shooting will start within a month mostly." I explained and she nodded smiling.
"I will watch it first show if I am free that day but I will definitely watch it. I love watching movies unlike these both." She said looking at Prathap with an annoyed look but there is affection behind it.
"He may have to watch this for sure because of articles and all." I mumbled and he turned to stare at me with a widened look.
"That's the best thing. But even Vikranth force himself to watch movies even though he doesn't like it. I still don't know why he started this entertainment agency when he is not even interested in movies." She mumbled frowning.
"Because he is interested in making money." Prathap said sighing and they continued to discuss their friend while I felt a bit awkward to be here at that moment.
However, I ignored their conversation to look around. Today is actually a good day for this picnic because of the weather and it's been so long since I went on a picnic.
I guess last time was a few months back but that was for shooting. I smiled looking at other families and decided to bring Kanika here and have a wonderful picnic soon.
"Anny!" I turned hearing Shrishti's voice and found them staring at me.
"What is it?" I asked looking at them with a frown.
"We were asking about Vikranth's wife's interest that is whether she likes watching movies but you didn't hear us." She explained.
"Why do you both never use her name?" I asked frowning at them as I always hear them mention as either Vikranth's wife or Mrs. Vikranth.
They both paused hearing that question and turned to look at each other before turning to glance at me at the same time and they are twinning right now at a huge level with those expressions too.
"I guess we never got close to her and even Vikranth doesn't use her name near us. I know we need to change that but we may need some time." She replied and he nodded to her words.
