It was a cool winter morning, I was resting on my bed peacefully, covered myself with a thick quilt, eyes closed, and mind wandering in dreamland, what a perfect morning.

It was more perfect because I saw her in my dreams, ‘Naina’ the girl of my dreams is literally in my dreams!!!!! We both covered in a quilt, sipping hot tea from a single cup, we both were blushing. I asked her to say those three magical words to me.
She blushed and said “WAKE UP RASCAL, it’s almost afternoon, how much more do you want to sleep???? Come wake up!!! Your food is ready, we all are your servants, you are the king, have some food and make us feel blessed sire!!!!!!.” This was Mum’s voice and also an indication that my beautiful dream is now over.
Mom was staring at me while I was gulping down my breakfast. “What,” I asked,
“When was the last time you showered??” Isn’t it’s been a month???!!! She inquired
“Maa, you know it’s freezing out here, you want to make my ice cream or what???”… Hey before you all judge me, I love winters, I love the warmth of the sun, the fog, the mornings, and everything related to winters, the only thing I don’t like is to take a shower, even the thought of it gives me shivers…

And also this is not entirely my fault, we don’t have geysers in our bathroom because Dad thinks this will reduce our immunity or something, so this is a kind of a rule in our house that no matter how cold it is outside, no one in the family will use hot water for bathing, my solution – I won’t bath” I know I am intelligent hehe… So it’s been almost 2, no 1 Ummm I’m making it 1.5 …. So 1.5 months since I showered!!!!
“Deepak!!!!! Do you know who is coming back from Delhi??!!!” Ravi my friend came running to my room.
“Who,” I asked casually while trying to figure out which deo or perfume is gonna save me today.
“Naina, she is coming back and She wanted to meet you, I think this time you must tell her about your feelings, Mr. Childhood lover” he elbowed me.
“What, what, whaaaaatttt, when, how??!!!! How do you know??? Ohh, God!! Oh, God!!!” I was shocked, it took me a while to get settled down. “What should I do now Ravi????” I asked him
“First thing first, you need to look good, go trim your beard and go get a shower,” he replied.
“What???!!! Shower???, it’s freezing outside” I replied,
“Come on man!!!! People cross oceans, swim through lava for their love, you can’t even take a shower???!!! What kind of lover are you, Coward!!!” He yelled at me.
“No, I am not a coward, I will do this, I will do this for my Naina, the bathroom is my battlefield and I will fight my ‘battle of love’. I replied in a motivated tone.
It’s been half an hour since I am in a bathroom the showerhead is looking at me as if saying “Hey buddy, long time no see!!!”, finally I gathered the courage, remembered all the Gods, ask them to forgive my sins as I am about to meet all of them.
I stretched my hands, rotated the knob open, and the water drops touched my body, and I was like – “Ahhhhhhhuuuuuiuhhhhhhhuuhhhahhhjjhhjhuuuuhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, mummy!!!!! Mummy!!!!!ahhhhhhjjjjuuuuuuuuuaowwwww

It was so cold that my soul left my body, wandered all the realms, said “hi” to all the angels up there, maybe flirted with them a little, and then came back.

After the longest 5 min of my life when I came out, Ravi dropped another bomb, “Did you shampooed your hairs????”
“Not again!!!!” I screamed and then went inside the ‘torture camp‘ again and shampooed my hair…..
The last hour was so traumatizing for me, but the hard work finally pays off, here I am all decked up in new clothes, shining from head to toe, maybe “Ryan Gosling ” is crying somewhere in the corner, he doesn’t stand a chance against me anyways…

I walked towards Naina’s house in slow motion(you know for heroic effect), today I will convey my feelings to her and there is no way she can reject this guy….. Hahaha(butterflies we’re “pawri-ing” in my stomach)
I was standing in front of her house, and was about to ring the doorbell but wait!!!!!! What’s that???? A lock????? Why her house is locked if she is back????? Does this mean she didn’t come back??? But Ravi was saying…….
I marched back towards my house, fuming in anger, and at the entrance, I saw my mother bursting out of laughter while looking at me and Ravi holding his ears and saying sorry……

Once Again MOM-1, ME-0
Β© Storytime with Shivani, All rights reserved

So this was my submission for “Creativity wins challenge 2, This one was kind of inspired by real-life events (no, I didn’t do anything for my crushπ ) but we all can relate to this winter and bathing doesn’t always go hand in hand….. Do you, people also agree???? Tell me about this in the comments…
I so agree!! It is an amazing story you’ve written there!! Loved it!π€©π Good luck for the contestπ
Hahaπππ Thank you so much ππ
totally agree.. awesome story,.. fingers crossed!π
Thanks, Cindy for the constant support πππ
you’re so welcome!ππππ
ππππππππ I was fooledππππ should have known all your stories have twists in them at the end
Haha ππππ
Thank you πππ
ππππππππ What a twist I must say!! And I realized later that this entry was for the contest. I must well done! And u mentioned the word crush (ooh donβt tell me u have one)… donβt worry i am not going to call the police π
Haha πππ Thank you so much πππ
And about crush π mmmm I have many πππ
Ik! celebrity (I hope you dont mean in real life that u have more than 1) π€£
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Amazing story!!!! β€οΈ
Thank you very much πππ
Woowwwwww loved it alot… Love how you change the climax and suspense remains till end… Amazing shivaniππ»ππ»ππ»ππππ
Haha πππ I am glad you loved it .πππ
Thank you so much.ππ
Amazing story di!!!!!!!
The twist was LIT!!
Thank you so much .πππ
Poor Deepak! But amazing story and Iβd a good laugh at the end!
Haha ππ
A good laugh is what needed πππ
Thank you so much πππ
You are a tough player.
This story made my day. I was continuously laughing, at every word and every line. You are very good at storytelling. I am also a lazy guy. I am slower than normal people.
In this continuously running and changing we should proud to be a lazy person. I think, in this way we catch the point which almost everyone misses.
Keep writing Vani. I want to read more. Your presentation is excellent.πβ€
Awww Thank you so much for this lovely commentπππ
About storytelling, I am still learning but comments like these keep me going πππ
And HiFi even I am a lazy person too …..ππ
Using laziness to write stories is helpful in both ways:
1. You got new ideas for writing and
2. Your laziness has a positive purpose now.
Enjoyπ.
Im kinda lazy to. No Im not lazy. Im super lazy. π -Pepper
HiFi then
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Ya that’s true.ππ
Awesome story ππ
Thank you so much .πππ
He got tricked!
He surely does .πππ
Thanks for reading .πππ
OH MY!! The twist was like… I have no words to describe it! I LOVED this!!(Also, I’m so much like Deepak. Did you take inspiration from me?ππ)
I would literally kill the person who would ever do this to me. Like, how can you fool me to that extent?ππ€£ (Lol. No. I won’t kill them.π)
Haha ππππ
We all are Deepak in winters ππππ
Haha same here ….πππ
Thank you so much ππ
I agree!ππ€£
Hahaπ
My pleasure!π
Amazing story! π
Thank you so much ππππ
πGood oneπ
Thank you so much πππ
Your very welcomeβ‘
Tricked!!! Ha ha .. nice story
Thank you so much .ππππ
Love your story telling. Amazing read. I cannot live without bathing myself. This winters my body got hold of the reality that its okay not to bathe at times. π
Haha same here πππππ
Winters can take down my determination very easilyππ
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Really enjoyed this.
Thanks Judeππ
I am glad you didππ
My pleasure π
Great story- loved the ending!!
Thank you so much πππ
Whattttttπ
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I do the sameπππIn winter itβs so damn hard to shower. I make such a fuss about it βitβs not even funny.
Good luck with for the contestπ₯°π§‘ xx
Haha ππ same here
Thank you so muchππ
Good luck Vani, beautiful story n winning β€ π the winter snow pictures took my soul to my honeymoon place of Cool KuluManali where I was so stubborn n crying when I thought of bath π because of killing cold π₯Ά. This Made my Sunday Funday totally π
I am glad you liked it πππ
And kulu manali is beautifulππ
That’s the beauty of your story, Vani, a lit bit twist!!π π
This is penned absolutely beautifully!!ππ
Thank you so muchπππ
Amazing Vani di! I mean what did I expect from you!
Itβs been a long time since commented on your post. #missingthatjoy
Thank you so much Riya β€β€β€β€
Hope your exams are going wellπππ
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Yeah and no. They are good and fine both. Tomorrow is the last one. Then I am back in WordPress
That’s a good one there. I like how you add the gifs to the writeups. It makes it more interesting to read
Thank you so muchβ€β€β€
Nice story, creatively narrated.
Thank you so much β€β€β€
Welcome β€
Moms are the best pranksters πππππππππππππππππππππππππππππππππ
Yes, they are πππ
Lovely story you written
Thank you so much β€β€
Had a great time reading this one!!ππβ¨
I am gladβ€β€β€
For me its not hard to shower in winter. I live in florda so it never cold. love the story!
That’s Greatππ
Fantastic story..!
Thank you so much π₯°π₯°π₯°
You’re very welcome..!
Haha!! I Soo loved reading it!!π€£π€£π€£β€οΈβ€οΈ
And oh goddddd!! That encounter with the shower inside washroom during winter is Soo relatable!! π€£π€£
I know right ππ winter and shower just don’t go hand in hand π π π Thank you so much for reading β€β€β€β€
Lol πππππ
Ravi knows how to play him.
Haha π π€£ such a great friend π π€£
Thank you so much for reading β€β€β€
You’re very welcome π
Another miraculous writing !! I have no words left to describe your writing so please understand my heart!! ππβ€β€β€
Awwww β€β€β€ Means a lot β€β€π₯°π₯°
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Wow, beautiful story. i hope the hero of the story will not catch a cold due to the shower and will catch the girl. LOL.
Haha π one can only hope π π π
Thank you so much for reading β€β€
After few line i thought you are writing about your personal experience of not bathing π
Well during winters, it can be true π€«π€«π€«π
Nice story Vani. Smart idea used by the mother ππ»π
A mother always knows her ways out πππ
Thank you so much for reading β€β€
Haha! Those three magical words, every story has those three magical words that turns out to be something else when spoken.
Haha π π€£ I know its clichΓ© but its fun tho πππ
Yeah!
Lol, I knew this was gonna be a trick π€π€. Nice one!!
You know my stories very well then ππ
Thank you so much for reading β€β€β€
Heights of imagination π Gotta LOVE your sense of humour. I was actually laughing reading this. π βprobably flirted with the angels and came backβ LOLLL. Why is this sooo relatable? π€£π€£ LOVE THIS TO THE MOON AND BACK
Haha π its my favorite line tooπππ i am happy that this made you giggle π π Thank you so much for reading β€β€β€
This was so funny! XD I also hate bathing in the Winter, ugh it’s definitely not my favourite thing to do. It was so nice to read something laid-back and fun and I really liked his family and Ravi XD. If I had a friend that hadn’t showered in that long I’d probably do the same!!!
The winter and bath just don’t go hand in hand π π π
We all need a Ravi in life πππ