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Fandom: Never Have I Ever
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archives Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kamala/Manish Kulkarni
Characters: Kamala (Never Have I Ever), Nalini Vishwakumar, Devi Vishwakumar, Manish Kulkarni
Additional Tags: news years eve, First Kiss, new years eve date, First Date, Kissing, Dating, I love them so much, manish being charming and sweet, i think theyre my favourite ship in the whole show tbh, devi & kamala sister vibes, basically a, Ficlet, poorly translated tamil, i used google translate okay, shit happens
Summary: “I know this probably isn’t the most glamorous first date,” he says, jerking his head towards her, indicating that she should drop the basil leaves he had let her pick into the pot—
—it turns out that Manish likes to garden, and he keeps a windowsill box of herbs in his bedroom window—
—“but, on New Year's Eve, everything is gonna be pretty crazy, so I figured a chill night in would be kinda nice.”
Kamala tears the basil leaves into small pieces, then drops them into the pot. “You were right,” she answers, watching as he multitasks, stirring the noodles and adding chopped tomato into the spaghetti sauce, “this is nice.”
“I’m glad,” Manish says. “I’ve never actually been on a date on New Years.”
Kamala tilts her head. “Really?” she asks. She does not know why she is surprised; she has never had a date on New Years either.
“Yep,” Manish answers, “I know it’s a shock, considering how fine I am, but you really are my first New Years date.”
Something about being his first for something makes butterflies flutter in her stomach. And she wants to return that feeling to him. “You’re my first New Years Eve date, too.”
OR; Kamala and Manish's first date
