Hi Bani!

My eyes wandered to the profile picture. It was a black and white picture of him. He was casually sitting on a chair with a white shirt on , a ring on his right hand and a watch. And of course the most gorgeous part of the picture was his beautiful smile.

So he can even smile like that.

Yahan toh muh latkaye baithe the.

My heart started racing and my fingers trembled. I was so bad with this texting scenario.

I immediately called Meera Di . My cousin sister. She was Shakti mausaji's and Pinky maasi's daughter and my mentor. She got married last year to Tapish jiju. Who was a very dotting husband too.

"Hello Di! "

I asked nervously.

"Hello Bani. Babe you are fine right? "
Di replied.

"Di he texted Hi Bani."

"Woahhh! My baby sister is all grown up "

" Drama bad main di pehele solution "

"Bas Shadi huyi nahi aur Behen ki batein drama lagne lagi "

"Di, ab main phone kat rahi hu "

"Accha accha bata , kya text kiya aapke honewale pati parmeshwar ne ? "

She said and a blush formed on my face.

"Di abhi kuch decided nahi hein "

"Now whose deviating? "

" Okay so he texted Hi Bani "

" Hi matab? Hi, Hii, Hiii ya Hye? Konsa wala? "

"How does it matter Di? "

" It matters babe. Every Hi has a different meaning. "

" Di... "

"What? "

"Goodnight Di, bhagwan kare koi KBC har jaye par galati se bhi phone a friend lifeline ka istemal aap par na kare "

"Arey parrrr..! "

I cut the call and sighed.

After thinking alot I finally decided that maybe writing Hi Would be a nice response for a Hi.

After his cold encounter. I wasn't sure if I should call him by his name.
So I wrote

"Hi , Mr Singhania. "

I texted and immediately blue ticks were visible.

So, he was waiting for me to reply.

He was typing and my heart was again thumping loudly in my chest.

" I know Bani, sab kuch bohot jaldi jaldi ho raha hein but I want you to know that sab kuch aapke hi pace se hoga. "

He said and a smile formed on my face.

"Aap iss shadi se khush toh hein na? "

I asked

"Ye sawal aapke man main kyun aaya? "

He asked

"Aap mujhse mile nahi isliye"

I replied

"I am so sorry Bani. Woh aaj kal business deals ka itna pressure hein ki sara waqt usmein hi chala jata hein par aap chinta mat kariye main aapke liye waqt nikal lunga. "

He said making me smile more. I was right. He wanted to talk to me peacefully.

" It's okay aapko mafi magne ki zarurat nahi hein. Main samjh sakti hu. Kabhi kabhi college main jab bohot kaam badh jata hein toh main bhi waqt nahi nikal pati. "

I said.

"Aap professor hein ? "

He replied.

"Ji. Main literature ki professor hu."

"Wow, that's cool. Infact I love reading too in my free time."

"Glad to hear that. So what's your last read? "

"It ends with us."

He replied.

" You read CoHo ???? "

I texted excitedly.

And thats when I felt embarassed
He will think, that I am kiddish.

" Yes, I do."

But Wow yaar, matlab banda novels bhi padhta. Meri book fantasy puri hone ka scope hein.

I was lost in my la la land And another text popped up.

"Also, nothing to be embarrassed about. I feel glad to see all your shades. "

Oh god ! How does he know? Is this really the guy I met in the morning !!

"Waise Mr Singhania main bohot simple ladki hu. Not that extravagant you know isiliye shayad aapki lifestyle main adjust karne main mujhe waqt lage. "

I typed something which I really wanted to get off my chest.

" Adjust sirf aapko nahi karna padega, thoda adjust aap karengi aur thoda main. Mere hisaab se toh har rishta aesa hi hota hein. Compromise har rishta mangta hein par zaruri ye hein ki compromises sirf ek insaan ko na karna pade"

He said and my respect for him touched the sky.

He is so understanding.

" Aap bohot acche insaan hein Mr Singhania."

" Aur aap bohot pyari hein khaskar safed rang main."

I didn't realise what he meant. When did he see me in white. And that's when it hit me. My profile picture.

Shit, I was in white too. Just like him. I was dressed in a white kurti with jhumkas and bangles.

"Thank you ♡"

I sent the text and very next moment panicked!!!

Shit I sent a big red heart.

Kya Bani kitna raita failayegi ek hi din main.

He started typing and my heartbeat skyrocketed.

"Just stating facts sweetheart ;)"

Wait!!! Did he just give me an endearment!!!

Bani.exe stopped working.

"Goodnight. Aapse baat karke accha laga.

I texted with my trembling hands but the reply formed butterflies in my stomach.

" Goodnight. I hope aapse baat karne ka aap aur mauka dengi."

I liked the message and closed the phone smiling like an idiot.

I went and stood near the window.

This was definitely a mere khawabon main jo aaye moment.

~~~

And since that day we kept talking and knowing each other.

We became friends and now after 6 months we were finally getting married.
Tomorrow was my engagement and I was on cloud nine.

I was still going to miss his texts though.
Since the functions started we decided not to text each other. I guess just for the thrill. So today was the last day when we were talking as fiancee's.

He replied.

"Only an idiot can not like you at the first glance sweetheart ".

He said and I chuckled.

" Literature ki teacher main hu aur cheesy aap ho"

"Aapke liye humesha ;) "

He replied.

"Accha suniye! "

"Sunaiye"

"You can call me tum, waise bhi do saal choti hu aapse.. "

"I don't mind but.. "

"But what..? "

"But tumhe bhi mujhe tum kehna padega!"

"Par aese kaise..? "

"Aese kyun nahi?.. Haan main do saal bada hu par rishte main toh hum barabar hein. Tum meri saathi, meri partner bane ja rahi hu. Har maine main hum ek hein. "

"How are you so perfect? "

"I am not. I have my own flaws but you make me want to be the best version of myself. "

I smiled. I had fallen for him. I was madly and utterly in love with him. In these few months I had shared all my scars with him as well.

" Jaldi aa jao, tumhe kuch bohot khas batana hein.. "

"Coming sweetheart "

And I kept my phone aside dreaming about tomorrow.

My eyes fell on the invitation card and I traced my fingers on our names.

Bani Sharma Weds Teeranshu Singhania.

~~~

Shock laga? 😬
*Hiding in corner*

So comments on their chats?

Bande ka behavior kitna change hogaya from the meet up. What do you guys think?