Her video message kept playing on loop.

He would pause it after her last words "By the way Mr.Bhalla I am expecting a ring soon on this very hand"

He had noticed a change in her expression which was inscrutable.

He would pause it and play it in slow motion but even before he could decide upon what it conveyed the video was end.

He was hell confused now!

She had gone offline without waiting for his response.

Was she hinting that she was expecting a ring soon from him?

Or she meant that she was getting engaged to someone else?

No no...this is indigestible!

Could it be true?

No no...this is impossible!

Am I late in confessing my feelings for her?

Doesn't she have any feelings for me?

Will she leave me?

Urghhh...This is so nerve-wracking and heart-wrenching!

I can't imagine a life without her!

I can't imagine someone else with her!

His heart started to thud faster at the very thought of leading a life without her.

Getting engaged? :)

Congrats! :)

Who is the lucky one? ;)

Wedding bells to ring soon? :)

He flooded her inbox with such queries expecting a reply although the chat window clearly showed her last seen which meant she was offline.

He added a happy face emoticon at the end of every message although his actual expressions were like this :(

Beep or no beep, he checked her her chat window after every few seconds.

Sadly! There were no unread messages in there.

Mr.Bhalla was back to being restless Poor him!

His heart came back on-line when she showed online.

He was desperate but didn't want to show her that.

So (im)patiently waited for the blue ticks to appear.

He saw the grey ticks turn blue and checked her chat window status.

He expected it to say typing... but it said online which meant she wasn't typing a reply.

He waited for a few more mins, still it said online.

He could wait no more

Are u der? he sent

Blue tick showed but no reply

Busy? he sent after a few seconds

Blue tick again but no reply

I can see the blue tick he typed annoyed but then quickly erased.

Naaraaz ho? he typed disappointed but erased again.

He lost count of how many messages he typed but erased and how many of them he sent.

Every sent message showed 2 blue ticks.

He switched the phone off and one and rechecked for her messages but in vain.

He doubted if there was some problem with the serving receiving messages.

So he sent to a random message to a random friend who showed online.

On receiving the reply from that random friend a random emotion started to poke him in a random part of his body.

The silent treatment continued for a week.

Poor RKB was back to being what he was before their last meeting.

One fine morning, his notification panel said Message from Jhansi Ki Rani.

He hurriedly opened tapped on the notification expecting messages like 'Sorry was busy could not reply' 'Sorry data package had expired' 'Sorry there was some problem with my phone' etc etc etc.

But all he received was

See u at the Award show tonight?

Award show?

Bhool gaye? SPA?

Oh!

Cmng ryt?

Ek shart pe

(Our khud ki sharton pe zindagi jeenewala RKB back in action)

Shart?

Tumhe mujhe apne video message ka matlab samjhana padega

I think last tym u said Samjdaar ko ishara kafi

Yeah right! Par NAsamajh ka ishara samajhNA mujhe nahi atha

Aisa hai to phir NAsamajh ka ishara NA SamjhNA hi behtar hai

Whatever

Google Translate says 'Kuch Bhi'

???

'Whatever' ka hindi meaning

So what?

Pandit RKB says 'Kuch Bhi is said when there is nothing to say'

Pandit WhatsApp says '2 Blue ticks show when message is read'

Pandit Reminder says 'Appointment at Salon, getting late'

Pandit Common Sense says 'Appointment can wait'

Pandita Salman Khan says 'Ek baar jo maine commitment kar di to apne aap ki bhi nahi sunta'

Pandit RKB says 'This excuse is overrated'

Pandit II says 'This is called dedicated'

Pandit RKB says 'Don't go out of sight'

Pandit II says 'See u tonight'

Before he could reply she was gone

See u tonight he said to himself.

They were seated at two different ends of the same row.

It was not his choice but compromise.

He was late and the seats next to her were already occupied by the other casts of their show.

Tonight too she was wrapped in a Kapdon ki thaan.

It was half blue and half green. Co-incidence or Deliberately picked?

She mouthed a Hi to him from her place.

He waved to her and was about to leave his seat to go to her when a cast from another show came to greet him and kept him busy.

Later when he turned around she was watching the show with apt attention and not for a single second she glanced at him.

He snapped out of his reverie when hooting and cheering was heard in his row followed by the title song of their show playing in the background.

He realised one of the casts of their show had won an award but didn't know who as his mind was elsewhere when the presenter had announced

"And the Favourite Sadasya of the Year goes to Ishita Iyer of Yeh Hai Mohabbatein"

Nevertheless he stood up to clap and cheer, when he saw all cast members hugging her one after another "Oh to award Madrasan ko mila hai. Chal yahi sahi mouqa hai use jake milneka" he said walking towards her but before he reached she had started walking towards the stage.

She gracefully accepted the award and the mic was handed to her.

"Samajh me nahi araha kya kahun. Bahut khushi ho rahi hai ke Favourite Sadasya ka award mil raha hai par dukh bhi ho raha hai kyunki is Favourite Sadasya ka safar is show ke sath kuch hi din pehle khatam hua hai. Maine ab tak bahut sare shows kiye but this one was and will be the closest to me because I was going through a very bad phase before the show. Mai is show ke baare me sirf itna kahungi ke

Phaili thi siyaah raatein

Aya tu subah leke

Bewajah si zindagi mein

Jeene ki wajah leke

Khoya tha samundaron mein,

Tanha safeena mera

Saahilon pe aaya hai,

Tu jaane kis tarah haan leke

Kuch toh hai tujhse raabta

Kuch toh hai tujhse raabta

Thank you" she said descending the stage.

Amidst the loud cheering when she came back to her seat, a surprise awaited her in the form of the RKB sitting where she was seated, the next seat reserved for her

While his co-stars were busy cheering for her, he had smartly seated himself there.

She bit the inside of her lower-lip stifling a smile and seated herself next to him.

"Congrats" he said bringing his head close to hers.

"Thanks" she said with a smile.

"Khud keliye lyricist bhi appoint kar liya hai kya?" he teased

"Han koi problem?" she asked

"Of course not! Bhala JKR se koi bhid sakta hai. But ek bath samajh nahi ayi, wo lines show keliye thi ya kisi aadmi keliye?"

"Maanna padega Mr.Bhalla, aap samajhdaar ho,Ishara samajh gaye"

"Iska matlab ye kisi khas admi ke bare me tha?"

"Haan. Kisi khas ke bare me"

"Kya mai jaan sakta hun koun hai woh khas?"

"Tum already jaante ho us khaas ko"

"Show se related koi?"

"Unhun...Tum se related koi"

Kuch to hai tujhse raabta

Kuch to hai tujhse raabta

"Mujhse related? Par koun?"

"Maine kaha na tum jante ho use"

"Mujhe kaise patha hoga koun hai?"

Kaise hum jaane hume kya pata

Kuch toh hai tujhse raabta

"Ab ye bhi kehna padega?"

Ab kya hai kehna

"Kahogi to samjhunga na"

"Samjhdaar ko to ishara kafi hai na"

"Koi ishara to do"

"Ummm...ok...Wo dekho wahan" she said pointing towards a left corner

He craned his neck and searched everywhere with his heart sinking at the thought of seeing the special someone of her life.

"Kahan?" he asked still craning his neck and searching

She sneakily wrapped her left arm around him and tapped with her finger just above his heart and said "Yahan"

What he felt in that moment cannot be expressed!

He snaked his right arm across her waist taking her in a side-hug.

Humko hai rehna

Jannatein bhula ke

Teri baahon mein panah leke

They stayed in a half-embrace oblivious to the surroundings. Thanks to an amazing act going on meanwhile that no-one noticed the lovebirds.

"The Favourite Pati Award goes to Raman Kumar Bhalla of Yeh Hai Mohabbatein"

The announcement brought them back.

She jerked off as all attention was at him now.

"Sorry I can't accept this award this year" he said reaching the stage.

Shock was written on everyone's face present there.

"Please mujhe next year is award keliye nominate karna"

"Sorry Mr.Bhalla is there any confusion? Apka show to khatm hogaya phir next year nomination kaise?" the host asked him

"But I can't accept this award now"

"Please you will have to accept it" the host requested

"Aisa hai to phir ye award mujhe nahi kisi aur ko milna chahye"

"Sorry mai kuch samjha nahi" the host asked confused

"Ishita can I have you on stage please"

Every face turned towards her

why me she gestured from her seat.

"Please" he requested

And she walked on to the stage amongst strange glances and confused assumptions.

"This one is for you" he said handing her the Favourite Pati Award.

"Mujhe kyun?" she asked even more confused.

"Kyunki agle saal tum hi to mujhe is category me nominate karogi aur decide karogi ke I deserve it or not" he winked.

RKB style of asking Will you marry me.

She knew what he meant and accepted the award,her cheeks turning a deep shade of red.

They had finally Untangled the Entangled tale of their love and walked out of the place hand in hand leaving the audience to Untangle their Entangled confession of love.

The two untangled souls Ishita and Raman were entangled for life as IshRa.

The End

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