"Choudhary pariwar mein bahuyen beto se umra mein badi huyi toh iss khandan ki niyati palat jaeygi." A man in his 60s spoke

"Hum iss baat ko humesha yaad rakhenge Pandit ji." I saw my Dada ji reply to him.

"Yaad rahe Arjun, yeh galti dubara nahi hoti chaheye warna anjaam tum khud dekh chuke ho!" The man warned again.

"Akshit, Akshit, beta uth jaa." I heard a faint voice. "What happened to you and why are you sweating so much even with the AC on?" Maa shook me, causing me to wake up. "The same old dream maa, but why me? Why is it so connected to me?" I cried, hiding my face on her shoulder.

"Chup chup, zyada matt soch iss baare mein. Arjun se achhi banti thi na teri shayad isiliye woh baat tere dimaag mein baith gayi hai." She rubbed my back gently, patting it later to calm me down.

(Calm down, don't think much about it. You were fairly attached with Arjun, maybe that's why that event is stuck in your brain.)

"Ahem ahem, maa bete ka pyaar hogaya ho toh mujhse bhi baat karlo koi." I heard a voice from my room's door. It was none other than, "Papa! Aap yahan?" I went and touched his feet.

(Ahem ahem, if the mother son comfort time is over, then someone talk with me as well.)

"Seems like you are not happy with my presence now are you?" He asked, lightly patting my back. "I am happy to see you but how so sudden? There is no festival, anniversary or birthday close by yet we got to see you, quite surprising I mean." I step back with my hand folded back.

"I know you are angry but my life is full of work load beta, please understand." He stepped forward and put his hand beside my arms. "He has come home after a long time son, let's celebrate it rather than getting angry." Maa said, coming to my side. "But he should know that I'm still very angry with him." I walked past my father to get fresh air on the balcony.

'Ms. Govind is older than me.' The constant thought that is wandering my mind after I came back home from Ms. Govind's house.

'Should it bother me that much? I don't think so, it's not like I have any feelings for her or the dream I just saw has a hidden message behind it for me. Or does it? Oh just shut up Akshit!' I slapped myself twice to wake up from the trance.

"Akshit come and have some coffee." Maa called me from the kitchen. I took my cup and sat on the sofa, my father sat to my right and maa on the left. We had some conversations to catch up on what Mr. Choudhary has been doing these days as I don't talk often to him and also shared my academic status with him.

"Aree you know one of Akshit's friend is the daughter of Abhinav bhai sahab. Remember your friend from Medical college." Maa informed him. "Abhinav Govind?" He inquired and received a nod from maa.

"It's been such a long time since I last had a chat with him yaar. He has been my support system throughout my college life. Like a great friend he has stood beside me in every situation." I heard my father complimenting someone after a long time or maybe for the first time in a while.

"You can compliment someone as well? Noted." I spoke the truth bitterly. "Akshit stop it." Maa said. "It's okay, I know where all this anger is coming from. I am sorry for what all happened in the past few years. I know I'm not a good father but I'm doing all this for you guys only. You are my family." He spoke with teary eyes.

"Stop lying, dad! And how come you are remembering all these now; where were you when dadi was taking her last breaths, where were you when nana ji faced an accident, where were you when mom was alone and trying to raise me? Remember the day my boards results were out? You were not even there and when you got to know I scored 98.7% all you said was 'You could've worked harder and scored at least 99%' and now you are here saying, we are your family?" I voiced my inner thoughts that had been bottled up this whole time.

Both of them went silent and I left for my room, locking it from inside. I cried and cried and cried till my eyes were out of tears. Maybe you can think it was not a big deal and my father is Doctor so he obviously can not be there every time. But the truth is even with a packed schedule he was able to attend all those night parties of his friends but not any family emergency. How justifying, right?

Maybe this is one of the reasons that I want to become a successful Doctor and show him that a Doctor can also be a good family man.

I needed a hideout immediately so I packed my piano bag and headed to the classes. I took a walk as the classes were 20 mins from my home.

The next day.

"Aur fir papa usse andar le aaye and fir hume pata chala that Akshit k papa and mere papa were like best friends in their college time. Mera dil toh khushi se jhoom utha tha yarr." I said everything in one go to my dear Yuku.

(And then dad let him inside and then we got to know that Akshit's father and my father were like best friends in their college time. My heart danced with happiness yarr.)

"Chalo badhiya! Tumhara toh set ho gaya fir. Best friends toh thee uncles abb samdhi banne mein v zyada dikkat nahi aayegi." Yukti stated.

(Nice! Everything is sorted then. Uncles were best friends already, now there won't be much problems when they'll become father-in-laws.)

"Kahan samdhi yaar, pehle confess toh kare. Yeh hamari pyaar ki nayiya kab paar lagegi samajh hi nahi aa raha yarr." I replied. "Hmm baat toh yeh bhi sahi hai!" She added.

"Waise tum school kahe nahi aa rahi ho be!?" I asked jokingly, little passed off with the fact that it's been 48+ hours since I last saw my dear bestie. "Oo humra pett kharab chal raha jaaneman ka karen! Maaf kardo humka." She replied in the same tone. We had a good laugh and continued gossiping because yeh hamara janmasidh adhikar hai guys.

"Anyways, you know Akshit is younger than me. How cute yarr." I informed and Yukti replied cooing and later hiding it with her savageness. Yeh ladki bhai sahab!

"Aaru beta, dad is here come and have dinner." I heard my mother call. I ended the call and went downstairs to the dining room where my 3 precious were already sitting. We had our dinner while chatting about daily news and stuff.

"Oh I forgot to mention that I received Sandeep's call in the evening." Dad informed. "Sandeep? Achha Choudhary bhai sahab?" Mumma asked. "Han wahi! Bade waqt baad baat ho payi. Get together pe bulaya hai apne ghar Sunday shaam ko." Papa replied.

(Yes him! I talked with him after ages. He has invited us for a get together on Sunday evening.)

"We should go then!" I said hurriedly, being the excited lil human I'm. "Are you sure? Sunday ko kya hai aapko yaad nahi?" Choti asked with a side eye.

(...don't you remember what's kn Sunday?)

'Kya hai Sunday ko? Lemme calculate the days, Sunday is 7th April and... ohhh' "Aree, Sunday ko toh mera birthday hai!!" I again cheered excitedly. "Exactly and it's your special day so-" "Why not invite them here? We can celebrate my birthday and you can have a meet up with him as well." I interrupted my father with a great idea. 'Good job Aarohi, kya dimaag paya hai tuney.'

"Ok then, I'll ask him." Papa replied. We finished eating and went to our respective rooms.

'Oh my God! He will be there on my birthday along with his family. Maza he aa gaya Radha Rani, thank you sooooo much!' I jumped excitedly on my bed.

'Ruk jaa Aarohi zyada uchal matt pata chala woh aane se mana karden.' I stopped and laid on my bed. Eagerly waiting for my special day more now.

(Don't get too excited Aarohi, what if they decline the invite?)

4th April 2024

"Aur kaisi hai meri Manvi?" I asked my love over call. "Bas thik par yeh dil aapki yaad mein dewana sa ho gaya hai Yuku jii." He replied, almost sounding drunk. Before I could reply I received a call from Ayushi and put her on conference as mentioned by her.

(How's my Manvi?

Just ok but my heart has gone lovesick, missing you Yuku jii.)

"Manav bhai, please don't flirt anymore. I'm on the call as well, okay." She informed Manav resulting in him to sigh and I just chuckled at his cute behavior.

"Ok so the deal is, as you guys know it's Didi's birthday on the 7th and I want to surprise her." She said and I thought why not add Akshit. "Manav add Akshit too. He is Aarohi's 'friend' as well and woh bhi toh aa raha hai birthday pe." Minutes later Akshit was added in call and Ayushi stated and divided each duty of the plan among us.

"Thank you so much mera saath dene k liye and Akshit bhaiya remember aapka kaam sabse zyada hai han! Sambhal lena please." Ayushi said and disconnected the call followed by Akshit.

(Thank you so much for helping me and Akshit bhaiya remember your part of duty is most important! Please handle it.)

"This plan will succeed anyways. What about our plan? How will we make those idiots realise their feelings?" I sulked as our plans were showing no results. "I'll talk with Akshit, to clearly know whatever he feels or not for Aarohi." He said and ended the call minutes later.

'Radha Rani aap iss baar humari bhi sunlo, milwado aapke dono bachho k dilon ko, please.' I prayed and sat back to complete my backlogs as I was absent for 3 days.

(Radha Rani please help us this time, make those 2 hearts meet.)

"Kahin uss Ronika ne badla lene k liye jamalgota toh nahi mila diya tha mere khane mein?" I said to my mother as she entered my room with a pile of clothes.

(Had Ronika mixed jamalgota in my food to seek revenge?)

"Han han warna humari Yakult beti- I mean Yukti beti jo purey din Yakult piti rehti hai uska pett kaise kharab hota?" My mom said while putting my clothes inside the closet and I nodded in reply, smiling sheepishly ofcourse.

(Yes yes, or else our Yakult dear I mean Yukti dear who drinks Yakult all day long, how come her stomach become upset?)

'Abb bas Aaru k bday ka intezar hai.'

'Abb kuch hai ya nahi yeh toh nahi pata par apka birthday special toh hona he chahiye.' I thought, getting my books and notebooks ready for the night study session. After my father has come here, the fire inside me has been raging out more.

(I don't know if there is something or not but your birthday should be special.)

The study session has been upgraded from 7 hours to 10 hours. Honestly, I'm not comfortable with it but as long as the reason is making me ignore him more, I am fine with anything.

It's an hour past midnight and now I'm taking a break while scrolling through my Instagram. I saw Manav's new post.

manav_gupta03

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manav_gupta03 Late night walks with her <3
Chaar kadam bas, chaar kadam chaldo na saath mere :)

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Comments
yukuuuuu.here : Tumsa mile jo koi rehguzar, duniya se kaun darey
Chaar kadam kya saari umar, chal dungi saath tere <3
- manav_gupta03 : Hayee ♡

aaro._.hehe : Yeh kab hua bhaii?
- manav_gupta03 : Aree hum batane he wale thee
- yukuuuuu.here : Kal shaam ko, main bhul gayi batana hehe.
- aaro._.hehe : Tu mil mujhe kal.

akshit_choudhary : Pic credit kahan hai bro?

I added a comment and followed Ms. Govind insta page. Why hadn't I followed her already? Because I had deactivated my account for some reason but now I'm back.

Few minutes later the request was accepted. I scrolled through her feed and my eyes stuck at one of her recent post.

aaro._.hehe

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The stars are aligned with the shine of time,
Singing the summary of the pure divine.
Watching the clock, waiting a while,
Deliberately thinking to make you mine. <3

By : Aarohi Govind

[Shi: Original hai guys! Agar achha laga ho ya naa bhi laga ho toh bhi batana! raat ko aisa sudden likh diya tha ♡]

Comments
yukuuuuu.here : Kardo confess bhaiya! Humare sar ka tension khatam ho :")
- aaro._.hehe : confidence nahi aa raha yarr

manav_gupta03 : Mhmm, mujhe waise yeh lines badhiya lagi
- aaro._.hehe : Thanks bhai :)

miss_ayuu_she : Hayee, meri bootifool didi. Muaah
- aaro._.hehe : Aakhir behen kiski hun ;)

'Those lines.. What did that mean? Is she going to confess to her crush soon or something?' Said a voice inside my mind.

'So what? It's her life what is it to do with you?' Another voice dominated the first.

'Why can't he? Look out for it Akshit. If it's worrying then it surely has something to do with you.' Again said the first voice.

'What do you mean?' The second voice questioned.

'If it bothers you that she might like someone else, then Mr. Akshit Choudhary connect the dots.' The first voice said.

"I have feelings for Ms. Govind?"

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Sushi's note: Hey readers, hope you liked and enjoyed this chapter!

Ek bura sapna, uncle ki entry and Akshit ka Aarohi k liye apni feelings ko pehchan na. Sab ek saath? Kya khayal hai guyz aage kya hone wala hai?

Also, the next chapter will be posted a lil late and this time we are asking for a vote target as next ch: Aarohi's birthday is gonna be a special chapter. On early completion of target the ch will be posted early.

Vote target: 30+
Comment target: None (tum bas apni feelings bata dena about this ch and book, kafi hoga)

Keep on voting and commenting. And don't forget to take care of yourself and drink loads of water. Stay protected from this hot hot garmi.

With love
《Radhe Radhe》