March 7th, 2024
After school

"Mummyyy, bhukh lagi hai khana dedoo" I called my mother after I got freshen up and changed my clothes.

("Mother, I am hungry. Please give me some food.")

"Abhi ruk ja choti aur papa ko aane de fir saath milkar khayenge sab" mum replied back.

("Just wait till your sister and father arrive, then we'll eat together.")

"Humesha mujhe he rukna padta hai. Aap unn dono ko kyun nahi kehte jaldi aane k liye?" I said throwing tantrums. Then, I went towards the living room where mum was watching her favorite TV serial. "Oh! Madam, will they come home as per their schedule or as per your wish?" She said and asked me to shush.

("Everyday, I have to wait for them. Why don't you ask them to come home sooner?")

"Acha! serial dekh rahe ho..sidha sidha boldo na ki ek bhukh se maari bachhi ko khana khilane se zyada important apko apka serial hai-" "Baap re, TV serials k actors se zyada drame toh tu krti hai." my mum interrupted me and went to bring the dishes to the dining table.

("Oh you're watching a TV serial...you could have told me directly that, your TV serial is more important than feeding a hungry kid-"

"My god, you do more drama than the TV serial actors themselves.")

"Hehe, apki he beti hu." I uttered. "Kuch kaha tuney?" Mum asked glaring at me, which I replied in negative.

("Hehe, I'm your daughter only." I uttered. "Did you say something?")

She served the food for me and herself and asked me to sit beside her chair and fed me the food. Yes, till this day when I'm already in 12th grade, my mum feeds me the food by her hands. You know it's our thing that I would at least eat 1 meal of the day from her hands.

We ate while watching the serial and moments later I was so frustrated with how the saas was taunting her bahu for making square shaped parathas when she wanted to eat the triangle ones, "Mummy, yeh saas kitni chant hai. Meri saas aisi hui toh mera kya hoga??" I asked dramatically.

Mum replied me with, "Han toh fir nahi karwayenge teri shaadi." I thought about it for a while and shook my head quickly, "Nahi nahi, shaadi karwana par sirf mere Aksh-" I stopped and realized what I was just about to expose.

("Ok then, we will not get you married then."

"No no, get me married but only to my Aksh-")

"Kya kya kya? Mera?" She asked suspiciously. "Nothing nothing, I was talking about some fictional characters." I chuckled nervously and she didn't interrogated further.

("What what what? My?")

"Aapke pharmaceuticals ka renovation kahan tak pohoncha?" I started a small conversation with her again, talking about nothing and everything.

("How is the renovation of your pharmaceutical going?")

A few minutes later my father and my sister arrived home. After we had our lunch, we played UNO, again a 'family thing' and went to our respective rooms to take some rest.

4:30pm

"Rohi, Rohi!! Uthooo." an unfamiliar yet pleasant voice said. "Bas 5 min aur!" I exclaimed sleepily, shuffling to the other side of the bed.

("Rohi, Rohi!! Wake up!!")

"Aarohi, please wake up or we'll get late for our 1st date." the voice again said. "Ahh, which date?" I opened my eyes, already annoyed by the person who made me awake from my beauty sleep.

But to my surprise it was not just any 'person'. It was him, the prince charming of my dreams, Yukti aur Ayushi ke jija ji, I smiled shyly but hold up, wait a damn minute-

"What are you doing inside my room? What if mumma will come inside? You can't be here! Go hide, no wait, why hide when you can get out, get-" my eyes were about to pop out when he pressed his index finger over my lips and asked me to keep quiet.

He held my hands and asked me to wear a white dress with puffy sleeves, to which I nodded and went inside the washroom to get dressed, while he chose my footwear.

The way he gives off that gentleman vibe, my heart just can't take amymore. Oh God, if this is a dream, I want to be trapped in this dream forever.

Later he gave me the flower bouquet which he had bought on his way, when he was coming to pick me up. We went to one of my favorite, Paris Tales Café and spent the evening having a walk date.

After the beautiful evening he dropped me at home and as I was about to enter the gate of my home he again held my hands and pulled me towards him. Our faces were just inches away from each other. Then he came closer and closer and...

"Rohi didi, aree ooo kumbhkaran ki bichdi behen...uthhhooo." Someone shouted near my ears that made my eyes to open startled, while my hands responded to the sound with a sudden jerk and *thud!* a slap could be heard.

[Shi: The above mentioned lines are emotions that cannot be put into words but let me try XD]

("Rohi didi, wake up from your deep slumber.")

"Par..mujhe kyun toda?" My sister, Ayushi, cried while rubbing her cheeks. I observed my surroundings and realized whatever I just saw was just a dream. I quickly hugged my sister and asked her to keep quiet or else mum will surely kill me for hitting her.

("But..why did you hit me?")

"Mummyyyyy, didi ne mar-" I covered her mouth before she could complain further. And said sorry a thousands times or maybe more, because making the precious kid of our home cry is no less than a crime.

("Motherrr, didi hit-")

"Sorry choti, actually I- we- sorry sorry." I kept on apologizing to which she accepted and said it was okay.

"Waise, Yukti didi ka call aya tha woh keh rahi thi ki aaj wali coaching ki class miss matt krna." She said and went out of my room.

("By the way, Yukti didi had called me and she had strictly asked you to not miss today's coaching class.")

I checked the time and it showed 4:45pm on the phone -not to mention, I had 10 missed calls from Yukti- which meant I had 15 minutes to get ready and my driver aka Yukti ji to come and pick me up. I quickly got dressed, took my bag and bid goodbye to mum & choti as dad had already left for hospital.

Soon, Yukti arrived and this time I rode her scooty; obviously not forgetting to wear helmets and off to classes we go~

After we reached and sat on our seats, I asked Yukti "What is so special about today's class that you gave so many calls on my phone and even called choti to ask me to come?" Being the annoying weirdo she is, she decided to leave me on a cliffhanger and said, "I'll tell you after the class is over."

I sighed and ordered my brain to concentrate on class because one way or the other the pressure of being a 'topper' and to maintain that image was too difficult. But the good thing was I liked to study and know more about these stuffs, so I was doing okay.

After the class ended. I asked her again and she said "Sabar kar behen, sabar ka fal meetha hota hai." Which just made me more impatient.

("Have some patience sis, patience bears sweet fruit.")

We were standing outside our classes, near her scooty. I was really confused as to why aren't we going back home so I again asked her, "Behen bata de warna mein kuch kar dungi tujhe v aur khudko v."

("Sis, just tell me already or I'll do something to you as well as to myself.")

She literally ignored me and kept on checking her phone screen as if she was waiting for someone's text or call..I don't know?

Just when I was about to crack open her head to know what was going on inside her mind, I heard a car horn. The car looked familiar, no wait, wayyyy tooo familiarrrr. It was Manav's car!!
But wait, who was the 'guy' sitting beside him?

'No..no..nope..oh..na..na..na. This is not happening' I thought as I looked at Yukti while she was giving me a sly smile.

The guy beside Manav was none other than...Mr.Akshit Choudhary.

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