They all started the game. The first one was Cabir.

Cabir: Never have I ever skipped a meal.

Dhruv: Wo to pata hai kyunki tu bhukkad hai.

All laughed at this and Cabir made a bad face. Everyone except Abhi and Mukti took a sip.

Abhi: Babydoll is baat pe to tu pura apna glass hi khatam karde.

Manik: Kyun?

Navya: Kyunki meals skip karna to koi Nannu se sikhe. Hafte mein adhe din ye dinner nahin karti. Aur padhai ya kaam mein lag jae to lunch bhi yaad nahin rehta isko. Isiliye to har din AnjuMaa ka lecture sunti hai.

Manik looked at Nandu with a worried face and she gave him a sheapish smile.

Manik: (sternly)Nandini you should not skip your food like that.

Nandu:(cutely) Ab tum to mujhe mat daanto in logon ki tarah.

All were admiring this cute version and Manik was having a hard time controlling his smile.

Mukti: Ok then lets continue guys. Soooo never have I ever read a lovestory novel. Yaar I really find them boring.

Nandu, Navya, Manik and Aliya took a sip.

Abhi: Exactly they are so boring.

Nandu: No they are not. I mean har lovestory I love you and I love you too wala nahin hota. Kabhi kabhi kuch stories dil ko chun jati hai.

Manik: I agree.

Aliya: Ok next. Never have I ever proposed someone.

All except Manik and Navya took a sip.

Manik: (to Nandu)But you said that you never had a boyfriend?

Navya: I'll tell you. It so happened ki ek baar jab hum NYC mein the na to ek din Uni ke canteen mein....

Flashback
Hanstens University , NewYork

In the canteen Nandini and group were sitting at a table enjoying their break.

Aryaman: Yaar Nandu tu itna slow kya kha rahi hai yaar? Tujhse to koi 1 saal ka bacha bhi fast khaega.

Nandu: Shut up Arya. Main slow nahin khati. Main to tujhse bhi fast kha sakti hun. Wo to main bas taste ko relish karke kha rahi hun.

Arya: Achha? Thik hai phir. Challenge lagate hai koun pehle is dish ko khatam karta hai. Jo harega use sabka diya hua ek dare pura karna hoga.

Nandu: Accepted.

Arya: Soch le. Dare aasaan nahin hoga.

Nandu: Main darti warti nahin. Aur jitungi to main hi.

Arya: Thik hai phir.

Abhi: Ok then. 1...2....3...start.

And both started eating as fast as they could. But bichari Nandu, khane mein to usko koi baccha bhi hara sakta hai. She could not take in more than half of the dish and there Aryaman completed it. All of them cheered as The Nandini Murthy getting defeated in any challenge is a rare sight to see.

Maddy: The clear looser.

Abhi: So now dare!

Nandu gave them puppy faces but they didnt budge.

Alex: Come on Nanz. You can do it.

Nandu: Ok. What do I have to do?

Arya and Abhi smiled evilly looking at each other whereas seeing them our Nandu gulped.

Arya: You have to propose the next guy who enters the canteen.

"What!" It came from Nandu, Navu and George.

Navya: Guys kuch aur dedo.

Abhi: Not happening Madhubala.

Arya: Waise agar tujhe darr lag raha to bata de Nandu.

Nandu: Main kisi se darti nahin Ok.

And they waited for someone to enter the canteen. Nandu was praying to her Aiyappa to send some simple guy. But it seems that her Aiyappa was too busy to listen to his favourite bhakt.
There entered a handsome man in his early thirties and Navya and Alex gasped to see that it was Proffessor William, their Anatomy Proffessor.
But hamare Nandu ki halat kuch aur hi thi. She could not decide what to feel- nervous, scared or happy? Are happy kyun na ho? Proffessor William was her cute crush.😂😂

She got up from her seat.

Abhi: Ruk Babydoll. Tujhe ye karne ki jaroorat nahin hai proffessor hai.

Arya: Haan Cupcake baith jaa.

But our Nandu didnt pay any heed to their words. She went forward to Proff.William. He saw her and looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

Navya: Hey Matarani! Nannu ko bachalena!

Nandu kneeled in front of him.

Nandu:Sir I am having a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection and to the simplest pleasure. Do you accept it sir?

Proff: Huh?

Nandu got up with a big smile and said

Nandu: I am having this doubt sir. Do you accept it sir?

Proff: Offcourse! You are my best student Nandini. Its my duty to accept all your doubts. Yes I accept it. Stay back for 5 mins after class and I will clear all your doubts.

He left from there smiling. And Nandu turned and smirked seeing the shocked and confused faces of her friends. She walked up to the table and sat at her place.

George: What was that!

Nandu: What? I gave him the biological definition of love and asked him to accept it from me and he did. Task complete!

All were looking at her shocked to the core and Maddy nearly fell from his chair whereas Nandu was sitting as if nothing happened.

Flashback over.

Everyone in the room burst out laughing.

Dhruv: Seriously Nandu? Biological definition of love? Haha ha!

Cabir: Yaar aisa love confession agar kisiko mile na to use pehle dictionary pakadke matlab nikalna hoga ki ye love confession tha ya psychology ka lecture.

Mukti: Please yaar Nandu. Manik ko aisa confession mat dena. Bichara waise bhi biology mein mushkil se pass hota tha. Aisa confession sunega to behosh ho jaega.

Nandu blushed a bit but then burst into laughter seeing Manik's bad face. After sometime the laughter subsided and they started playing again. The game continued like this for some more time with occassional stories about both fab5 and AbhNavNi and legpullings. Then Aliya said,

Aliya: Nandu mujhe ye mansion dikhao na! Cabir ke shadi ke wakt bhi ham Murthy mansion ya wo tumlogon ka jo common garden hai na Woodland, wo nahin dekh paye the.

Nandu:( getting excited)Are are offcourse chalo chalo!

They all started exploring the mansion. The ground floor had Viren-Anjali's room and Vinay-Shaila's room. There was another room too which was locked but Nandu ignored it as if it was not there. Even Navya and Abhi did not speak about it when they passed it. Fab5 wondered what it may be but then let it go. They moved to the basement. There was the home theater and another large living room.

Home theater(imagine the screen to be a little bigger)

They went to the living room and were surprised to see it.

Nandu: We call this The Safari Room. Pa made this for me as I love safari.

Abhi: Haan. We used to come here and play safari adventures or watch safari films when we were small. This was Nandu's favourite.

Navya: Haan. Kabhi kabhi to wo yahan se jati hi nahin thi. Zid karti thi ki yahinpe soegi.

The Safari Room

They all moved to another room in the basement which had settings for videogames, a pool table, a chess board and a table tennis court.

Navya: This is the game room. We come here sometimes for refreshments mainly on weekends. Videogames mein to Anant Bhaiya aur Abhi ki fight lagti hi rehti hai.

Abhi: Yug Bhai is a pro in chess, jabki Nandu ko table tennis mein koi nahin hara sakta. Navya pool table mein master hai.

The Game Room

They moved upstairs. In the first floor were Yug-Kumudh's, Anant-Sanchi's, Shubham's and Nandu's rooms and few guest rooms. They then moved to the topmost foor which had a single room and an attached private terrace. It was designed like a log cabin.

Nandu: This is the room where we all lived in our childhood. We used play and sleep here everyday. This was built by Dadu for us kids only. We all used to sleep here, Bhai, Bhaiyu, Navu, Abhi and Me. We used to have so much fun here.

The log cabin

Beds

Mukti: There are only four beds but you were five right?

Abhi: Thats because Babydoll never used to sleep alone in childhood. She always used to sleep with Yug Bhai in that rightside upper bunk. I used to sleep in the left side upper bunk and Anant Bhai and Navu used to take those lower ones.

The private terrace(ignore that room)

Fab5 just loved this logcabin. They all then moved out to the garden- The Woodland.

The Woodland

Gazebo

Swings(there are three swings like this)

Waterfall

They were exploring the beautiful garden when Aliya shouted

Aliya: Oh my God! A tree house!

They all followed her gaze to see a beautiful tree house set perfectly in one corner of the garden.

Navya: Ya that. Our Dads made us for us on My and Nannu's wish.

Nandu: Wanna have look?

Fab5: Oh yes!

They went to the tree house and were spellbound by the beauty.

The tree house

(Imagine two beds like this not one)

Mukti: Its amazing!

Abhi: I know right. Babydoll aur Navu ko ek cute sa tree house chahiye tha. And our Dads never say no to their daughters. They three built it together. Bachpan mein ham yahan ate the on weekends to spend some nature time. Mostly Nani used to come with us. We would all go inside the house and she would tell us stories.

They were all enjoying the nature when servant came to inform them that the Pandit ji came and they were all being called inside. They went to the main hall to see their parents and other family members already their and pandit ji was checking their kundlis.

Pandit ji: Jee donon ki kundliyan dekhli. 36 mein se 33 gun mil rahe hain. Inki jodi ekdum Ram milai hai.

All were happy hearing this while Manan were blushing.

Pandit ji: Roka aur Sagai ke lie do hafton baad ka muhurat bahut hi shubh hai. Roke ke lie 3 aug aur Sagai ke lie 4 aug.

Neyo: Aur shadi ke lie?

Pandit ji: Ji shaadi ke lie abhi 8 mahinon tak koi itna achha muhurat nahin hai. 8 mahinon baad 6, 8, aur 10 april yeh teenon hi din bahut hi shubh hai. Par uske baad do saalon tak koi shubh muhurat nahin.

Raj: Ji thik hai phir ham Roka aur Engagement abhi karwadete hain aur shadi ham April mein karenge.

All agreed to this the ladies hugged each other happily. Viren gave dakshina to Pandit ji and he left giving to all. Then everyone discussed a bit about the prepartions and then the Malhotras and Fab3 left for their homes. Two souls were having some umexplained feeling. Dates were fixed! It now seems real!

So thats it. A looooong chappy for you all.

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