Part - 37
Maan comes to see Sam...
Sam also sees this opportunity to get Maan on board, she'll use this chance to blackmail Maan that she'll only forgive him if he agrees to help Geet, if he is ready to be Geet's Khrish...
Geet is busy preparing mousse for Khrish when he comes...
Mr.Khanna is happy to see Maan...
Mr.Khanna: Maan! What a surprise?
Maan: uncle where's Sam?
Mr.Khanna: as usual she's in the terrace, don't know what's bothering her this time
Maan doesn't wait...he is already climbing the stairs...
Mr.Khanna: so this time it's Maan
He is happy to leave the matter to them itself...
Sam is waiting for MK only...
Maan: Sam Sam, yahan kya kar rahi ho?
Sam: Maan?
She pretends to have not noticed him...
Maan: Sam, it's enough, come with me, lets go down, I need to talk, and what are you doing in the darkness? Andhere mein kya kar rahi ho?
Sam: are you blind Maan? Iss chandhini raat ko tum andhere kehthe ho?
What a romantic atmosphere, the moon shinning bright, the cool breeze making you long for the warmth of your loved one, and above all, Sam is here...
But Maan could see nothing but darkness...
Maan: Sam, what is this? why didn't you attend my calls?
Sam: Maan I don't want to talk to you, you may go
Maan: I know Sam, I was wrong, but Sam
Sam: I don't need any explanations Maan
Maan: listen to me Sam
Sam: you never listened to me, then how can you expect me to listen to you?
Maan: Sam, I'm sorry, I didn't know about Brij
Sam: I trveied to warn you, but you didn't bother to listen a word
Maan: Sam, it's all my fault, but pls, can't you forgive me this time? I promise, it won't happen again
Sam: it's someone's life damn you, what if something happened to Geet?
Maan: I know Sam, but I also saved her
Sam: Maan, she had a narrow escape
Maan: but Sam, Geet is fine now
Sam: Maan, I can't forgive you this time
Maan: come on Sam, I'll make up for my mistakes
Sam: then you promise me that you'll help Geet
Maan: what? never
Sam: you just said you are sorry
Maan: but I didn't say I'll help Geet, I'm here for you Sam, I just want you to forgive me , that's it, beech mein Geet kahan se aayi?
Sam: but MK, Geet needs your help
Sam almost pleads him, she also called him MK, she has forgiven him...
Maan: ohh no not again
Sam: only once, I won't disturb you after that, you just be there with Geet,you need not do anything, you just keep listening to her and then she'll start listening to you, then you can slowly make her understand the reality
Maan: now what's your problem Sam? Why don't you just listen to me once and send her back, that's what is good for everyone
Sam: Mk, I know it's not fair to ask you to be Khrish, but I have no other go
Maan gets irritated...
Maan: Khrish Khrish Khrish, WTH is Khrish?
Sam: ok fine, forget Khrish, you just be Maan Singh Khurana, that's enough
Maan: Sam, what's wrong with you? I'm MSK
Sam: I know, you just try to be a littlt more friendly with Geet
Maan: I don't understand anything
Sam: it's good that you don't know anything, you just come with me and you yourself will understand
Sam takes Maan to Geet...
Geet has arranged the table for dinner and is eagerl y waiting for Khrish...
Sam: Geet, dekho kaun aaya hai?
Geet is so happy...she looks at Maan and smiles...
Maan is still frowning...
Geet looks at Sam and asks her what's wrong with him?
Sam: come on MK, have a seat
Geet pulls a chair for him but he goes and sits on the opposite corner seat...
Sam asks Geet to sit near him...
Geet runs and sits beside him...
Maan totally ignores Geet...
Geet is puzzled why he is behaving strangely...
Sam serves the pasta...
Geet keeps staring Maan while he keeps staring Sam...
Sam: MK, it's your favourite pesto, chandu made it specially for you
Maan starts eating the pasta without interest, but to his surprise he has already finished one serving and is looking for another, it is so good, just as Maan always likes...
Geet immediately fill his plate again without even waiting for his approval...
Maan doen't mind as it's good enough for another serving...
Maan has had pasta befire at the Khanna house many a time but nothing was so good as this...
It's all Geet's magical touch that turned the ordinary pasta into an exotic Italian delicacy, mede to perfection as Maan used to make for himself ...
But how would Chandu know about it...
Anyways Maan is hungry since he missed lunch b'coz of all the drama going on, thanks to Ms.Geet...
Maan is happy that somehow Sam has forgiven him and everything is gud between them...
Geet keeps watching him relish the food and waits for his remarks...
But Maan is not used to praising and appreciating others, he is always concerned about himself and his work...if it were some KC project Maan would have made an effort to say something good about it for that would help KC's interests...but this pasta is meant to fulfill his hunger and nothing more...
But this pasta compelled him to express his gratitude for it was far from an everyday meal and it looked as if someone took the pain to cook it for him only...
Maan thought maybe Sam cooked it for him, afterall they are going to be life partners...
Poor Maan, he has just started to build a bond between him and Sam, not the friendship bond, but a ishqwala love bond, Maan's business mind could only come up with the basic necessities for a proposal, like the mutual understanding of each others likings and it all begins with food na?
But what Maan's stupid logics miss is that true love is not born out of necessities...love happens on its own and you can't force it to happen or expect it to happen just b'coz you made your mind to marry someone, haina?
Love is a puzzle, a mystery, something that eludes all sciences, like the god almighty, that's why love is divine...but our robot Khurana is atleast making an effort to understand love, that's just a biggining, he will soon realize what true love is...
Maan: Sam, this pasta is gud, I love it
Sam is happy that Maan liked the food...
But Geet is on cloud 9 hearing her Khrish say that he loved her pasta...yes it's Geet's pasta specially made for her khrish, haina?
Then comes the dessert...
Maan likes chocolate mousse very much but the fitness freak he is, he had to refuse it...
Geet is upset and Sam forces Maan to atleast try it...
Sam: MK, this is specially made for you, try it
Maan takes a bite and is immediately reminded of Dadi...
Dadi's mousse is always more chocolatey and Maan loves her mousse...
And this one is as good as dadi's or maybe even better...
Nowadays Dadi has stopped making mousse as Maan has been following a strict diet...
And even when she makes it , that doesn't have the same flavours, she's growing old and her memory is becoming weak...
But this one is having that Dadi's touch in it...
Maybe Dadi passed on her recipe to Sam...yes, Sam might have asked for it...
Maan is silently enjoying his mousse while Geet waits for the experts comments...
Sam provokes him to say something noticing Geet's expectant look...
Sam: MK, hwz it? Is it as gud as Dadi's?
Now Maan confirms that it's Dadi's recipe only...
Maan: it's perfect Sam
Geet is overwhelmed...her mission accomplished...her Khrish likes her dishes...
Sam is also happy that MK is trying to take their friendship forward, to the next level, maybe he is trying for Sam, but it's OK as far as he wants to make Sam happy, haina?
But the one who is really really happy is Geet, she has been waiting for this day, this occasion to treat her Khrish with his favourite dishes that she carefully mastered to make to perfection over the years...this is like a tapasya for Geet...
All these years she has been spending her life for her love, for her Khrish, and her world revolved around Khrish though he was not with her...
Sam: thanks MK
Sam thinks that she should thank him for doing all this for her...
Maan: No Sam, I must thank you for this, I now realize the value of everything I had been missing all these days
Maan's talking about his long forgotten pasta and dadi's mousse...all that small joys of life that Maan neglected or ignored after becoming this so called business tycoon, he has to return to his life, Maan realizes that a man's life is not his business but his family and fun surrounding a lovely family...
Maan never asked for Dadi's mousse for he has no time for Dadi, so Dadi lost interest in making them and eventually forgot about it...
Now Geet has rekindled Maan's interests in life, and she has ignited his hidden desires too...
After dinner Maan takes leave...
Maan: OK Sam, Dadi must be waiting for me, I should go now
Sam: you are concerned abt Dadi MK?
Though Maan loves dadi more than anything he is poor in expressing it...when he is involved in his work he totally forgets his home and dadi always keeps complaining that Maan should get married else he'll forget KM and dadi and start living in KC itself...that's true, when you have no one looking for you, missing you back home you tend to remain at office pretending to be busy or you make yourself busy, if you don't have someone to love you, you start loving your work ...that's what happened with the MSK...
Sam is surprised...but Geet's mousse has reminded him of Dadi na...
Maan: Sam, you know how much I love Dadi
Sam knows that, he had even agreed for this marriage just for dadi...
Sam: I know MK, gud night
Maan: gud night Sam
Geet keeps looking him with a lot of expectations...
And Maan couldn't leave without looking into her ever talkative eyes, they keep telling Maan something repeatedly and Maan is yet to decode their sign language...MSK is poor in the language of love...haina?
As soon as their eyes meet Maan is electrified and backs off...
Maan leaves without even turning back for the fear of facing Geet...He has escaped from them tonight...
Geet is upset but this is only the first day and he'll slowly discover himself, discover his love for Geet, and she will make him realize his love, haina babaji?
She's here only for that and she has already impressed him with her cooking skills...
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