Chapter 7

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'dekho dost kaise mela ice clem kha laha hain,' she started crying,

'annu..choro usse...salo ka bhooka hain usse khane do..' he replied glaring at arjun, who was enjoying his bite on the whole ice cream bar.

'pal..dost...climinal agar pula kha gaya to?' she asked with fearful gaze,

'usse bukhar aa jayega aur kya? Fir usse gande se medicines khilayenge..' Sameer winked at her,

'fil thik hain...khao khao aur khao..' she replied leaning on Sameer. But the enjoyment didn't last long she suddenly turned towards Sameer and straightened.

'Dost...tum chalo na humale saath ghumne..please... pata hain main bhi jaungi?' she said, her eyes sparkling like before,

'mujhe pata hain...but main nehi aa sakti...' he replied,

'pal kyu? Please chalo na...please...' she pleaded,

'Annu...wo...' Sameer stopped. He didn't know how to explain his state to this little girl. Neither would she understand nor would she accept. But the memories that Goa had once left in his life could never be erased and he no longer wanted to look back at those wearied days. He looked at Arjun. Arjun too was looking at them helplessly. Arjun could understand his state well, but he was equally vulnerable in this state. Happiness and enjoyment was not a usual occurring event in their lives.

'fil main bhi nehi jaungi...' Annu yelled loudly and jumped down from his lap to sit down on the floor.

'Arre tum kyu nehi jaogi?' Arjun asked her,

'kyuki dost nehi ja laha..'

'Annu...'

She looked at him straight crossing her arms across her chest. Sameer looked at Arjun. He was smirking at his state now, scooping another spoon of ice cream.

'tumhare climinal bhi to nehi aa raha..usse bolo..'

'climinal ko main bhi leke nehi jaungi...usne mela ice cream kha liya...' she glared as he licked the spoon,

'tum chalo na...' she pleaded again, turning her gaze back to Sameer.

'thik hain... main try karunga...' Sameer hesitated to reject completely now,

'tly nehi...ana hi hoga..main chotu ko kehe dungi ki tum aaoge..thik hain..' she replied with a big smile.

Sameer tried to speak but before he could even open his lips he felt a weight across his chest and looked down.

'thank you dost...mujhe pata tha..tum aaoge...dekha...' annu hugged sam and ran towards Arjun. She stood on her toes and tried to reach for the large box of ice cream from the table. She snatched it from Arjun and ran out mocking at him. Arjun too ran behind her, before she flipped and had a fall for her over excitement.

Annu reached near the door and forced her finger inside the bar, pulling out an amount of the chocolate cream and smiled. But all her excitement drained away when Aisha reached at the door, before she could lick into it. Aisha looked at her with the ice cream and glared at her. But before she could yell at her, annu shifted the box on Arjun's hands, which held her shoulders.

'Climinal leke aya tha...maine mana kiya fil bhi nehi mana...kitna bula hain na mumma...' she said standing beside Aisha holding her hand,

Sameer was laughing sitting on the bed while Arjun raised his brows at her. Annu chuckled, waggling her brows at him. Aisha looked at all of them with a questioning gaze and then turned to Annu. Finally Sameer joined them and she looked at him.

'Sir, aplog yaha?' she asked them politely,

'wo, annu ne bulaya tha...' arjun replied before Sameer could even open his mouth.

'annu?' she turned her gaze at her daughter,

'mumma dost bhi humare saath ghumne jaiga...mujhe plomise kiya hain..' she announced without giving another look at Sameer, who signed out as all his hopes of ignoring the trip was lost. But promise, when did he promise? He looked at Annu, who cutely winked at him.

'That will be great Sir. Arjun Sir, ap nehi ayenge?' Aisha asked arjun hopefully,

'hume chalna chahiye rathore,' arjun said and walked out, followed by a silent Sameer.

Aisha looked at Annu discouraged and followed them to the door when suddenly Annu started running behind Arjun calling out to him. Before aisha could even stop, Annu had reached him. Arjun stopped hearing her voice only to be hit hard by the running annu's tough head at his thigh. Both rubbed their paining parts and Arjun kneeled down to her.

'Climinal suno...' annu whispered leaning towards his ears.

Arjun frowned and moved closer to her.

'mela ice cleam mat khana..flige main lak dena..main kal kha lungi..' she continued whispering in his ears,

'mummy ko batau?' he smirked,

'shhh...' she vigorously shook her head.

'chalo andar jao..bye' both bid her and she ran back inside the house. Aisha was looking at the trio in an amused gaze but she no longer had any doubts with their relationship or Annu's acquaintance with the men. Rather she was glad least someone had an upper hand at her angry bosses. Annu entered the house and she closed the door, tugging at her arm.

'agar climinal nehi aya to...' Aisha asked her,

'uff mumma..main hoon na...climinal bhi ayega..samjhe, ya samjhau?' she told her arrogantly.

'Annu...ek kaam tha kya?' aisha said and Annu ran away.

Aisha ran behind her daughter who joined her nani in her other mischiefs.

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Arjun closed the door panting and dropped on the lone chair beside the window. He had taken an extra round while jogging today. He picked up the bottle from the table and gulped down some of the water from it. He had just leaned back on his chair when there was a knock on the door. He thought it to be the boy who brought his tea and quickly opened the door, to find Annu along with her nani standing there.

'tum? Itni subah?' he asked shocked,

'haan...mela ice cleam do..kha to nehi liya?' she glared back at him,

'tumhe abhi ice cream khana hain? Aisha ko batau?'

'Dammit climinal..tum itne bule kyu ho? Tumne acha hone ka maan nehi kalta?' she asked abruptly,

'aisa hi hu main..'

'to do mela ice cleam..' she demanded,

'wo main kha gaya..fir kabhi kha lena...'

'tumhe punish kalna hoga...main mummy ko bata dungi..tumne mele liye ice cleam laye the,' she yelled,

'wo to already bol chuki ho aur kitna jhoot bologi?'

'kab doge fil?'

'kabhi nehi...'

'tum bule ho bule ho bule ho..' she walked in throwing her bag and shouting at the top of her voice, even hitting him randomly,

'Acha chillao mat...de dunga treat jaldi...ab school nehi jana? Late ho jaoge,'

'hmm...pal sirf ice cleam se nehi chalega..tumhe bhi ghumne chalna parega..samjhe ya samjhau?' she replied picking up her things,

'annu..'

'maine kehe diya na,...bas...main mummy ko bata dungi..tum jaoge...dekhna bohot maza ayega..'

'main nehi aa sakta...yaha bohot kam rehe jayega...per tumhara dost ayega...' Arjun replied,

'dekho tum agar nehi gaye to main bohot sara ice cleam kha lungi...aur bimal ho jaungi...' she glared at him,

'Annu aisa nehi karte...main agar aa pata to...'

'tum aaoge bas...tum nehi aye na..to dekh lena...samjhe..ya samjhau?' she glared and walked closer to him, tugging at his shirt.

Before arjun could speak a word, annu pulled him down and left a kiss on each of his cheek.

'tum ana hain..main wait kalungi...' she told him and hurried out with her nani. Arjun held his own cheeks with eyes moistening slowly.

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