Abhi: Akshu kaha jaane ki taiyyari kar rahi ho?
[Akshu where are you planning to go?]
Abhi notices her getting dressed
Akshu: Tum bhool gaye .. Manjari aunty ke pass.. Tumhe patha nahi hai main kithni excited hoon.
[Abhi you forgot.. I am going to meet manjari aunty.. You don't even know ho excited I am]
Abhi goes near her .. abhi cups her face..
Abhi: suno meri bath.. waha shayad tumhe accha nahi lagega..
[Listen to me you might not feel good over there]
Akshu: Kyu abhi [ why abhi... what's the matter?]
Abhi: woh.. [that]...
Akshu: Bolo na jaldhi.. Neil aatha hi hoga[ Tell me ne please.. Neil might come anytime]
Listening that neil will pick her up and he will miss an opportunity to drop her to hospital .
Abhi :Kuch nahi[Nothing]
and he runs to bathroom.
Abhi forgot take his towel and cloths..
He opens the door a bit..
Abhi: Akshu......... screams to call her
Akshu: arre kyun chilla rahe ho yahin hun main..
[Arre why are you screaming?]
Abhi: akshu main apna kapda bhool gya laake do na .. please.. He wynks his eyes so that she can do that for him..
[Akshu.. I forgot my cloths.. Can you please bring it to me.. ]He wynks his eyes so that she can do that for him..
Akshu finds a towel.. She goes and keeps it in his hand.
Abhi: aur kapde..?[And cloths? ]
Akshu: khud towel pehan ke lelo.. [Wear towel and please find it yourself]
Abhi: tumhe kya mujhe towel main dekhna hai.. [ Why? Do you want to see me in towel?]
akshu: huh.. mujhe kaunsa shauk chada hai jo tumhe towel dekhne ke din ayenge..
[huh.. Why would i want to see you in towel ?]
she goes out closes the door.
Abhi is disappointed that she does not want to see him in the towel..
Abhi goes infront of mirror..
Abhi: akshu mujhe dekhna kyun nahi chahthi.. dekhne me bhi accha hun..he adores his face.. body bhi maintain kiya hai he verifies his muscles..
Phir kyu nahi dekhna chahthi...
[ Why akshu does not want to look at me ? I am good looking.. charming.. he adores his face.. even my body is well maintained..he verifies his muscles..But still she does not want to look at me.]
Suddenly he hears..
Akshu: ayi neil...{ Coming neil}
Abhi quickly gets his cloths starts wearing as much as he can. In his hurry he even forgot to remove towel which is stuck in his pant..
He goes out and realizes that the towel is stuck..
He tries to remove towel and akshara sees this..
Akshu starts laughing.. abhi looks at her..
Akshu: ye kya bandar ki tarah uchal rahe ho..
{ Why are jumping like a monkey} She giggles..
Abhi starts laughing with her..
Abhi: arre yar towel phasi hai..{ The towel is stuck with my pant}
Akshu: toh aise kaun nikaltha hai.. andar jao aur nikalo.. chalo jao.. { Who would remove towel like this? Take some time go inside have some patience and remove it}
Without any mood to that he agrees..
He goes quickly removes and comes out sees neil..
Abhi: neil tu agaya . [ Neil you are here]
Neil: ji bhai.. ye leejiye .. {Yes bhai.. take this}
Abhi: ye kya.. [what's this?]
Neil: aapke liye maa ne bheja hai khana hai.. akshu toh ghar aake kha legi aap ke liye subah aur dopehar ka khana pack karke diya hai.. maa ne kaha kha leejiyega..
[ Maa has sent it for you..She has packed food till afternoon.. She instructed you to finish everything.]
Abhi holds it..
Neil: chalo akshu.. chalthe hai.. [ Come akshu let's go]
Abhi: akshu..rukho main tumhe chod dunga..[ Wait i will drop you.]
Neil : lekin bhai aapka rasta toh ulta padtha hai.. [ But bhai birla hospital is in opposite direction]
Abhi: koi bath nahi.. mera aaj koi surgery nahi hai thodi der hobjaye toh bhi koi bath nahi hai..
[ No problem.. I don't have any scheduled surgeries today so I can manage]
Neil: theek hai bhai chaliye phir.. [ Okay bhai.. Let's go then]
Abhi takes his belongings and locks the door and starts walking towards their bike..
Akshu sits behind abhi..
Neil leaves..
Abhi looks at her for few second and she understood what was that for..
She holds him tightly and smiles..
Neil looks at abhira from the mirror and smiles at abhi..
Abhi smiles back.. 😄
They all go to birla mansion.
Neil gets akshu to home..
Manjari looks tensed..
Neil: kya hua maa.. aap kuch pareshan hai..
[ What happend maa.. why you look so worried ?]
Manjari does not utter a word.. starts hinting him to look at the study room.
He looks sees harsh talking over phone..
Harsh: jee mantri saab.. ye bhi koi kehne ki baath hai... hum apka khayal apne aap se zyada rakhenge..
[ Yes mantri sab.. You don't have to mention it. We will ensure to take care of you more than we take care of ourself.]
He smiles..
Harsh: ji ji shukriya.. han han koi bath nahi..[ yes yes thank you! yeah yeah no problem]
Harsh takes his file and was about leave he sees akshu standing on the door.
He comes out and sees akshu standing..
Harsh: ye kaun hai.. [ Who is this girl]
Manjari: accha ye.. ye meri dost ki beti hai..[ Oh this girl.. she is my friends daughter]
Harsh: lekin tumhari toh ek hi dost thi..[ But you had only one friend]
Manjari: nahi nahi.. ye mere college ke time ki dost ki beti hai..
[ No no she is my friend from my college times]
Harsh : accha.. theek hai..[ Okay fine]
Manjari: aapko koi problem na ho toh ye yaha aathi jaathi rahegi..
[ Do you have any problem if she comes often here ?]
Harsh: par kyun?[ But why?]
Manjari: woh na.. ye yaha par bilkul akeli hai aur hame hi apna manthi hai hamare alava iska koi bhi nahi hai..[ She is all alone in this town we are the only family for her]
Akshu looks at manjari and smiles.. she us so sweet..
Harsh : accha accha theek hai ithni badi kahani sunane ki zaroorath nahi hai.. ab main chaltha hun.. hospital jaana hai.. abhimanyu ko bolna hai ki ek major surgery hai..
[ Okay okay fine.. you don't have to tell me everything.. I have to leave to hospital immediately.. I need to tell abhimanyu about major surgery]
Manjari: ji.. theek hai..[ oh okay alright]
Harsh leaves..
Akshu hugs manjari so tightly every one have a group hug..
Akshu: toh ye hai abhi ka ghar.. [ So this is abhi's house]
Manjari: haan.. [yeah]
Akshu: par woh yaha rehtha kyun nahi..Uski kithni acchi family hai[ But why doesn't he stay with you all? He has such a nice family]
Manjari: woh woh..[that that..]
Akshu: boliye na aunty kya baath hai..[ tell me na aunty]
Manjari: woh na baap bete ki banthi nahi.. aur inko bp hai kahi abhi ke wajah inka bp na bad jaye toh isiliye maine usse door jane ke liye kaha..[ It's just father and son don't get along too well.. and harsh has BP issues so I had to ask abhi to move out]
Akshu: aisa kya hua aunty ye dono ladthe hai..
[ Why they fight aunty is there any reason?]
Manjari wipes her tears.. remembering those days..
A vague flashback...
Aapki wajah se hua hai unki mauth.. aap zimmedar hai iska..
[ Because of you all this happened.. you are responsible for this death]
Flashback ends..
Manjari: kuch nahi beta woh sab bathein kabhi aramse karenege.. pehle tum nastha karlo ... bhooki hogi na..
[ Nothing beta.. we will talk about those things later.. first you have your food.. you must be hungry]
Akshu nods..
They all go to dining table..
Akshu: wow aunty bahuth hi bhadiya kushboo arahi hai..
[ Wow aunty its smelling nice]
Neil: meri maa aise hi khana bana thi hai..
[My mom cooks very well..]
Akshu: oye woh ab meri aunty bhi hai..[Oye now she is my aunty too]
Neil: woh toh ab hai meri toh hamesha se thi na..[that happend recently but she is my mom from so long]
He teases akshu..
Akshu: dekhiye na aunty..[look at him aunty]
Manjari: arre tum dono bhi na baccho ki tarah ladthe ho.. abhi dekhega na woh bhi khood jayega patha hai woh kya bolega ?[You guys fight like kids.. if abhi sees this you know what he will say?]
They both look at her.
Manjari: woh bolega ki maa inko chodo sara khana mujhe do jab bhooke pet rahenge toh akal ayegi..
[he will say.. maa.. let them fight give all food to me.. When they have live on empty stomach then they will understand..]
Akshu and neil starts laughing at that..
Manjari: ab ye lo khao.. she serves some food 😄( i dont know about rajasthani dishes never tried it but you can imagine any dish here also comment best dish of rajastan as i might need them some day :P)
They eat everything and ensured their plates are shining without actually washing it.
Here in the hospital abhi is only thinking about akshu and he does not how to contact her. As he cant call his mom and brother as they kind of starts asking so many questions..
Abhi to himself ; pehle isko ek phone dilana padega.. patha nahi kaisi hogi.. sir ne kuch bola toh nahi hoga..
[First i have to get her a phone.. Don't know how is she.. What if sir had said something to her.]
He keeps on thinking about it..
Manjari takes her to kitchen starts teaching how to make tea.. she given instruction how much time you need to boil and everything..
Akshu makes tea for the first time she offers it to manjari..
Manjari drinks
Manjari : acchi bani hai.. [it's good] ]she smiles..
Akshu: kya acchi ban gayi woh bhi bina tab dekh ke.. dijiye toh zara
[What.. it's good??? without looking at the tab.. please give it to me i want to taste too..] she takes tea from her hand and drinks..
Akshu: mmm.. ek acchi chai ki kimath ye neil kya jaane aunty neend ka rambaan hotha hai acchi chai.. bharath ka shaan hotha hai acchi chai..
[mmm.. its a modified bollywood dialogue cant translate :P ]
Neil : zyada tareef karne ki zaroorath nahi hai..
[Do you have to praise it so much?]
He is sad as she did not offered him tea..
She goes to him..
Akshu: shayad koi naraz hai.. kisi ko chai chahiye tha kya?
[I think some one is angry.. Some one needs tea?]
manajari laughs looking at them
She offers him tea..
Neil takes and drinks.
Neil : sach main acchi bani hai akshu..
[It's really good akshu.. really]
Akshu smiles.
Akshu: arre baap re shaam ho gayi patha hi nahi chala..
[Arre.. It's already evening i did not even realized]
Manjari: ruko akshu mujhe tumhe kuch dena tha?[Wait akshu i want to give you something]
Akshu: kya aunty?[What aunty?]
Manjari:chalo upar..[Come upstairs with me]
She takes her up.. and gives her a bag..
Akshu: ye kya hai aunty..[ What is this aunty?]
Manjari: ye na mere acche wali saree hai.. main iske liye kaafi zyada old hoon ab tu pehan le. Ashirwad samajh ke rakh le.
[These na the good sarees that I have. I can't wear them anymore as I am too old for it.. Please keep it thinking it as my blessings]
Akshu ji aunty shukriya and smiles..[ sure aunty.. thank you and smiles]
Manjari: ab ja abhi wait kar raha hoga..[ Now go fast.. abhi must be waiting]
Akshu: haan aunty
She runs and abhi was waiting for her near the gate..
Akshu: sorry sorry.. thodi de hogayi..[sorry sorry i am late]
Abhi: kya hai yar akshu.. main kithne time se wait kar raha tha..
[ What yar akshu.. I have been waiting from long time for you!]
Akshu: kya karu manjari aunty ne mujhe pyar se kuch dene ke liye bulaya mana kar nahi payi.. sorry..
[What to do? Manjari aunnty wanted to give me something i could not deny.. sorry..]
Abhi: accha theek hai baith jao.. she sits behind him and he is very annoyed that there is bag between them.[Okay fine now take your seat..]
Abhi: accha kaisa tha din..{ how was your day btw?}
Akshu is very excited to share her feelings..
Akshu: bahuth hi badiya tha.. aunty,neil or maine ithni masti ki na kya bataoon..
[ It was really good we did so much how to describe]
Abhi is jealous now..
Abhi: aur kuch khana banana seekha ya nahi? [ and have you learnt anything to cook or not]
Akshu: banaya na chai banaya maine ithni acchi bani thi.. sab meri tarif kar rahe the.
[I did.. I made tea.. it was so good people were praising me]
Abhi smiles as she had big smile on her face after her accomplishment..
They reach abhi's house..
Akshu keeps the bag on the table and starts looking at the sarees one by one..
Abhi: ye lo..
[Take this]
he gives her the box..
Akshu: kya hai ye.. [What is this]
Abhi goes and sits beside her..
Abhi: khud hi dekhlo..[ You can open and see]
She opens it and finds a brand new phone..
Akshu: lekin ye kisliye..[ But why?]
Abhi: arre tum akeli hogi ya phir bahar jaogi aur ghum jaogi toh main kaise doondhu tumhe..
[ you will be alone or you might go out.. How to find you]
Akshu: lekin main ye kaise.. le..[ But how can I take...]
before she could continue..
Abhi: main ek aur shabt nahi sunuga.. iska karza chai pilake chuka dena..
[ I will not hear anymore things.. you can pay the amount by making me a good tea]
Akshu smiles..
Akshu: theek hai abhi banathi hun
[ Sure i will make and smiles]
she goes to kitchen starts making a hot cup of tea abhi sits behind on the counter with an apple..
She starts humming " dil se bandhi ek dor jo dil thak jaathi hai...."
Abhi hears it.. he was not sure how she knows this song..
Abhi thinks maa ne sikhaya hoga..[ may be maa might have thought her]
Abhi: jo tum gaa rahi thi woh?[ You were signing something na]
Akshu: kya gaa rahi thi main? [ What was I singing?]
Akshu serves him the tea..
Abhi: wohi.[that ]
Dil se bandhi ek dor..
kaha se seekha tumne ? Maa ne sikhaya?[ How did you learnt that did maa taught you?]
Akshu: nahi toh patha nahi kaha se seekha maine.
[ No.. but i don't know from where I learnt]
He drinks tea and starts thinking about the song..
Abhi now starts thinking shayad iss gane se patha chal jaye ye kaun hai.. he mutters to himself.
Akshu: kaha ghum ho acchi nahi bani..[ Why are you so lost.. is it not good?]
Abhi: nahi akshu.. achhi hai bahuth acchi haim.{ no its good too good]
She smiles..
Akshu: aaj maggie tum banao please 🙏 [ Today please you make maggie]
Abhi: accha baba theek hai..[ Okay baba fine]
He adds all random masala for his maggie which was different from akshu's they start laughing at each other as they are only surviving with which is really unhealthy as per doctors..
Abhi: kaise bani hai?[ How is it?]
Akshu: acchi hai.. kaafi accha hai not bad.. humdononna buisness kholenge.. Abhira's 99varieties of noodles.[ Its good very good.. actually we can open a buisness..."Abhira's 99 varieties of noodles"
Abhi starts laughing and akshu too starts laughing and the day ends with both going to room bidding each other good night .. akshu sleeps on bed and abhi on couch and looking at each other untill they fell asleep.
=====to be continued.=======
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