Chapter 36
"It's her birthday...How can I forget I have to make this day special, for her. But, how? Oh god...I am so bad at all this. OK, relax. It's not that difficult. Just note down everything that she likes and make something huge out of it", his mind struggled. He quickly starting noting down everything.
Stuffs that Sanyu loves:-
1. Me, me and me!
2. Kathak
3. Paav bhaaji.
4. Color white
5. Pizza
6. Scoring the highest in my subject
7. Strawberry lip gloss
He smiled naughtily when he wrote that and his mind wandered lustily to her world.
8. Playstation
9. Biryani made by me.
He scanned the list again and again and hit his forehead in despair. "This is not working. Nope. Wait, why don't I call her and ask what does she like", he smiled. Sanyukta was in a lecture when she got his call. She couldn't take it. She messaged him that she's in a lecture. For the next one hour, he was constantly strolling in his cabin thinking about it. Sanyukta came to him as she had to submit him an assignment too.
Sanyukta: "Hey, here's my assignment. I have researched and written it. Not copy-pasted from google. And yes, regarding the test, that you would be giving us day after tomorrow, I suggest you to give it on some other day, coz the schedule has been changed. You don't have a lecture in our class day after tomorrow. And..."
He snapped her in between.
Vardhaan: "OK Sanyu, I got it. Thanks for being my secretary."
She giggled.
Sanyukta: "Arey, what happened? Is something wrong? You look tensed."
Vardhaan: (after a long pause) " What do you like? I mean...you know the stuff that you really look forward to...you dreams, your desires, your wishes..."
He tried to twist and turn his statements so that she doesn't get the cue.
Sanyukta: "Dreams? Desires?"
Vardhaan: "Hmm...any wish of yours which you badly want to get it fulfilled."
She was silent for some time and her face lit up again.
Sanyukta: "Haa, waise toh mere bohot saare wishes hai...jo main dil se chaahthi hu ke poore ho jaaye."
Vardhaan: "Hain naa...ab samjhi...so come on tell me!!"
She started talking looking somewhere in air and counting the stuff that she said on her fingers.
Sanyukta: "Umm...meri sabse pehli wish yeh hai ke, waxing painless ho jaaye. I swear, you have no idea. Jaan nikal jaati hai! 2nd wish yeh hai ke jo bhi saare uber branded showrooms hai, like you know Vero moda, GUCCHI, Calvin Klien, Ralph Lauren, in sab mein year long 70% discount ka tag laga rahe. 3rd wish yeh hai ke meri height aap ke jitni ho jaaye. 4th wish yeh hai ke, jab main apna room ganda kar deti hu, toh woh apne aap hi saaf ho jaaye. You know, like I just give an order, "Room, clean yourself!" and it just cleans itself. Don't you think it will be so cool!"
She went on and on and Vardhaan was even more confused.
Sanyukta: "OK. Yaa, this is it. Oops sorry, I have to go. Mere lecture ka time ho gaya hai."
She went from his cabin smirking naughtily.
Vardhaan: "Iss ke wishes isi ke tarah weird hai. Painless waxing and all...those are like unachievable. I have to rack my brains even more. I've got only one day."
Sanyukta: (thinking) "I know what's going on in your mind. But, I am not going to give in so easily. Rack your brains mister!"
Vardhaan finished off with his day's lectures and headed home. She saw him leaving and got sad. She carried on with the day's activities. Her friends planned to go out and she could not refuse it. After all, it was her birthday treat. They went to a nearby restaurant and she wished for him to be with her, at least on this day. They ordered something and were busy chit chatting when a lil girl of approximately 3 or 4 years came to Sanyukta. The lil girl urged her to bend down. Sanyukta obliged. The girl gave her a rose. With a peck on her cheeks, and in her sweet baby voice she said "Happy Birthday Sanyukta didi!" Sanyukta was pleasantly surprised by this. She thanked the girl and gave her a peck too. Before she could ask anything more, the girl ran and Sanyukta couldn't even trace her. Their food arrived. She had opted for noodles. The chef arranged the noodles in such a manner, that it read, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY SANYU!" She grinned from ear to ear, looking at it. She looked at the waiter to ask him about it. But the waiter replied that his only job is to get the food on to the table. They started eating. Suddenly, her eyes fell on to the bar counter. The person at the counter was juggling with the bottles and suddenly the one of the bottle broke, and others followed suit. There was a small fire and the end result displayed on the back of the broken bottles arranged in a systematic format - HAPPY BIRTHDAY SANYU! It was a brilliant stunt. The other customers started clapping and she just could not control her blush. Her friends were curious about all the happenings.
Randhir: "Hmm...seems like you've got a secret admirer, Sanyu! Aah...m jealous!"
Vidhushi: "Yea, yeah! Are you sure about him being a secret?"
Kaustuki: "Yaa, so what? Sanyu is so beautiful that she has many secret admirers."
Next, she opted Caramel Custard for dessert. She was waiting with baited breath for the order to arrive. She wanted to know what will be the surprise in this. Her dessert arrived and was disappointed as it had no message in it. The waiter gave her a note as well. It was written, "Disappointed? Don't worry! Finish your dessert and come out!" She hogged on to her dessert. Her friends were shocked to looking at her.
Vidhushi: "Are you OK? Why don't you eat like humans? Weirdo!"
Randhir: "Aah..it's OK. Let's have a competition. Who finishes first!"
They all hogged down their desserts and no doubt Sanyukta finished first. She quickly paid the bill and they stormed out. She looked left and right to see anything suspicious. But nothing, everything was normal. Her cell phone beeped with his message, "LOOK UP DARLING!" Her eyes were fixed on to the sky and there were crackers lit up in the sky, which read, "DEAR SANYU, WISH YOU MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY!" The darkness was filled with the light that emerged from the words. Her mouth opened up to form a big "O". To say, that she was surprised, would be an understatement. Her eyes shot open and she covered her mouth with her palm and was laughing like an idiot.
Sanyukta: "OH...MY...GOD! I can't believe this!"
For a good few minutes she was just lost in the sky. Everyone was smiling. Kaustuki went to her and slowly whispered to her,
Kaustuki: (smiling) "I didn't know that Vardhaan sir, is so creatively romantic."
Sanyukta: (still in a shock) "Even I didn't know that!"
Randhir: "sanyu, ab bataa bhi do kaun hai yeh tumhara aashiq!"
Sanyukta: "Main kya bataau? Main toh khud shock mein hu!"
Before Vidhuhi could open her mouth Kaustuki advised everybody that they should head to the hostel as it was getting late. Sanyukta was still lost in her Vardhaan's world. On the way, her cell phone beeped with a message, "Can you come to my house, right now! Please!" She blushed. They went to the hostel and she made an excuse that she has a call to make. Everybody retired to their rooms, while Sanyukta headed to his house. She pressed the doorbell. But the door was already open. It was pitch dark inside. She was scared to enter. She called out to him,
Sanyukta: "Vardhaan? Are you there?"
She stepped inside when she heard his voice.
"Phool bankar muskarana zindagi,
muskarake ghum bhulana zindagi,
jeet kar koi khush ho to kya hua,
dil haar kar khushiya manana bhi zindagi..."
Sanyukta: (smiling) "Very nice! Where are you?"
He again continued..
"Khuda kaise karoon shukriya iss din ke liye
Jis duniye tumhe dharti pe bheja hamare liye
Naa jaane kyon main intezaar kar raha tha
Shayad janmdin hai tumhara iss liye
Meri har ek dua hai teri lambi umr ke liye
Dil khud jaanta hai, tu na ho dhadkega kis k liye
Aa teri Umar mein likh du chand sitaaro se
Tera janam din mein manau phoolo se bahaaro se
har ek khubsurti duniya se mein le aau
Sajaau yeh mehfil mein har haseen nazaaro se"
She just could not control her blush. She was frantically searching for him. She wanted to hug and kiss him.
Sanyukta: "Please, stop playing games. Where are you?"
Vardhaan: "Har pal ne kaha ek pal se...
Pal bhar ke liye aap mere samne aa jao...
pal bhar ka saath kuch aisa ho...
ki har pal tum hi yaad aao...
'
Khuda kaise karoon shukriya is din ke liye,
Jis din tumhe dharti pe bheja hamare liye,
Na jaane kyon main intezaar kar raha tha,
Shayad janamdin hai tumhara is liye,
Meri har ek dua hai teri lambi umar ke liye,
Dil khud jaanta hai tu na ho dhadkega kis ke liye."
She could not see him at all, but she could listen to him all this while. Where as, she was under his constant gaze. He could see that her cheeks had gone crimson red.
Vardhaan: "Ugta hua Suraj dua de aapko,
Khilta hua phool khushbu de aapko,
hum to kuch dene ke kabil nahi hai,
dene wala hazaar khushiyan de aapko!
Hum aapke janamdin par dete hain yeh dua
Hum aur tum milkar, honge kabhi na juda
Jivan bhar sath denge apna he ye vaada
Tuj par apni jaan bhi denge, apna he ye irada
Ek dua mangte hai hum apne Bhagwan se,
chahte hai aapki Khushi pure Imaan se,
Sub hasraten puri ho aapki
aur aap Muskurayen Dilo Jaan se."
With that he emerged from a corner, with a birthday cake in his hand. He came towards her and slowly said those most simple but magical words, "Happy birthday, Sanyu!" She blushed and looked extremely beautiful in the candle light. He kept the cake on the dining table, and gave her a knife. She had tears in her eyes which were about to fall anytime. He wiped them with his fingers cupping her face and she just hugged him. He hugged her back with all the love in the world. She broke the hug and was about to kiss him, when he backed off. She was surprised.
Vardhaan: "Not now...first cut the cake."
He switched on the lights and she cut the cake. She playfully fed him a huge piece. His face was messed up with cake and she was given the same treatment by him. They wiped each other's faces and sat down like humans to eat the cake. He immersed his finger in the cake and wiped it on to her lips.
Vardhaan: (smiling) "Now, you can kiss me."
He pulled her on to his lap and she kissed him. In between she uttered, "Thank you for being in my life, Vardhaan. I love you!" He caressed her face and they resumed kissing with an increased trust and love for each other. Slowly, they separated and he remembered something.
Vardhaan: "I have one more gift for you!"
Sanyukta: "Don't disturb. I don't need anything else. I just want to stay here, like this for eternity."
She hugged him saying this. He scooped her up in his arms and placed her on the couch.
Vardhaan: (smiling) "Just wait here."
He went inside and got a giftwrapped box. She was curious about it. He sat beside her and gave her the gift.
Vardhaan: "Here's your gift. I hope you like it!"
She started opening the wrapper and flip opened the box. Her lips curved into a smiled seeing what was inside.
Sanyukta: (laughing) "Sareee!"
She picked it up in her hands and was looking at it opening it bit by it. She gaped at it's elegance.
Sanyukta: "Woww...this is...so beautiful!"
Vardhaan: "You liked it?"
Sanyukta: "But, I can't take it! Sorry!"
Vardhaan: "What? But why?"
Sanyukta: "Umm...how should I explain? OK see, our relation...is it only a relation of give and take? Dependent on only gifts and presents? Measured only by the material stuff, we present to each other? No, right! I seriously don't want to make it like it that."
Vardhaan: "But, Sanyu...as far as I remember, this is my first present to you. I have never presented anything to you. OK... except, that white dress... But, you had earned it and it was much before we got together. And besides, it's your birthday right? I have not bought this under any kind of an obligation, I thought that it's my right. I have put my heart and soul into this. It would really mean a lot to me, if you accept this. Please accept it..."
He made a cute face and Sanyukta had to fall for it.
Sanyukta: "OK. But no more expensive gifts after this!"
Vardhaan: (smling) "As you wish...Accha, wear this now. I want to see you in this."
Sanyukta: "Now? It's not possible..this is not a dress. First, the blouse has to be stitched, only then the sarree can be draped."
Vardhaan: "Arey, no need of a blouse. I don't mind if you come in front of me even without a blouse. Sacchi!"
Sanyukta: (laughing and pulling his cheeks)"Shee Vardhaan...such a sweet and a cute and a cheap boyfriend I've got!"
Vardhaan: "Huhh...cheap and me? I would have been cheap, if I just hold your waist and pull you closer for a kiss."
With that he held her waist and indeed pulled her closer. She bent in for a deep gratifying kiss, she didn't want to refuse him. He deserved it after all, he had made her birthday indeed a special one. His hand trailed inside her dress. His hands reached just below her bosom and she blushingly burst out laughing, breaking the kiss.
Sanyukta: "Hey, this is cheating. You had asked only for a kiss."
Vardhaan: (giggling) "I don't think there was any kind of deal between us regarding this."
He held her arms and made her lie on the couch and came over her. She caressed his handsome face with her soft hands and ruffled his hair. She was lost in those eyes, which carried an innocence of a child. She held the nape of his neck and pulled him close to shower him with her love.
Here in the hostel, Kaustuki was trying to cover up for her best friend. She put some pillows on Sanyukta's bed and covered them with a blanket. Vidhushi asked her about Sanyukta's whereabouts.
Kaustuki: "Arey, dikhai nahi de raha, ke Sanyukta so gayi hai. Aur main bhi so rahi hu. Mujhe disturb mat karo."
She switched off the light and went to sleep. After about one hour or so, Sanyukta called up Kaustuki to open the door for her. Slowly, Kaustuki let her best friend in, without letting Vidhushi know anything. Sanyukta got into her bed after changing to her pyjamas and switched off the light.
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