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Shiv then goes with Anandi to her room to change his clothes. Well in the room they have an FB of the tender moment which had transpired between them the last time they were together in Anandi's room.FB :- The Shekhar family had been invited for lunch at the haveli after the wedding cards had been placed at the temple. Shiv has said I LOVE YOU to Anandi. After lunch mango was served on Shiv's request. Shiv starts to eat his mango like a small child going after a bar of his favorite chocolate. Everyone look at him n start laughing. More than Shiv his shirt has eaten the mango. The juices have flown till his skin. He feels itchy. Ira had asked Dsa if there was no problem and Shiv could freshen up. Dsa asked Anandi to take Shiv to her room n help him out.
In her room Anandi tells Shiv, "Aap jaldi se naha lijiye, main aapke kapde nikaal deti hoon." Shiv is standing near her cupboard. Shiv looks at her moving towards him n takes a step back. He thought she wanted to help him out of the clothes he was wearing. She looks at his expression n finds something fishy. She moves on to the cupboard n removes his clothes which he left behind on the "tabela romance" day. She gives him a towel n places his clothes on the bed. He goes for a quick shower and returns in 10 minutes. She is still in the room. She sees him only towel clad. She does not budge a bit. She checks him out top to bottom n again to the top. He is embarrassed like the previous time. He moves forward in her direction. His eyes fixed on her, her heart beating faster than the speed of a Jet Train.
He comes very close to her n bends. She does not get what he is doing. She takes a step back to make distance between them n falls backwards. He holds her to break her fall. His right palm fixed on her waist makes him fall on her. She holds his upper arm. They have an intense eye lock. His palm still, holding her waist tightly. Only his thumb moves a centimeter. A shiver runs down her spine, the first touch of her wud be husband but still her best friend. She digs her fingers in his arm. He has touched her before but now she saw him in light of her wud b husband but he was still her best friend first. So this touch was different special. They were still looking at each other. Suddenly, a drop of water from his wet locks falls on her lower lip.
His throat feels parched. He wants to take that drop of water in his mouth as if it were the last drop of water on earth. He controls himself. He has set boundaries for himself for before n after wedding which he will not cross until Anandi lets him. He looks at the drop of water again. He thinks (Boond boond se sagar banta hai. He is waiting for the day when Anandi is ready to drown herself in his ocean of love.) He breaks the eye lock n gets up. Anandi wonders, "Why did he not make a move. He loves me. Then why?" She stares at him. He says, "Sorry woh main apni shirt lene jaa raha tha aap gir rahi thi toh pakad liya."
She looks at his bare chest. His masculine features were stirring up a storm inside her. She felt the drop of water on her lip n quickly avoiding him seeing her, licked it. It was the first drop of Shiv's "ocean of love" consumed by her. Someday she thought of drowning in it. There would be a day when she would fall in love with him and accept him completely. Shiv turned away n lifted his arms to put on his shirt. Her eyes fixed on his bare back. Every cut in his muscle visible to her. He turns n looks at her still standing like a statue. He Jerks her. She says, "Ho gaya chale?" He looks at her amused. He says, "Anandijee aap mujhe aise dekhke nahi chaunki lekin aapke gharwale chaukenge." She looks at him n blushes He has his shirt n towel on. He looks at her n signs. She doesn't move. He then tells her clearly, "Aap jaiye main jeans pehankar aata hoon." Lifts up his jeans. She blushes n turns away. Whatever feelings she felt he was just her best friend.
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They both blush as they recognize the look on the other's face as to remembering the incident. He needs to change but she doesn't leave her room. "Main washroom main kaise change karoon? Mere kapde kharaab ho jayenge. Aap neeche jaiye main aata hoon." "Main yahan se kaise jaaoon Dsa ne aapke saamne kaha na ki main aapko change karake aapke saath neeche aaoon. Main apne badon ki baat nahi taalti. Main ek bahut acchhi bacchi hoon." Anandi does not move instead she covers her eyes and sits on her bed. She wanted to have some fun and teach him a lesson for teasing her by coming as a dholi.
"Theek hai aap yahin baithiye warna baad main mujhse kahengi ki main aapki baat nahin suntna. Lekin haan Anandiji ek baat yaad rakhiyega." "Kya?" "No Sneak Peak" He said with a naughty smile. "Haw aap mujhe aisi ladki samajhte hain? To theek hai ab badaliye apne kapde main aankhen band nahi karoongi." She pouted and crossed her hands with determination. "Aap sach main rukengi? Are you sure? Fine waise bhi you will enjoy what you are about to see again." He was sure she would run away before seeing him in his half clothed condition. He starts to untie the string one by one on his rajashthani style kurta which the dholi's wear. Their eyes were fixed on each other. After every string he checks for her reaction. One by one he untied five strings of the kurta.
At first Anandi did not budge but after every string something stirred in her. She wanted to run away from there but she knew he thought she still thinks of him as a Best Friend. She had mixed feelings for him but did not want to send mix signals and confuse him. He is about to remove his kurta when he realized that he had the mehndi tattoo of Anandi's name on his heart. Her eyes are fixed on him. She knew he can't go through and change in front of her. He will ask her to leave and then she would do so. As a triumphant smile appeared on her face he remembered that he had a sleeved undershirt on. He removes the kurta with ease and her eyes pop. She tries to look away. He was about to pick up his achkan to be worn for the sangeet and she heard an "OUCH!"
A brooch on the achkan was open. He had been pricked. Anandi saw a drop of blood on his thumb. She immideately ran to him and sucked the blood drop from his thumb and healed it. They have an endearing eye lock. They can't bear to see the other in pain. A tear trickled down her cheek as she knew he was scared to death of needles. The pin prick was similar to a needle prick. He wiped her tear and said that if this is the way he is healed then he doesn't mind taking an injection everyday. She blushes and then in a failed attempt to get back at him she says."Accha toh ab aapko injection lagwaana pasand hai na toh chaliye neeche Lal Singh hai pin chubhi hai toh anti-tetnus ka injection le lijiye." "Theek hai chaliye main injection le leta hoon phir aap meri injection ki chubhan aise hi theek kar dena." It was just healthy ched chad between two Best Friends.
She blushes. He blushes. She gives him a towel he can use while changing the dhoti. She then looks away and he changes his dhoti. He could not do so because he could not take the pleats properly. She explained to him how to do it while looking the other way. He was not successful in any of the three attempts made. She had to help him with the pleats because it was not a stitched one like the one with the dholi costume. Before whenever he had worn a dhoti Daddu had helped him. The one Dsa gave him was a readymade stitched one. She gave him a traditional outfit as a gift but was not sure that he would know how to put it on so she had got a stitched one specially made for him.
After being helped with the dhoti he put on the achkan. She took the brooch and put it on him. He let out an "OUCH!" "Kya hua? Chubha? I am Sorry." He smiled. She doesn't see films so she did not know that at the present moment he was inspired by Salmaan Khan from HAHK. She understood that nothing had happened. She then pricked him on purpose. "OUCH! Iss baar sach main chubha." She did not need to see movies to lovingly get back at her dear C S, she is Anandi. They were blushing all the while he had got dressed. In the hall everyone are eagerly awaiting them. Mahi comes up and knocks on the door. "Bhabhi bhaiyya se kahiye jaldi kare. Jo kapde hum ghar se laye hain wahi pehen le. Naye kapde banane na baithe."
Edited by chahat11 - 12 years ago