Okay guys..firstly im sorry for taking an abrupt decision and just getting them married. I understand that people have got confused with the date and marriage. Im sorry couldnt explain properly. I had no interest in writing that way..so with this there will be a parallel story of RM before marriage & After marriage. I shall fill in all the gaps. Please have faith in me! Lolz. I wont spoil the story.
She whiled away time when she decided to experiment with cooking. That was the last thing ever in the world she would do..but then..it would be an advantage. Atleast she would learn something. She went inside the neat and organized open kitchen and stood there hunting for items. She was absolutely zero in cooking, so she really had to take help. She had a choice between Riddhima or Nikita her co-interns and best friends at Sanjeevani. Niki was worse than her , so she called Ridzi. She was a perfect choice.
"Hello..good morning Ridzi!" Muskaan said cheerfully.
"Hello..kaun bol raha hai?' she replied sleepily.
"Riddhima tu abhi tak so rahi hai..utth!"
"Kya hai Muskaan? Itni subah kyun phone kiya hai?"
"Woh mujhe tere help chaiye thi."
"Help? Kisme?"
"Cooking main?"
"Aaj kya baat hai? Suraj paschim se nikal raha hai? Tere tabiyat to theek hai na?"
"Kyun main cooking nahin kar sakte?"
She chuckled. "Rahul ko impress karne ke liye kuch aur nahin kar sakte?"
"Tujhe lagta hai main sab uske liye kar rahi hun?"
"Haan..aur kiske liye?"
"Nahin! Ab tu woh sab chod..aur mujhe bata ke main kya banau?"
Riddhima yawned. "Mujhe kya pata?" When she heard a scream, "Okay okay! tum omelete kyun nahin banate? Its so easy!"
"Nahin..tum mujhe batao ke aloo ke parathe kaise banate hai? Tum uss din banake laye thi na? Bade hi tasty the..chalo jaldi se batao!"
"Muskaan! Main abhi uthi hun. Acha ek kam karo tum saman nikal ke rakho main muh dhoke tumhe phir se call karte hun. Alright?"
"Theeke..waiting. Bye!!"
Muskaan took all the ingridients and arranged them on the wooden table. She sat on the chair waiting for Riddhima's call. As usual her mind diverted to Rahul. Thank god , she ran away from there. It would have
been so embarassing if he would have seen her there. Sometimes she wondered how different life would have been if the fight hadnt happenned. They were almost in love with each other , only the confession was
left. After the fight she broke the engagement. Maybe that was in anger , but that was what she felt was right at the moment. He apoligized so many times , but she didn't accept. It was her ego.
There was a call coming. It was Riddhima.
"Hello!"
"Oyye..Riddhima..kitna time lagati hai..ab jaldi se bata." she said ignoring all thoughts.
"Sorry baba. Acha pehle aloo ko boil karne ke liye rakh."
"Kaise?"
"Uffo..tujhe to cooking ka 'c' bhi nahin aata..Muskaan..cooker main do aloo paani ke saath dal de..aur gas kam pe rakh."
Muskaan fumbled a lot. She was terrible at kitchen work. After completing that ..
"Ab ek badi si thali main aata dal..."
Just then Rahul woke up. He was extremely seeing her shocked seeing her cooking. The house would definitley explode if she even boiled water. He waved to her and she waved back controlling the phone in
the other hand. She put it on loud-speaker and kept it down.
"Muskaan aata ded(1n half) katori dalna."
"Matlab dhayi(2n half) na?"
"Nahin Muskaan ded..pure Sanjeevani ko khilana hai kya?"
"Arre ded oh ya dhayi? Ki farak penda hai?"
"Nahin Muskaan....."
Rahul over-heard the conversation.
"Muskaan ded matlab 1 n 1/2 aur dhayi matlab 2 n 1/2."
Muskaan had a suprised look on her face. "Umm..Riddhima.."
"Haan..Rahul sahi keh raha hai..tujhe itna bhi nahin pata?"
"Tu aise hindi main bolegi to kaise samajh padega. English main bol." she defended herself.
"Okay..now after that put..umm..3 cups of water."
"Haan. Dal diya..ab isse roll ke karke ....umm" she said analysing her own way.
"Arre..nahin Muskaan..isse roll mat karna..iss mixture ko ache se mix karke ek badi si..mmm..ball..ball banade?"
"Ball? Mix? Leken ye to spoon se mix nahin hogi." She looked confused.
Rahul started giggling. Muskaan gave him an evil stare. He turned away.
"Nahiin..isse spoon se mix mat karna..haath se ache se mix karke..usse soft banade."
"Yuck! Main isse haath se mix karungi? No way!!!"
"Muskaan! Chup-chap mix karo."
She made a face. "Isse to mere haath ekdum gande ho jayenge. Mere nakhun bhi kharab ho jayenge."
"To haath dholena?"
They kept arguing for sometime, when Rahul came and stood there.
"Chod do Riddhima..isse cooking sikhana..matlab jaanwar ko cooking sikhana."
"Oyye!!" She pointed her finger to him. "Tune mujhe janwar kaha?"
"Maine aisa kab kaha? Haina Riddhima?"
"Rahul..umm..tum dono. Muskaan chalo mix karo..ye basic step hai..please."
She put her hands inside and made a face..which clearly said yuck!!
Now Rahul was irritated too. "Muskaan..ab apna natak band karo..aur jaldi se kam khatam karo..warna hum late ho jayenge."
She still had her own doubts.
"Acha theeke. Agar tumne yeh kar diya..to aaj raat tumhe jahan jaana hai..main tumhe wahan dinner pe leke jaunga." Rahul said in order to encourage her.
"Pakka?"
"Hmm."
"Okay..par meri ek shart hai..Armaan aur Ridzi bhi hamare saath chalenge. Kyun Ridzi?"
"Muskaan..hum kaise?"
"Thats not fair!" Rahul argued.
"Oyye Rahul..tu kitni kanjoosi karta hai."
"Okay fine..leken uske liye..pehle isse kar to sahi..itna easy hai..aur tum aise hi time waste kar rahi ho."
"Easy hai..to tum hi kyun nahin karte your most welcome."
"Agar main karunga..to phir kya faida?"
"Cmon Rahul..uski help karo na..itni achi baat hai..Muskaan kitna effort le rahi hai..shart ko baad main dekhna."Riddhima said.
"Hmmm..aaye na..Dr. Rahul." She said sweetly.
"Okay fine." He moved to the side where Muskaan stood. "Ek shart par."
"Kya?"
"Tum bhi saath main karogi."
"Tum karoge..main nahin.."
"Dinner pe jaana hai..na Muskaan?"
"Hmpmh! Okay fine."
Rahul went and stood behind her and pushed her hands into the plate. His head almost rested on her shoulders. Muskaan was so intoxicated by his prescense that she couldnt utter a word. he kept on saying
things that seemed invisible in the thin air. He was very casual..but he did not know what effect it had on her. She wanted to forget him..and not go even close to him. She felt vulnerable. She tried to move but she was blocked by all sides..her hands were mixing the atta..because of him. She wondered wether he felt anything or no?
"Hello." Rahul waved in front of her.
She was suprised to see him in the front; she quickly turned back to search for him.
"Muskaan..hogaya..aur kitna karogi..ab jaldi Riddhima se aage ki recepie pucho..aur ready ho jao..please."
She weakley nodded. She couldnt beleive she was listeing to his orders. She got back to her normal self.
"Rahul..to aaj raat ka dinner pakka na?"
He sighed. "Pakka."
"Theeke hai phir. Riddhima main phone rakhthi hun. Sanjeevani main milte hai bye.."
"Muskaan..par..theeke..atta ko fridge main rakh dena..warna kharab ho jayega."
After she hung up.
"Muskaan..tumne sirf iske liye phone kiya tha?"
"Dr. Rahul..mujhe ready hone main 2 ghante lagenge..aur socho agar main parathe banane main beth gaye to? Chalega?"
"Sorry I asked..see you after two hours. Mujhe kal hi tarah aaj bhi Dr. Keerthi se daant nahin khani.."
"Good."
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Rahul and Muskaan reached Sanjeevani and met everyone. Day carried on as usual. During break-time Muskaan went to her locker. She was looking for an hair clip when she realized that her diary wasnt there
anymore. She frantically searched everywhere. If anybody would read that stuff. She got scared even thinking about it. She stood there tensed unable to decide what to further.
"Isse dhund rahi ho Muskaan?" said Nikita and Riddhima entering handing her diary.
"Thank God..ye tumhare paas thi..pata hai..main kitna dar gaye thi!" She said calming down little. After realising. "Tum dono ne mere diary padhi?" she asked slowly.
"Look Muskaan..we'll be truthful. Hame nahin pata tha..ke ye tumhari hai..to humne last pages padhe."
"We're sorry..hume ye general ward waale table se mili jahan tumne apna bag rakha tha." Riddhima continued.
"Its alright." She stammered and kept it inside her bag again.
Riddhima patted her shoulder. "Muskaan..ab tum apne friends ko bhi nahin bataogi ki tumhe Rahul se kya problem hai? Aur tumne pehle engagement kyun todi?"
"Nahin Riddhima..ye uska choice hai..hum isse force nahin karenge.." Niki covered up.
"Nahin guys..aise koi baat nahin hai..bas main iske baare main baat karna pasand nahin karti thi. Par i think ab mujhe bata dena chaiye. Shayad tum log meri help kar sako?"
"Of course Muskaan." Riddhima replied.
They had a few minutes to spare before lunch got over so they caught a table at a corner and sat there talking.
"Tum logon ne woh date waala padh liya na?" Muskaan asked awkwardly.
They nodded.
"Acha..uske baad..hum dinner ke liye gaye...
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FLASH-BACK:-
"Thanks for the compliment."
"Anytime.." She said smiling. "Waise tumhe picture kaise lagi?"
"Ya..It..it..was nice." he said lying.
"Wow..to hum kal phir chalen?"
"No..kal..main..busy hun."
She was disappointed. "Okay."
While Rahul looked into the menu card..Muskaan looked around once again.
"Pata hai Rahul sab ladke ek jaise hothe hain..ekdum kaminey."
"Ab maine kya kiya?" He said defensivley.
"Main tere nahin..unki baat kar rahi hun." She said poiting towards a table where a group of guys sat. "Kabse aankh mare jaa rahe hain. Chod unhe..khana order karte hain."
"Tu rukh main abhi aata hun." he got up to go to them. A massive argument occured. Rahul was just about to smash their heads , when Muskaan pulled Rahul's arm and took him out of the restaurant.
He angrily pulled her and made her sit in the car and started driving. He hit hard on the steering wheel.
"Rahul..tu ye kya kar raha hai?" She said holding his hand tight in hers. "Woh..sirf dekh hi to rahe the.."
"How dare they..bas***ds." he said pushing away her hand.
"Rahul..tu itna possesive kyun ho raha hai? Chod na."
"Kaise chod dun? Tu na aise ladkon ko jaante nahin. Ab please hum baat nahin kare? Main drive kar raha hun." Though they were quite Rahul's driving was very rash. Muskaan didn't know how to react , so she
remained quite.
He dropped her off..and went of to his house without uttering a word. She was really upset. He was putting all their anger on her.
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"Iski wajah se tumne engagement tod di?" Riddhima said both suprised and shocked.
Niki had the same reaction.
"Nahin..guys..main tumhe order se bata rahi hun..matlab..SAB kuch."
"Oh..alright..go ahead. " Nikita said.
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At night before Muskaan slept she looked at herself in the mirror when she applied her night creams and combing her hair. She was mumbling to herself.
"Pata nahin apne aap ko kya samajhta hai? ShahRukh hi samajhta hai..uski jo marzi ho woh karen..aur main to koi putli hun na..jo uske isharon main naachegi..Aise to roz mujhe haazron ladke aankh marte hai,,kya woh sabke saath ladaiye karega? Upar se mujhe bolta hai..chup karne ko..aur phir ghar chodte waqt ek bye bhii nahi kaha..main usse kabhi baat nahin karungi.hmph!" With this she retired to bed. She put the bed- sheet over her and relaxed. At that moment her phone rang.
"Haiyyo rabba! Ab kaun hai?" she muttered. "Hello?"
"Im sorry."
"Kaun bol raha hai?"
"Muskaan!" he said angrily.
"Rahul..tum..aur ye sorry kiske liye?"
"Hah! jaise tumhe nahin pata?"
"Bahut jaldi yaad aa gaya tumhe..wonderful."
"Ab apna drama band kar."
"Pehle galti kar,,aur phir sorry bol..aur tujhe kya lagta main tujhe maaf kardungi.."
"Cmon yaar Muskaan..uss waqt gussa aa gaya tha..ab to maaf karde."
"Hmmmm.."
"Muskaan!!" He was getting impatient.
"Chal..theeke..maaf kiya..tu bhi kya yaad rakhega."
"Very funny.."
And so they resolved their fight..and spoke for almost 4 hours after that.
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"How sweet..Rahul kitna cute hai.." Niki said dreamily.
Muskaan slapped her hand. "Oyye..kya kaha tune?"
"Oooh..Muskaan is jealous?" Riddhima said teasingly.
"Whatever..guys..hum duty ke liye late ho rahen hai chalen?Baaki ki story baad main.."
"Okay..bye.." They said to each other..and left for their respective duties.
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Bigg Boss 19
Ganesh Kartikeya
