''aapi, Gunjan se baat hui aapki?'' riddhima who was shuffling through a pile of clothing looked up, '' kyun, kya hua?''
''nahi main asse hi pooch rahi thi'' Nupur replied back, They had been at the shop for the past 2 hours trying to choose different styles of textiles for their boutique, there was just so much to do and they both wanted to open the shop as soon as possible.
''Nupur, tum kyun pareshan ho rahi ho! Agar koi aisi waisi baat hoti toh gunjan hume zaroor batati'' riddhima tried to convince nupur but she wasn't having any luck so far, 'aapi, please ab aap bhi na shuru hojana, apne dehka nahi jab se uski shaadi huyi hai, aisa lagta hai hamari behn hamari behn hi nahi rahi ..milna toh door ki baat hai usne toh phone karna bhi band kar diya hai''
Riddhima grinned and moved to nupurs side, ''Gunjan ke na majhoodgi ki lakh wajaein hosakti hain......aur waise bhi tumhe apne ghar aur zindagi ab dyaan dena chahiye...Gunjan ke liye main hoon..aur ammi aur baba jaani hain...''
''mayank kaisa hai'' riddhima asked abruptly suprising nupur for a bear second or so,'' theek hain...par pata nahi aisa kyun lagta kuch hai joh unke mahzi se jura hai''
''usne tumhe khud bataya uske mahzi ke bare mein?'' Nupur shook her head, 'nahi aapi unho ne batane ki koshish ki thi..par '''
''par kya...''
''par maine unhe mana kardiya..''
riddhima was a bit taken back by her answer, '' kyun?'
''darti hoon, kahin mere naseeb aur kahi sitam ane baki toh nahi...par main thak chuki hoon phele ammi jaan ki liye har kadam pe apne aap ko toka ab agar mayank ki wajah se zindagi mein phir .........'' riddhima stopped nupur from speaking further, '' tum aise kyun sochti ho, tumhara mustakbil rang se bhara hoga nupur''
''aapi... ?''
'' dekho nupur jab ghar ki deewarein tootne lage toh unki maramath kardo..warna log ghar main jank ne lagein ge...mayank se khul ke baat kar lo....warna log tumhare ghar mein jankne lagein aur tumhare kadam ko tolna shuru kardeinge...''
''aapi aisi koi baat nahi hai'' Nupur thought over riddhimas words there was truth to them but she couldn't get herself to accept it.
''jaise, tumhari marzi! bass yaad rakhna waqt kab hathon se phisal jaye pata nahi chalta'' Nupur ignored riddhimas gazed and looked at some silky material and extended it towards her, 'yeh kaisa hai''
Riddhima gave up and decided to let nupur decide what was best for her, '' accha hai''
Nupur smiled and gave the order to the vendor while he collected the material riddhima and nupur got up to leave,'' aaj shaam ko ammi ne tum dono ko khane pe bulaya hai''
''aaj?'' Nupur questioned ,'' haan koi pareshani hai kya?''
Nupur smiled and shook her head, 'hum zaroor ayeige'' Riddhima smiled and placed her hand over nupurs,'tum dekhna mayank tumhe apni palko pe betha ke rakhega''
''yeh toh anewala waqt hi batayega..'' whispering to herself nupur grabbed the orders from the table and exited the shop following right behind was a concerned riddhima.
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''Nupur woh, almari ke upar wale kone mein kuch files pari hai, mujhe de dena'' Mayank asked sweetly, Nupur nodded and left the iron on the stand and went to fetch the file for him. Today mayank had come home early from office but that didn't mean he was free of it, even at home he was always busy in it.
Opening the cupboard, Nupur tried to look up but her height came out to be short infront of that upper corner, she extended her hand and traced it on the surface hoping to come in contact with a file. She felt some hard exterior so she pulled on it but before she could catch it the everything fell on the floor.
Nupur bent down to pick it up when along with the files she found few letter addressed to 'mayank, but seemed like they were never opened. She shrugged and got up with everything in her hand.
'''yeh lein'' mayank held the file in his hand but his eyes caught the letters in nupurs hand, 'yeh tumhe kahan se mile?''
confused nupur realized he was talking about the letters, '' oh yeh toh jab hum file nikal rahe the toh uske saath hi neeche gir gaye'' pausing she looked at the letters carefully, 'aapke hain?''
Mayank stole away a glance and looked down, 'kuch nahi bass aise hi hain....bahut saal purane hai...''
''ohuh..'' nupur turned around and walked back to the cupboard, she placed the letter back on the top shelf.
''aree nupur yeh kya kar rahi ho....inhe tum phenk do...''
''khat ko toh main phenk doongi, par apke mahzi ke panno kahbi nahi mita paungi'' nupur whispered to herself and turned around, ''par mayank yeh toh apne pare bhi nahi hain...''
''bahut purane hai ab inka koi talluq nahi mujhse''
''purane yeh naye...talluq toota nahi...ek bhar jab ek insaan ka doosre insaan se rishta jur jaye toh zindagi bhar rehta hai''
Mayank looked at nupur sternly watching her bicker away with him for letters that she didn't even know about, '' kahbi kahbi zindagi bhi thori par jati hai un risthon ke liye....''
Nupur gasped watching him leave the room admist anger, she realized she might have just said too much in the blur of the moment...
She went downstairs only to see mayank sitting on the first step of the stairs...'' hum kuch zada hi bol gaye'' Nupur said taking a seat beside mayank.
''hamari gushtaki maaf kardein mayank, hume apni zubaan ko lagam dena chahiye tha'' Mayank looked up at nupur slowly and smiled, '' tumhe maafi mangne ki koi zaroorat nahi hai nupur''
''nahi hum kuch zada hi bol gaye the mayank...''
Mayank 'took her hand into his, '' maafi mat mango galati meri hai un khaton ko mujhe saalon pehle phenk dena chahiye tha...'''
''apne un khaton ko paraha kyun nahi mayank'?''
''kahi baatein hoti hai joh zindagi mein chuban ban jati hain...yeh khat ussi chuban ka ek phelu hai!''
''kaisi chuban?'nupur asked hesitantly, before mayank could reply nupurs cell phone rang breaking the moment they had created, '' ek minute'''
Mayank watched her talk away on the phone and smiled, she looked so cute, ''mayank main toh bhool hi gayi thi, aapi ne aaj shaam humein khane pe bulaya hai''
''kaunsi aapi?...yaad hai tumhari do do behne hain!'' nupur giggled, 'haan toh do hi behne hain aur woh bhi mujhse bhari... waise riddhima aapi ne bulaya hai''
''chaliye....chaliye tayar hon jayein...woh hamara kabse intezar kar rahe hain'' Mayank smiled and got up, '' fine chalo''
Nupur came out of the washroom dressed in a beautiful navy blue anarkali and her hair were dripping wet stimulating that weird feeling again in mayank, who looked no less dressed in a black suit.
''mayank, aap ko pata hai arman bhai ne na riddhima aapi se bachpan mein hi shaadi karne ka faisla kar liya tha!''
''matlab?'''mayank asked putting on his coat, 'arre baba riddhima aapi aur arman bhai ek doosre ko bachpan se hi chahte the!!''
''kya baat hai bachpan se hi...aur gunjan aur samrat unki shaadi kaise hui?'' Nupur swayed away her gaze sadly and didn't utter a word, 'aree time dekhiye chaliye....warna aapi bahut naraz hojayeing!!''
Mayank knew something was wrong when nupur didn't answer him, so he decided to not say anything and just agreed to her words.
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''Arman tumse milkar bahut accha laga yaar'' Mayank hugged arman and Nupur was busy hugging away riddhima and crying abit also.
''atte rehna ..tum dono ab toh aur bhi zaroorat hai..woh dehko...'' mayank followed arman finger to where he was pointing and saw riddhima and nupur hugging, he smiled, ''zaroor..''
''arman bhai meri aapi ka acche se dhayan rakhna!!'' arman smiled hugging nupur, 'aur tum mere dost ka!!''
''aur mera khayal kaun rakhega?'' Nupur asked pouting away placing her hand on her hips..
''apke liye hum haina!'' mayank suggested suprsing all in the room, riddhima nudged nupur abit and winked, '' kya baat hai mayank, tum toh bare romantic nikale''
''yeh sab apki behn ka asar hai'' nupur blushed and looked here and there stunned by mayanks words..she really didn't have any comebacks for his words so she decided to not say anything.
'chalien?'' Nupur smiled and nodded, '' allah hafiz...'' Both mayank and nupur left with a feeling of content and happiness but what about that storm that would soon dwell into their lives...
Nupur was looking out the window and mayank was busy in his driving when he heard nupur scream... '' MAYANK!! RUKIYEE!!''
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Sorry i didn't update yesterday i was really tired and in no mood to do anything but my throat is feeling better...its not all fixed but better than before!😳
Hope you like it...
Sajjal
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