Ghee shakkar
"Bitiya se milne ka mann hai, milne ki aagya hai? Shyam asked politely
"Ruken hum missus se pooch ein Sita Ram roared
The men laughed amicably
"Kaisi hain Himani ji?
"Who apni bahu Meeta ki delivery ko lekar chintit hain. Baby shower, bache ka room Shyam explained
Those things were unheard of in the traditional Vaidya household. In fact the first baby warranted a god bharai and that's about it
There was weekly monthly and yearly havan and poojas for the baby in the first year, but no color coordinated crib or curtains no baby rooms
Gauri Garima's room was spartan, with two beds and two study desks, and tons of school work on the walls and posters of Science and Math & world history but nothing out of a sitcom
Surbhi's room on the other hand looked like it was pulled off a Disney set
"Bacha to doosra hai? Nahi? Sita Ram asked baffled
"Jee jee... ghar par 6 qareeb kamre band pade hain, unme se ek tayaar karna hai, kareegar se baat kar rahin hain dono Shyam informed
"Hamari missus chintit hain ki yahan khush khabri kab hamey naseeb hogi Sita Ram sounded a little dejected
"Kyon 4 paach saal postpone kar diye hain? Teeku aur Harit?
"Umm... nahi... nahi... bus... jin halaat mein hui shaadi missus sochti hain dono mein abhi mel aane mein samay lagega Sita Ram sighed
"Hum yeh keh sakte hain ki Teeku hamari ek dum happy hai
"teeku ab hamari hain, Avantika Sita Ram reminded
"Hahahah
"Kuch keh rahin thi? Himani behenji se?
"Nahi... nahi... unki Bhabhi Meeta, unki khabar leti rehti hain, sun ne mein aaya hai, unhoney khaana banaya, aur namak bhool gayin aaloo mein aur damad jee bilqul tamasha nahi kiya, kaano mein keh gaye yeh baat unse Shyam, was very proud of Harit
"Achhha? Hum asal mein us din jaldi nikal gaye, bas halwa khaaye, usme namak ki avashyakta nahi thi Sita Ram cracked one of his lame jokes
"Shukar manaye, teeku ne dark e maare halwe mein namak aur aloo mein mithas daal dee to
"Aur koi baat keh gayin? Sita Ram probed
"Umm... sab kuch achha hai, aur... aur to koi baat nahi... haan yeh kahin who ki ek din raat ko khaane pe gayin who. Harit ne khoob khatir kee
"jee jee Sita Ram's turn to nod proudly
"Mel ka kya hai JV saab, dono padhe likhe, modern, English bolne waale, naukri karne waale, apne aap samay se ho jaayega mel Shyam didn't feel what he was saying but said it anyway
Thankfully Sita Ram could not see the worry on Shyam's face
He thought to speak with Himani about it and have her reach out to Meeta to quiz Teeku
"Ghoomne kaha jaane ka plan hai? Shyam acted like he was very cheerful
"Dono, jaayenge zaroor Sita Ram nodded trying not to be disappointed
"Teen mahina honey ko hai... hum baat karenge Teeku se, unki favorite jagah to islands hain koi bhi
"Hmmm... achha? Hamare Harit to nadi ke priya hain, melon ki nadi aur ghane jangal... Sita Ram realized they didn't have anything common in vacation spots either
"Chaliye phir kisi bade sheher mein bhej dein taaqi equal rahe dono ka challenge aur dislike Shyam laughed
"Judge hum nahi aap hain JV complimented
"Bus 3 mahiney ki sangat ka asar hai sahib
"Aap hamey Sita Ram kahen
"Who nahi ho paayega Shyam said sincerely
"Us din tadapkar aapki beti hamare yahan aayi na hotin to aap aur hum kidhar dost bante Sita Ram's voice was filled with gratitude
"Jee bilqul Shyam nodded his eyes glistening
"Avantika se zyaada Chandu se koi pyaar nahi kar paayega Sita Ram was confident
"Jee... jee Shyam nodded
"Hum bus yeh chahte hain, Harit aur unki koi santaan ho jaldi se jaldi Sita Ram declared longingly
"Aapke mooh mein ghee shakkar Shyam agreed
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"Jaldi aaye hain to zaroor match hogi neeche Teeku took a not so subtle dig at Harit 😡seeing him stretched out deliciously at 3 in the afternoon on his bed..
He was stretched out in bed, still wearing black pants but wearing a grey stripe tee
He was going through a old ratty red file with a tie on the center... scratching his hair
She set the folded laundry on the other side at the foot of the bed and started making three sets, his hers and Teeku's
She had reluctantly pulled and folded his clothes from the line because Lakshmi ordered
"Arey wah hamari laundry kar daali? he mocked
"Ma kahin humse she said primly
His eyes scanning her bent look in the pink figure hugging kurta with the plunging neck line
"Dupatta bhool gayin? he murmured goading her, pulling one leg up settling back ogling
"BHOOLE nahi, waha office chair par hai she said haughtily
"Avantikaaa he called out as she turned away stacking his folded tees in his shelf
She didn't respond walked out brought the purple dupatta and wrapped it like a shawl fully covering herself
He laughed at her obvious "obliging
He reached for his tea cup and sipped as she approached her other piles of clothes
"Ek besan ladoo missing hai, aap kha leen? he taunted
"Humey pasand nahi hai she waved a finger dismissing
"Jhoothi hain aap"😳 he said biting into the third one
"Chandu, Gauri Garima SAB aa chuke hain kisi aur ne kha liya ho?"
she walked into her room to put her clothes away
He was getting on her nerves
She missed him dangerously
He didn't really care for her unless he wanted to
She hated that
She paced her room furiously plotting how she could get back at him
She made a plan and walked out
Bent to pick up Chandu's pile
He lunged and grabbed her, she fell face down on his bed, scowling
He pulled her over his body
"Did u steal my dessert? he panted pinning her down
"I TOLD YOU I didn't
"I will be the judge of that he bend down on her open ready to scream mouth
"Hareee she groaned
They hungrily fed off each others taste forgetting about the missing besan ball and grand conspiracies to avenge being ignored
Edited by Nisha0604 - 7 years ago