HELLOOO!!
I am an old member who always preferred to be a silent member. So hardly know anything about posting or anything. Do forgive the mistakes guys . ShiVi got me hooked up to Pandya store and I cooked up something with my imagination.
Give it a try and tell me how you find. Ignore the typos. Hope I was able to do justice to all the characters and you all like it.
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PART 1
It was another usual day when Raavi bullied made Shiva to give her a ride back home despite his unwillingness.Bulling was the most common thing between these two. They were actually experts in that section if the person in question was either of them. They had never liked each other greatly since childhood, especially Shiva. He was short tempered and whenever Raavi came to the equation, it would reach another level. Raavi was a happy go lucky girl who acted as per situation. She held no grudge to anyone. Shiva hated her and had always made that clear to her. So she just simply hated him back, as if it was an example of Newton’s third law. Whenever he would insult her, she too gave it back just to spite him some more. A riled up Shiva had always been entertaining to her. Despite their mutual ‘unfondness' for each other, they were found together many times. Either bickering over some not-mention-worthy issue or Raavi annoying the hell out of Shiva with her nonstop talks so much that by the time she finished, Shiva would be breathing fire. That day the latter was happening. Raavi, ignoring all sane warning that her brain was giving her, went on blabbering about how she would soon get married to Dev, how much she loved her, how sure she was her loved her too, how she was ready to bear him just for Dev and Pandya family and how a sadu like him was a member of such loving family. The two were on their way to Raavi's house. Suddenly she stopped her ranting and asked him to stop his bike. Annoyed and confused he did as told. Not giving him a chance to complain, she hurriedly got down and ran to a particular direction. Shiva followed behind. She went to stand behind a tree and was staring at a certain point wide eyed. Shiva followed her gaze and got shocked himself. Dev stood there with a girl. It looked like they were having an agitated conversation. Shiva was about to approach them but Raavi held his wrist tightly stopping him. They stood there side by side in silence listening to the other two’s conversation.
“We can’t do this Rishita. She is very innocent and soft hearted. She won’t be able to take the shock. She will be heartbroken”,
“Then what about us dev? What about our heart? I love you and you love me. Will you be happy, dev?”
“It doesn’t matter. My family is happy. Everyone in the family adores her. Bhabi is so happy .so is maa.”
“So are you!!”
“Rishita, main tumse pyar karta hu. Shadi bhi karna chahta hu. Par shadi serf do insaan nahi do parivar ke bich ka rishta hota hai. I feel no one will be happy with our relation. My family might accept you easily. But your family? Your dad will never accept our relation. Neither will your aunt.”
“I will manage my dad. He can’t ignore his daughter’s happiness. And my happiness is you. You must talk to your family .If you don’t then I will. Raavi sounds like an intelligent girl. I am sure she will understand us.”
“Ri...”,
“We can’t give up without trying Dev. Otherwise we will regret it for our whole life..... Please do this for me , for us”, dev nodded reluctantly.
All the while Shiva kept looking at Raavi. She hadn’t moved even a bit and her always smiling face was suddenly all blank, expressionless.Wasn’t she bursting with happiness minutes ago because she thought Dev............. She didn’t complete that thought. Did she misunderstand his gestures of friendship for love? Huh,what was there to question!! She did take it all wrong. She didn’t know what to feel now. Her eyes were glistening with tears still not a single tear had dropped. She turned to Shiva and gave a sarcastic smile. His warning did come true. She shouldn’t have dreamt of marrying Dev. Her fate didn’t want her to become a Pandya member. Or did it?
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When the two reached Raavi's home they saw dev’s bike parked outside. Curious ,both went in and saw the whole Pandya family present there. Raavi suddenly remembered Dhara di promised to come with dev’s proposal. A proposal without his genuine willingness. A proposal that would snatch away his happiness. She looked around for Dev and found him sitting uncomfortably between Gautam and Krish. He looked on the verge of panicking. Raavi let out a humorless chuckle and went further in. Shiva stood by the entrance observing everything .Prafulla saw them first and exclaimed her name happily. She looked happy with the proposal. In fact everyone looked joyful except Dev. Raavi had something different going on her mind by then. She gave a fake squeal and ran to hug Dhara as if surprised to see them there.
“Diii!! What a pleasant surprise!!! Aap sab yaha?” ,
“Vul gayi !! Wada kiya tha na maine tere liye mere dev ka rishta leke ayenge?”,
“kiya!!!Kyu?”, she faked a confused expression, “ kyu!!! Kya matlab kyu ? Tum dono pyar karte hona ek dusre se! Shadi karna chahti thi na tu ?”, everyone looked confused,
“par Dii main toh majak kar rahi thi na tab. Sorry dev agar tumhe bura laga ho.Par main tumse pyar nahi karti. Aur tumhe bhi toh mujhse pyar nahi hai, hai na?”,Raavi said the last line with an almost hopeful glint in her eyes. Then again who was she fooling? Dev nodded almost immediately and said,
“Ha Bhabi hum nahi karte pyar ek doosre se”,
“toh fir tu yaha shadi ke baat karne kyun aaya?”, Suman glared at Dev,
“Maa,meri hi galati thi mujhe laga yeh dono........ aur main ......”,
“Issme aapka kya galati hai, Dhara di? Mujhe aise majak nahi karna chaiye tha”,
“Majak?Kya bak rahi hai tu yeh sab? Matlab teri woh sab natak tha?”, this time it was Anita who had witnessed her madness a few days back,
“haa”, came the immediate reply but no one in the room seemed to believe her. Except may be Dev. GauRa looked at each other,
“kiya haa. Tu hamesha se kehti aayi hai.....”,Prafulla finally spoke up finally unable to digest her niece's sudden change,
“Masi masi, aap boliye main ek saath do insaan se kaise pyar kar sakti hu?”, Raavi said hurriedly, then mentally smacked herself , wow what an excuse Raavi! Now they would question more – who is he, where is he, blah blah blah.
“do insaan! Raavi tu kya keh rahi hai? Kisse pyar karti hai tu?”, ,
“Beta ,Pandya parivar ke bahu ho na tere bachpan se sapna tha na?”, her mausapa asked ,
“Haa mausapa. Woh toh abhi bhi hai”,
“Tu kya keh rahi hai mujhe kuch samajh nahi aa raha”, Dhara asked not getting what was going on,
“Aaareh main yeh keh rahi hu, mujhe Pandya parivar ka bahu banna hai par par”,she racked her brain for any valid excuse that would be enough to convince them, “Dev ka nahi Shiva ke patni ban ke.Because main usse pyar karti hu. In fact we both love each other”, she said in flow then realised what she had actually said. Every single person present there stood shocked including the speaker herself and the mentioned person.What was it with her today? Shiva was right. She should control her tongue occasionally. Shivaa!!. Raavi mentally bit her tongue, so much for Dev ki khushi. Now that Ravan would take her class. Shiva was standing behind her near the entrance all this while partly confused and partly amused at her so called cheerful pretence. But hearing her proclamation of love, he glared at the back of her head, dumbfounded.
“kya trick nikale ha Raavi ,Shiva ko tang karne ke liye”,Krish laughed as he found all this amusing now. Raavi –Shiva in love was a very entertaining concept,
“nahi Krish. Sacchi keh rahi hu. We both love each other”, Raavi felt like smacking his head. Gadha kahika! Spoiling her hard works.
“tum dono toh hamesha ladte rehte ho. Yeh pyar kab hua?”,Gautam interrogated,
“ ladte hai iss ka matlab thodi na hai ke hum pyar nahi kar sakte. Aap toh jante ho Shiva ko. Woh kaha kuch sidha karta hai.Yeh chidana ladna usska pyar karne ka andaz hai. Hai na Shiva?”,Raavi finally turned to face her bali ka bakhra who had his eyebrows knitted and was glaring fire at her, a sign that he was waiting to band bazao her. Maybe he was mentally smacking her head too. She gave him an extra sweet smile.She would tackle him later, now she had to focus on this.
“Tere pyara Shiva toh abhi bhi tujhe aise ghoor raha hai jaise tujhe aag main jaala dega”,Prafulla said sarcastically, “ Abb yeh mat kehna bhai ke yeh bhi uska pyar se ghoor ne ka tareeka hai!”,
“ Kya Masi ,yeh toh isliye ghoor raha hai kyun ki hume abhi yeh sab nahi batana tha na aap sab ko. Aur upar se main itna din tak dev dev karke usse chida raha tha. Aapko toh pata nahi yeh mere liye kitna deewana hai”, Raavi mentally cringed at her own words. Was she doing more damage or damage control?
“Aee maami ki behen ki beti!!!” , Raavi immediately closed her eyes, her game is over. This khadoos Shiva now would reveal that she was lying, “jhoot mat bol. Sach sach bata ki main teri nahi tu mera deewani hai. Kaise meri aage piche ghumti hai”, Raavi jolted her eyes open shocked as soon as she registered his words. She looked up to find him looking at her intently. What did he just say? Did he just agreed with all her statements indirectly? Well,It was Shiva style to support her she figured. A simple ha would have worked too. But again it wouldn’t be Shiva if he agreed so simply. He could never support her directly of course. But he did back her statements. And his subtle gesture of support was enough for her. She felt her eyes welling up and she couldn’t understand why. Maybe gaining support from the most unlikely person was overwhelming to her. Even Shiva was surprised with his own reply, he was supporting that mami ki behan ki beti in her lies. But why? This time she gave a genuine grin and nodded a huge no,
“kya Shiva aaj bhi jhoot bolega. Aab sach bolega toh kuch nahi jaane wala hai tera.Sacchi!!”
“tujhe lagta hai mujhe teri Sacchi ka zaroorat hai!!!” , everyone sighed around , welcome to ShivaRaavi maha muqabela, ”Apna Sacchi ka dahi jama aur ghatak le. Tab shayad tu sach bolegi ki tu meri aage piche ghumti rehti hai”,
“Actually, Dahi jamane ka idea bura nahi hai. Tere liye. Kyun ki tu sidha sidha baat nahi kar sakta nahi sach swikar kar sakta” ,
“Aae mami ki behen ki beti. Mere nakal mat utar. Khud kuch soch ke bol. Par sochegi kaise!! Sochne ke liye dimag chaiye joh ke tere paas nahi hain” ,
“Dekh Shiva......”,
“bas karo tum dono. Yeh hai tum dono ka pyar ka daastan!! Hum sabko saboot mil gaya.Maan gaye hum!” , here came the referee aka Dhara.She gave them a mock smile,
“ab Di , pyar karte hai iska matlab yeh thodi na hai ke hum apna aadat badal sakte hai.”,
“yeh bhi sahi hai” , Krish exclaimed. Everyone glared him shut except Raavi who grinned. At least one bought her over cooked lie.
“Raavi,tu saaf saaf bata kiya kehna chahti hai tu?”,Prafulla held her by shoulder, she smiled at her,
“yehi ke aap sab mujhe aur Shiva ko swikar kar lo.” Then she turned to Dhara, “aap yaha mere hath mange aayi hai na, shadi ka rishta jodne? Toh phir mere aur aapke Shiva ka rishta jod dije Di. I promise ke aap humesha hamare jhagre ka referee rahenge”, Dhara shook her head smiling gently. Raavi convinced everyone for their marriage. Even Prafulla who hated the very mention of Shiva, had to give in. but she didn’t agree whole heartedly. Dhara tried to read their expresssion to understand the sudden revelation, surprisingly that day even she couldn't catch their lie. Everyone except Prafulla was happy with the proposal. Among all , Dev was the most relieved and it could be seen clearly in his expression which did not go amiss by ShiVi. And ShiVi, they didn't know what they were doing!
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