NOTE: Going to write the dialogues in Hindi for the first time. As a typical south Indian I might screw up the 'ling' in the language 😃. Pardon me. Also, not to judge any person by their dress. I used specific dress here to bring out the intentions of the evil character, otherwise dress and emotions are mutually exclusive for me.
Premise: Samrat's demise left a gaping hole in the hearts of all Chavan people except his wife Pakhi. Sai and Virat had a terrible blow few days later when they lost their child in pregnancy. When things seemed so bleak and the couple were drifting apart due to Virat's depression, counseling helped them to find happiness again. They tried to focus on themselves again before thinking about planning for another baby. Once they are out of the pressure to make babies, they were back to normal. But Pakhi was still stuck with Virat's depression and was trying to use the opportunity to increase the distance that Virat long back created between him and Sai by sleeping separately. She is still not sure what she wanted, but tried to place herself with Virat behind closed doors atleast once when Sai catches them. Then she is sure, Sai will leave him forever. What she doesnt know is that, with Virat's depression gone and Sai's pain subsided, they cant wait to make love again. Virat is on the mission to get laid and Pakhi doesnt know how persistent he could become when he is in that zone 🤣
"Virat aur Sai ke beech yeh jo Daraar aayi hai, mein iss mauke ko haath se phisalne nahin doongi. Iss Door ke peeche reh kar mein inke beech Doori banaoogi", Pakhi murmured in her sleep.
Last night she went to check baby's room only to find Virat missing there. She couldnt bear the thought that Sai and Virat might get back to being normal and share the bed. However looking at the sullen face of Virat, she could make that they had not done anything the previous night. "Not one more night", she vowed to herself. "Sai chalaak ladki hain. Virat ko vash mein kar legi", she spoke aloud not realizing Sonali was approaching her.
"Pati ko vash mein karna hi Patniyon kaam hain Patralekha! Sai tho phir bhi topper hain." smirked Sonali trying to rile up Pakhi, but enthusiastic to see the drama cooking in her brain.
"Sonali mami! I was talking about Sai convincing Virat on surrogacy", she cleared immediately when BK also started asking about the details.
"Badi mami! Mein keh rahi thi ki bachcha 'milan' se honi chahiye naahi 'injection' se", she provoked BK.
"Yeh tho pate ki baat kahi hain Patralekha tumne. Mein Sai se Kahoongi ki, achche se khaye, piye, tandurust bane aur phir Virat ke saath bachcha banale...sambhog se", BK declared to the shocked audience.
"Sambhog!! Dado sutto", Karishma giggled.
Blood washed away from Pakhi's face! She was not expecting this.
"Par Badi mami, Sai tho maa nahin ban sakti hain na?", Pakhi tried correcting her.
"Mein nahin manoongi yeh sab, jungli mulgi sab kar legi.", BK gushed "ek aur baar unko karna chahiye, aur phir bhi nahin hua tho woh "sugarlassi" kar sakte hain.", BK said to which Karishma bursted out laughing.
"Sambhog aur baad mein sugarlassi!! Haan peena padega hi.. Dado sutto", laughed Karishma holding her stomach.
"Bassss Karishma. Bohot hogaya. Badi mami ki bezatti kar rahi ho tum", blasted Pakhi directing her jealousy at Karishma.
Sai and Virat came downstairs hand in hand, still in bad mood but trying to be together. Virat's face turned a little more paler as he faced the family members while Sai tried to be cheerful.
"Kaise Battameezi Karishma?", enquired Sai little worried. She doesnt want any conflicts in her house, not anymore.
"Kaku aap donon ko ek baar sam..bhog..karne. aaah", Karishma's sentence was left uncompleted when Sonali forcibly shut her mouth when Sai and Virat almost got the word and got flustered.
BK laughed heartily and said "Virat, Sai I was saying you should both try to conceive naturally again before you go for sugarlassi...err surrogacy".
Virat eyed Sai sneakily, while the redness rose in her cheeks. Suddenly his pain looked evaporated. On the opposite side, another face was becoming redder and redder, unable to stop the jealousy gushing from inside her stomach.
That night
Sai and Virat were kissing each other rather hungrily when their tightly shut bedroom door thundered with a bang! Both of them were startled so much so that Virat discontinued his kissing session which was otherwise not possible.
Both of them hurried to open the door hoping that another bad news had not hit them again.
"Pakhiii didi! Aaap", screamed Sai not without a tinge of annoyance. Virat's head was already shooting hot flames and his fists were clenched so much that Pakhi could hear his knuckles crackling.
"Sai...I was used to chat with Samrat in the balcony. And I am feeling lonely. Can you give me some company. I got some green tea with me too. I dont want to disturb your happiness. ", she stressed on the last word knowing it would be effective.
Sai looked at Virat, who was equally melted and he nodded his head to go ahead without a word.
"Mujhe pata hain Virat ki tumhare aur Sai ke beech mein Daraar hain.", Pakhi assumed Virat's coldness otherwise, to which Virat eyed Sai with exasperation. "I know you are already sleeping separately, so if you dont mind I want to sleep with Sai today.", she said tears pooling in her eyes.
"NOOOOOO", screamed both Sai and Virat. Then composed themselves and tried to reason out with her at the same time, failing miserably.
"I have sprained my back sleeping on the floor so I need to sleep on the bed tonight", uttered Virat.
At the same instant Sai too spoke
"Virat sir and I are going to exchange the rooms so I will be sleeping on the floor tonight", Sai lied not quite confidently as she usually is while speaking the truth.
Both looked at each other indignantly for spoiling the night with their lies when Pakhi interrupted their angry stares.
"You should both sleep together and end your distance", Pakhi preached. "But I was missing Samrat so much today that I might get nightmares. But you dont worry about me", she said morosely.
Caught in their own lies, Virat silently took the pillow and blanket, when Sai called to his back and reminded him to not forget hot pack for his fake back sprain. Virat took the opportunity and tried his luck again.
"Saiii, if you dont mind can you come after Pakhi sleeps and put the hotpack. I might need some massage too", he asked as convincingly as possible.
"Theek hain Viraatt. Mein Sai ko uthaoogi. Aur mein bhi Sai ko help karoongi. Samrat ko bhi aise hi massage karti thi mein...", she started blabbering when Virat took the hot pack and ran away saying he is too sleepy to wake up in the middle of the night.
Pakhi chose to lie on Virat's side of the bed before Sai could take the spot. She went ahead and placed some pillows in between them so she does'nt hug Pakhi out of her habit to snuggle her husband while sleeping.
Seeing the pillow wall, Pakhi felt utterly blissful knowing that the Daraar had created so much Doori between them, that they are back to sleeping with the pillow wall. "Pakhi, you just have to make sure that these are never on the same side of the Door again.", she reiterated her goal to herself and drifted into peaceful sleep.
Next morning.
Virat was already eating his breakfast when Sai came downstairs a bit late. He was seen restless. They were trying to sneak into their bathroom to shower together when Pakhi barged in running inside their room with a bag full of sarees. Not listening to Sai's pleas about getting late, she pulled her into choosing the sarees while Virat was forced to shower alone. Pakhi welcomed Sai to take shower in her room instead.
So when Sai stepped down, she was already late to work. She grabbed a piece of paratha from her husband's plate. "Virat sir, lets go. I am already late", she said.
Pakhii was panicked seeing their normal behavior, so she wanted to spy on them more.
"Virat, I too have some work in the bank. Can you drop me there?", she asked not before adding. "Samrat's account needs some information..you know after he...", she was cut down by Virat not able to hear the details.
Virat drove to Sai's hospital first. When Sai was about to get down, Virat and Sai leaned in to kiss, out of their regular habit and fell short of it, taking note of the surroundings.
"Oh! thanks Bappa. They are still apart. They have kissed in the crowd before. Why would they stop now?.", Pakhi fed her delusional mind again.
Virat dropped Pakhi at the bank and booked a cab for her one hour later to pick her up.
Later that night.
Pakhi is delighted to know Sai had night duty that day. She wanted to make sure Sai finds Virat with her in the same room when she is back in the morning.
"Badi mami, I was able to sleep peacefully last night in Sai's room for the first time after Samrat passed away", she brought up the topic smoothly. "But today Sai is not here, so....", she hesitated looking at head down Virat. She tried to grab his attention so she continued.
"Viratt! You are again sleeping in your child's room?", she asked rather insensitively to which Virat had to respond.
"Nooo! yesterday you wanted to sleep in our room. So I went there", he said trying to answer the glaring looks of his family members, especially BK. "I have no plans to sleep there henceforth", he declared.
Caught in her own words, Pakhi tried to smile faintly and said dejectedly "Virat, please sleep in your room. I have no problem. I am used to sleepless nights after Samrat passed away...and I dont want others to suffer", she said trying to wipe non existent tears.
Virat's face fell again when he heard his brother's name and so he said "Pakhii, you can sleep in our room. Anyways, I have to get up at 5 AM to pick up Sai. I will sleep in my kid's room.",
Feeling triumphant and scheming how to make sure Virat doesnt go to pick up Sai, Pakhi went to take shower and wore her lacy nighty.
Before sleeping she made sure Virat is sleeping in their kid's room, and locked the Door from outside.
"Ab yeh Door thabi khulega Virat, jab mein yahan hoongi tumhare saath aur Sai khulegi kal subah", Pakhi laughed vilely at her master plan, throwing the key into the air. "Yeh Daraar tum dono ke beech Doori laayi hain. Aur yeh door, hamesha ke liye yeh doori banaye rakhegi.", she said caressing the door lovingly again.
What she did not realize is that the kid's bedroom has jack and jill door connected to Sai and Virat's bathroom and hence into their room. Obviously, Virat doesnt want their child to be secluded from their room!!
Next morning 5AM.
Virat woke up in his kid's bedroom and found it locked. Not wondering much, he casually went into their bathroom from the other door, freshened up and tiptoed into his bedroom to find it empty. Thinking that Pakhi already got up and left, he took his car keys and left the room.
Few minutes before, Pakhi did wake up to make sure Virat is still in the kid's room and did not go to pick up Sai. She was flabbergasted to see Virat missing there and found out the jack and jill door. By the time, her brain figured out the maze, Virat had already left to pick up Sai.
Utterly devasted but not buying the defeat still, she locked SaiRat's bedroom door from inside and went to sleep in the kid's bedroom. Everyone in the family knows Virat slept in his kid's room that night. So when Sai sees her in lacy nighty in kid's bedroom, then it will have the same intended effect she mused.
Laughing devilishly again at her foolproof plan, she went and slept inside the kid's room waiting eagerly for the footsteps.
Half an hour later.
Virat pulled Sai silently upstairs not to wake up anyone, especially Pakhi who by now he is sure, is making their life difficult with her sob stories. He could not wait to end the distance between him and his wife anymore so he rushed with her upstairs.
"Virat Sir! you said Pakhi didi is sleeping in our room?", Sai asked tensely.
"No, she left when I went to grab the keys in the morning. ", he said grinning widely.
Pakhi could hear the footsteps now. She stuck her ear to the door when she heard muffled noises from the otherside.
"Virat sir. the door is locked from inside", she whispered. "May be didi is still sleeping."
"OK lets go to that room," Virat whispered pointing to kid's room.
"Nooo..chee that is our kid's room. I will not do there", said Sai violently nodding her head, not heeding to his pleas.
After some time, the muffled voices went mute prompting Pakhi to open the kid's door and peek outside. Seeing no one there, Pakhi rushed to see where the couple had gone. Not able to see any sign of Sai or Virat in next two hours, she went to take bath and change into something gloomy before everyone catches her in the night gown.
To her utter disbelief, the door of her bedroom is locked from inside. Sweat started to drip from her forehead. What if everyone sees her in this lacy nighty, she panicked. How come this door is locked! she wondered. She locked only the two doors, both belonging to Sai and virat. But not this!!!
Unable to find any plausible reason why it is locked, she banged on the door not too soft but not too loud also. After few attempts, Sai opened the door adjusting her hair and haphazardly wrapped up saree. Virat appeared from her behind trying to disappear from the scene as quickly as possible. He silently came out and ran upstairs leaving Sai to the interrogation.
"Pakhi didi! both the doors of our room and our kid's room are locked so we had to come and sleep here. Sorry", Sai said meekly taking the bedsheets also with her. "I will wash the bedsheets and send them"
Pakhi was now able to comprehend what happened and screamed loudly holding the door and shaking it violently "Tumne bhi meri bezatti ki hain!!".
"Patralekha!", BK's voice rang around Pakhi. The whole family assembled around her room staring at her in lacy nighty, perplexed.
NOTE: Probably my last quicky OS. This was written 2 weeks back when Pakhi was barging into the two rooms of SaiRat and the baby. I hope it is hilarious enough...but could not write better :(
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