kesar looked at her face, he gently moved the hair out of her eyes,
'nahi, mujhe kuch nahi suna',
gulaal looked at him disheartened, she was about to speak but he interuppted her,
'main jaanta hoon meri gulaal kabhi jhooth nahi bol sakti, im sorry, kitna pagal tha main, mujhe maaf kar dogi',
gulaal looked at him happily, 'sach mein kesar tu naraz nahi hai',
kesar shook his head and gulaal smiled, 'thank God' and she flung her arms around his neck, 'shukar hai,
kesar squeezed her tightly, and then as they pulled apart, kesar grinned cheekily, 'aur waise bhi, dushyant mere jaisa good looking thodi na hai, uski much dekhi hai itni bari bari' he said indicating with his hands and then gulaal slapped im lightly, 'tu kabhi nahi sudhre ga'.
They both walked down the stair case, and then gulaal pulled him back, 'kesar',
'haan'
'ek baat manega,...tu aur motaba',
'arrey tu chinta mat kar, its sorted' he said smiling and he walked over to his father and hugged him tightly infront of everyone, everyone started clapping and gulaal felt tears well up in her eyes as motaba grinned and ruffled kesar's hair.
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kesar sat in his dressing room, thinking, he read his dialogues and then looked over at the door warily, he sighed and then looked at his watch,
'kitna time hogaya hai, kaha reh gayi'. And then as if on cue, the dressing room door knocked,
'aa na',
and gulaal smiled and walked in, she held a pair of clothes in one hand and a clip board in the other,
'sorry, teri baari thodi dher se ayee, voh backing dancers ko bhi costumes dene the' gulaal said happily,
kesar walked over to her and stood infront of her, 'aaj bhi knock kyun karti hai, tujhse kitni baar kaha hai ke...,
'kesar, maine bhi tujhse kitni baar kaha, yaha tu mere se above hai, isiliye mujhe knock karna parta hai',
'above kuch nahi hota',
'kesar..',
'accha accha theek hai' and he took the clothes from her hand and flung them on the dressing table',
'kesar' gulaal said raising her eyebrow,'kya kar raha hai, seedhe seedhe kapre try kar le aur phir dekhte hai, kaunse measurements change karne hai'.
'kapro kor chor, pata hai maine tujhe kitna miss kiya',
'kesar tune mujhe aaj subha hi ghar mein dekha tha' gulaal said amused,
'toh kya hua, phir bhi kitni dher hogayi hai' and he put his arms around her wiast and pulled her close,the clipboard was wedged between them, gulaal struggled,
'kesar please, kisi ne dekh liya, toh dono ko bahir nikal denge',
'nikal ne do, i dont care',
please chor do' she said softly, kesar looked at her face for another second and then let go,
'chalo ab try kar lo, main bahir wait karti hoon' and she turned to leave, kesar pulled her back, 'meri wife hoh jaane ki kya zaroorat hai',
'chup kar besharam' and she pushed him back and stepped outside.
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Gulaal looked at him,
'haan lag toh theek hi raha hai, main baki sab ko dekhti hoon',
'nahi gulaal kuch theek nahi hai',
'kya hua',
'bohot tight hai, yaha se' he said indicating towrds his waist,
'accha wait kar main meausure kar ke dekhti hoon' and she took out her measuring tape, 'banaya toh teri hi fitting se tha, pata nahi kya hogaya hai' and she walked towards him and put the measuring tape around his waist, kesar smiled happily at the feel of her arms around him, she concentrated on the tape and then said, 'fitting toh theek hai kesar...kesar...kesar' she looked up to see him smiling blissfully at her.
'kesar tu... main jaa rahi hoon' and she angrily put the meausuring tape in her bag, 'nautanki baaz, sach mein acting hi shuru kar di',
'mat ja na', kesar said,
'kesar kya hogaya hai tujhe',
he gently pulled her near him, 'pyaar, i love you na',
'toh tujhe yahi time mila pyaar jatane ka, kesar hum kaam mein hai',
'so what' and he gently got his finger and ran it down the side of her face, she shivered at his touch, she looked into his eyes and then smiled,
'accha kesar toh tujhe pyar karna hai' she said softly,
'hmmm' he said breathing in her warm smell,
she got the kneedle she and in her hand and poked it into is arm, he let go of her in pain and gulaal burst out laughing,
'ab pyar nahi jatana', gulaal said walking backwards towards the door,
'tu ek baar ghar toh chal' kesar said.
gulaal pushed her glasses up her nose and left laughing to herself.
'see you in a while, bye mr superstar',
'kesar looked at her annoyed, 'Bye mrs superstar' and she grinned and left.