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After quite some time Pooru waapas aa gayi 😳
For what I have written right now is something from a different galaxy, Casual... Normal and light hearted. I hope you enjoy reading it
Proof Read by @RiKara94
Dedicated to Adishree @perfictionist ... Thank you so much for your love, support and appreciation, you always say exactly what I want to hear about my compositions ... It feels really special
Happy RiKara Reading!
CAPPUCINO
"Because Coffee Is Always A Good Idea"
Omkara walked inside the coffee house to see hives and bunches of kids and youngsters having fun. He was annoyed by the mere sight of so many people jumbled in one place. It was suffocating, more frustrating were the teenagers clicking pouty selfies and some disgusting PDA couples. He would have never came to this place on a Saturday evening if he did not have to literally kill time. Actually came to meet an art gallery manager nearby, now he will have to sit and wait in the coffee house till the manager comes back to his gallery ... Yeah he had quite a few options to roam around and explore but this coffee place served his favorite cappuccino which he could not let go for anything ... After all he had come back to this place after two weeks ...
A waitress calls him when he is busy thinking where to sit ...
" Sir, aaj bohot rush hain ... Aap please table share kar lijiye ..." The waitress requested pointing towards the corner most table on the right ... That was the place where Omkara sat every time he visited ... The place he will have to share.
He walks towards the small two seater and finds a miniature sized frame with her head down on the table ...
" Excuse me ma'am ... Can I please share the table with you?" He asked politely ... Just to frown the very next moment looking at the little woman's tear stained face and red eyes.
" GAURI?!?!?! " Om exclaimed immediately taking the seat opposite to her ...
" Dekhiye Humara time pass karne ka bilkul mood nahi hain, agar aapko line maarni hi hain toh yaha jo ladkiyan paraath bharke make up pott ke aai hain naa unke peeche jaaiye!" Gauri shrugged scratching her red nose ...
" Ajeeb-o-Gareeb baatein karne ki aadat gayi nahi naa tumhaari ... Abhi bhi vaisi ki vaisi bilkul pagleit chirraiyya ho!" Omkara said with a chuckle ...
" Pehle toh aap daant dikha dikha kar hasna band kijiye aur humme yeh bataaiye aapko humaara naam kaise pata? " Gauri asked narrowing her eyes.
" Baat toh aise kar rahi ho jaise tum mujhe jaanti hi nahi!!! " Omkara scolded comically ...
" Hum kya aapki shaadi mein aapke joote churaane aaye thhe ke hum aapko jaanenge?!?!?! " Gauri gave back to Omkara and he was trying hard to control his laughter.
" Arre baba ... Shaadi nahi hui meri, agar hui hoti toh main tumhe invite karta. " Om said giggling more
Gauri got up from the chair and walked closer to him ... Removed his spectacles and with their faces just an inch apart ... Her eyes investigated his ... Omkara raised a brow and Gauri did an eyebrow dance to reply to his questionable looks
" Humme lagta hain humne aapko kahi dekha hain." Gauri was thinking hard.
" Chalo kuch toh yaad aayaa tumhe! " Omkara said before calling for the waitress.
" Kahi aap wahi toh nahi jinka newspaper mein mograchhap ittar wala ad aataa hain? " Gauri asked scratching her head ...
" Priyanka ka bada bhai hoon main pagli." Omkara reminded her bursting out into laughter ...
" OMKIE SHOMKIE !!!" Gauri almost shouted with her eyes popped out and her hands on her cheeks while Omkara was still busy laughing ...
Gauri had no idea that she will meet Omkara after two good years ... The last time she had met and talked to him was on her convocation ceremony and that too because he was her class friend Priyanka's brother.
Seeing him she realized what kind of a scene she had created and so she started crying again like the way she was crying before he had come ...
"Tum itna ro kyon rahi ho?" Om asked tensed
"Sir, what would you like to have?" The waitress interrupted
"One Cappuccino without sugar." Om placed the order and looked at Gauri ... He wanted to ask her about her order but after waiting for more than two minutes the waitress turned to go ... Gauri still leaning on the table with her head down ...
"Hmmm... And one cinnamon roll." Om instructed the waitress and she turned to pen it down with a nod...
"Gauri..." Om caressed her hair requesting her to look up ...
"Shaadi toot gayi humaari..." Gauri let him know wiping her wet face ... Om now understood the reasoning of her reactions ... He knew she is a girl with temper and crankiness from the time he had seen her in her college days ...
"Tum mujhe bata sakti ho ... If you want to talk about it..." He said holding her hand across the table ... She looked at him wide eyed innocent... He could feel the small smile that wanted to line her lips ...
"Humme honeymoon ke liye Hyderabad nahi ... Shimla Jana hain!" Gauri confessed noticing the floral motifs embroidered in the table cloth
"HEIN?!?!?!" Om was practically confused ... Thinking that this stupid sounding reason is the very reason of her relationship coming to an end ...
"Haan, humne kitni baar kaha par koi humaari baat sunta hi nahi hain!" She said sighing hopeless
"Par Gauri honeymoon toh honeymoon hi hota hain ... Phir chaahe woh shimla mein ho yaa Hyderabad main!" Saying Om actually began to imagine a proper honeymoon and understanding his grin ... Gauri smacked away his hand hard ... He could not help but chuckle ...
"Gauri, don't you think yeh baat bohot lame hain ... Ek rishte ke tootne ki wajah banne ke liye?" Om was genuinely concerned
"Haan, sunne aur samajhne mein yeh baat sachmein chhoti hain par mujhe ehsaas hua me agar maine shaadi ki toh woh aadmi kabhi bhi meri baaton ya jazbaaton ko ehmiyat nahi dega ... Humme koi ek tarfa rishta nibhaane mein dilchaspi nahi hain ... Shaadi mein toh sab equal-equal hona chaahiye naa ..." Questioning him in this way Gauri made her point crystal clear
"Tumne khud apna rishta toda???" Om asked aloud and astonished ...
" Ji haan! Woh Saahabzada manaane aayaa thha humme, fevicol ki tarah chipakne ki koshish kar raha thha ... Isiliye humne usse jhaadu uthakar do chaar satadi." Both of them giggled .
The waitress came to keep the cup of coffee and the plate of cinnamon rolls on the table ... Om pushed the roll plate towards her ... His eyes commanding her to eat. She finished the last bit on her plate within no time ... And Om smiled observing how she ate like a kid ...
"Gauri agar tumne apni marzi se rishta toda hain ... Toh tum ro kyon rahi ho?" Omkara was concerned
"Humme bhi shaadi karni hain ... Honeymoon pe Jana hain ... Bachhe paida karne hain ... Aapko pata hain humaare saare doston ki shaadi ho gayi, ek hum hi akele reh Gaye!" Gauri was so frustrated ...
" Don't worry Gauri ... Tumhaari bhi shaadi hogi phir tum honeymoon pe Shimla Jana aur tumhaare cute cute bachhe bhi honge ..." Om tried to console her in the most awkward way possible ... Offering her the cup of cappuccino ... She gulped down the warm beverage making faces because it seemed like prescribed medicine to her sweet tooth
" Aapko pata hain hum kitna pareshaan ho Gaye hain ... Pata nahi shankarji ne unhi ke jaisa kaunsa ziddi jatadhari likha hain humaari kismat mein ... Jo kahi kisi kailash par dhyaan mudra mein baitha hoga!" Gauri hit her head waiting for his amused self to continue the conversation ... Om was looking at the foam on her lips which now curved into a smile, she was looking so cute.
Gauri traced the intricate motif embroidery of the table cloth when he excused himself and got up to receive a call ... Yeah he is very very handsome but it is now that Gauri noticed his height ... He is so tall, she is so small she thought randomly
Omkara came back in a few minutes to see that Gauri had paid the bill
"Tumhe bill pay karne ki koi zarurat nahi thhi..." Omkara said strictly
"Are koi baat nahi ... Aaj humne pay kiya next time aap pay kar dena ..." Gauri said awaiting his reaction to her idea of meeting again ... He nodded positive ... Seeing her again excited him very much ...
Both of them walked out ...
" Aap humme ek baat bataaiye, hum itne samay baad mile ... Hum toh aapko bhool hi Gaye thhe lekin aapne humme kaise pehchaan liya?" Gauri asked curiously
" Tumhe nazar bhar dekhke koi kaise bhool sakta hain Gauri." Om said in a deep meaningful voice and she looked at him totally confused ... Was he supposed to tell her that he had painted her right after the first time he saw her? With an obvious no his heart thud in his chest ...
They parted ways in the parking,Gauri drove out her scooter from the two wheeler lot ... Om took out the keys of his car and kept looking at it ... Finally paying attention to Gauri's voice which was screaming Goodbye to him... With a different intention ... He kept back the keys in his pocket and called her ...
"Gauri mera driver pata nahi gaadi lekar kaha chala gaya hain ... Mujhe abhi pass ki hi gallery mein Jana hain ... Please drop me." He requested
"Baithiye..." She said and smiled looking at a black Mercedes Benz on the back of which it was written in proud font - THE OBEROI GROUP OF COMPANIES ...
"Ab Chalo Bhi ..." Giggling on his insistence ... She drove
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