I was literally dead after watching today's episode. Just had a random thought came in my mind so penned it down.
THE GAME OF JEALOUSY
Part 1
"Tum khud chalkar aaogi mere paas, yeh Advay Singh Raizada ka waada hai tumse Chandini Yash Narayan Vashishth" (You yourself will come to me that too willingly, this is Advay Singh Raizada's promise to you Chandini Yash Narayan Vashishth) Advay said smirking at her.
"Mungerilal ke haseen sapne dekhna bandh kijiye. Kyu ki jo aap soch rahe hai woh kabhi nahi hoga "(Stop building castles in the sky. Because what you are thinking will never happen) Chandini said turning her back to him while flicking her hair behind.
Chandini remembered the conversation of few days back which had changed the dynamics of their nameless relation. "Did they even share any sort of relationship?" she questioned herself. After their challenge to each other, she had noticed how he had kind of withdrawn himself from her. For instance, he had stopped cornering her or refrained from having any type of physical contact with her. Though she hated to admit it, but she loved those slight brushings of their hands, his hand on her waist when he saved her from falling due to her clumsiness, she getting drowned into those complaining eyes, he picking her up without her permission as if he owned her, hypnotising her with his deep baritone and husky voice or reprimanding her to call him 'aap' instead of 'tum'.
Off lately, even Megha and Shikha have observed her getting lost in her own lala land or smiling idiotically to herself or staring at nothing particular. The other day Megha had by mistakely put the used tea bag on the bed and the 2 sisters waited for Chandini to blast them but luckily no such thing happened. On the contrary, she smiled caressing the stain on the bedsheet and continuously stared at the tea bag. Seeing her, Shikha had gone to the extent of teasing her saying "Jiji, Advay Singh Raizada ka pyaar sar chadhkar bol raha hai" (ASR's love has got into your head, Di) making Chandini go all red with embarrassment. That night she pondered over Shikha's words and questioned herself "Am I really falling for Ajeeb Singh Raizada?"
She was really confused about her feelings. She and Advay had met only 2 weeks back and suddenly he proposing her for marriage made her doubt his intentions. The only thing bugging her was whether he actually meant what he said. Marriage is not a child's play, it is a union of 2 souls, a relation that is to last forever. Though he made her heart flutter in many unknown ways when he was near still marriage is not something she would agree to atleast not before she is 100% sure of Advay's feelings towards her. So she thought of executing a plan, the age old game of JEALOUSY.
The following days Pratham visited Vashishth Haveli on the pretext of one or the other thing but it helped Chandini execute her plan easily. She tried getting close to Pratham in front of Advay or sometimes giving that extra cheesy smile or sometimes flirting with him. She would try to notice his reactions on his face atleast some flicker of emotion but it seems he had gone blank and he didn't care much. It pained her when she realised she didn't pay attention to her these days. Unknowingly, she was craving for his attention. But what she failed to observe was how his fists closed everytime that PP baba tried to near his Chandu or the flaring of his nostrils each time his Chand flirted with PP or his ever increasing blasting on poor Murali these days for no fault of his.
After their conversation that night, Advay had decided to resort to reverse psychology. He knew it was time to stop his plottings and get the real charmer out. Though he was dealing with a chit of girl, he admitted that she was a tough to nut crack. He tried his best to woo her but seems all his tricks failed in front of her. That is when his devil mind though of an idea.
"Every girl craves for a guy's attention knowingly or unknowingly and this emotion is stronger especially in case of a guy who seems to be so much into you. What if that person suddenly withdraws himself, not giving the girl the attention she wants. There starts the real game when the girl now actually starts to ponder over the reasons for the guy's ignorance. My dear, Chand, you are no different, I promise my ignorance will definitely hurt you" and smirked to himself.
The following days he was successful in his plan as he was smart enough to realise that his ignorance has definitely stirred Chandini in a wrong way. However, the tables turned when he saw his Chand getting close to that damn PP baba and he hated to admit that he was jealous of that pricetag PP who was the subject of Chandini's attention these days. But then he was Advay who has never learnt to lose, he decided to continue with his plan coz the player in him knows that Chandini will definitely come running to him.
In all these, it slipped out of his mind that he along with his colleagues from London were to attend 3 days workshop on Vedic Mathematics, Science & Literature to be held at Allahabad University. His colleagues were to fly down tomorrow, they were just 4 of them so he had offered them to stay at his house after all he was the owner of Vashishth Haveli now. He just informed Indrani about their stay who had inturn reminded him that he owned the house now and was free to do whatever he wished. The next day he sent the driver to pick them up. Meera, Alex, Sally, Arush and Advay all were college friends who dreamt of becoming lecturers at prestigious institution. Thus Advay was a Maths & Physics professor, Alex and Sally were in a relationship while Alex taught English literature Sally was an expert in French literature, Arush recently got hitched to his girlfriend and was a Biology lover. Meera was behind Advay since college days but for Advay she is nothing more than a friend, she is Chemistry lecturer by profession.
Everyone was eagerly waiting for their arrival in the Haveli. The moment they got down out of the care they were awed at the grandeur of the haveli. Sally held Alex tight fearing that she might just get lost in the palatial house. They entered and the three sisters stood shocked seeing Meera as she was skimpily dressed in shorts and a crop top. Sally was still modestly dressed in tunic top and a capri. Chandini could hear her sisters whispering about the length of the girl's dress and she chided them saying "Have you forgotten never to judge a person especially a girl by her clothes. She has a different upbringing than ours. Learn to accept new culture. They are our guests and we consider guests as Gods. Remember that."
Chandini smiled at them and came forward to do the aarti and applied tilak on their foreheads except Meera who refused to do so but Chandini nodded in understanding and let them in. Sally, Alex and Arush greeted Indrani and Yash with a Namaste and bent to take their blessings. Meera cared less about them her eyes were only searching ASR who was not present among the people. Chandini could clearly see the desperation in Meera's eyes but ignored it. Meera squealed in delight as she spotted ASR and ran towards him and gave him a tight hug. Advay didn't know what happened one second he heard someone scream his name and the other second he felt someone clutching his body tightly. It took him some more seconds to realise that the person in question has to be none other than Meer as he fondly called her. Keeping aside her feelings for him and her clinginess, she was one of the truest friends a person can ever wish to have and that made respect more. Meera came out of the hug and gave a light peck on his cheeks and said "I missed you" to which Advay gave her one of his genuine smiles.
Chandini stood rooted at her place the moment she saw Meera hugging Advay. It tore her heart to see some other girl in his arms. Hot tears of pain and anger clouded her eyes witnessing the scene in front of her and her hold on the aarti plate tightened on their own accord not realising the hot wax falling in her palms. The peck was the last straw and she screamed in pain as the thaal fell on the ground due to her burnt hand and the dam of her pearls broke as she was no longer able to control her pain. Advay at once rushed to her seeing her burnt hand and immediately went to the kitchen to bring ice pack. He made her sit on the sofa and placed the ice pack on her palms making her hiss in pain. Lines of worry formed on his forehead as he couldn't bear to see his Chand in pain which didn't go unnoticed by Arush and Meera. While one smiled at the revelation the other one fumed in jealousy at the affection between the duo. "Is it burning" Advay enquired, his whole concentration on her hand which had gone red by now. "Not more than my heart" she replied in a trance, Advay looking at her confusedly. The moment she realised what she said, she snatched the ice pack from his hands and ran to her room.
Here is the first part. Will post the next part tomorrow. Hope you like it. Please hit like and comment
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