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Hello evry1! 😳 So i decided to pen another ArHi drabble. Really like 'em xD
Concept-What if Arnav-Khushi's first meet wasn't really at the Fashion Show back in Sheesh Mahal. My take on their First meeting, which neither of them seem to remember now- When the two of them were setting their first step into the real world.
As the bright sunrays beamed merrily upon the delhiites, in a small corner of the city sat an 8 year old girl with folded hands praying to her Devi Maiyya for a blessed first day at her Dad's sweet shop.
'Devi Maiya, aaj pehla din hai humara, aaj hum jalebi banaengey aur bechengey, please Devi maiya log hamari jalebi khaye aur muskura ke kahe, ki waah maza aa gaya'
'Chal bitiya, banana suru kar' Shashi Gupta smiled at her lil daughter, who had joined him at work today.
As the first batch of Jalebi's sat ready to be sold, Khushi looked on with a hopeful gaze wishing for a long cue of customers demanding her special-made Jalebi's. She loved Jalebi's, the way she could make them in different shapes and designs fascinated her, and when they would be ready to be out from the hot frying pan looking a delicious shade of orange like the sun, holding bountiful of smiles for her just the way each new day brought hopes and smiles in her life. Hours passed yet Khushi remained firm at her spot , everytime a customer had come she had perked up only to be disappointed as none of them wanted to buy Jalebi's.
'Babuji, why aren't they buying my Jalebi's?' Khushi complained in a small voice, overcome by dismay. 'Aren't they good enough?'
'They are great' Shashi assured her in a soothing voice 'Be patient, the day has just begun'
Khushi smiled and with renewed faith looked on in hope for a customer. A few minutes later Shashi asked her to take care of the shop as he had to go home for some urgent work.
Khushi called out to a few passerby's advertising her Jalebi's, munching on a few of them to attract customers. She silently wondered why people weren't tempted to buy the sweets, she had never been able to resist the sight of anyone eating sweets with so much vigour. Disappointed she placed the Jalebi back in the platter and huffed in annoyance.
Just then a boy in his teen years entered the shop with a foul face dressed in trashy clothes.
'Do Jalebi dena' he asked rudely.
Khushi nodded glad that she finally had a customer but feeling a twee bit anger at the bad manners of the boy.
'Aapka naam?' she asked with an innocent smile.
'Tumhe kyun jaanna hai?' he asked in a shrewd manner.
'Woh aap hamare first customer hain' she answered ignoring his tone 'aaj hamare pehla din hai yahaan'
'Arnav Malik' he replied with a sour face 'nahin, Arnav sirf Arnav' he amended.
Khushi giggled as she wrapped the sweets in a packet, how funny the guy was confused about his name.
'Hum Khushi Kumari Gupta' she grinned a big one proud of her name.
'achha' Arnav replied uninterested as he kept his gaze fixed outside with a grim face. Khushi followed his gaze and found a girl in her early 20's sitting on the pathway at the other side of the road looking thoroughly upset. 'Woh kaun hain?' she asked curious.
'Tumse matlab?' he glared.
'Ek second' Khushi glared back, holding the Jalebi pouch in her hand as she made 3 ringed Jalebi, the middle one featuring a smiling face. She placed it in another packet and thrust the two of them in Arnav's hand. 'Humare Jiji kehti hain, Muskurana sehat ke liye achha hota hai'
'What the-?' Arnav snapped as he thrust the packet with the smiling Jalebi back in her hand.
'Aapke liye nahin hai' Khushi replied furious 'unke liye hai, dekhiyega woh zaroor muskuraengey' Arnav took the packet back deep in thought and placed the second packet back at the counter.
'Arrey yeh kyun chhod rahe hain?' She asked surprised.
'Mere pass sirf do rupee hain, Di ki smile is jalebi se aa sakti hai to main yeh lunga'
Khushi felt sad as Arnav placed the coin at the counter and turned away to leave. 'Nahin rukiye' she called. He turned back to her with a questioning gaze.
'Woh to humari taraf se gift hai, is packet ke do rupee hue, yeh apka hi hai' she smiled holding out the packet towards him.
'Ehsaan nahin chahiye mujhey' he answered with knowing eyes.
'Ehsaan? humne kaha na gift hai' Khushi remarked.
'Kis baat ka gift? tum mujhey jaanti ho?' he asked adamant about not taking the package.
'Arrey!' Khushi sighed confused and dazed at the boy's stubborn behaviour, a thought clicked in her mind and she looked up with big eyes. 'Aap hamare pehle customer hain, isliye is Khushi main yeh Khushi ki taraf se ek gift hai'
Arnav shook his head at the crazy girl and took the packet from her. 'Congratulations on your first transaction' Arnav nodded and exited the shop.
'Hai re nandkishore!' she wondered aloud at his english accent and giggled at her imitation of her Buaji. 'Jo bhi ho ghussa to dekho' she shook her head and peered outside, her heart softened as she noticed the girl smile on seeing the smiley faced Jalebi and fluttered in joy as an equally adorable smile made it's way on Arnav's face, and just with the way they both smiled and munched the Jalebi she knew they were a brother-sister duo, silently praying to her Devi Maiya to let their smiles be intact, she wrapped her small fingers around the two rupee coin grinning wide pocketing her first earned money.
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Short again, but this idea clicked and i had to pen it! :) <3
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