"It was so much fun, you enjoyed?" Neev asked Arjun. "Ya, it had been a long time I had gone for bowling. I was so hooked up in work I didn't get a chance to go. Waise, You guys play really good" Said Arjun. They were now sitting at the food court of the mall. "Neev keeps talking about you all the time." Said Vinay to Arjun. "Ya he misses you a lot." Said Sheetal. Arjun looked at Neev. Neev looked down not wanting to look at Arjun. "He's crazy" said Arjun and ruffled his hair. "Oh bro, my hair." Said Neev and then whispered in Arjun's ear "Not in front my friend's bro." Arjun Chuckled looking at Neev's childish behavior.
Others were looking at the two brothers in awe. "So you stay in Mumbai?" asked Sheetal after some time and Arjun nodded. "Oh! Have you seen any film stars there?" asked Ria. Arjun laughed slightly at her question and answered "Ya many of them, in fact you go out you'll get to see one, mostly." "Oh wow!! How do they look in real? Whom have you met?" asked Ria. "You are boring him Ria. Stop your question answer session he's not come for an interview out here." Said Ajay, then looked at Arjun and said "Ignore her, she's crazy about films and film-stars." Arjun smile and said "It's okay."
"Ha done." Said Arohi keeping the shopping bags one of the chairs and sat on the other; Purvi also kept the shopping bags on the other chair and sat opposite to Arohi. "I enjoyed so much, we should tell Salil to give these kinds of treats to us more often." Said Purvi. "Ya, at least once a week." Said Arohi and then thought for a while, looked at Purvi and asked "That will be too much right?" to which Purvi nodded. "But we should just tell him, his expression would be worth watching." Purvi said imagining the scene in her head and chuckled. "Aww poor Bhai" Arohi said with a pout. "Ya, Ya poor bhai. I know how poor your bhai is." Said Purvi looking at Arohi.
"Okay, let's have something, I'm hungry." Said Purvi and glanced around the food court of the mall. "I'll have chole bhature." Said Arohi. "Even I'll have that." Said Purvi. Arohi got up and headed towards the food counter.
"2 plates chole bhature and 2 cokes please" said Arohi to the man at the counter. "200 Rs." Said the man and Arohi paid him the amount. "It will be ready in 5 min." Arohi nodded and waited for the food to come.
"I'll go and grab something for me. You guys want anything?" asked Arjun. "I'll have chole bhature" said Dharmesh. Everyone glared at Dharmesh "What?" said Dharmesh looking at their expressions. "Dude you have to do something of this." Ajay said pointing towards Darmesh's big stomach and hi fived Gaurav. Darmesh ignored their comment and started having his sandwich. Everybody looked at him and burst out laughing. Arjun then looked at Dharmesh and asked "Anything else Dharmesh?" Dharmesh was about to say something but stopped looking at every ones glare and shook his head. Arjun headed towards one of the food counters.
Arjun was glancing at the menu on the wall thinking of what he should have.
"2 chole bhatura's ma'am" said the man. "Thank You." Said Arohi. She took the food tray in her hand, turned and then'
*THUMP*
Arjun looked down at his white T-shirt, which now had chole and coke all over it. He then looked at his light blue jeans even it had chole over it. He then looked down at his shoes and even it had chole all over it, he could see the tray besides his leg and chole, coke and bhatura scattered all around him. He was dumbstruck; he could not understand what just happened a minute ago. He again glanced at his clothes and looked at lady in front of him, whose food was all over him and on the floor now.
Arohi looked at the clothes of the man in front of him which had her food which she had just bought. His white T-Shirt was now brown and the gravy of chole was dripping from his T-shirt and was falling on his shoes and ground. Arohi looked at the man's face; he was looking down at his clothes and looked shocked. He looked up at her face now.
Arohi gulped the salvia 'He is looking angry' she thought, she looked in his deep brown eyes for a second and turned her face to the other side not meeting his gaze and again looked at him, he was still looking at her, she again turned her face and looked at the people who were staring at them.
Arjun was angry now, he was about to shout but he couldn't instead he was noticing her expression. 'She looks scared.' He thought. Arjun try to make himself calm. She was looking at the crowd which had gathered around them when they collided with each other. Even he looked at the crowd. 'Is there a film going on here?' he thought 'Of course it is; they must be enjoying looking at the sight in front of them. I'm looking like a joker now.' He said in his mind. While glancing at the crowd his eyes met his brother and his friends who were trying not to laugh. It was very hard for them to control their laughter. The sight in front of them was indeed funny; Arjun with food all over his clothes and a girl in front of him who was embarrassed and scared.
Arohi again looked at him he was looking at the crowd now and she noticed that he was giving an angry glare to someone. She followed his gaze and looked at a group who were trying not to laugh. She got more embarrassed. "S-S-Sorry" she said.
Arjun gave his gang an angry glare when he heard her say something. He looked at her and gave 'Did you say something look.'
"I'm sorry" said Arohi again. Arjun kept looking at her face. He did not say anything. Arjun then noticed a lady coming towards Arohi. "Hey are you okay?" Purvi asked Arohi. Arohi looked at Purvi and nodded her head slightly. 'What's that? I'm looking like a joker and she is concerned about her. She must be with her.' He thought. Purvi looked at Arjun who was just glaring them and she noticed his clothes. She looked back at Arohi who was very embarrassed because of this whole scenario.
"I'm sorry on behalf of her." Purvi said to Arjun. "It's okay" Arjun said looking at Arohi. Purvi gave Arjun a smile. "Let's go" Purvi said to Arohi and they left from there.
Arjun stood rooted out there and looked at Purvi and Arohi leaving. The people who were standing around them were also gone. "Sir would you like to order something?" asked the man behind the counter. Arjun looked down at his clothes and then at the man. "This is enough for me" Arjun said to the man pointing towards his own clothes and headed towards his gang. They were trying not to laugh. "I guess we should get going" said Neev. "Ya lets go" said Vinay. They started moving down towards the exit.
Arohi and Purvi took their bags from the chair and headed towards the exit. Purvi noticed that Arohi was still not out of whatever happened few minutes back. "It's okay Arohi; you just collided with him by mistake. He's not going to sue you for that so chill." Said Purvi. Arohi looked at Purvi and smiled slightly. "I just got scared and embarrassed at that time, I didn't know what to do and all were looking at us." Said Arohi with an embarrassing expression on her face. Purvi laughed looking at Arohi and said "It happens sweetie and don't worry about food we'll go home and cook something for us, okay?" asked Purvi as they reached the parking lot. Arohi smiled and nodded her head. They both kept the bags in the backseat of their car and then Purvi sat on the driver's seat, Arohi on the passenger seat and they headed to their home.
While Arjun and everybody were moving towards the exit everyone in the mall were looking at Arjun as if he's done some crime and Arjun was both embarrassed and angry. He was not angry at the girl; he knew it was not her fault and nor his. They just collided with each other. Arjun was angry at the people glaring at him 'I've not done any crime god damn it, I just collided with someone, can't they understand?' he thought. Neev and his friends didn't bother to tell Arjun anything, Neev had told his friends beforehand when Arjun was coming towards them after the incident, not to say anything or laugh at Arjun as Arjun is very angry now.
"Okay Neev we'll leave" said Ajay giving Neev a hug. "Bye" said Neev. Ajay looked at Arjun shook hands with him and said "Bye, I hope you had fun." Ajay didn't hug Arjun because he didn't want his clothes to get spoilt. "Yup, I had fun. It was nice meeting you'll" said Arjun. Neev's other friends bid bye to Neev and Arjun and left from there.
Arjun took out the keys from his pocket and unlocked his car with automatic lock. He opened the back door, removed the tissue box and the bottle of water. He cleaned his shoes and his shirt as he didn't want the car to get spoiled. All this while Neev just kept looking at Arjun.
"Drive" said Arjun throwing the car keys towards Neev and sitting on the passenger seat himself. Neev moved towards the driver's seat. He reversed the car first and then put the car on 1st gear and started moving towards their home.
Neev kept on looking at Arjun while driving and Arjun looked straight. "Stop that Neev" said Arjun in a bit harsh tone still looking straight. Neev who was trying hard not to laugh couldn't control anymore, he parked the car in the side and burst out laughing. Arjun looked at Neev who was laughing as if he has not laughed since ages. He was laughing and laughing and laughing and Arjun kept on looking at laughing Neev.
Arjun gave Neev an angry glare trying to tell him to stop but all in vain. Neev was in no mood of stopping. "Ha Ha Ha" Arjun laughed sarcastically and gave Neev a smack on the back of his head, to which Neev laughed harder if it's possible though. "The scene was worth watching, you should have looked at yourself, you were looking so embarrassed and that girl was looking so scared. It was so hard not to laugh, it was so hilarious" Neev said laughing. Neev didn't stop laughing till his stomach ached and Arjun kept looking at the laughing Neev.
Finally Neev stopped laughing and looked at Arjun. Neev's eyes were slightly wet due to laughing. Arjun gave Neev a tissue and said "If you are done can we go home? I need to change its very sticky." Arjun said making a weird face. Neev chuckled and started driving to their home.
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Arohi and Purvi after coming back home first cooked something to eat as they were very hungry. Who'll not be after shopping so much? After eating something they sorted out the things which they had bought from the mall and kept it in their respective places. They were now sitting in the hall and waiting for Arvind and Salil and chatting with each other. Arohi was becoming restless she wanted to talk to Arvind tonight itself as the admissions are going to start soon.
On the other hand Neev was still making fun of Arjun but now he had a company with him, Rudra. When Arjun and Neev had reached home Rudra was already there at home, he had come back home early. Rudra was shocked looking at Arjun. When he had asked Arjun what had happened, Neev didn't give Arjun a chance to speak and told Rudra what had happened and then both burst out laughing. From that very moment Neev and Rudra were a team; Neev would just laugh thinking about what had happened and Rudra would accompany him by imagining the situation. And Arjun was alone bearing the teasing. What else he could do he didn't have an option, but deep down he was happy' Very Happy'
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Arvind, Salil, Purvi and Arohi were sitting on the dining table having their dinner. It was all a silent dinner till Arohi spoke in a soft voice "Dad I want to talk to you" she looked up at Arvind who was eating his dinner, but was not responding to Arohi. He had heard her, she knew that. Arohi waited for him to speak but when he didn't say anything, she continued "Dad I want to do post graduation." Salil and Purvi looked at Arohi but Arvind still didn't give any response so she further said "I want to do post graduation from Delhi." Arvind now looked up at Arohi for few seconds; but didn't utter a word, and then continued eating. "I have short-listed few colleges in which I would like to take admission. They are the best colleges in Delhi." She paused "Dad I want to study more, I want to make my own name. I want to stand on my own. I want to make you feel proud Dad. I really want to study. Please don't say no Dad; Please." Arohi looked at her Dad in a hope that he'll not say no. she also had tears in her eyes and was scared as hell.
'It's time' thought Arvind. He wiped his hands with the napkin; then looked at Arohi and asked. "You want to make me feel proud?" Arohi nodded her head. "Then you'll have to do the things which will make me feel proud, which will make me happy." Arvind paused. Arohi looked at Arvind waiting for him to continue. Arvind finally said "I want you to get married."
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Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
Bade Achhe Lagte Hain
