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Chapter 8
I walked to them.
Alia, Arun, aunty, uncle , Bhaiya and alia's mama, maami, mausi and all other relatives are standing here too busy in clicking each other's photographs. Asking to the photographer to come here and there.
I stand beside alia. Alia smiled signalled towards the photographer who is clicking our pic. We both smiled. And then I looked at Arun who is standing slightly left and opposite to me and talking to maama ji, he didn't look at me,not even once.
Why???
Suddenly Bhaiya comes and stands beside me
"come let's take a pic together" he said to me and alia and we both smiled.
Bhaiya stood between us, on my left and we all smiled.
" Arun?? Come" Bhaiya called him. Arun looked at all three of us. I smiled but he didn't.
What's eating him??? Mr. Attitude
He came to us and for some reason I expected that he will stand beside me but he stood beside alia.
Its fine she is his sister!!!
" ok!! Done" alia said and laughed. " I don't know why but I am crazy for pics" and we both giggled
Arun looked at me but quickly moved his eyes away. He is behaving a little different now.
Suddenly I saw uncle coming towards us with a smile on his face but he is looking a little tired too!!
" haldi function is over, lets go home then??" He asked looking at alia and me. Bhaiya stepped back giving me and alia way so that we can talk to each other. Meanwhile I saw Arun walking away from here.
" yeah uncle there's nothing left now..lets go" I looked at alia and then uncle
" yes lets go..what time is it?" She raised her brows
Bhaiya looked at his watch " its 7:00 pm"
" whoa!!! We didn't do anything today and look at the time guys" alia said a little surprisingly.
" lets go outside and pack the stuff in the car" uncle said more to himself than to us.
Uncle walked away to aunty and other relatives who are standing in a circle to our left.
" Bhaiya u sit we both are going outside" alia patted Bhaiya's shoulder and smiled.
She clasped my hand and took me to outside. I cannot point Arun here..i think he is out too!!
Mr.moody!! And I frowned
We walked through the hall , reached the entrance door and here we are outside. A car is parked here just in the front and Arun is standing beside the car on the opposite side with his back on our side. His one hand is on the car and other in his trouser's pocket..i guess!
" here's Bhai!! " alia smiled and we both stood near the car. He hasn't seen us yet!! Driver is packing the stuff in the car!!
" wait I am gonna ask dad to give some stuff to me to pack" alia said and walked pass me.
Means ..i am left with him alone!!!NO
He is not even looking at me now!!
" wait!! I am coming too" and I ran inside without looking back if he has seen us or not.
I ran through the hall and then
" shree beta?? Listen" it is uncle. He is standing there near that wooden table on my left with a small bag in his hand.
I ran to him.
" yes uncle?"
" beta!! Take this outside..and ask the driver to put it in the car" uncle said, pointing outside.
" ohkk " I nodded and smiled and then took the bag from uncle. I ran outside, knowing that he is outside too!!
I reached outside. Arun is still talking on his phone!! Standing on the rear side of the car now. Driver is arranging the bags in the car.
I looked at Arun, he looks a little busy talking on his phone. I think its important. I walked down the two step and to the driver .
Arun has seen me finally!! He is standing here to my right. He kept looking at me and talking on the phone.
I placed the bag down on the floor and then i looked at all the bags and started arranging it. suddenly I heard
" call me in 10 minutes" it is arun's voice
My heart rate has accelerated again!!
And then He comes and stands beside me. I ignored him and kept on arranging the bags.
" go inside and bring the stuff outside" he ordered the driver. Driver ran inside the hall.
I inhaled sharply.
He also has started arranging the bags. I looked at him from the corner of my eyes but he is not looking at me.
What happened..???? I waited and faked arranging the bags but he didn't say a word. Does he want me to talk to him???suddenly I turned to my right and looked at him.
" what?" I asked
" what?" Within no seconds he replied!! And then raised his eyebrows..
God!!
I shaked my head and turned to my left to go inside again!!
But suddenly
" who's Akash?" I heard his voice. It is clipped this time.
I turned back to look at him. And frowned.
" Akash???"
He nodded. Looking straight into my eyes. Hands in his trouser's pocket.
Ooh!!! Wow!! Is he jealous?
Let's play with him then.
" why?" I asked with seriousness on my face
" just answer my damn question" he said a little frustrated
I shaked my head and then turned away. And now I can hear his breathing.
But then He grabbed my hand and pulled me.
" Don't. Don't you ever try to turn away from me" he whispered a little angrily.
My breathing rate has accelerated now!!
I can feel him breathing in my hair. Oh!! Even if he is angry ,but this!!! He..close to me like this!! This feels good. I want to be like this close to him forever.
Suddenly we both heard alia coming out. Quickly he pulled away and straighten himself leaving me reeling.
" heyy!! What are you both doing here?" Alia came running to us with two bags in her hands.
Within no time Arun replied
"arranging bags" and he pointed his finger there at the bags in the car.
She smiled and put the bags down.
" arrange these too then" she waved her hands on the bags on the floor.
I walked and stand beside her and looked at him and he is Looking hotter now!! I inhaled!! He looked at me!! His eyes hot!!
Suddenly all the guests are coming out!! All laughing on some kind of their own jokes.
" all of them are coming home now" alia whispered excitedly in my ears.
Alll????
I smiled!!
" you four can go now...rest of us are coming" aunty said to alia, me, Bhaiya and Arun.
" ok then. I have told the driver to put all the things in the bag" Bhaiya said to aunty. She smiled.
" ok then see you all at the house then!!" Alia said excitedly
" ooh yes!! Alia..Ryan and Pooja are there too." Their maami said aloud and smiled.
Ryan?? Pooja???
" what??why they both are not here?" Alia said. She looks surprised now.
Bhaiya too is looking surprised. But Arun seems less interested in the conversation but he is standing here, he didn't look at me after they all have come.
Maami ji smiled " they both were late for here..that's why"
" ohk then!!" Alia grinned
" lets go now Arun" Bhaiya looked at him and said.
He nodded and headed to his car .
He pulls his car infront of us.
We all smiled and bid a temporary bi to everyone and got settled in the car.
Arun is going to drive the car again, Bhaiya is sitting on his left. And again!! Alia and me on the back seat. Alia on the left this time and I am on the right side.
As we sit in ,Arun adjusts the rear view mirror of the car and now I can see his eyes and yeah surely he can also see me now easily!!
I blushed at his work.
Some minutes ago he was angry with me...may be he still is!!! I don't know!! Why is he so complicated??
He starts the engine and acccelerates. And now we are headed for the house.
" shree?? Do u know Ryan and pooja di?" Alia asked looking at me.
" no!! I was going to ask this to you"
Both Arun and Bhaiya are listening to our conversation.
" areyy!! Ryan and pooja di are maami's children. Ryan is of our age but he still calls me di. I am sure you will like him" and she laughed " imagine!! Someone call me di" and we both giggled."and yeah pooja di is our eldest. She is elder than Bhaiya . She has a baby girl too" and she grinned at the thought of that baby girl.
Whoa!! A baby.
" nice" i said smiling
" yeah!!"
" what's prisha's age now" Bhaiya turned his face slightly to his right and asked alia .
" I think she is 5 now" she grinned.
I think she likes that baby .
i smiled back too. I looked at Arun from the mirror and I think he is smiling too. And then suddenly he looked in the mirror and our eyes got locked. From his eyes,I can tell now that his smile is lost now.
What's his problem?? What have i done?
" The whole house will be filled up with the guests now" alia grinned excitedly.
" yeah!! And you will have to do all the work now" Bhaiya said and then laughed. Alia pouted.
" umm!! Bhaiya?" I looked at Bhaiya and then at Arun from the mirror. Arun looked back in the mirror instanstly.
" yes?" Bhaiya smiled and asked
" actually!! Tomorrow can you ask someone to drive me to my hotel room" I asked Bhaiya making a polite face.
" whoa!! Whatt??" Alia jumped into the conversation almost instantly
" why?" Bhaiya made a surprised face
" actually there's a presentation which I need to complete. A boy AKASH works in my office" I forced on to the name so that Arun will listen and come back to his normal self "called up and told me to finish the presentation real soon. I can't say no Bhaiya..its important and tomorrow is mehendi which will get started in the night. I will come back until then." I explained myself more to Arun than to Bhaiya so that he won't be having any wrong ideas.
" ooh!" Bhaiya nodded
I looked into the mirror and I don't know why..but I felt that his whole body is a little relaxed now! It can be my imagination but I can feel that he is relaxed.
I looked at Bhaiya again!! And after thinking he said" ok"
" no!! This is wrong yrr shree" alia pouted and made a annoyed face.
I smiled and said " It is about tomorrow. Right now I am here"
and thank god!! she smiled back!!
After some 30 minutes of this discussion we reached home. Arun stopped the car. I looked at the mirror and he...he was already looking at me.
I smiled and can sense he smiled back.
Bhaiya and alia jumped out of the car.
I opened the car's door to come out of the car but then, he said something.
" shruti!! Wait outside"
I jerked my face towards the mirror. And he smiled.
We both come out the car . Alia is running inside the house and Bhaiya is climbing the stairs to go Inside the house and reached the door.
Then suddenly I felt we both were waiting for Bhaiya to go inside.
I flushed scarlet before Arun could say something.
I looked at him and he is standing with his back on the side of the car and his arms folded and is looking at me directly in my eyes.
He stood opposite me slightly to my right.
He gave me his shy smile first. And I smiled back. why does he affect me so much??
So here's back the real old Arun without any anger on his face.
" Akash then?" He said calmly and cocked his head to his right.
" Just a regular boy at the office." I said calmly with a smile stuck on my face.
He nodded
" not boyfriend then?" He asked again with the same calmness as before.
I shaked my head indicating a 'no' and looked down.
" Don't go anywhere tomorrow." He said and smiled a little. His eyes showing hope.
I looked at him.
" its important. I"ll come back sooner" I said a little too calmly.
Does he want me to stay???
"you can ask me if you want any help" he said flatly.
" no that's fine" I said matching his tone.
He narrowed his eyes and shaked his head.
" u don't want to go inside?" I asked and I think he misunderstood me.
" am I boring you?" He raised his brows.
I Looked down and said " no!! Its not like that"
I looked back at him and he smiled.
" lets go inside" he waved his hand towards the path and laughed.
I laughed back and we both climbed the steps and walked inside the house.
Oh my!!
All the things are scattered here and there. I can see three small children,one girl and two boys all are of the same age around 5 or 6. I can see a girl..pooja di for sure, who is standing beside the sofa and talking to Bhaiya . She is wearing a pink saree. Alia is laughing and talking to a boy Ryan to be sure who is... Of our age yeah 23 or 24.
All the three kids are running around the sofas and chasing each other .
Suddenly they all looked at us and said
" oh!! Yes ofcourse I saw her once" di looked at me and smiled. Arun and me both walked towards them. They all are looking happy to see each other.
" Arun Bhaiya" Ryan laughed and hugs Arun. I stand beside arun and smiled. Its nice to have a family like this.
" hii di. I am shruti" and di hugged me and smiled
" yeah!! I have seen you once long before. You are beautiful shruti" she smiled .
" you too di" and she blushed a little.
She really is good looking. Tall, almost of alia's and my height, fair coloured dark brown hair.
" and Ryan..she is shruti" alia jumped in between and tells Ryan about me.
I blushed and shaked hands with him.
He is yes..handsome, tall, fair and a fun kind of boy.
" hii!! Shruti ..ryan" he looked at me and grinned.
" hi" I grinned back and looked at Arun who is standing here beside me looking at Ryan and me with what..suspicion??
After some introduction with Ryan and di we all sat down on the sofa. Me, alia and di together on one sofa and Arun, Ryan on the left sofa and Bhaiya with all the three kids on the right sofa.
" what's the plan for the night then?" Ryan said aloud with excitement on his face.
" ohh yes!!! Night!! I think we all should plan something for the night" alia said aloud with equal excitement.
I think...alia got the company of his cousin.
I laughed " yeah!! Sure"
Arun is sitting beside Ryan on his left and smiled a little.
" bhaiyya so get ready" Ryan said to raj bhaiya
He smiled back. And then he showed us his phone and ran to his room upstairs.
Bhabhi 's call!! Understood.and we all laughed!!
Arun also stands up and went upstairs to his room.
He does not indulge in these kind of activities.
Within some 20 minutes all their guests are here!! They all have been settled on the sofa and maids are fetching us all water and drinks.
" ok just tell.me what you children want to have?" Maami ji asked us .
This is her way to show love. She likes cooking.
" we all will have food after our game" alia said and laughed
They all look a little confused
" we all are going to play game on the terrace today at night. We will see about the dinner lateron" Ryan explained them and they all laughed
" m gonna change" I said and stood up
"m coming too" alia said hastily
" di..do you wanna stay in my room?" Alia asked di.
" yeah! Sure I don't have any problem" di said
And then I and alia climbed stairs and went to our rooms.
after locking the door I exhaled. I am just not used to of so many people around me. Its good but a person needs some rest too!
I quickly changed into a Patiala suit. Since it is some family occasion so I have decided to wear this!! Its a maroon colour kurta with black Patiala and dupatta.
I walked to the bed and oh no!!
" his jacket and blazer,they are still here. I need to give it back to him before anyone see it here"
Suddenly alia knocked the door
" hey shree!! We are looking at the arrangements for our game. Come upstairs quickly"
" ok " i said aloud and exhaled.
I quickly grabbed his blazer and jacket.
Hmmm...its good.. nice fragrance!! I wanna keep it as his one thing with me but no I can't !!
I pouted at the thought.
" shut up shree. just go and give it to him" i scolded myself
I went to the door and kept it ajar and then i went to my right room. It is arun's. I inhaled!! And knocked the door!!
My heart!! No!!
"come in!!" I heard his voice" its open"
Ohh!! But i don't need to go inside.
I opened the door and stepped inside!!
Whoaa!! It's a big room.
There's a double bed in the centre. On the whole right side wall ...a huge glass cupboard has been constructed. It has a sliding door on it. On the left side on the wall there's a led and on the floor there's a maroon bean bag. He is sitting on this bean bag with laptop in his hand. He is working!!!
I frowned!!
"shrutii?" He stands up. He looks surprised.
And oh no!!!! He is just in his vest and PJ's. My mouth drops open. Oh my!! His body!! He is no doubt the hottest person of this world!!!! he looks yummy!!!
And suddenly I realized I am staring him. And he, me.
He puts his laptop on the bed and looks at me.
" umm!! Ur blazer and ur jacket" I showed him his stuff in my hands.
" ooh!!" His mouth forms a small 'o'
" you are not keeping it?" He asked surprisingly almost giving me a shock.
Why will i keep it?? I mean I want to but can I ?
I widen my eyes.
" keep? No" I said will equal surprised tone!!
He remains silent for a few minutes. Just standing there looking at me.
And finally he nodded."ok" his voice calm and composed.
I walked near his bed and put his jacket and blazer on his bed.
When I looked at him he is still staring me.
" you are not coming upstairs?" I asked him calmly
I want him to come. But yeah!! I know he never remain interested in all this stuff!! He considers it'crazy'
He narrowed his eyes with suspicion " are you going?"
I nodded" yes"
He inhaled and after a few seconds he said " ok"
What?? I frowned. Just tell me you are coming or not.
"soo?" I asked wanting an answer
He smiled
" ok!! I am coming"
I grinned and he laughed and shake his head.
I turned and walked to the door
" shrutii?" I heard his voice again
I smiled and turned " yes?"
" you. Are. Beautiful and this dress has made you more adorable today" and then he comes towards me and stands opposite me.
My breathing has stopped. I looked at him in his eyes and he in mine!!
We both are standing here without saying a word to each other. My heart beat!! It has come at its peak. I can sense his breathing rate has changed too.
"arunn" I whispered
"hmm" he said and comes closer to me.
He has not even touched me and I can feel a shiver running through my whole body!!
" I am going" I whispered and stepped back.
I know if I won't go now then we both will do something stupid!!
I don't even know anything about him!!
He paused , a little surprised by my reaction . And then he smiled and nodded
"ok!! "
" you are coming in???" I asked stepping back further and opened the door at my back.
He smiled "in 10 minutes"
"ok" I turned and ran to the right and went upstairs.
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Edited by vaishalig130796 - 9 years ago