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superd story writing... every emotion is depicted soo well in here! in future episodes please upload more of vani moments... plzzz can u use wattpad in writing stories or vani os! it would be great if you do... just a reqst!❤xoxo
Been a long time since I've been to Wattpad but I'll try
I can sense much depth in the love story! Do make it more intense and high on emotions!😳
It would be almost like watching the show which we always wanted but got!😆😳
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Loving these singhania brothers more now...nobody can be sad around them..N veer being so possessive for bani from his own brother..loved it..continue soon
Chapter 17
Bani sighed sitting in Vanshika’s room. Jay had called her there. He looked pretty angry.
“Bani, bohot ho raha hai. Pata nahi kya ho gaya hai tume. Hum sabh ko chod ke un cheelon par yakeen kar rahi ho.” Jay complained.
“Jaise tumne bohot reasons diye hai tumpar yakeen karne ke liye.” Vanshika taunted.
“Tum dono bas karo abhi ke liye.” Bani stopped before they would get into an argument. A rampant door knock disturbed them.
“Bhabhi…” Ponky’s voice came in.
“Chain se baat bhi nahi karne dete yeh sabh milke.” Jay opened the door. “Abhi busy hai baad mein aa.”
“Naag baba, aap zara kaan kholiye aur apni aankhen bhi. Neeche itna bada tamasha ho raha hai aur aapko important discussion ki padi hai.” Ponky commented.
“Kya hua?” Bani asked.
“Badi maa aayi…. I mean Chandrakala aayi hai.”
“What!!!” Vanshika and Bani exclaimed together.
“Bade papa is on the verge to breaking out. Puri tayari se aayi hai woh.”
Bani pushed aside Jay and quickly walked down to the living area.
“Yeh Singhania Mansion. Dikh nahi raha kya?” Balwant was shouting. “Is aurat se humara koi Rishta nahi hai.”
Bani saw the cops. Sam had some papers in his hand.
“Yeh sabh bakwaas hai…” He challenged.
“Inspector?” Vanshika asked.
“Miss Kashyap? Aap yahan?” The inspector asked.
“Temporarily yahan hun. I mean dost hai mere.” Vanshika explained, “but aap yahan? What is this about?”
“Well, Chandrakala Singhania ne police complaint ki hai that inn sabne uske saath galat kiya hai. FIR darj hua hai. She claims that yahan jo unka ghar hai wahan se unhe nikal diya hai aur unki bahu ne physical violence kiya hai inke saath.” The inspector said.
“Papers forge kiye jaa sakte hai. Main yakeen hi nahi kar sakta that is Mansion mein koi bhi hissa unke naam hai.” Pawan challenged the credibility of the paper.
“Credibility check karna hai toh uske liye investigation karaiye. Prove kariye ki yeh jhoote hai. But until then, Mrs Chandrakala Singhania yahin rahegi.” Inspector declared, “Ma’am, aapko koi zabardasti yahanse nikalne ki koshish kare toh aap police station aaiye.”
Chandrakala acted like that typical abla naari in front of that police.
“Taadka, tu rukh jaa. Teri asliyat toh main batati hun.” Bani threatened.
“Bhabhi…” Daksh pulled her away.
“Dekhiye, Inspector. Aapke saamne hi mujhe dhamka rahi hai. Jab tak yeh yahan hai, main yahan safe ho hi nahi sakti.” Chandrakala quickly changed her colour.
“Bhabhi, aap pe pehle hi physical violence ka case darj hone ke taak mein hai. Please. Thoda sa thand rakho.” Daksh told her, holding her back.
“Thand rakhu? Yeh aurat yaha aake sabh bakwaas kare aur main bas dekhti rahun?” Bani asked. Her temper had already blown out seeing Chandrakala.
“Inspector, toh aap kya karna chahte hai? Bani meri patni hai. Naturally, yeh uska ghar hai. You can’t throw her out of her own house. She’s Mrs Veeranshu Singhania. Marriage Certificate hai, aapko dekhna hai?” Veer asked. Veer and the Inspector stood before each other. It was half-way a testosterone match.
“Veeranshu Singhania, apni akad thodi kam kar lo. Tumhare khilaf complaint nahi aayi hai isiliye kuch nahi bol raha hun.” The Inspector said.
“Tu kya hi bol lega? Just as much as Chandrakala Singhania has a right on this house, I do as well. Aur Bani meri patni hai. She’s going to stay with me.”
“Veer, ek minute, yaar. Peeche hato.” Vanshika pulled Veer behind and took the paper from Sam, “Inspector, in papers ke hisaab se yahan sirf itna likha hai that Chandrakala Singhania was married to Balwant Singhania but uska koi original certificate hai hi nahi. She practically can’t challenge the claim on the property. Marriage Act ke hisaab se she can claim to have a part in the property. Prenup agreement mein aisa kahin bhi nahi hai that she’s entitled to the whole of this property. Uska claim sirf some business part mein hai. Ghar ke property pe koi claim hai nahi.”
“Yeh bhi toh mili hai, Inspector, iske saath. Dono cousins hai. Toh of course apni behen ko support kar rahi hai. Papers mein clear hai ki jo kuch bhi Ishana Singhania ke naam tha woh usne mujhe diya jab mujhe Veer ki guardianship mili thi.” Chandrakala tried to play the victim card. Bani noticed the way Balwant clenched his fists.
Vanshika rubbed her temples and gave an exasperated look to Chandrakala, “Mrs Chandrakala Singhania, I must say aapka jo bhi lawyer hai he is a waste. Guardianship di thi jab Veer 5 saal ka tha. Uske hisaab se, she gave you the control on what she left for him until he becomes adult. Kisi bhi angle se aapko Veeranshu Singhania under 21 lagta hai kya?” Vanshika pointed to Veer from top to bottom. “Under 21 kisi bhi ladke ko marriage certificate milti hai kya?” Veer dramatically took a turn around so they could see he's not under 21.
“She is still legally Balwant Singhania’s wife. Veer ke custody ke liye Balwant Singhania ne inse shaadi kit hi because legal guardianship mein Chandrakala ka naam diya gaya tha. And single fathers don’t get their young children’s custody. That’s why Balwant Singhania ne court mein marriage certificate ke liye apply kiya tha. It makes her liable to make a claim on the family property. Chalo maan liya ki prenup mein ghar ke property ka koi zikr nahi hai but Veer ne diya tha unhe right on her property.” A man next to Chandrakala pointed out.
“Are you even in your right mind? Aap kisi 8 saale ke bacche ka decision liable maante hai? Konsa law school yeh sikhata hai?” Vanshika argued.
“Yeh jo bhi aap aapas mein decide karen but for now, Bani Singhania par restraining order hai. She cannot stay in the same house as Chandrakala Singhania.” Inspector said. “Jahan jana hai tum jaa sakti ho, Mrs Singhania but not around Chandrakala Singhania.”
“Tum kehna chahte ho ki main apne hi ghar se nikal jaau? Yeh mera ghar hai.” Bani argued. Her temper boiling. She would actually hurl something at the guy.
“Yeh sabh physical violence se pehle sochna chahiye tha.”
“Really? Aur jo violence isne kiya hai uska kya?”
“Yaar, ek baat batao. Unka size dekho aur Bhabhi ka size dekho. Kisi bhi angle se lag raha hai ki humari Bhabhi ne patak patak kemaara hai use as she claims?” Sam putting himself between the inspector and Bani, “Zara socho yaar. Insaan hai. I mean seriously. Ek Bhabhi ko dekho aur phir use dekho.”
“Yeh sabh mera kaam nahi hai. Mujhe jo karna tha woh maine keh diya hai.” Inspector said. “Tumhari aadatein toh sabko pata hai, Samrat Singhania. Kharid liya ho sakta tum aur tumhare parivaar ne saare uparke officers ko but mujhe nahi kharid sakte.”
“Inspector, aap confirm kijiye ki yeh ladki yahan se chali jaaye.” Chandrakala said.
The inspector had made sure Bani was not let to stay in the house. Bani was packing her stuff when Veer showed up. He got his own suitcase.
“Yeh kya kar rahe ho?” Bani asked.
“Bani, main tumhara pati hun aur tum meri patni ho. Rishta hai hum dono ke beech. Toh jahan tum jaaogi, main bhi wahi aaunga.” Veer answered. She put back his stuff in the cupboard.
“Veeranshu, meri baat suno. Yeh nahi kar sakte tum.” Bani told him.
“Why not? Shaadi hui hai hum dono ki. Mujhe kasam se fark nahi padta. Tum agar jungle mein bhi rahogi toh main reh lunga tumhare saath.” He answered.
“Veeranshu, woh aurat yahan is ghar mein reh rahi hai. Tumhara parivaar khatre mein hai.” Bani tried to explain.
“Bani, saath rehne ka wada kiya hai maine toh abh kaise chod dun?”
“Veeranshu, please yeh emotional hone ka time nahi hai. Please zid mat karo. Main divorce leke nahi jaa rahi. I’m going to comeback. Bas ek baar yeh matter solve ho jaaye, main aa jaaungi. Bas tab tak sabra karo.”
“Sweetheart, tumhe dekhe bina mera ek din nahi jaata toh yeh kaise ho jaayega?”
Bani held up his hand and pointed to his ring.
“Ise dekhlo.” She teased him like he always tells her.“Tumhare suhaag ki nishaani…”
“But tum jaa kaha rahi ho?”
“Vanshika ke saath. Uske flat mein. Tum bas yahan alert rehna. Bilkul bharosa nahi hai mujhe us pe.”
“Bani ki tension tum mat lo. Main bhi usi ke saath jaa raha hun. Bani ke saath hi rahunga. Uska khyal bhi rakhunga.” Jay said entering the room with his suitcase.
“Aur tum mujhe badtameez kehti ho. Yeh insaan humare room mein, as in ek married couple ke room mein, bina knock kiye aa jaata hai.” Veer commented. “Ab toh zyada fikr ho rahi hai tumhari. Yeh naag tumhare saath rehne wala. Main bol raha hun, Bani. Tum mere saath chalo. We both can stay at the mountain house.”
“In sabke wajah se distract mat ho. You know hume ekimportant kaam karna hai. Main tumhe call kar lungi. Please safe rehna. Kuch bhihua toh mujhe call karna. I swear tumne mujhe call nahi kiya jab problem meinho toh soch lo.” Bani told him pulling him to a corner.
“Kyu? Fikar ho rahi hai meri?”
“Patni ko karna hota hai.”
“Nahi nahi…. Main woh nahi puch raha. Kya tumhe meri fikar ho rahi hai?”
“Hato zara… bohot kaam hai mujhe.” Bani pushed him out of the way. “Jay, tum chalo.”
Bani packed her suitcase and started walking out. Veer leaned against the doorway of his room. It almost looked to him like Bani was walking out behind Jay. It was unsettling to him. She stopped and turned behind, looking at Veer. “Jay, tum neeche jaao. Ek minute main kuch bhul gayi hoon. Leke aati hun.”
Jay nodded and took her bag downstairs. She walked back towards their room. As she walked in, she dragged Veer behind her, pulling him into the bathroom. She closed the door behind her.
“Tumhare iraade kuch nek nahi lag rahe hai.” Veer teased her.
“Shut up, Veeranshu. Meri baat suno. Mujhe sach mein lag raha hai there is something wrong. Chandrakala ka suddenly yahan aa jana is not normal. Kuch toh plan hai uska.” Bani pulled out a locket the bathroom’s cabinet. It had a small stone. She put it around Veer and hid it inside his shirt.
“Yeh kya kar rah -”
“Ab suno. In case koi situation aayi aur tum mujhe call nahi kar paaye toh this locket will help you contact me. She showed him her bracelet. It had an exactly similar stone. In case mujhe aisa lage ki mujhe koi problem hogi, main tumhe contact kar lungi. When I do so, it will get a little warm and you’ll know I’m trying to contact you. It is the same on myside. Main mazak nahi kar rahi hun. Agar kuch bhi ajeeb ho raha hai toh tum mujhe contact karna. I promise, mujhe aisa laga ki main kisi khatre mein hun toh main tumhe contact kar lungi.”
“Sabse badi problem toh yeh hai tum mujhse dur jaa rahi ho. Us dhabewale ke saath.”
Bani sighed.
“Yahan itna serious problem ho raha hai aur tum dhabe-I mean Jay ke baare mein bol rahi ho.”
Veer laughed.
“Aaj toh tumne bhi use dhabewala bol hi diya.”
“Veeranshu, tum na pareshaan kar dete ho mujhe. Main itna serious conversation kar rahi hun tumse aur tumhe mazak sooj raha hai.”
Veer pushed her against the water basin and stood close to her.
“Sweetheart, mere liye tum sabse zyaada important ho.”
“Zara hosh mein rehna. Usko uske plan ke chalte nahi phasaya na, toh main bhi Bani nahi.”
“Haan… abh tumhare bina yeh bed khaali khaali sa lagega…” He tried to be dramatic. Bani rolled her eyes at him but smiled.
“Acha main jaa rahi hun. Aur agar us scroll ke baare mein kuch pata chale toh -”
“Toh tumhe bata dunga. Hum sabh alert rahenge. Sabh ek saath rahenge….” Veer chanted as Bani started to leave. Bani rolled her eyes. Typical of Veeranshu Singhania to never take anything seriously.
Bani had begun to notice his patterns. He wore his heart on a sleeve never hiding his feelings but when it came to emotions that seemed to catch him in a bad place, he brushed them off and becomes careless. She knew that somewhere being around Jay was a point of insecurity for him. She wouldn’t blame him for that. After all, Hriday and Nageshwari were a couple.
“Jacket nikalo.” Bani told him.
“Hain?” Nonetheless, Veer took out his jacket. Bani took the jacket from him.
“Acha, Romeo, theek se rehna. Juliet apna khayal rakh legi.” She said as she walked out. Veer stood at the balcony of the mansion, watching the main gate. Jay getting the car. He was a bit worried because he didn’t want Jay around her. He didn’t trust Jay at all. That unsettling feeling in his heart made him quite insecure. The next thing Bani did surprised him. Bani wore his jacket and took a look at him. Almost as if she had read his worry. She then tapped away on her phone. His phone beeped. Veer grinned knowing that she had texted him. He opened up her text.
She had sent him the address to where they were going.
I’ll be on the terrance at night. Wahan aa jaana.
Veer smiled reading that. One, Bani wore his jacket. Two, she texted him herself to meet her later. Three, she called him Romeo and herself Juliet. Veer put his hand over his heart.
“Itni Khushi, kahin main sapna toh nahi dekh raha.” Veer said to himself. He put his phone back and walked up into the house. The dining table was so thick with tension that Veer could almost physically feel it.
“Veer bhai, bhook lagi hai.” Ponky whispered to him. “But abhi khane ki baat kit oh lag raha hai ki Bade papa maar hi dalenge.”
Veer chuckled.
“Of course. Ballu, pure mood mein hain.”
“Raju, mera sir phat raha hai. Chai le aa.” Balwant ordered. The servant dashed into the kitchen. He was rather glad to be excused to a calmer environment.
“Dad, hum kuch na kuch dhundh lenge.” Tapish assured. Daksh was in worst state. One side, Balwant had told him to find loopholes in the whole thing with Tapish and Pawan while on the other, there was this wholet hing about decoding the scroll’s information. Veer patted on his shoulder.
“Lawyer ko bula lo na, dad.” Veer offered.
“Humara lawyer saala chutti pe hai. Greece mein.” Balwant commented, gritting his teeth.
“Va -”
“Bas yahi reh gaya hai ki hum ek naagin se madad le? Main Balwant Singhania, ek naagin pe bharosa karun?”
“Okay… okay… cool, dad. Liver nahi maang raha aapka.” Veer put his hands up in the air. His phone beeped. He took it out and saw Bani’s message.
Tap on the stone.
Veer conspicuously tried to tap on the stone.
“Haan, main sun rahi hoon, Vanshika.” Veer heard Bani.
“Bhaisaab, mujhe sach mein lagta hai ki is matter ke liye hume kuch karna padega aur woh bhi bohot jaldi.” Pawan said. Bani could heard that.
“Sunai de raha hai.” Bani said to Veer. Veer went backup to his.
“Mujhe sun rahi ho ya baaju mein us dhabewale ko?”Veer asked her.
“Bani, ek baat acchi hui. Hum sabh un cheelon ke beechse nikal aaye.” Veer heard Jay. “Main kabse bol raha tha ki wahan se aa jaatehai but tumhe hi rehna tha waha.”
“Yeh chepu kabhi nahi sudharega.” Veer commented.
“Jay, bas ho gaya. Is baare mein tumhe argument karnahai toh gaadi roko. Main cab ya auto mein aa jaaungi.” Bani told her.
“Kya baat hai. Mera ladaku vimaan pehli baar apne naag par attack kar raha hai.” Veer teased her. “Acha yeh toh bata do ki tum mujhe sun bhi rahi ho.”
“Haan…” Bani answered.
“Kahan tak pahuche?”
“Hum abhi kitne dur hai?”
Jay laughed.
“Tumhe us Veer se dur jaane ki jaldi hai?” Jay asked.
“We’re 10 minutes away from my flat.” Vanshika answered.
“Acha main raat ko kis time pe aau?” Veer asked Bani.
“Dinner 10 baje tak kar lete hai.”
“10 baje?” Veer asked him.
“Haan.”
“Kyu? Tumhe koi kaam hai?” Jay asked.
“Haan, bas kuch personal kaam hai.” Bani told Jay.
“Kitna personal hai?” Veer teased her. He was enjoying this too much.
“Aisa kya hai, Bani?” Jay asked her.
“Jay, mera personal kaam hai.” Bani answered.
“Veer!!” Balwant called him loudly.
“Haan, dad?” Veer walked out.
“Yeh teri Naagin ke liye koi parcel aaya hai.” Balwant said.
“Sweetheart ke liye parcel?” Veer was surprised. Bani was super curious who sent her a parcel. That too in that moment. “Main le lunga.”
Veer jogged down to the door and the parcel guy stood there.
“Mrs Bani Singhania kahan hai?” The guy asked.
“Main pati hun. Abhi yahan nahi hai presently. Main le leta hun. I’ll give it to her.” Veer took the parcel and signed the paper. He checked the parcel. He went up to the room. He read the parcel’s cover. “I think it has come from your family. Shreya Kashyap. That’s the name on the parcel.”
“Shreya Kashyap?” Bani whispered.
“Nani…” Vanshika whispered back.
“Your nani sent you a parcel? Do you want me to open it?”
“Nahi.” Bani answered.
“Fine. I’ll get it at night. Tabh khol lena. Acha, I’ll go check on the boys now. Bye…” Veer told her and tapped on the stone.
Veer knocked on Daksh’s door. He opened up. Veer almost laughed. He had only seen Daksh in this state when he was preparing for his mathematics minors and was writing his paper for his journalism majors. Hair messed up with pulling on it often when he couldn’t get something, his eyes looked deprived of sleep, having taken 17 cups of coffee.
“Halat dekh apni.” Veer teased him.
“Kya batau, Veer bhai. Main pagal ho gaya hun.” Daksh almost groaned. Daksh hated when he couldn't do what he has decided to do instantly. It irritates him when he can't instantly manage to do the stuff.
“Dikh raha hai.”
Veer sat down on the couch in his room.
“Ek toh yeh law mere upar se jaa raha hai. Bade papa kuch zyada hi impatient ho rahe hai aur dusri taraf yeh scroll…” Daksh complained. The books were all spread out on his bed. Some law textbooks andsome old language books. The coffee table was spread up with used paper cups in which he had drank coffee. Shoes kicked up in a corner, papers lying everywhere with his notes on them.
"Acha, chal pehle dinner kar le." Veer told him taking the books.
"Acha khaasa vodka peene wale insaan ko bhabhi ne coffee person bana diya." Ponky teased from the doorway.
"Veer bhai, mera khana yahin bhijwa do. Aaj ka target pura karna hai." Daksh said. The notice board in his room near the table had a schedule put out. He had sketched out the plan on finishing the things that would be needed to read the scroll's content. Veer smiled seeing that. It had been long since he had seen this side of Daksh. He had always been the studious kind as a child. He was the first one to finish all his stuff earlier. The boys had a habit of sitting around Daksh before exams because the only way they would finish the syllabus is Daksh's intense routine. He'd wake up everyone 6 in the morning to start the studying schedule. Daksh would go crazy if he was asked to do something without a plan. While people had quirks with stress cleaning but Daksh had quirk of stress planning. He'd plan out the next whole month when he's stressed out. He was always the topper kind. The one who sat on the last bench but topped the class. He loved being the topper and proving his teachers wrong.
Veer laughed. He dragged Daksh out of the room.
"Veer bhai, aap nahi samajh rahe hai..." He tried to tell his brother but was of no use.
"Tapish bhai ne apna favourite dish banaya hai aaj. Sabh saath baith ke khaayenge. Tu thoda cheel kar, Daksh." Veer told him. Tapish laughed looking at Daksh.
"Tune kitni coffee pe hai, Daksh?" Tapish asked.
"Daaru peena chod diya kya?" Balwant asked.
"Nahi... nahi... abhi thoda focus waala kaam hai mujhe toh daaru ki jagah coffee pena pad raha hai." Daksh sat down. Sam came down as he was talking on the phone with someone.
"Abh maine advice de thi, Mr Khanna. Aapne decide kiya last moment pe apne shares change karne ki. That's not my decision. It was yours." Sam spoke on the phone. Tapish took the phone from Sam.
"Haan, sorry, sir. Abhi kya hai ki mere bhai ne subeh se kuch khaya nahi hai toh woh thodi der mein dinner ke baad call karega." Tapish told them and cut the call.
"Kya, Tapish bhai..." Sam complained.
"Pehle kha le. Baat karte karte khayega toh matlab nahi hai." Tapish told him.
The brothers had always taken care of each other. Tapish took his duty as an elder brother seriously. Because Balwant and Pawan would go off on business meetings and there wouldn't be anyone at home to make sure that the boys got to eat what they wanted, Tapish had built the habit of cooking. He learnt how to cook food slowly and made sure his brothers ate. The boys were spoilt with picky food habits since their fathers were rather thought that they would give their children the best food. Hence, they had rather specific demands with food which Tapish had to meet. The boys would often refuse to eat what the nanny made.
"Bhabhi nahi hai toh ek baat yeh hai ki table pe sirf non-veg hai." Ponky commented laughing.
"Which is odd because she's a Naagin." Daksh shrugged his shoulder.
"Haan toh jo accha lagega woh khaaegi. Kya problem hai?"
After the dinner was finished, Veer took off to meet Bani. He reached the building. Veer shifted into his cheel form and flew up to the terrace. She had been waiting for the past 10 minutes, pacing there.
“Kahan reh gaya yeh?” Bani exclaimed. She checked the time. It was already 10:10. She was expecting that the moment it is 10 and she reaches the terrace, she’ll find Veer already there. She heard fluttering of wings and turned around. The cheel turned back into Veer.
“Kahan reh gaye? 10:10 ho gaya hai.” Bani complained. Veer laughed.
“Gharwali, ho jaata hai. Hug le lo aur maafi dedo.” He offered. Veer noticed that she was wearing his jacket over her night clothes. Veer gave her the parcel.
“Yeh tumhara parcel. I’m surprised that they sent you something.” Veer said. She took it.
“Mujhe bhi kuch samajh nahi aaya. I’m surprised myself.”
Veer sat down and Bani sat next to him. Bani didn’t realize but she sat close to Veer. Somehow the distance between them didn’t matter to her. She opened the parcel and saw that there were some potions in small vials, a few notes and some jewellery. Bani looked at them confused. She opened the note.
Bani,
I should perhaps start with an apology that we weren’t able to reach to you earlier. We tried our level best but when we couldn’t find you even after 5 years of intensive searches, we presumed that you were killed. Just a while ago, I received a letter from Vanshika that she found you. I wish that we were able to meet you earlier.
After a long reading, I realized that none of us were able to find you because of the magic your mother casted on you for your safety. Your aura as the Adi-Naagin was prominent and so distinguishing that anyone would have found out if you didn’t know how to hide that scent well. The magic was expected to be broken by your 24th birthday but maybe that altered your magic and took some longer time for all this.
I am aware that you are Adi-Naagin and might be able to defend yourself at every instance on your own. They say that the moment snakes are born, they’re independent on their own. Yet, the human side in us makes us unique and allows us to live in families. That always reminds me that somewhere you are my granddaughter. As someone who has received love from her grandchildren, my heart goes the same way for you as well which clouds the truth that you are also Adi-Naagin. I know that you are very capable and I am aware that you are a strong woman but as a grandmother, I simply worry about my children. It is that wave of motherhood that calls me to reach to you. Aisa laga ki tumhe kisi ki zaroorat hai. Dil ko aisa laga ki tumhe humari zaroorat hai. Abh hum khud toh wahan nahi aa paayenge, thanks to Vanshika, but I am sending you somethings that may come handy to you.
These potions are brewed in Naaglok so they’re potent enough. A few poisons are there in case you feel their need. The earring I have sent have special magic in them. They’ll keep you safe from the hypnosis of the been. Naagon ka sabse bada dushman hai hi yeh been. It hypnotises us when done properly. So, these earrings will cut off that tune and keep you safe. Maine kuch aur potions bheje hai. In case you feel a little weak, take them. They’re provide you with some energy. Jo ring hai, that will allow you to open a portal to Naaglok, in case you feel that threat is a little too difficult to handle in that moment and you need an escape. Jaise hi ring nikal dogi, portal band ho jaayega. Mujhe kuch purani scrolls mili hai. It may come handy to you. Vanshika ne jaise hi Chandrakala ke baare mein bataya, I was quite worried. Toh yeh kuch cheezein hai. Jitna information mila hai, based on that I’ve written them in the scroll. I don’t know kitna handy aayega but there is something. Uske baare mein bohot zyaada pata toh nahi chala but after noting all the events that are leading up to her and give us a hint of her powers, maine woh likh diya hai.
Lastly, ek baat tumhari dadi hone ke naate bolna chahti hun. Kabhi bhi aisa lage ki tum akeli pad gayi ho toh tum yeh yaad rakhna ki hum humesha hai tumhare saath. Jabhi aana chaho, ghar aa jaana. Yahan tumhara ghar hai. Apno se kuch waqt ke liye hum alag ho sakte hai par jo rishte dil se jude hote hai unhe koi bhi nahi tod sakta. Duriyan rehne mein ho sakti hai par jahan pyaar hota hai wahan dil mein duriyan kabhi nahi aati. Jab kisi se pyaar karte hai toh sirf unke liye accha hi chahte hai.
Tumhari fikar humesha rahegi.
With lots of love,
Tumhari dadi.
Bani smiled reading that. Dadi. Bani smiled reading that. She was Sarvasreth Adi-Naagin but somewhere deep inside, she was25-year-old girl who thought she was an orphan. Only finding out recently that she had her own family. To know that someone else had waited for her as much as she had, made her emotional.
“Ek baat batao, gharwali, yeh itna emotional toh maine pehle kabhi nahi dekha tumhe. Aaj kal bada emotional ho rahi ho.” Veer teased her. She didn’t know how to express her happiness so she did what she felt naturally. She wrapped her arms around him. It caught him off-guard. He wasn’t expecting her to hug him out of the blue like that.
“Meri dadi ne mere liye bheja hai.” Bani explained happily. She showed him the earrings. He smiled. They were beautifully designed.
She was almost too happy to realize that he had put his arm around her shoulder. As if it was reflex, she made herself comfortable. Veer’s heartbeat was a little fast at that. After a long time, he had noticed that change in their relationship. Bani seemed to warm up to him earlier but there was still this distance he wasn’t being able to cross.
“Toh batao, us taadka ne kya kiya?” Bani asked.
“Actually nothing. Kuch nahi kiya abhi tak. Chachu, Ponky aur Tapish bhai uspe nazar toh rakh hi rahe hai."
Chapter 18
“Chalo.”
“Kahan?” Regardless of the question, Bani stood up andgave him her hand. His wings stretched out. His wings in his human form were larger and were quite stronger. “Bohot acche dikh rahe ho but main ud nahi sakti.”
“Main toh ud sakta hun.”
He picked her up and started flying up.
“Veeranshu, I swear. Niche utaro. Main gir jaaungi.”
She was used to Veer picking her up and taking her with him but this flying was something else. She did usually worry that theywould fall down.
“Haan toh stunts mat karo. Acche se pakdo mujhe.”
“Mujhe tumne giraya na toh dekhlo.”
“Arrey, mujhe practice hai tumhe unthane ka. Pehle bhi tumhe aise leke ud chuka hun.”
“Aur yeh kab hua? Mujhe pata hota agar tum mujhe kahin aise uda ke le jaate to.”
“Tum behosh thi.”
She then remembered what incident he was speaking of. That tempo blast incident but then she remembered having talon marks on her shoulder.
“Haan par panjo ka nishan tha.”
“Jab tempo blast hua toh main cheel roop mein tha toh waise hi pakad liya. I didn’t have the time to transform. Neeche utara but you were already out. Toh aise hi baahon me leke gaya. The thing is that you thanked me and insulted me in the same sentence that night.”
“Haan toh tabh tum badtameez the. And I had reasons not to like you.”
Bani held on tightly to him.
“Waah, matlab decide hi kar liya tha ki main kisi kaam ka nahi.”
“Oh, please. Usi raat ko tum seedha ghar pahuch gaye the Meera di se shaadi karne.”
“Sweetheart, tumhe bhi pata tha ki main tumhare liye aaya tha.”
“Please. Tum sirf apne liye aaye the.”
“Haan. Half-way true kyuki mujhe tum chahiye thi. So, yes, you can say that.”
Once the initial worry had disappeared, she held on him properly. She worried when she was carried by Sam in her Naagin but with Veer she didn’t worry at all. He landed after a while near cliff. There was a cave near the cliff. There was a nest of an eagle. Veer climbed up the tree and brought down the eagle.
Bani actually moved away.
“Hatao…” Bani moved away. Veer laughed.
“Kuch nahi karega, sweetheart.”
“Hum yahan eagles dekhne aaye hai?”
“Yeh hai Bani. You know about Bani na? Darao mat use.” Veer spoke to the bird. It was still a baby bird. Just recently seemed to have grown feathers properly. Veer groomed the bird, taking away the leaved and dry straw on his feathers. Veer checked the wings of the bird. Slowly enough, the bird moved closer to check Bani. “Its okay, sweetheart. He’s not going to harm you.”
“Hum yahan eagles dekhne aaye hai?”
“Adi-Naagin ek normal cheel se dar gayi, Kya Bani?” He teased her.
“Haha haha… so funny. Main use harm nahi kar sakti but it can still harm. Uska nature hai apne aap ko protect karne ke liye attack karna but mujhe pata hai he doesn’t do it with an malicious intent. So, I cannot hurt it.”
“He was a little tiny fledgling who had just hatched a while ago. One of the kites had grabbed hold of him and almost made him its prey. Maine interfere nahi kiya because its general nature for predator birds to eat their prey. Phir woh us kite ke panjo se gira and the kite didn’t bother to swoop down and get it back because it found another fish. Tabh girte hue iss chote se baby ko maine pakada aur yahan le aya. Abhi bohot chota hai.” Vee rstarted telling her.
Bani finally put her one finger on the bird and whenit didn’t bite her finger off, she decided to softly pet the bird.
“It is around 70 days old.”
“Tumhe kaise pata?”
“Because when I got him, he was really young. Around recently hatched. Maybe a pair of hunters killed the parent birds aur bacche akele reh gaye. Main dekhne aata hun har din ise.”
“So, you’ve been coming here everyday for two months and I didn’t even realize?”
“Tum mujhe kabh attention deti thi? So, main isse hi baat karta tha. I come to feed the baby. It takes less then 20 minutes for that. Aur phir apne dil ki baat bhi keh deta tha isse.”
Bani played with the baby eagle for a while. Perhaps it was the human side of her that didn’t make the baby eagle scared of her. She chuckled when the eagle hid inside the jacket she was wearing.
“Mujhe bhi jacket bohot pasand hai…” Bani told the baby bird chuckling. A smile on her face. She was Adi-Naagin but still the beauty of the nature was irresistible. It climbed around her. Going up to her shoulder and then jumping down. Veer just looked at her smiling and playing with the bird.
“Toh hum yahan kyu aaye hai?”
“Because I’m going to show you how to be free.”
Bani was confused. It wasn't completely dark because the city lights were bright enough. Mumbai was a city that never slept.
“Yeh chota sa eagle bhi tumhari tarah hai. Bas abhi abhi toh it has realized how the running air feels like. Udna seekha hi nahi hai. There is a pull of the wind which picks on the inside avian soul of his but the fears and inhibition grabs him. Pankh hai par udna nahi aata. Tumhar abhi same hai. You know that you can fly and set yourself free but you’re too scared to do that.”
Veer took the bird from her arms. He climbed up the tree and placed the bird on the top branch. The wind fluttered around his wings softly. Veer turned into his cheel form. The bird simply watched Veer in fascination as Veer spread his wings and took off in the air. Not even once did the eagle look away from Veer. The beauty in flying caught the eagle’s eye. The irresistible pull of the air and the sky. The eagle opened its wing and let his feathers feel the air. Tasting the lure of the wind. It kept watching Veer gliding around in the air. Not needed to flutter wings often. Finally, the baby eagle took a leap of faith.
Fluttering its wings, it tried to copy Veer’s flying. Bani just kept looking at the pair flying. She watched the baby bird copy the way Veer flew. Learning how to be an eagle. A bit shaky compared to Veer’s expertise gliding. After a few moments of well controlled flight, the baby eagle began losing control, almost like a broken paper kite, it was flying a bit shaky. Not catching hold of that suave flying that Veer had. The wings fluttered and seemed a bit broken flying but managed to stay in the air. It returned to the old branch it started from. Its eyes still staring that the expertise of Veer’s flying. Her glided down and landed perfectly well. He turned into his human form and walked back to Bani. A few moments later, the eagle flew again.
Bani looked in awe at the bird flying. It seemed so well contained for a bird that was flying for the first time.
“See. All it takes is a leap of faith and wings to fly.” He told her. Bani looked at the bird. She sighed.
“I wish if it was so easy.” Bani added. He phone rang and she saw it to be Jay. Veer sighed. Even for once that Jay couldn’t leave her alone.
“Meri zindagi ki aafat hai yeh.” He complained. She chuckled at him. Veer sat on a stone nearby. He pulled her over his lap so she could sit. She looked at him with narrowed eyes but didn’t try to wriggle out.
“Haan, Jay, bolo.”
“Bani, kahan ho tum? Tumne kaha ki kuch personal kaam hai isiliye bahar jaa rahi ho but abhi 12 baj rahe hai. Akele kahan ghoom rahi ho? Tumhe pata hai ki itni raat ko safe nahi hai.” Jay told her.
“Tum fikar mat karo, Jay, main theek hun. Aate waqt mujhe Veer chod dega.”
“Bani, tum us cheel par itna bharosa kaise kar sakti ho? Tumhe pata hai who saare cheel humare dushman hai. Aur phir Veer hai hi apni maa ke baare mein emotional. Pata nahi kabh kya jaadu kar de us par.”
“Jay, it is quite better if we don’t speak about that matter. Jab baat aayegi tabh dekhenge. Abhi tum meri tension mat lo.”
Bani always dreaded this kind of conversation with Jay.
“Bol hi do na ki tum use pyaar karti ho. Tabhi toh itni tarafdaari kar rahi ho uski. Bas ek cheel ki biwi lag rahi ho.”
Bani sighed, slightly irritated. Jay wasn’t going to understand the emotional part of the relationship.
“Haan hai… aur kuch?” She answered irritatedly.
“Jab dil tootega toh tabh mat kehna ki maine warn nahi kiya tha.”
“Sure…”
“Bani, bas tumhari fikar hai mujhe.”
“Mujhe pata hai, Jay.”
“Veeranshu sahi nahi hai, Bani. Tum aur main sahi hai.”
“Main baad mein baat karti hun.” She cut the call with that. Bani looked at Veer. There was an odd part in her mind. The two weren’t meant to be together but she felt so good with him. When she first came across Jay, there were these soft fluttering of love. Like she knew the connection between them. Then she met Veer. With him, it was like wild fireworks that lights up the sky and makes too much noise toh concentrate on anything else. For some reason, to her, he was like the moon. It only shines in the dark and its can only be seen there. There is no space of moon in the day. Yet, the most beautiful thing in the sky is undoubtedly the moon. Even with its spots, the moon was beautiful. There was an odd cooling fact of the moon that felt so peaceful somewhere.
Bani knew that her attraction grew to this point because somewhere she stayed around for him for a long time. It wasn’t difficult to hate him from far away but as she felt closer to him, she found it more and more difficult to hate him. Naag and Naagin are born in pairs. Jay and Bani seemed to be a pair but then why did she feel that pull towards Veer? She wasn’t getting answers to her questions. No matter how much she thought about it, there was nothing that was explaining it. Her mind scatters around him. It was like her mind’s voice always gets muted over the voice of her heart when she’s around him. Or maybe her heart gets a little too loud around him. With Jay, she’s never felt that worry.
“Bani, mujhe na yeh Jay bohot irritate karta hai. Matlab ek shaadi shuda couple ke beech aata rehta hai.” Veer complained.
“Veeranshu, tumhe toh humesha se pata tha ki tum ek cheel but mujhe toh bas kuch waqt pehle pata chala hai. For 21 years, I lived with my foster family. Sharmas. Papa mujhse bohot pyaar karte hai aur Meera di bhi bohot pyaar karti hai but chahe jitni koshish ki ho, chachi aur mehek dehek ne kabhi mujhe aise nahi apnaya. It was like a constant reminder from them that I was not their own. I was adopted. She always assumed that I was a burden. Bachpan mein bohot wish karti thi ki bas ek din koi aisa mil jaaye jise dekh ke aisa lage ki woh mera apna hai. Jab pehli baar Jay ko dekha, for the first time, I felt from the inside that he was someone I could call my own. Dost toh dost hi sahi. The feeling is something I can’t explain, like finally after wishing for it on every birthday, I had finally received my wish and met someone who felt like someone close to me. Usi din main tumse mili. I couldn’t explain how it felt like burning to see you. Like my heart was burning. I knew there was hatred but I still felt like you were someone I knew. I wouldn’t have gone around and said so many things to anyone like that. I would have said something but I knew that I wouldn’t have gone as far as I did with you. At first, I was myself confused as to why I was speaking so much to you. In that moment, I didn’t remember myself at all. It was such a familiar anger and pain I felt when I saw you.”
“Pain?”
“Even if my mind didn’t remember, my heart remembered that you had killed Hriday. Tum mere liye kaafi waqt tak Veeranshu the hi nahi. It was just another name you wore. I always saw you as Aakesh. The first emotion attached to Aakesh was always anger and pain.”
“Abh?”
“Waqt badalte hai, rishte badalte hai but the feeling you’ve caught for someone once doesn’t run away. Mujhe nahi pata main tumhe kaise samjhau but Jay woh pehla person tha jise milte hi apna sa mehsoos hua. Like a comfort of being around someone you trust. I can’t throw him out of my life. Maybe it seems easy to you but mere liye it is not that simple. After ages of waiting for someone who felt like my own people, I met Jay. Somewhere, even after his betrayal, I cannot bring up enough anger to leave him behind.”
“Kyuki he’s your lover.” He looked away.
“Yeh angle tum bana rahe ho. Veeranshu, I admit, okay....I admit that in the early days of me meeting Jay, there was something but woh natural hai. Us time Jay mera saathi tha. Mera Naag tha, jisse milne ke liye maine itna intezaar kiya hai. Jis tarah tumne mera intezaar kiya hai, I had waited to meet him again. Dhoka mila woh baat alag hai but it doesn’t change the fact that I always saw him as someone close to me. Tumse mujhe kabhi expectation nahi thi. I always thought that you were my enemy. Tumne mujhe humesha ki tarah confuse kiya tha. Main tumhe apna dushman maanti thi but tumne kabhi kuch kiya hi nahi mujhe hurt karne ke liye.”
“Tumhara joda…” Veer laughed dryly.
“Even if I am to admit that Aakesh loved me, the way he expressed it didn’t make me feel that it was love. Or maybe shayad it was a complex kind of thing for me to understand. Regular saanpo ke liye things are very simple. Kuch complex nahi hota hai. Your lines are so well built that it is easy to follow them. Wahan Shiv mandir mein kya din, kya raat. Sabh ek hi baat hai. But phir that human part was gifted aur main naagin bani. Human emotions complex hote hai. Tum cheelon mein toh us time se kaafi pehle hi insaan hone ka vardaan mil chuka tha. Mere liye it was still new. The only kind of love I knew was what I learnt from Hriday. Isse pehle ki main samajh sakti ki Aakesh ko mujhse pyaar hua hai, usne Hriday ko maar diya. After that, it was simply pain and anger towards him. Joda hai ya nahi mujhe nahi pata, Veer, but itna pata hai ki Jay abhi mere liye important hai. I can’t abandon him. Jis tarah se tum mujhe nahi chod sakte even after knowing that I killed you in Satyug. Main bhi us satyug ke emotion ke wajah se nahi chod sakti Jay ko.”
“Bani, yeh sabh mujhe nahi jaanna hai. Mujhe bad yeh batao ki mera kya position hai tumhare life mein? Agar Jay tumhare liye bohot important hai toh mera kya? What about me? Where do both of us stand in your life? Maine humesha se bohot clear hi rakha hai ki tum mere liye sabse zyaada important hai. Itna toh main tumhe keh hi deta hun. Na toh meri tarah kisi ne tumse pyaar kiya hai aur na hi kar paayega.”
Bani put her elbow on his shoulder and rested her cheek on her hand, looking at him. All the flying has messed his hair a bit. She brushed his hair to make it look properly again with her fingers.
“Bade ajeeb ho tum.”
“Ajeeb? I think you’re mistaking handsome, charming and hot for ajeeb. Or maybe that is your way of expressing someone who’s so handsome, charming and hot.”
Bani chuckled.
“Yes, sure, Mr Singhania, abh tum mujhe wapas wahin chodo jahan se laaye the.”
"Baat mat badlo, Bani. Mujhe mera jawaab jaanna hai."
"Actually, main soch rahi thi ki tumhe thoda sa pareshaan karun. Abhi mujhe bohot badla lena hai tumse." Veer shook his head at her tease.
She laughed.
"Acha, Romeo, abh Juliet ko ghar bhi chod do. Raat bohot ho gayi hai."
"Yeh accha tareek hai sawaal kaatne ka."
Now I am really curious to know Bani's answer to Veer's question ,where does he stand in her life? , this story really portrays a more emotional aspect of veer and Bani's relationship unlike in the shows ,thanks to u for writing such long intense updates. I am personally loving Sam and Vanshika so much that we could see them in the show. Eagerly waiting for the next part.
Anupamaa
