Two can play at that game- Avneel ff PART 5 on page 6! COMPLETED - Page 3

Walking awkwardly to the bedroom together, Avni didn't even know if she wanted to follow through with her plan. But she was too far in not to go with it.

"Ananya rukho, Neel stopped her from walking into their bedroom, and turned to face her, missing the chance to look at the indoor decorations.

"Kya, hooya? Avni replied. She debated if she should add hubby or not, but for some reason it didn't roll off the tongue as easy as wifey did off his. Isse paata lag jayge if I call him hubby. I'll seem so nervous saying it alone to him. Maine pehle jab kaya tha, tab toh Dolly ke guse mein mujhe pata bhi nahi chale. Par abh kaise kahoon? I'll have too practice in front of the mirror before next time.

"What's going on Ananya? Even bebe said you were making plans today. Aur mujhe pata hain jis plans ki woh baat kar rahi hain, usse peeche bhi koi chaal hain. Phir se bhaag na chahti hon?Bhaago. Lekin don't get bebe involved in this.

"Aise waise kuch nahi hain, Neel. I promise you, I don't have any plan about running away. You have my word. Main toh bas tumhare saath kuch waqt bataana chahti thi. Waise mujhe itna yaada kuch nahi pata hai shaadiyon ke maamle mein. Par mena Bollywood movies tho dekhi hain. Aur waqt baatane se humari problems bi sort out hoye gi.Aur phir tum mujhe aap hi chutkara dena chahon ge, Avni thought to herself.

Neel looked skeptically at Avni.

"Theek hai, kuch der kiya le main maan jaata hoon tumhari baat. Par tujhe seriously lagte hain ki hum dono ki problems kabhi bhi sort hongi? Tum Jhansi ki rani, aur main tumhare question mark pati. Neel smirked back.

Avni ignored the jab at her. She simply just gestured him to turn around around and Neel was in awe at the sight. Avni had decorated the room like it was a Bollywood film set. Candles, flowers, excess of cushions. Bilkul ek ajooba hain,Neel thought whilst admiring the sight before he began guffawing in laughter.

Mouth ajar, Avni stomped to stand in front of Neel. "TUM HAAS RAHE HON!! MEINE ITNI MEINAT KAHI! IT TOOK HOURS TO SORT THIS OUT! SAB KUCH KIYE AUR TUMHARE YEH REACTION!, Avni shouted, getting a cushion somehow between the time and hitting Neel's arms with it. She wanted to be nervous, scared, not wallowing away in laughter.

"Ananya, tumhe romance kissne sikhaya? Karan Johar ne? Neel managed to squeeze in between his laughs, putting one hand on his abdomen from the stomach pain the laughter ensued. The decorations weren't absurd but they were a bit over the top from the likes of Ananya.

Avni glared at Neel and made her way to leave the room, but at the last second Neel grasped onto her wrist. Avni looked back to face the cheeky eyes of the man in front of her.

"Theek hai, wifey. Main tumse sorry mangte hoon. I'm sorry. So kya plan hai tumhare?

Avni glared back at Neel, but she decided it was better to follow through with the plan that boycott it now. The quicker this plan of forced affection goes through, the quicker I am to my freedom. Avni set aside your pride just for now.

"I got the TV shifted, and I thought we could watch a movie together.. Avni replied, faking shyness. She lowered her eyes to face the ground but still looked at Neel through her eyelashes.

Neel bit his lips, himself trying not to fall into another fit of laughter. "Kaunsi movie sochi hai, wifey?

"DDLJ

Now it was Neel's turn to stand up straight, and protest.

"Nahi. No. We're not watching that.

Avni smirked before she played her part. "NEEELLL!! Mujhe DDLJ dekni haye!

"Kyun? We can watch any other movie but not DDLJ!!

"Kyun ki! It's my favourite! Mera bot man chaata hain ki me phir se DDLJ dekhoon.

"Ananya, lekin...

"Mujhe pata tha. Tum aissa hi karonge. Meine itni koshish kahi tumhare liye. Lekin tum toh Mr ACP Neil Khanna ho na, before you are the hubby of YOUR WIFEY dearest. Tum toh meri baat suno ge nahi!

Neel let out a loud groan before commencing to watch it. With a small mutter in his breath, he began watching the movie with her.

At the end of the movie, it didn't go to plan. There was no awkwardness except for perhaps the morning after scene after the "Zara se jhoom song. Both Avni and Neel shared a brief look at the scene, remembering back to their own encounter but that was that. They were too absorbed in the movies at different parts. They did glance at each other, but the other person would be staring at the screen. Avni had trying to make the movie more awkward by placing her arm on his or her head on his shoulder but after a while it just remained there and she didn't notice.

Little did Avni know, Neel's refusal to watch DDLJ wasn't due to the fact that he hated the movie. It was because he always ended up crying in the end. And cry he did. What could Neel say? He was a romantic at heart. He had told that to Ananya beforehand when they were drunk in the bathroom too. So Raj's struggle at the end always got him teary, or maybe it was the background music that accompanied and embodied it. He just wished to god, that Ananya didn't notice his tears. But she did. It was her turn to be guffawing with laughter and Neel's turn of stomping away.

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Please give feedback😆😆I keep writing these at 3 in the morning. And this chapter didn't follow through my original idea, but I thought it was funnier this way.