Tusi ja rahe ho? Tussi nah jao- Avneil SS~Part 9 teaser on Page 20 - Page 5

*Avni's POV*

Avni rubbed her eyes as she woke up. After a long time, she had a peaceful night's sleep. Smiling, she got up to grab her phone. But checking her phone just killed of her entire calm, peaceful mood.

"It's 11! Shit!!! Neel toh adda ghanta mein yahan aaja ge aur mein toh tyar bhi nahi hoi! Avni screeched before running off to find some clothes she could wear for setting up the decorations with Neel.

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As she was rushing through her usual morning routine, Neela entered Avni's room.

"Bachcha, Ali ki party toh raat mein hain, tum itna rush kyun kar rahi hon?

"Maa, pehle aap mujhe yeh baatoin, ki aap ne mujhe subha kyun nahi ootahe? Mein itni late hoon, pata hain. Woh aata hi hoga, aur maine toh theek tera aapne baal bhi nahi sukaye hain? Avni replied, low key irritated at her mum calmly sitting on the edge of her bed whilst Avni was in such a panic.

"Ali yahan aare hain kya? Sorry bachche. Tum itni peacefully sleep kar rahi thi, that I didn't want to wake you up"

"Nahi maa, Neel aa rahe hain," Avni quickly countered, before signaling for mum to dry her hair as she put her make up on.

Neela hid her smile, as she quietly followed through her daughter's request. As soon as Avni was ready and slightly calmer, Neela asked why Neel was coming.

"Main akele toh saare decorations nahi upar laga sakti, aur Neel ne offer kiya ki woh meri help karega.

"Avni, uss liye itna tyar hori hon?" Neela teased. Avni didn't respond, choosing to make a mock-glaring face at her mother before leaving her room to collect the decorations in one room so she would be ready to go as Neel came.

As she was leaning down to carry the box and she saw two hands grab the box before she had a chance herself. Straightening up, she saw Neel smiling at her. He arched one eyebrow, and she stared at him momentarily, with disbelief.
"Avni, maine khab offer kiya tha ki main tumhari help karoonge. Tumne toh mujhe mokka nahi diya, bas order kar diya to your bachara pati," Neel laughed.

He heard my conversation with Maa. Yeh khaab se yahan meri wait kar rahe hain? Did he see me flustering trying to get ready for him. Yeh bhi toh hamesha ulta hi case hain. Sab police officer late aatein hain, aur Mr Tillu zaldi aata hain.

Avni marched towards Neel but he vanished. Looking around, Neel was nowhere in sight.

"Tum kuch dhoond rahi hon?" Neela asked, breaking Avni from her search.

"Neel abhi yahan tha, pata nahi kahan chalega?"

"Avni, yahan toh koi nahi tha. Main tumhare peeche hi aayi hoon. Kya hua? Uske khayalon mein hon?" Neela answered.

"Maa, aap toh bhi na," Avni replied, her nose turning red in embarrassment.

"Neel, tum aaye gaye?" Neela asked.

Avni immediately turned around, but again saw nobody. She turned to see her mother smirking at her.

"Maaa! Aisa kuch nahi hain. Aap bas kahanian nah bano," Avni groaned, marching back to the pile of boxes that needed to be picked up.

"Itni bechan tum iss liye ho, meri bachchi, ki tumhe bhi ehsas ho rahe hain Neel ki ehmiyat tumhari zindagi mein," Neela whispered to herself, as she left a restless Avni waiting for Neel to arrive.

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*Neel's POV*

Neel waited until it was exactly 11:30am to get out the car. He had arrived at Avni's place with 20 minutes to spare, but he didn't want to look to eager. He had woken up too early this morning despite his late night, and even had completed some of his upcoming work for next week in his wait. He still arrived with spare time. He had contemplated having a nap, but he couldn't bring himself to close his eyes.

As he rang the doorbell, he heard the clutter of footsteps approach the door, before the door opened itself. It was her. As her eyes met his, she carefully reached her finger towards his arm, aggravatingly slow.

"Tum kya kar rahi hon, Avni?" Neel asked, bewildered, accidentally forcing her finger to graze his arm. She jumped backwards and straightened her clothes and herself up. Avni stumbled and stuttered for a fitting answer for her moment of insanity but could find none. Neel took this time to take her image in.

Isse kya ho gaya. Itni nervous kyun hain? Bilkul bachche ki tare lagti hain. Lekin cute hain. Bohot cute hain. Iski bholi bhali aankhon dekhne miss kar rahe tha. Pata nahi kyun. Aadat si hogi thi na. Shayad iss liye.

"Kuch nahi Neel, main toh aisi hi. The boxes full of the decorations are gathered in the living room, let's go."

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Whilst putting the decorations up, Neel had to reason with his heart whenever Avni bought Ali up. He felt bad that he had to be this way. That for some reason, this was affecting his attitude towards a dear friend but he couldn't help feel changed towards Ali.

Tumhe huye kya hai, Neel. Ali tumhare bhi dost hain. Tumhe choob da kyun hain jab bhi Avni uski baat kar rahi hain. Waise bhi, Avni is also just friends with Ali, Neel. Tum bhi kis baat main itna agitated ho rahe hon. Aur who sirf dost hota bhi nahi, tum kis hak se gusse ho rahe hon. Avni is not your wife any longer. Even though technically we haven't gone through the legal proceedings yet.Lekin...Nahi, Neel. No buts...no justifications for your irrational behavior. Just have fun with Avni today. She deserves to have the big smile on her face at the moment. No matter what the reason.

A click of fingers bought Neel out of his reverie. Avni looked curiously into his eyes, gesturing him to tell her what thought was he so lost in. Neel liked the fact that he didn't need to communicate to Avni with words sometimes, he understood her gestures and she hers. He silently communicated to Avni that it was nothing important and Avni didn't press on the matter any further. In fact, she completely transformed the atmosphere, throwing spare decorations on him and teasing him that he's zoning out so he doesn't have to help her.

Neel grabbed Avni's wrists, bringing her body flat against his, her hands on his chest. The contact made both of them look into each other's eyes. For a while, it felt like Neel had tunnel vision. Everything except her angelic face was blurred out in his vision. He gazed down, bringing his eyes to Avni's parted pink lips. He brought it back into her eyes, and noticed that she too was lost in the moment. Neel took the opportunity to grab a free balloon from the side table and pop it right behind Avni, breaking her from her trance with a jump. He saw Avni's features transform into mock anger, causing Neel to laugh through his cheeky smile.

"NEEL, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Avni screeched, launching herself towards her husband. He in turn jumped from his spot, and ran around the room, enjoying that Avni was chasing him.

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*No one's POV*

"So wifey, tujhe tumhare ghar drop karoon? Neel asked as the decorations were up and both had to go home to get ready."

"Kyun? Pehle toh tumhara outfit choose karna hai. Like I told you last night, Mr Neel Khanna, tumhara taste waisa nahi rahe jaise shaadi ke pehle tha. I mean, tum abhi toh bhi theek thaak lagte hon. But..."

"Hey, hello madam! Maine style main koi burayi nahi hain. Ab bhi ladkiyan maine peeche bhaag riya hain, for your kind information. Main hoon hi itna cool, itna handsome."

"Yeh kya maa, aur bebe ne tujhe baatiyan hain? Apni maa or bebe ke super cop tillu, mujhe toh koi ladki nazar nahi aati."

"Tumhare se toh mera style better hain. Tum nah Neela maa aur apni behen se kuch lesson le lon fashion ke. Both Neela ma and Rhea are amazing with fashion."

"Aur tum Ali se tips le lon. Ladkiyan kitne baari caf aati hain sirf Ali se milne ke liye."

"Avni, mera fashion Ali se toh better hi hain. Tum rahen do."

"Neel, you are just too much!"

"Theek hain, hum aise karte hain. We both dress ourselves, aur aaj raat jise zaada attention milegi from the other guests at the party will win being the better dressed."

"You are on, Mr Neel Khanna!"

"So on, Mrs Avni Neel Khanna...Avni kahe ja rahi hon?" Neel asked as Avni began to march away.

"Taxi. Main tumhare saath car mein nahi rahoongi. Aaj raat milte hain. Party mein. Avni replied without turning back.

As Avni was out of the horizon, Neel kicked his car tyre, before sitting himself in the car and driving off.

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It's been a while, I know. I'm sorry. This story is not proof read.