There was so much wasted potential with the Baingan Kaand. I had to write this What If. I am no writer but wanted to give this a shot. Also its 2am where I am, please forgive typos or errors. Special thanks for the inspiration: @milkcakejamun and @sunsaathiyaa on Twitter! I can’t tag anyone :(
Any similarities to anyone’s work are completely co-incidental. No intention to copy.
Let me know what you think!
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This what if is an AU scene at the start of episode 207
The Pandya family began to gather for dinner post a busy and tiring day. Raavi and Rishita were serving food while Suman was discussing the gossip of Jignesh and Kanata Kaki that she heard earlier in the day with Shiva, Dev, and Gautam. As Dhara entered the dining area, she heard Suman's words and her insecurities began acting up again.Gautam noticed Dara’s mood change as Raavi caught him up to speed with the earlier mood swings that Dhara was going through during the day. Gautam leaned toward Shiva and said "Bhai, topic change kar na, varna ek aur kaand hojayega".
"Theek hai Gaumbi, Koshish karta hoon"
As Raavi noticed the brothers engrossed in their conversation, she hurriedly served the baingan curry in both of their plates as she learnt from Krish that Shiva and Gautam were not fans of baingan.
Gautam was still continuously signaling Shiva to hijack the conversation as Suman and Dhara did not stop gossiping about Jignesh and his wife.
Shiva, in the meantime took a bite of roti along with the baingan curry and he exclaimed trying to change the topic of discussion while grabbing the serving bowl from Raavi "Wah Maa, kya sabzi banayi hai Bhabhi ne- maaza aagaya". Dhara's mood oscillated from insecure to confusion in a second and she blurted out "Baingan hai Baingan". Shiva was perplexed at her reaction, he was praising her "Arrey Bhabhi, taarif hi toh kar raha hoon. Aap apne haathon se jo bhi sabzi banate ho woh toh ek number hota hai. Nayi recepie hai kya, pata hi nahi chaala ki Baingan khaa rahe the! Man, tho kar raha hai ki haath chomlu". Shiva gave Dhara a chef's kiss from afar.
Dhara's confusion swung to anger and frustration "Yeh maine nahi banayi he" "Yeh toh Raavi ne banaya" she completed her sentence with dejection in her voice.
Shiva looked at Raavi startled, and he saw her smirking with glee. "Mar gaya- inti taarif karne ki kya zaroorat thi Shiva, ab yeh compliments waapis bhi nahi le sakta." he murmured under his breath.
Dhara was unable to shut the water tank leaking from her eyes. She continued to complain, and her emotions swayed as she walked out from the dining area while the rest of the family just looked on.
Suman asked everyone to continue eating "Arrey ruk kyun gaye, khaa lo, Raavi ne bahut Teshti sabzi bayani hai".
Raavi gave a soft smile to Suman and began walking back to the kitchen to get some water for everyone.
Shiva looked at his plate and he had one roti left to eat, he glanced around to grab an extra serving of the baingan sabzi but stopped himself as he saw Dev and Rishita looking at him.
As Raavi was coming back with the water she witnessed Shiva's hesitancy and thought "Haww. Iss boothnath ko meri sabzi acchi lagi? Kabhi muh pe bolega nahi. Kuch toh karna padega"
Raavi poured some water into Shiva's glass and grinned at him. She then waved her hands in front of his face. Shiva was only getting confused every passing second. "Yeh chipkali Kitni ajeeb hai- aur ek pal ke liye mujhe lage ki yeh Dhara Bhabhi ki parchayi hai. Shukar hai bhagwan ka" he thought.
Gautam quickly got up to go back to Dhara while the rest of the family dispersed for the night as Raavi and Rishita tidied up the kitchen.
Rishita put the leftovers in the fridge "Raavi, yeh baingan ki sabzi thodi hi bacchi hai, mein finish kar loon kya?"
Raavi sprung toward her and took the box from her hands and placed in the fridge "Nahi Rishita, yeh mujhe khaana hai, woh na main aaj thik se yeh dish enjoy nahi kar payi toh main yeh kal lunch mein khaa loongi."
Rishita nodded "ok sure" and she left the kitchen.
Raavi wrapped all her work up, took a quick shower and headed to sleep in the aangan. She was unable to fall asleep as she kept looking toward her bedroom door. She was aware of Shiva's habit of eating leftovers in the night, she wanted to get him to admit that her sabzi was good."Sleep is secondary, uss boothnath ko tho main aaj nahi chodungi"
After an hour or so, Raavi heard her bedroom door open and she could see Shiva making his way into the kitchen "Asli Sechu toh yeh hai, bada aaya mera naamkaran karne waala"
She tip-toed into the kitchen and she could feel a smile creeping up on her face as she saw Shiva eating the leftover baingan sabizi.
She could not let go of this opportunity to tease him, she took out her phone and played a song on a low volume to ensure she didn’t wake anyone else up.
"Jummaa chummaa de de,
Jummaa chummaa de de chummaa
Jummaa chummaa de de,
Jummaa chummaa de de chummaa"
Shiva turned in horror toward Raavi as he heard the music "Ayy Chipkali, paagal hai kya? yeh party ka waqt hai? aur yeh aise gaane kyun baja rahi hai?" he said as he placed the bowl on the kitchen platform.
"Areey Shiva, tune hi bola na ki "Man tho kar raha hai ki haath chomlu"" kyunki yeh sabzi bahut tasty hai. yeh sabzi toh maine banayi, ek kiss tho banta hai na"
Shiva stared at her baffled. She extended out her hands to him and pointed toward them with her eyes. "Accha teekh hai, main apne aankh band karleti hoon." She was 100% confident that he would walk away.
Shiva didn’t want to lose out on this opportunity either, he slowly leaned in and gave her a quick peck on the cheek and began walking away. Raavi opened her eyes puzzled and walked toward him "Shiva ruk..."
"Kya? Sabzi Acchi thi, vaise mujhe tinde bhi nahi pasand. agar tune woh bhi Teshti banaliya tho.." He said and he winked at her before heading back to their room.
Arjun
