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Raavi entered Pandya Store like a little giddy tornado, with her bright sunshine like smile searching for someone, her smile got million times more big when she saw all four Pandya Brothers working in the store, she went to Dev first, her bestfriend, she entered in so casually directly to Dev, ignoring Shiva who just rolled his eyes as he saw her, annoyingly.With a big smile she initiated the conversation, "Hi Dev!", To which Dev smiled a little and replied with a mere uninterested "Hello", and got back to his work, so she again fixated herself in front of him and started, "Dev tum mujhe bike chalana sikhaoge?Please please pleaseeeee!", To which Dev frowned and it was clear that he didn't wanted to teach her, so he said, "Sorry Raavi voh...aaj kal bohot time hai na toh nahi ho payega", but she was stubborn so she said, "Koi baat nahi Dev do teen kya pure ek hafte baad sikhana okay!", To which Dev again frowned and said, "voh mujhe na sikhana nahi aata kya pata achha na sikha pau toh tum na...tum na Shiva,haan Shiva se sikhlo usko to vese hi bachpan se bikes bohot pasand hai aur usine mujhe sikhai thi... thik hai voh sikha dega", Raavi gave a blank expression to him which he clearly ignored, so she had no option but to turn and see Shiva who has been continuously rolling his eyes aand getting annoyed with her presence, she made a puppy face and looked at him, and he said, "Sochna bhi mat tujh jesi chipkali ko bike sikhne ki kya zarurat jaha jaana ho rengte rengte chali ja", this irritated her but she wanted to learn and there was no other way to learn, only he could teach her, so she went there smiling sweetly and pleaded, "Please Shiva please please pleaseeee" but Shiva was reluctant enough that his refrain was visible in the way he rolled his hands and kept looking at the ceiling, and that's when Krish hopped up behind Raavi and said, "Arre Raavi yeh Shiva aur tujhe bike sikhayega *chuckles* bhool jaao yeh to kabhi nahi hoga....sunke hi parallel universe ki baat lagti hai, par tu tension mat le,mai hoon na, aakhir mai kab kaam aaunga mai sikhaa dunga tujhe vese bhi vacations haina toh chal aaj se start karte hai", Raavi's sad face lit up like a kid who gets balloons and she jumped and said, "Sachhiii krishu you are the best!" and gave him a side hug, Shiva was getting agitated so he added, "Yeh tum dono ka chachundar-chipkali ka khel hogaya ho toh futo idhar se dhandhe ka time khoti mat karo"and went away in the store room.Krish and Raavi went to the empty ground and road where Krish instructed him and introduced her with the clutch,gear, accelerates and showed her how to turn on and off.
On the other hand, Shiva was trying to not to get anxious but he definetly was worried because 'Raavi & Krish' doing anything together is a "kaand" even if it's a simple school project they both would 'accidentaly' so something or say, by default they convert it into 'kaand' and then would keep screaming and crying and helplessly making puppy faces to everyone.Shiva needed to stop them do a kaand i.e. 'ese vese bike kisi pe chadha di ya sabziwale ki sabziyan pichak di, or even worse, hath pair tod denge takra ke', he displeasingly fetched his bike keys and kept looking on the roads to find this 'kaandu duo'.
Shiva found them Krish was starting to push the bike from behind and Raavi was starting the bike, he rushed his bike in front of them which shocked both of them suddenly, both of their eyes widened, as Raavi exclaimed, "tu...tu yaha kya kar raha hai abhi to bada bolraha tha mai nahi sikhaunga", and Shiva rolled his eyes in disbelief and said, "Haan toh tu isse sikhegi?Uska khud license nahi aaya abhi...ekdum andho mein kaana raja..ab tu single pasli ghar ja mai sikha dunga".
To which Krish said, "toh bhai pehle hi aajana chahiye tha na pure 2 ghante waste kiye mere huh meri to koi izzat hi nahi hai", and Shiva replied, "Achha kya sikhaya tune is gadhedi ko do ghanto mein?" to which Raavi replied enthusiastically even before Krish could open his mouth, "Krish ne mujhe sabseeee important baat sikhayi...krish ne mujhe sikhaya ke bike na humesha baith ke chalani chahiye aur ise brake kehte hai aur ise brake aur yaha pe stand hota hai aur on and off ese karte hai and petrol yaha se dalvate hai" as she pointed all the parts, Shiva facepalmed on how dobi she is and how idiot his brother is, and he said, "Arre waah Krish itna sab sikha diya tu to bohot achha teacher hai yaha aana zara tujhe izzat se gale lagne hai" (while taking his chappal in hand and krish flexing himself but started fake laugh as he saw chappal and said, "achha toh mai chalta hu...ok byeee" and ran away.
As Krish ran away as fast as he could, Raavi kept staring Shiva, when he saw she was staring at him, as if she's studying his face, he snapped and said, "Ghur kya rahi hai khayegi kya?", to which she shrugged and said, "Pata nahi kyu Shiva mujhe pata tha tu aayega" and a soft smile crept her face...to which Shiva rolled his eyes and replied, "Hogaya?" , she nodded.
Shiva taught her basics slowly and gradually, he sat behind her and helped her with brakes and clutch and speed, till she was able to drive it properly and got a little confidence. It took her two days to learn to ride the bike. The next day Shiva told her to drive alone till the tree and take a U-turn and come back. At first she was reluctant to go and feared but Shiva challenged her by saying, "Fattu kahiki", she pouted and said, "mai..mai koi fattu nahi hu ruk abhi jaake aati hu" and started the bike.
She started it fumbling and kept looking at Shiva and he gave her a little smile and a nod as if he was assuring her, he said, "Tu yeh karsakti hai,mai hu tere sath" and put his palm on her hand, she calmed down and finally started.
She reached halfway and turned her face only to find Shiva smiling to her and giving her thumbs up, it was very rare to find Shiva smiling and happy and him smiling when he was with her, was probably the first time...her heart fluttered as she saw him happy, that too with her...he looked proud,and she was delighted that he felt proud on her.Her attention was fixated on him that she failed to notice gigantic truck moving, she saw Shiva's expression change from contented to horrified as he shouted, "Raaviiiiiiiii aage dekhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh", she immediately snapped and turned only to find a truck, she remembered one of lessons by Shiva of how to rescue and sidelined the bike nearby the bushes and fell there along with the bike, she was injured but apparently very less injured then if she would've been if she had hitted the truck.Shiva was horrified and he started running towards where she had fell, he wanted her to be alright,he could never let her get hurt.He rushed towards her and tried waking her up and made her sit and hugges her tightly.He wrapped his arms around her,caressed her head and checked if she was injured any where she was terrified and shocked so he hugged him back with equal force,calming down in his embrace.
As they separated, he asked, "Tu thik hai?Kahi zyada toh nahi lagi...tu na ek number ki gadhi hai,akal aur aankho dono se andhi...mujhe tere ye bakwas plan mein aana hi nahi chahiye tha...abhi...abhi tujhe kuch hojata toh...", to which she said, "Mujhe pata hai tu mujhe kuch nahi hone dega", with a little smile, his heart fluttered but he asked as if angry, "Dhyan kaha tha han tera?", "tere pe, tu smile kar raha tha, tujhe mujhpe proud feel hua, tu smile karte waqt kitna pyaara lagta hai", and his heart skipped a beat, he was unable to control the smile creeping on his face and said, "aur...aur tujhe kuch hojata toh?Rehti yeh smile?Chal ab first aid lagadeta hu chipkali kahiki", he lifted her in his arms and she kept gazing him with soft smile.
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'She was 10, she had just learnt to ride bicycle and on a bright sunday morning all of them she, Shiva, Krish, Dev decided to go to somnath mandir by cycling, they all were instructed by Gaumbi and Dhara to be together, ride slowly and they will be coming behind them after some time and specially not to race with eachother.The all left together but as soon as they were out of the gali and no one from the families could see them, Dev, Krish and Shiva increased their speed, and little Raavi was trying to cope up, all the boys got so much drowned in the blowing breeze,chuckling and shouting that they didn't notice Raavi shouting them to slow down and even if they did, they left that unheard, though Shiva told that mami ki bachhi is a gadhedi and would complain but Dev and Krish said they didn't care she would too cope with them in few minutes.But Shiva turned back and saw her struggling with peddles as she increased speed, he slowed down a little so that she can find someone, while dev and krish were now blurred but she was able to see Shiva there she smiled, he was the only ray of hope for her in this hustling road,she failed to notice a rock and her wheel crashed into a ball like rock due to which she fell down,blood oozing out her knees and elbow.Little Shiva saw this and took a U-turn and came running down to him and threw his bicycle in the sideways.She was sobbing uncontrollably and Shiva had no idea to stop her so he just hugged her and carressed her soft hair, he helped her stand up and made her sit on the near by bench, he took out his waterbottle, handkerchief and bandaid from his bag, he cleaned her wounds,made her drink water and applied bandaid.They knew Dhara and Gaumbi would be going from same road in few minutes so they sat their waiting for them, she was not crying now but neither did she speak anything he sensed that she was still shocked so he held her hand and said, "Kuch nahi hua darr mat mai hu na saath mein abhi Bhabhi aur Gaumbi aajayenge toh tu unke sath beth jaana" and she nodded while he rubbed the last tear which rolled down her cheek.'
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"Aey Chipkali!!!" she heard and snapped back to present, he continued, "Kaha kho gayi thi?...teen baar bula chuka hua...achha voh chod paani pi lea", she took the bottle and drank water, and passed it to her, she saw him drinking water, he looked cute, she did not know what happened to her she was just overwhelmed,she went near his cheeks placed a peck on it...all water oozed out from his mouth as he coughed in shock on this action of hers looking at her with a questionable face and in utter dismay.She realised what she did and got embarrassed so she said, "Voh..voh...sorry mera..matlaab nahi tha..voh" and stood up and started leaving.
His face got all red and his heart skipped beats in a row but what was that he did not know, did she like him? or was a heat of the moment he had no idea but he did wanted to know so he held her hand and pulled her down but accidentally she ended on his lap.Raavi's face reddened and she looked away due to their position , he got irritated as she was not looking towards him so he shrugged her and asked, "Yeh...yeh kya tha?", she pouted as she replied, "kya tha matlab pappi thi, pappi bolte hai Shiva ise yeh kya bwakoofo vale sawal puch raha hai..", though she did knew what he meant but she was avoiding the answer, he replied, "Aey akal ki kachhi mami ki bachhi mujhe bhi pata hai kya bolte hai pan yeh bata kyun di?", she said, "Kyun ka kya matlab hai..mann kiya toh dedi", he faceplamed himself mentally on how can this girl cross levels of dobi-ness on new heights, he said, "Pappi koi mandir ka prashad hai kya jo kisi bhi raste chalte aire gaire ko dedegi?", to which she replied, "Koi bhi aira gaira rasta chalta Tu nahi hai na Shiva", his heart again skipped a beat but he wanted to listen what she meant that too directly, but before he could reoly, she added, "kyu tujhe pasand nahi aayi?" and his face turned into a red tomato, he fumbled and managed to say, "Nahi..voh...voh..esa..kuch..voh mai...", she hissed in annoyance and said, "yeh kya voh..mai...mai..voh kar raha hai clear bolna", and he said, "Rukna time lagta hai bolne mein" and she replied, "Dekh Shiva tu mujhe pasand hai pan pehle humesha ladke hi bolte hai fir ladkiya sharma ke jawab deti hai toh pehle tu hi bolega mai nahi" with a pout, he was captivated but now wanted to tease her, so he replied, "Aey filmy gadhedi mai kyu bolu baat tune nikali toh tu bol mujhe kyu bolrahi hai", to which she hastily replied, "Haan toh abhi toh bola pasand hai kaanpur mein hadtaal hai kya", and he was happy and his heart fluttered but he looked away and also was irritated because he had to now deal with his dobi chipkali for all his life.
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