“Kuch toh gadbad hai”
“Hmm”
Priya and Sara were at the bakery after hours where Sara was decorating a beautiful three tiered cake that was due the next day.
As she was putting through the finishing touches of the intricate lacy strings of frosting, Sara’s responses were monosyllabic at best and a series of grunts at worst.
Priya was doing her best to not annoy her, but she needed to discuss this with someone.
“Sara Di, aap sun rahe ho? Maine kaha kuch toh gadbad hai! Mr Kapoor ko kisi aur se pyaar hai”
On hearing that, Sara’s concentration broke and she messed up a tiny bit of her cake decoration. Swearing beneath her breath but equally fearful that Priya had found out about Ghadhika (as Bri referred to her), she wiped a droplet of sweat before stepping away from her cake. The cake could wait.
“Aisi kya baat ho gayi Priya, kya kisi ne tumse kuch kaha? Vedika ne kuch kaha kya? We can sort this Priya, hum thande dimaag se sochte hai, kya karna hai…kiss se baath karni hai”
“Huh, yeh Vedika kahan aagayi beech mein? Aur aap itne tension mein kyun hai?”
Sara sat down next to Priya utterly confused. If it wasn’t Vedika, what was her sister on about?
“Tumne baat hi aise ki, tension nahi hoga kya? acha batao, kisse pyaar ho gaya hai Mr. Kapoor ko?”
“Neeraj se”
Whatever Sara was expecting, this wasn’t it. She was glad she wasn’t next to her cake as this statement would have completely annihilated that top layer. She looked at Priya whose face was dead serious. She felt her forehead to check if she was running a fever or was delirious in any noticeable way. She sniffed the bottle of water she had to check if it was spiked.
“Sara di, what is wrong with you? What are you doing?”
“What am I doing? The logical thing. Checking if my sister is off her rocker and needs immediate medical attention. What on earth otherwise would compel her to say something like this?. The one person Ram couldn’t detest more!”
“Sara di, that’s exactly it. I think him detesting Neeraj is basically his frustration at being in love with him and not being able to be with him. There is not an explanation for why he’d bring up Neeraj in every single conversation. I kid you not! I hear more about Neeraj than I heard about him when I was dating him.
Only yesterday I was speaking to Maitri about getting that idiot out of jail on those fraud charges. He not just fast tracked it, but also made sure that there’d be no criminal record against Neeraj. Not only this! He even made sure that Neeraj got a bump in that bank of his, so they can move both office and home to Prabhadevi, closer to Bandra you see!”
“Or further away from Malad” uttered Sara under her breath.
“I think he even purchased a bottle of gel to try to look like him. Why would he do that to his lovely soft curls, I don’t understand!”
“So you think his curls are lovely….and soft?”
“Sarangi” she admonished. “Please take your mind out of unimportant details. Focus on the issue. How do we run an intervention for Mr. Kapoor to tell him how terrible Neeraj is?”
“And that is your take away from this situation? Do you even understand the implication? Your husband by your claims, is interested in men!!”
“Pfft, loads of people are bisexual Sara di. Problem is only who he is interested in…that vile, gel haired absolute buffoon who has been sensationally awful to both Maitri and me. Has Mr. Kapoor not learnt from this? Why him of all people? Pooore prachand mein bus Neeraj hi mila tha unko? Tarun se pyaar kar lete, he spends enough time with him”
“Priya…back up. Why do you think Ram is bisexual? Has he told you this?”
“Not in so many words, but pata chalta hai you know. I mean he told me he loves Adi as much as the rain, and I’m guessing that was his unrequited love! Par Adi kahaan….”
“Oh mon dieu” Sara interrupted.
“Yaar Sara di, aap ab French mein shuru mat ho jaao. Meri problem mein help karo! I have to get Mr. Kapoor to stop thinking about Neeraj. Kahaan woh langoor aur Kahaan Mr. Kapoor!”
Sara tried to keep a straight face as Priya ranted on about how unworthy Neeraj was and how Mr. Kapoor deserved so much more. Her absolute adoration for Mr. Kapoor shone through her passionate arguments. She wondered if this couple knew that they were both insanely jealous of the same man, for the same reasons! Neeraj had zero uses in life, but atleast had unwittingly managed to get them to understand how important each was to the other. Now, to ensure these knuckleheads actually figured that out! Especially her sister!
This called for the big guns! She needed Bri.
Fin
Continuing the Prachand Premness and how Priya perceives the RK Neeraj equation!
- I won’t be writing the next part, cos woh toh obvious hai ki BriRa kya karenge. Please use imagination
- I found it immensely funny that In that baarish scene, Ram compared his love for rains with his love for Adi. Ofcourse Priya confuse hogi
- Ram’s Neeraj obsession > Ram’s vedu jaap
- Priya is a sweetheart
- I’m still confused about tagging with phone
Dedicated to Shibani and all fans of Neeraj.
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