Re-enforcing Promises
"I love you too", she said and opened her eyes, finding him intently staring her and with their faces so near, that their breaths were mingling, she closed her eyes again and mayank chuckled, "don't close your eyes, please, ", he requested, moving more close and she slowly starting opening them . But before she could look back in his eyes, there was a knock on the door which shocked her and she jumped out of his arms, gasping.
Shaking his head in disbelief, looking her normalizing her breath, mayank opened the door and as expected it was gunjan, 'good morning bhaiii!", she excitedly wished and hugged mayank, "morning princess", he softly patted her cheek and gunjan headed towards nupur, "good morning diii!", she hugged her tight and nupur broke into a giggle, "good morning princess"
"arey wah!, u both have started speaking the same language, not bad!", she giggled while mayank started smiling and nupur blushed deep, "gunjan main tu tumhain pehle bhi princess kehti thi", she said controlling her blush.
"Acha chalo di, sab tum dono ko nechey bula rahe hain, jaldi tyaar ho k a jao", she kissed her cheek and went from the room closing the door again.
Nupur nervously headed towards the dressing and started wearing her wedding ornaments, and mayank was wearing his wrist watch, while stealing a couple of glances at nupur.
"chalen?', mayank said as he saw nupur was completely ready, the addition of light jewellary enhanced her beauty by many bounds.
Nupur nervously smiled while mayank walked towards her and held her hand, "it's okay, don't be nervous", he assured and kissed her forehead,and she tried to gain composure.
They both came down stairs, and mayank was holding her hands, but the moment they were about to step down to lounge, nupur showed some effort to free her hand, "nahi choron ga", he said smirking "dekhiya please..wo", she tried to convince him but he grabbed it more tightly and even took a step towards her, "arey gunjan", nupur said and in a moment mayank left her hand and and nupur started laughing
"that was not fair", he said again trying to grab her hands, while nupur hurriedly stepped off the stairs, where Mrs. Sharma was already there.
She was nervous, but the warmth and affection from Mr & Mrs. Sharma made her very comfortable, and ofcourse gunjan was already there, making her feel as it was her own home.
She called her dadi and chachi, and both of them sensing the glee in her voice were very happy and moreover the frequent glances from mayank were adding to the blush in her voice.
And then they were invited to the dinner in the evening to the Bhushan house.
Gunjan was constantly trying to talk to nupur, but was just not getting any chances, finally when nupur went for her first cooking in the kitchen. , "diii", gunjan hugged her from back and as always nupur got scared, "kitni baar kaha hai gunjan jab main cooking kar rahi hoti hon tu mat daraya karo , kabhi kuch gir jaye ga tu?', she glared at her,
"di u were married last night!, itna ghusa??", she glared her back and nupur got back to her work smiling.
"awww..u are blushing, I am sooo happy", she side hugged her and nupur kissed her cheek, "acha di ye batao k bhai romantic hai??", she asked in a teasing tone, winking and nupur glared her, "gunjan!",
She walked to the sink and gunjan followed her, "di now please don't expect k main tum se kuch pochon gi nahi", she said merrily and sat on the kitchen counter and nupur quietly started peeling off almond covers, "di kuch tu batao', she said again hitting her with her elbow while nupur was paying no attention, "acha yeh hi bata do bhai ne tumhain subha uthaya kaisey?, ya tum ne unthaya, ya sath uthey,..ye tu bata do,..", she again whined while nupur blushed thinking he must have picked her up to lead to the bed but as gunjan was there she dared not to blush, "gunjan, tang nahi karo",
"kia di! Not fair", she looked at her making a sad face , "u know na I love u gunjan" , nupur patted her cheek while gunjan went out stamping her feet, "no I don't".
Nupur smiled at her anger and started mixing the ghee. She was making sooji halwa , but she was scared and nervous on the taste.
It was ready and nupur tasted a bit. IT was the same taste as always but still she was nervous. She wanted gunjan to taste it before she could serve. So she came out of the kitchen, and saw gunjan was busy talking on the phone, "gunjan", she interrupted her, while she placed the phone away, "kia hua di?
"gunjan, wo halwa taste kar k batao k kaisa bana hai, I am nervous", gunjan's heart filled with affection but she ignored, "g nahi, main tum se ghusa hon", she showed her tongue to nupur and ran away. While nupur just frowned at her childish behavior, "ik tu yeh larki samjthi nahi hai, Mazak ka time nahi hai..main..
"main taste kar don?'
Mayank's voice from behind scared her and but his presence suddenly over whelmed her, "umm..wo main ne halwa banaya hai, mom dad ko taste karwane se pehle mujhe gunjan ko taste karwana hai, is liye..", she wanted to give him all details and he took a step towards her, "main taste kar deta hon", he offered genuinely and nupur smiled.
They entered the kitchen and nupur nervously served mayank with the halwa. She was nervous for his reaction too, that is why she thought gunjan was the best person, but she just ran away.
Mayank filled a spoon and nupur's eyes were becoming wide and mayank took another spoon, "kaisa hai?', nupur asked.
"mujhe ik bite main pata nahi chalta hai", he filled his plate and took it to the dining table, and nupur followed him. She sat in front of him and mayank quietly started eating .
"kasia hai?', nupur was getting impatient as mayank had almost finished half of his plate and was not speaking anything , "mujhe itni jaldi nahi pata chalta hai", he said plainly and nupur got more tensed.
She just started staring at him , hoping when would he realize about halwa.
Finally he finished and quietly headed towards the kitchen and nupur was again surprised as if what was he doing. He took some more halwa from the karahi, "abhi bhi nahi pata chala ap ko?', she confusedly asked, while mayank filled a spoon and fed nupur. It was so unexpected that she was stunned, but she had no choice but eat it, and as she finished mayank leaned on her ear, "kaisa laga?", nupur's heart fluttered for a second, she lowered her eyes, while he grabbed the counter behind her, "bolo na kaisa laga?",
"mujhe bhi ik bite main pata nahi chalta hai", she said controlling her blush and mayank moved more close, "main aur khila deta hon, ", he fed her another spoon and she broke into a giggle, "acha mujhe sab ko serve karna hai mujhe jane dijiye", she said slowly and suddenly both of them went still for a moment..
U don't trust me?
"mujhe jane dijye please"
Both of them looked in each other's eyes, where nupur got very scared and mayank's eyes showed a slight transition from naughtiness to sweetness. "jao", he smiled lightly and left the slab, nupur lowered her eyes and mayank headed towards the door,
"suniye", nupur said and mayank stopped.
She slowly walked towards him, while mayank was looking at her plainly expecting her to say something, but she placed her palm over his cheek, and bringing it close she pressed her lips over it, "I love you", , she said looking in his eyes with love, and mayank smiled lightly and left the kitchen.
Nupur who was expecting him to say something got very disheartened and turned to walk towards the kitchen counter,
'suniye..".
She immediately turned and found mayank standing on the kitchen door, Nupur stood on her place blankly staring at him, while he walked towards her, and slipping his arm around her waist, he leaned to kiss her check, "I love you too", he whispered and nupur closed her eyes in immense joy, but she opened when he removed his arm from her waist the very next moment and left the kitchen winking at her, while she was left blushing.
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