Part 24 cont...(First part in the post above tani23's 😛)
About twenty minutes later Sameer and Tanvi arrived. As soon
as he got there the first thing he did was ask Arjun where Shree was.
"Khana bana raha hai!"
"Khana? Are you really that easy to win over?" Rathore asked
immediately understanding the intent behind it.
"That's what they seem
to think!" Arjun replied.
"Agar aap dono ko Shree se kuch problem nahi hain, then why
are you doing this??" Tanvi asked already feeling sorry for the sweet, cute ETF
techie.
"Kyun ki bahut mazza aayega!!" Sameer said with a childish
excitement.
Arjun chuckled.
"I'll go see if they need any help" Tanvi started getting up
but Rathore stopped her.
"No you are not! Sit down Tannu" Saying so he gently pulled
her back onto the couch.
As they were talking, Riya, Anu and Shree came out.
"Tanvi!!" Riya exclaimed and gave her a hug followed by Anu,
while Shree maintained his distance from the general area where Rathore and
Arjun were sitting.
"Shree" Rathore said particularly loudly, startling him.
"S...Sir??"
"Heard you were cooking tonight??"
"I am helping them out sir!" Shree said and after a nervous
pause he added, "Pray that food will turn out edible!!"
"Kuch kaha tumne Shree?" Arjun asked though he heard it
quite clearly.
"N...no sir"
"Hmm, toh aaj yaha khana banaane ka kaise soojha??" Rathore
asked Shree.
"Bhai, I - I asked him to...stay...and..." Anu though
started in support of Shree, trailed off under the look given by Rathore and
Arjun.
"Haan haan bolo Anu..." Rathore prompted her.
Anu looked away and said nothing.
"Umm, everything is ready; we can have dinner whenever you
guys want to..." Riya offered trying to ease things a bit.
"Great! Why don't you and Anu arrange things on the table?"
Arjun said.
Riya and Anu nodded and left for the kitchen. Shree was
about to follow them when Arjun asked him to sit down, offering the seat between
himself and Rathore. Shree gulped nervously and took the seat.
"So, Shree I have something very important to talk to you
about" Arjun said seriously.
"Y...ya sir, I have been meaning to..." Shree started saying
only to be cut short by Rathore.
"Shree let us finish. You see we love Anu very much, she's
our little..." Rathore searched for a suitable word, looking at Arjun for help.
"Angel??" Shree offered innocently.
"That's the word! Yes!" Arjun said.
"We will see the end of the person who will hurt her in
anyway" Rathore said not angry or serious, but he had a kind of amused look on
his face, as if he's enjoying this, a lot.
"Yes, you see Shree we are telling you all this
because...because there is a guy who has been after Anu. Now, she is naive, she
thinks she loves this person. But we know better right? I want you to trace
whoever it is and tell us once you find out!!" Arjun said all that in one go.
Shree looked from Rathore to Arjun.
Kaha phas gaya
mein?!! Bakra bana kar khel rahe hain mujhse! Shree thought.
Tanvi meanwhile sat silently and watched all this unfold in
front of her. She knew they were just doing this for fun, so she sat there and
had fun as well.
"S...sir, I know we...we should have tol..."
"What are you talking about? Concentrate Shree, you'll be
able to trace him right?" Rathore asked.
"Sir, please...I..."
"C'mon Shree...this is what you do every day. I am sure
you'll trace him out!" Arjun said.
"Sir, mein..."
"Haan Shree c'mon!" Rathore said.
"Sir, mein jaanta hu..."
"Arjun tum phikar math karo, humara Shree (clicking his
fingers loudly) aise pakadlega usse" Rathore said confidently.
"Haan, bahut bharosa
hain mujhe iss pe..." Arjun said pointedly to Shree.
"Aur nahi toh kya? He never failed us till date..." Rathore
said
Shree rolled his eyes and jumped up from the couch.
"An...Anu!! Come out here please!!" He yelled, facing Arjun
and Rathore.
Anu and Riya came out running. He walked up to a shocked and
confused looking Anu, took her hand into his and walked back to Arjun and
Rathore facing them.
"Arjun sir, Rathore sir, we should have told you this before,
but we were making sure that we...sir our relation started out as friendship
but to be honest I always knew it was much more than friendship. I - I really,
really like your sister...I - I love Anu, sir! I had no idea what she felt for
me till a few hours back. But sir, now that I know she feels the same for me as
I feel for her, I feel like I am the luckiest person. I promise to take care of
her and look after her and love her for the rest of my life...if - if I have
your permission...sir..."
No one said anything; everyone stared at Arjun and Rathore.
Minutes passed by in silence filled with anticipation and nervousness.
Finally Rathore and Arjun looked at each other and stood up,
their faces void of any emotion. They walked up to Shree and stood close to
him, very close to him - in an intimidating stance and glared at him. Seeing
their deep frowns and flaring nostrils, Shree cringed a little away from them. All
through he did not let go of Anu's hand.
He was preparing himself to be screamed at. He quietly sent
prayers to god and stood still, ready for their wrath. After a minute or two
more of their glaring and nothing else he glanced at Anu confusedly and then at
Riya - they did nothing and just stood there. Just when Shree thought to say
something else - because, honestly this was getting a bit awkward, they did
something that made him look at them with an open mouth...
A laugh broke on both his senior officers' stern faces. They
turned to each other with accusing looks.
"You started laughing!!!" Arjun accused Rathore, while the
latter did the same to Arjun.
"Saara plan ka sathya naash kardiya Arjun..." Rathore said
still laughing.
"Maine??!!" Arjun said surprised.
"Oh!! You two are sooo baaaddd!!!" Tanvi exclaimed in
disbelief, not able to stop herself from commenting on their bad acting skills.
After all they did, they end up laughing.
Anu, Shree and Riya stood stunned, watching this unfold in
front of them. They understood what was going on and heaved a deep sigh of
relief. Riya rolled her eyes at Arjun for all the drama.
Arjun turned to Anu and gestured her to come closer.
Anu slowly made her way to her brother who kissed her
forehead and holding her around her shoulder with one arm, he turned to Shree,
"Welcome to the family Shree!" He said with a smile.
Shree smiled; a little embarrassed but very happy.
"Thank you, Arjun sir! Thank you so much!" he said giving
Arjun a grateful look.
Arjun chuckled and motioned him to come forward. He
enveloped Shree into a quick hug before letting him go.
Everyone gathered around them smiling and laughing and
teasing the couple when Rathore cleared his throat loudly from behind.
"Sirf Arjun ka haan khafi nahi hain! Mera bhi jawaab sunlo"
Rathore said seriously.
Anu smiled at her brother and walked to him slowly.
"Aur aapka jawaab kya hain bhaiya?!" She asked sweetly.
Rathore smiled and he too gave Anu and Shree a quick hug and
warned the latter to take care of his sister.
With a promise that he would, Shree looked around the room
extremely happy. His smile soon falttered though - something was missing.
Arjun noticed Shree's smile fade.
"kya hua Shree?" He asked.
"Sir, woh..."
"Missing Chotu right?" Anu asked understanding immediately.
"Oh ya, ask him to come over!" Riya suggested.
Shree walked a little away from the group and dialled
Chotu's number.
"Haan Shree bol? Sab thik toh hain na?" Chotu asked
immediately anxious to know what happened.
"Sab thik kaise ho saktha hai Chotu? Tune mujhe phasa diya
aur khud gaayab? Bachu Riya ke ghar aaja...abhi, issi waqt!!"
"Yaar sab thik hain na? Maamla serious hain kya?"
"Tu yeha aa toh sahi!!"
"Woh actually Shree I am not at home. I came out with Neelu
yaar"
Shree's mouth opened in a big 'O',
"Accha? Mujhe phasa kar tu mazze le raha hain?? Tu abhi issi
waqt ghar aa raha hain ya nahi??"
"Achha thik hain! I'll drop Neelu home and come there,
okay?!!"
"Nah! Aisa nahi chalega!! Bring her over...and no more
excuses! Warna mein...mein toh...tujhe toh...samajh gaya ya aur boloon??"
Chotu chuckled on the other end, he understood that
everything was alright hearing the light hearted way Shree was talking in,
"Looks like everyone agreed...waah Shree...teri toh nikhal
padi!!!"
"Nikhal padi ke bache...aaja tu...tab dekh loonga!!!"
Chotu laughed, "Haan, haan aa raha hoon!"
Sometime later, Chotu and for the very first time Neelima
joined the happy lot at Riya's place. Chotu hugged Shree congratulating him and
introduced Neelima to everyone. Neelima as it turns out was as sweet as Chotu
and a perfect match for him. Though she was a little shy at the beginning, soon
she too became one of them and enjoyed the evening thoroughly.
Edited by Aukview - 11 years ago
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