Pulling the blanket more protectively around her she drank the soup…. It was really very hot and for her sore throat it was a welcome…. As the hot liquid coursed through her throat down to her stomach it was like heaven….. Warm and soothing!
Dipika: (Between mouthfuls) Oh Aran! It's so wanderphul…. 😊
And in the course of speaking few drops dripped down from her mouth…. Hastily she started to wipe her mouth with the back of her hand when Aryan pushed it away and wiped it with the tissue he was holding the soup bowl with….😃
Aryan: (Wiping her mouth) I can believe it! Itni badi ho gayi ho….. But you are worse than a kid!! Spilling food down you! Feeding your dress!😳
Dipika: (Swallowing the soup) Maine kya kiya?😔
Dipping the spoon again the in the soup he extended it towards her and commented….
Aryan: Nothing…. (While she drank) Just that, this is the third time you have spilt food all over yourself! I forgot to put a kerchief over your front like when they feed small kids….. (Exasperated) Khaate waqt baat nahi karte ye pata bhi nahi hai!
Feeding her the soup again…
Dipika: But…
She was again about to speak with her mouthful, but stopped seeing him glare….😡
Dipika: (After drinking) Lekin pehli do baar meri galti nahi thi….. First time the soup was so hot that I burnt my tongue….. Second time I had to sneeze…. And third time, I was trying to tell that you have made a wonderful soup…. Mujhe abhi bahut achcha mehsoos ho raha hai! (Looking at him out of the corner of her eyes knowing how he would react if she praised him, with a slight blush and smile that could get any man crazy) You do cook well!😳
He looked at her smiling and his heart went crazy with thumping seeing her look at him so…. Indeed some of her color had come back…. She had looked pale and grey when he had come…. The soup seemed to have revived her…. She was looking and even talking much better…. 👍🏼
He had to admit, even now she looked beautiful….. Wrapped from head to toe in blanket she was sitting cross legged on the sofa with him besides her…. The tip of her nose had become pinkish with all the cold and her cheeks were rosy…. Like a small kid…😳
As he dipped the spoon back in the bowl it scraped empty bottom of the bowl…. He looked in the bowl…. The soup was over….
Aryan: (Appreciatively) That's good! Poora ka poora soup pi liya… Maine suna hai jab sardi ho to theek se khaana chahiye! Need another bowl?❓
Dipika: (Widening her eyes😲) Oh nahi! Bas…. Ab ke liye mera pet full hai! Tumne nahi pi?
Aryan looked at the bowl and back at her making a face….
Aryan: I don't think so I would appreciate that! Mujhe iska taste zyada pasand nahi hai… Not at all!
Saying he shook his head….
Dipika: (Smiling) Phir jo tumne itna saara soup banaya hai, vo koun piyega?
Aryan: (Getting up looked at her stunned) Isliye sab kuch main pi loon? No way! Anyways this soup seems to be fit for only for sick people! Daadi Naani ke nuske jaise taste tha, when I tasted it for salt! (Walking into the kitchen) Hot and sour! Tumhare sardi ke liye theek hoga, lekin mere liye… Nah hunh!!!!
He started to wash the bowl when Dipika called out in a little high voice but still heard softly because of her sore throat…
Dipika: Dishes rakh dena Aryan…. Shaam ko kaam waali bai aayegi…. Vo kar degi!
Aryan: (Drying the bowl) Don't worry she will have work…. Baaki saare dishes use hi to dhone hai! And clean the kitchen too….. She will have lots to do after I finish with your dear kitchen!
After statement of his she could not just sit there.... Wondering what he was doing in the kitchen she walked upto the kitchen and peeped in… Well the kitchen was still neat and clean… She noticed the cooker on the stove which he was opening now…
Taking out the daal from it he gave a close look at it and then a satisfied smile spread across his face…. Putting it down she heard him mumble….
Aryan: (Looking around the kitchen shelves) Daal ka baaki samaan!?!?
He was just about to turn to call out to her when she walked to the kitchen shelves and brought out all the things he would need to prepare the daal…. Salt, chilly and other garnishing items…
Aryan: (Taking the salt from her) Tum yahan kyun aayi? Wahan se keh bhi sakti thi naa?❓
Dipika: (Looking at him fondly) Wahan se kuch kehti to tumhe theek se sunayi nahi deta, for the way I speak…. Chawal, daal ke liye hi tumhe kitne baar hall me aake poochna pada…. (Giving him the oil) Waise bhi baithe baithe bore ho rahi thi…. Let's see how the Chief of Special Squad works in a kitchen!😊
Aryan: (Turning on the stove smiled) Well…. Seems I have to be careful then… Is tarah koi agar supervising karta raha to main nervous ho jaata hoon!
Dipika: (Upset😔) Oh! Aisa hai to no problem…. Main hall me hi wait karti hoon!
Saying she started to leave the kitchen when he put out his hand and stopped her…. She looked away from him... Wrapping his hands around her he pulled her closer and said….
Aryan: Lekin maine aisa to nahi kaha… (Pulling her closer) Ki mujhe pasand nahi!
Smiling she looked back at him gazing at her with those adorable, beautiful, deep mesmerizing eyes…. She blushed with his comment and his gaze… Her hands were trapped inside the blanket she had wrapped around herself and couldn't fend him….☺️
Dipika: (Softly) Aryan! Tumhe bhi sardi lag jayegi!
Aryan: (Tightening his arms around her) Lagne do… Anything with you, I take it as it comes!
Just hearing it her eyes started to water…. Wiping the slight tears peeping from her eyes, Aryan shaking his head said…
Aryan: Dipika…. Ma…
Shaking her head she finally pushed herself away from him… She hurriedly brought out her kerchief and was in time to cover her nose as a strong sneeze made its way out….
Aryan smiled at his stupidity… She was not been emotional; the tears had appeared due to the stinging of the sneeze… Well one thing he knew was that emotional or not, he definitely didn't like her eyes glistening…..⭐️
Straightening rubbing her nose Dipika said something…
Dipika: Shovemedahl!
Aryan: (Confused) Kya!?!?
Still closing her running nose she turned him to look at the stove…. The utensil he had kept on the stove to make the daal had got hot… In fact it was already hotter than required….
Aryan: (Slowing the flame) Oh!
He started to make the daal as Dipika watched pleased…. She really did feel physically better… And with him around she felt light at heart too… He was already concerned about her…. With not a day gone by with them accepting each other…. She wondered what he would do as days went by and their two separate lives became one!
Aryan: (Switching off the gas) Over! Easy does it….
Wiping his hand in the kitchen towel he turned around and saw her looking at him….
Aryan: (Waving his hand in front on her face) Hey! Kahan khoyi ho?
She came out of her trance and shaking her head said….
Dipika: Kuch nahi! Bas yoheen!😳
Aryan: (Pulling up his collar) Appreciating my cooking skills?😉
Dipika: (Pulling the blanket more around her) Ye to khaana khaane ka baad pata chalega naa…. (Peeping behind him at the daal) Dekhne me to achcha hai…
Aryan: Madam… Dekhne me bhi aur khaane ke liye bhi achcha hoga… Hum agar kuch karte hain to perfection se karte hain!
Dipika: Dekha maine… Waise manani padegi…. At least cooking me sab rules follow kiye hain…. Just as in order!
Aryan: (Smiling understanding what she was hinting at) Well….. Cooking aisa kaam hai jisme golmaal karna theek se nahi aata ho to proper rules follow karna hi behtar hota hai…. If you know how to mix and match well you can very well do anything… Ye area humara weak hai isliye risk nahi li!
Dipika: (Nodding) I see…. Dekhte hain ki aapka bina-risk-rules-followed cooking kaise rang laya hai!
Removing his apron Aryan nodded and showed her way out of the kitchen while he brought out the things for eating…. Neatly setting them on the table…..
Before he could sit….
Dipika: Aryan! Paani laana bhool gaye!😳
He looked at the table and noticed he indeed forgot to bring water…. He went back to the kitchen and brought back two glasses and a pitcher of water…
Again before he could sit….
Dipika: Aryan! Pickle laa doge…. I like to have pickle in my food!😳
Aryan: Okay!
Nodding he went to the kitchen only to remember that he didn't know where the pickle was….
Aryan: Dipika! Achaar kahan hai?
Dipika: Stove ke opposite shelf me!
Getting the pickle he came back to the table….
Aryan: Ye lo… Tumhara pickle!
He was about to sit again when again she said with a pitiful face….
Dipika: Aryan! Ye to amla ka hai! Mujhe aam ka khaana hai!😳
Aryan looked at the bottle and at her…. Shrugging his shoulders he again went to the kitchen and brought her the mango pickle….
Aryan: (Putting the bottle in front of her) Here madam… Your mango pickle!
Anything else?
Dipika: (Thinking🤔) Welll….. Agar papad hote to aur bhi achcha hota…. That pepper one!😳
Aryan: Hmm… Pepper papad….. Ghar me hai?
Saying he was about to go back into the kitchen when she caught his hand and stopped him….
Aryan: Hey papad chahiye the naa…. Abhi banake….
Shaking her head she made him sit beside her on a chair and said….
Dipika: Kabhi to naa kaho Aryan! Kitna bhaga doudi karoge?😕
Aryan: (Taking her hands he squeezed them protectively) Jitna mujhse ho sake… Agar nahi bhi kar saka, to bhi karoonga…. For the woman I am crazy about… Anything and everything!😳
Dipika looked at him surprised at such a statement from him….. She felt the happiness of the whole world rush into her system…. She placed a palm on his cheeks lovingly and closed her eyes thanking all her stars for giving her such a wonderful person!
Feeling his lips on her palm she opened her eyes and smiled blushing…. Taking her hand away she said….☺️
Dipika: (Softly) Khaate hain!
Aryan: Lekin tumhare papad?🤔
Dipika: (Shaking her head) I was just joking…. I actually don't like pepper papad… Aur mere ghar me papad hai bhi nahi!
Aryan rasied her eyebrows surprised at her and understood she had been teasing, making him walk to the kitchen and dining area again and again and again….
Aryan: (Accusingly) To ye sab mazaak tha?😡
Dipika: (Grinning😃) Welll… Shayad…. Dekhna chahathi thi ki tum kya karte ho… Kabhi naa bologe bhi! But I was wrong!
Aryan: (Getting up) Well… Ab iskeliye punishment milegi… You don't mess around like this with Aryan Khanna!😈
Dipika: (Looking at him stunned) Oh! Kya…
She stopped saying anything further seeing him pile her plate with all the rice it could fit in… It was more than what she usually had….
Dipika: (Shocked😲) Aryan! Itna saaraa khaana?!?!?! Main to…
He was already filling a big bowl with the daal….
Aryan: Well… Yahi hai punishment…. You have to eat all this, until I am satisfied that you are not hungry anymore!
Dipika: (Incredulously😕) Lekin tumhe kaise pata chalega ki meri bhook khatam ho gayi ki nahi?
Aryan: (Mixing the rice and daal) When I know your heart I will know your stomach also!😳
Saying he put the spoonful of rice mixed daal in her mouth… She looked at him smiling at his comment and started munching her lunch!
But looking back at her plate she thought a little exhausted already "It was going to be a longggggggg lunch!"😵
Edited by maha_prakrti - 15 years ago
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