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You Mean The World To Me- YuvAni OS
The onset of dusk gradually descended down, widespread its twilight all across the region, encompassing the ambience of the world with a romantic demeanor. Suhani, the chirpy girl dressed in a simple white salwar suit, was laying down the garden table with some sliced fruits, onion pakoras for their evening snacks. Yuvraj had been following her ever-since morning, in spite of his anger towards Suhani for concealing some of the facts like hiding the locker to him, he couldn't help but enjoy listening to her chatter, which he used to call as nonsense many a times. But it wasn't the truth anymore, he had started to adore her blabbering, it's the quiet Suhani which scares him at present. Her innocence, nonstop talks, caring nature towards his family, honesty had definitely carved a place for her in his heart, oblivious to Yuvraj himself.
"Suhani bhabhi, why are you setting the snacks table here?" Sharad queried her who had been called for help by her.
"P.A bhaiyya, thought we could enjoy the evening with a small party just for our family! Jyada nahi, hum kuch game khelenge... Uske saath Yuvraj ke liye apne haatho se cake banvaye hai hum. Usse kaatke, Birthday celebrate karenge. Simple, aur humare budget ke andar expenses hojayega, kya kehte hain aap?" She asked enthusiastically.
"Yeh Toh, bahut accha idea hain, bhabhi! Hum bhi aapki madhad Karenge!" Sharad approved, and started to decorate the garden with lights.
While Sharad walked back towards the house to fetch some more lights for the embellishments, he bumped into Yuvraj.
"Guru, what are you doing here?" He asked looking tensive fearing that their surprise plans shouldn't be divulged before.
"Sharad, Tum Suhani ko Kahi dkha ? Kab se doondh raha hoon," Sharad's broad smirk took its place, when he heard about his guru searching for Suhani.
"Guru, Maine nahi dekha! Shayad bahar hogi, Usse milne baghair tume chain nahi milnewali hain nah?" He said with a wicked glint in his eyes..
"Tum aur tumare imaginations apne pas rak lo! Main bahar doondh ke aaonga!" He said sounding annoyed at his cousin.
"Guru, Aaj main tumare mooh se sach chugalwakar hi rahoonga, I'll make you understand what's your heart has been feeling for so long for Suhani bhabhi!" Sharad muttered to himself with a mischievous smirk.
Yuvraj sauntered across the garden, his eyes still looking out for Suhani. He wanted nothing but to prop himself up on his bed to recess, he had a rather tiring day at his workplace, bearing the fact in mind that it was his first ever working birthday, since their family had never been used to work before. Solely, they had been going to their company, until recently that too coz of Suhani's schemes and insistence on self indulgence in their business. His previous birthdays were different, just like how he was very different in his beliefs. This year, starting upon Suhani's presence in his life, it has changed him along with many of his absurd convictions which he possessed just like his dadi.
Wavering out of his thoughts, Yuvraj took a turn towards the garden swing, he found Suhani, immersed in her chores as always.
"Suhani, Tum yaha kar rahi ho?" He asked.
"Yuvraj, yeh kaisa saval hain, hum kaam hi kar rahe hain, dikhayi nahi Seti tume?" She answered in her usual crispy tone.
"Woh dikh rahe hai mujhe. Par yeh kaunsa kaam Jo Tum shaam saath baje, woh bhi garden pe karni padthi hai tume?"
"Hum soch rahe the, hum Sab idhar snacks khake thodi masti karenge! Budget plans ko lekar Sab log thodi upset hain, Isiliye hum se yeh socha, unhe cheer up karne ke liye!" She said
"Suhani pata nahi, kaisi kaisi ideas plan karti ho, par maanna padega, idea Toh accha hai!" He winked with a smile.
"Chalo Toh accha hua, Tum bhi taiyyar ho kar aajao!" She urged him.
"Kisiliye taiyyar?" He asked looking confused.
"Taiyyar matlab... Woh kuch nahi, Tum office jakar bahut tired dikh rahe ho, fresh up ho jao,!" She said trying to conceal her surprise birthday plan.
"Accha, Teeke!" He said still unconvinced with her hesitation.
Once he left, Suhani instructed the other arrangements to Ramesh and Sharad, and she left to get dressed for the private birthday party she was planning. She entered her Mil Pratima's room surreptitiously, chose to adorn a simple, but elegant lemon yellow printed sari, with matching hoop earrings and a thin neckpiece. Once she got ready, she returned to the garden to find it well embellished with decorative lights, and flowers.
"PA. Bhaiyya, yeh flowers kaha mile aapko, bahut sundar hain!" She appreciated.
"Suhani bhabhi, hum guru ke party ko special banna chahte the , Isiliye yeh Sab kiya Maine! Ramesh ne karidake laaya tha bazaar se, daro math, mehenga nahi hain, bhabhi!" He said reassuringly.
"Accha kaam kiya aapne! Teeke, ab hum sabko idhar bulvate hain!"
She rushed upstairs to call upon the rest of the family members, Dadiji, Ragini and Menka were dressed and readied up as ever with loud make up.
Menka squealed in excitement at the mention of cake end pakoras, like a silly toddler. Sharad, Anuj also assembled in the garden porch in the next ten minutes. Yuvraj was the last one to make an entry, he was surprised when his his family chorused together a happy birthday, bright smiles plastered across their faces.
"Thank you, everyone!" He beamed with an overwhelming happiness. Once he entered the party initiated, slowly followed the cake cutting. Yuvraj obliged to cut the cake, with loud happy birthday song booming across the entire lawn. To everyone's great surprise, Yuvraj fed the cake to his mother first, but then sought Suhani for the second offering, which angered his Dadiji., Suhani gestured him to offer a bite to dadi first, understanding her gesticulation he turned to his reddening grandma offering the cake as well a hearty hug, by thus calming her down.
Once the cake serving was accomplished, Sharad and Saurabh announced their truth or dare game. "Ladies and Gentleman, now we are getting set to play a fun game to grace this happy occasion!"
"Let's all play truth or dare game!, ab hum yeh coke bottle use karenge! Uske liye aap sabko Ek circle meh baitna padega!" There was a mild hustling & bustling when all the Birlas strode around dragging their chairs, taking their places in a well developed circle around a tiny table.
"Ab game shuru...!"
Sharad did the honors, he twirled the bottle in a hasty swirl, everybody holding their breath for the bottle to halt. And it did came to an abrupt stop pointing at Menka first.
"Menka bhabhi ki bhari...! Sharad screamed excitedly.
"Menka Truth or dare?" Saurabh queried her.
"Anujji, aap batayiye, mujhe kya leni chahiye? Truth or dare?" She asked her husband in her childish voice. Ragini rolled her eyes in annoyance,
"Menka, yeh bhi Tum kudh decide nahi kar sakti?" She taunted her devrani.
"Menka, Tum humesha stupid si baate karti ho, most of the times, woh sach hi hote hain, Isiliye Tum dare challenge lo!" Anuj suggested.
"Then dare it is...! Menka ab tumare dare hain, Tum ab apne make up wash karke is party ke baaki time bitani padegi!" Saurabh said her Dare challenge in a mischievous tone, making all others crackle with laughter except for Menka who was blinking profusely. She moved away to oblige on her dare challenge, which was indeed a very daring on her part. Ragini and Menka relied on their make up kits than they would ever rely on their dear husbands.
Next came, Suhani's turn. Saurabh posed the same question, "Dare" came the reply from Suhani and Yuvraj in unison.
"So Suhani, Tumhe woh serial lights ko apne kando pe ek Cobra ki tarah roll karke daalna padega! Karegi...?" Saurabh challenged coolly.
"Bhaiyya, yeh kya challenge hain? Unn lights meh electric current hogi nah? Suhani ko hojata Toh?" Yuvraj intervened in a tensed voice.
"Yuvraj, hum karenge, koi baat nahi!" Suhani assured him.
"No Suhani, Tumhe yeh challenge nahi karna chahiye, it could get dangerous!"
"Hume karni hai, Yuvraj! Tum hume force nahi Kar sakte!" They argued like kids as always, Sharad came to their rescue.
"Guru, Suhani bhabhi ko karne do, kuch nahi hoga!"
"Han, Suhani jiji ko karna hi padega, Maine bhi apne challenge complete ki thi nah? It's not fair, Yuvraj bhaiyya!" Menka protested.
Without any other option left, Yuvraj withdrew his objection, half heartedly.
Suhani sauntered towards the glowing serial lights, she lifted them in a hand and swirled them in a circle, and laid it around her shoulder. Yuvraj was holding his breath with closed eyes, waiting for the task to be done with asap.
"Aargh..." A sudden yelp frightened Yuvraj out of his wits, his eyes burst open in a haste, to find Suhani screaming with a kind of shiver, visibly affected by the electric current. Yuvraj rushed towards his Suhani, without any second thoughts he lifted off the lights off her shoulder and propelled it far away. Instantaneously he patted her cheeks to check on her in a state of pure horror.
"Ha ha ha...!" Suhani burst out laughing. Yuvraj looked mortified, his eyes barely blinking. Suhani released herself out of his trembling hold and said in a mischievous tone
"Yuvraj, Tum kitne darpok Ho! Hume kuch nahi hua tha! Sirf mazaak Kar rahe the hum! Apna chehra dekho, darpok!" She guffawed.
"Suhani, Tumhe andaaza bhi hai, ki tumne kitna Dara diya mujhe? Agar tujhe sach meh kuch hojata Toh?"Yuvraj blasted his entire body shaking in anger.
"Guru, chod do, mazaak ko seriously mat lo!" Sharad said in a mild tone as the entire family were looking on Yuvani.
"Sharad, Tum beech meh mat aao, samjha tu! Aur Tum Suhani... Maine tume is mazaak me liye kabhi bhi maaf nahi karoonga! Agar tujhe kuch hojata Toh, pata nahi mera haal kya hoga?? Tumare bina main kaise jeeunga?" He outraged.
"Kyun nahi jee sakte Tum, Yuvraj, humare bina?" Suhani shot back at him, and it finally dawned on him, what he had let out in anger. He marched away in a state of fury and awkwardness. Sharad followed him, as ever.
"Guru... Guru...!" He found Yuvraj in a deserted playground, few miles away from their abode.
"Sharad, mujhe akela chod do, plz!" He pleaded.
"Guru, hum tumse kuch baat karne me liye aaye hain!"
"Akela chod do, Sharad. Baat karne ke mood meh nahi hoon main ab, just go away!" He thundered.
"Kis Baat pe gussa, humse nikal rahe Ho, guru?"
Yuvraj stayed mum, unknowing what to answer. He wasn't sure himself why and with whom he was furious. But Sharad prodded him guru further to get out the truth hiding deep inside his heart.
"Hume Jawab do, kyun Ho naaraz? Suhani bhabhi pe ya unki mazaak pe? Yea shayad unke uss sawaal pe?"
Yuvraj remained mum still. Shard continued.
"Hume Jawab do, guru! Kids Baat pe gussa hokar yeha baite huye Ho?" Ab mujhe bhi wahi sawaal hai, guru! Kyun nahi jee sakte Tum Suhani bhabhi ki bina? Aaj iss ghar ke financial problems ko suljaane ke liye woh yeha ruki hui hai! Uske baad, wo wapas jaane wali haina? Tab kya karoge?" He asked smirking.
"Tume hasi aarahi hai? Mere aisa haal sochte huye?" He murmured angrily.
"Guru, Tum ab tak mere sawaal ka Jawab nahi diya, kyun nahi Reh paoge uski bhagair, bolo?"
"Pata nahi, Sharad! Mujhe kuch samajh nahi aaraha!"
"Tum jhoot Bol rahe Ho, guru! Tum sab samjhte Ho, par maanne ke liye taiyyar nahi Ho, bas!"
"Sharad, main already confused hoon, seedhe seedhe bata do kya kehna chahte Ho?" He asked looking restless.
"Hare Guru, agar Suhani bhabhi ko kuch hua, Toh kya, Tumhe kyun farak padta hai, Tum Toh use apne patni nahi maante Ho, par pareshaan kisliye?" Sharad asked sarcastically.
"I do consider her my wife, Sharad! Tum aise kaise keh sakte Ho!" Yuvraj countered back in a hasty tone.
"Patniyon ko humsafar maante hain log, Tum Toh use ek humdard hi samajhte Ho haina? Aur Patniyon ko pyar karni hai, Tum jaise sirf ek dost ka darja nahi dethe..!"
"Sharad...! Tum jyada Bol rahe Ho, just shut up!"
"Teeke guru, par mujhe ek Baat batao! Truth or dare?" Sharad posed the question to Yuvraj now.
"Kuch nahi, yaha se nikal jaa!"
"Himmat hai Toh, yeh game Kelkar dikhao!"
"Phew..,you and your games... Teeke truth then!" He said in no mood to face any dare challenges at that confused mental state.
"Suhani bhabhi sirf tumare dost maante Ho? kyun itne tadpaarahe Ho unki suraksha ke liye? Kyun unki bina jee nahi sakte Ho Tum, batao guru, sach batao!!" Sharad recited his question fiercely.
"Kyun ki main usse pyar karta hoon, woh meri zindagi! Har haal meh uski zaroorat hai mujhe! Uski bina jee nahi sakta kyun ki Bahutu bahut pyar karta hoon usse, samjha!" Yuvraj blurted out in a state of rage.
"Yehi Sunna chahte the hum!" Sharad muttered with a twinkle in his eyes.
Suddenly the realization dawned on Yuvraj too, like mist clearing out of a dusky ambience, his inner chaos cleared out finally. So he has finally fallen in love with his wife Suhani?? His face split up with one of the most enunciating smiles of his, as the uncertainties in his relationship with Suhani had finally unravelled in front of him.
"Mujhe pyar Ho hi Gaya Suhani se?" He muttered with a nervous grin. His eyes fell on his cousin, who had helped him in this realization, engulfing him in a tight embrace of ecstasy.
"Thank you Sharad...! Thank you..!" He beamed, his heart working out ways for confessing his feelings to his lady love.
PS: Excuse for the typos and grammatical errors especially in the Hindi dialogues. Since I'm a South Indian my Hindi isn't good š
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