as you guys know, I have to be off the forum for a week, please pm me all your work, and ill read it for sure. I will comment later,
and cuz im going, im updating the next 2 chapters to compensate in advance.
this chap, is for vaishali di, for being such a sweet person and writing such amazing stories.
chapter 3: living with the idiots
a queen imagination
kunj was in the hall, reading a book.
"OWWW" he jerked his head to see chinki standing with a few million bags in her hands and another few on the floor. he rushed to her.
"chinki ? kya hua ?? tu thik hai ?" he asked as he tried picking up the bags. they were too many. chinki sighed,"kya batau bhai! waise toh mai aur twinkle humesha saath mein shopping jate hai, but aaj hum alag alag gaye, and plan kiya ki baad mein saath mein try karenge clothes. and yeh saman itna saara hai ki mai uske ghar tak le hi nahi ja paa rhi hu." she pulled out a sad face.
"um, if you dont mind, mai teri help karu ?" he asked hesitently, looking at chinki, with an eyebrow raised. chinki's face lit up as she nodded. she handed him a few more shopping bags and smiled. kunj smiled back a tiny smile. "chal," he motioned her to lead.
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minutes later, kunj and chinki walked in the taneja mansion. and kunj had to admit, it was very pretty. pictures and scenery's adorened the walls, primary pics of twinkle and leela, or twinkle with other family members. kunj smiled at her ever smiling face. she looked beautiful, especially with that megawatt smile of hers. chinki started climbing the stairs. they were round and lead to a cosy first floor landing. kunj motioned a namaste to leela auntie as she smiled back and caressed his head. she knew his side of the story too. and kunj knew she was one amazing human.
she was amongst those who had tried to convince his family of his innocence. but they had ignored it anyway. she had been there to hug him and cry with him when he sobbed in a corner. she was the one with yuvi who had come to see him off to the hostel. occasionally she would sent him gifts and stuff when he was there.
"kunj puttar" she smiled at him heartily. she looked at the shopping bags and started laughing. "toh is bar chinki ne tumhe bali ka bakra banaya hai" she patter his cheek and smiled"humesha yeh dono yuvi ko saman pakda dete the, aaj tune us bechare ki jaan bachali" kunj cracked a smile and looked for chinki, who seemed to be standing and looking at leela smilingly. they both took her leave and continued to twinkle's room, he guessed.
the halls were prettier than before, lighted more and decked up more. the color was brighter here, and it seemed cosier. they finally reached the door to her room and chinki kicked it open. both entered the room, kunj smiled.
there, on a huge round bed, hugging a teddy almost her size, slept twinkle. she seemed englfed in the big teddy's arms and she had a small smile on her face. kunj almost told chinki not to wake her up. hurricanes needed rest too.
"twinkle uth na yaar." chinki dropped her bags at the door and moved towards the bed. thats when kunj noticed an even bigger pile of bags at the foot of the bed. he shook his head. and looked around. the room was cream and pink. two big almirahs and a big window. teh curtains were pushed aside. the window almost covered the wall, so the room lit up with the sunshine it offered.. beside the window was a comfy couch, single seater. beside it was a shelf full of books. the shelf was wide and covered half the wall in breadth and full height in the length.a few piles of books were still on the floor. she read a lot it seemed. there was a dressing table with enormous boxes on it. drawers and shelves were half shut. the two one seater couches had a table in between. which was having a vase. beside the vase were two coffee mugs and a laptop lay hafazrdly on the bed. the room was nowhere close to clean, it was messy. but it felt like home.
he noticed twinkel scunch her face and open her eyes, she narrowed her eyes at chinki.
"tu " she pointed her finger at her. she acted like the sleepy drunk. "tune meri needh kharab kari" she now opened her eyes a lil more widely. grabbing a cushion she threw it at her face. chinki pulled back and picked up another cushion. she threw it at twinkle's face and twinkle replied with a big pillow almost knocking chinki off the bed. kunj chuckled at the sight before him, grabbing their attention. he immidiately stopped and looked away. before he could say sorry twinkle spoke.
"tum wahan kya kar rahe ho," she looked at him accusingly"tumhari behen ek abla naari pe atyachar kar rahi hai, aur tum wahi khade ho" kunj frowned."frown kya kar rahe ho, andar aao, and help karo" she threw him a pillow and started hitting chinki with a cushion. kunj caught the pillow somehow and stared at it.
"kunjjj" "ha, ha, aa raha hu baba"
he entered the room and started to lightly hit chinki, suddenly twinkle looked up and grinned at him. he happily grinned back.
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"i'll buy you an ice cream, yaar twinkle , bhai ruko na" twinkle continued hitting her, though it was light, she was good at it. "promise you'd buy me a three scoop chocochip ice cream ? and kunj his favourite ice cream too ?" kunj looked up at her, smiled at himself and continued with his job.
"ha, ha, ill buy you guys ice cream. jo flavour bologe, woh. promise yaar." twinkle stopped hitting and kunj did too. the trio looked at each others faces and burst out laughing. twinkle and chinki fell on the bed and kunj sat on it and laughed. the hurricane was so different, he thought. he had never met anybody like her. she was cool and homely, smart and witty, annoying and loving, all at the same time.
and for the first time, kunj wanted to be somebody's friend.
twinkle sat up and held her hand out to kunj for a hi5 and he gave her one. the trio sat up and looked at the shopping bags. twinkle's were at the foot of her bed, some beside her bed and some on her chairs. chinki's were at the door only. the piled up room still looked heavenly.
kunj stood up."i guess mughe ab chalna chahiye ?" twinkle and chinki looked at each others face. then at him.
"kyu?" both asked together."tumhe koi kaam hai?" twinkle narrowed her eyes at him, and kunj shook his head,"i meant, shopping bags pahunch gaye na, toh you girls have fun, " twinkle frowned and asked him to stay, chinki followed.
"abhi thodi derr mein yuvi aa jayega, toh tum dono bhi mil loge, and twinkle and me and yuvi and aap, hum charo masti karenge?" chinki looked at him
"yuvi, huh?" twinkle smirked at chinki as she blushed, hiding her face behind the cushion she held. twinkle nudged in her side and laughed."mai tughe bhabhi nahi bulaungi yaar"twinkle laughed and kunj smiled, the hurricane was such an idiot. chinki removed the cushion, all flushed, and opened her mouth to retort, when suddenly-
"who bhabhi ?" yuvi entered the room suddenly, almost falling over. "tara, tu itni shopping karegi, toh baad mein tera pati toh tughe jhelne se raha" kunj felt a prick in his heart.
twinkle laughed and said something about coming back home again and the other duo laughed, kunj stared at twinkle and looked at teh cushion he held. was it all going the wrong way ??
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they had a blast that afternoon. kunj had the time of his life. twinkle was cool, cooler than he thought she was. yuvi and her were the best partners in crime. they played pranks on the entire family. but anita auntie was the best. she freaked out seeing twinkle's head bleeding (with ketchup) as yuvi carried her to anita's room. she started crying and told her to get up and then when twinkle did, anita ran behind her with tears still rolling down her face.
they had to do situp's for scaring anita so bad.
twinkle was amazing and so was her family. she was the light of thehouse, everybody's ankho ka tara. thats why people called her tara, maybe.
she was a puzzle peice which would fit anywhere, she never left him out of things. she was always telling him to join, to enjoy. she made him laugh and run and hit and fall off. she was slowly pulling down the walls he had created. and enetering.
he hugged his pillow as he tried to sleep. some hurricane she was. he looked at the pillow and remembereing the after noon, smiled and chuckled at himself.
maybe amritsar wasnt that bad an idea.
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"tch tch" kunj's eyes flew open. he looked around and closed them again.
"tch tch" he was scared. something. he wasnt alone in the room. he could sense it. "i swore i heard something." he said out aloud."dekho, tum jo bhi ho-" he spoke to the creature in his room"mai-mai darta nahi hu." he swallowed"tum jao yahan se, " he saw a flash"acha thik hai thik hai" he covered his head"mai darta hu"
suddenly he could hear laughter and the nightlight went on. and in the faint glow he could see twinkle walking over and rolling on his bed. laughing.
"omigosh"she gasped for air"kunj, you're too cute yaar" she pulled his cheeks as if he was a three year old. and he blushed slightly."tumne, tumne, oh god, kitna cute sa face banaya tha yaar. hadd hai !!" she laughed clutching her tummy and kunj smiled. his stupid lil hurricane.
"tu pagal hai, itni raat ko aise koi aata hai?"he spoke, not at all in an accusing tone"mai aati hu paglu" she grinned as she finally stopped laughing. "tum kuch dekho ge?" she was already fishing out her phone. she showed it to him and he looked at her with narrowed eyes. it was a pic of him from not moments ago.
"delete kar" "nahiii""twinkle, delete kar use, its so hideous"
"nahi, its cute" twinkle pouted and pulled out a baby face. kunj could swear that nobody, nobody could actually stand that face. they would melt like butter on seeing it.
something was changing. perhaps, kunj was melting.
to be continued.
