❤️Kismat Se Bandhi Ye Dori❤️
Chapter
4
The next morning brought new sunshine, as they
decided on to give life a second chance, and move on with it. The day started
quite late, because they had chatted out almost all night, and had gone to
sleep only in the morning.
Aayi
meri subah hansti hansaati… boli aankhen tere liye sandesa hai… haan hai
Jaagi
aankhon ko bhi sapna milega… koi khushi aane ka bhi andesa hai… haan hai
Nupur sleepily dragged her hand towards her cell
with closed eyes, and mumbled a very coarse "hello!"
"NUPURRRR!!!! TU ABHI TAK SO RAHI HAI???" a horrendous
shriek came from the other end, and Nupur sat up on the bed with a startle.
"jee…. Nahi maa… wo bas… wo main.."
"HE BHAGWAAN!!! KYA KARUN MAIN IS LADKI KA!!!
SUBAH KE 11 BAJ RAHE HAI!!! PATA NAHI WO LOG KYA SOCH RAHE HONGE??"
"Maa par…"
Shobha was not a person to let it go so easily.
So, after fifteen minutes of how to be an Adarsh
Bahu lecture, Nupur thanked her god that her Maa had finally put down the
phone. She looked over to the other side of the pillow wall, and Mayank was not
there.
"Shit!! Sach mein bahut der ho gayi… pata nahi
Mayank aur Maa kya soch rahe honge… jaldi se tayyar ho jaati hoon…"
and she hurried towards the washroom
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Mayank and Shilpa were sitting at the dining
table, discussing something, when she descended the stairs, looking pretty in a
white churidaar. She saw her mother-in-law smiling at her, and felt peace
inside her heart. She remembered the day when she had first met the lady, at
Mayank and Payal's engagement party. There was certain warmth around her, that
made her feel extremely comfortable, and Shilpa too had liked her a lot.
"umm… sorry Maa… wo… aaj thodi der ho gayi… phir
kabhi aisa nahi hoga" she said looking down with embarrassment.
"arey… koi baat nahi beta…" Shilpa smiled to her
"waise bhi… aaj toh Sunday hai… aur Sunday ke hisab se you are not that late…"
"Thanks Maa…"
"arey… isme thanks kis baat ki… chalo baitho…
breakfast ka time toh chala gaya… toh kuch fruits hi kha lo…"
"Jee…" Nupur happily placed herself on the chair
opposite Mayank, and started slicing an apple from the fruit basket. She
offered Mayank some, but he refused, and went back to his business discussion
with Shilpa.
"Maa… aap who Khanna waale tender ki tension mat
lo, wo main handle kar loonga… waise bhi main kal se office aa hi raha hoon…"
"Haan… yeh bhi thik hai…" Shilpa nodded at her
son, and then turned to Nupur "arrey Nupur!! Tumhe college kabse join karna
hai??"
She was about to put a slice of apple in her
mouth, but it fell off from her hands on Shilpa's question. "Jee??"
"Isme itna chaukne waali kya baat hai? Maine toh
bas ye pucha ki tumhe college kabse jaana hai? As in tumne kitne din ki chutti
li hai?"
She had still not recovered from the shock. "aur haan… tu ab yeh MBA ki zidd chhor de…
teri shaadi ho chuki hai… ab padhai likhai bhool jaa, aur apne ghar pe dhyaan
de…" She was heartbroken when she had heard these words from her mother
yesterday, but had quietly accepted the reality, but here what she was hearing
from her mother-in-law, was hard for her to believe. "Is it true??" She pinched herself in her mind.
A finger went snap in front of her, bringing her
down to earth. "Kahan kho gayi?" Mayank asked.
"Jee? nahi…. wo main… wo… matlab…" She tried hard
to sound normal "wo actually kal maa ne kaha tha ki…"
and Shilpa understood why she was shocked, so she
interrupted in between "dekho beta… tumhaari shaadi ho gayi hai iska matlab yeh
nahi ki tum apni padhai adhoori chhod do… aur phir… yeh to tumhara aakhri saal
hai… tumne itne din itni mehnat se padhai ki, ab adhoora chodogi to thik hoga
kya?"
She leapt from her chair and hugged Shilpa like a
little girl who had just got her new Barbie doll. "Thanks Maa… I love you"
Shilpa hugged her back with a smile "I love you
too beta…"
Mayank smiled at the two women in his life (wow, he already considered Nupur as a part
of his life, now that's called improvement😉) as Nupur went back to her
chair. "Achcha toh tumne bataya nahi… tumhe kabse join karna hai?"
"Kal se…"
"Kal se… toh phir thik hai… kal se toh main aur
maa bhi office join kar lenge… toh tum bore nahi hogi"
Shilpa interfered "Wo sab toh thik hai… lekin aaj
sham ko tum dono ko mere saath jaana hai"
"Kahan?" they asked in unison.
"Wo mujhe kuch shopping karni hai…"
"SHOPPING?" Mayank almost shrieked "aur wo bhi
aap dono ke saath? Bilkul nahi… main bilkul nahi jaa raha…"
"Kyun?" Both the women narrowed their eyes.
"Maa please… aap toh ye naa hi pucho toh achcha
hai… ek saree khareed ne ke liye 10 shops mein ghoomti ho, aur phir pehli shop
mein jo pehli saree dekhi thi, wo kharid ti ho…"
Shilpa got quiet, but Nupur was not the one to
let go so easily "Aur main?"
"Tum??" He looked at Nupur straight "aise toh
tumhara pata nahi… par ho to tum Payal Bhushan ki hi behen naa… pata nahi kitne
shops ke chakkar lagwaogi ek pair of stilettos ke liye…"
He suddenly realized what he had just blurted
out, and removed his gaze from Nupur. Seeing the atmosphere changing its way,
Shilpa intervened "main kuch nahi sunna chahti… tu chal raha hai… bas…"
"Par maa!!"
"Mayuu…" Shilpa glared at her son.
"ok…"
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"Nupur!! Dekho, yeh wala achcha hai??" Shilpa
pointed to a yellow heavy work curtain hanging in the home furnishings store.
Nupur frowned a little, but quickly changed her
expression "haan Maa… achcha hai…" but her frown did not go unnoticed by
Shilpa, so she smiled
"nahi… ye itna achcha nahi hai… tumhe kuch pasand
aaya?"
Nupur's grin widened to a genuine smile "haan… ye
wala…" as she pointed to a simple yet beautiful white lace curtain.
"Arey… ye to maine dekha hi nahi… Mayuu!! Dekh ye
kitna achcha hai naa??"
Mayuu, however, was least interested and was
getting terribly bored, so he nodded with a frown "whatever Maa…"
"Mayuu…" Shilpa glared again
"Ok fine Maa…" he gave in "ye bahut achcha hai…
ab hum chal sakte hai please??" he was visibly irritated, but was looking so
cute with that frown that Nupur could not help giggling. "aap di ke saath kaise
shopping karte the?" Surprisingly, this time her statement did not initialize
the silence it normally did, perhaps because Mayank was too irked to react at
that time, or maybe it was the comfort level that was growing in their
relationship, though we sincerely hope that it was the latter.
They came out of the shop and to Mayank's horror,
Shilpa headed towards Pantaloons, but before Mayank could say anything, Nupur
spoke "Maa? Aap Pantaloons kyun jaa rahi hai? Wahan achchi sareeyan nahi
milti…"
Shilpa stopped in the middle and looked at Nupur,
her face expressed shock, but her eyes were smiling. "tum college saree pehen
ke jaati ho?"
This was the second time in the day when Nupur was shocked by her mother-in-law, "jee??"
Shilpa couldn't hold it anymore, and she burst
into laughter "arey mujhe tumhaare liye kapde kharidne hai, isliye wahan jaa
rahi hoon… aur tum dono bhi aa rahe ho…." She added the last sentence with
authority.
"par Maa… mere paas toh kapde hain… main kal
lekar aayi thi ghar se…"
"toh kya hua… mera mann hai apni beti ko kuch
dilaane ka… ab chup chaap mere saath chalo…." And she almost dragged her
inside, while Mayank slapped his forehead "ho gaya do ghante ka kaam…"
Well, Mayank was a little wrong here, because they did
not take two hours, they took a good three hour span. Mayank was getting more agitated
with each passing second, so he decided to sit in the coffee lounge outside,
and pay attention to his Blackberry. He saw them coming out with heaps of
baggage in addition to the few he was already holding. He sighed, and was about
to get up, when they suddenly turned around and disappeared inside again. He
muttered a "what the hell!!" and dropped himself back on the chair. After half
an hour more, they finally came out, and he sighed in relief.
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"Jee suniye!!"
Mayank heard the voice, but did not answer.
"*cough cough* suniye!!" She tried again, but got
only a glare in return, and she realized why he was not answering. So, she
finally gathered herself "Mayank!!"
"ye hui naa baat…" he smiled "ab batao, kya hai?"
"wo… maine aap ke liye kuch liya hai…"
"mere liye?" his voice was not very enthusiastic,
but still he did not want to disappoint her "kya hai?"
She held out a rectangular box towards him, while
he was preparing himself for a shock. He had never liked the gifts Payal got
for him, and after all, Nupur was her sister.
And a shock it was. Inside the box lay a black
tie with grey stripes and a silver pin. "TIE???"
"haan…." She was a little taken aback from the
reaction "kyun? Aapko pasand nahi aaya?"
"nahi… aisi baat nahi hai… par…"
"wo maine cupboard mein bahut saare different
colours ke tie dekhe the, toh mujhe laga aapko ties pasand hai…" she was very
disappointed now, because it was the first gift she got for her husband, and he
did not like it (hmm.. husband... not bad Nupur😉).
He realized the distress in her tone "dekho
Nupur… aisi baat nahi hai… mujhe ties achchi lagti hai… par… ek chhotisi
problem hai…"
"problem?"
"haan…" He sighed "mujhe tie bandhni nahi aati…"
"kya?" and she burst into a hearty laugh, but
quickly composed herself seeing his frown. "toh aapki cupboard mein itni saari
ties kyun hai?"
"wo sab tumhaari behen ki den hai…" he sighed
again, and they had got used to the mention of Payal in their conversations by
now, because they knew they could not avoid it.
"achcha thik hai… main baandh doongi… ghar pe bhi
papa ki tie main hi baandh ti thi" she concluded the matter for the night with
a nod of his and both went off to sleep, at either sides of the pillow wall.
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