Tikkis... the door to her soul😆
"apni shaqal theek karo" Bally ordered her, she went to the Perk rest room and washed it drying it with paper towels, took her savory puff with her, waited for the elevator
It stopped at 5th, and they found the dude inside, his eyes lit up immediately
He looked at his wife the longest time
"aur hero?' kya chal raha hai?" Bally asked giving him a man hug
He shrugged
"Hows work?" he asked
"Lots of it" he said half smiling
"Boss atleast company teri hai, mera soch coolie hoon, teri biwi maanti nahi I am trying to start my own thing, she loves being bonded" he chuckled
R&B chuckled, amused at the meaning of the word
"Subah se isko keh raha hoon 1:1 karte hain, she could only find time at 6"
"Itna bhi jhooth nahi Bally, u know its not true," she looked at Bally accusingly, R&B could see her bloodshot eyes
"Mazaak kar raha hoon kiddo" Bally said trying to chew on the uncomfortable silence in the elvator
It stopped at 7th, Bally waved "Ghar aa kabhi, UP se special local stuff mangwaya hai maine, 37% alcohol" Bally chuckled amused
"Ouch!" said R&B smiling warmly
"Aaja taste kar, phir tujhe (kaha milega mauka if u return to Paris?) he stopped "Phir tujhe koi aur kind taste karwaaoonga" Bally cleverly reworded it
Bally's phone rang
"Anay!!" he said angrily
"I am taking u up on ur offer of weekend sitting kiddo, I might even give u a higher rating, nepotism ka achha tareeqa dhoonda hai aapne, well deserved" he chuckled at II
"I am telling u" II nodded sincerely
"Bol mere cheetey" he yelled into the phone with typical UP boisterousness, waving at the "newly weds"
"are u heading home soon?" R&B asked, still holding up the elevator
"I need to pack up my stuff, I" she stopped
"I saw ur car this morning" he probed
(IF I HAD ANY PLANS OF LYING HES SAVING ME SOME ENERGY? RAKSHASAN!!!)
"The window wont slide all the way up" she complained shrilly
"Umm did u tell the guard?" he asked being Captain Obvious
"Illai" she mumbled(No!)
"Is this the side someone side swiped u the day it was parked outside?" he asked
"I dont know" she looked at him cluelessly
"How did u get here this morning?"
"auto till the border then a 8 seater tuktuk" she said
"I will see u downstairs in 10" he warned
He waited patiently when she showed in the 18th minute... he opened the trunk she shoved her laptop bag, her voluminous purse, her lunch case, she held her salty snack in a paper plate
He took everything and slammed the trunk shut, he could have done it all from the driver seat but he knew she would spend a good 20 minutes on it
They turned to proceed to the front, a honk...
Subbu!!!!
"Hi! guys"
R&B half smiled
She didnt
"Na valle nee vena pesu" (i am not going u can talk if u want)
Subbu parked in a empty spot and got out
"What am I hearing, I just got off a meeting with ur Dad, u quit?"
R&B nodded, as the men shook hands
"U run a venture capital company, u can take the heat" he teased
"Its not the heat, its the frost" (SELLING CARS IS SO DULL) R&B said
"Hello Ishita, how are u?"
NAAY! (DOG!) EDO ENNODA BEST FRIEND MADIRI(Like u happen to be my bestie)
WHY DO U ALWAYS GREET ME?
RASCAL!!
I DONT GIVE A DAMN!!
"I am OK, just tired"
"Hey wife had a boy three weeks ago" he smiled smugly at R&B
"Thats great news" R&B said happily, he didnt give a damn
The men shook hands again...
"We did the religious naming bit on the 11th day at home,
she had a C section, so didnt do a big deal, but are doing a big thing, on Friday the 5th
I just invited ur Dad in person, will stop by tomm if u are in?" he asked R&B
"I will consider myself invited" he said silkily
"Great. Thanks man!!" Subbu grinned
"Ishita you must come too" he insisted
"Paakaren, Amma signed me up one of those days at Mayur Vihar Ganesh Temple's consecration of Shiva idol" II mumbled
"You are still singing?" he asked
bas***d!!
DID U THINK I LOST MY VOICE?
BECAUSE I DIDNT MARRY AN IYER?
HE IS AFTER MY TAIL TO ATTEND CLASSES AND PRACTICE
JUST SO U KNOW SUBBU!
U ARE A SELFISH A-----E
"A lot!!! in fact way more than I ever did before" II bit and spit his head off
"Oh! wow!!" Subbu couldnt come up with anything better
"Polama?' she was irritated(lets go)
"Sit" he said handing her the keys
"Neeyum vaa" she ordered(u go with me)
"One of these days i wont be shocked at all when I hear u speak Tamil" Subbu chuckled
"U shudnt be" R&B muttered
"U must come, I can stop by if a personal invitation matters" Subbu does
"It doesnt" R&B said
The men talked shop for 5 minutes and R&B returned
"Na valle" ( I am not going to his party) that was her first statement as soon as he got in
"We can fight about it when weve exhauste all other topics II" he said firmly
"Nee ara mani neram pesare avanoda. I CANT STAND HIM (U talk to him for a half hour)
"I spoke for 7 minutes max" he argued
"IT SEEMED LIKE TOO LONG" she spat "I could have taken a cab" "Who cares what he wants to celebrate?" she spoke blisteringly
"Enough II" he said a mixture of caring/scolding/admonition
He drove quietly... ha.. as if thats something new
"I want to eat tikkis" she said as he merged on the Ggaon expressway, turning his Billboard Top 50 Love Songs volume down
Scrolling to find a song she liked, she was beginning to enjoy SOME TUNES :)
Beegees belted "How Deep is your Love"
I know your eyes in the morning sun
I feel you touch me in the pouring rain
And the moment that you wander far from me
I want to feel you in my arms again
And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm in your love, then you softly leave
And it's me you need to show
How deep is your love, how deep is your love
How deep is your love?
I really mean to learn
'Cause we're living in a world of fools
Breaking us down when they all should let us be
We belong to you and me
I believe in you
You know the door to my very soul
You're the light in my deepest, darkest hour
You're my savior when I fall
And you may not think I care for you
When you know down inside that I really do
And it's me you need to show
How deep is your love, how deep is your love
"Where?" he asked
Sarojini Nagar ideally, if u think its too far then Munirka" she said cautiously
He took Rao Tula Ram Marg and headed to Sarojini Nagar
😳
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