1st SS-Love doesn't Lessen , Infact it Deepens ch 45 pg 146 note 148 - Page 27

Next morning when they were getting ready to sit for breakfast, aarav observed that ishra were still not talking to each other; forget abt talking they were not even looking at each other properly. He realized for the gap between them to bridge they atleast needed to be in front of each other even if they were not talking to each other and that cud nt happen if ishita was in ngo and raman at home so he hatched a plan along wid shruti. When they were almost done wid their breakfast, aarav spoke up

Aarav- dude , u get bored in the house for full day , I was thinking if u can visit mom's ngo today?

Raman was a bit surprised but ishita was shocked. Raman in front of her entire day in d ngo , this was the last thing she wanted after their last night convo and so she jumped up saying

Ishita- "why , I mean yeh ngo kyun jayenge? Kya karenge wahan par plus he is injured wahan kaise mange karenge."

Aarav- mom he gets bored the whole day , u anyways dnt talk to him and I am in school half d day so if u will take him to ngo , he will also get to talk to people and u will also not have to worry abt him.

Raman understanding aarav's plan said- " yup and as for the injury I am much better now , toh main manage kar lunga tumhe tension lene ki zaroorat nahi hai."

Ishita knew she had lost the fight so she gave up saying- " ohk as u both wish , but how will he go there? I shld call for a taxi na?"

She had just picked up the phone when shru entered in her usual bubbly avatar- " no worries when shru is here. I have brought my car and will take raman there , no need to worry ishu. Btw hiii raman..."

Saying this she side hugged raman which ishita of course did not like much and aarav , raman and shru saw her expressions. She said " shru tum yahan kaise? I mean tumhe kaise pata aaj raman ngo jayega?"

Shruti- " arre ur aarav is very smart , he just called me this morning telling him to get my car. And here I am."

Ishita asked aarav- " so u already knew raman wud go to ngo today, without even asking me?"

Aarav- "oh come on mom , whats there to ask? Its not such a big thing na , see now shru is here too so lest leave. Mujhe school chod dena on the way shru plzzz."

Shru- " yup for sure champ lets go."

Ishita intervened- " no no , I mean aarav u cme wid me on the scooty raman can leave in car wid shru."

They all locked the house and left. On the way ishita dropped aarav at school and then they reached the ngo. Miss bose and all others were delighted to see raman , at first the kids were a little apprehensive of talking to him but soon as she started his childish antics , kids started jumping and running around him.

While ishita was doing her work , she smiled seeing her raavan kumar bonding so well wid kids and adults alike but almost fumed when she saw shru on raman's lap even if it was for a second as she had lost her balance when a kid had pushed her and raman just held her so that she didn't fall. Shru smiled coyly at raman and said " oh thank u sooo much raman , u r such a cutie sweety yaar , mera bhi pair toot jaata aaj agar aap nahi bachate Mujhe."

Raman replied in his extra sweet tone," its ok yaar, and dnt call me aap , main tumhara dost hun so tum like all others and ya as 4 saving u my pleasure mam." And he winked at her. This was it , it pinched ishita's heart like none had in past one year . she knew she was fool thinking this way but her heart was on a roller coaster since last night. A tear threatened to escape her eyes and she turned around and decided to throw herself completely in her work.

During the entire early afternoon , whenever ishita saw raman shru was almos clinging to him and he got furious , jealous and pouty looks from her .

as for raman whenever he looked at ishita , completely immersed in her work , bonding wid kids , helping her colleagues , listending to boss , giving orders to her juniors and laughing , smiling and managing her work so well , he felt a surge or pride rush through his heart . a smile did not leave his lips seeing her and she now admired her , respected her , looked up to her and lovd her even more . "I am so proud of u ishita , u r truly my jkr and I love u . u dnt even know how much my love in increasing for u every second when I am here wid u. do all the work u want to , soon I will pick u up and take u wid me and lock u up forever. Literally utha kar le jaaunga tumhe."

Later in the afternoon when aarav had returned from school , all the kids and staff decided to play an different kind of antakshari. No rules for this one , no teams, just that one person will sing the song of his/her choice and then when he finished , anyone cud sing any song as if to answer the song sung by the first person. No ending word needed nothing just quick singing. Game started wid aarav

Aarav- koi kahe kehta rahe kitna bhi humko deewana , hum logon ki thokar mein hai yeh zamaana...

Shruti - dil ka dimaag se jhagda lagaya kaise , peeche ke darwaaze se dabe paon aaya jaise... offo ..

Miss bose joined in to- one 2 three four get on the dance floor , give me give some more...

Kids started- chak dhoom dhoom chak dhoom dhoom

Aarav started singing hugging raman from back- yeh dosti hum nahi todenge , todenge dum magar tera saath na chodenge..

Seeing their bond ishita's eyes welled up wid happiness , how she wished she cud give all this happiness to aarav for lifetime.

Shru started flirting wid raman much to annoyance of ishita- yeh ishq ishq chillate hain . ooo ye , yeh gore gore se chore , yeh gore gore chore ae ee he.

Everybody started telling ishita to sing and she started reluctantly- " yahin doobe din mere , yahin hote hain savere , yahin marna aur jeena , yahin mandir aur madina mera, teri galliyan galliyan teri galliyan , mujhko bhaavein galliyan teri galliyaan." Raman also joined in her song singing - kaisa hai rishta tera mera , bechehra fir bhi kitna gehra ... Teri galliyann...

When they finished there was a loud round of applause from everybody and kids started insisting raman to sing more and he began looking at ishita wid all the love , care , affection and desire- " pal do pal ki kyun hai zindagi , iss pyaar ko hai sadiyaan kafi nahi , toh khuda se maang loon mohlat main ek nayi , rehna hai bas yahan ab door tujhse jaana nahin , jo tu mera humdard hai , jot u mera humdard hai , suhana har dard hai , jot u mera humdard hai..."

Ishita was lost in his eyes and silent tears started cmng out of her eyes till the time a charming , refreshing , soothing voice started cmng up from a distance.

Song was - aye khuda mujhko bata tu rehta kahan kya tera pata , hum toh yahan pe musafir hai jo dhoondhe apni manzil ka pata..."

There was a young , smart , charming guy wid a guitar singing dis song. He looked like a hindi film hero and cud sweep off any girl wid his looks , smile and personality ( imagine shahid kapoor from paathshala here I just loveee sasha , sorry). Seeing him ishita's face lightened up , she smiled ear to ear fully in the entire day and that look did not went unnoticed by raman .

he was first confused , then surprised and then almost shocked to see ishita smiling so fully seeing that guys and then walking towards him in swift steps and hugging him lightly. At that moment he realized what ishita had been realizing since she had seen him wid shru and that was- "WHY AM I THINKING LIKE DIS? ISS EK SAAL MEIN BHI TO ISHITA/RAMAN AISE KITNE LADKON/LADKIYON SE MILE HONGE , KAHIN ISSE KOI AUR PASAND AAYA HOGA TOH AGAR ISKI LIFE MEIN MERI JAGAH KISI AUR NE LE LI HOGI TOH ??" and that question started threatening their plans for the upcoming future of a rosy love life.

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Shivangi