12. Bhabhi

Ishan looked at them for a moment and then yelled.

Ishan - BHABHIII!!!!!! Finally aap aagayi.

Navya - Bh..bh..bhabhi?

Ishan - itna time kaun lagatha hain, ye na aapki chalisa gaatha hain. Jabse  main mila huna iske muh se appki baate constant rahi hain. kitni ladkiyone-kitne ladkiyone flirt kiya tha iske saath par ye full ignore mode on karke bait jata tha par aapka naam aate hi ye bandha smile karne lagtha tha aur daydreaming shuru.

Navya looked at Shubman who did not even bother to stop him. He wanted her to know that he never forgot her.

"Chalo, tera kaam ho gaya, ab bye" Shubman said and cut the call while Ishan was still blabbering.

Shubman came close to her ears and whispered. "Kaha tha na, nahi bhulunga"

She looked at him and then at the floor with a flustered face.

"Mujhe sone jaana hain" she said walking towards her room, he kept looking at her direction with a smile.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Navya locked the door and fell on her bed squeezing the pillow in her arms as she whispered.

"Bhabhi" she sat straight and looked at the moon outside her window.

Shubman must have talked a lot about her if not why would Ishan jump directly to bhabhi and why could not she dismiss it.

He cared for her, he recognized her even after all these years, he remembers her likes and dislikes with the slightest of details.

 Her mind travels back to the dinning table - Shubman passed the mushroom curry to Keart without Navya serving it for herself. When Keart tried to point it out he simply shrugged his shoulders saying 'she is allergic to mushroom', which was a fact and he remembered.

Her chain of thoughts were broken when she heard a knock on the door.

Sindhu - Pallavi call chesindi ( Pallavi called)wedding card devudidaggara pedutunnaranta repu (wedding card is being presented to god tomorrow)vastava? (will you come)

Navya - haa... podhuna?( Is it in the morning?)

Sindhu nodded while Navya showed a thumbs up.

Simultaneously, Shub was sitting on the bed talking to himself.

"She did not dismiss it, she could have dismissed it, she could have yelled, she could have cleared the misunderstanding" he said smiling.

He jumped off the bed standing straight and ran his hand through his hair.

"But she did not" he almost yelled.

"Paagal ho gaya hain kya"

He turned to look at his mom standing at the door.

"Aap yaha...." Shubman said nervously.

"Ladki kaun hain" Keart asked with a straight face.

"Kaun... kaun  ladki, koi ladki nahi hain, aap yaha kuch kehna aayi thi na, kya kehna hain" Shubman said.

"Haa wo" Keart informed about the wedding card and he too agreed.

Shubman - abhi aap so jaiye kal baath karthe hai. Good night.

Keart walked out of the room and Shubman locked the door.

Shubman - Bach gaye

"Nahi batana hain tho mat bata, par jitna mujhe janna hain utna main jaanti hu" Keart thought to herself and walked to her room smiling.