Part 1
"Dekh Shiva, Hum ladki dekhne jaa rahe hain, Jaise pehle ladkiyon ko rulaya hai, iss wali se thoda dhang se baat karna, warna iss baar Maa tujhe kaccha chaba jayengi. Aaj jiss ladki ko dekhne jaa rahe hain woh Maami ki rishtedaar hai, aur Maami ne khud se iss rishte ki pehel ki hai, kyunki unki ladki ko teri photo pasand aa gayi hai. To Maami ki aur humari izzat rakhne ke liye to humein tameez se pesh aana hi hoga...Tu samjha?" Dev tried to fix Shiva's hair as he straightened his blue shirt.
'Tameez, aur woh bhi mein? Huh, inn logon ko kya pata ki mere dil ka kya haal ho raha hai. Disha se breakup hue 6 mahine bhi nahi hue hain, aur yeh log lag gaye meri shaadi ke peeche. Jaise pehle ke ladkiyon ko mana kiya hai, Aaj wali ka bhi wahi haal hone wala hai. Zara sa blunt question to sambhalta inn Nazuk kaliyon se, chali hain Shiva Pandya se shaadi karne. Mein bhi dekhta hun kaise haan bolegi yeh ladki. Badi ucchal rahi hai mujhse milne ke liye. Asli Shiva se iski mulaqaat karani hi padegi.' Shiva thought in his mind, not giving any clue to his brother on what was going on his mind.
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"Are Suman ben, Jai Somnath, Kaise ho? Aur ye kya, Sirf aap log aaye ho, Gaumbi, Dhara aur pyaari Tara nahi aaye aapke saath?" Prafulla Maami asked Suman as she welcomed Suman, Dev, Rishita, Shiva and Krish to her house.
"Are Kagdi, Tara ki school ki chuttiyan hain na, isiliye Tino Hardik se saath Hrishikesh gaye hain, unke Pitaah ki barsi ke liye. Ek do din mein aa jayenge." Suman replied as she settled on the couch and started searching for Raavi, Prafulla's niece.
Prafulla caught her actions and smiled blissfully. "Are aa jayegi Raavi, pehle ye batao aap log kya loge. Aur khaas kar Rishita beta tu bol. Tujhe kuch chatpata ya kuch meetha khane ka mood ho raha hai?"
Rishita, who was 6 months pregnant just smiled gleefully at the mention of 'chatpata' and almost shrieked in excitement. "Haan Maami ji, mujhe achaar de dijiye na aapka wala. Bahut tasty lagta hai mujhe."
"Abhi layi.." Prafulla replied enthusiastically and dashed to the kitchen to get her some achaar. Rishita clapped her hands excitingly and feigned ignorance at the glare that was being directed at her by Suman.
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Shiva just rubbed his face in boredom, as he just wanted to be done with this ordeal as soon as he could. He faked smiles at his mother, showing very little signs of nervousness so that his mother won't catch his act, and he knew he succeeded as Suman didn't scrunch her eyebrows in suspicion.
As Prafulla distributed some snacks for them, he made sure he didn't look at her at all. Even though she was their Maami, but he never felt any relative-like connection with her. So he made sure to be out of her way even though she commented on his sense of humor sometimes.
"Are kagdi, Yeh Chai paani to hota rahega, Raavi ko to bula, Mera Shiva usse milne ke liye kitna betaab hai dekh." Suman lied as she tried to push Prafulla to bring Raavi.
Shiva just closed his eyes so as to stop the embarrassment. 'If only you knew Maa, I just want to reject her and get away with it. I don't want to meet her at all. But even if I do, I will make sure that she also cries so that she will reject me and I can get rid of this situation.' He cursed his luck so badly.
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Another half an hour passed, but still, there was no sign of Raavi coming out. Shiva tried to stifle his yawn as he pushed Krish's dropping head over his shoulder.
"Yaar kab aayengi Raavi Bhabhi? Mujhe to neend aa rahi hai.." Krish muttered as he rubbed his eyes. Shiva gritted his teeth as he heard how Krish refered to the girl as 'Bhabhi' even though he is yet to meet this stupid girl. "Bhabhi kisko bol raha hai tu Piddi? Ladki dekhi nahi hai abhi jo tu use Bhabhi bula raha hai abhi se."
"Are lekin tu unhe haan hi karega. Dekhna. Mera dil kehta hai." Krish chuckled. Dev's ears perked at this. "Chal lagi 100 100 ki? Main kehta hun ki iss baar bhi Shiva uss ladki ko rulayega."
"Haan Dev, lag gayi. Meri taraf se 100 ki Shiva haan bolega Raavi Bhabhi ko.." Krish stifled his laugh as Shiva glared at him hard.
"Isse pehle tum log bet lagao, meri taraf se bhi 100 laga lo, in dono mein se kuch nahi hua to mein tum logon ko 100 jute marunga. Fir mein yeh lihaaz nahi karunga ki kaun bada hai kaun chota. Theek hai na Rishita Bhabhi?" Shiva snapped at them and looked at Rishita for support.
Rishita just gave him a thumbs up and again got busy trying all the different cuisines which Prafulla had presented them with, and Suman was trying hard to be patient, but when she saw that Prafulla was in no mood to bring Raavi out, she snapped, "Agar yeh tere aao bhagat ki seema khatam ho gayi ho to ab Raavi ko bula de? Ya kaho to mein hi le aaun?"
Prafulla stood straight and looked apologetic, "Are nahi nahi Suman ben, mein leke aati hun na Raavi ko. Ab to taiyaar ho hi gayi hogi." She muttered the last sentence to herself, but Suman was too clever to understand it.
"Taiyaar ho hi gayi hogi ka kya matlab? Humare aane ki khabar sunke hi madam taiyaar hona start ki thi kya?" She exclaimed but Prafulla just dashed into a room.
"Bhagwaan jaane yeh Raavi maharani kab padharne ka kasht legi. Haaye itna time faltu ka waste ho gaya."
Shiva was about to agree, but he stopped as he could hear someone coming out of a room from the corner of his eyes. He turned towards that someone and was shocked the moment he locked eyes with the girl who stood in front of him.
Raavi, the name was not familiar for him, but he knew the face.
How do you ask? That's a long story....
And just like this, Shiva went into flashback....
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