Rishta Likhenge Hum Naya

Part 4 - Unexpected shock

The dining table was filled with variety of dishes .. Mostly punjabi foods. Whoaaa.. Butter Chicken? Come on my butter chicken, my mouth is waiting to taste you so badly.. If you ask me what I missed the most while living in NY other than my family, then its Punjabi food. Godd!! Thoughts itself are mouthwatering. My food admiring section got interrupted as my buddy elbowed me.

"What?" I scoffed at Dhruv.

"What what? She is asking you something " Dhruv said pointing at Radha tai.

"Ji aunty?" I asked.

" apko kuch chahiye beta? ( you need something son?) " Radha tai asked.

" No aunty,... " Before I could say further , Navya cut me off,

"Kya? Kya bulaya tumne usko? Beta? Woh tumhari master hai, sir bulavo.. ( What did you just call him? Son? He is your master, call him sir )".

I was numb at her words. Not only me, but everyone except that Tamattar and Rehan were shocked. Although I know Navya is a little rude .. I mean yeah.. not little, she treat other people very rudely but I did not expect such actions in my house. I looked at Radha tai and found tears in her eyes. Navya yaar..

"No Navya, Radha is more than a housemaid to us. She's been with us for 6 years. She's like a family member. So she can call Manik whatever she likes." Mom said a little sternly, and Navya closed her mouth. Good for her. Cabir yaar, samjaavo apni girlfriend ko (Cabir, make her understand ). Her behavior is getting worse nowadays "

Radha tai has been our housekeeper since we moved into this flat 6 years ago. This is a 15 storey residential apartment. We are on the sixth floor, Cabir's family is on the tenth floor and Alya's family is on the twelfth floor. The apartment of Dhruv and Navya is in the opposite complex.

"Koyi baat nahi.. ( its okey) " Radha tai is about to say something, but I cut her off,

"It's fine aunty, aap mujhe mera naam se bula sakti ho, ( You can call me by name). "From the corner of my eye, I saw Navya rolls her eyes. She didn't like what I said. Goddd!! Now I need to pacify her.

The five of us have been friends since high school. We were different in personality and different backgrounds, but the music connected us. Our music is our common talent. We form Fab 5 because of the music. Our friendship made our parents friends. That's how our homes ended up in the same locality. After graduating from India's most famous space college, we went to NY to pursue higher education in music. We came back 5 years later. Oh, no .. Am I going off track again ??

Coming back from the memory lane I looked at Nandini, but she was not bothered about anything happening here. I revived the dream happened in the kitchen a while ago. As I turned for a last look, I shuddered when I saw her pouring that extremely cold water on her face, before I could say or do anything, Radha tai came and I rushed out of there. Half an hour later Nandini came and set up the dining table. We all sat there for dinner, but Tamattar of their's didn't and choose to serve food. None one of them even once forced her. And they says she is their jaan. Like woow.

What the hell !!! What is he doing??. Does he bloody know what that means? Yaar that noodles hair is feeding Nandini, that too the same food and with the same spoon he eats. And what is she even doing ?? Enjoying meals with this arrogant jerk. Umm .. yeah .. arrogant.. more than me.

Lekin tujhe kya Manik? Vo jo bhi kare tumhe kyon farak pad raha hai?n(But, what's with you Manik? If she does something why does it affect you?). Let her get close to anyone, why should I care. Yes, it shouldn't affect me!! Now .. Focus on your chicken, not the white short chicken, but the butter chicken.