"And you? I forgot to ask you yesterday." I asked the person who was sitting near my mother-in-law. He still didn't say. "Hello. Mr. Flirty who called me a kitten yesterday. I am talking to you." "I am VishalSinghal. I had already introduced myself yesterday." He said. "I forgot." I smiled. "So can you all please tell me your age so that I can know who is elder to me." I asked them. "25, 27, 25,24,26,29" said Pritika, Abhishek, Somya,Kaira , Ritik, and Vishal respectively. I saw them with wide eyes. "So you all are older to me. And I was talking to you all taking your names the whole time!" I exclaimed. "I am so sorry." "No problem. You didn't know. So it's cool." Pritika said and everyone agreed. "Okay" Vishal came and forwarded his hand. I raised my one eyebrow questioningly. "Friends? I don't want any beautiful lady to call me bhai." He asked. I thought he was sad but look he is all cocky now. He gave me a handshake.
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We are playing karaoke in the home theatre as suggested by Kaira. I came to know that she is the most active one in this family.
"Pick your partners." She informed. All were shouting for each other to get partnered. "Let's make cheats and pick up." Aunty suggested. Each one of us wrote our names and put it in the bowl. Kaira mixed it properly and asked one by one to pick it. Aunty was paired with Ritik. Uncle with Pritika. Chachu with Abhishek. Somya with Abhimaan. Kaira with chachi. And I was paired with Vishal. Anu aunty was not feeling good so she was the judge. Aunty and Pritika were first to start. They sang Dheere dheere from Ashiqui. Then chachu and Abhishek bhai. They sang the evergreen song of Kishore Kumar "mere mehboob". Somya and Abhimaan: hangover by Salman Khan. They sang really nice. Mr. Baraskar has a calm and soothing voice. Uncle and Pritika sang I wantsomething just like this. This father and daughter duo were really good. They were goofy in the middle of the song. Kaira and chachi sang Taylor Swift's look what you made me do. Woah. I was sure they were trained singers. Now it was my and Vishal's turn . I am not of a good singer. I don't want to embarrass myself. "Nervous?" Vishal asked making me startled. " I didn't mean to startle you. Are you ready?" I nodded. We decided to sing malang malang from Dhoom 3. Vishal started. His voice was strong and it fit perfectly for the song. I looked at him in surprise and awe. He was so good. If not a businessman he'd have been a singer. He looked at me and gestured me to the screen. I didn't know I was staring at him. It was my part to sing. I took a deep breathe and started it. Vishal did the sargam part really awesome. He just hit it. We all were out of words. I just don't want to embarrass myself now. Anyhow I have to do justice to his singing. I tried my best to hit all the notes properly. And his high note was out of the world.
Abhimaan's POV
It was Krushi and Vishal's turn to sing. Vishal was a very good singer in our school and college but after coming into the business field he stopped singing. Vishal said something to Krushi to which she just nodded.When he started to sing, Krushi had her eyes on him. Ofcourse she would have , afterall he was very well trained since his childhood. Krushi was so immersed in him that she didn't know her part was about to start. Vishal gestured her to see the screen. Then she started to sing. Her voice was sweet and strong at the same time. It had all what the song demanded. When Vishal sang the sargam, it was the end of our last string. All of us stood up and started grooming with them. They both did the duet really awesome. They just hit the every note. At the end Vishal dramatically bowed infront of Krushi and smiled. Krushi too returned the smile with equal enthusiasm. She never smiled at me like this. "Did you ever give her a reason to smile like that?" My sub concious mind mocked.
Vishal's POV
I was really happy when Krushi had to do the duet with me. God! Her voice is so beautiful. I can listen to her all the day. She just did it really well. Like really. She's such an all-rounder. She's so polite, well mannered and savage too. "Why Abhimaan? Why did you do this to me? Where did I go wrong that you did this!" I cried in my mind. When the song ended, I gave her a bow and smiled.
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She gave me her smile. It was not just one of those smiles that she gave in the wedding, small ones or fake ones. It was genuine and really the brightest one. I would trade everything in the world to see this smile. I would die for it. Krushi is not happy in this marriage. I will do my best to make her happy and after sometime she will divorce Abhimaan and I can woo her. If she doesn't agree then I am willing to wait for her forever. "You were really awesome. I couldn't take off my eyes of you." She complimented me. It was just a simple sentence for her but it made my heart beat faster.
She got a call. She picked up and the phone slipped from her hand.
