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Runaway Bride and Groom - E1

"Chotu, get me a cup of chai", She orders.

"Hey chotu, cancel that and get by-two cutting chai", He orders as he occupied the chair infront of her.

"Excuse me! There is so much place. Why do you have to sit here? And why did you cancel my order?", She yells at him.

"Suno, by two chai mein 1 cup se jyada chai aati hai, toh ek tum peeyo baaki dusra mein pee lunga" he winks. {Listen, when you order by two chai, you get a little more tea than 1 cup, one for you and the remaining one for me}

"Wow!! I ordered 1 full cup only for myself why do I have to share it with you? Which movie dialogue are you using on me, huh?", She scolds him.

"Whichever movie it is from, how does it matter? If idea is good then we should just take it.", He suggests.

"My money, I decide what to buy. Why should I buy and share my tea with you? Do I look like an idiot to you? Try somewhere else", she says angrily.

"Nahi idiot toh nahi dikhti, bahut smart lag rahi ho. Isiliye try maara warna tumhara purse maarleta", he winks. {No. You look smart rather than idiot. Hence I thought of trying else I would have directly flicked your purse.}

"Huh? Sach mein tum chor ho kya? How exciting!!" She asks him curiously while she sat with her folded legs on the jute woven rope cot. {Really, are you a theif? How exciting}

He smiles. "Wow! You seem to be not scared of being robbed. So ran away from your own wedding, huh?", He asks her.

"Huh?? How do you know?", She asks surprised.

He laughs. "Looks like you think I am a dumb. Have you seen yourself? That pink heavily decorated bridal lehenga, the dark mehendi in your hands and a heavy makeup, and you sitting in this road side dhaaba at midnight alone. Unless there isn't any fashion show going on in this dhaaba."

Chotu gets cutting chai.

"Hmm.. Arey, it's obvious. I came home after completing my studies and my big joint family was decorating marriage pandal. For my marriage!! Mazzak hai kya? I didn't even get to choose my bridal lehenga forget about choosing a groom alone. Aajkal toh kasaai bhi ek baar murge ko puchta hoga ki bhaiyya main tujhe kaatu aur kaatne ke baad kaunsa masaale se pakoge aap? Do you believe that I didn't even see the groom? My father was saying he is a good boy and is his best friend's son. My foot, Shaadi toh mein apni marzi se karungi. Mujhe na love marriage karni hai. Kyuki who knows if I will love the person I marry or not. So I don't want to take that risk, you know?"

He sips tea and nods. "Superb Chai, iske saath kuch khaane ko mil jata toh maza aa jata. Why don't they serve food to groom before marriage yaar? I would have eaten before running away from my marriage."

She was shocked. "What? You also ran away from your wedding like me?"

He nods, by sipping her tea as well.

She grows excited as she picks up a cushion and keeps it on her lap. "Arey haan, I didn't notice that you are in Sherwani too. (Laughs) Bada mazza aaya hoga na, bhaagte huye? Mein toh kehti hoon, life mein sabko ek na ek baar apni shaadi se bhaagna chahiye."

"Haan yaar, but kharcha bahut ho jata hai. Chotu, chaar aloo ke paranthe le aao, mast makhan maar ke. Tum kuch khaogi?", He asks.

"Mere liye bhi ek parantha lana chotu."

Looks at her tea cup which was already emptied by him and frowns at him.

"Chotu, aur ek chai bhi", she orders

"Ek nahi, by-two cutting chai. (Looks at her) Woh jyada milta hai na.. "

"Chotu, ek full aur ek by-two cutting chai. (He smiles) Achcha, why did you run?",  She asks.