18. Farishtey

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Before leaving Kartik pulled Sonu aside and whispered, "Sunne mei ajeeb lagega par aaj ki raat bas Bhai ko Ishqi se durr rakhna. Kal teri shaadi ho jaaye uske baad jo karna hai karey. Ishqi ko dekhkar hamare sanskari bhai ke saare not-so-sanskari armaan jaag jaatey hai, aur aise kho jaatey hai ki aas paas koi dikhta hi nahi.. Phasenge dono mai keh raha hoon.. " 

Sonu pulled him further away from the scene: Areyyyyyyyyy, (in full excitement) tujhe pata hai, breaking news haii...... bhaiya ne useyyy *pouting* kisssssssss bhi kiya....

Kartik: KYAAAAAAA??? (loudly) and suddenly realizing his pitch, he lowered his voice and asked again..... Kya? Bhai ne?? ... Kab? Kahan? .... Unko aata bhi hai? ....Tujhe kaise pata?

Sonu: Mera bhi SAME reaction tha, jab maine Ishqi se poocha aur woh blush karne lagi.. Lekin uske reaction se clear tha ke apne bhaiya itne bhi unromantic nahi hai

Kartik: O Bhaisaab... Not bad... AHAAN the MAHAAN is NOT SO NAADAN... Chalo achcha hai, mujhe laga tha hamein bhai ko romance karne ki bhi training deni padegi..

They both laughed at the expense of their oblivious Bhai and then Kartik waved a quick bye to her to go accomplish his biggest mission of the day - Mission Monky Eviction.

He was laughing at his own joke of calling Mayank as Monky instead of Minky when he bumped into Savitri who was still adoring Ahaan from a distance. Although she was scared for a moment she realized her mask would not reveal her identity. But when kartik said, "Arey Aap? Mai aaj subah se aapko dhoond raha tha", she froze on the spot. Realizing he identified her from last night's incident, she composed herself, and said, in slow measured words, trying hard not to reveal her real identity  "Mujhe... Kyun.. Kya... .. Kya hua beta, I mean Sir? Sab theek hai na? "

Kartik: Aap beta bol sakti hai.. meri maa ki age ki hongi aap... aur Aapki wajah se hi toh sab thik hai ma'am. Kal aap nahi hoti toh pata nahi kya ho jaata. Maine toh aapko thik se thank you bhi nahi bola. Filhaal maine Sonu ko bhi nahi bataya kal raat kya hua tha, warna mai usey bhi le aata aapko thank you bolne. He held her hands and folded his hands over hers and said, "Thank you. Seriously. Mai aapka yeh ehsaan kabhi nahi chuka paunga lekin agar kabhi bhi aapko koi zaroorat ho mujhe zaroor yaad kijiyega."

Savitri was very happy to see how well brought up Kartik was. She blessed him and said, "Thik hai beta, tum apna aur apne bhai behen ka khayal rakhna. Mere liye wahi kaafi hai"

Kartik was amazed by this woman. Anyone else in her place would have probably asked for some monetary help or at least a better job prospect, but she was more concerned about his family. He smiled at her and said "Of course. Lekin phir bhi aap mera number rakh lijiye. Kabhi bhi bulaoge, mai definitely aaunga. Aapne meri chipkali, I mean behen ke liye jo kiya, woh mai kabhi nahi bhoolonga. " He took out a pen and wrote his number on a tissue paper with his name, and then said, "Waise mera naam Kartik hai, aur aapka??"

Savitri was at a loss of words but to her relief the manager called her for some work and addressed her as Sujata, the fake name that she had used to get this job as housekeeping staff. Kartik, bidding her goodbye: "Thik hai Sujata ji. Kal milte hai. Meri behen ko aashirwaad dene aayiyega zaroor."

Savitri was overwhelmed at what Kartik said, she kept thinking "Hey bhagwan, jab jab mai maayoos hoti hoon aap mera hausla badhane kisiko bhej dete ho. Pehle woh pyari si ladki jo mujhe mere ghar tak le gayi thi(Ishqi, although Savitri does not know her name or relation with Malhotras) , aur aaj toh Kartik ko aapne mere liye farishta banake bhej diya. Bas yahi toh chahti hoon mai, ki apni laadli ko uski shaadi ke din aashirwaad de saku."


Kartik then went off to meet Sameer who was pacing outside room 601.

Sameer: Kaha reh gaya tha Bhai.. Jaldi chalein...

Kartik : Arey iss chote bhai ke strong kandho pe responsibility bhi toh bohot saari hai kya bataun.. And he raised his shoulders like a skeletal bodybuilder.

Sameer laughed seeing Kartik's physique: Ab behen ki shaadi mein bhai nahi karega toh kaun karega...... Achcha sunn, hum usey aise casually leke chalenge as if hamara koi dost nashe mein out ho gaya ho.. Ok??

Kartik: Done.. Mask laga de kya usko..

Sameer: Nahi koi zaroorat nahi hai. Mask se attention draw ho sakta hai.. Pehle hum usey back gate ke paas leke chalte hai. Phir mai usey hold karoonga, tu gaadi waha tak le aa... Waise bhi tere kandho par already bohot responsibilities hai.. And he winked...

Kartik took an instant liking for Sameer. Raj has good choices of friends, he thought. Not like hamare mahaan bhaiya jinhone aisa kameena best friend paala hua tha.. But inka asli chehra toh mujhe bhi nahi dikha toh Bhai ko toh kya hi pata chalta.. Unko toh unke khud ke dil ki baat sunne ke liye bhi mujhse tuition leni padti hai.. Huh!! and he blew his own hair with a self important smile.

Both of them carried out the plan smoothly and soon they were safely in the car without anyone noticing them sneaking out. While in the car, Kartik sat behind with Mayank lying on his shoulder.As usual his curious self was taking over, especially after seeing how sincerely Sameer was executing the plan.

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