" You had my HEART before I could say NO "
Bondita, She is mainstream, calculated, and precise. The kind of person who always plans everything to perfection, and upholds all expectations and pressure that life puts on her, even exceeds them. Has goa...
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Bondita and Tapur sneak out at night in the empty part of haveli. Bondita leads Tapur, whereas Tapur mutters innumerous prayers to get saved from their Thakumaa. Bondita gasps as she looks around in the haveli. There was dead silence all around. It was pitch dark as it was night and the haveli was unoccupied, as per her. Bondita moves around trying to find the switchboard. She turns on the light and gasps looking at the beautiful haveli.
That portion of the haveli looked quite more modern in comparison to Das Bari. It had the essence of RC Haveli. Bondita and Tapur move around admiring the paintings on the wall.
Bondita pulls Tapur upstairs and they admire the rooms there. Bondita enters into one of the rooms and immediately identifies it. She runs to the balcony attached and says," Woh dekho Tapur mera kamra! Yeh mere kamre ke saamne wala kamra hai!" Tapur grins.
They hear the honking of a motorcar which alerts them. The duo hears the haveli door opening and Tapur says to Bondita, "Lagta hai koi aa raha hai!" Bondita says," Par tumne toh kaha tha yaha koi nhi rehta!" Tapur says," Ha, shayad, ho sakta hai kisine yeh haveli kharid li ho. Chalo jaldi."
Tapur runs away as she hears somebody's approaching footsteps. Bondita panicks as her saree gets stuck in the cupboard. Bondita frees her saree and hides beside the cupboard. Her eyes widen as she looks at Anirudh entering the room.
He turns on the light and buttons down his shirt. Bondita gulps looking at his bare torso and shuts her eyes tightly and turns her face away. She opens one of her eyes as she looks at him yawning and flexing his muscles.
He picks up a comb from the dressing table and combs his hair. He sprays perfume and feels somebody's intense gaze on himself. But he shrugs the thought away.
He inches near the cupboard to pick his tee out and Bondita squirms in fear. Anirudh hears the jingling of her anklets and doubts Bondita's presence in the room. He calls her out," Bondita, Bondita tum ho yaha?" Bondita clutches her mouth and glares at her treacherous anklets.
Anirudh turns back on no response and picks up the towel from the bed. His gaze falls open Bondita's image in the mirror. She was hiding besides the cupboard clutching her eyes and mouth shut. Anirudh smirks looking at her and decides to play along.
He moves inside the washroom and Bondita looks around in the room. She bends down and slowly removes her anklets and gets ready to make a run, but she gets frozen at her place as she sees him standing there just in a towel.
Her eyes widen as if they would just pop out of their sockets. Anirudh looks at Bondita in the mirror and grins internally looking at her face turning red. He goes near the cupboard where Bondita was hiding and pretends to self talk, "Haash Bondita nhi hai, kam se kam shanti toh hai, warna kabhi, pati babu yeh, pati babu woh... Chup hi nhi hoti! Aur jab dekho tab gussa ho jati hai, aur fir khud hi rone lagti hai! Aur sabse badi problem hai room share karna, room share karo toh hamesha dhyaan rakho ki koi aapke kamre mai hai ya nhi! Aap ese ghum thodi sakte hai!"
