The Poet and the Muse

Ang laga de re

Rating of this chapter is 16+

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"Arre Anuj, firse load kariye ne website. Shayad result aa gaya ho" says Anupama frantically pacing to and fro in the room, "Raat k 12 baje aane wala tha ye result aur abhi 12:30 baj gaye hai bolo. Main Samar ko phone lagati hu" she continued dialing Samar's phone.

"Arre website crashed hai. Uske vaha bhi load nahi ho rahi hogi." replies Anuj.

"Arre aap chup rahiye ne. Agar phone main Mr shah ne aapki awaz sun li toh firse koi taana marenge ye live-in relation ko leke. Aur main koi drama k mood main nahi hu." She says chiding him

She continued on phone, "Ha Samar, tere audition ke result ki website load hui kya?"

"Nahi mummy crashed hai. Main try kar raha hu. Agar load hui ya mail aaya toh batata hu aapko. Mere friend Sharman ko abhi 5 min pehle positive mail aaya hai. Jaise hi results ka pata chalega main call kar dunga." replies Samar

"Usko mail aa gaya aur tujhe nai aaya. Yese kaise?" worries Anupama

"Mummy vo log batch main mail karte hai isliye shayad nai aaya hoga" he calmes Anupama not telling her that rejection emails are sent at last.

"Theek hai phone rakhti hu," she replies with a melancholic voice

"Are aap firse load kariye ne"

Today is the result of the first round of auditions for the dance reality show. Samar had submitted auditions online and today is the D-day. Anu had been losing hell for the past 1 hour and just ordered him to reload the website for the millionth time. Anuj is extremely sure that Samar would get selected, after all, he is an excellent dancer. But he is having fun teasing and messing with Anu. Anupama is in a total shipwreck because of worries and now he had the unfathomable task of calming her down.

"Anu shaant ho jao. Pehle toh yesa ho nai sakta ki Samar select na hua ho and aur agar select nai bhi hua toh yesa toh hai nai ki uska career kharab ho jaye. "

"Ye aap meri nervousness badha rahe ya kaam kar rahe hai. Shubh shubh boliye ne. Aur mera dhyaan bataye. Ye aapka kaam hai mujhe shaant rakhna jo ki aap bikul bhi ache se nahi kar rahe"

Anupama stopped pacing and stood in front of Anuj disdainfully while he was sitting in front of the table and was checking the website.

"Acha Anu tumhari nervousness hatane k liye hum game khelte hai"

"Mujhe koi game nai khelna. Ye koi game khelne ka time hai" She replies

"Dekho website toh waise bhi khul nai rahi hai toh isse humara timepass bhi ho jayega and ye jo chinta ki lakir jo itne khoobsurat chehre pe vo bhi chali jayegi" Anuj said giving his smirking flirtatious smile

"Ye aap apni cheekni chupdi baate bandh kijiye aur bataye konsa game"

He gets up from his desk and declares "nervous game"

"Wo kya Hota hai?"

"Google Karlo. Internet pe sab kuch mil jaata hai" he teases her

(In this game basically, a person puts their hand on different parts of another person's body asking 'are you nervous?')

Anu gets distracted searching for 'Nervous game' on google. But now, he is feeling stupid after saying the name. He had simply associated it with nervousness and it had rolled out of his mouth before he could stop himself. He is intensely gazing at Anu, half expecting her to get mad at him. But instead, Anu's cheeks are flushed reading the description of the game and she fumbles, "Ye... Ye kaisa... kaisa game hai. Mujhe... Mujhe nai kehlna yesa game"