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Naina was calmly drinking a mug of warm black coffee, wearing rimless spectacles with a thick catalog book in her soft hands. She comfortably leaned back on the chair while leisurely flipping the pages, and saw one boy in his mid-thirties entering the vacant office. Naina gently greeted him and kept the book inside the drawer.

"Hello Madam." He pulled a chair for himself while greeting the lady in a soft voice.

"Hello Sir," Naina said professionally.

"Humara naam Ram Prasad Narayan Shivshankar Bholenath Kumar Singh hain." He introduced himself with a glittering smile, and  Naina surprisingly stared at him for a moment, wondering if this was his real name or if all his grandfather, great grandfather were included.

"Nice to meet you, how may I help you?" Naina asked him serenely.

"Humko shadi ke liye booking karani hai," Ram said with a sweet smile.

"Ok! Aapko kaisi wedding chahiye hai? Normal? Lowkey? Grand, ya kuch aur?" Naina questioned him in a soft voice while looking at him calmly.

"Budget ka kuch issue nahi hai madam jee." Ram replied to her with a wide smile, and added - "Bas shadi acche se honi chahiye hai ki sab waah waah kare humari."

"Alright, so...destination wedding ya yahi kisi ache se venue ya ground me?" Naina asked him with keenness, and Ram answered her - "Kuch bhi chalega."

Naina furrowed her eyebrows at him as she never met such a flexible client in all these years. Smiling warmly she said in a polite tone - "Great Sir, can I show you some of our best wedding decor?"

"Maine already dekh liya hai social media pe...isliye toh yaha aaya hoon Radhika Ji se appointment lene ke baad," Ram replied to her in a gentle voice, and Naina slightly nodded her head in response.

"Toh aapki fiance nahi aayi? I mean mostly couples hi aate hai wedding plan karne." Naina hesitantly asked the dusky skin man.

"Woh yahan nahi hai," Ram said gloomily.

"Oh! Toh shall we discuss the rest of the things later? Perhaps this weekend?" Naina suggested, making him bumfuzzled as he couldn't understand the English language.

"Hindi me baat kariye na please." He requested her.

"Umm maine yeh kaha ki kya hum baki ki discussion is weekend rakhe jab aapki fiance aa jayegi? It will be better agar aap dono ke according wedding theme decide ho toh." Naina replied to him politely while sipping on the coffee.

"Woh is weekend nahi aayegi," Ram said with a sullen expression.

"Oh, toh phir kab?" She questioned.

"Pata nahi, mere Sapno Ki Duniya me hai filhal woh." He replied to her with a babyish face, and Naina choked on her coffee, looking at him in shock.

"Kya matlab?" Naina asked him in astonishment.

"Arey humari koi fiance nahi hai filhal," Ram informed her normally.

"Toh phir yeh sab wedding planning kiske liye?" Naina questioned.

"Future ke liye." Ram grinned, causing her to clench the knob of the drawer in sheer resentment.

"Matlab aapki shadi nahi ho rahi hai, sir?" Naina controlled her thriving anger while asking him in a meek tone, and Ram replied to her with a puppy face - "Nahi toh, abhi tak toh sabne reject hi kiya hai hume, pata nahi kyu."

She shut her eyes in vexation, her sweaty fist tightening on the edgy surface of the drawer, and she pleaded with him - "Please aise aake humara time waste mat kariye sir, we already have so much work."

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