BOOK 2 "𝐻𝑢𝑚 𝑆𝑎𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑎𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝐻𝑎𝑖․!" 𝐴 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦

BHARAT'S GIFT

The morning started with the hustle bustle around the palace, everyone preparing for the next day's festival. Moreover the boys are also getting ready to leave for their office. They were still having some time to start their day when Kranti instructs them to help everyone with some or the other work. And hence, the good boys started helping the ladies with whatever work the girls hands them. Manvi and Bharat are not back yet, they will be back till lunch hour, afterall it's Manvi's special day and hence they have all that right for their date.!

Siya descend down the staircase, not walking but running through the stairs holding a plate full of flowers with her. They have to decorate the strings of marigold flowers around the palace and Siya is about to start with the living room.

SHATRUGHAN- bhabhi...

She turns towards him upstairs, who was decorating the lightings with Shruti.

SHATRUGHAN- you do not climb anywhere. I will finish this off and will help you.

Said Shatrughan, he was himself standing on the stool, which Shruti was holding.

SIYA- ha baba. Tum logon ko office bhi to jana hai na.

Shatrughan nods at her in agreement and turns to look at Shruti, giving a pat on her shoulder.

SHRUTI- kya hai.?

SHATRUGHAN- why you are standing here watching us talk. Go and help my bhabhi.

Siya shook her head with a smile on her face, she knows both of them are again going to start with their endless banter.

SHRUTI- I know I have to do that. And by the way what is 'my bhabhi'.?

Shruti folded her hands and Shatrughan actioned her to hold the stool, hence she got the hold of it again.

SHRUTI- meri didi hai wo, samjhe.!?

Shatrughan uplifts his eyebrows, nodding his head dramatically. Meanwhile Siya sighed in disbelief, continuing her run down the stairs.

SHATRUGHAN- tumhari didi badme. At first she is my bhabhi.

Said Shatrughan, putting the LEDs around the pillar when he experienced a loud pat on his leg from Shruti.

SHRUTI- wo kaise.? She is my didi from bachpan, aap log to shaadi ke baad aaye hai.

Siya heard them arguing which made her to smile and giggle looking back at them. At a sudden, her left foot got twist, she skipped a stair and was about to loose her balance when in time she caught the hold of the railing.

SIYA- aahhh..!!

Her loud cry made Shatrughan and Shruti to look at her in shock.

SHRUTI- dii...

Siya quickly got down on one of the stairs, as she felt pain on her left ankle.

LAKSHMAN- Bhabhi...

Lakshman, who was busy decorating the 'flower mala' around the temple, immediately runs towards Siya as he heard her cry.

LAKSHMAN- what happened bhabhi..?

Asked Lakshman in concern, sitting near Siya on the staircase while watching her who was holding her ankle.

SIYA- I think... I got sprain.

Answered Siya as she hissed in pain. Meanwhile Shatrughan and Shruti too runs towards her.

URMILA- kya hua.?

Urmila enters, from the direction of the kitchen, as she found the four of them gathered near the staircase.