Woh ek saal

The coincident meet

The next day
At Birla house : Neil was getting ready to meet the girl due to manjari's request
Manjari : Arre ekdum hero lagra hai mera beta.. Acha ye le meine laddoo banaye hai tu leke jaa
Neil : Arre waise ladki ka naam kya tha ?
Manjari: Nandini
Neil : Nandini... hmm.. kaha milna hai ?
Manjari: Parishma Cafe
Neil to himself : Arre woh cafe toh chipkali ke hostel ke paas hee hai
Neil : okay guys bye

Goenka house
Swarna : waise do din ho chuke hai... aaru ka ek call , message kuch nahi aaya ... Neil be bola toh tha ki woh hostel Acha hai but kaise manage karegi woh
Kairav : don't worry badi maa .. mei aur Vansh bhaiya kuch din baad usse milne jaayenge hostel mei

Hostel
Aaru : okay , so Aaj ka plan hai surfing through all the colleges and by the end of today , mujhe apne top 5 preferences select karne hai .. also I'll go to the nearby cafe for lunch... oh wait uske oehle thoda cash withdraw karlungi...
Aaru locks hee room and leaves ... goes to the reception and finds out today's menu
After analysing the menu : dinner toh theek hai but lunch????? I don't like Karela 😭

Aaru to herself: okay fine... pehle cash withdrawal and then... paas wale cafe mei lunch along with research work....
She goes to her room , collects her laptop and her notebook and gets back to her tasks for today

Meanwhile neil reaches Parishma Cafe
He was hoping that Nandini doesn't arrive, since he was clearly not interested in getting married so soon
30 mins had passed but Neil was still sitting all alone

Nandini finally arrived : umm Neil?
Neil : Nandini?
Nandini : oh hey
(Both shake hands)
Neil pulls a chair for Nandini : Pls have a seat 🙂

Neil : umm kya khaaogi?
Nandini : anything is fine :)
Neil orders
Nandini : sorry mujhe late hogaya ... there was an emergency
Neil : oh , I hope nothing serious?
Nandini : yeah yeah... thanks for asking ... so umm.. what do u do?
Neil : I actually handle the administration at my hospital... I'm planning to pursue higher qualifications soon .. what about you?
Nandini: I'm actually working in the finance department of my company... mostly in the next few months I'll be doing my MBA in finance as well

Neil : that's nice ... so umm .. Shaadi ke kya thoughts hai tumhare ?
Nandini : can I be super honest?
Neil : Will it hurt me? 😂
Nandini : not really sure 😅
Neil : okay don't worry .. Shoot!
Nandini : actually mujhe Shaadi karne mei Koi interest nahi ... not as of now atleast .... Jo emergency ki baat thi woh yahi thi ki I got into a big fight with my parents ... Kyuki woh force kiye jaare the
Food arrives
Neil stood silent
Nandini : kuch bologe ? Are u hurt??
Neil : omg Thankyou 😂... mujhe bhi koi interest nahi hai abhi Shaadi karne mei... I want to focus more on my career abhi... woh toh maa zidd kar Rahi thi that's why ... but I'm so happy that even you are not interested
Nandini : wow that's great... tension nahi hai ab

Aaru arrives at the cafe and places her order ... opens her laptop and begins her research work
A few secs later she hears a familiar voice and turns back
Aaru : oh Neil... ye yaha kya karra hai? Iske saath ye ladki kaun hai? Girlfriend hogi... wait.. iski gf bhi hai? Anyways .. never mind
Aaru gets back to work

Neil : great .. so hum ek dusre ke naam pe bill phaad sakte hai , tum apne ghar mein Bol dena ladka interested nahi and mei apne ghar mei
Nandini gives a hifi toh Neil : absolutely 😂... so.. umm... I'll leave I guess?
Neil : Arre kyu? Khaana toh khaake jao... Itna saara akele I can't have 😂
Nandini : ahh okay sure
Neil and Nandini enjoy the lunch while discussing about their professional lives
Nandini gets a call
Nandini: okay ab actually emergency aagayi hai, office mei urgent bulaya hai
Neil : ohhh okay ... it was nice meeting you 😊
Nandini walks hurriedly passing by Aaru's table breaking her cup of coffeee without realising and leaves

Aarohi shouts "what the hell" but in vain cuz Nandini had already left
Neil comes towards her table without knowing who the person it actually was "oh I'm so sorry.." "Aarohi tum yaha?"
Aaru : I can ask u the same question
Neil : mei yaha kisi se milne aaya tha
Aaru : mujhe tinde ki sabji nahi khaani thi
Neil laughs 😂
Aaru : stop laughing ... tumhari girlfriend ne meri poori coffee gira di
Neil : chipkali woh meri gf nahi hai... maa bolri thi usse milne ke liye Shaadi ki baat karne Isliye yaha aaya tha
Aaru : I'm sure reject hogaye hoge

Neil sits opposite to Aaru's seat without any hesitation: ohh sorry puchna bhul gaya.. mei baithu?
Aaru : baith hee gaye ho toh mei kya hee bolu 🙄
Neil : perfect... 😁... waise bhi Aaj hospital mei zyaada Kaam nahi hai toh mei tumhei aaramse paka sakta hu
Aaru : ya ya ...
Neil : coming back to me getting rejected, it was mutual... hum Dono interested nahi the... hum Dono ko career pe focus karna hai abhi
Aaru : well that's nice ... also... Thankyou for the biryani tumne jo bheji thi
Neil : Haha ...

Aaru continues to work on her laptop
Neil to himself : yaar kaisi ladki hai , baat karna toh door aise bhi nahi bolri ki Aaj mei tumhe treat deti hu
Neil was sitting silently on the table waiting for aaru to say something
Aaru looks at him : umm tumhei kuch chahiye?
Neil makes a disappointing face : nahi 🙂... waise tum kya kar Rahi ho
Aaru : researching about the best colleges ... making a list of the pros and cons of each college... thanks to harsh uncle he made my work easier by giving me guidelines
Neil : ohhh ... kuch decide kiya?
Aaru : Haa waise kuch colleges pasand aaye hai but unki fees kuch zyaada hee high hai .. I currently don't have Itna zyaada paise
Neil : problem kya hai? U can take help from ur family na
Aaru : I don't want to..
Neil : why are u so egoistic? Woh family hai tumhari.. dushman nahi
Aaru : listen... mujhe mat sikhao mujhe kya karna hai... I'll manage everything... also... khabar Dar tumne ye baat kisi ko bhi batayi toh... chamgadad ko ulta latka dungi
Neil : fine... mujhe bhi koi shauk nahi hai tumhari har baat sabko batana
Aaru : par tumhari pyaari bhabhi ko hai
Neil : 🙄... ohh pyaari bhabhi se yaad aaya ... maa ne kaha tha Nandini ko unke haath ke banaye laddoo dene.. mei toh Bhul hee Gaya ... umm.. tum khaaogi?

Aaru hesitated to say yes although she wanted to have them
Neil : soch lo ... maa ke haath ke hai ... baar baar mauka nahi milta 😌
Aaru to herself: Kya karu... isne already pehle bhi help ki hai... I don't want any favours from him... but aunty ke laddoo... plus hostel mei they don't have all this ... ugghhh
Aaru : okay fine..
Neil : good girl ... and yeah don't worry I won't tell anyone about the fees issue ... but my suggestion is agar college genuinely Acha hai toh Pls fees ke wajah se don't stop urself .. especially when you know ki arrangement ho sakta hai
Aaru : yeah.. I'll figure out something

Neil : okay then.. bye bye... Aaj ke liye bohot paka diya tumhei
Neil leaves
Aaru : ugghhh ...

Aaru continues with her work and suddenly gets a notification on her mobile
"Hey beautiful doc... have a kept a party at my place, Pls grace the event with ur presence ... looking forward to meet you...
Yours sincerely- Rudra"