Chapter 18: Gift

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Bantu clicked their photo. They came out of the trance and broke the hug. Sidshek wiped Ishi's tears. Ishi passed a small, soft smile to them.

Sid: Ishu, ja jake ready ho ja. Hume janeme late ho raha hai.

Ishi: Par bhaiyya...

Abhi: Par var kuch nahi. Jaldi ja.

He literally pushed Ishi in the washroom. Ishi washed her face and came out, wiping it. She was amused seeing a dress kept on the bed.

 She was amused seeing a dress kept on the bed

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Ishi: Ye to vahi dress hai...

Sidshek (cut her off): jo tumhe pasand aayi thi par tune li nahi. Go and change fast.

She nodded and changed.

Ishi (with soft smile): Thank-you Dada and Bhaiyya!!

Sidshek smiled and showed her a way who went outside with Bantu. Here, Sidshek squeezed in happiness and hugged each other, literally jumping on each other. They too went outside. They went in parking area and Sid opened the door for Ishi, who smiled at the caring gesture and sat inside. Sid, Abhi and Bantu too sat inside. Sid drove off his car to a mall. There, they watched a movie, had lunch and did shopping. They all enjoyed the day a lot. Ishi even forgot morning incident. In evening after shopping, they went to sea and enjoyed a lot. They also had their dinner outside, in a hotel. Sid first dropped Abhi and Ishi at Abhi's house; then Bantu at his house and at last went home. He opened the door with spare key and went in his room. He talked with his and Abhu's childhood picture and then slept after changing clothes.

After returning home, Abhi and Ishi went to their respective rooms and slept peacefully.

Next day, Ishi messaged Sid about meeting her at XYZ cafe in his free time. Sid texted that he was free at 2 pm as it was his lunch break. At 2 pm, both came at XYZ cafe. They booked a table and settled themselves.

Sid: Bol Ishi, kyu bulaya tha? Anything serious? Sab theek to hai na? Abhay theek hai na?

Ishi: Ha bhaiyya. Sab theek hai. Kuch serious nahi hai. Maine aapko isliye bulaya kyuki mujhe aapki help chahiye. Aap karoge?

Sid: Sure Ishu. Par kaisi help?

Ishi: Actually Dada ka B'Day aaraha hai to mujhe unke liye kuch gift lana hai. And ye meri first salary hai to usmese and meri savings se ek accha sa gold bracelet lena hai unke liye. Kya hai na, Dada kabhi kuch mangte nahi. Vo mujhe hamesha alag alag gifts dete rehte hai so mujhe bhi unhe kuch dena hai. Unhe bracelet bohot pasand hai. And ek aisa bracelet lena hai jisme photo ho aur name carve kar sake. Iske saath saath aur ek gift plan kiya hai par vo secret hai.

Sid: Wow Ishu! Ye bohot acchi idea hai. To mai kya help karu?

Ishi: You just help me in searching a nice jeweller where I can buy bracelets in my budget.

Sid: Sure. To kab mile?

Ishi: Umm... Dada ka B'Day 13th ko hai to we can go in 1 or 2 weeks as mujhe mere 2nd month ki salary mil jayegi. And aapko Dada ke B'Day party ko aana hai.

Sid: I'm so sorry. Mai nahi aa paunga party ko.

Ishi (frowned): Kyu?

Sid: Vo, mera bhi B'Day 13th ko hai na isliye. But usdin dupeher ko hum sab kisi cafe me mil sakte hai. And we can have a sort of small celebration there.

Ishi: Oh! Koi baat nahi. To usdin aapko aur Dada ko party meri taraf se. Anyways, Bhaiyya mujhe aapka childhood photo dijiye na.

Sid: Abhi? Par kyu?

Ishi: Nahi. Abhi nahi. I'm sorry par mai nahi batane wali ki photo kyu chahiye. It's a secret.

Sid: Fine. Mujhe tum apna budget bata dena.

Ishi: Mera budget 40,000 hai. 2 bracelets ko milakar.

Sid: Ok. Mai dhundke bataunga. In fact bracelet select karne ke liye bhi aajaunga. Chalega na?

Ishi: Why not Bhaiyya? Of course. Waise bhi mai soch hi rahi thi aapko saath le jane ka.

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