TERI MERI YAARI

~1~ Their wholesome life

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Nandini's POV:

The world around me feels surreal as I move my body with the beats, slow with the rhythm and powerful with grace. I see my surroundings spinning around me as I twirl on my feet. The world feels ethereal when I dance, as If I am living a new life, a new character. Every dance form has its own story, has its own grace and has its own importance. Though I haven't mastered any of these dance forms, neither have I been trained professionally, but I feel a connection towards dancing, I can feel the music within me. How I started dancing? well it was all because of this dumbass, my so called best friend.

I was still spinning around with the rhythm of the slow music in the background when someone brought me to halt with their strong grasp around my waist. I initially panicked but calmed down when I felt the similar soothing feeling. I don't know who this guy is but I feel instant comfort whenever he's near me. He holds my waist tightly as he spins me with him and lifts me up in the air only to bring me down again. He again twirls me by my finger while I just move according to his guidance with a huge smile on my face. He then pulled me closer towards himself as he placed a gentle kiss on my forehead and was about to proceed-

LYKA: Nandini wake up! you're getting late!! you're in class 12th for god's sake this year is so important and you're still sleeping?????!!!

I woke up with a jolt because of this sudden thunderstorm in my room, or should I say mom?

NANDINI: maa chill! its just 6 a.m. You leave I'll come down after I get ready.

LYKA: and don't I know what will happen after I leave? There's no way I am leaving before I see you entering the washroom and I listen to the shower. I know you very well.

NANDINI: ughhh maa I promise I'll be there!

She chuckled at my tantrums and came closer to me and engulfed me in a motherly hug. She was my safe place. Of course after dad, he's the best. But It doesn't change the fact that I share all my secrets with maa. She's always been there for me and never judged me. She was there to guide me through all ups and downs and has been my pillar. For me she was the best mother and so much more. She planted a gentle kiss on my forehead and cupped my face.

LYKA: mera baccha. Get ready and come down soon. You're dad will drop you.

I immediately straightened up when I heard that dad was going to drop me. Due to his busy schedule, dad gets very less time to spend with us and I would grab any such opportunity to spend more time with him. But being busy never stopped him from having breakfast with all of us and dinner too. He was a man of his words and knew how to handle things. I look up to him for inspiration and he never fails to support me. I quickly got up from my bed and sprinted towards the bathroom. I quickly brushed my teeth followed by a warm and relaxing shower. I have a habit of using scented body wash, it makes me smell good and also clears my mind for a strange reason. And my favorite scent is jasmine. Fresh, sweet and lively just like me.

I came out of the bathroom when I saw my outfit and accessories sprawled onto the bed. Maa.
I chuckled at her gesture and shook my head with awe. She's always been like this. Well and her choices and understanding of clothes is way better than mine which is justified because duh, she's the most successful fashion designer of the country. She and dad both are always highlighted when the outfits designed by them are worn by all celebrities but yet that didn't stop my parents from being humble. We still live a good but humble neighborhood. Not that we can't afford a bungalow or a villa, but mom and dad just chose to be like this. They tell the bigger the house, the greater is the distance between the people living in it. Well, that kinda makes sense. But anyway, I started getting dressed with the kurti and the palazzo set that mom had selected for me and as always, it was voila. It was a pastel pista green set with silver jhumkas and it was all it took to make me look pretty. And yes, we had color dress and no uniform.

I took a last look at myself in the mirror and rushed down the stairs to greet my crazy little family.

DADI: Kya ladki hai aise bhaagrahi hai seediyon se. Dhyaan se beta gir wir jaaogi.

(what a girl, running down the stairs. Careful my child, you might fall down.)

NANDINI: arre dadi, aap ho na uthaane ke liye.

(oh grandma, you're there to help me get up naa.)

DADI: kabhi nahi sudhregi.

(this girl is never gonna learn.)

I chuckled at her cuteness and pecked her cheek. Well, she's not my grandmother but my father's grandmother. My grandparents passed away way back and I do miss them even though I didn't see them, but dadu and dadi here never lemme feel alone.

DADU: nandini beta you're up? come let's eat.

NANDINI: yes dadu, what's for breakfast?

DADU: Tere pasand ke aloo ke parathe banaye hain maine apne haathon se aa khaale.

(I've made your favorite potato filled flat bread. Come have those.)

Well, you might be confused but lemme clear it, my grandfather loves to cook food. And I am his biggest customer lol. I love the potato flat breads he makes and I love that he takes the trouble to make those for me.

NANDINI: dadu yaar, you are the best...!

DADU: yeh baat teri dadi ko bhi samjhaa de. Maine koshish kari lekin samjhi nhi woh.

(tell this to your grandma as well, I tried but she never understands this.)

DADI: I heard someone speaking non sense again.

This is how they were, totally in love. Well, this is how they express their love tho, through bickering. But they're always there for each other and would never let go of each other even for a single moment. Couple goals! I wish to be like them in my old age so badly. The three of us sat down to have breakfast as we know mom and dad will be here shorty too but we were interrupted with a knock on the main door. Of course! how could he miss this opportunity. Dadu was getting up to open the door but I urged him to sit down as I was going to open the door. Well, it was me who opened the door for him, every day. Yes, you heard me right, every freaking day. I opened the door and as always, I was greeted with a hard pat on my head.

??: Yo panda, how are you? Slept well? well I shouldn't ask this question, of course the whole neighborhood knows you sleep like a panda.

NANDINI: shut up shithead. Get in or I am closing the door.

??: Oh please, you're blocking my way. I could smell the parathas from like half a kilometer away and I am not leaving without having them.

NANDINI: yeah sure, you get in.

With that he gave my head another smack and entered inside. Well you must be wondering who is this. He's none other than my so called best friend/neighbor.

Hold your breaths tight, because you're about to meet the...

KABIR SHARMA.

He's aunt aarna's and uncle aarav's son and is completely opposite what uncle aarav is. Uncle aarav believes in no non sense talks and he speaks nothing else except non sense. We've been friends ever since we were kids, well diaper buddies you can call us. We've been sticking to each other ever since our childhood.

I followed him inside and I could see that he was already seated at the dining table and was getting pampered by my grandparents. It has been like this all the time, well he lives in the house which is right next to mine so you see? we're practically one big family. I'm treated in the same why when I visit his house as well. Aunt aarna always treats me like a princess and we play dress up together and uncle aarav treats me like his own daughter. One word and he'd do anything for me. Well, I am glad to have him in my life. Not only him, all my uncles, which is my mom's friends' husbands treat me like a princess and we kids are pretty close as well.

I settle down on the seat beside Kabir not before smacking his head because, hey? he had occupied my seat.

KABIR: ouch! what are you huh? lady hulk? who hits so hard?

NANDINI: That's what you get for stealing my seat.

KABIR: geez you're such a psycho.

SATHYA: call my daughter names one more time and you'll see how hard it would be for you once I am out of my cold demeanor.

We turned head towards where the voice came from and there stood my dad, the love of my life. I loved him the most and I would literally do anything for him. He treats me like a princess, well he was a king so that's justified. He loves Kabir too but hates it when he gets too touchy with me or troubles me. A typical protective dad.

I got up from my seat and ran towards him only for him to engulf me in a generous hug and continuous pecks on my head. I pulled back from his chest and stood on my toes to plant a peck on his cheek. He was a damn tall man. Mom, who was standing beside him ruffled my hair as we all headed towards the dining table.

SATHYA: yeah, so mr. sharma, what were you calling my daughter? should we have a talk about this? you know, like a man to man talk.

KABIR: U-Uncle I-I w-was j-just j-joking h-ha-haha.

Yep, he was damn scared of dad. Well, my dad might be all calm and soothing but when he gets mad, well, you wouldn't want to face his wrath. And he's extremely possessive of his princess.

LYKA: Oh stop it Sathya, don't scare the poor kid. That's how friends are.

Dad just rolled his eyes but still obeyed mom. Well, its rule no. 101 from the whipped men catalogue. He brought her palm towards his mouth and planted a gentle kiss on it. He never fears to show his love towards mom and it makes mom all shy. But it doesn't mean that she doesn't like it. The smile on her face every time dad does something like this is the proof of how much they're still in love.

We all have our breakfast like chatting and laughing like a lovely family but Kabir was still a bit nervous because of dad. He's like this whenever dad is around. Nothing new. After completing our breakfast, mom, dad, me and Kabir stood up to leave for our respective destinations. Mom and dad for the design firm and the both of us for the school. We are in 12th std, so It's the most important year for us. We bid dadu and dadi good bye and we out of the door.

I started walking towards dad as mom had told that he would be dropping me today but I stopped on my track when I heard Kabir calling my name.

KABIR: heyy! aren't you coming with me?

NANDINI: ohh no you carry on today, I'll go with dad today.

I could see his face dropping but he nodded nevertheless because he knew how much I loved my dad and of course he was too nervous and scared of my dad to throw any tantrum in front of him. I gave him a smile and turned to walk towards dad but mom stopped me.

LYKA: heyy peach, how about you go ahead with Kabir today? umm we just now received a message about an important meeting which would be held in a restaurant that's totally opposite to the direction of your school.

My smile instantly dropped and I started feeling gloomy. I wanted to go with dad, we were spending way too less time lately. But I just plastered a fake smile on my face and nodded before walking towards Kabir. I could see his face lightening up instantly which he tried to make it less obvious but who was he kidding, I knew him better than he knew himself. But before I could reach him dad held my hand from behind and made me turn towards him which I did gladly and he gave a long kiss on my forehead and cupped my cheeks with his broad palms.

SATHYA: I am sorry my baby. But I promise, we'll go on a picnic this weekend, just you and me, we won't let your maa interrupt us either.

NANDINI: what if you encounter some emergency meeting again?

I couldn't help but ask this. I could totally understand that he was a busy man and tries his best to give us time whenever he can but you know, a daughter is a daughter after all. I needed him to promise me that he would spend the weekend with me.

SATHYA: I would cancel them without any second thought. My baby is more important. But I promise you, we'll spend the weekend together and you can braid my little hair how you used to do when you were a kid. Or we could even play that restaurant game of yours.

He said followed by a chuckle and it made me laugh as well.

NANDINI: dad! I am not a kid anymore.

SATHYA: for me you are still my baby. Anyways, study well at school, I know you will. You are the best daughter.

He gave a last peck on my forehead and turned towards Kabir with a cold look on his face again.

SATHYA: I hope you do well too. Don't fool around and study well.

He gulped looking at my dad and nodded. Soon dad and mom left and we both left for school as well.

We were walking side by side when he suddenly dropped his arm on my shoulder and brought me closer to him, nearly crushing me.

KABIR: yaar ek baat bata. Tere papa tere saamne toh bade pyaar se rehte hain, mujhe dekh ke kyun fir Sholay ke Thakur ban jaate hain?

(Hey tell me one thing, your dad behaves all lovely with you, but why does he turn into Sholay's Thakur when he sees me?)

(For the people who don't know Sholay and Thakur, Sholay is an Indian movie and Thakur is a character in it. He's cold and no non-sense types.)

NANDINI: Tujh jaise Veeru ko hadd mei rakhne ke liye unhe Thakur banna padta hai.

(To handle a guy like you he has to behave like thakur.)

KABIR: baat toh sahi hai waise. Soch, agar mai unki basanti ko udaa legaya toh?*playful smirk*

(Well, you're right. Imagine, what if I elope with his basanti?)

NANDINI: Ullu ka pattha.

(bloody fool)

NEWSFLASH~! this guy likes to play around with me because he knows I won't take it seriously or misunderstand. Idiot.

I started chasing him while trying to hit him with my bag but that dumbhead ran away. Freaking atheletic. We reached the school running and playing around like this and by the time we were in front of the gate, we were panting. Well, I was panting. This guy didn't even have to breathe heavily. But the moment I glanced towards the school gate, dread filled inside me. It's not like I had a past trauma or something, but its just that, I don't like entering crowded places. You can call it social anxiety maybe?

I stood straight and gulped a little trying to calm myself down but I felt a strong yet soft hand engulfing mine. I turned my head towards the side only to find Kabir looking at me with a comforting yet encouraging smile and I instantly felt more confident. This happens everyday, I get anxious and he holds my hand to calm me down.

No matter how much we fight, bicker or eat away each other's head, but at the end we found home in each other. He couldn't stand a single day without me and neither could I stand a single day without him. He was my absolute supporter and cheer leader and my comfort place whenever I fell out of place. I held his hand back and gave him a confident nod as we both proceeded to enter the campus.

I might be a bit anxious, but I can't wait to experience and face the challenges life would throw at me and of course I would have my crack head beside me like always. Because what we had, wasn't a casual friendship. We were meant to last forever. He would forever be my best friend.

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