Yuvisha

Chapter 2

Singhanias went back home and settled in their drawing room after informing the househelp to prepare dinner. Meenal specifically told them to prepare everything of Yuvraj's choice. Now all three of them were sitting in an awkward silence where Aadesh was pretending to read the newspaper, Divya was looking back and forth between Meenal and Aadi, thinking about how to best approach the topic of Yuvi and Taani's marriage.

"So... Mittal family is really nice" Divya said hoping to break the tension. But to her dismay Aadesh just hummed acknowledging that he heard her, while Meenal just nodded her head without a word, she knew what Divya was trying to do but she acted aloof as if she didn't know, not willing to approach the topic too early.

"Especially Taani, mera matlab hai ki wo kitni sundar aur susheel hai. Itne bade ghar ki beti hone ke baad bhi usme bilkul bhi ghamand nahi hai. Aap logon ne dekha wo ghar ke caretakers se bhi kitne achche se baat kar rahi thi. Warna aaj kal to bachche apne maa baap ke paison par hi itna ghamand karte hain ki unki parwarish ka kya hi kehna..." (𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒆𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍. 𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍. 𝑶𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒖𝒑𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈...) Divya finished speaking but neither of them reacted to it, in fact Aadesh blindly reached for the glass of water placed in front of him and slid it towards Divya.

"Pani pi lo, gala sookh gaya hoga bolte bolte." (𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉.) Aadesh said tauntingly. Divya narrowed her eyes at him but picked up the glass nonetheless since she was actually pretty thirsty. She looked at Meenal once again while drinking the water and wondered why her mother-in-law was not speaking up about it, surely she loved Taani as well. Aadesh looked at his mother and wondered the same thing and decided to test the waters himself.

"Haan wese ye bhi to ho sakta hai ki mehmaano ke samne thoda dikhava kar rahi ho, akhir hum jaante hi kitna hain us parivaar ko abhi." (𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔. 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘?) Aadesh intentionally said negatively about the family, so that he can see if his mother is going to defend them or not.

"Sumitra meri school ki saheli hai, mai usko kai saalon se janti hu. Un logon ko tumhare saamne dikhawa karne ki koi zarurat nahi hai aur Taani bitiya jesi aaj thi wesi hi hai, sabse pyari hai wo." (𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒓𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒖𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒊 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍.) As expected Meenal instantly defended her friend making Aadesh smile in triumph. He shared a look with Divya, who had a huge smile on her face.