Chapter 2: PEHLI MULAKAAT

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The movers make sure to follow the instructions carefully meanwhile araav excitedly runs to have a look of his room "kaisa laga ?" she asks, he was delighted to have a small space of his own.

"You're the best mom !" he smiles, hugging her.

"You're the bestest son !" she ruffles his hair.

Radha ji has been araav's caretaker from a pretty long time. Since he was a newborn having no one in her family she takes them as her own. She does the kitchen setup while shehnaaz decorates araav and her room "mummy, I need a spider man wall paper ... plz lagwa doh na." araav pleads, clinging around her saree.

"Araav beta abhi nahi naa let us settle down phir araam se dekh lainge." she tries to convince "aap pehle promise karo ?" he asks, she gives wording making him accept defeat.

"Ab hum mil kar aapka wardrobe set karein ?" he nods immediately helping her out.

They arrange closest followed by his video game, toys and books. She hangs photoframes from his childhood to their celebrations. He kept foot ball, cricket balls and badminton right beside window through which he could see the entire society "no badmaashi araav kal humne jakar aapka kisi ache school mein admission karwana hai understood ? koi complaint nahi ane chahiye !" she clarified.

"Nahi ayegi bhae itna masoom hoon." he justifies himself by furrowing eyebrows.

"G .. g bilkul badmaash toh hum haina !" she told making him giggle loudly.

It was 8:00 pm when they were finally done with all the decorations and arrangements "main thak gaya .." araav tiredly hugs shehnaaz who just laid down on the couch to catch her breath.

"Aap ne kya kiya ?" she asks raising an eyebrow.

"Saara kaam toh maine aur radha ji ne kiya .." he pouted "kya matlab aap dono ko assist toh maine kiya na .." he highlighted "assist ya farmaish ?" as per her understanding, he kept talking about how much he misses delhi, wants to set-up everything in his room inspired by fictional characters.

"Okay, fine .. I won't do now !" he tried to get up, but she didn't let him pulling him closer "mazak kar rahe hoon bache .." she giggles, he smiles by staying in her protective arms.

He lets loose of himself, knowing how well these strong pair of arms have held her at all the times especially when he would fall sick. He peacefully rests, praying no one ever pulls them apart.

"Didi, khaane mein kya banana hai ?" radha ji asks pulling them back to the world.

"Umm, aaj toh kaafi thak gaye haina aur ghar par kuch banane ke liye bhi nahi hai .. kuch order kar laite hain .. kal subah main grocery le aunge." she asks araav "daal chawal khaa loge ?" being a good boy he nods since he had pasta for lunch.

"Kya baat hai ?!" she says being impressed.

"Main aapko upset nahin karna chahta mera phir se kuch unhealthy khaana ... aapko pasandh nahi ayega." he cutely says, she blissfully smiles.

"Aww, how sweet !" she pulled his cheeks making him groan in annoyance.

"Radha ji, aap jakar rest karo main fresh hoke na order karte hoon." she quickly, goes to take a hot shower wearing white kurta and pajama she rolls her wet long hair in a towel.

The door bell rang while she placing an order "Is waqt kaun aya hai ?" she murmurs to herself cuz nothing was ordered until now sighing unlocked the door only to witness the handsome face, that she had seen early in the morning.

Those captivating eyes and handsome features r unforgettable. She was shocked while he was too awestruck to even react. He was stunned coming across the same lady who held his heartstrings it was unbelievable because she was all that he had in his mind a while back.

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