I too want a love story - KarEena

12. The arrangement

Karishma and Santosh just opened the café for preparations, as the orders are fewer and most of the items were prepared last night they had a lazy morning. Karishma felt better after talking to Haseena, however, there was a fear nagging inside her about the solution, she did find something, but it meant lots of more work and stress added to her already busy schedule, not only that, she also not sure how they are going to react to it.

Karishma was about to wear her gloves when she heard the knock on the front door, they looked at each other confused, it was too early for any customers, even for Billu it was early, so they both went to look.

The morning sun coloured the café in an orange hue, the glass windows shimmered under the soft glow, but what was more beautiful was the smile on both of their faces as they saw their lovers standing with flowers waving at them.

"What are you guys doing here?" they asked in unison

"We missed you," they said in unison

"You were here last night until we closed" Karishma rolled her eyes

"It doesn't mean we can't miss you" Haseena rolled her eyes

"I missed you too honey" Santosh hugged Cheeta, Cheeta smirked at Haseena

"This is how you should welcome me" Haseena pouted at Karishma

"Nautanki, let's go inside" She pulled Haseena inside and made her sit on the chair near the counter, "Good morning, I missed you too" She pecked her lips before going to make some coffee, Haseena eyes widened in surprise and looked around to make sure no one watched them, she signed in relief when saw Cheetosh still standing at the door hugging each other.

Seeing all this Karishma burst into laughter, which made Haseena's cheeks turn more red. All are sitting at the table talking when Karishma came with three cups of coffee, Haseena frowned at her

"Are you not drinking?" Haseena asked confused as Karishma has the habit of drinking coffee in the morning

"I am" Karishma frowned

"You just brought three cups" Haseena pointed to the cups, everyone giggled making her more confused, looking at her Karishma spoke

"Because these two always have from the same cup"

"Have you not heard, Jhootha khane se pyar badta hei" Santosh pushed Cheeta with her shoulder and winked at Haseena who was sitting in front of her, Haseena looked at Karishma who shrugged at her and sat beside her leaning on her, Haseena pulled her closer

"Aur saat nibhane se bhi badta hei" Karishma whispered to Haseena, who finally smiled for the first time since she came with coffee,

"it's okay if we don't share coffee, we can share some kisses later" Haseena huskily whispered in Karishma's ear and kissed her temple, Karishma smiled closing her eyes, finally the tiredness of the sleepless night worn away. They spent some time together before leaving for their respective works.

Karishma stood before the mixer, as the buttercream slowly coming into its needed consistency, she added icing sugar in small quantities at regular intervals, however, most of her actions were muscle memory cuz her mind was still thinking about the night.

Flashback:

Karishma sat on the bed leaning on the bed rest, her phone showed the pictures of Jayeesh and Bhumi Singh, tears freely flowed down her face, she spent too much of her childhood fighting the urge to stay away from learning about her birth parents. She closed her eyes reminiscing her past.