HAAN

Part - 20

" Haan . "

The moment those words entered his ears abir wanted to hug her tight and let her never go . But he compromised with holding her hands tight .

Mishti's eyes wandered all over . Her family , though she was angry with choti dadi she now kind of sympathised with her now , and her tauji with a smile adoring the whole family , swarna maa and Manish papa in their own world similar to others chachu and Chachi , gayu didi and jiju , and a funny kuku couple and kaira .  Luv kush in their own banter annoying everyone . She missed her badimaa and badi papa now .

They finally reached the durga maa temple . They got down and strectched a bit .

Manish  " chalo ... Sab pooja aur dhaan ke taali lo .."

They got busy with unloading all the material for Pooja all the plates . The place was filled with many small stalls and on both sides leading to a big staircase .

" Gaja lelo ... Gaja lelo .... Chudai ... Rang berangi kaanchi chudiyan lelo ... Are beta ... Yeh lelo apne biwi ke liye bahut kush ho jayegi ..." A stall owner urged abir . Abir stole glances at mishti who was trying her best to maintain her calm facade . He chuckled .

" Ek gajara aur vo pink aur blue wali chudiyan dedo kaka . " Abir bought a gajara and bangles though he had no idea how to give to mishti . He silently kept it in a cover hiding it from everyone .

" Didi vo do na " mishti asked naira who nodded and passed her a camera .

She started fiddling with it . " Kya hai yeh kuch Dil kyon nahi raha. And all these buttons .... Huhhh  " She grumbled rotating  the camera .

Abir chuckled and gently held her hand and removed the lens cover .. " ab lo ... And ... This is for zooming in and zooming out . This is changing the depth and ....this ..."

" Bas bas bas. ... " She pushed the camera to him . " You take a few good ones ... Muje kuch samaj nahi aaya ..."

He chuckled as he slowly held the camera in his hand . He felt free after months . The camera in his hand made him feel a rush of emotions His heart pounding in happiness and excitement.. He thought he didn't have any regrets putting down his camera . But now he knew the truth . He felt like he got back a part of himself .

He focused  on mishti who was busy talking with naira . He snapped a perfect candid shot of her . Her smile Her long hair , her deep eyes behind her specs . Like her crown .

He started clicking many other photos of family members . Special cute ones of kuku , kaira and all the other couple . Naitik , Manish and swarna were busy arranging with pandit for Pooja.  With dadi over looking everything. 

His range focused on a stairs where husband was carrying their wife climbing the stairs ..

Karthik asked the pandit " vo kya kar rahe hai ??"

Pandit ji replied " iss mandir ka rasam hai beta  apni patni ko apne bahon Mai lekar yeh saare seediyon Mai chadkar ... Durga maa aashirvaad Lena bahut shuba hota hai beta . "

Simultaneous naira , Keerthi , kuhu gazed at Karthik , naksh and Kunal . Who took a step back . That single glance conveyed them their wishes . Mishti stole a glance at abir with a yearning look but masked it quickly before anyone who noticed it but abir noticed it and started running his mind observing the surrounding stalls , a small renovation work in progress with

" Are ... Yeh tho kuch bhi nahi .... Hum aasani sae upar tak pahuch jayege aur aap logon ko pata bhi chalega ... Hai na naksh ??" Karthik said passing a loving gaze to naira who averted her eyes in response .