The waiter comes to take their orders. Abhimanyu tells the names of the dishes
Abhimanyu: Tea or coffee or something
Akshara: I will go with Tea
Abhimanyu: Neil??
Neil: Tea… Tea
Aarohi: I need a coffee please
Neil: You did not mention “cold”
Aarohi: Ennaku hot coffee set aakaatha?
Neil: Aarohi, please stop this Tamil. I swear, you are brilliant in Tamil. By the way can you translate what you just said?
Aarohi: Do I have any problem with hot coffee?
Neil: (requesting manner) No!! You drink whatever you want. But please don’t speak to me in Tamil, please!!
Aarohi: Seri!! I mean OKAY
Neil: (in a tired manner) okay
The waiter comes with their order. Abhimanyu asks for three tea & a coffee. They finish the dinner & rides back to house. Before parting to their respective rooms. Abhimanyu tells
Abhimanyu: Do, the packing today itself. We will leave for the airport by 8.30
Aarohi: Okay Jiju
Neil: Good night, Bhabhi, Bro
Akshara: Good night, meri pyaari Devar
Abhimanyu & Akshara goes to their room. Aarohi feels exhausted & falls to the bed. Neil starts searching for the suitcases to pack
Aarohi: Oyye!! Chamgadar, kya kar raha he tum?
Neil: Packing…. Dekh nahi sakti?
Aarohi: Ha, Ha…. I am not blind
Neil: Chalo, tum bhi packing shuru karo
Aarohi: I am not in a mood, will do after sometime
Saying this Aarohi falls back to bed cuddling a pillow
Neil: Hello Chipkali Ji!! Packing ab shuru nahi kar dhiya toh tum kab karegi… 10 pm hogaya…
Aarohi: OHHH!! Chamgadar just shut up. Apne kaam mein dhyaan rakho
Neil: Tume kuch problem nahi he toh mein pack karoongi tumhare liye
Aarohi gets up from the bed startled. She did not want her little red secret to be out
Aarohi: Nahi, mein karungi. Tum tumhare packing khadam karo aur mein shuru karegi
Neil: Okay then!!
Neil suddenly remembered that he had to keep the red dress in his suitcase without getting caught. He starts acting
Neil: Ouch!! Ouch!!
Aarohi: Ab kya huaa? Are you alright?
Neil: No, my head is aching. May be its due to food
Aarohi: So, you get headache when you eat from outside
Neil: Not like that, sometimes
Aarohi: I will get coffee for you
Neil: No, tea please. I prefer tea
Aarohi: Okay!! wait. I will get it
Aarohi runs down the stairs. Neil suddenly takes the red dress out & keeps it underneath his dresses so that Aarohi does not see it
Neil (to himself): What will be her reaction on discovering that her dress is missing? I can’t wait to see it
Neil starts laughing. Aarohi comes back with the tea & sees Neil laughing alone
Aarohi: (to herself) I wish, he is not mental. (To Neil) Neil, yelo tea
Neil: Thank you Aarohi. OUCH!!!
Aarohi: Is it paining?
Neil: Haa!!! bahot dardh hei siir par
Aarohi: Should I apply Vicks on your head?? It will relieve headache
Neil: No, it’s okay
Aarohi: Your packing done?
Neil: Yes, I will be in the balcony. Tum pack karo
Aarohi starts packing her suitcase. She checks for Neil & sees that he is still at the balcony. She opens the shopping bag which contained her dress only to find it missing
Aarohi (to herself): Where is it? Where is it?
She checks everywhere in the room expect the right place. She feels sad
Neil: Packing ho gaya kya?
Aarohi was not facing him. He turns her over. Only to see that she was crying
Neil: Heyy, Heyy, kya huaa? Why are you crying?
Aarohi wipes her tears. Neil did understand why she was crying but helpless.
Neil: Aarohi, is this what you are searching for?
Aarohi: The red dress, so you hid it
Neil: Yaa, to give you a surprise
Aarohi: Do you think I am a stone??
Aarohi slaps Neil. Neil comes to his senses, his hand on his cheek. Aarohi still weeping, calls him out
Aarohi: Heyy!! Why are you keeping the hand on your cheek like you got a slap from someone?
Neil: Yaa, in the dreams
Aarohi: What?
Neil: I was going to ask that why did you cry? Is that the shopping bag? Did any of your dress go missing?
Aarohi: How did you guess it?
Neil: I knew it
Aarohi: Meaning?
Neil: Hmm!! Huh!! I mean I just guessed
Aarohi: Ohh!!
Neil: Was it your favourite dress?
Aarohi: No, it was not my favourite
Neil: Then…. Why you cried?
Aarohi: It was more than favourite to me, something special. I mean precious
Neil was so glad to hear her say this. He was in another world
Neil: I am sorry
Aarohi: Why sorry? It’s okay I will manage
Neil: It was winter cloth na? We will buy another one from Ladakh
Aarohi: It’s once a lifetime thing Neil
Neil: You mean……
Aarohi: Zindagi mein ek baar aaungi…. Sirf ek baar
Neil: Please don’t be sad Aarohi
Aarohi: I am not sad; you please don’t spoil the mood. Your headache will worsen. So go & sleep. Give me the tea cup. I will keep it in the kitchen & come
As Aarohi went away, Neil felt really sad for hurting her feelings. He understood how much the dress mattered her. But he was too scared to give her back. Neil was engrossed in his thoughts when Aarohi comes back
Aarohi: Tum abhi bhi zo nahi dhiya
Neil: Nahi!!! I am just….
Aarohi: Saari baathem chodo…. Zo jao because we want to get up early for the trip
Saying this Aarohi lay down with eyes still in tears, mourning over a huge loss
Neil (to himself): Mein kya kar dhiya….
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KESARIYA TERA
FanfictionAfter the marriage of her elder son Abhimanyu, Manjiri wants her son Neil to get married. She sees a perfect partner for him in Dr.Aarohi Goenka, who is her daughter-in-law's sister.Poles apart in life,will Aarohi and Neil live together happily for...
