Arranged By Fate

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Kabir's pov :

"Pr ....it will make no difference na "
" Mom & dad will not be there , what will you do alone "

"Hmm ...pr..."

"No pr etc...... Get ready , I'm coming "

Silence...

" Mom dad ko jana nhi hota to alg bat ti ,
I would not have insisted you "
" Pr ab , family hi vha ni hogi , to ....koi tuk ni banti , aap k vha rukne ki "

Pause , awkward silence for good one minute ...

" Please "?

" Okay "
"6:00 p.m. tk aaenge na aap "?

"Nhi I'm departing right now "

" Or office"?

"Half day lg jaega .... it's okay"

"Khamkha ek leave lg jaegi , aap kam khtm kr k aa jaein ,
it's already 11:00 a.m."

" M leave submit kr chuka hun ,
car mein hun , phone rkhta hun , bye "

"Bye"
She replied and call ended .

.....................

At Rashi's parental place :

As I entered , saw a guy .

"Aap...... "?
I asked him , in a tone signalling Who is he stuff ?

" He is Ashwani , Rashi's school time friend "
My MIL introduced us .

We exchanged plesantries & discussed
What do you do stuff .

" Jiju aap "?
" What a surprise , di to kh rhi ti , you will come day after tomorrow "
My BIL , Happy chirped coming inside .

"Yeah I was but actually ....ugh .... Saturday ko wife ko ghr ni lekr aate ....aisa ritual ....hota h ......hmare yhan......or office work b jada kuch ta ni aaj to maine socha ki ...."

I said whatever sounds a good reason .😜

" Acha aisa b hota h "
" Ptani "
He replied , with confused expression .

" Lg jaega pta bhi , when you will get married "
Ashwani teased him .

" Kya bhaiya aap bhi "
" Jiju I had some issues with software update ....to m abhi ...."

" Ha , ha ... Why not ..dikhao laptop "
I answered his unasked question.

" Phle chai nashta to kr lene do inhe "
My MIL said to him , in a scolding manner .

" Nhi nhi muma , bilkul nhi "
" Office s nikalte hue hi chai pi ti ,
bilkul mn nhi hai "

I tried to stop her ,
as I was in no mood to have any snacks .

" Aise kaise ....m abi Rashi ko bhejtii hun kuch le kr "
" Aap log baitho "

She didn't stopped , as I'm her son-in-law she will pamper me , how much I refuse .
I got silent as she said Rashi , because I already wants to see her .

Since I entered my eyes were impatiently running in every direction to have a glimpse of her .

Happy and me got engaged with his queries in laptop , Ashwani in his phone .

I was explaining something to Happy , corner of my eye , I saw her coming , I looked at her , who was already looking at me , but looked down immediately our eyes met .