The Call of Destiny - AdiYa FF

Chapter 33: Spring of Love

Aditya, Zoya, Arjun and Pooja were at the restaurant having dinner, which was situated somewhat nearer to their apartment.

"God! How nice is it to be like this together after so long!" Pooja said, taking a deep sigh, "I really missed us you know? Especially, I missed us in Mumbai."

"I swear!" Arjun said, sipping his juice, "Delhi has become such a sad place now. Only Naani's home is the good thing there. How I wish she too comes here...I would not even go back there then."

"No way!" Aditya chuckled, "Naani is more attached to Delhi than with us. She will never leave that place for any reason."

Zoya was having her food, sitting next to Pooja, while listening to their conversation, while Aditya and Arjun were sitting opposite to them. Just then, a middle-aged lady walked to the cash counter, while her eyes fell on Aditya and Arjun, sitting at a table far away.

"Adi!!" She exclaimed with a surprised face, as she walked to their table with a wide smile on her face.

"Adi!!! How are you??" She asked in a delightful tone, while they all looked up at her with confused looks.

"I am...fine..." Aditya said, still trying to make out who she was.

"Arjun!! How are you? You remember me, right?" She asked with a huge smile, while Arjun looked at her for a moment and then made a surprised face, "Ohhh!! Oh my God, Aunty! Is that you? How are you??"

"I am fine, Arjun! Long time!!" She said in a excited tone, while Aditya moved a bit near Arjun and asked in a low voice, "Which Aunty? Who is this?"

"Who knows?" Arjun said in a murmuring tone, while Aditya looked at him, "Who knows? You just spoke to her with such an elated face, as if you missed her everyday...and you don't know her?"

"Then what to do?" Arjun said in a low tone, while still smiling at her widely, "If I say I don't remember, she might travel four generations back and explain a huge family tree, and still we won't understand who she is. So it's better to feign familiarity and save her time and our time, you know? Brains, Bhai!"

Aditya controlled his smile, while he looked at her and asked in an equally excited tone "Aunty! Long time...so what are you up to?"

"I just shifted here last month, Adi. I am so happy to see you both here. How is Harsh Bhaiyya ?" She asked with a smile, and she patted Aditya's back, "You know Adi...you always remind me of Harsh Bhaiyya in his college days. You are simply a carbon copy of him."

Aditya looked down at his plate with a light smile, while he made circles on the plate with his finger. Zoya looked at his face and she didn't know why, but she felt that Aditya somewhere deep in his heart does miss his father; maybe that fatherly affection. But the anger he had on his father, with regard to his mother's death seemed more than that, that Aditya has just buried it deep inside.

"They are fine, Aunty...so, you came alone?" Arjun tried to divert the topic, taking a glance at Aditya.

"Yeah...I was on the way from work and..." Just then, she looked at Pooja and Zoya sitting opposite them, while she tapped her forehead, "I am so sorry...I didn't even see you both. I am Juhi Mehta, a distant cousin of Harsh...I mean Aditya and Arjun's father."

Zoya and Pooja nodded their head with a smile, while Arjun moved closer to Aditya and whispered, "I just know Juhi Chawla...but had never come across this name in my life, Bhai. I doubt even if dad would know her...she seems so distant."

Aditya abruptly giggled hearing that, while he looked at Arjun and hit him, by his arm, and Arjun too chuckled quietly, and also glad that he brought back Aditya from that comment's impact.