It took a lot of convincing from Nannu, Nanu, Kuhu, Kunal and Badi ma to let Abir stay the night with mishti at the hospital. When the Maheshwari's came to know that Nanu will be staying over with them for a couple of days and the impending business plan between mishti and Kunal they were ecstatic and were more than happy to let Nanu stay over for as long as he wanted. Honestly, they were all quite relieved that the RV boys had finally decided to take charge of their lives. They felt a little bad for leaving Masi behind because she had a noble heart, but what good was a noble heart without a just mind? Dinner was a fun affair where everyone sat in mishti's room and ate together, kuhu had arranged for some catering and various delicacies were going around the room. Although Abir and mishti were both happily enjoying their khichdi.
Looking at Abir enjoy his hearty serving of khichdi, mishti was happily surprised but of course badi ma being the ideal mom wanted Abir to enjoy some of the delicious food around and asked him, "Abir beta, mishti ko toh roz khichdi do aur woh kha legi. Tum kab se khichdi khane lage? Dhokala toh tumhara favourite hai. Woh khao?" Abir looked down sheepishly. Mishti looked at him in question. But Kunal decided to speak. "Oho, ab samaj aaya. Mishti ki favourite hai khichdi isliye last 2 months mein bhai ne sirf khichdi hi khayi hai!" Abir was so embarrassed. And Nishant and kuhu couldn't stop "awwing" at Abir. Mishti too was left speechless. "Nanko!!! Yeh kya hai? Koi aese karta hai kya apne bhai ke saath?" Muttered abir. Kunal had the audacity to laugh and said, "woh kya hai na bhai, aaj se maine apni team badal di hai!" And even proceeded to give mishti a high five. Abir pretended to be offended but deep down, he was practically melting. After a long time, the entire family spent time together and talked and laughed. It was pretty late at night when they all left, leaving behind only Abir and mishti.
"Yeh lo, mishti, dawai kha lo" said Abir and gave mishti the medicine. Mishti was still reeling at Abir's love for her and had been a little quite since. Abir noticed but decided to give sometime to her but now that they were alone he decided to ask. He slipped into bed with mishti, after she was done with the medicines and asked, "kya hua mishti? Kab se dekh raha hoon. Itni lost kyun ho? Kya soch rahi ho?"
"Abir, tum mujhse itna pyaar karte ho? Ki meri absence mein tumne pure 2 mahino tak sirf khichdi hi khayi?" Abir held her hand and kissed her knuckles and said, "of course mishti. Pata hai, tumhari diary mein likhna, tumhare origami birds se baat karna, yeh stupid chashma pehenna, khichdi khana, these were the things that made me feel like you were still around. I couldn't bring myself to look at your painting, but, I made sure to do all these things everyday, so even if you weren't around, you were always a part of my life. A part of me." He whispered. Mishti's eyes instantly teared. "Oh Abir! I love you so much! I wish mere paas bhi aesa kuch hota jisse tumhein pata chal pata, ki how much I missed you." She said. Abir chuckled at her innocence. "Angry chorni, you kept our love alive all this while. You fought for us. You kept fighting and that's more than enough for me to know how much you love me. Lekin sach bataoon, the first time I saw you by the pool side, I got really angry, because tum thi wahan, lekin bina chashmein ke mishti is like kuhu without her hashtags! I can't wait to see you in chashma again!" He said. "Pata hai, abir, one day before we left from London I was wearing the glasses. Maine toh haircut tak nahi karwaya tha. But Nannu convinced me. That if I wanted to show you that I had indeed moved on, then I had to look completely different. Nannu designed everything about Mishti 2.0. But Abir, I never did apologise for the entire NishMish attack. I just wanted to see you react. And hence. I'm so sorry Abir. I didn't want to hurt you." She confessed. Abir, squeezed mishti's hand and said, "it's okay mishti. Nannu has been a great friend to you. And because he's so important to you, I'm going to be better with him. I promise. And I have a feeling that we will get along well! Because after all he has a major part in returning you to me. And for that I'll forever be thankful. Lekin, mujhe toh bas meri shehzadi ko uske chashmein ke saath dekhna hai bas." Abir said. Mishti laughed and said, "you know I can wear them right now na? You don't have to torture yourself by waiting so much" she said. Abir nodded and said, "I know. But it'll be worth the wait. Anyway, chalo ab so jaao. It's quite late. Kal phir humein ghar bhi toh jana hai." Mishti rolled her eyes and pretended not be sleepy even though the meds were already taking a toll on her and her eyes were droopy. But she fought sleep as much as she could because she wanted to spend time with Abir. Abir tried to explain and said, "I know what you're thinking mishti. I want to spend time with you too. I want to savour this night as much as I can. But not at the cost of your health. And we have a lot of time. I promise. Close your eyes. I'm right here. In fact how about I tell you a story?"
Mishti could only muster up a nod. Abir then proceeded to tell mishti the story of a certain khichdi chor(ni). Mishti realised it was her he was talking about but sleep had taken over her already. The last thing she remembered was a warm kiss on her head and whisper saying, "I love you."
Morning came too fast, if you asked Abir, who happily spent the night with mishti in his arms. But he was rudely awakened by Nishant.
"Abir mere bhai, jaldi uth ja. Dadu is on his way and if he sees yall like this, 2 months kya 2 mins bhi nahi milenge. Wake up!" Said Nishant. Abir was too sleepy to register his words but nodded and got up anyway. Stupid Nannu he muttered. Mishti was still asleep when Bade papa and badi ma entered the room.
"Good morning Abir beta, I'm sure tumhari peeth dard kar rahi hogi, aur tum acche se soye bhi nahi hoge, yeh guests ke liye they don't provide any comfort only,islie aao, I have garma garam tea for you." Teased badi ma. She knew that Abir and mishti shared a bed last night but to save Abir's face in front of bade papa she said all this. "Lekin, hottie, Abir didn't sleep on the guest bed last night" said Nishant to further tease Abir. Abir simply elbowed him in the ribs because bade papa looked up at Abir in question. Nishant laughed and said, "bechara full night is chair par baith kar Ms tea pot ka dhyan jo rakh raha tha dadu." He said. Abir looked at Nishant in mock horror! Badi ma laughed and handed over the cup of tea to Abir, and mishti had woken up with all the laughter in the room.
"Kaisi hai meri gudiya rani?" Badi ma asked. "Ekdam thik hoon badi ma. Nurse Abir ne mera bohot acche se dhyan rakha." She teased. Abir nearly choked on his tea. Badi ma laughed and Nishant and mishti gave each other a high five. Mischief really did run in the family it seems! The doctor came for a check up and gave mishti an all clear and a green signal to go home.
Abir drive mishti home, whereas Nannu drove with badi ma and bade papa.
Once mishti was all settled in her room, Abir said, "uncle, I have a suggestion. The last few months have been absolutely crazy for all of us. The Rannotsav is starting in Kutch tomorrow and I have some work over there anyway so if it's okay with you, why don't we all go there for a couple of days? The weather will do wonders for mishti's health and I'm sure we could all use a bit of a vacation?" Abir then looked at Nishant with pleading eyes so he could convince bade papa. Mishti was so excited!
"Arey Waah, lambu not a bad idea. Let's go na dadu. It'll be fun!" Nannu said. The pleas were further made by kuhu, mishti, Nanu and Kunal too! Badi ma nodded at bade papa discretely, saying that it was actually a good idea. Bade papa reluctantly agreed and said, "thik hai Abir beta, make the arrangements. I'll go and tell Shaurya to handle the office." And left the room. The kids were so excited that they all started dancing! Mishti looked at Abir in question. What was this ajeeb rajvansh planning to do? Abir just winked at her.
A/N- so Kutch is integral to our characters as we know that's where their story started. The wooing will therefore take place there :p
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