Abir drove them home, and because nanu had gone to Mount Abu, with his school friends, only Kunal and kuhu were waiting when they reached. Kuhu was sitting on the table, scrolling through her phone and Kunal was pacing around the hall waiting for them to come back. So when they entered the house, Kunal saw them first and mishti smiled and nodded at Kunal and Kunal started, "kya yaar mishti, tum mujhe message karne wali thi. I was waiting mishti!" Abir and mishti shared a secret smile and mishti held her ears and said, "I'm sorry kunalllll.." she dragged. Abir couldn't stop laughing and exchanged a giggle with kuhu who also found the situation super hilarious. Two people who refused to even look at each other, were now worried for each other's well being! Kunal nodded and walked inside. Mishti and Abir followed suit.
The four of them had dinner together, where kuhu went on and on about their trip and Abir kept giving his inputs so she wouldn't feel bad but honestly everyone was lost with their thoughts.
After dinner mishti excused herself to their room immediately saying she was exhausted. Kunal nodded at Abir to go inside and be with mishti and that he would handle everything else. Jugnu too said the same thing.
Abir was so excited to see how perfectly domestic everything would look and on the first day itself so much went wrong. He sighed and went inside the room and found mishti wearing her cute pyjamas and just sitting by the window.
Abir chuckled at how nothing had changed for them after marriage and sat opposite to her. They had a nice comfy spot by the window with a soft mattress and a coffee table.
On seeing Abir laugh, mishti asked, "Arey? What's so funny you ajeeb Aadmi?" Questioned mishti. Abir continued laughing and said, "I'm glad marriage hasn't changed us. I love seeing you in your pyjamas. This is home for me. You, me, your pyjamas and this beautiful night." He said as he held her hands. Mishti rolled her eyes and smiled. She crawled over to Abir's side of the window and put her head in his lap and said, "yeah, well this is home for me." She admitted. Abir bent down and kissed mishti's temple and said, "mishti..I know you're having an internal battle right now, but don't give up. And I know ki mujhe yeh kehne ki zaroorat nahi hai, but I'm here for you. In fact, how about I come over to the inn for lunch? I'm sure Nishant would love it too and that way, you can lean on me and take some time off from him. What say?" Abir suggested, all the while, caressing her head and playing with her hair. Mishti looked up at him and said, "as wonderful as that sounds Abir, I want to do this on my own. I want to be able to face him and not feel anything. And I know that I'll reach there, because it's only a matter of few days Abir. Bas tum mere saath ho na. Ab kuch bura nahi hoga. I can feel it." Mishti said. Abir smiled at her and said, "I agree. Ab kuch bura nahi hoga. Ab get some sleep." Mishti smiled and Abir kept massaging her head till she fell asleep. As soon as she did, Abir placed a warm kiss on her forehead and said, "I have a feeling that I know who is behind this, but I promise that I won't let that person near you. I promise mishti I promise." He vowed.
Just then someone knocked on the door of the room, and Kunal poked his head inside, "Kya mein andar aa jau bhai?" He asked.
Abir nodded his head but gestured Kunal to talk softly as mishti was asleep. Kunal softly came inside the room and stood next to Abir and a sleeping mishti. "Thank god, so gayi. She's had a hard day bhai." Kunal whispered. Abir nodded his head and got up and softly cradled mishti in his arms, with her head resting in the crook of his neck, near his chest. Kunal got in action and untucked the comforter on the bed, and Abir put mishti down on the bed and then put the comforter over her and tucked her in.
"A..a..birrr" she moaned in her sleep. "Shh, I'm here only. So jao." And he sat down on the bed next to her head and caressed her head till she slipped into slumber again. Mishti, unconsciously cuddled closer to Abir, and put her head on his lap and fell asleep again. Abir chuckled at her behaviour and looked at Kunal and asked him to sit near mishti's leg so that they could talk.
Kunal too was smiling and said, "pata hai bhai..kabhi kabhi I find it so weird that yall have loved each other like this for so long and like an idiot I completely failed to see this. All I saw was me and the supposed injustice that was happening. I really am sorry bhai. But I'm glad, so glad to see the way things have worked out." Abir rolled his eyes and smiled and said, "Nanko, purani baaton ko chhod. Aur aage badh. Ab sab thik hai. And that's the only thing that matters." Kunal nodded his head and said, "aaj sab thik hai..lekin kya aage bhi sab thik hoga?" Abir grimaced and said, "I know what you mean yaar. Big Ben ko Shaanti hi nahi hai life mein. I'm so sick and tired of her controlling all our lives yaar." Kunal shook his head and said, "do you think she's behind this? Waise..she's the only one who has a reason to do this..." he trailed off.
"Nanko, humse better yeh kaun jaanta hai, ki Big Ben hits where we're the weakest. Humari kamzori ko hamesha hamare against use kiya hai unhone. And she has some special hatred for mishti. But this time, chahe unhone jo socha ho. Hum unhe successful nahi hone denge Kunal." Abir promised. Kunal nodded firmly and said, "you're right bhai. Aur mein toh humesha aas pass hi rahunga. That's actually why I came here, to tell you ki aap koi chinta mat karna. Aap ka nanko sab sambhal lega. Don't worry bhai." Abir smiled at his baby brother and said, "of course nanko, I know tu sambhal lega. Hum sambhal lenge. Lekin tujhe kuhu ka bhi dhyaan rakhna hai." Abir said. Kunal nodded and said, "yes bhai..also..bhai..Hume bade papa aur badi ma ko bata dena chahiye na that Naman Aggarwal is back. They deserve to know.." Abir looked down and said, "I thought the same thing. You're right obviously. I'll talk to mishti about this tomorrow morning itself. Lekin, abhi tu tension mat le. Yeh sab chhod aur so jaa. Tu aaj hi waapis aaya hai. Get some rest nanko. Good night." Abir smiled. Kunal got up and said, "good night bhai." Kunal had reached the door when Abir called out to him, "Nanko, sunn..." and he turned back.
"Aaj mishti ko sambhal ne ke liye thanks!" Kunal sighed dramatically and said, "aap ki biwi hai toh kya..meri dost aur meri bhabhi bhi toh hai!" He winked and left. Abir laughed softly, tucked mishti in and kissed her cheek and said, "we've got you, baby!" And then slipped into bed, right next to her.
A/N- 30 chaps! Holy moly!! Can't believe this. Honestly when I started my goal was, 5-7 chaps max, and I'm so overwhelmed with how much yall are liking this story and appreciating it. Means the world to me ❤️
And sadly, looks like, with the upcoming spoilers, we're gonna have to make do with ffs only. I really hope the makers end this track soon now :(
Anyway, hope yall enjoy this! Waiting for your comments :)
