The Ultimate Paagalkhana

Reunions

A/N: Sorry for the delay... was a bit unsure of how to end this thing so... yeah. 'Sign language'

While Kabir was staring at them with his mouth hanging open in shock, Vikram and Ronnie finished greeting the family before standing in front of him.

"Hello, mein Ronnie aur woh mera bhai Vikram. Bol nahi sakthe ho kya?" Ronnie asked with a smirk as Kabir blinked and gathered his thoughts. "Kabir. Sorry par... you just looked like someone I knew" Kabir apologised as he shook their hands.

"Baaki sab ke baare mein kuch patha hai tumhe? I mean, Devi toh devil hai and the mother hen par baaki ke bare mein..." Vikram said.

"Mujhe bhi sab kuch nahi patha... Main aur Ro Kartik ke neighbours the, main Agent hoon and well... thoda unpredictable hoon. Ro toh life ko jeene mein zyada masti letha hai... mimicry artist hai. Aur Kartik ki Aman ke baare mein main kuch nahi jaanta, hell, this is my first vacay in the past 2 years. Mere baare mein chhod, tumhare baare mein batha"

"Hum log college mein mile. Vikram aur Devi ek class mein the air Kartik uske junior. Main toh school mein tha par... mere bhai ko mere boot zaroorat thi us samay toh... school ke baad mein usko humesha peecha kartha tha. I met him that way" Ronnie said with a shrug.

"Toh... ab kya kar rahe ho? Aap logon ko bhi Aman se milne ki chance nahi thi kya?" Kabir asked. "Poocho math. Iska job waisa hai. Police ki naukri hai na? Par yeh bas naam ke liye police hai, bandook se dartha hai woh asli mein" Ronnie said with a shrug and Vikram blushed.

"Dartha tha, ab mein samhal saktha hoon sabko" Vikram said and Ronnie just shrugged. "Toh kisi liye sabko marne ke liye mujhe bulate ho?" he asked as he entered the house, leaving a spluttering Vikram behind with Kabir, who just clapped his back and followed Ronnie.

The rest of the day was comparatively peaceful without much mishaps going on... well, as normal as the Tripathi family can be. Aka, there were a lot of arguments, some more kaali gobhis thrown around the place and today's special, an impromptu antakshari match. The trio was slowly realising what had exactly made Kartik connect with the family.

"Aman bol raha hai ki thodi dher hogi woh sab aana ki... shaayad near midnight..." Rajni announced at the dinner table and they looked each other and shrugged. It was expected after all.

"Agar rooms leni hai toh..." Sunaina started but Kabir cut her off. "Terrace mein sone ki permission hogi kya? Mujhe taare dekhke sona aaram deti hai" Kabir said with a small blush.

"Theek hai beta, chhat pe charpai hai, wahi lena. Keshav, kuch pillow aur blanket leke jaana, maybe Aman aur Kartik bhi wahi soyenge." she suggested and Keshav obediently went to do the same while Rajni volunteered to guide Vikram and Ronnie to the room.

It was indeed late night when the others arrived, nearly falling asleep on their feet with Shankar being the only one awake to welcome them. "Itne dher kyon hai?" he asked as he hugged Aman.

"Traffic hai na papa, isi liye. Aur haan, woh Kabir jaisa dhikne wala Rohan hai, uske paas Khalid hai, bol nahi saktha woh, Rohan toh partially blind hai aur woh chudail Devika hai." Kartik introduced and Devika hit him hard on his head as she greeted Shankar.

"Kaun chhat lenge aur kaun kamra?" he asked silently and all the boys chose the terrace while Devika just shrugged and iced up her bag to be given directions to the room.

"Kartik, Aman, samhalke jaana. Woh Kabir bhi wahi hai" Shankar said as he guided Devika. Kartik just exchanged looks with Khalid as Rohan muttered "Shit" knowing what was in store for them the next day.

And as they'd expected, the next day was definitely chaotic, with everyone being woken up by Kabir screaming bloody murder and then Kartik's screams and apologies as Kabir chased him around the house.