MishBir : Fool's Gold ✓

Chapter 3: Happiness

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A woman stood on their doorstep, balloons covering her face, "Did you miss me?" And everyone turned to the source of the voice.
"Ketu! " Nidhi exclaimed and rushed towards her daughter, engulfing her in a hug. Kaushal joined his wife and greeted his daughter who had just returned from London after 5 years.

Kunal and Abir ran towards the door and pulled the three of them inside the house.
"Ketu suketu! Kitni badi ho gayi hai tu!" Abir exclaimed, shuffling her hair.

" Kya bhai! Ab mai 27 saal ki ho gayi hoon. Ab to mujhe ketu suketu bulana band karo!"

" Never! "Both Abir and Kunal said and high fived each other.

Parul looked at Meenakshi and squeezed her hand. "Kitni dino baad humara Abir khush hai BenBa. Aaj to aankho mai aansu mat layie! "

Meenakshi kept her hand on Parul's and said,"Toh fir aap kyu ro rahi hain Parul?"

Parul just chuckled and wiped the corner of Meenakshi's eyes and Meenakshi did the same to Parul.

Nanu came and stood beside both his daughters, happy that even though Mishti left the house, the whole family came together as a unit, stronger as realisation hit on everyone here and they became grounded and down to earth.

Ketki came out of her brothers' embrace and touched her Parul Masi and Fui's feet, Nanu didn't allow her to touch his feet and he too hugged her. "I missed you so much Masi, Fui and Dadu! Aur mai London se aap sab ke liye bahut saare gifts bhi laayi hoon!"

" Hashtag not fair Ketu! Mujhe and Kunal ko ek bahut important news deni thi and tune aakar saari limelight chheen li! "Kuhu spoke for the first time.

" Woh, umm I'm so sorry bhabhi. Aapko aur bhai ko kya batana tha? Bataiye na! Mera toh laga rahega. "

Kuhu just laughed and said, " aree stupid, I was just hashtag kidding. I'm so happy ki tu waapis aa gayi hai. And ab tu aa gayi hai to Kunal aur mai aap sab ko kuch batana chahte hain. "

Kuhu looked at Kunal and nodded, they both held hands and announced, "We're pregnant!" And squeezed their eyes, waiting for the response.

"Kya!" "What!" "Wow!" Everyone reacted and pulled Kuhu and Kunal in a joint hug.

"Omg, mai bua banne wali hoon! " Ketu shouted.
" Oh my mother! Husband, mai mami-dadi banne wali hoon. Par mai dadi ki umar ki lagti hi nahi hoon!" Mami said setting her straight hair.

"Aree mami! Aapka chhodiye mai bada chacha banne wala hoon! Ma, Parul ma! Aap dono dadi banne wale ho! " Abir's happiness had no bounds. He was cheerful beyond imagination.

Parul and Meenakshi blessed the soon to be parents and immediately went to the kitchen to bring something sweet for everyone.

They all settled down on the couch and already started surfing for baby names.

Abir came up to his brother and his brother's wife and held their hands, "Thanks Kuhu, Nanko! Tum dono jaante nahi ho iss news ne sabko kitna khush kiya hai. Ab sirf sabkuch happy happy hoga."

" Are bhai aap humein kyu thank you keh rahe ho. Yeh kaam to biology ka hai. Thanks aapko usse bolna chahie. " Kunal joked and Kuhu looked at him, horrified.

Kuhu just punched Kunal on his shoulder and then said, "On a serious note, Bro-(she said and paused immediately, correcting herself) Bhai thanks bolne ki koi zarurat nahi hai. Mein aur Kunal baby ke liye ready the and humein pata chala ki baby aane bhi wala hai. "

Abir just smiled and went to the table, putting the biggest motichoor laddus in Kuku's mouths.

"Kuhu! Kunal!" They heard their names being called and were surprised to see Varsha and the Maheshwari's walking in, joining their hands and greeting everyone.

"Mumma! Chachi!" The trio hugged each other as Abir went and touched Vishambar and Rajshree's feet.

"Kaise hain aap dono?" Abir asked.

"Hum achhe hain Abir beta. Aap bataiye?" Vishambar replied but it was pretty evident that he was not fine. 6 years had passed and there wasn't a day when Vishambar didn't miss his daughter and craved to hear from her.

Rajshree, who was always glowing, turned gloomy after her gudiya rani left her. Now she just smiled for her kids but that smile didn't reach anyone's eyes.

Abir smiled and replied, "mujhe kya hoga bade papa? Everything is awesome." He slid the glasses further up his nose - the same glasses he wore after he had broken up with Mishti.

As everyone was celebrating, the Landline started ringing. Nidhi being the closest to the phone picked it up.

"Hallo! Haan Jai Shri Krishna! This self Nidhi Rajvansh. Who there?"

" Hello Nidhi ben, mai Saras bol rahi hoon."

" Saras! Aree kesi hai tu? Phone kese kiya? "

" Mene toh tujhe yeh batane ke liye phone kiya tha ki tune mujhe bola tha na teri beti Ketki ke liye rishta dhoondna hain. Toh mujhe aaj hi yaad aaya ki ek bahut achha ladka hai meri nazar main. Main tujhe saari khabar woh phone par jo rang birangi app hai na, uspar bhejti hu." And she cut the call.

" Maahra mari re! Husband! ( She called out) Saras found a toy for our ketu!"

Everyone jerked up from what they were doing and looked at Nidhi who was passing a 100 watt smile at her amazing English.

Ketki choked on her tea when Nidhi said that. Kuhu started laughing and rubbed Ketki's back.

"Su bole chhe mahri wali? "

"Aree husband. Mene bola tha na Saras ko Ketu ke liye toy dhoondhe ke liye. Shaadi ke liye, husband." Nidhi said and looked annoyed since her husband could never understand her.

"Woh boy hota hai mahri wali! Toy nahi!"

"Same same different different husband. Aap main baat par focus karo ne! Lo, usne ladke ke baare mai saari khabar bhi bhej di hai."

" Ek second. Shaadi meri ho rahi hai naa! Mujhe pehele saari details dekhni hai." Ketki said and took Nidhi's phone to see Saras's message.

"Ansh Raizada!?"
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Mishti entered into the Kapoor Mansion after a long, tiring day at college, but her tiredness flew away the second when a girl came running to her and lept in her arms.

"Mishtuuuuu! " The 6 year old girl exclaimed, wrapping her tiny arms around Mishti's neck.

" Pari! Mera babyyy! Kitna miss kiya mene aapko! " Mishti reciprocated to the hug and picked up Pari in her arms, walking towards her family.

"Vishesh Uncle, Sumidha aunty! Kese hain aap dono? Bangalore ka trip kesa tha?" Mishti asked, hugging the couple sitting on the couch.

"Mishti, humara trip to amazing tha. Tu bata, tu kesi hai? Mere Vansh ne zyada pareshaan to nahi kiya na? "Sumidha kissed Mishti's forehead and made her sit beside her.

" Mai bhi amazing hoon. Bas mene meri shaitaan ko bahut miss kiya. " Mishti responded, playing with Pari's hands and kissing her cheek.

"Mene bhi aapko bahut zyada miss kia Mishtu! " Pari said and sunk more into Mishti's lap.

" Ansh bhai kahan hai aunty?" Mishti asked, realising someone was missing.

"Aree mene na usse kuch kaam se bhej diya hai. Mujhe Karishma, Shekhar bhaisaab aur tujhse kuch baat karni hai. "

" Haan bol na Sumi, kya baat hai?"Karishma asked.

" Woh! Shekhu, Ansh ke liye rishta aaya hai." Vishesh dropped the bomb.
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