Fates

Part 120- Of Stories Unknown

"What did you say?" Pragya asked sternly, in a low warning voice.

"Wha- how?" Riya asked still in shock as she was still looking in front of her, seeming to not have heard Pragya.

"How? Yes, how dare you say that? Prachi asked just as sternly, but as Riya slowly came out of her shock, she started to smile brightly at whatever was in front of her.

"Hawh, Auntie, Prachi, look at this, she's smiling, shameless." Ranbir said jokingly, enjoying how Pragya and Prachi looked ready to murder her right then and there.

"What is funny about this? Why are you smiling?" Pragya asked sternly, reaching over to grab Riya's ear and pulling slightly, but not enough to hurt.

"Owww. What?" Riya asked confused as she came back to reality, wincing in fake pain.

"That's what we're wondering. What did you just say?" Prachi asked sternly, raising an eyebrow at Riya.

"Hah. I no- nothing. Pri- Priyanka." Riya said to distract everyone as she pointed towards the hallway where Rishi was walking while holding Priyanka bridal style in his arms, as Priyanka's arms were wrapped around his neck, both of them looking at each other, seemingly lost in each other's eyes.

"What happened to her?" Pragya asked alarmed as she stood up, causing Riya to smile in victory as Pragya let go of her ear in her worry for Priyanka.

"This idiot fainted again." Shahana said from behind them, rolling her eyes fondly.

"And Rishi had to carry her because she was even too tired to walk." Aryan said trying to keep from smiling because it would look weird if he did so.

"You can put her down now." Saritaji said bursting Rishi and Priyanka's bubble.

"O- okay Dadi." Rishi stuttered out, as he reluctantly lowered Priyanka down to sit her down on a chair at the dining table, both of them lingering close to each other, before letting go.

'Dadi? Saritaji? Dadi?!' Riya yelled unbelievably in her mind going wide-eyed.

'Huh small world, weird.' Riya thought to herself with a soft smile, shaking her head at the probability of Rishi turning out to be Saritaji's grandson.

"How did this happen?" Pragya asked worriedly as she came to stand next to Priyanka's chair, breaking Riya out of her thoughts.

"Uh- it just did... but I'm okay now." Priyanka reassured, glancing at Rishi a little, making him feel more guilty, while Aryan and Riya who saw this glance, narrowed their eyes at Rishi knowing that something had happened between them, in turn making Rishi shrink a little in his seat.

All in all, this was going to be an interesting dinner indeed.

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"Uh- you can just give me your shirt and go shower, and until then I'll clean the shirt and leave it out to dry." Drishti said as they entered her house and were now standing in the middle of the living room.

"What are you doing?!" Drishti yelled alarmed as she turned around and covered her eyes.

"Giving you my shirt." Rakshit said matter of factly, as he was opening his shirt buttons.

"Not here, once you're inside the bathroom!" Drishti explained still covering her eyes.

"Oh, but you never told me where the bathroom was." Rakshit said with a teasing smile, as he only opened two of the top buttons, just to mess with Drishti.

"It's there!" Drishti yelled quickly, pointing towards the general direction of the bathroom, her eyes still covered.

"Oh okay." Rakshit said in a light teasing voice, as he walked towards the bathroom, shutting the door behind him.