Just Like That! [ A Carryminati & Manan FF ]

24

12:00 am

Ajey's room

"Dil ke raaste mein kaisi thokar maine khaayi
Toote khwaab saare, ek maayusi hai chhaayi
Har khushi so gayi, zindagi kho gayi
Tumko jo pyaar kiya maine to sazaa main paayi
Tanhaai, tanhaai, milo hai phaili hui tanhaai"

Channel changed

"Chan se jo tute koi sapna
Jag suna suna lage
Jag suna suna lage
Koi rahe na jab apna
Jag suna suna lage"

Channel changed

"Bekhayali mein bhi tera hi khayal aaye
Kyun bichadna hai zaruri, yeh sawal aaye
Teri nazdeekiyon ki khushi behisaab thi
Hisse mein faasle bhi tere bemisaal aaye"

Channel changed

"Mmm... mehfil mein teri
Hum naa rahe jo
Gham toh nahi hai
Gham toh nahi hai
Qisse humaare nazdeeqiyon ke
Kam toh nahi hai
Kam toh nahi hai"

Sitting between Yash and Tanmay who were miserably trying to sleep, Ajey desperately kept on shuffling the channels in the hope of listening to a song that might sooth his aching heart.

But to his bad luck, all the channels were playing sad and heartbreaking songs.

Switching of the television angrily, Ajey gulped down his second bottle of water.

Unable to bear Ajey's torture, Yash barked "ek toh humlog tujhe company dene ke liye yaha tere chhote se bed pein bade mushkil se adjust kar rahe hai...aur ek tu hai joh adhi raat ko light jaala ke sad songs sunna raha hai!!!..."

Ajey sadly pleaded "ab television wale agar raat ko 12 baaje ke baad saare sad songs laagate hai...toh iss mein meri kya galti hai yaar Yash?"

Yash threatened "dekh Ajey main sacchi baata raha hu...agar tu abhi chup chap nehi soya naa toh main tujhe bistar se laath maar ke gira dunga!!!"

Pouting helplessly, Ajey cribbed "ek toh I am feeling low...upar se tu bekaar ka itna mean ho raha hai yaar!!!"

Tanmay who till then had his face covered with the pillow, finally came out of his hiding and declared "agar tum miyan-biwi ko aapna jhagra continue karna hai toh please kripya kar ke iss room ke bahar chale jao!!!...aur haan..jaate waqt lights zarur off kar dena!!!...thank you...good night...subh ratri..."

And Tanmay was back to his snoring.

Nodding his head in disbelief, Yash also decided to call it a day and slept, not before turning off the lights.

Sighing helplessly, Ajey laid down only to get occupied with the thoughts of Malar and her wretched boyfriend.

After a long time, sleep took over Ajey, providing him an escape from his disturbing thoughts.

6:30 am

Coming down the stairs, Malar directly went to towards the dining room hoping to find Ajey over there.

But to her surprise, both the dining room and the kitchen was empty.

Thinking that Ajey might have over slept, Malar moved towards the main door with the dilemma of looking for a cab.

As soon as Malar stepped out of the house, she noticed Ajey waiting for her inside the car.

Getting inside the car, Malar cheerfully wished him "good morning"

But instead of wishing her back excitedly like he used to do, Ajey just politely nodded his head.

Though Malar found Ajey's behaviour a bit odd, yet she ignored it thinking that he might have been up till late night due to his live stream.

The whole journey both of them were extremely quiet.

On one hand, Malar was trying to give some space to Ajey as she thought that he was over worked. While on the other hand, Ajey assumed that Malar was upset because of yesterday's fight with her boyfriend.

Pulling the car, in front of Malar's hospital, Ajey patiently waited for her to get down.

Mumbling Ajey a 'Bye', Malar was about to leave, when he called out "Malar...ek minute ruko"

Turning around, Malar found Ajey stepping out of the car in his infamous hoodie.

Curiously Malar enquired "kya hua Ajey?"

But instead of answering her, Ajey crossed the road and went to a small grocery shop.

Malar was animatedly looking at Ajey, when her phone buzzed.

On receiving the call, she heard Maria's soft voice greeting her "good morning Boss..."

With her eyes glued to Ajey, Malar mouthed "morning Maria...any news?"

Maria answered back "well...as per your orders...kal raat ko hi ek cheese cake aur bada wala sorry ka card Swayam Sir ke ghar deliver ho gaya tha!!!"

Mouthing a "thank you" Malar ended the call and waited for Ajey to walk back to her.

On approaching Malar, Ajey handed her a packet of biscuits.

A perplexed Malar instantly questioned "yeh kis liye?"

Not at all meeting Malar's eyes, Ajey hesitantly answered "woh...aaj tum ne breakfast nehin kiya tha naa...issliye yeh biscuits khaa lena"

Touched by his gesture, Malar sincerely thanked Ajey and left for her hospital.

While Ajey drove back home, still trying to figure out on how to control his feelings for Malar.

5:00 pm

Sanjeevani Hospital

Delhi Branch

Cursing himself for not being able to ignore Malar, Ajey was back to get her from hospital.

Miserably trying to give up on Malar by watching various YouTube videos on one sided love the entire day, Ajey realized that his concern for her was growing with every passing second.

Ajey was immersed in his tragedy, when he noticed Malar entering the car.

Like always, Malar happily greeted him "hi Ajey"

To which he couldn't help himself from replying with a meek "hey"

With a glint of excitement in her eyes, Malar requested "Ajey...mujhe naa kal ke Seminar ke liye formals lena hai...so can you please take me to a nearby mall?"

How could Ajey have said no to her. So the next instant they were on their way to the closet mall.

Pacific Mall

Parking the car, Ajey and Malar got down of it.

Covering himself with his infamous hoodie and glasses, Ajey lead Malar inside the mall.

On reaching the first floor with the help of elevator, Ajey started showing Malar the various shops from where she could buy her formals.

Malar was so much engrossed in looking at the shops that she mistakenly bumped into someone and her mobile fell down from her hand.

Malar instantly bended to pick her phone up, when Ajey sharply condemned the young man who bumped into Malar "oh bhai saheb thoda dekh ke bhi chal liya karo yaar...bhagwan ne doo pyaari-pyaari ankhiyaan toh di hai naa...innka kabhi-kabhi istemal bhi kar liya karo yaar..."

After picking her phone from the floor, Malar stood up only to launch herself in the arms of the person with whom she bumped and cried out with excitement "SWAYAM"

With the entry of Swayam, all the blood exited from Ajey's face.