Author's POV
The heavy silence in the hall was broken by Shree, “Umm, aunty it’s getting late. So I will take my leave now.” she said looking at Naina.
“Okay, go safely.” Naina said with a sweet smile.
“Sure. Ok Aditi see you tomorrow and you my dear student Lucky, focus on projects rather than video games.” Shree said the last sentence trying to sound like a strict teacher.
“Okay Ma’am.” Laksh answered playing along.
Shree turned towards the gate to move out when her eyes fell on the person standing on the doorstep. After her previous encounter with him she wasn't ready to meet him like this. Her breath hitched and palm started to sweat looking at the person in front of her. Her brain stopped working, she was mentally lecturing herself for being lazy. Only if she wasn’t this lazy would she have googled ‘how to converse with someone after you punched them on the face?” earlier, then she wouldn't have to face this situation and stand like a statue here. She regretted coming here. She should have asked Laksh to come to her cafe or home only.
While she was busy in her thoughts, she didn't notice Adhyansh’s eyes which didn't leave her face for a second. He was standing there admiring her face without blinking. On their last encounter he wasn't able to see her face clearly as he wasn't able to tear his eyes away from her beautiful brown eyes, but now that he is seeing her properly. His heart, usually steady and predictable, betrayed him at that moment. It quickened its pace as if trying to catch up with the sudden rush of emotions flooding through him. Her beautiful hair tied in a bun with few strands touching her cheeks, rosy soft lips, soft pink cheeks, smooth clear and soft skin and most importantly those brown eyes were enough to take his breath away.
“Aadi you came early today.” Naina said, breaking their thoughts.
“I had some work in the home office today.” Adhyansh replied, his gaze not leaving Shree.
Shree thought this an opportunity to get away from this situation.
“Good evening, Mr.ASR.” Shree said.
“Umm, I will get going. See you tomorrow guys.” She further added looking at Aditi and Laksh and left with hurried steps not meeting Adhyansh’s eyes for once.
She moved towards her bike after exiting the mansion and started the engine after wearing her helmet. She moved out of the large gate of the Rathore Mansion to the street and made her way to her apartment, mentally thanking her Kanha ji for saving her from the ASR.
Back at the Rathore Mansion, after Shree left, Naina and Sakshi went inside the kitchen to prepare the dinner. Aditi and Laksh went to their respective rooms, leaving Adhyansh alone in the large hall. He was still staring at the same place where she was standing just a few minutes ago. He signed and went towards his room. He couldn’t focus on his work after hearing everything downstairs and especially with his heart which is beating like it will come out any moment.
He went into his bedroom and moved inside the bathroom to take a shower to relax.
Adhyansh emerged from the bathroom, his skin still glistening with the moisture from the shower. Drops of water trailed down his broad shoulder, emphasizing the definition of muscles. The towel around his waist hung loosely, revealing a toned abdomen and strong legs. His chest rose and fell with each relaxed breath.
His hair, dark and slightly tousled from the shower, framed a face that bore a contented expression. Water droplets clung to his stubble sharp jawline and trailed down his neck. The scent of fresh soap and shampoo clung to him, mingling with the clean, masculine scent that was uniquely his own.
Adhyansh stretched his arm above his head, the movement causing his muscle to ripple subtly. As he moved, the towel slipped a little lower, revealing more of his torso. He paused for a moment taking in the serene atmosphere of his bedroom, before reaching for a fresh set of clothes with a relaxed demeanour.
After wearing his clothes, he stretched his arm to reach for the familiar small wooden box beside him. He took the bangle out from it and moved out of the closet and sat on the bed admiring the bangle.
“𝒀𝒆𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒌𝒚𝒂 𝒉𝒐 𝒓𝒂𝒉𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒊?” He asked no one while looking at the bangle.
[What is happening with me?]
“𝑱𝒂𝒃 𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒂𝒋 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒌𝒉𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒔𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒂 𝒋𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎 𝒂𝒂𝒑𝒌𝒐 𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒍 𝒓𝒂𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒊.” He added.
[When I saw her today I felt like I met you again.]
“𝑯𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒌𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒔𝒊 𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒉 𝒃𝒂𝒅𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒊 𝒋𝒆𝒔𝒊 𝒖𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒂𝒑𝒌𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒌𝒉𝒌𝒂𝒓.”
[My heart started beating wildly when I saw you that day.]
“𝑨𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒂𝒋 𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒂𝒑 𝒑𝒂𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒉𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒂 𝒂𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒉𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒊 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒏𝒆 𝒋𝒐 𝒃𝒉𝒊 𝒌𝒂𝒉𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝒏𝒂𝒉𝒊 𝒌𝒚𝒖 𝒌𝒆𝒉 𝒅𝒊𝒚𝒂, 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒆 𝒌𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒋 𝒏𝒂𝒉𝒊 𝒂𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒉𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒊.” he said looking at the bangle as if telling the unknown girl all his misery.
[And today I am even angry at myself for whatever I said the other day, I don’t know why I said that, I don’t understand anything.]
𝑴𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒗 𝒚𝒆𝒉 𝒌𝒚𝒂 𝒓𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒉𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒉 𝒌𝒂𝒃𝒉𝒊 𝒆𝒔𝒂 𝒌𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒉𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒉𝒊 𝒌𝒊𝒚𝒂 𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒓 𝒂𝒃 𝒌𝒚𝒖?
[Mahadev what’s happening with me. I never felt something like this before then why now?]
And like talking with the bangle he drifts to sleep with the bangle held in his hand.
On the other side, Shree reached her apartment building. After parking the bike in the parking lot and carefully taking her stuff she moved towards the lift to reach her floor.
In the whole ride from Rathore Mansion to here her was occupied with Mr. ASR’s thoughts. She felt an unknown attraction towards him which she never felt before but she removed these thoughts thinking it's just because she was scared he might scold her for her past behaviour with him.
She made her way out of the lift after reaching her floor and rang the doorbell of her apartment waiting for Rashi to open the door.
But just as she rang the bell the door was opened by Kartik who was looking at her as if she had his life’s savings in her hands.
“What?” She asked, feeling his eyes on her.
“How’s my Luna? Where’s the key?” Kartik asked without beating around the bush.
“Your dearest Luna is totally fine and here are the keys. And now if you allow, can I enter MY apartment?” she asked in a honey dripping sweet voice.
“Sure, come inside please.” Kartik said, well he was happy after getting his Luna back.
(This line made me feel as if I am writing a fantasy book where Kartik is the alpha who found his Luna. Hehe😁)
“Chiku you are back.” Rashi said, seeing her sitting in the living room.
“𝑵𝒂𝒉𝒊 𝒚𝒆𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒊 𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒎𝒂 𝒂𝒃𝒉𝒊 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒌𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅𝒊 𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒈𝒊.” Shree replied sarcastically, making Kartik laugh. But received a head smack from Rashi.
[No my body is here but my soul will come after having a meet up with Manjulika.]
“𝑱𝒂𝒃 𝒑𝒚𝒂𝒂𝒓 𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒊 𝒕𝒐𝒉 𝒑𝒚𝒂𝒂𝒓 𝒔𝒆 𝒋𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒃 𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒍𝒊 𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒊 𝒕𝒐𝒉 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒂𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒌𝒂𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒏 𝒋𝒂𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒊.” Rashi replied.
[If I ask you sweetly then answer sweetly, otherwise I will donate all your Shrikhand to Kartik and become a generous person.]
“Now go and take a shower till then dinner will be ready.” Rashi added after a pause.
Shree nodded her head and went inside her room. Entering inside she threw her bag on bed and opened the cupboard to take her comfortable clothes out and placed them on her bed.
She went inside the bathroom, took a shower and came back to her room with a towel wrapped around her body. She wore her clothes, and was going to move outside the room when her eyes fell on her phone.
She took her phone and sat on the bed and did the thing she was very lazy about.
‘How to behave with someone you accidentally punched?’
She searched this on Google but found it very weird and not her way of solution.
Like who the hell just goes kiss the person they punched so that he can forget about the punch.
It was too much for her, she closed the phone and tossed it on the bed.
“What should I do, Kanha ji?”
“Should I apologise? Hmm, that's an easy , simple and nice plan I should have thought of before.”
“Okay then whenever I meet him again I will politely and nicely apologise to him.”
“Wow Shree how can you be so smart even Google needs some of my best ideas hmm.” she said to herself with a smile and made her out of the room to the dining table, the smile never leaving her face.
“Tripathi what's for dinner today.” She asked sitting on the table in front Kartik who was busy with his phone, the smile still present on her face.
“𝑻𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆 𝒌𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒋𝒊.” Came the reply.
And now the smile was no more present on her face, it was replaced by a horror look.
“𝑻𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆?” Both Shree and Kartik at same time, the horror look not leaving their faces.
“I think I am full.” Kartik said finding a way to run from there.
“Oh I totally forgot actually I had some snacks at Lucky’s home so I am not feeling hungry anymore.” Shree said, mentally patting her shoulder for the excuse.
“𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒉𝒂 𝒍𝒆𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝒖𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒏𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒌𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒉𝒌𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅𝒊 𝒃𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒈𝒂.” Rashi said, placing the food on the dining table.
[Well, but those few snacks won’t fill your Kumbhakaran-like stomach.]
“And you eat, otherwise I will break every part of your dearest bike Luna.” Rashi further added, looking at Kartik.
“I want the dinner finished. Eat.” Rashi said and started having dinner.
The other looked at each other and slowly started eating. They finished their dinner with great motivation from one another.
𝑲𝒂𝒏𝒉𝒂 𝒋𝒊 𝒅𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒚𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝒋𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒓𝒊 𝒕𝒉𝒂 𝒌𝒚𝒂?
[Kanha ji, was it necessary to make Indian squash(tinda) while creating the world?]
They had their dinner silently, the silence was outer only inside she was feeling like running from there.
After dinner Rashi and Shree went to their rooms and Kartik left for his apartment.
Shree entered her room and threw herself on the bed. She took her Mr. Bunbun in her arms and slept while talking with him.
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