Shiva woke up to his phone ringing. He picked it up and saw that it was his chipkali calling. Before he could pick up her call, the call got disconnected and Shiva realised she had called him five times since the morning. Panicking, he called her back. She picked up in a second.
"Shiva, main tujhe subah se call kiye jaa rahi hu, tu phone hi nahi utha raha." Raavi said.
"So raha tha maami ki behen ki beti. Kya hua?"
"Aaj humari engagement hai!" She screamed from the other side and Shiva had to move away his phone from his ear.
"Pata hai. Meri bhi engagement hai." Shiva said. "Tune yeh bolne ke liye phone kiya? Gadheri."
"Uff Shiva! Ab toh mujhe gadheri, chipkali, maami ki behen ki beti, chudail, yeh sab nahi bula sakta. Ab tu mujhe baby, jaanu, shona, darling, yeh sab bulane ki aadat daal le."
"Ae mami ki behen ki beti, aise sapne dekhna chorr de. Tu mere humesha chipkali hi rahegi."
"Shiva! Engagement ke din toh faltu ka jhagra mat kar. Tu mujhe bata teri shopping ho gayi hai humare engagement ke liye?
"Woh Dhara bhabhi ka department hai." Shiva said.
Raavi suddenly started narrating her shopping experience yesterday. Shiva sighed. Does being her boyfriend mean he's going to have to hear her shopping experience and her gossips? He got up, and started brushing his teeth, while listening to her. She wasn't done until he finished and sat down with his family for his morning tea.
"Phir main Anita di aur Hardik bhaiyya ko dekhke distract ho gayi. Aaj na main aur Kirti unka parda phaash karke rehenge." Raavi said.
"Tera ho gaya?" Shiva was suddenly very aware of his family's gaze on him.
"Maine jo puchne ke liye phone kiya tha. Tu kaunse colour ka kurta pehen raha hai?" Raavi asked.
Shiva looked at Dhara bhabhi and asked her the same question. "Blue." Shiva told Raavi.
"Main bhi light blue lehenga pehen rahi hu!" She said. "Hum log bilkul colour coordinated honge Shiva. Meri saari friends itni jealous hone wali hai!"
Shiva was waiting for an opportunity to cut the call since he could see Gaumbi, Krish and Dev laughing at him. "Bye!"
"Ruk! Tujhe aaj engagement se pehle bolna parega." Raavi said.
"Kya bolna parega?"
"Apne dil ki baat Shiva, jo tu raat ko bina bole bhag gaya tha."
"Woh. Woh toh... Aaja abhi bol deta hu." Shiva smirked forgetting about his family sitting in front of him.
"Maasi abhi jaane nahi degi. Tu venue pe jaldi pahuchna. Main bhi aa jaungi. Aur tere bolne ke baad hum dono Anita di aur Hardik bhaiyya par nazar rakhenge. Shiva kitna exciting hoga na agar unn dono ki shaadi ho gayi toh!"
Shiva sighed again. This girl was impossible. He cut the call and saw his family snickering.
"Aaj kya bolna hai Shiva?" Krish asked. "Bhabhi kya jaanna chahti hai?"
"Kabhi socha nahi tha tu itna romantic niklega." Dev said. "Din ki shuruaat Raavi se baat karke aur khatam Raavi ko text karke. Maine dekha hai tujhe raat ko use text karte hue."
"Ae gadhero, apne kaam se kaam rakho. Pehle toh iss chipkali ke saath phasa diya phir hase jaa rahe ho meri barbaadi pe."
"Kya kare Shiva? Yeh ladkiyan hoti hi aisi hai. Inke saath bhi nahi raha jata aur inse dur bhi nahi raha jata." Gaumbi laughed and Dhara hit him gently.
"Main bohot khush hu mere Shiva ko apni Gauri mil gayi." Dhara smiled.
***
Raavi reached the venue thirty minutes early. She practically ran away from home. Prafulla was still against this engagement but Raavi didn't care. She was about to call Shiva when she found him helping with the last minute decoration. Even the rest of the Pandya family was there.
"Kaunsa ladka apne hi engagement mein kaam karta hai?" Raavi asked.
Shiva turned around and saw that she was looking beautiful. She hugged him when she saw him staring at her.
Dhara cleared her throat. "Engagement tak toh ruk jao tum dono."
Raavi and Shiva blushed. "Sorry bhabhi."
When Dhara went away, Shiva dragged her away. He pulled her closer and hugged her properly. Raavi was surprised to see him initiating their hug. She hugged him back tightly.
"Tune mujhe bohot miss kiya na?" Raavi asked.
"Kud kud ke tu aayi hai milne." Shiva said.
"Tu na Shiva ek number ka idiot hai!" She hit him. "Tu jaldi bata mujhe. Apne dil ki baat." She smiled.
"Dil ki baat." Shiva pretended to blush. "Kaise batau."
"Bata de Shiva! Main hi toh hu. Sharma mat." She said.
"Shiva!!" Gaumbi called.
"Gaumbi bula raha hai. Tu yeh pakad." Shiva handed her a paper. "Yeh padh aur phir 10 minute mein mujhe piche ke kamre mein mil."
Raavi blushed as he left. She had never gotten a love letter before and she had never thought Shiva would be the person to write a love letter. She opened it.
Cons of getting engaged to a chipkali-
Chipkali
Comes up with the stupidest of plans
Crazy
Mami ki behen ki beti
Mami saas
Demanding
High maintenance
Gadheri #1
Gossip queen
Pros of getting engaged to a chipkali-
Sexy
Gives random hugs and kisses
Goodnight texts
Innocent
Most beautiful smile
Somnath ki sabse beautiful ladki
Crazy
Makes perfect tea
Likes to annoy maami saas
Won't have to resort to cold showers anymore
Raavi was fuming. She was going to kill this bhootnath.
