Dinner Yeah Right, you don't let them eat junk and that's the only thing I can cook, she whinned.

Ok relax, kuch bhi khilade I will just come in 30 , I said calculating the time and cutting the call.

Chale, Before I could say something Sidharth asked as soon as I cut the call.

Haan but aap, mere saath,aapki wife... I don't know how to reason it out.

Kyun koi dikkat hai, he smirked and I nodded in negative immediately.

Chalo phir, he said holding my hand in his and I like a teenager felt my heart being flustered.

Haath chod dijiye na please, I whispered but he heard it I guess and left my hand. Yehi toh chaiye tha phir why am I feeling sad, but the next moment I found him dropping his arm around my neck and I smiled.

Chale ab, he said taking me out with him.

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Sidharth it's fine, aapko late hoga, I reasoned for the nth time now.

Chup chap baitho, ek toh you are distracting me, he said.
Aur doosra meri beti shayad tumhare ghar par hai uske bina ghar par kya karunga, he continued.

Oh yeah Right, I said and looked out of the window.

Boring ho tum, he said out of the blue.
Excuse me I could not control the surprise in my voice.

Matlab banda kuch baat kar le, nhi tumhe toh bahar ki aisi sundarta dekhni hai joh dikh bhi nhi rahi, he taunted and I felt my lips grew up on how cute he looked.

Hasso mat, he whined.
Cute, I muttered and sat straddling such that my back was touching the window and my feets were on the seat, I really didn't cared how I looked right now with me hugging my knees and watching him.

Sweetheart, seat belt kaise lagaogi tum aise, he said worried still driving and I knew I respect this man sitting next to me a lot, although I don't let my brain agree that he is important but my heart knows it.

It's Ok Aap par vishwas hai, accident nhi karoge pta hai, these words slipped out of my mouth and he smiled.
My hand involuntary reached the radio and I switched it on.

Kabhi gardishon ka maara
Kabhi khwaahishon se haara
Roothe chand ka tu chakor

Zara se bhi samjhaute se
Yeh parhez rakhta hai kyon
Maane na kabhi koi zor

I started singing it along but what I didn't realised was Sidharth muted the radio such that it was only me singing.

Duniya jahaan ki bandishon ki
Yeh kahaan parvaah kare
Jab kheenche teri dor
Kheenche teri dor
Manchala, manchala teri or
Manchala, manchala teri or
Khamoshiyon ki suraton mein
Dhoonde tera shor
Dhunde tera shor
Man chala, man chala teri or
Man chala, man chala teri or

I could listen to this voice for whole life, I heard him mutter under his breathe and that's when I realized what just happened.

This is cheating yaar Sidharth, I whined.
Everything is fair in love and war baby, he replied.
But this is neither war nor love, I was quick to respond.
Pyaar toh hai, he said and I froze.

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