PYTHON

An unbidden guest....

Mohan, madhushree, malini, lata and python sat inside the drawing room. The ambience was tensed for the chawlas.
"When everyone of us had eggplants than why this gentleman had mixed veg....." Mohan asked madhushree with a hint of agitation. Python, who was spinning his fidget spinner, cared less about what he said.
"Brother please......he wasn't eating eggplants!!!!! I'll make mixed veg for the dinner ok...." she said softly to her brother. Mohan narrowed his lids at python as his spinner was producing unnecessary sound in the room.
"Will you stop that already......" Mohan shouted at python to which the latter carelessly threw a glance over him.
"I won't eat mix veg in the dinner.....I will have potato curry, squash and flatbread. I will be glad you have halwa in the dessert......I don't like milk products, do you madhu......" he asked crossing his hands behind his head. Mohan was fuming.
"This is not a diner Mr. Python....... you're an unbidden guest, besides when are you planning to leave???" Mohan asked with a frown. Python rolled his eyes at him.
"Mohan my not-so-dearest brother-in-law, look I am not a common man. Suppose I am caught by a gullible paparazzi while leaving your place, myriad of stories will be made.......why was I here???? When did I came and left??? What was my work here......so on and so forth. And regarding your question, I will stay here for a next couple of days....... because I want to!!!!" Python's extraneous statement had whizzed past his head.
"And what if I don't allow you to stay in my place......." asked mohan sternly. Python chuckled.
"Lol!!!! As if I care.......I want to stay and stay I will!!!!" Python stated and Mohan was crossed.
"May I come in!!!!" an agitated voice came from the drawing room door. The beady eyes turned towards the door to find Raghu standing with a suitcase in his hands.
"Pandit....... come in..... this is your boss' in-laws house, just be comfortable!!!!" Python called him in as mohan watched him in disdain. Lata and malini went to their own room because they felt like an odd one out among them, mohan marched outside for his evening walk and madhushree went to the kitchen to check on the soup.
"Why everybody left once I came in????" Raghu was staggered. Python chuckled.
"My in-laws are weird, not my Madhu ok....... she's in the kitchen to check on the soup. Btw.......got my stuff????" Python asked with a grin. Raghu rolled his eyes.
"Here it is....." he said as he pushed the suitcase towards the couch. Python grinned.
"Thank you pandit....." He thanked him. Raghu sat next to him and started.
"Python are you mad!!!!! You are living in this little house when you've a luxurious bungalow of yours!!!!" Raghu tried to fit sense in his head. Python glared at him.
"Chup kar pandit, ye meri Madhu ka ghar hai aur mere liye ye ghar duniya ke har bungalow se zyada khoobsurat hai.......tu ja, bhabhi tera intezaar kar rhi hogi....." He said and raghu could only look at him in adoration. Why this man is so adorable sometimes??? Madhushree was listening to everything from behind the door. She smiled.
"Thakur Sahab had called on the landline and was asking about you......." he informed him. Python smiled.
"Inform her that I will be staying here for some days......." Python said. Meanwhile madhushree came inside with a glass of water for Raghu. However before she could give it to him, python snatched the glass and gulped down the water leaving her shocked.
"What was that python......" Raghu yelled at him irked.
"Tu itna acha nahi hai jo meri madhu ke haath se paani piyega......" said python with his eyes narrowed. Madhushree sighed as she knew it was futile to say anything to him. Raghu frowned upon him.
"You're impossible......." He muttered under his breath and python grinned.

The dinner was over needles to mention the altercations between mohan and python too was over. The dinner consisted of flatbread, squash, potato curry, mixed veg and halwa along with custard in dessert. It was a huge meal but madhushree had to make sure that both of the raging bulls were satisfied. Everyone got what they wanted and no one was left disappointed. After dinner Mohan retired to his chamber and lata, malini's whereabouts were of no business to us. Madhushree marched towards python's room to ask him if he needed anything. But he wasn't in his room so she launched a search operation for him in the whole house. In the course of her search she ended up on terrace and there she discovered him lying on the stone boundary. She sighed as she strolled towards him.
"Stargazing......." she said tentatively, although she knew this man was her biggest fear yet knowing him a little won't do no harm. He turned his head towards her and smiled.
"Aye....." he concurred. She sat on a small basket chair which she keeps on the terrace to sit and bask in the winter's sunshine.
"Even i love stargazing....." she said to him as she looked above at the sky to gaze upon the glittering gems.
"They make a best companion....." said he. She chuckled.
"Looks like you admire stars a lot..... don't you love moon!!!!" she asked curiously. He looked at her and smiled.
"Vo chand mere chand se zyada khoobsurat thodi hai jo mai use dekhu....." said he with those passionate eyes of his which kinda made her uncomfortable for some reason. Therefore she left the topic here itself.
"Um so.......are you planning to launch one more car????" she asked curiously. He sat up and smiled as he was extremely pleased with the fact that she was finding curiosity in his work.
"No......well not for the next two months certainly as we're all set with a new mobile launch......" he told her. She nodded.
"Nice!!!! Well I was thinking if you could go ahead with a new car launch..... I am a huge fan of Tezz model......." she spoke her mouth. Python's eyes lightened up.
"Tum......Tum......kahogi to mai mobile launch rok ke Tezz v-42 model launch kar dunga.........tum khush hogi na tab......" he asked with hope and she chuckled.
"But why would you do that.......all your plans with be catapulted because of this!!!!!" she said. Python gazed fixedly over her.
"Tumse zyada keemati nahi hai mera business mere liye.......tumhari khushi ke liye to mai khud ko qurbaan kar du to ye sirf ek chota sa plan change hai......." he stated and boy, those words held truth. She felt weird like, why was he like that??? Why can't he let her hate him??? She looked down for a moment and sighed.
"Feeling cold love....." python asked anxiously as the wind was growing chillier with each passing minute. She shook her head lightly.
"I know it sounds weird but do you know fleming's left hand rule....... I can never fully understand it....." she asked out of the blue and he chuckled in amusement.
"Come here......" he said and she stood up and sat next to him. He grabbed her hand and started arranging her fingers in the positions of current, magnetic field and magnetic force.
"Suppose this is the direction of current, this is magnetic field......and this will now give the force......" he whispered in her ear and she was practically sitting on his lap. She giggled as he explained her how the concept worked. In the silence of the night, her giggles echoed in the desolate terrace as python gazed at her unflaggingly, admiring her every feature.
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