Vani - Snippets

Parda (2)

Just ten minutes into Veer leaving the house, he and Bani were texting each other non-stop. Bani couldn't believe how in a matter of two days she had warmed up to Veer so much. She was now sitting in the theatre room with Meera and Bani's close friend, watching a movie. When she looked down at her phone and saw the faint blue light she blushed. Meera looked across the chair and glared at her sister. Bani! Tum poore ek ghante se bas phone se chipak ke behti ho. Movie toh deklo...hum dono ne tumaare favourite Shah Rukh Khan ka movie marathon karne ke liye ha kahi thi na? Abh dekho! Bani quickly responded to Veer's text and put her phone under the pillow which was resting on her lap. Sorry di...she apologized like a child, pouted, and then continued watching the movie which she had lost interest in the second Veer texted her. A minute later her phone buzzed on her lap. She looked over at the other two girls and whispered Main abhi aayi...yaadh aaya ke maine shatt parr Veeranshu ke kapde rakhe the. Meera rolled her eyes and said Aaj kal baddi Mrs. Singhania bann rahi ho...acha theek hai. Jao. Aur jaldi vaapas aana...humein dinner ke liye khaana be decide karna hai. Bani nodded and quickly left the room. Once she was in the hallway she snuck into the office and sat down at Veer's desk. She looked around at his papers scattered everywhere and started texting him with ease while she cleaned up.

Tum Ponky ki stupid harkate choddho aur achi tarrah se batao ke khab aao ge? Bani asked.

Veer was about to climb the back of their delivery truck when he heard his phone beep. He quickly jumped off, sat on a bucket nearby, and smiled. Main ajaaoonga...shayad saath aaght baje. Kyun? Miss karr rahi ho? Bolo ;) Veer could imagine her rosy cheeks and dimple just below the corner of her lips as she tried to hold back her smile.

Bani had organized some of his papers and made a pile of old receipts when she saw his response. As he predicted, she tried to not smile but couldn't help but laugh at his cute response. Nahi karr rahi. Kyun karungi? Tum muje itna sataathe jo ho. She squinted her eyes and scrunched up her chin while texting.

Veer pushed Ponky away from seeing his phone and got up now. He walked around the delivery site and threw his head back in laughter. Acha theek hai sweetheart...abh nahi sataaoonga. Fir toh maano gi na? 

Bani played dumb and asked Kya manoongi? 

Veer rolled his eyes and typed a bit more aggressively now Ke tum bhi muje chaahti ho...come on sweetheart. Abh toh zidd chodh do. Aur kitna tadhpaaogi? 

Bani replied with a gif of a cartoon shrugging her shoulders. Veer was now getting annoyed as well. He texted back Itna bachpana kyun hai tujme? Fine. Aggar nahi kehna...matth kaho. 

Bani bit her lip and replied Theek hai. Parda bi fir vahi pe vahi rahega. Is that fine with you? Veer had enough. 

He waited ten seconds before he was calm enough to respond and finally replied back Ha theek hai. Pehle toh tum yeh admit nahi karrogi ke parda tumne kudh hataaya jab main vaapas aaya...aur abh tum yeh bhi nahi maano gi ke tumein parde se problem hai. Aggar nahi admit karna toh nah karro. Main nahi parda hataane vaala. 

Bani giggled and said Acha? Dekte hai Veeranshu Singhania...parda tum kudh hataao ge. Kyunke tum apni Bani Sharma se itni doori kabhi bardaasht nahi karsakte. Veer glared at his phone and then put it on Do not disturb mode. Bani waited for a response and when she didn't get one she messaged and called him again. After ten minutes she called Tapish and asked him what was wrong. He let her know that Veer is really mad right now and he finally got him to focus on his work so it's best if he just puts his energy there right now. Bani nodded and agreed to not bother him for the rest of the evening.

When Veer came back home it was already eleven at night. He walked into an empty house with all the lights turned off. He looked around the living room thinking that Bani would be sitting there waiting for him as she usually was but was surprised and a bit hurt to see that even she wasn't around. Veer sighed and made his way over to the kitchen to get a quick bite to eat before going to bed. He was exhausted and barely had the energy to eat but knew if he didn't eat something his hunger would get the best of him and in an angry state he would say something hurtful to Bani. After opening the kitchen door he saw a note on the counter. Yeh kya hai? Veer opened up the note and smiled. It was from Bani and read, Tumaare liye butter chicken aur naan maine banaaya. Rice bi hai aggar zyaada bhook laggi. Sab kuch fridge mein rakha hai. Achi tarrah se gharam karke khaa lena. Aggar kuch nahi khaaya toh main bhi tumse bhaat nahi karungi. He kissed her neat handwriting and reheated the food. After he put his dishes in the sink he made his way to their bedroom.

Gharwali? Tum so rahi ho kya? Veer asked while tiptoeing into the bedroom. When he looked inside he wasn't surprised. The parda was still there. Seriously? Bani...itni zidd? Tumaara patti itna handsome hai fir bhi tum usse itni doori bardaasht karr rahi ho? He asked, slightly annoyed. Veer went over to the bathroom and reached for the doorknob when it opened on its own. What he saw made him drop his phone...