Humnava

Chapter 5

Mahir looked at Nivi, he know she's showing herself the strong and tough face but she too is broken for her baby sis, he held her hand took her to their personal and favourite spot, the back garden, he made her sit on the swing he settled beside her, took her in a side hug, "you're allowed to cry baby, you're allowed to show your emotions noones here so removed it whatever is inside you" said softly caressing her hairs, she bursted out crying hiding her face in his chest, he let her cry only he can make her show her every emotion which is hidden to world. After sometime, "bas bas now that's enough you're my strong girl and we have a big fight and for that we need to charge up so now no crying" said wiping her tears making her nod, "you're right I won't spare them for making my Aru and my family cry, I hate that lady Mrs.Sharmista Gadodia, I won't spare her it's only because of her popz has suffered now she's ruining my baby life, I will show her and her family a living hell also the maheshwari", "but baby why Sanskar parents I mean Dida said they always supported and loved Aru then why them", "by maheshwari I meant that spoilt brat Laksh and his parents and specially the lovely step daughter Ragini, she have to pay for every tear my Aru shed" said with lot of anger, "Mahir I'm leaving India tomorrow you have to take care of Aru till I'm back also of the family" said softly, "baby you don't worry at all I'll take care of cupcake and the family you focus on punishing our enemies and if you need any help call me ok and please take care of yourself too sweetheart" said caressing her cheek, she hmmed, they kissed eachother, the distant and all the happenings had affect them emotionally and mentally, they found solace in eachother.
Later, She went to Aru's room and slept with her caressing her hairs softly, her mom saw them sleeping peacefully went to her room, Nirupam arranged for Nivi's departure, he explained the whole incident to Sakshi, she calmed him and explained him the same thing what Adi told but he was adamant on not being lenient to Sanskar.
Sujata and Ram in their room where immersed in the thoughts, they were worried for Sanskar and Swara, also a lil tensed for Nandu, this house and the people are not for normal, if Nandu get anger and lashes out on them. Sujata saw her husband face covered with frown, "aap fikar mat kariye sab theek hojayega" said calmy, he rubbed his face, "samaj nahi aara Sujata humne kya sochke hamare baccho ko inn sab se dur rakha humse dur rakha phir bhi woh inn sab daldal mein aake phas gaye,  Sanskar ne toh apni galti karle hum usse rukh nahi paaye woh bechari bacchi Swara ko bina kisi galti ke itni badi saza katni pad rahi hai chahke bhi hum apni baccho ko protect nahi kar paaye" said in defeated tone, Sujata eyes welled up, "aap aise himmat har jaege toh kaise chalega aap ko yaad hai Sanskar ko or Nandini ko dur rakhna hamare liye bahut mushkil tha par humne ek dusre se wada kiya tha chahe kitni bhi mushkil ho hamare baccho ke acche future ke liye hum har chunauti paar karenge abhi bhi hamare aage aisa hi mushkil ghadi hai par hum isse bhi paar karenge main aapki saath ho hamesha har dukh mein,har sukh mein, har mushkil mein" said keeping her hand on his, making him smile genuinely, she is his biggest support, a strong pillar, he hugged her, they comforted eachother.
Next day Nandu woke up and freshenup, she came out with a bag entered Adarsh and Pari room, "good morning bhaiya, bhabhi", they were surprised to find her, "good morning Nandu" said together, "come inside bahar kyu khadi ho" said Pari, "bhabhi this is for you" gave a packet, she looked at her then at the pack, she opened it to find a exclusive perfume , she looked at her surprised and excited, "wow Nandu, this is so nice, thank you so much" and hugged her tightly. Nandu knew Pari love perfume and has a collection of it, she often kept sending when her parents came to meet her even Pari would sent lots of food items prepared by her and other stuff for her every time her parents visited her. Adarsh smiled at them, his wife hardly got any special treatment from the family apart from him but Nandu and Sujata loved her and respect her which his wife deserves, Pari doesn't complain him ever for anything but she too feel left out in the house due to Ap and her favourite dil Ragini. They broke the hug, "kya Nandu sirf bhabhi ke liye bhaiya ke liye kuch nahi" said with a hurt tone, they both looked at eachother and smiled mischievously, "haan kyu ki bhabhi meri favourite hai kyu bhabhi" said winking at her, "haan ofcourse or Nandu bhi meri favourite" said smiling widely, "or waise bhi woh mujhe tang bhi nahi karti or aap ke jaise cry baby bhi nahi hai" said making Adarsh look at with a shock look, "main main cry baby" said fumbling and angrily she nodded making Pari control her chuckle, "rukh tujhe abhi bata tha ho" said and ran behind her, she ran outside, he too went out running, Pari giggling came out. The other ladies who were going for serving breakfast saw them running were confused but looking at Nandu giggling smile made on their face, Ragini was standing like she saw ghost. Soon listening the noise the men too came out were looking at the scene amused but had a smile, Nandu saw her bhabhi behind came towards her, "bhabhi bacho", Pari was laughing at their banter, Nandu pushed her towards Adarsh, he held her in reflex and both got lost in eachother, Nandu saw them with a naughty glint while others were a lil awkward, "aankhon ki gustakhiyan maaf ho" sang giving them a teasing look bringing them to reality, Pari moved aside feeling embarassed, Adarsh too felt hesitate, looked around saw everyone his eyes fell on Nandu who was giggling, he went to her held her ear, "Nandu ki bacchi", "ahhh bhaiya, bhabhi dekho mujhe dukh raha hai" said yelling, Pari glared him making him leave her immediately, Sujata started laughing looking at her daughter's naughtiness making others too laugh, Nandu too started laughing, Adarsh and Pari too joined them, Adarsh side hugged Nandu, pecked her side head lovingly making everyone smile. Ragini was watching everything with absolute shock, she felt she entered some other planet everything felt wrong to her, from the moment Nandini has entered the house whole 'grahanakshatra is changed' in her language, she decided to talk to her dadi, only she can help her. Soon they had breakfast, as it is Nandu was the highlight being overly pampered by everyone, the dp family were watching her with longiness and Ragini was annoyed and also with a jint of jealousy towards Nandu. As it's Sunday the men too were at home, Sanskar was in his room working for the project which could lead him to his love, his life and also the room gives him the presence of her. The elder couples were seated in the living room talking, Pari and Adarsh were in their room, Laksh was taking his prince sleep and Ragini was updating to her dadi about the happenings. Soon a middle aged couple came with a guy, they looked modern and rich by their appearance, seeing them the maheshwari stood up, the man did namaste, "Namaste mera naam Rajeev Agarwal hai or yeh meri wife Sarika Agrawal and yeh mera beta hai Nikhil", they greeted eachother with Namaste, " ji maaf kijiye par aap log kaun hai or yahan kaise aana hua" said Dp, "woh hum aap se kuch personal baat karne aaye hai" said Rajeev, Maheshwari looked at eachother, "ji aap baithe, baith kar baat kare" said Ram, they nodded got seated, Ap called Pari to bring water, Pari and Adarsh both came out, she gave them water, they thanked her, "ji kahe kya baat hai" said Dp, "actually Nikhil or Nandini saath pade hai London mein, they love eachother so we thought hum bade bhi mile ek bar" said Sara with a smile, Dp and Ap were shocked but Ram and Sujata were surprised, Dp recovering his shock said,"ji par hume iss bare mein..." but was cut by Ram, "hume Nandini ne bataya tha about Nikhil" said Ram making Dp and Ap more shock, they didn't except this but can't say anything infront of the Agarwal so kept quiet. "Pari beta jaa ke Nandini or Sanskar ko bola lu" said Ram, "ji" Pari said and went away, Ram looked at others thought to introduce them, "Mr.Agarwal yeh mere bade bhai hai Durga Prasad Maheshwari", "arrey aapke baare mein sunna hai glad meeting you" said Rajeev forward his hand for shake, Dp smiled lil and reciprocated, "yeh bhabhi hai Annapurna Maheshwari, (she did namaste with a forced smile which felt weird to them but nevertheless they smiled), yeh meri patni hai Sujata", "ji namaste" said with a bright smile, Sara signed Nikhil to touch their feet, he nodded and touch their feet, Dp gave blessings with a small smile, Ap blessed with a forced smile, Ram smiled at him, "god bless you" said patting his back, Sujata smiled widely caressed his cheeks, "hamesha khush raho" said making him and his parents love her instantly. "Yeh bhai saab ka bada beta hai Adarsh or jo abhi gayi hai woh Parineeta hai Adarsh ki patni" said Ram, Adarsh did namaste to them and did a handshake with him with a smile. Soon Pari came with Sanskar and Nandu meanwhile Ap went and called Ragini and Laksh too, seeing Nikhil and his parents Nandu was a lil shocked, "Nik" she called loudly, Nikhil smiled widely, "hello uncle, aunty how are you guys" said coming infront of them, they got up from the seat, Rajeev side hugged her, "we are fine bacche how are you", "good uncle", Sara hugged tightly, she too hugged her back, "how's my sonpari" said pecking her head, "absolutely fine aunty but I had no clue you guys are coming here" said with confusion. Rp family watched the interaction with absolute adoration and felt good seeing them treating their precious girl with so much love, Dp family felt it surreal and looked like a ghost, Adarsh and Pari were happy for their lil sister. "Nikhil said you knew it, Nikhil what's this" said Rajeev glaring him, Nandu was looking him with questioning eyes, "will you explain" said Sara, "mom dad sorry for all this but as you know she belongs to a traditional Indian family and I have heard it they were looking for proposal for her, how would I let that happen mom I love her" said seriously, his parents can understand and Nandu was still confused, " sorry for the interruption, I'm Sanskar Nandini 's elder brother, we are I meant me or my parents are not seeking any proposal for her specially after knowing she loves Nikhil, for us Nanhi's happiness is more important than anything" stated firmly giving a look to dp and ap. "If I'm not wrong you're SM right" said Rajeev, Sanskar nodded, "heard alot about you, it's really pleasure meeting you and knowing Nandini is you're sister, Mr.Ram you're kids are talented and smart" said Rajeev with a wide smile, Ram looked at his kids and then Sujata who had a teary smile, he smiled at her, Sanskar and Nandini too had smile, they saw their parents eyes filled with pride.
Dp family were looking everything with utter shock and they had no clue how to react, Ap was annoyed and with the compliment she felt jealous too, Laksh was extremely jealous, he was always jealous from Sanskar, Ragini too was fuming with jealousy.

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