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𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙿𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝙴𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃: 𝙰𝙱 𝙺𝚈𝙰 𝙺𝙰𝚁𝙴

*𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝑽𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒏, 𝑹𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒏, 𝑨𝒌𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒊 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒊 𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒏'𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒐 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆, 𝑹𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑽𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒌𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒊 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒊 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒏*

"Akku..." Saanvi says. "Yeh Varun ki saath tera kya chakar hai?" She blurts out.
(What's your fling with Varun?)

"Chakar? Koi chakar vakar nahi hai, sirf dost ban gaye hai hum, usne apologise jo kar diya." Akruti explains.
(Fling? There's no fling. We have just become good friends, he apologised, that's why.)

"Dost. Sirf dost. Akku, are you sure?" Saanvi tries to clarify.
(Friends. Only friends.)

"Yes, Vi." Akruti says.

"Akku, tera chehra kuch aur kehta hai, teri aakhein kuch aur kehti hai. Tum use dost nahi maanti, Akku dil ki suno, woh dost maanta toh itni saari fikar nahi karta, maine dekha hai woh tujhe kis nazar se dekhta hai, woh tumhe dost nahi maanta, vishwaas karo mujhpe." Saanvi conveys her observations to Akruti.

(Akku, your face is saying something different. Your eyes are saying something different. You don't consider him as your friend, Akku, listen to your heart, if he consider you as just a friend he wouldn't have cared for you this much, I've seen it with my own eyes the way he looks at you, he doesn't consider you as his friend, trust me on this one.)

"Aisa kuch nahi hai, bekaar ki baatein mat karo." Akruti says, trying to ignore what Saanvi has said to her.

(There is nothing like that. Stop talking nonsense)

"Theek hai, jo bhi tum kaho. Mujhe toh aisa hi lagta hai." Saanvi says, leaving the kitchen.

(Okay, whatever you say. I feel like there is something.)

*𝑨𝒌𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒊 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒕, 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒊𝒑𝒔, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝑽𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒏*

"Oops! I'm so sorry, I didn't see you there." Akruti apologises.

"It's okay, I didn't see where I was going either. I actually wanted some water." Varun says.

"There's some in the fridge." Akruti tells Varun.

"Okay." Varun says whilst trying to go to the fridge him and Akruti bump into each other again. He then moves to the side and lets Akruti go through.

*** AKRUTI'S POV ***
Maybe Saanvi was right. Maybe I am feeling something towards Varun. Acha banda ho sakta hai, I might just need to get to know him more.

*** VARUN'S POV ***
Saanvi knows. I mean, it is my bhabhi, after all. Maybe I should tell bhabhi that she might help to understand Akruti a bit better, but then again, she might tell Akruti how I feel. Instead, I'll tell Rehan he might have a few ideas.

*𝑽𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈*

"Rehan, 2 minutes just want to speak to you about something." Varun says as he gestures Rehan to come outside the room.

"Arrey bhai. Abhi toh behta hu." Rehan whines.

(Oh, brother. I've just sat down.)

"Beta kuch zaroori ho sakta hai." Mr Yadav says also gesturing Rehan to go outside.

(Son, it might be something important.)

"Papa, kuch zaroori nahi hoga, isko kahi saalo se jaanta hu." Rehan says, refusing to get out of his seat.

(Papa, it's nothing important, I've known him for years.)

"Rehu, jao 2 minute ki liye hi toh hai, itni behes kyu kar rahe ho." Saanvi intervenes, trying to convince her fiancé.

(Rehu, it's only for 2 minutes, don't argue.)

"Theek hai, sab mere piche hi padhe hai." Rehan gets up reluctantly.

(Okay, everyone's on my back)

"Yaar ye kya hai, biwi ki sun rahe ho aur dost ki toh sun hi nahi sakte." Varun says in a teasing voice.

(What is this, my friend? You listen to your wife, but you can't listen to your friend?)

"Iski nahi suni toh mereko joote se peetegi bhai." Rehan says.

(If I don't listen to her, I'll get beat with shoes.)

"Mein toh joru ka gulam banke rahunga." Varun starts singing, and everybody laughs.

(I am the slave of the wife)

"Chalo baat karni hai ya nahi?" Rehan asks.

(Come on, do you want to talk or not?)

"Ha karni hai, chalo." Varun says, whilst they both walk out of the room.

(Yes. Come on)

THE GARDEN

"Kya hai?" Rehan says, frustration and curiosity running all across his face.

(What is it?)

"Bhai, how do I tell you? Urm.... pyaar ho gaya hai..." Varun says, scratching the back of his head.

(I've fallen in love)

"Kis se? Akruti?" Rehan questions.

(Who with? Akruti?)

*𝑽𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒆𝒔*

"AKRUTI SE!" Rehan says out loud.

(WITH AKRUTI!)

"Shhhhhh!" Varun says, putting his finger on his lips as to silence Rehan.

"Akruti se? Bhai kab se, kasam se tum toh use nafrat kar te ho?" Rehan questions.

(With Akruti? Brother, since when? I swear you used to hate her.)

"Bhai, I don't even know, but jab se usko maafi mangi hai tab se I like her company even more, I'm so happy she's here." Varun explains.

(Brother, I don't even know, but ever since I've apologised to her since then, I've started to like her company even more.)

"Theek hai, mujhe aur Saanvi ko lag hi raha tha ki tum dono mein kuch chal raha hai. Chalo ab meri side se toh clarify ho gaya hai." Rehan says happily. "But bhai, your secret?" Rehan says.

(Okay. Me and Saanvi were already thinking there might be something between you. Now, it has been clarified from my side.)

"I've got to tell her someday about that, but firstly, I need to tell her how I feel." Varun says.

"Bhai, make sure you tell her, though. She doesn't need to find out from someone else." Rehan says. "Chalo, let's go inside." They both walk inside.

"Kya baat ho rahi thi?" Mrs Yadav asks curiously.

(What was the conversation about?)

"Nothing, maa, just some business matters as usual." Rehan says.