Sorry for the inconvenience, publishing this again because the previous one got messed up with the chapters index!!
a cute romantic two-shot. jump in and enjoy x
disclaimer: just for fun, no offense meant.
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Shot 1 of 2:
This one is from the timeline of Mandar track when Sai and Shivi's friendship started blooming to the next level. when they had started hanging out together more often.
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It was another fresh morning on the sets of MHRW. Sai was in his greenroom chilling during his break. After munching on a lil healthy snacks and his protein shake, he opened his instagram and saw shivangi's story update.
"hmm she updates rarely" he thought while the story was being loaded. and once the story was completely loaded, he was surprised as soon as it started playing.
The video she posted was with Ashok Phal Dessai - their co actor who recently joined the cast to play Mandar Deshmukh. In the video, shivi was talking and laughing with him about something and visibly enjoying her time. (well, that's how she talks with literally everybody who is nice to her)
As the video ended, Sai was introduced to new feelings which he couldn't name it, or rather, he was reluctant to name it. his fists clenched and face tensed, he didn't know why he was reacting that way but he had no control over it.
"Yeh bina address ka envelope mere tazbu ke saath aisa kya has has ke baat kar raha hai!? 2 din huye mushkil se aaye huye aur shuru iss mandar bandar ka huh! sharam bhi bohat aaraha hai isko waah. smile toh dekho! aur tazbu bhi seedha story daal diya woh bhi khud hmph, mere saath toh kabhi nahi dala madam ne!" he huffed out making a cute grumpy face.
He closed his eyes and moments later, realization hit him and he flung opened his eyes.
"Hold on sai, what's wrong with you!? konse emotions mein beh raha hai tu! kuch bhi matlab!! aisa thodi na hai ki shivangi sirf meri friend ban sakti hai. she can be friends with anyone she likes. tu bhi na sai! uff" he face palmed himself and was lil embarrassed to have thought like that.
But in the back of his mind, he made a self note to definitely keep an eye on Ashok.
He quickly brushed off his thoughts like it never existed in the first place and went to the shoot location.
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Now boi, who was going to tell him that what he felt just now was actually a wave of slight jealousy and possessiveness.
It had been just around a month or two that Sai and Shivangi started developing a good friendship bond and kept aside their 36 ka akda. nevertheless, Sai already started feeling jealous and kinda insecure too that maybe Ashok will turn out to be a better friend to Shivangi than himself. but these thoughts were hidden deep inside his heart and it didn't bother him much, atleast that's what he thought ;)
Two days went by quite normal, the difference was just that Sai would sneakily give deathly glares to Ashok everytime he sees him talking with Shivi. His inner voice told him to pack this "bina address ka envelope" back to where ever tf he came from.
Sai also started wandering all the day just around Shivi, 2x more than usual. Shivangi thought it was a mere coincidence that how Sai and her always ended up being in the same place. ofc they enjoyed their time together. but little did shivi know it was Sai's effortless ploy almost everytime. :p
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The next day
Their shoot location wasn't in RR mansion lately. it had been in one of the storehouses which they used for hospital set and any other such sets when required.
Since they were shooting the injured RR track and also the mandar introduction track, they weren't able to go to RR mansion since around 3 days. They had scenes only in the hospital and the Deshmukh house.
Shivangi had been craving for some chocolates and sweets lately as she wasn't able to get enough time to eat something sweet recently. and also the chocolates gifted to her were all in her personal greenroom which was in RR mansion. and ever since then she had been controlling her urge to eat something sweet.
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It was a breezy afternoon, SaiShi and Ashok along with the team and other actors were in the hospital shooting for the scenes.
Sai was busy in his greenroom as after shooting the fight scene with Ashok, he had to be put on the head bandaid and also retouch his makeup and hair. suddenly he felt his back paining a bit, he brushed it off thinking it might be because of sitting straight for too long.
However, ashok was done getting ready first. he went ahead and joined on the couch just beside shivangi engaging in small talks with her, laughing and giggling.
Just then, Sai came out and saw the scenario. he felt his blood boiling. "yeh mandar bandar ek chance nahi chodta shivangi se chipakne ke liye" he whisper-yelled while glaring at him.
Just few moments later, one of the directors called out Ashok to explain him the upcoming scene. Ashok told shivangi he will see her later and reluctantly left.
Since Sai's attention was already on them, he immediately caught that to be the perfect chance for him. He steadily went to Shivangi and sat just beside her.
"Peeth daba" Sai literally ordered her.
Even though it was the third or fourth time Sai said this to her, Shivi was still surprised at his suddenness. however, she collected herself quickly and massaged his back ever so gently.
Her tiny finger pressing gently on his back did wonders to him. He felt instant relief just at her gentle touch.
He then asked her to put a lil more pressure and hand gestured her to massage him in a certain way. and she moved front to get a lil better view of what he was showing.
She then playfully made faces while elbowing him which he didn't see but he felt really good so asked her to continue that way.
Shivangi felt pain in her fingers already because she felt like she was pressing her fingers on a wall! his back was so hard. she thought.
Post a few moments of gentle massage by his tazbu, he sighed in relief and he gestured her to stop and muttered a sweet "Thank you" patting her shoulder slightly.
She smiled and gestured with her hand that he didn't have to thank her but then she loves teasing her ghamandi rao, so she replied "where's my money?" and held out her hand.
"what? this girl is impossible" he thought while laughing hard at her question and giving her a "kuch bhi" expression and sat back getting comfortable on the couch. and he didn't bother to move a lil to the huge empty space beside him but rather continued sitting beside her.
"kuch bhi tazbu!" he laughed out
"haha, just joking ghamandi rao" she chuckled
"i know" he said in an obvious tone.
Later Snehal, the one who took the video and blessed us, left as the director called her, leaving SaiShi alone.
After a few moments of silence, he asked as he felt something fishy with her
"what happened? itna chup kyu ho? you also look tired? mood off hai kya?"
"nahi kuch nahi..just kinda tired i guess"
"arey baba bolo na kya hua?"
she thought for a while then started while looking at him
"i guess i'm just craving some sweets.. bohat din hogaye kuch meetha khake..aur upar se yeh hectic shoot..tired bhi hu and cravings bhi ho rahe hai ughhh" she groaned making a face.
"achaaa toh isliye madam ka mood off hai!"
"hmmm" and she made a cute pout
He made a mental note to order some smoothies and chocolates for her asap so that they will get delivered by afternoon.
"bas itni si baat? acha chal main tere shoulders massage kardunga..you will feel relaxed" he said and without hesitation forwarded his hands on her shoulder blades, pressing them gently with his long slender fingers.
"arey sai, it's not needed.. i don't feel that tired"
"ssshhhh just relax" and she did what he said.
His fingers suddenly on her skin sent shivers down her spine but she soon felt immense relief and pleasure at the way he was massaging gently.
(reference: raghav massaging pallavi but here he is sitting beside and not behind.)
As he was massaging, a gush of wind from the window to their left made Shivi's hair fly and reach Sai's face.
He smelled the ever so refreshing fragrance of her hair. he is guilty of doing this an unhealthy number of times, whether offscreen or onscreen.
Shivi saw that her hair flew on his face so she collected her hair and put it at one side of her neck and jokingly said
"haha we just recreated a pallavi and raghav scene lol"
Sai made a face and said "waise tumhare baal actually jasmine jaisa smell karta hai..not strawberry or lavender"
"what? you smelled my hair?" she laughed hard
"arey..main kya karu..pura naak ke paas agaye baal tere..naak band toh nahi karsakta na main!" he said sarcastically
Shivi was still laughing. Sai now made a 😐 face and started
"dekh mere baal tere naak par aaye toh tu kya karegi" saying so he put his hair near her nose in an attempt to make her smell his hair.
And since his hair were voluminous and her face was small, his hair completely poked into her soft skin but still she managed to take a lungful of his fragrance. it was manly and sexy. she thought.
"eww saiiii yeh kya karraha hai tu! hata apne baal. chubh raha hai mujhe" she made a eww face.
Sai laughed out loud and moved his head away from her face.
"abhi bata kya smell kiya tune?"
"hmm maximum tere hair gel ki smell thi bas..kinda manly..nice tho" she blurted out and realized instantly what she said and blushed.
Sai blushed and smirked at the same time.
"thank you tazbu, manly and nice...hmm i like it" he teased her.
"haan haan bas zyada hawa mein mat udd ab"
she said sarcastically and looked at him.
After gazing at his hair, her hands instinctively moved towards his hair as she moved closer to him on the couch as if they weren't close enough already.
"yeh dekho mere face mein apne baal ghusake pura messy kardiya" she said while fixing his hair back to how it looked.
He looked at her and he felt tingling sensations as she was dangerously close. his breath was fanning her neck as she casually set his hair. he couldn't help but inhale her fragrance, he smiled. she had this sweet fragrance naturally which no one else did.
Surprisingly, he let her do whatever she was doing but had it been anyone else he wouldn't have let even one strand of his hair to be touched by someone else. but it was her.
She moved back moments later and got up "chal ab chalte hai..deshmukh house jaana hai" pulling his arm.
"haan tum chalo, main aunga 2 min mein" he said and she left.
He instantly pulled out his phone and ordered two smoothies along with a few gluten and sugar free chocolates. and joined shivangi to go to the deshmukh house for the upcoming shoot.
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Couple Hours Later
The entire cast was sitting in the main hall of deshmukh house. it was chaotic as all the crewmen were preparing for the scene and the actors were waiting.
Sai sat beside Shivangi but at a distance. he was looking around but also stealing glances at Shivangi. and she was as usual busy in her own world..looking here and there, making faces and muttering things to herself.
Sai got an idea looking at her antics and pulled out his phone. he opened his camera and recorded her, again.
Her mind was still stuck at sweets. she was just thinking about it when Sai pointed his camera at her and said "hi saree ka dukaan"
She looked at him and blurted out "i want meetha" making a pout, cute enough for anyone to fall for her.
He chuckled at her cute antics and then sent her the video he took. she looked at him and that's when she noticed him gesturing something to her.
She asked with questionable eyes "kya".
he gestured with his eyes towards her phone scrunching his nose a little. and that's when she understood that he might have sent her something again.
She opened her dms and saw the video Sai sent to her. she looked at him and made a 😐 face and he chuckled. anyway, she looked pretty, she thought. so she posted it on her story with a caption "meetha khilao phir baat karenge @/saiketanrao" as a reply to his "Hi SKD".
He checked her story and replied to her personally
"acha? meetha khilaunga toh hi baat karogi?"
"haan"
He then reposted her story with the caption "tazbu for you🍉"
Around 10 mins later, she saw the story and texted him
"🙄"
"main isey kaise khau ghamandi rao🥺"
"i want meeeeethaaaaa😤😭"
"greenroom mein chalo. i have smth for you tazbu"
Shivangi guessed it would be something sweet he ordered for her as her "caring rao" is very thoughtful of her wishes. one of those qualities which she secretly admired about him.
They both headed to the greenroom. Shivangi reached first and was waiting for him. moments later, he reached with his hands behind him.
"what's the surprise ghamandi rao?"
"i'm not gonna give it if you tell i'm ghamandi" he narrowed his eyes and made a pout.
"acha okay baba, CUTE RAO, khush!? ab batao surprise kya hai? it better be something sweet pls! i'm dying to eat it" shivi said with a pleading face.
"i'm more than just cute okay? but fine i'll excuse you for now" then he pulled his hands from behind showing out the two smoothies he got for both of them while saying "Ta-Da!!"
"smoothieeeeee yayyy!" Shivangi squealed like a kid given her toy.
"yes! madam ke liye special sai ketan rao ka choice"
he unpacked it and held out one to her.
"yeh lo, yeh blueberry flavor hai, ek baar bola tha na tumne yeh tera fav hai"
"oh yesss! thank you so much ghamandi rao!! oops sorry, cute rao!!" she said while giving him a short friendly hug. the man deserved it for being so thoughtful.
Then they both sat on their chairs. she also put a story but thanked the smoothie company and not Sai. he didn't mind tho as she already thanked him personally ;)
"mmm this is actually so good sai!" she slurped on the smoothie with pleasurable expressions.
Sai just adored her, chuckling.
"honestly, i feel like heaven having something sweet after nearly 4 days! so long huh!"
"yes yes baba i know! ab just enjoy it...zyada badbad mat karo" he giggled, having fun teasing her.
She gave him a lil glare but continued slurping on her drink.
After a few moments, she looked at Sai and his smoothie which looked tempting to her. she stopped drinking her smoothie mid-way. she asked him "tera flavor konsa hai?"
"oh mera? tazbu flavor hai" he smirked
"what? tazbu flavor bhi hota hai?"
"no baba just kidding, this is mango."
"ohh achaaa. can i taste pls? bohat yummy lag raha hai....tu bhi mera taste karle🥺" she asked him with puppy eyes.
He was surprised at her request. she wanted to share her drink and also drink his!? mera jhutha piyegi? he blushed.
"yeah sure" he exchanged his drink with hers.
She slurped on it without hesitation while he just ogled at her drinking it.
why did this feel so intimate to him. he thought as a red hue adorned his cheeks. they have shared food before too but this one felt quite direct to him, our blushy boi ;)
"mmmm this flavor is really nice too.. chal i'm gonna finish this. tu chup chap mera wala peele." she said authoritatively.
"okay" he replied meekly. he looked at her and then her drink in his hand. he could faintly make out her lipstick marks on the straw. he blushed real hard.
"ugh sai itna bhi mat soch!" he thought brushing off other thoughts and quickly put the straw in his mouth slurping on the smoothie.
"mmm yeh flavor bhi tasty hai tazbu..i thought blueberry utna khaas nahi hota hai" he said enjoying his smoothie.
"ofc meri choice hai toh achi hi hogi na"
"haan woh bhi hai"
"but why is this smoothie sweeter than the mango one.. infact it's too sweet for a smoothie. is it because shivangi..... oh no sai! kuch bhi! yeh cheesy wala sai ketan rao ko apne andar hi rakh!" he mentally scolded himself.
{let's assume skr improvised that RaghVi black coffee scene inspired from here :p}
After they both finished with the smoothie, as they were about to leave the greenroom, Sai pulled out a few chocolate bars from his pocket and handed it to Shivi.
"omg! mere fav sugar-free chocolates! you got this for me?" she asked as she took it and he nodded his head
"aww! thank you! yeh hua na asli meetha" she patted on his shoulders. he smiled wide.
"acha? toh smoothie count nahi hua meethe mein?"
"aisa nahi hai..woh bhi meetha tha but chocolates ki baat hi alag hoti hai" she explained cutely while unwrapping her chocolate and put one piece in her mouth.
He just looked at her admiringly. She then took another piece and forwarded her hand to his lips.
"arey mujhe nahi cha-!" he retorted but she pushed the chocolate piece in his mouth as soon as he opened his mouth to say something. her fingers brushing his lips. it sent jitters down their body but they brushed it off.
"ek piece khaane se tere abs kam nahi hojayenge. waise bhi it's sugar-free" she said while he made a face mumbling something with his mouth full.
She then tugged on his arm pulling him out of the greenroom and headed to the scene location.
After they shot a scene, the crewmen were busy preparing the next scene, SaiShi and Ashok went to sit on the chairs present there.
There were only 3 chairs free, aligned together, others were occupied by other actors.
Our smart rao strided quickly and sat on the middle chair, now i don't have to tell why right? ofc he sat in the middle so that ashok and shivangi don't sit together. he is a lil possessive about his tazbu.
Shivangi sat on the chair which was comparatively closer to Sai.
Before Ashok went to take his seat, he went to shivangi holding something for her. she was confused and surprised. sai just looked at them wondering what's coming next.
TBC
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finally! i wanted to write smth else but i ended up writing smth else🤦🏻♀️ sorry for the delay but writing this ff along with managing my studies is difficult. i have to take out so many hours/days to write this and constantly think throughout the day about what to write. i'm not an expert yet😭
and this was also a request by @TheRoutine , Thanks for the idea! i hope i have done justice to it :))
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