Please ignore my grammatical mistakes since I tried my best to write . I know there are many mistakes + I'd put a lot of efforts to write a long update for y'all. Don't forget to appreciate in the end . Read full to enjoy banter and Shakhi's nok-jhok .
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It was nine . She was still sleeping peacefully covered partly with duvet . All the windows of her room were still closed looks like no one wants to disturb her precious sleep .
Few strands of hairs have fallen over her face while rest parts of her hairs are messed up .
Waking up with a beautiful smile plastered on her face , she looked at clock .
"9 bajj gayeee", she looked shock .
She rubbed her eyes roughly .
"Sacchi 9 baj gaye .... Mai itta late kese soo gayi ", she started panicking .
"Ye kya ho rha h ... Mai ..itta late ...itta late kese soo jaati hu ...", She started blabbering to herself .
Looking around her she realised windows were closed , alarm has been switched off + Shaurya was also no present .
Door of mimi's room opened with Aastha cheerfully entering carrying a study table .
Anokhi looked at Aastha in confusion not abling to process what is happening .
"Good morning anokhi ", she wished cheerfully as she kept table across her lap while anokhi comfortably sat leaning towards bed .
"Maa..ye sab", as she was saying there entered Shaan holding a breakfast tray followed by Shaurya holding another tray of breakfast again followed by Ahir holding tray of milkshakes .
Mimi came behind them .
"Ye kya horra ?", Anokhi thought .
"Apne dimaag ke ghode mat dodhao ... Chalo breakfast karte h ", Shaurya read what's going in her mind .
All the trio kept breakfast tray on table and sat around her making a circle .
Shaurya sat beside anokhi carrying mimi in his lap followed by shanoor and Ahir .
"Chalo batao kya khaogi ..."Aastha asked her enthuastically .
She was still not able to process what's going on .
"Maa.. ye sab", anokhi questioned .
"Kabhi Mahal ki princess ko dekha h ... Usse bhi ese hi pamper karte h ...", Aastha replied .
"Roz roz nahi ... But Aaj ke din toh tumhe special feel karwa hi sakte h na...", Shaan clarified more .
"Mumma ..Khao na... Papa ne bohot pyaal se banaya h aapke liye ", mimi said while making herself comfortable in shaurya's lap .
"Batao kya khaogi ... White sauce pasta.. red sauce pastaa... Bagels... Sandwich.... Noodles .... Ya fir... Omlette toast ...", Shaurya blabbered continuously.
Anokhi looked shocked ..
"Itta sab kuch ... Dawat h kya ", she said .
Ahir : Nhi bhabhi ... Aaj ka pura din hi aapke liye dawat hoga ...
"Ab Khao na... Bhook lagi h ", Shaurya spoke irritatingly .
All started having breakfast .
While anokhi was about to pick a spoonful of pasta , Aastha interrupted.
"Mmm..hmmm", "kya kar rhi ho",
"Kya maa?", She questioned.
"Princess apne hatoon se thodi khaate h ... Mimi ko bhi toh hamesha apne hatoon se khilati ho ... Toh aaj mai bhi apni beti ko apne haaton se khilaungi ..", Aastha answered.
Anokhi's eyes became moist .
"Abb Rona - dhona nhi ... Breakfast enjoy Karo aur batao kesa h ", Shaurya tried to divert her mind .
"Waise maa..mera kitchen sahi - salaamat h na", anokhi questioned while having pasta .
Aastha glared shaurya who lowered his gaze smiling sheepishly .
Flashback 📸 :
Early in the morning at 7 am .
"Mandir jaake aa gayi ab fatafat jaake anokhi ka favourite breakfast banati hu ", she continued blabbering while proceeding towards kitchen.
She felt some noise coming from kitchen . Looks like vessels are fighting with each other .
Entering into the kitchen her eyes bulged in astonishment as she looked the view infront of her .
"Ahir ddodh ubla...", Shaurya said while struggling to cut carrots .
"Arre yaar... Firrse fatt gaya ....doodh..", He spoke to himself Frustratingly .
"Shaurya ... 3 litre..", Shaan interfered.
"Dadddd", he spoke Frustratingly.
"Meraaa kitchennnn", Aastha shouted .
Three men's became alerted .
"Ma...maa", Shaurya faked a smile .
"Shaurya kya h ye sab", Aastha questioned.
Shaurya : Wo...woh...maa
"Aunty jii... Wo..woh Shaurya anoo...khi ke liye liye Nash...nashta bana ...rahe h ...", He spoke dramatically .
Aastha : Ahir beta... Mera kitchennnn...
Shaurya : mom aap sirf meri help kijiye na .. please ...
Aastha : Shauryaaaaa...
They continued to make breakfast while continuously burning vessels .
Flashback ends 📸 .
Anokhi bursted in laughter hearing Aastha😆 .
Shaan : Tumhe pata h anokhi Shaurya ne aaj 5 litre doodh faada...
"Dad aap toh aise bol rhe h jaise ki maine hi saare kitchen kaand kiye h ", he spoke while having sandwich .
"Mumma aapko pata h ... Papa ne Chan...chand...chandwichhh... Bhi jala diya ..."
Anokhi nodded her head in disappointment looking at Shaurya while he lowered his gaze .
"Isliye kehte h ... Jiska kaam usko saaje baaqi kare toh thenga baaje ", Aastha said .
Everyone enjoyed breakfast having fun and banter .
After breakfast -
"Anokhi beta jaldi tayyar ho jao hume nikalna hai .", Aastha ordered anokhi while holding tray .
"Maa... Par ab kaha jaana h ", anokhi asked innocently.
Shaurya looked all frustrated😫.
"Yaar mom .. ye itta sawaal karti h... "
"Shaurya Chuppp", Shaan glared shaurya .
"Anokhi beta tayyar ho jao ", Shaan requested politely .
Everyone left for their room. Shaurya dressed mimi and left her with Ahir while -
in mimi's room , Shaurya & anokhi -
"Waise hum kaha Jaa rhe h ", she asked while combing her hairs.
He was wearing his white full sleeved shirt coupled with blue jeans .
No reply .
Again she asked ," mai kuch puch rhi hu?".
Now he got more annoyed .
Shaurya : "Agar ek aur baar tumne kuch pucha tohhhh.."
"Tohh kyaa ", saying this she stood in front of him .
"Jaan na chahti ho ... Toh", he replied huskily moving more closer to her .
She got nervous due to their close proximity🔥.
"T..toh...kya..shauu-"
Before she said further , holding her waist from both his arms he pulled her closer leaving no space between them and kissed on her right cheeks leaving her completely shocked🔥 .
She closed her eyes in anticipation clutching his shirt whose upper two buttons were opened .
She became a live statue😳 .
He smiled seeing her reaction on his stunt which he carried out purposely🤭.
Shaurya's POV :
Waise toh breakfast itti mehnat se banane ke liye kuch toh gift Dena chahiye tha tumhe lekin koi nii ... Maine apna gift khud hi le liya... I don't know kese but pyaar ho gaya mujhe ..tumse.. I am loving you anokhi & i promise bohot jald tumhe bhi apni feelings ka realisation karwa ke rahunga .
Anokhi POV :
Mujhe nhi lagta hamare bich esa kuch kabhi hoga .... Bohot koshish ki maine .... Sirf maine... I failed... Dubara fail nhi hona chahti... Bohot taqleef hoti h ...
After getting ready all went to mall.
In mall , they took anokhi to parlour -
Anokhi : Maa... Ye kya h..parlour..
Aastha : Haa parlour .. chalo abhi facial , nail spa , hair sab karwana h aur massage bhi...
Anokhi : Lekin maa..
Aastha : Lekin wekin kuch nhi .. don't worry mai bhi karwa rhi hu... Mujhe bhi apni beti ke birthday mai Sundar dikhna hoga na... Kyu Shaurya ?
Shaurya : Yess mom... Aap aur anokhi apna appointment pura kijiye... Mai Ahir , mimi aur dad mall mai bhatakte h ....
"Shauryaa", Aastha & anokhi glared shaurya .
Mat..matlab ghumte h ", he clarified .
Aastha : Thike ..
Both Anokhi and Aastha got busy in spa while elsewhere in mall ,
shahir conversation -
Ahir : Auncle aur mimi ?...
Shaurya : Woh log cafe gaye h .... Mimi ko bhook lagi h ...
Ahir : Wese bhabhi ko kya gift dega ?
Shaurya : abhi tak kuch socha nhi h ....Meri choddd... Tu bol... Babliii ....
Ahir : Shaurya please na yaar pareshaan mat kar...
Shaurya : Arree... Jab kuch bolega tab hi toh baat aage badhegi na ...
Ahir : Kya boluu... Babli ji ese ladke se shaadi kyu karegi jiski koi parents na ho...family na ho...
Shaurya glared Ahir who became sad .
He hitted him on elbow ...
Shaurya : Kya kaha... Teri family nhi h...
Ahir : Maar kyu rha h saale...
Shaurya : Tu chuti*e Teri family nhi h kisne bola...mai Teri family nhi ... Mom dad tere parents nhi ... Anokhi teri behn nhi aur mimi tujhe chachu bulati h woh Kam nhi...aur kitte members chahiye haa...
Ahir : Arre tu toh gussa...mai toh bas ye bol rha tha Babli jii aur mera koi match nhi h ...
Shaurya : Shutt uppp... Ek baar Babli ko Mumbai se aane de fir kuch jugaad lagate h ...
Ahir : Jugaad ?
Shaurya : Matlab pata lagate h unhe bhi tujhse?
Ahir : Esa kabhi nhi hoga ...
Shuarya : Never say NEVER.
Ahir : Accha sun mai chalta hu agle plan ko execute karne ...
Shaurya : Thike bye ... Sunnn
Ahir : Bol...
Shaurya : Tera Bhai Zinda h samjhaa...
Ahir smiled and left .
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After ahir left , shaurya went to shaan and mimi .
By 2 their appointment was done .
"Abbb shopping time ", shaan said excitedly .
All did their half of the shopping .
"Maa bohot bhukk lagi h ". Anokhi said making a cute pout .
"Chalo paas mai hi ek restaurant h .. kuch khaate h ", shaan said .
Aastha : Chalo......
After having lunch , -
Shaurya : "Mom maine saare shopping bags car mai daal diye ... mujhe actually kuch kaam h toh mai 15-20 minute mai aata hu ."
Aastha : Par kaha jaa rhe ho.?
Shaurya : Woh ek important kaam h ...
Aastha : Thike ...
Shaan took mimi in his arms while Aastha anokhi and shaan went again for shopping .
On the other side , at some corner of the mall ,
Shaurya : ye gift anokhi ko accha lagega ?
He looked at something and thought to himself .
"Agar accha nhi laga toh... muhh pe phennkk diya toh..."
Then he looked around only to find his two duplicates standing in front of him arguiging with each other . He kept staring them .
Heart : kaise baat kar raha h shaurya ... jab koi gift pyaar se deta h toh usski respect karke accept karte h ...
Brain : soch le shaurya do chaanta na laga de ...
Heart : who chaanta kyu lagaygi...
Brain : jo stunt isne kal raat ko pull kiya uske baad mujhe nhi laga tha subah tak ye zinda bachega .
Shut upp", he shouted .
People around him stared him in ashtonishment .
Faking a smile he said -
"Sorry" and left from there instantly .
Shaurya's POV :
Yaar ye ladki mujhe pagal karke rahegi ... ek gift lene ke chakkar mai itte awkward situation mai almost phass chuka tha . huhhhhh .... Kya gift luuu...
Then his eyes fell on a beautiful peacock blue Swarovski Georgette saree .
"Ye anokhi pe bohot sundar lagegi ", he whispered unknowningly to himself with a small smile curved on his lips .
Buying the saree he wrapped it in a gift wrapper .
Secretly after keeping the packet of gift in his car , he went to Aastha and anokhi .
(Since anokhi's party wear was already bought , he decided to gift her at night .)
After completing shopping , little princess has already fallen asleep in her dadu's arms while anokhi got tired .
"Maa ab ghar chale ", anokhi spoke tiredly .
"Nhiii", Aastha said..
"Par.. ky...kyu..?", she replied ..
Aastha : Wo..woh .. chalo hamare saath .
Aastha took anokhi too beauty parlour followed by shaan and shaurya .
"Agar tum ne ek aur baar sawaal kiya toh yaad h na subah main kya kiya tha ", he whispered secretely near her ears .
Her eyes went wide hearing him and reminiscing morning stunt that he pulled on her .
Anokhi's POV :
Ye sacchi mai pagal ho gaye ... kal se ajeeb ajeeb stunt pull liye jaa rhe h... pehle raat ko itte pyaar se baat kiye ... fir mujhe Daraya ... birthday wish kiya... who bhi kiss de kar ... subah breakfassttt... fir ek au...aur kisss... matarani ye kya horra h .
Silently she went inside the parlour along with Aastha while shaan and shaurya went in men's parlour to get ready .
After getting ready , -
(Dimaag ke ghode dodhaoo aur jo outfit shaurya and anokhi wore in anokhi's birthday . just imagine that .)
Anokhi : Maa hum itte tayyar ...
Aastha : thero anokhi shaan aur shaurya ko aane do ... sab pata chalega ...
"Mummma", mimi shouted in excitement and taking her small tiny steps ran towards anokhi .
Anokhi looked at mimi's direction only to find her looking simply beautiful .
Both mimi and anokhi shared a hug .
Meanwhile shaurya also entered looking dashing as always .
His gaze fell on anokhi carrying his little princess . Both the duo shared an eye -lock . He freezed at the moment . He was just awwstrucked by his princess's mumma's beauty .
"Gorgeous", he whispered to himself .
His mouth remained open .
"Shaurya muhh band karo macchar ghuss jaayenge ", shaan interrupted his niharifying session .
He came back to his senses.
"Ahhh...sorry", saying this he smiled to himself .
Shaan : Chalee...
Anokhi : Papa..par kah-
As she was about to say further she glared at shaurya who was looking at her carrying a mischievous smile on his face . she got signalled .
Shaurya bent down near anokhi's face . she was scared that he might again kiss her . shaurya knew her nervousness and purposefully bent near anokhi and was about to kiss her when she closed her eyes only to realise after that he pecked mimi's cheeks . she opened her eyes and took a sigh of relief .
"Kya hua anokhi ... ghabra kyu rhi ho... Everything fine ? ", shaurya teased her purposefully .
"Nh..nhi...kuch nhi ", she replied nervously .
Aastha : Chale
All left for an party venue .
At the party venue -
Aastha : Anokhi... Thode time ke liye tumhari aankhon Mai patti baandhu ...please ...
Anokhi : Par maa...
She glared shaurya and stopped to ask anything further instead simply nodded her head in yes .
Aastha putted Patti on her eyes .
Shaan : Chale andar..
Shaan guided anokhi inside the party venue..
As soon as she entered the hall , everything was dark . Obviously uski aankhon Mai patti thi isliye but aise bhi dark tha .
Shaurya removed patti from her eyes . Since everything was dark she was scared a Lil bit .
"Shau...Shaurya..", scared anokhi called him .
"Mai yahi hu .... Tumhare paas", he consoled her holding her palms .
Suddenly the lights switched onn with a booomm.
Huge baloon bursted from top letting all the Rose petals in the baloon fall over her . She was amazed by noise that came after -
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANOKHI", everyone shouted .
It was small banquet hall beautifully decorated with red and white roses balloons and a big cake along with a flock of people .
There came Ahir , Reema , anmol , kitty , bebo , kanchan , Yash ,Gayatri , including her other college friends .
( Here alok and Shaan are brothers and live happily with their own family . Basically kanchan is still shaurya's sister-in - law and all characters are positive including kitty and bebo too .)
(All this time Ahir was at banquet hall guiding the decorators and to see all the preparations.)
Kanchan : Happy birthday anokhi ...
Anokhi : Itta sab kuch mere liye plan kiye...
"Nhi ... Humare ghar ke saamne aadhi raat ko ek chudail dikhti h uske liye .", Shaurya hit hard😆.
"I promise today's night will be ur last night on earth .", She whispered in his ears giving him death glare .
"Ano..anokhi choddo usse ... Aap sabse milte h", kanchan tried to divert her mind as she was continuously shooting Shaurya with death glare.
Party continued . Everyone greeted each other .
(Not giving much description about party since my brain is already drained out due to exam pressure. Just giving descriptions of important events .)
In the midst of party -
"Waise anokhi tujhe nhi lagta koi toh missing h party mai ", Reema said .
"Kahi koi mujhe toh yaad nhi krra", an unknown voice came from behind.
Everyone turned around only to find a tall guy dressed formally standing at the entrance.
"MONTY ", Reema shouted in excitement.
Monty started proceeding towards anokhi with a mysterious smile plastered on his face.
Shaurya and shanoor looked confused as they didn't knew about monty .
Monty greeted everyone with hand shake except anokhi .
She was about too forward her hand for shake , monty said -
"Birthday girl ho... Haath mila ke nhi gale lag ke "
She felt bit awkward but then she agreed and both shared a hug which didn't went unnoticed by Shaurya .
Unknowningly he was not comfortable with their hug . But he ignore his feelings since it was just a casual hug between two friends .
Monty : Aur anokhi kaisi ho?
Anokhi : Mai...mai thik hu ..
Tum batao ...?
Shaurya came and stood beside anokhi .
Anokhi : Y..ye.. mere hus..husband ... Shaurya Sabherwal..
Monty : Ohh .hi nice to meet you...
"Same ", saying this both shared a handshake .
Monty : By the way u are very lucky tumhe anokhi jaisi itti beautiful , samajhdaar and ...
Shaurya : And. ?
Monty smiled and refused to complete the sentence .
"And itti hot ... I wanted her to be mine ... Tumhari kismat Mai anokhi likhi thi lekin ye kismat agar meri na ho saki toh i promise tumhari bhi nhi ho paayegi", monty thought to himself.
"Kuc...kuch nhi ... Let's enjoy the party ", monty tried to divert the topic.
As Shaan and Aastha approached anokhi & Shaurya -
"Anokhi ye tumhare liye", saying this Aastha forwarded a gift .
"Humari taraf se", Shaan continued.
Anokhi : Par maa papa iski kya zarurat thi..
Shanoor : Please .... We insist .
She accepted the gift and opened it only to find a beautiful diamond set .
She was overwhelmed by the love being poured on her today by EVERYONE.
Everyone enjoyed party , cutting cake dancing and finally after everyone left including Ahir -
"Ab hume bhi chalna chahiye , ....mimi bhi soo gayi ... Aur fir anokhi tum bhi thakk gayi hogi na ?", Shaan said
Anokhi : Haa papa..
Everyone proceeded towards home with shaurya driving the car and anokhi and Aastha were seating in backseat holding mimi , Shaan sat in front seat .
After everyone reached home , they proceeded towards their respective rooms. Shaurya kept all the shopping bags in hall and took gift bag along with him .
In mimi's room , After getting fresh -
(Mimi has already slept .)
Anokhi was grateful for whatever Shaurya did today on her birthday to make her feel special .
Shaurya's POV :
Waise toh madam se ladna hota h toh ek baar bhi nhi sochna padta .... Lekin gift Dena h aur confidence kyu nhi aari ... Ese toh kitte international clients se roz meeting karta hu ...mere confidence ki office mai misaal dete h ... Bccc aaj kya ho gaya h ... Kaha marr gayi ... Bhagwan ji please help .
So she decided to express her gratitude to him who was himself drowning in his thoughts sitting on bed . . With this thought she decided to initiate the conversation.
Sitting beside him on his side of bed , she managed to utter-
Anokhi : Shau...Shaurya...wo..woh...
"Ha bolo ", his thought process was disturbed.
Anokhi : Than.. thankyo-
"Ye tumhare liye ",he interrupted her .
Her gaze fell on the small packet he was holding in his hand . Packet was covered with gift wrapper .
"Y..ye kya h ", she questioned looking at gift .
Trying to maintain his calm ,he replied -
"Khud hi khol ke dekhlo"
He didn't blink his eyes as she was gradually opening her gift only to analyse her reaction.
She opened the gift only to find a simple peacock blue Swarovski Georgette saree .
A smile curved on her lips automatically.
Seeing her smiling he understood she liked his choice.
"Ye toh bohot sundar h", she said as she touched the fabric with her palms .
Shaurya : Tumhe accha laga ?
"Bohot... Thankyou very much... Mere liye aaj aapne jo kuch bhi kiya ", she spoke softly.
"Thankyou nhi I love u chahiye", he murmured to himself .
Anokhi : Aapne kuch bola ...
"Nh..nhi... Good night ", saying this he slept on his side of bed as he was very very much tired after a very long day .
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY ONCE AGAIN WIFEY ", he whispered in his sleep.
Anokhi too being tired slept on her side of bed after safely keeping her saree thinking of wearing it in a special occasion then switching off lamp lights .
Anokhi's POV:
Aaj meri life ka sabse sabse best best best din tha . Very very thankyou mr.shaurya Sabherwal. Wese aap itte bhi bure nhi ho.... Thankyou very much...
All trio slept peacefully opposite to each other with mimi between them .
On the other side in shanoor's room -
Shaan : Kya baat h Aastha bohot muskaa rhi ho aaj ...
Aastha : Shaurya kitta badal gaya Shaan ... Haina ?
Shaan : Haa... Mera beta fir se samjhdaar ban gaya...
Aastha : Kaha last year usne anokhi ko birthday tak wish nhi kiya kaha aaj pure din ki planning usne akele ki .
She reminisced how last year when anokhi's birthday was there he didn't even bothered to atleast wish her where today he had planned a-z about her birthday .
Flashback 📸 :
8 months before (since anokhi lied about her birthdate so 8 months ago they thought it was her birthday) :
At night -
Anokhi along with Shaan took mimi to the night walk in garden .
At Shaurya's room -
"Shauryaaa", Aastha stormed in his room shouting anger being clearly visible in her eyes .
Shaurya : Yes mom ... Aap chilla kyu rhe ho ?
Aastha : Aarti utaru tumhari ... Aaj kya h?
Shaurya : Monday ...
"Aaj kya special din h ?", She shouted more .
"Mom aap bhadak kyu rhi hai ? Mujhe sacchi nhi pata aaj kya h ?", He tried justifying himself.
Aastha : Aaj - anokhi - ka - birthday - hai.
For a moment of second he was shocked but then acted casually.
So what's the big deal ...", He replied casually.
"Unbelievable" , She gave him an impossible waala look and stormed out of his room .
Later that night , in Shakhi's room -
Anokhi was applying lotion sitting on her side of bed. He was caughting her glances in between. He sat on his side of bed -
Shaurya : Aaj ..tum..tumhara birth..birthday h ?
She glared him . Passing him a casual look she replied -
Anokhi : J..ji ...
Shaurya : Ok... happy birthday.... Good night ...
Hearing happy birthday from his mouth least affected her since she was used to his ignorance+ it was not really her birthday.
Flashback ends .
Finally Sabherwals were able to make her 24th birthday special.
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