"Aap bula rahe the?" Nandini sat besides Neyonika
"Haan" she said and gestured a person who started opening the boxes
"Mom!" Nandini grasped seeing the jewelry
"Yeh sab?"
"Arey dulhan ke liye hai, chal aab fata fat select kar kitna kuch baki hai tera joda, kalire, chuda" Neyonika said as Nandini's eyes danced with excitement and happiness
"Main abhi Manik ko bulati hu" she tried to get up but Mukti shoved her back
"Huh Nandu tune Manik ko agar abhi bulaya tho hum shadi ke din Manik ke hosh udte hue kaise dekhenge!" she said as the other ladies laugh
"Haan Nandini kuch tho suprise banta hai dulhe ke liye" even Riddhi seconded her
"I second you" Aaliya said
"Mee too" Navya said looking at the kalire designs
Nandini looked at Neyonika who nooded excitedly making Nandini sign
"Ok fine" she said and started selecting her dresses and jewelry
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"Zoop" Manik threw Arya in air and then caught her putting her on his bed to see his daughter not meeting his eyes
"Pumpkin aap gussa ho" Manik asked kneeling down and she looked at him in snap
"Nahi Dad is gussa on Pumpkin" she said making a sad pout
"Dad is not gussa on anyone Baba" he said sitting besides her taking her in his arms
"Apne hug nahi kiya niche" she said crying making Manik curse himself
"I am sorry, se Dad is Sorry" he said holding his ears
"I am also Sorry humne Dadu ko aise nahi force karna tha" she sniff
"Sorry Dad" Manik heard whisper as he turned to see all the kids standing, holding their ears
He turned to Arya and even she was holding her ears
He gestured the kids to come in with a broad smile and kids rush to him together hugging him
He kissed their heads and got up
"Let's play castel wars!" he yelled in excitement followed by the kids yelling in excitement
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Nandini, Mukti, Aaliya, Navya, Riddhi, Raqesh, Cabir and Druv stared at the person who was laughing like a manic
"Mukti don't mind but Kya isse aise duhre padte hai?" Raqesh asked as Mukti threw a pillow on that person
"Abhimanyu Thakkar why are you laughing like a manic?" She yelled
"Manik was so jealous" Abhi said and started laughing again as everyone looked curious now
"What happened?" Nandini asked
Controlling himself not to laugh Abhi narrated the incident which happened earlier
"Woha!" Raqesh exclaimed
"I had heard from you guys but he is way too possessive Nanhi" he added
That's when Samara came running and dragged Abhi
"Challo Dada castel wars, challo" she said and try to drag him
"What is castel wars?" Abhi asked clueless
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After fifteen minutes two teams stood in front of each other
Manik, Arya , Arav, Abhi, Samara, Raqesh were one team
Rudra, Druv, Ruhan, Reha, Cabir, Kavya and Abhir were other team
"Yeh cheating hai hum mein ek member kam hai" Manik said
"Aye roo maat Manik" Cabir countered
"Toss tu hara tho hum kya kare Buddy it's not our fault" Druv seconded Cabir as Manik scrowled at him
"Kya ho raha hai?" Mukti entered the private terrace of the Malhotra penthouse to see them fight
"Aye Kuch nahi re yeh Manik humesha ki tarah to raha hai" Cabir said irritated
"Muku" Manik whined and Cabir earned a snack from Mukti
"Kya hua?" she asked Manik
"Humare team mein ek member kam hai" Raqesh said
"Arey itni si baat challo mein tumhare team mein" Mukti said excited
"NO!" Cabir and Druv yelled starling all
"No no no no" Druv said as Mukti and Manik smirk
"Yes yes yes yes" Manik said and dragged Mukti to his side
"You have 30 minutes to build your castel and make your weapons" Manik dragged Mukti and rest of their team members followed
"Satyanash!" Cabir exclaimed
"Arey kya ho gaya Papa?" Ruhan asked
"Mukti and Manik in a team is a bad news" Cabir said dejected
After 30 minutes
The terrace's left side had Manik's teams castel and right had Cabir's. The castel were made of Chairs, cushions, pillows, cartons
"Ok team hume jitna hai" Manik said Seriously as his team members heard him
"Arav tum aur Arya will put arrows on them, tum dono unke castel par yeh paper bombs feko ge" he said to Raqesh and Abhi
"Aur tum kya karo ge?" Raqesh asked
"Manik Cabir ko marege" Mukti said giving and evil smile "aur mein user cover karungi"
"Raja mara tho castel humara" Manik gave and evil laugh
"Manik deke toh khopdi fod Salle ki" Mukti said giving him a yellow smiley ball and they shared evil smiles
"Frankly I am scared of them now" Abhi said and Raqesh just nooded in agreement
"Mein kya karungi?" Samara asked
"Sama you have to bring our paper balls and arrows back so that we don't fall short of them" Mukti explained her and she gave Mukti a Big thumbs up
"Usme kya hai?" Arav asked pointing the package Manik held
"Last resort" Manik said with a smrik
"Abhir all your cars should go and make their castel wall collapse, Rudra tum humare weapons unke castel se wapas laoge and Druv you will cover me, Kavya you will throw this paper bombs on them and Reha tum unke weapons ko retain karogi aur phir hum unhen use karenge and Ruhan tum Abhir ko help karoge, Everyone clear?" Cabir asked his team members
"Yes" came a collective response
"Ok" everyone took positions
"Ready?" Manik asked all who nooded in agreement
"3.....2....1.... AKRAMAN!!" Manik yelled and the terrace filled with yelled and screams of attack.
Paper bombs being thrown on each other, Arya and Arav aiming the arrows on the opposite team, Abhir and Ruhan controlling the cars and sending them to make Manik's castel wall fall
"Salle" Manik threw a smiley ball on Cabir which he missed but hit Druv on his head
"Buddy!" Druv said aiming water ballon on Manik but it hit Raqesh
"Abe pani kaha se le aye" Raqesh said hitting paper bomb with more Fierceness
Samara would sneek in the opposite castel and was bring every weapon she could get not bothering whether it belonged to her team or the other team. On the way she would pick some cars too
Rudra was held captive by Arav in their castel as he found him sneeking for weapons and when Cabir asked Ruhan to sneek for weapons Samara had showered Ruhan with punches
There was yells and pleads and slangs used as both the teams fought with Ruhan and Samara actually having physical fight in between the two castel
"Meri car churati hai" Ruhan tried to hit her but she would punch him instead
The rukus and commotion lead all the others to run to the terrace to see what's wrong. Nandini, Navya, Neyonika, Aaliya, Riddhi Shrikant and Ne and Mrs Singhaniya gapped at the people in front of them
"WHAT THE HELL!!" Aaliya yelled on top of her voice stopping them all at once
Druv ducked and hid in their castel and Rudra was so relived that his mother could not see him
"Who's idea was it?" Aaliya asked
"Cabir's" Manik and Mukti yelled together pointing to Cabir
"Jhoot! Jhoote! Hara...." Cabir bellowed
"Cabir kids are here" Navya warned before he cursed
"Par maine kuch nahi kiya" Cabir tried to defend
"Jhoot" Manik and Mukti said
"Abhi batyega, bolo Abhi who's idea?" Mukti said and leaned to whisper
"If you take Manik's name I won't let you enter our room"
"Cabir's" Abhi answered instantly
"Haan aur inhone water ballons bhi phode aur wo Druv ka idea tha" even Raqesh added
Well behti ganga mein haat kon nahi dhotha
Manik gave him a smug smile which he returned
They are going to win it either ways
"Cabir and Druv are going to clean the mess" Aaliya declared
"And run away you will face worst" Navya added
As soon as they left Manik's team burst out laughing with Abhir, Kavya and Ruhan
"Chodunga nahi mein" Cabir bellowed at Mukti and Manik
"Chal jaa be" Mukti said hifing Manik
Nandini Walked to Manik's castel and widen her eyes seeing hostaged Rudra
"Aru kholo usse" she said hitting Arav's arms who obliged the next second.
Instead of running away Rudra hugged Arav
"Maa toh mar dalegi" he said making Arav laugh but he held Rudra protectively
"Nahi maregi main hu na" Arav said ruffling his hairs
"As if he is SRK" Arya mocked
"Aye" Arav hit her head
"Challo now Cabir and Druv have to clean this" Manik said picking Arav with him and left laughing
"Chodunga nahi mein" Cabir yelled
"Abe pehle pakad toh" Mukti said and left giggling
"Tujhe bhi nahi chodunga mein" Cabir said pointing to Abhi
"Mein tho kuch nahi kiya" he said and ran away
"Chal be Druv gai teri baby" Cabir said dragging Druv out of his hiding place to clean the mess
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"Aise kaise select kiya tumne" Manik said holding Nandini close to him
"Arey usme kya hai?" Nandini said
"Usme kya hai? Usme. Kya. Hai? I wanted to select things for you" Manik said and made a sad expression
"But it's a suprise for you na" she said creasing his face
"Dad" Arav entered
"Challo we have to shop for you" he said coming in
"Yeha let's go" he said with a grumpy face
"Mom aap nahi aa rahe?" Arav asked confused
"No! I also want to keep things secret" he said and picked Arav and left
"Mani" Nandini called but he didn't turned
"Aiyyappa!" she goaned at his anger
"But I promise it will be Worthy Manik, this suprise will be worthy"