"kyaa" All of them said in unison.
"Nai nai nai,tu India kaise jaa sakta hai" Cabir said.
"Flight se" I said with a fake smile knowing I cracked a bad joke.
I went towards my bags and started packing them.
"Par,abhi toh tere close ups lene baaki hai manik" Mukti said.
"Woh toh India mein bhi ho jayega mukti,usme background nai chaiye ki London mein rehna pade" I said.
"Buddy humlogo ko kitne time baad aesa mauka mila hai ki saath mein rehn sake,aur tu jaa rha hai" Dhruv said.
"Buddy please samajh na yaar,
I know mujhe nahi jana chaiye par I'm sorry" I said keeping my hand on his shoulder.
"Please understand guys,humari anniversary hai and I've made Nandini upset and I don't want it, I want to give her a surprise" I said and left room living all of them alone.
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"Hume Nandini ko batana chahiye" Aliya said.
"Woh manikmalhotra ki hi wife hai,woh bhi nai samjhegi" Navya said.
"Kya karenge toh hum phir" Dhruv asked.
"I'll drop a message for Nandini ki Manik is also planning to come there!" Cabir said and all nodded after cabir left a message and went to shoot.
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It was 11 in the night.
Tomorrow was our anniversary,
Means actually in an hour.
My flight was at 12:30 which means I'd be there in like 11-12 hours!
Jitna time mile utna toh spend karu uske saath!
I saw my friends sitting in a corner whispering things to each other while looking at me and suddenly cabir stood up.
"Kab nikal rha hai" He asked.
"Bus in half an hour" I said and he nodded making faces.
"Tu pakka ja rha hai" Mukti said and I nodded.
She came forward and hugged me and went away!
Soon they all wished me a good journey and bid bye!
I still had 2-3 shots to give which I've to finish ASAP!
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After giving shots I sat on the sofa near me being hell tired!
Had no energy left in me to travel!
But then anything for my wife!
I took out my phone to see her picture which was my wallpaper and my eyes fell on the time and realization hit me.
"Happy anniversary Mrs.Malhotra" I said looking at the picture in my phone.
"Happy anniversary to you too Mr.Malhotra" whispered someone in my ear from the back.
In no time I realized it was my Nandini.
I immediately turned around to see her standing with bags around her and saw all my friends standing at the back with a smile on their face.
"Nan.. Nandini" I said and could feel my eyes water.
I don't even know why!
It felt like eternity since I saw her even when it was just like 3-4 days!
I immediately came forward and hugged her!
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"Nan.. Nandini" He said and I could feel his eyes get teary which automatically made my eyes water too!
Gawd,
It's just been 3-4 days since I hadn't seen it which felt like eternity.
He came forward and hugged me kissing my hair.
"I love you" I said hugging him as tightly as possible.
"We love you too" Our friends said and came forward to hug us.
It suddenly turned into a group hug.
Manik was just looking at me the entire time as if making sure that I was actually there.
Soon all of them went away hugging us and wishing us happy anniversary and it was just two of us.
Manik hugged me again and I hugged him too.
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