DAY 46! - Surprise Surprise!
Pooft! Vanished! Gone with the wind! The two love birds literally flew away to their nest, their home; leaving the Eagle gawking with fuming anger. What?! When?! Where?! How?! Surprise surprise Panditji! They were, are and will always remain one step ahead of him. Perhaps he should've paid a closer attention to Nyonika Ma'am's "how to defeat my son" lecture! The central idea was; "Think harder! Try harder!" But this is not the surprise I'm talking about!
"Oh-ho look who's here". Surprise surprise! The lovers have returned home to their family. A sight the Fab 4 weren't hoping to see for the rest of the night! The "Ma" and the "Nan" walking side by side, perhaps not hand in hand but definitely in sync with each other's heartbeats. After all it's their day...whoops...I meant "their night". Has their love just escalated to a higher peak? Are their eyes really expressing the silent desperation for some time alone? The needful need of some alone time is evident in their blushes. Their shying eyes nervously jumping around to avoid every teasing look awing into their flushed faces. But as they say...'when in Rome...do as the romans do!' And the Fab 5 are famous for Partying! Teasing! Leg-pulling! "But what about you Nandini...I mean tum Kiss...cheez ki planning kar rahi thi?" π€£ A party of-course!! The party for their dearest Fab 5! π *Tsk tsk* they stared at each other in disbelief as if their honeymoon tickets had just been ripped apart and instead they were being called to go back to work! π€£ A surprise is a surprise after all...you simply can't reveal it in front of anyone and everyone. Disappointment curtaining the sparkling excitement in the two pair of eyes that were hoping for a mutual occurrence. Some alone time! But it's hard. Beyond difficult! Tragically problematic to reveal the real surprise simmering in each other's hearts. You can't spill the beans when two hawking parrots are awaiting for you to slip the words in their mouth so they can continue to tease you for a lifetime! π You simply can't reveal the real surprise especially if you have a friend like Cabir who would be more than happy to self-invite himself to third-wheel on this homecoming date of theirs. You dare not to reveal the surprise especially if you have a friend like Mukti who isn't ashamed of lighting up her M-rated crackers that would send Manik's gullible Nandini sprinting away as if she had just scene Soha's ghost! π€£ "Mukti...kya kar rahi ho?" "Help kar rahi hoon uski" "Help kar rahi ho? Aisai? Dar jaayegi woh,,,bhaag jaayegi!"
But a friend's gotta do what a friend's gotta do! Gift them the gift of happiness. Gift them their long-awaited night to themselves. Gif them those precious moments of which would rightfully put a deserving end to their "our day". "Bye guys!" But this is not the surprise I'm talking about!
"Manik...mukti ne aisa kya diya ke sab has rahe the?". *cough cough* Surprise! *cough cough* Surprise! Not exactly the kind of surprise he wants her innocent heart to witness. He is well-aware of the consequences if that surprise is revealed. It's a surprise that would become the reason of her face to gush fifty shades of red. It's a surprise that might become the reason for her to once again mumble those unbearable words; "Manik, let's be friends". π€£ A surprise that would sink his personal boat full of surprises waiting to be unveiled at the perfect time. "Oh-hohohohoh...No..You shouldn't see! But this is not the surprise I'm talking about!
Surprise Surprise... "Teen maheenein mai peth nahi aata hai Harshad". To selfishly juggle with the love-filled heart of a girl who absolutely adored you, believed in you, worshipped you to the same extent as her Maata Rani was wrong! Undoubtedly wrong! But to return with such a confident and hopeful heart that you will be blessed with forgiveness at the first meeting is absurdity. The surprise seems to have swapped directions. His uninvited entry into the college left her spellbound, but this time she will decide whether the heart truly wants to welcome him back in her life. Her self-confidence, her assertive voice, her blood-red eyes watering with a mix of lifelong pain and unleashed anger.She demands no one to question her as to why she stands with her face turned away from him today. She needs not to justify her anger to anyone today! The Navya he knew died the day he had wished to murder the unborn, yet breathing soul growing as a part of her. He's left stunned! Surprised! But this is not the surprise I'm talking about!
Surprise...
The surprise doesn't lay in the curiosity she's drowning him in as she elatedly waits for her parcels to be delivered. The surprise doesn't lay in the continuous demand of silence she expects from his behalf. "Manik...maine bola na...shhh!"
The surprise doesn't lay in the mocking words he exclaims in his humour-filled tone as he impatiently waits for some clue to be given from her behalf. "Oh-hohoho...toh yeh hai tumhara super surprise! WOW! Like seriously! Matlab yeh pedh...yeh sadak...yeh lights kitne ache lag rahe hain. I'm so excited! Kya baat hai Nandini..wow! I'm impressed..very nice!"
The surprise doesn't lay in the arrival of those sealed items so neatly packaged and stacked that he claims to be the memorable containers of her finger-licking ice cream. "Yeh..kya hai? Ice cream ke dibbe?"
The surprise doesn't lay in the stubborn instructions she warns him with to stay turned so her real surprise isn't spoilt. "Yeh mera plan hai...and I will execute it...so stand over here!"
The surprise doesn't lay in her wife-like request of the car keys so she can tread a step further in executing her real surprise. "Uhhh...keys?" "Keys?!" (ohhh that adorable flapping of her hand!!)
The surprise doesn't lay in his amused words as he asks her whether she plans to repeat her commands to "not touching and no looking" throughout the night. "Yeh puri raat tum...yeh line repeat nahi karne waali ho na? Nahi matlab...let me know in advance ya?"
The surprise doesn't lay in his light-heartedly jokes around that he denies driving her to her required destination. "Nandini...surprise tumhara hai...plan bhi tumhara hai...aur execute bhi tum hi karna chaahti ho na? So drive bhi khud hi karlo na. Do it! Go for it! All the best!"
The surprise doesn't lay in her attempt to confidently assure herself of her capabilities in driving a car for the first time with no knowledge of what ABC stand for in driving. "Fine...mai gaadi khud chalaa loon gi. Chota mota accident ho jayega...thodi chot lag jayegi...it's okay! I'll manage...I'll drive!
The surprise doesn't lay in when she smilingly slides into his driver's seat and ignite the car to start unaware of the fact that a car is capable of reversing as well as driving forward.
Her automatic reflexes to call out his name in fear...no surprise! His instinctive call to run behind the moving vehicle as it drives away towards a danger end, carrying the most priceless soul in his life...no surprise! His inbred to yell at her in fear, disbelief, panic and fright as all sorts of uninvited negativity in terms of what if...just what if something had happened to her...no surprise! Her quivering lips apologising for what was hardly her mistake, her trembling hands shaking even more fiercely now as she realises of what could have been the outcome if he hadn't been there...no surprise! His instant change in tone as he notices her fear-filled face, her startled eyes; to comfort her, to reassure her that no harm was done. That no harm could ever cross her path as long as he is there "Okay okay...relax! I'm there! As far as I'm there with you...you don't need to worry! Just... relax...okay? Hmm?" ...no surprise! The return of her smile as his heartening words seep through her body and bury themselves in a deep corner of her heart, her ability to incontestably state her trust in him "Mai jaanti hoon...with you...I'm safer than anywhere else in this whole world!" ...no surprise!
Surprise...
The surprise lies in his Nandini's successful attempts to seductively divert his mind to steal the keys that he had once stolen with a cheat-filled trick himself. The surprise lays in the blind faith she has upon him for not cheating even though there is nothing holding Manik Malhotra back from peeping into Nandini Murthy's bubble of surprises! The surprise lies in the moment his eyes widen as he witnesses the compatibility of their souls even when a destroyable sheet of glass hinders his fingers from sliding into hers. The surprise lies in the moment when she hushes his lips from talking by placing her finger on the other side of this transparent wall. The surprise lies in the moment when his beautiful smile spreads across his face, knowing that this surprise is just as special for her as it is meant to be for him.
The surprise lies in the element of trust, belief, hope, and faith that they know each other to their core...yet they want to be left stunned, amazed, surprised by their unbreakable bond
Surprise Surprise! It's finally here. The first surprise is hers and the second one his. Her surprise awaits him amidst an unknown scenery. His surprise is awaiting her presence quite eagerly too. "Nandini...my surprise will wait."
Her surprise will re-narrate their story right from the beginning. His surprise will re-begin this journey that speaks of their togetherness.
Yet the real surprise lays in how his egg and how her highway will come together to form this year's most romantic proposal ever! π₯³
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