Legal Heir - mishbir FF (completed)

Part 14 - be mine?

It had been a week since Mishti walked into Abir's NGO that evening and both reconciled. Abir finally got a chance to clear his name and tell her that he was an unwilling part of the conspiracy of his mother and brother's but the moment he got to know her, he had felt a need to be with her. In that need, he became selfish and kept delaying telling her the truth. Mishti too listened to him with as much patience as she could muster. She still felt cheated whenever he mentioned how he hid the part where they only wanted to her to become Rajvansh bahu for her dadu's money. But when he told about how he had started wanting to be in her life for reasons more than just helping family business, she decided to give him a chance

But that was that! Now a week later, they both were stuck in an awkward phase where neither knew if they were 'just friends', still continuing the 'courtship' or were more than that?

They still worked together, met everyday and now also used to hang out for evening coffees sometime, like they did 6 months ago.

But still, both didn't know how to express their real feelings to each other. To ask if the other too felt the same connection, same pull which made them want to be always around the other?

And so, both approached their 'guiding angels', Abir to his nanu and Mishti to her badi ma!

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Abir who was still living in the separate apartment, went to meet nanu that evening.

"Are gadheda! Bol de. When will you say you love her when someone else takes her away?" Nanu as always reprimanded Abir

"But nanu, what if she said no? what if she just wants to be friends? I don't want to lose her friendship too" Abir was really afraid, and his fears were not baseless. Knowing Mishti, it was also possible she wouldn't think twice to go back to her silent mode again! And that was something he couldn't take anymore

"hmm so what will you do then? keep the act of being her friend when you want to be her hero?" nanu dramatically asked, him being a big movie-buff always came in handy

"do you have any other idea?" he asked with a fallen face.

"do one thing, wait till she leaves you and decides to go away. and then run to the airport to stop her and then confess, ok?" he asked getting angry and impatient now. His grandson was just too much of a patient man!

"NANU!" Abir almost shouted. The idea was too horrible to even imagine.

But maybe nanu was right. He shouldn't keep waiting. What worse could happen if he told Mishti he liked her as more than a friend? He was sure mishti would listen this time...

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"what should I do Badi Ma?" mishti asked keeping her head on BM's lap. Badi ma was lovingly caressing her head, moving her fingers through mishti's soft hair

"Tera dil kya kehta hain meri bacchi?" as always, she always did seek what mishti's heart wanted

"I wish this misunderstanding hadn't happened earlier. I wish we had continued the courtship. I really like him Badi ma" she said in a low voice. It was true that if there were 2 persons in this entire world to whom Mishti could confide her deepest secrets with, it were her Badi ma and bade papa. Dadu was becoming close too but her equation with BM-BP was too deep, too soulful.

"Tell him what you feel Mishti. That's the right thing to do" BM said with a firm tone

"hmm but what if he said no? after all I had broken up with him last time" she confessed her fears

"aisa ho hi nahi sakta. Meri bacchi ko mana karne wal koi pagal hi hoga. And I can definitely say abir is not pagal" BM chuckled

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