FANAA

AITBAAR

INSIDE THE BOOK STORE

The trio entered the book. Geetanjali looked at Kartavya. Her expressions were laced with confusion while her eyes held excitement to explore the entire store.

"Last time tumne kaha tha tumhe likhna pasand hai so i guess padhna bhi pasand hoga aur mere study mein literature, fiction related kuch nhi hai....all i have is economy and politics related books, so here we are you can buy as many you want any genre any theme, go on store and opportunity is all yours" Kartavya shrugged

"Thank you thank you thank you thank you" Geetanjali hugged Kartavya freezing all his actions. She then realised her impulse response. She was so excited, happy and thankful that she didn't realise when she hugged Kartavya.

But when Kartavya didn't reciprocate the hug, she didn't leave him rather squeezed him more tightly grazing her cheeks on his chest, bringing Kartavya back to reality.

Kartavya not wasting another second stroked her hair lovingly with a sweet smile. The smile which is reserved for Geetanjali only.

"Jao" Kartavya whispered and kissed the top of her head.

Giving a 32 inch smile Geetanjali ran to the literature compartment. Meanwhile Kartavya roamed his eyes to locate his small yet not small chotey, Yuvraj.

"Kya kar raha hai?" Kartavya asked standing behind Yuvraj

"Bhai mein samajh nhi paa raha hun ki maths book ke trigonometry chapter mein sex ke bare mein kyu diya hai?" Yuvraj asked

"Sec theta ke bare mein diya hoga. Theek se aankh khol ke bada bada kar ke dekh......aur aaj sham se hum trigonometry practice kar rahe hai , no more video games for you" Kartavya imitated Digvijay in the last line

"Wow bhai pura dad ka replica tha yeh........acha hua mera bachpan khatam hogya uske saath yeh maths toh gaya" Yuvraj huffed, stuffing the book in the rack.

"Kya yaar chotey aab bhi maths se darta hai. Maths is fun and relaxing to do." Kartavya rolled his eyes

"Bhai maths nhi please business mein koi complain hai toh bolo?.........." Yuvraj asked confidently

"Haan woh toh hoga hi na tereko sab Kartavya Singh Chauhan ne jo sikhaya hai" Kartavya took all the credits proudly without any hesitation

"Seconded Bhai sa. Har cheez jo apne sikhaya meine uss mein excel kiya hai"

"Toh phir Guru dakshina ke naam par, chal ja bags utha mein bill pay karta hun" Kartavya ordered and left towards the cashier, leaving Yuvraj with an 'o' shaped mouth who lately realised these all talks were Kartavya's trap to transform him into a coolie.

Kartavya reached near the counter. Geetanjali was going through the bookmarks. He remembered Geetanjali's loving gesture towards the little girl selling bookmarks. Those were the moments he fell hard for her.

"You like these?" Kartavya asked

"No, these are quite fancy. I would rather go for simple bookmarks"

"Aur kuch ?"

"Nhi, ho gya"

"Mein bill pay dun?"

"Ji"

"Fine" Kartavya went ahead and paid.

The cashier asked "sir bill amount is....."

"Send me an e-bill" Kartavya demanded

"Okay sir, done sir."

"Would pay through card" Kartavya paid the bill.

While Yuvraj was eyeing the number of books, 'bhagwan mereko toh coolie se kutta ka feel aa raha hai yeh kis prakar ka mazduri karna pad raha hai'.