Companion~Hum Sohbat

Chapter 8

Tauji got call from Alok, he discussed with him about engagement and asked him and his wife to come Mumbai so they could talk. They came to mumbai went to Solanki's place, Taani too came with Adi, all of them gathered "so tum bacchon ne kya decide kiya, we don't mind if you want more time" Adi looked at Taani and said "papa we are ready", Arjun asked sofly"Tanu you're sure", "Ji bhaiya" smiled at his concern, "Rishi or bhabhiji abhi sirf engagement kar dete hai shaadi Taani beti ke padhai ke baad karenge". Tauji and Taiji were overwhelmed with the way they give more preference to their daughter opinions. They nodded looked at Taani with questioning eyes, she lowered her head nodded shyly making them beam with joy. Avni went and came back grinning, "chale isse baat pe muh mitha hojaye" passed sweets, everyone feeded sweets to eachother, congratulated.
"Maine pandit ji se baat kiya hai, unhone 3 dates diye hai, ek agle hafte baad ki, ek 3months ke baad or ek 1 saal baad ka"  said Dishaji gathering everyone's attention,
Avni thought to tease them, "hmm ek saal toh late ho jayega, I guess 3month wala date sahi hein" winking at Rishu, Adi got tensed even Taani looked a lil tensed, "yeah bhabhi you're right, hume bhi time milega tyaari karne mein", "tujhe kaunse tyaari karne hai, I think ek week ke baad wala date is perfect" said Adi getting up from his place, everyone bursted laughing looking at his desperation, Taani lowered her head, "Haan Bhai kyu nahi, ek week baad wala rakhte it's a perfect kyu Taani"Avni teased her, "main aru ko dekhe aati ho" she ran from there, everyone chuckled, "bhai aap ko bhi jana hoga kyu" Rishu said, "shut up" smacking his head, he too ran.
Ritesh - Bhaisaab kyu naa engagement mumbai mein rakhe, shaadi toh waise bhi jodhpur se hogi Taani ke mayke se
Alok - Haan Rishi, Ritesh sahi keh raha hai, kya kahete ho
Rishi- theek hai
Aparna - ji woh shaadi se pehle toh Tilak hota hai
Disha - aap sahi keh rahi hein Aparna ji, tilak ke baad hi sangai hogi
Sneha -toh hum aisa karte hai sangai ke 1, 2 ghante pehle Tilak rakhte hai
Avni - Haan choti maa, great idea isse Taani ko time mil jayega acche se taiyaar hone mein, kyu maa or taiji
Both nodded smiling, "ok then chale tyaari shuru karte hai" Arjun said.
The ladies started discussing about rituals,the men discussed about the arrangements.
Adi and Taani spent lil quality time,later Taani left with tauji and taiji to her place, next morning they both left to jodhpur. The week passed with engagement preparation. Rey and Swayam tried their best to seek for Taani's location but they were disappointed getting no response. A day before engagement, the gang was in rehearsal hall, the gang were having fun, tried to cheer Rey, Swayam looked disturbed, he got call from his mother last night to inform him about Taani's engagement. He didn't knew how to crack the news to Rey, Sharon who saw Swayam came to him, "what happened Swayam you look tensed", before he could say anything, a guy came asking for him, Swayam went to him, "Mr.Swayam Shekhawat" the guy asked, "yeah" , "this is for you" the guy handed him a box, "but what's this" he asked confused looking at the box, "aap khud hi dekh liye" said and went away. He came out of the college and informed Arjun making him smirked.
Bharat - kya hai be tere liye gifts aare hai
Vicky - yeah dude koi secret admirer hai kya
Sharon - shutup guys, Swayam open karo
Swayam opened it to find, chocolate box and card looked like an invitation, the boys snatched the chocolates started fighting, others chuckled at them, "there's a card too, 'Save the date' likha hai,open it dude" said Simi. Swayam opened it and read "Together with Solanki & Shekhawat family formally invite you to the engagement ceremony of  Taani Shekhawat&Aditya Solanki on this Saturday at 7'O clock (Venue, Date xyz')". Everyone turned silent,Rey felt terrible,Sharon held him,Swayam also was worried, trying to gasp. "Isi baat ka dar lag raha tha mujhe I told you Swayam she's slipping from my hand, ab main kya karoon" he dejectedly said,
Swayam -Rey I really don't know what to say, mujhe usse baat karne hogi, I think she agreed due to Dad
Rey - yeah Swayam you're right we have to meet her, I know she's forced for this engagement, she still loves me
Vishakha - lagta nahi hai she's forced, you remember the concert right
Simi - yeah she looked happy
Sharon - stop it guys, glaring them
Swayam - I have to go
Rey - rukh Swayam I'll also come
Sharon - Hmm main bhi aati ho
Others looked at eachother, "hum bhi aati hai", Swayam didn't wanted them to come and say anything that would turn things worst, but Sharon convinced him saying 'she'll take care of it' after warning the gang.
On Saturday morning, the younger clan reached the resort, the elders would take time, everyone were seated in the living room,Arjun was talking on phone, after ending the call came sat beside Rithvik,
Rithvik - kya hua Bhai, everything's ok
Arjun - yeah woh bas rings ka box is with maa,toh choti maa wahi puch rahi thi
Sanvi - waise rings kisne select kiye
Arjun - maine, said looking at his phone
Avni snapped towards him, stood up "aapne", Arjun looked at her confused, "yeah main hi gaya tha, rings lene",Avni was furious now, others too stood up.
Avni - or aap ne mujhe bhi batana zaroori nahi samaja
Arjun - ismein batane wali kya baat thi, maa ne bola rings lane or main le aaya
Taani - "bhabhi shant hojaye" trying to calm her,
Avni - ab shanti nahi kranti hogi
Arjun - par hua kya hai itna badak kyu rahi ho
Avni - dekho inko toh ehsas bhi nahi hai ke inhone kya kiya hai
Arjun - Haan nahi pata bolo toh
Avni - aadmi bazaar se aloo gobi lene jata hai toh bhi biwi ko puch ke jata or ek yeh hai jo mere devar devrani ki engagement rings lene akhele chale gaye
Rishab - yeh devrani kitna old fashion hai woh aapki SIL hai sister in law.
Others face palmed,
Avni - chup kar woh meri devrani hai or main devrani hi bolongi or aap se toh mujhe baat hi nahi karni, went away
Adi - kya bhai, bhabhi ko leke nahi jaa sakte the aap
Rishab - haan, naraz kar diya na bhabhi ko
Arjun - yaar chup karo, bhabhi ke chamcho, yaar mujhe uske liye kuch lena tha, I thought of giving surprise but yeh mere pe hi backfire hogaya
Taani - bhaiya aap jaa ke bhabhi ko unka gift dedo woh maan jaegi
Arjun - haan ab toh wahi karna padega, left
Others got seated again, elders too joined, the d3 gang too arrived, as Swayam asked his mom, when they would leave at the same time even he would come. Tauji was not happy seeing his friends, he didn't wanted to invite them but got to know Arjun invited, so he remained silent, just wished they would not create any blunder here.Taani knew Swayam would come but didn't knew the whole gang would be here, she was uncomfortable but didn't show it on face. She ignored them.
Rishu who was sitting beside Taani kept his head on her shoulder, she caressed his hairs smilingly said "Rishu don't sleep pehle kuch khalo phir sona"
Ritesh - par sona kyu hai sagai ke itne kaam hai sone aaya hai tu
Rishu - papa kal raat ko bhi late soya or ab subah bhi jaldi uta idher aane ke liye
Sneha - kyu dheer raat tak kya kare the tum
Rithvik - maa, assignment complete kar raha tha, sab kuch last minute hi karna hota hai isko or mujhe bhi sone nahi diya iske assignment ke chakar mein, smacking his head,
Rishu chided and said 'bhabhi', "ok vikku bas, Sanu jaa ke khane ke liye kuch le aa" said Taani , Sanvi nodded and went, came up with breakfast. Taani feeded Rishu with her hands, "Taani beta Adi or Avni ne isse pehle hi sar pe chada hai tum or mat chadao" said Ritesh shaking his head
Rishu - haww papa aap jealous ho rahe ho sab mujhse zyada pyaar kar the hai
Taani made him drink juice to shush him, he drank the whole juice wiping his mouth, he kissed her cheeks "I love you bhabhi" said and ran from there. Everyone chuckled, Rey and Swayam were watching them amazed,She looked so comfortable with them, others looked uninterested.
Everyone had breakfast, the elders of Solanki didn't knew anything about the gang so they were polite to them but the younger clan were ignoring them. After breakfast, Adi took Taani to the living area closing her eyes, others followed them being curious, "kahan jaa rahe hai hum" Taani asked, "Just a min, ok now open your eyes" removed his hand from her eyes, Taani saw a girl standing smiling widely, the girl yelled "Tanu" took her in a tight hug, Taani was surprised, she too hugged her tightly "Ritu" said loudly. Breaking the hug, "tera toh ana cancel hua tha phir kaise", "Haan cancel hua tha par jiju ne sara arrange kiya apne driver ko bheja mujhe pick karne or main yahan" said grinning, Taani looked at Adi with gratitude, Adi was happy to see her smiling, "hello jiju, thank you so much mujhe bulwane ke liye, I couldn't miss Tanu's engagement",Adi side hugged her, "hello saali saheba finally aap se mulakat hogayi and your welcome", She then went to tauji and taiji, greeted them hugged them, tauji introduced her, "yeh Reet hai meri behen ki beti,Delhi mein training kar rahi hai, woh meri behen London mein rehti hai isliye nahi aa payi", others nodded she met everyone with a smile. The elders went to discuss about the rituals, Arjun and Aditya went to look for arrangements, Avni and Sanvi were setting the clothes, jewellery for them and others and helping Taani with her outfits. Rishab was sleeping, Reet came down to get her handbag, Swayam and Sharon were standing there talking, as soon as Swayam saw her, he moved to her with a smile, "Reet kaisi ho", "theek ho" said plainly, "waise aapse nahi puchungi kaise ho aap, aap toh bahut khush honge Taani se chutkara jo milgaya aapko" said making his smile wipeoff, "Reet aisa nahi hai" he tried to explain but she cut, "exactly Reet ho main Taani nahi jo aapke do aasu dekhe pigal jao, thank you Krishna ji aapne taani ko sadbudhi di ki woh aapke ghar se or aapki duniya se nikal gayi". Sharon got irritated,"swayam why are you talking to this spoilt brat?"glaring her, "Sharon please" he tried to shush her, "spoilt brat hmm if I'm not wrong then you must be Sharon jo khudko best samajti hai, tumhe spoilt brat ka meaning jana hai go and check yourself in mirror, you'll find the true definition of spoilt brat" mocking her, "how dare you?" in high pitch, "hey volume niche, tumse zyada ucchi awaz mein baat kar sakti ho but tumpe energy waste kyu karna you're not worth it" annoying her to no end, and left from there lastly glancing at Swayam. Rishu who wokeup and saw the scene from his window, was amused with her attitude. He went back to sleep for some more time.
Rithvik was pressing his head keeping his head on sofa headrest, Taani came to him, "kya hua vikku,sar dard kar raha hai", he looked triedly at her, "Haan bhabhi woh kal raat der tak assignment complete kiya or subah bhi jaldi uta toh ab sar dard kar raha hai", "ek min" she said and went hurriedly and came back with warm oil, "chalo main tumhare sar pe tel malish karti ho, phir tum jaa ke thodi der rest karna", "bhabhi it's ok" said Rithvik, "chup, chalo neeche baito" fake glaring, Rithvik shaking his head sat down, she started massaging, "waise bhabhi aapko pata hai, aap gussa nahi kar sakte" teasing her enjoying the malish, both chuckled. Disha and Sneha saw them,"bhabhi Taani kitne acche se sab ke saath gulmil gayi hai naa" said sneha smiling, "Haan Sneha or bacche bhi itna attach hogaye hai Taani se,dekho hamare vikku ko yeh kisi se baat nahi karta zyada or yahan dekho apni bhabhi ke saath baatein katam nahi hoti", smiling they went. Swayam,Rey and Sharon watched everything and also heard the ladies talking. After the malish, Taani cleaned her hands with tissues, Rithvik held her hands, kissed her palms, "you're the best bhabhi" , Taani smiled at him, patted his cheeks "jao jaake rest karo", he went away. The trio found it a good opportunity moved to her, she saw them and stood up to leave.
Swayam - "Taani apne bhai se baat bhi nahi karoge, itna naraz ho ki tum ghar chod ke aagayi, tumhari life mein kya ho raha hai mujhe media se pata chalta hai", said dejectedly.
Rey - "Taani ek baar bhi mujhse baat nahi kiya or mujhe chodkar ke chali aayi, or tum engagement kar rahi ho,don't you love me Taani", looking at her with hurt.
Sharon - "Taani how could you do this with Rey, you said you love him, now what happened? don't you love him anymore?was it so easy for you to move on?", said angrily. making Taani angered,
Taani - "aadat gayi nahi naa aapki dusro ki baaton mein or dusre ki life mein guss ne ki", mocking Sharon, and turned to Swayam "stop this drama okay I know aapko mere hone se or nahi hone se kitna farq pada raha hai,you never wanted me to interfere in your life now I want the same, so spare me" smiling bitterly making Swayam shocked because Taani never talked rudely to him, Sharon fumed.
Sharon - Is this the way you talk to your brother, can't you see how much he's suffering, glaring her
Taani giving her a uninterested look, "not again, firstly I'm least interested to talk to you, I tolerated you only because of him" pointing to Swayam, "and most important thing, he's not my brother and you are no one to me to question anything", Sharon was shocked, felt insulted because Taani never talk to her like this, even when she humiliated her many times.
Rey - but I mean to you, and you mean everything to me
Taani - "really laga nahi kabhi that I meant anything to you, or shayad aap bhul rahe hai breakup aapne kiya tha maine nahi", scoffed him
Rey - "taani that breakup was not real", trying to make her understand
Taani - Fake tha, the master plan of fake breakup to make Taani independent and career oriented kyu Sharon, the great advisor aap hi ka idea tha
The trio were shocked, Rey eyes widened and asked "you knew", Sharon asked "but how", "knock knock I heard you guys planning" Taani said with mockery smile.
Rey - "you knew it already then why you left, I went through the same pain Taani but that plan was made to make you independent Taani,so that you give importance to career" .Taani looked him in disbelief, "it's not the same, because you choose it I didn't had any choice and congratulations,look jo aap chahte the woh toh hogaya, I'm independent, infact the youngest business women, I even got award arey aap toh the naa award ceremony mein, I'm successful now but sadly iska reason aap nahi ho or nahi hai aap ka genius plan because I always wanted to join business, it's just that aapne jab pucha what I want to be, I said I want to be a housewife not because I was aimless because I started seeing future with you, you were my passion just like you're passionate for dance, if you're choosing dance over your family business was right then why was I wrong to choose what I wanted? Ok I agree you did the plan for my betterment but tell me one thing was I not good earlier? were you ashamed of me? Was I worthless?" looked at him with accusing eyes, Rey shaking his head furiously in 'no', realising how big of a mistake he made by planning,"or yeh kaise independent banana chahte the aap mujhe by taking my life's decision how would I be called independent, tell me one thing jab maine aap se aapki identity chupana ko kahan tha aapke saare friends mujhpe chadd gaye the and called me selfish, toh aapne toh mujhe se meri identity cheeni hai now tell me what should I do, advisor do advise kya kare" looking at Sharon who turned her face as she has no answer,"arrey kya hua jawab nahi hai, har baat pe ghusna hota hai par right time pe bolti band nice,forget it, you tell me agar mein saare cheeze bhi bhula do toh woh waqt kaise bhulu jahan main akele kamre mein rooti rahe but noone was there to console me, you two were the most important people of my life whom I trusted with my heart, you people crushed it under your feet, ab bolo main kya kya bhulu, aap log yahan victim play kar rahe ho, mujhse sawal kar rahe ho that I'm the one jiski wajah se you both are suffering, main kinn kinn cheez ke liye victim play karo" her eyes welled up, "aapne or aapke dosto ne meri izzat ki dhajya udadi uske baad you wanted me to stay there".
She wiped her tears  and said "I may
forgive you but I would never forget that aapke or aapki friends ki wajah se jo maine suffer kiya and also I'm thankful for one thing agar main wahan se nahi nikli hoti toh main yahan kabhi nahi hoti, I would never have meet these people who showered me with love,care and respect which I craved". She went a lil far and turned to Sharon,"And Sharon, gang ko samjha dena to be in their limits kyunki iss bar unhone kuch bhi kiya nor me or my family would spare them" and went from there.

The longest update, as it was important to show Taani answering them back. Next update would also be with lil bashing, more fun and love.

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