2. Grasping the opportunity

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As Pratik enter in living room of his house, he got a shocked by the view of both Naaik and Soni family are seating together. As his enters, all of them are glancing at him which make him curious about what happen.


"Kya hua? Sab log mujhe aese kyu dekh raha hai? Mere munh pe kuch laga hai kya?" Pratik asked curiously touching his face thinking there is something on his face. After get silence as an answer he turns to Niyati, who leaning on dinning table and hands cross on her chest and asked her "Kuch hua hai kya? Kya hogaya in sab ko? Mujhe aese kyu dekh rahe hai?" "*sigh*Pritu, Scholarship exam ka reply aaya hai." She said. "Kya? Result aa gya hai? " He asked with his increasing curiosity. "Mera acceptance letter toh aa gya hai par...." She don't continue her sentence. "Par? " Pratik ask as his heart feels stuffed because he is scared of the answer he don't want to hear. Niyati release another sigh with her head down looking at her feet.


"Say something Nitu! " Pratik yelled in anxiety. Pratik relise a sigh and said "Ok, agar mera selection nahi hua hai toh kah dena. I am already prepared of it. " "Matlab tujhe iss baat ka bura nahi lagega ki tera selection nahi hua? " Niyati asked as all of them who were present there were shocked except Pratik. "Yah, dekh 50-50 chances tha. To mein iske liye prepare tha. Lekin tera selection toh ho gaya na. Mein tere liye khush hu." Pratik said with a satisfying smile. "Ooooh, you are such a nice guy!" Niyati said with pinching Pratik's cheeks. "Yaar, dosti ke maamale me kitni lucky hu jo mujhe tujh jaisa dost mila hai." She said smiling happily. 


Seeing the childish act of Niyati, everybody let out a small laughter, except Pratik. Pratik was staring shockingly at Niyati wearing questioning gesture on his face. "Mujhe aese mat dekho, hum toh mazak kar rahe the." Niyati said with a sheepish smile. Pratik's jaw down in a way that it might touch the ground if it was joined with elastic.


"Ooooh, Your scared the shit out of me. " Pratik said in anger and surprising way. "Tu ruk, Tu ruk kuttee-kameeni! Koi aesa mazaak karta hai. Meri jaan nikal di thi." Pratik screamed while chasing Niyati, who is running around the room so that she don't fall in hands of her anger friend.


Seeing this, all the people in that room were burst out in laughter. While Pratik is busy in twisting Niyati's ear, Pratik's mamma, means Maytri aunty goes to the kitchen to bring sweets which was prepared special for celebrating the selection of both of their childrens. As she comes out of kitchen, a smile got on her lips as she witness Pratik and Niyati's cute interaction. 'They would have become a great couple if.....' As the 'if' comes, Maytri aunty stop thinking about this topic anymore as she has secure a big secret of Pratik in her heart which Pratik himself don't know. After shifting focus from the thoughts going on in her mind towards two figures, one is still twisting others ear and other is still pleading and apologizing.


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Niyati: Now you got time to get your attention on me! You shitty Author! My ear is paining like a hell.

Author: Oh really! I am your author. If your don't behave then I will set you up with some smelly, fatty, 'shitty' uncle ji.

Niyati: WTF! This is not fair. Readers, you have to seek justice for me.

Author: blah blah blah.... Let's just continue. 

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As Pratik open his mouth to scold Niyati, Maytri put a spoon full of Fruit Custer in Pratik's mouth. The taste of his favorite dessert hits his tastebuds, he let out a moan closes his eyes and get completely mesmerizing in sweetness. Finding the opportunity to escape from her friend's grasp, who has enter in the trans of the sweetness of Fruit Custer, Niyati frees her ear and stand by her father's side while rubbing her ear.


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Niyati: hmmm, shitty author

Pratik: Haa na, mere toh haath me dard hone laga hai

Author: whatever

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Coming out of trans, Pratik complains childish "Aap sab log iss Nitu ke saath mil ke mere saath mazaak kya? Me kitna pareshaan ho gya tha. Mamma, aap bhi in sab me mil gyi?" "Excuse me, ye idea Mitu ka tha." Niyati informed. "Aur bina vajah mere kaan ukhaadte-ukhaadte baj gaya." She added."Kya! Mitu...." Pratik yelled and second round of Run And Chase of Tom an Jerry starts. But this time, Jerry is Meet who is running for his life from his older brother. While others are enjoying the dessert, seating and chit-chating with one another as they are used to this drama of these three troublemakers tigadee


And that's for today. Stay tuned for witnessing the reveal of the secret of Pratik's life. Do it will have good or a bad impact on Pratik's life? Let's see how destiny will pull the strings of fates.

And, I will try to upload new chapters regularly on every saturday. Please comment below and let me know that do the readers like my this chapter or not?

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