"Meera, Arjun, that's it, I'm not letting you risk driving in such heavy rains, you are staying here only, you can have breakfast tomorrow and leave" Her father declared
"No dad, Arjun has work and all, we'll leave now" she said looking at Arjun apologetically
she didnt want to irritate Arjun, what if he ended up not coming anymore at all! The man could flip into any character at any second anyway!
"No it's fine, we'll stay, I dont have an issue" Arjun answered, he didnt have the heart to say no to the puppy faced avi and Amaya pleasing them to stay over that night, also Dadu who had already begun planning their morning including Arjun and Meera.
"Really? Are you sure?" Whispered Meera to him
"Yeah I'm fine, besides it's raining really heavily too, I dont wanna pull of any other bablu dablu stunt again" Arjun chuckled
"Dont worry Meera our beds are also very strong" sidhanth whispered to the both of them from behind, and began being chased by Meera.
"Oh god, please provide our children with some maturity" her mom prayed audibly as Arjun cracked up.
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Saturday night drinks, will pick you up Rohan messaged
Sorry, at moms place,maybe next week
Meera replied
"You take the bed, I'll take the bean bag" Meera offered
"Actually" Arjun said as he walked with his hands locked behind his back, "remember how you promised me something? You know if I won, i could ask you for anything?"
Meera said and suddenly the chirpiness from her face disappeared, "I'm sorry, I'm not engaging in any kind of intimacy" she announced
"What? Why would you think I'd ask you that, no!" Arjun said squinting his eyes, "I'm just saying, that it's not fair that I get the bed, so we should share it!"
Meera looked on skeptically.
"Meera you can trust me, I have absolutely no intention as such, we can make a pillow wall in between, you barely fit in the couch back home, come on!" Arjun exclaimed
Meera thought again.
"I promise I wont eat you" he added trying to lighten the moment
"Yeah obviously, there needs to be some kinda food shortage or resourcelessness for you to engage in cannibalism!" Meera replied
"Oh god, this is disturbing intellect" Arjun said closing his eyes and sighing
"Do you know vlad the impaler?" Meera asked quirkily
"Yeah?"
"That is disturbing intellect"
Arjun wandered in Meera's room, he saw their baby pictures, "oh my god, Is that Divya?" He asked taking a picture of the photo frame
"Yuhp, we went to mussorie"
"How old were you?" Arjun asked curiously
"I dont know, who cares" Meera snapped, her face suddenly seemed strained and she went inside the washroom
Meera went inside the washroom and splashed water on her face. Breathe in breath out, 5 4 3 2 1, breath in breathe out 1 2 3 4 5 it's okay, you're safe now, you're fine, youre in your own house
"Meera?" Arjun knocked, she quickly opened the door and came out, with the usual grin on her face
"Are you fine?" Arjun asked confused
"Yeah, ofcourse, why wouldnt I be"
"No cuz, you ran-"
Meera cut him off in the middle, visibly uncomfortable to talk about what had happened
"Avi,Amaya and Sid are waiting for me, Arjunji"
"Can you stop with 'Arjunji'! Ugh, I sound like I'm 50!" Arjun said frustrated
"I cant help it, it's a reflex for people older to me!" Meera chuckled
"No, just stop okay, assume I'm the same age as you! Do whatever but please dont add 'ji' at the end of my name! Or-or-or else I'll lock the library and never let you enter it!" Arjun said haughtily
"What? No you wouldnt!" Meera laughed
"Try me Meera Gupta, I can" Arjun smirked
"Ugh,okay, Arjun?" Meera said trying to check how it sounded
"Arjun,sounds about okay eh?" Meera said and was interrupted by a knock
Sid opened the door, "hello guys, if you're done with your moments of love can we please come for playing poker!"
"Sid, moments of love? God,who is your girlfriend these days! You guys get to your room, I'm coming" Meera replied
"What? NO!! What about Jiju!" Avi said pooping his head from between the door
"Jiju is tired and he needs to sleep, so we will not disturb him!" Meera said as she picked her phone up and began walking
"Jiju please!!!! Please can you join us!" Avi pleaded
"Poker? Sure okay" Arjun remarked
Meera Turned around and whispered unsurely "you dont have to do it, I'll make up some story for Avi"
"No it's okay, the kid is cool, besides I'll have to find another game that I'm better at, than you!" Arjun chuckled
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"How did you have so many boyfriends Meera di!" Amaya said as they held cards in there hand
Arjun was surprised, Meera didnt seem like a person who would entertain relationships
"Oh, that's cuz the guys thought she was one of them, she just had a lotta boy friends, not boyfriends" sid explained
Meera slapped him on the shoulder
"Jiju, you know this Meera barely had any friends who were girls! And you know, she used reject guys like she was some Miss. Universe!" Sid said
"No way! What a heartbreaker Meera!" Arjun exclaimed and bumped his fist on her Arm
"Jiju, you must have a lotta girls behind you na!" Amaya said excitedly
"Yeah yeah, now tell us, see now the real secrets will pop up" meera smirked
"There is nothing like that" Arjun said as he resisted smiling
"Look at that smile,just look at that smile, whatta liar ya!" Meera said pointing towards his face
"I'm not lying, there was a few girls" Arjun said as he couldn't resist his urge to smile
"Few meaning a 100 - 200?" Amaya asked
"Oh god, this entire family has mastered sarcasm" Arjun said chuckling
"Mr. Arjun Goenka, we have only mastered the art of figuring out who is lying and who isnt" Meera remarked as she placed a card upside down
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Arjun slept on the other side comfortably as Meera moved to the edge,away from the pillow wall. The sound of knock on glass woke Arjun up who wasnt accustomed to the bed, he opened his eyes and looked around carefully. He saw some shadows out of the balcony and heard some sounds of shuffling.
"Meera, Meera" he hissed. trying to wake her up, the disturbance caused Meera to tumble down the bed and her eyes suddenly opened wide. She straightened her hair.
"What is it" she said flabbergasted
"Theres some one in the balcony" Arjun whispered picking up the mosquito racket on her table, he handed her over a jug "shhh"he said walking stealthily
Hello everyone, I've made this update a little shorter than usual, looking forward to a lot more likes and comments for the next one!
Also please expect slow updates, a little slower than usual (I know we hate them but I'm kinda taking my time in writing stuff)
See ya!
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Can't help falling in love
RomanceMeera Gupta, daughter of Niyati and Manish is an architect who comes back to India, after a long interval to visit her ailing grandfather, Prithviraj, whom she is most attached to. Her grandfather's last wish is getting her married and even though M...
