Vaani's pov

It's choti diwali already and so much of work is left.
The electricians are putting the lights as papa guide them.
Mumma is busy with sweet preparations and here I am stuck with the rangoli designs.
My brother was no less....he was already in green...blue...pink and what not colour as he tried his best to fill colours in rangoli. It has been our little ritual since childhood...vaanya di and papa use to be incharge for decoration,mumma handled kitchen while I and vibho was of little help taking in the responsibility of rangoli. I took a picture and posted it on my insta story

" My rangeen alien"

My phone instantly pinged again since last few hours from the time I have accepted mr. Dark green's friend request . He has a great fan following and as he follows very few,peoplemight have interpreted me to be someone special and thus I have been receiving non stop friend request .

I picked up my phone to turn off the instagram notification when I see it's him, mr. Dark green who replied on my story

" less of a alien than you😎"

My blood pressure shoot up...how dare this old man comment this....I....alien....
Was he waiting for me to post something.

Let me show him, I clicked the picture of one of the stray dogs outside our house and texted back

"More useful than you 😎"
"Did you just called me a dog😑"

"Oh.....looks like you have seen the mirror this morning hukum sa 😆"
"VAANI... behave..."

"😶"
"......."

Is he angry...did I just go over the board....urghhh...Vaani....he is your crush...you should have been gentle....if this keeps on going....you won't end up with any good man.

"Are you by any chance upset🥺"

"I was just messing. around🥺"

"sorry😩"

"did not mean to offend you😔"
Chirag's pov

I was waiting for others to come outside to go on shopping while I was scrolling through instagram. Well practically refreshing it again and again to see if she has posted anything....god knows why but I was just willing to see her face...those cute cheeks,brown eyes filled with life. I have seen that all three, shreya,kartik and chaitanya follows her on Instagram already.
I again refreshed and saw her story update. Without missing a beat I clicked on it and replied before I could realise .
what did I do
Shittt ..not again.

My brain short circuits the moment I see her....it malfunctions, this is not a good sign...

She replied with speed of light and i pretended to be angry when she texted back with all sugar coated words.

She is too adorable. Hawww....asking for forgiveness. I can actually imagine her sulking . It would be delighted to watch her cute face pouting as she must be waiting for my reply.

"It's fine....I should not have texted you...my bad 😐"
"Sorry naaaaaaaaaaaaa....aapki to itni lambi height hai....Thora sa dil bara kr lijiye....pleaseeeeee...hume aapko doggy nhi bolna chahiye tha 😔"

"It's okay"
"Emoji bhi bhejiye...aap abhi bhi naraaz lg rhe hai 🥺"

"🐼"
God....what am I doing...get a grip chirag...you are hukum sa...this doesn't suits you...what is happening to you...you are literally behaving like a teen. my phone pinged again

"Iska kya mtlb hota hai.🦒"

"Whi jo aapke 🦒 iska mtlb hai"
"Aap na...saamne se miliye tb btaayenge aapko...😤"

"Miliye saamne se....aapko kisne roka hai 😉"
"Should I blush at it 😚"

"Whatever helps you sleep 😎"
"Bye 😒"

"Bye 🎀"
That was fun. It was interesting....it feels so refreshing....teasing her seems to be my favourite work now.

Chaitanya : kaha khoye hai bhai sa...kuch gadbad hai...kbse awaaz de rhe hai hum aapko....shreya car mein wait kr rhi hai aur aap hai ki phone mein dekh kr ajib tarike se muskura rhe hai...hume shkh ho rha hai bhai sa...khi sch mein aapne humare liye bhabhi sa bina btaaye to nhi dhund liya na?"

PARAAG: I agree chote hukum sa....hum bhi kl se notice kr rhe hai inhe....jb se market se Vaani ma'am inko ghasitte huye le gyi hai...tbse ajib hrktein kr rhe hai....humne to kha tha ki doctor se dikha dete hai pr mna kr diya"

Kartik: lgta hai premrog ho gya hai inhein...iska ilaaj to ab koi larki hi kr skti hai...kyu hukum sa...shi kaha na"

"Aap sb logo ka bkwaas ho gya hai to gaadi mein baithiye....late ho rha hai hume"

I shove my phone in my pocket hurriedly walked towards my car as Paraag settled on driver seat. chaitanya,kartik and shreya settled in a separate car and we drove towards boutique for shopping.

At BOUTIQUE

I always knew it's difficult to go on shopping with a women but damn....it's a battle hard to win.

Shreya has been rejecting every clothe we brought, kartik was happily going around holding every other kurta she chose while Paraag was exhausted from staying in trial room since hours.
Chaitanya was arguing with shreya that he knew better about clothes as he has done fashion designing but shreya retorted. In all these royal people have created a havoc in the boutique while the workers stood in the corners bowing their heads down. Thank god it belonged to the Singhaniya's else they would have pleaded us by now to leave and never come back.

Shreya was always picky but she would agree at anything they choose before but this version of shreya was dangerous.

All thanks to ms. Sparkle

she was no more that shy woman....she was in a different mode today and kartik was enjoying every ounce of this bossy shreya. He has always loved her and I know that but the brother in me never appreciated this. But he was too much infected by the disease called "love" to retort. He simply tailed behind her while she chose.

We have tried almost all short of collections but nothing seems to deliver the wow factor to shreya.

"Laado....please...ab bs kriye...humse nhi hoga...aapko Jo Lena hai lijiye aur khtm kriye"

"Ha hukum sa...aaplog ke chkkr mein hum bhi phas gye hai....kuch der mein yahan mannequins ke jgh hum nazar aayenge"
PARAAG pleaded leaning against the doorframe of changing room.

"Pehle to itne nakhre nhi the....ab kya ho gya hai laado"
Chaitanya sung being irritated.

"Acha to hai....rehne dijiye...shreya kitne pyaar se kapre choose rhi hai aap log ke liye..."

Kartik said . This love struck bastard. He is head over heels for my sister. Well I know....I have seen him since childhood but never said anything cause he never crossed any line that should worry me.

"Aaplog kisi kaam ke nhi hai...Vaani ko yahaan hona chahiye tha...uski psnd kitni achi hai...."
Shreya sulked as she took was irritated. She can't find anything perfect that goes well with all her brothers.

"Aapka bs chle to Vaani ke Bina saans bhi na le.....kuch zyada dependant nhi ho gyi ho uspr"
Chaitanya spoke with a smirk on his face

"Good idea bhai sa usse puchti ho"

She took out her phone and video called Vaani. I stood just behind her
She wore a panda top with a shorts. Her hair tied in a messy bun, skin void of any make up yet she looked cute.
Too cute.

"Kaise yaad kiya shreya?"

"Yaar...hum shopping pr aaye hai and these men .....good for nothing...kuch help nhi ho rha inse....please help kr inke liye kurta choose krne mein"

"Ha help kr do Vaani.....dekho zra...bechara Paraag kuch der mein behosh ho jaayega....hum sb kuch der mein yahan pr mannequins bne dikhenge agr tumne help nhi kiya to"

Chaitanya spoke while she giggled. My eyes never left her face . She looked radiant.

"Okay....chl dresses dikhao hume"

Shreya disappeared in a minute among the clothes and kurta placed neatly while they discussed on the pattern,colour and gave their expertise feedbacks and we followed the two woman like obedient kids. We had no intention of spending another couple of hours by arguing with them.

She chose a lilac colour bandi suit for Chaitanya that really looked good at him.
Shreya finalised a blue kurta for kartik and he smiled shyly. This jerk
They chose a yellow kurta set for Paraag and he finally wiped his fake tear of joys . Finally he was free to go.....that was actually an achievements.

"Chirag Bhai sa pr to sb acha lgta hai...unke liye kya le hum"

"Wo baby pink wala...wo kurta pyara lgega unpr...wo dena"

"Vaanu....Bhai sa...pink....kya baat kr rhi ho....mrwaana hai hume"

All of them laughed while I glared at them

"Bhai sa pink to pehen le....kisi ke baby kaise banenge"
Chaitanya commented with a sarcastic smile.

"Mera chirag baby to hai hi..adorable baby....pink acha lgega ispr...ab to baby bnane ka age hai"
Kartik said with excitement.

Shreya hit his arm lightly
.this man.i won't let him marry my sister ever. Never ever.

"Hukum sa...try kriye na....humari psnd pr trust kriye....it will look good on you"
Sparkle's voice rung from the other side of the screen and i couldn't say no...may be it was first time she was choosing an outfit for me.....may be she was the first one to shop for me apart from my ma sa and shreya that I did not resist.
they forced me to go and try. I would not like to say..but it actually looked good....I never wore pink but that was looking good on me.

I came out of the trial room and everybody stared at me in disbelief

"Bhai sa....aap to sch mein ache lg rhe hai...actually...bahut ache lg rhe hai"

"Maanna parega...aap sch mein ache lg rhe hai"

"I trust your choice now vaanu....Bhai sa to bahut ache lg rhe hai"

"You look hot in pink "
Vaani exclaimed while everybody looked at me in shock.
My ear instantly turned pink as my cheeks was a faint shade of red.
Shittt...this traitorous emotions.
Do I really look this good...but how can she say me hot....was not she suppose to tell me handsome

"Vaani....you are right
..bhaii sa actually looks hot in this pink"
Chaitanya spoke with amused smile while they giggled.
Shreya finally chose a beige colour outfit for baba sa, handing it over to me to deliver it to him.

We paid and left for home .

DIWALI DAY

Both the houses buzzed with laughter, kartik went to his house for diwali this morning after wishing us.
During day time... SINGHANIYA 's distributed sweets in entire city and visited the riyasat sending them good wishes on behalf of the royal family.
At sharma nivaas.....vibhor was half dead after clicking dozens of Vaani's picture and he was finally allowed to burn crackers when she approved one of her perfect picture clicked by him.
Vanya and rudra too called them and wish.
By the time it was called night, the puja was completed,food savoured with lights,hope and crackers.

NIGHT TIME

I was waiting for her new post ,i couldn't wait to see what she wore for diwali when I saw her post with caption "feeling hot in pink 💗" my heartbeat missed a beat.

She wore a hot pink long dress with light jewellery. She looked much of a lady not that young careless,clumsy girl.
her comment section flooded with comments when my eyes stuck on a particular comment

"Looking mine in pink❤️"

Who's this bastard and what does he mean by mine? Does she have a boyfriend, she doesn't look like one to keep it a secret if she had. Shreya would have told by now.my hand itched to type and ask her who was he when I saw her reply on the comment

"Vanya di....handle your husband....he seems off track....save your ass jiju🥴"

Okay....he is her jiju....I mentally slapped myself for being jealous and chuckled at my behaviour.
What's wrong chirag...she isn't your possession...stop behaving like a desperate teen. But these feeling were new to me...I never had a girlfriend neither felt attracted to anybody ever...but she was an exception.
I clicked on the profile pic and saw the same man who was in her holi post with her sister.
I sighed in relief and posted my pic with caption

"Looking hot in pink 😎"

I know this doesn't suits me but what to do, we are in 21st century,no one would mind hukum sa posting photo with this comment I guess...whill they?

i recieved likes and comments when a notification popped up.

It was of sparkle.

"Tagline bhi chura liya aapne...😒"

"Dil churaane ka mauka dijiye....wo bhi chura skte hai hum😉"
"Aap mein koi aatma wgera nhi na ghus gya.....🤧"

I seriously need to see a doctor. This isn't good for my reputation.

"Not at all....kisi ne compliment kiya tha ...bs sch likha hai humne 😚"
"Acha ji....mtlb hukum sa ne humare compliment ko itna serious liya😭 humare bhaag khul gye"

"Aapki hr baat seriously lete hai hum😌"
God knows what gets into me when I talk to her.....

my hukum sa system completely shuts down and all of a sudden I behave in strange manners.
A version of me that even I would refused to accept. Too shameless that it embarassed me later on....but I don't regret it.

".........."

VAANI'S POV

Did he just flirt with me. I rolled like a burito in my blanket grinning like an idiot. It feels so good to have a crush when he too responds.

"Achi baat hai...hume seriously hi liya kriyega.....halke mein lene wali chiz bhi nhi hai...humara wazan bahut zyada hai🤣"
"Kahe to puri life aapke nakhre aur wazan dono utha lenge 😌 kaafi workout krte hai hum"

My cheeks turned red as my heart fluttered. He got some rizz. I thought hukum sa don't flirt...they use to be stone type...but damn....he is good at this too

"chliye.....so jaaiye....12 bjne wale hai...nhi to apne dark circles ke liye hume blame mt kriyega 😅"
"Wo to aapke honge🐼...humare paas to natural beauty hai "

Well he isn't lying completely. He really has some natural beauty.

"Bye...good night 🦒"
"Good night 🐼"

I kept my phone at the side table slipped into deep slumber with a small smile still playing an my lips.