Abir :)

"So there's a ghost house here, umm approximately 15km away from our location and we have decided to visit that place tonight, " Mivaan said, I gave him a thumbs up.. Everyone agreed.. "Which type of ghosts? " Mishti asked him, her eyes were glued to her phone, she's talking with someone in the message..

"No one is taking you there! " Maanvir bhai said, we both snapped our head at him. "Why? " She questioned, exactly why? "Because you will get scared and we won't take that risk, " Mrinal replied, she glared at them.. She got the most protective brothers.. I would have dragged Sharanya into the house and would have locked her and let her have some quality time with those fake ghosts.. That's fun..

"I won't get scared.. I watch a lot of horror movies , " she said in her defense, "There's a difference between movies and reality! " Mivaan said strictly.. She stood up, her nose flared up in anger.. "I am not a kid.. I am joining you guys and that's final! " She stated, three of them closed their eyes and shook their head negatively. She looked at her parents who were already shaking their head in a no..

"Why? Your girlfriends are going there na, " she complained, "Ziya is a doctor mishti, she has done experiment on dead bodies, plus she had dealt with ghosts when she's doing her MBBS. And Jeevika, she's always excited for all this. I hope it would be better if I won't say anything about Sharanya.. She herself looks like ghost in the midnight, " Mivaan explained, a pillow landed straight on his face.. Sharanya threw another pillow at him.. Everyone burst out laughing..

"That makes no sense, I am going and that's final, " she scoffed in anger.. If someone would have asked me with such cuteness, I would have said yes. But these protective brothers!! Everyone in her family was protective towards her actually. If she would have stayed with them, if she would have lived a normal life without any goons around her, then she would have the most spoiled child in this world..

"You were in class 8th.. We took you to a horror house, you could not even cross a single room and fainted! " Manvik uncle said, her cheeks tainted red in embarrassment.. "You are not supposed to tell that in front everyone, " she yelled at her father, everyone were laughing except her three brothers. They knew if they would laugh she will kill them..

"I was in standard 8.. Now I am a grown mature woman! " She defended, "From which angle? " Mivan commented, but shut his mouth as Maanvir signed him to keep his mouth shut. They had already hurt her ego, she won't sleep without going to the ghost house.. The quarrels didn't end, both the parties were putting their point.

It's mishti verses her family..

Normally Ruhaan would have taunted her or would have pulled her legs, but he remained silent.. The crack in our friendship has affected him a lot.. Today Ziya and Jeevika's family arrived in the morning.. We all did our lunch together, Ziya wanted to talk with me, but didn't get the chance .. I knew she will ask me about my relationship with mishti..

After all the arguments finally Mishti won and it's finalised that she's joining us. Her happiness reached no bound. She's crazy sometimes.. We all went to our respective room to take a small nap before visiting the haunting house..

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I was standing outside, leaning against the car, was waiting for everyone to come outside.. Ziya came towards me, I straightened my posture and smiled at her.. "How are you? " She asked me, "All good, " I muttered, everyone came out of the house.. Mishti was coming with her mumma, she was wearing a short blue skirt and a off white crop top, her short hair was open and she had put on a sling bag around her shoulder..

Aunty was probably telling her to stay safe, why was everyone worried about her when her boyfriend was going with her.. She looked towards me, I had a straight face as usual. Why would I smile at her? Mivan, Sharanya, Mrinal and Jeevika had occupied one car.. Maanvir, Ziya, Ayansh bhai were standing beside me.. Arya, Ivan, Eva and Astha has occupied one car..

"My car is empty, " Ruhaan said after opening the door for her, she smiled at him and got in the car.. A nerve popped on my jawline as I tried my best to not show the frustration.. I got into my car and the trio sat inside.. She could have come here, we're on a break, but that doesn't mean we have become strangers.. Both Ziya and Maanvir were signalling each other through their eyes, maybe they wanted to say something to me..

I was watching them in the front mirror.. Maanvir took a deep breath and initiated the conversation.. "By the way Abir, are you planning to go back again? I mean umm, " he took a pause and looked at Ziya who glared at him.. "I mean umm aren't you both going to sort things out? " He added, I remained silent.. Ayansh bhai was just staring at me, waiting for my reply..

"She really missed you, we all did actually.. But you know what I am trying to say! " He said, I just muttered a hmm in response.. "But we all are happy that you came back.. Good to see you after such long gap.. Take your time buddy, " he added and patted my shoulder.. Ziya shook her head in disbelief after seeing Maanvir's communication skills.. He was worried about his sister, but wasn't able to put it clearly because he knew whatever happened between us was because of her mistake..

"Arguments and fights happen in every couple.. She is already suffering a lot. I understand your anger and pain, but isn't it enough? It's her brothers wedding and she's not even enjoying properly.. So you should talk to her, " Ziya finally chose to speak, I looked at my right direction where Ruhaan's car overtook mine.. They both were casually talking..

A part of my heart was happy seeing them getting along with each other, this incident truly changed all the dynamics.. But another part was jealous, because she's supposed to be in my car.. I increased the speed and overtook their car, "Careful, " Ayansh bhai said in a concern filled voice, not to make it obvious I overtook the rest two cars and now riding on the first..

"Let's enjoy tonight with ghost, we have a lot of time to discuss about other topics, " I said, they both sighed.. I was supposed to talk with papa in the evening, but I had to postpone it due to this plan.. "How is bhabi's health? Did the doctor give the delivery date? " I asked bhai, he shared his experience, how did it feel when he felt baby's kick and how bhabi is always in an annoyed mood.. Till now everything was normal regarding her health, I was glad.. It's her seven months going on..

After two months a new member will arive in Rajvansh family and I can guarantee she/he would be the most pampered child. Because she/he would be the first baby of the next generation and there will be atleast three or four years gap for the next baby..

I parked the car in the parking lot, we both headed towards the black mansion.. It's dark here and the mansion was looking like a haunted house, even though it's artificial. There's no ghost inside, just some man made ghost.. We all gathered nearby the ticket counter.. "You still have time mishti! " Mivaan said to her in a warning tone. They were just pulling her leg.. loud screams were coming from inside .. She gulped , but didn't back out..

The three brothers started scaring her, she's dealing with them all alone while everyone were laughing. I would have done the same with Sharanya -who was angry on me now because I shouted at her yesterday- but still I felt bad when these brothers were troubling mishti.. I wanted to grab her to my side and tell her not to worry. Because I would be with her..

"I will go and buy the tickets, " Ayansh bhai went towards the counter, I stepped ahead and stood in front of the warning board.. "Minors are not allowed, " I read aloud, it grabbed everyone's attention.. I looked down at mishti, who was standing beside me.. Her heart skipped a beat, which I could feel just by staring at her.. "Minors are not allowed, how will you enter inside? " I asked her, everyone burst out laughing.. It took her a minute to realize that I called her minor..

If you judge her by her appearance then she's definitely looking below 18.. I chuckled at her shocked expression.. It's our first conversation which was initiated by me.. "Mishti, stand in the middle! We all will keep you away from the ghost, " Mrinal said coming to the front, Mishti glared at him and pushed him to the middle.. "Now that's enough of your crap! I am done with it.. I will prove to everyone that I am not scared of ghosts. I will go first , " she announced and came to the front line..

She will prove everyone right just after entering inside, it's what my gut feelings said to me.. I stood behind her, my hands were inserted in the hoodie pockets.. I was not even scared because I knew it was artificial.. So there's no point in getting scared.. I looked at her, she was clutching her sling bag tightly, I shook my head in disbelief.. A bunch of groups came out of the house, they just ran towards the gate without looking left and right.. They were not only screaming, but laughing as well..

Was this house that scary? I questioned to myself. Mishti must be regretting her life decisions after watching those scared fellows..

"Okay guys whoever will come first he/she will be the winner and he/she will be declared as the most fearless person! " Sharanya said, we all nodded. I needed to say her sorry, she's been avoiding me after I shouted at her. Dramebaaz! When our time came, Mishti hesitantly went inside after showing her tickets.. One by one we all entered inside, it's a dark room , but enough light was there for us to recognize each other..

The door slammed shut behind us, Mishti jumped at her place.. A variety of noises were breaking our eardrums.. There's nothing in that room, so we proceeded to go further.. Mishti was in the front line , the three brothers were holding their respective girlfriends. Ivan was holding her baby sister astha and Arya was with Eva.. Ruhaan and Ayansh bhai were towards the end, completely unbothered.. I was standing just behind Mishti...

As we stepped into the next room, I walked behind her and everyone followed me.. A ghost which was probably looking like a bear, his face looked like bear with scars and hair, he crawled towards us in a blink of an eyes, making a horrible sound.. "Mummyyyyy! " Mishti screamed at the top of her voice and turning her heel she crashed against me with such a force that I pushed the two person who were behind me and we all fell on the floor.. Mishti fell above me..

"What was that? " She was screaming, her face was buried deep in my neck.. She kept screaming, my cock hardened as she was pounding against my body.. Everyone groaned in annoyance and stood up.. I was still laying on my back and she's still screaming.. I cleared my throat and patted her shoulder lightly, she stopped screaming and looked at me.. She realized our position and also realized everyone was staring at us.. It didn't take her a second to get up, she muttered a sorry.. I stood up and removed the dust from my shirt..

"There's something inside, it attacked me! " She said taking a deep breath, "What were you expecting? " Mivaan asked her, keeping his hands on his waist.. "She was expecting a man to welcome her with arti thali! " Maanvir chuckled, she licked her lips.. "Let's go guys, stop pulling her legs! " Sharanya said, both Mivaan and Sharanya went inside.. I could hear my sister's scream, Mishti shut her eyes .. We both were standing near the door..

Everyone left, "Should we go or are you planning to stay here? " I asked her, she pouted.. "That was looking ugly, " she muttered, "They are artificial ghosts, don't get scared of them, " I told her, she gulped.. She's looking scared, I held her hand and took her inside.. That ghost again attacked us, but he could crawl till some distance and again going back to his previous place.. Still mishti started screaming in fear, we finally crossed that room..

"Your brothers were right about you, " I muttered, before the ghost could do anything to her , she would do something to herself.. I told her it was artificial, but she was still scared.. " I am not scared, " she muttered in a low tone, I looked at her. The audacity! It's a small pathway, so I guided her towards the next room.. As soon as we entered the room, a man without any head approached us, all covered in black..

"Mummaaa! " Mishti shouted again and pulled me back and then hid behind me, holding my hoodie in a tight grip.. I stood rooted to my ground, I heard another noise from my back.. "Aaaaaaa! " Mishti shouted and came to the front.. I looked back over my shoulder, just a single head was roaming in the air.. Damn it. There's a head behind us and another man without a head was in front of us.. "They won't even touch you, " I whispered, she had pushed her head on my chest.. I shut my eyes and walked straight out of the room...

It's the sound effect and the darkness that's making the environment scary.. I hope she won't get a heart attack.. There's a staircase, we needed to climb it and then it will lead us towards the exit.. But the space was really short.. It's dark out there, so we couldn't see anything from afar.. When we got near the stair, I saw a lot of heads lined up above the railing , they were making different kinds of expression and noise..

"No way, fuck! " Mishti took a step back , can't blame her, they all were looking horrible, straight out of a nightmare.. The space between the railing and wall was so short that only one person could walk between it.. "You go first, I will be behind you! " I said to her, holding her shoulder I pushed her towards the staircase.. "No I will go behind you, " she almost begged, "If any of them will kidnap you, then don't blame me later, " I warned her, she cried.. "Why are you scaring me? " She yelped, I chuckled..

She took a step on the first stair, those heads without bodies started doing their work, she was not even looking at them.. I didn't either.. I was holding her both shoulders and walking behind her.. When we reached the middle of the staircase, another ghost popped in front of us, he was hung by a rope upside down.. Mishti screamed, not before punching hard on his face.. That body moved back and came towards us with the same speed, we both bent down before it could hit our heads.. She was still shivering..

"Mummaaa! " She shouted again, she's looking down.. I looked down at the staircase, it's not made up of cement or brick.. It's made up of metal and there's a gap between two stairs.. A number of ghosts were flying beneath us, showing their round eyes and ugly teeth.. We both stood up quickly, "Why are they everywhere? " She complained, "It's a ghost house girl! What were you expecting, " I told her, that upside down ghost had disappeared into the darkness.. I hope that was not a man, because with the force mishti hit his face his nose would be bleeding and the front teeth would have broken..

We reached the first floor, as we started walking, we felt someone's presence behind us.. But there's nothing, cold breeze passed by us .. She tightened her grip around my palm and held my sleeve in the other hand.. A black ghost came from nowhere and started roaming around us, I didn't stop, but dragged mishti with me while she was telling the ghost to go back as if he would listen..

We walked down the stairs, when we reached the end another ghost popped in front of us out of nowhere, by looking at the ghost I guessed it was a female, it had long hair.. "What's the way of approaching? " She shouted at that ghost, she will never stop impressing me with her non-sense acts. The ghost disappeared into the darkness, I was bored.. I was more invested in her expression rather than on those ghosts..

We stepped into the last room, there's nothing.. As we walked towards the door,  loud screams vibrated through our ear drums.. We looked back.. There's a bunch of ghosts without any feet, they ran behind us.. Before I could register anything mishti screamed at the top of her voice and dragged me out of the house by holding my hand.. Those were looking terrific and the way they were chasing us, it scared me as well..

We both were out of the house, she bent down, keeping her hands above her knees she took her own time to make her breathing normal.. "You okay mishti? " Mivaan came and pulled her into a hug.. Those two brothers who were laughing, they also came and hugged her.. "So how was your experience? " Mrinal asked to her, she's still trying to make herself calm.. Sharanya has gone to the counter to collect our phones..

She handed me my phone without taking a glance at me.. I didn't say anything, it was not a proper place to talk with her.. These sisters are weird, they will make mistakes, but if you will yell at them then they will get angry! Wahh! "Let's go everyone, " Ayansh bhai said, he didn't sit in my car, instead sat in Ruhaan's car.. Maanvir and Ziya also got in his car.. All the cars were full except mine..

I opened the car door for her, she looked towards me and then at those car.. I moved my eyes towards other cars and everyone had their head out of the windows as they were staring at us.. When I looked at them they hurriedly pulled their head inside, all have become a clown.. Mishti cleared her throat and got in my car.. I grinned with joy and covered it quickly by making a straight face..

I got inside the car and started driving.. There's a strange silence between us, as I started driving she moved her face towards the road and looked at those trees passing by us.. I kept my gaze on the road, neither she spoke a word nor me.. Her hands were resting above her thigh, she's wearing a skirt which was hardly covering her mid thigh while she's sitting..

Tracing my fingers over her thigh, slowly pushing her skirt away and guiding my fingers inside her skirt while she will be screaming my name loud and then pulling her to my lap and kiss her lips , pulling out all the emotions from my heart and putting it all in our kiss. While my hands will touch and worship her every curve, claim her soft skin by my touch, thrust inside her and make her body shiver with each thrust. She would be breathless, but would still demand more and more.

My one hand was resting over the gear stick, I was controlling myself from grabbing her thigh.. I shook my head and focused on the road. My mind would never stop fantasizing about her.. Two & half months without her felt like nightmares, I missed her a lot. I was upset, sometimes I get angry, but it didn't change the fact that I was not missing her..

Mostly at night, we used to sleep together so after I left, I couldn't get a proper sleep.. I miss holding her in my embrace, touching her, kissing her, cuddling with her, making love to her.. I missed a lot and am still missing her.. She didn't utter a word and was just staring outside.. I stopped the car as we reached the mansion . Everyone has arrived before us, they have left for the house..

We both stepped out of the car, she didn't say anything and just walked straight into the house. If that's how it will go, then let it be. If she doesn't want to communicate, then I won't bother her as well..

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Mishti :)

I could not sleep the whole night, I had a chance yesterday.. But I couldn't gather the courage, I couldn't initiate a conversation but I was dying to talk to him. The ride to this mansion went in silence. He won't talk to me, I have no courage to talk to him, if this will continue then we both would die like this..

I entered the kitchen , mumma was doing dosa.. "You okay baby? I told you not to go there! " She was concerned at first then ended up rebuking me.. "I am fine see, " I told her, she checked my temperature and it's normal.. "Your brothers were worried, did you get any nightmares? " She asked me and gave me a dosa.. I sat over the slab.. "Worried? Huh.. They all left me last night and went ahead.. " I complained, as I tasted the dosa a wide smile crept over my lips..

She makes the tastiest food in the whole universe, for me atleast.. I have gained a little weight in these two months because she had been staying with me and kept filling my stomach with all variety tasty foods.. "They left you behind deliberately, because they wanted you both to stay alone! Abir & you, " she said, I snapped my head at her.. "What were they expecting? Us to have a conversation in between those scary ghosts ? " I taunted..

I tried to remember the last night event , the way he was protecting me gave me butterflies.. "See you are smiling, " she teased me, the smile was now replaced by a frown.. "All these won't work on our relationship, " I replied and put another piece of dosa in my mouth.. She sighed.. "Atleast you spent a little moment with him. Everything will be fine.. He loves you and he still looks at you the same way he used to.. He was away, that's why he was angry.. Now as you will be in front of him, he won't stay mad for longer. You should just go and talk to him, " she said..

I took out a long breath and nodded.. Abir walked down the stairs, his hair was wet, I didn't know he was sleeping till now.. Everyone had done their breakfast, it's only me who woke up late. But here he was more late than me.. "He has arrived, make breakfast for him.. He will be happy, " mumma said and handed me the plate.. I stared at her, she really thinks it's a normal fight which happens between every husband and wife and then wife makes tasty food and husband forget the anger..

At this moment, it's a conversation which is important, more than any efforts. But I haven't made anything for him since a long time, so I agreed to her.. Abir sat down in the sofa, he saw me standing near the gas.. I applied a little oil over the plain pan as mumma guided me.. I have never made dosa, but it looked easy.. I poured the batter and when I tried to make a circle it broke in the middle and didn't spread everywhere in equal manner, it looked mess..

Easy to look at, hard to cook..

I flared my nose in anger and glared at mumma.. "Don't look at me like that, " she shook her head and took my place.. "Your dad will eat this, make the next one as I will do, " she said, she kept the half burnt dosa for papa which made me laugh. As she made another dosa, I observed her with all my attention.. I realized Abir was staring at both of us. He is a chief and here I can't make a proper dosa..

I went back to my previous position and poured the batter .. Still it didn't spread over in a equal manner.. "This ain't happening, " I yelped loudly in frustration, "It won't happen if you will shout, you need skill to make this, " she lectured, "What will you do after your marriage? " She shook her head in disbelief, I was staring at the dosa..

"Her husband will make dosa for her! "

My heart skipped a beat after hearing the manly voice. Abir stood beside me and transferred my made dosa to another plate.. Mumma stepped back, giving us some space.. Abir was just standing behind me, I was caged between his arms.. "Do it like this, " he said, his hot breath was fanning over my bare shoulder.. He held my hand and started spreading the batter over the tava..

I had forgotten the process of breathing, he was leaning forward, his chest was pressed against my back , his chin was almost brushing my shoulder as he was teaching me.. I couldn't process a moment, "You are getting it? " he asked me and proceeded to make another dosa.. I gulped down and nodded as if I remembered any of his actions. All I could feel was our closeness that I was missing from last two & half months.. My body started trembling, I hope my loud heartbeat was not audible to his ears..

I looked up, the whole family was gathered in front of the kitchen , everyone was staring at us like there's a daily shop going on.. Everyone had a teasing smile, how come all gathered here? It made me more nervous.. As Abir turned off the gas, everyone ran from there holding their dear life. It made me laugh, seeing how everyone were scared of him.. He took his dosa and went to the living room..

I was froze, still trying to process the previous moment.. Her husband will make dosa for her!
The words were echoing in my ears and heart. I have grabbed a diamond lottery in this case.. Mumma patted my shoulder, she was blushing more than me.. I thanked her mentally and went to Abir and placed a glass of water on the table..

Such arranged marriage vibe!

Maanvir bhai and Ziya will get married tomorrow, I thought to talk with him tonight. I haven't prepared what I will say, but at least I can start the conversation. Then we will see what happens next!

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We all were gathered in the big terrace, bhai was adjusting the television screen where they will show some memories of Maanvir bhai, Mrinal bhai, Ziya and Jeevika, their childhood solo pictures, funny pictures, and then their couple pictures and all of that.. Abir was laying on the mattress, keeping his head over aunty's lap.. I was sitting by leaning against the wall..

"Sharanya, start it, " Mivaan bhai asked her, she was operating the laptop. My eyes popped up when a picture from today's morning came on the screen, the picture was taken when Abir was teaching me about dosa making.. My eyes widened, Sharanya freaked out and changed the picture. Again our picture.. It's a picture from last night , this picture was taken when Abir opened the car door for me and I was standing beside him..

"What are you doing Sharanya! " Bhai snatched the laptop away from her, she buried his face in the pillow. I had no idea that these pictures exist.. Nobody dared to look at Abir, not me as well.. He never like if someone tries to solve his personal problems. Here everyone was more focused on our relationship, so there's a chance that he might be angry.. Bhai finally played a video, I shook my head in disbelief..

There's a lot of pictures from our childhood which he showed, I had forgotten how beautiful my childhood was. Till 9th standard I was living the best life, I used to be the apple of everyone's eyes. "Wait wait wait! " Ayansh bhai said, Mivaan bhai paused the screen. My cheeks tainted in red after seeing the picture.. "Oh My God , is it Mishti? " Ziya asked in between her laugh.. I was all dressed up like a sunflower, but I was small and chubby so looked like a pregnant honey bee , with my tummy popping out a little more ..

I glared at Mivaan bhai who didn't change the pictures, "Actually Mrinal was angry on mishti over something I don't remember.. So it's how she tried to pacify him, she was such a cute baby, " chachi said in admiration, everyone was laughing because I was looking funny.. "She is looking like a round potato, " Mrinal bhai laughed loudly, I threw a pillow in his direction.. Abir was laughing whole heartily, I smiled at him..

"Hmm.. Only he can laugh at your funny picture, " Jeevika teased me, I cleared my throat and looked at the screen.. "Stop laughing you all, she's looking cute. The cutest! " Papa said and took my balaye, I smiled as he took my side.. Back then I was looking so healthy, I still have the facefat which makes me look cute. For Abir. He loves to bite my cheek, that's why I love my chubby cheeks as well ..

"Her baby will look exactly like this, " Sharanya commented, blood ran to my cheeks.. "Don't know about her baby, but I need this picture in my bedroom. She looks so pyaari, " Ruhaani bhabi said, Ayansh bhai transfered the picture to his gallery.. Pregnant lady loves to keep baby's picture in their bedroom, it made me happy that she took my picture..

"Change the screen, enough of laughing at me, " I pouted, Mivaan bhai resumed the video.. It's a beautiful night as we all kept laughing till the end, the video has all the funny pictures.. I felt so happy seeing everyone laughing, I missed these laughs a lot.. After taking the dinner, everyone left for their respective room..

I was walking back and forth in the garden.. I was making speech in my head, I was practicing how to start the conversation. I didn't want to spoil anything because tomorrow is bhai's wedding and I want us to enjoy it. I was confused and scared.. When I thought to go inside, the smell of cigarette stopped me.. I opened my nostrils and took the air again.

Who was smoking inside the territory..

A thick amount of smoke was coming behind the car, it's dark out there. Without making any noise I walked towards the car.. I slowly turned my head towards the person, my heart stopped beating for a moment.. It's Abir.. My lips parted away, I gasped in shock.. He hates smoking.. His eyes were glued on his phone screen and in the other hand he was holding the cigarette. My eyes filled with tears.

From when did he start smoking?

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