Consuming the last bit of her chocolate, Malar casually turned her gaze towards Ajey, only to find him already ogling at her.

Raising her brow a bit, Malar demanded “were you…..expecting me to share my chocolate with you??????”

Waving his head, Ajey instantly denied “no no….not at all!!!!!”

Breathing a sigh of relief Malar commented “great….otherwise I would have really felt guilty…as I hate sharing my chocolate!!!!!”

Once done with expressing her concerns, Malar exited from there, leaving behind a flabbergasted Ajey.

Yawning invouluntarily, Malar took her seat next to Manik.

Everyone was engrossed in some sort of conversation or the other, when Manik felt something heavy on his thigh.

Looking down on his lap, Manik found Malar peacefully sleeping on it.

Mumbling cautiously, Manik stated “arrey chhoti toh bina khaaye hi soo gayi!!!!....”

Whispering back, Nandini insisted “Manik usse ne thoodi der pehele hi chocolate aur cake ka ek piece khaaya tha…so just let her sleep now!!!...abhi agar uthaenge toh usse saari raat neeind nehin aayegi…waise bhi she was damn exhausted…”

Agreeing to Nandini, Manik picked Malar in his arms carefully and departed from there in order to put her to bed. On the other side the party carried on with their dinner.

Later at night

Yash, Ajey and Tanmay were sharing the same bed.

Getting almost sandwiched between the two, Ajey contemplated looking at the ceiling.

Nudging Ajey a bit, Tanmay questioned “we saw you and Malar alone near the poor…sooooooooooo…any improvement????????”

Aimlessly Ajey mentioned “Malar loves chocolates….”

A perplexed Yash complled “toh????????”

Ajey dejectedly answered “future mein woh mere saath aapna chocolates share nehi karegi…because she hates it!!!!!!”

Yash and Tanmay who failed to make out head or tail of this whole cholocate conversation helplessly mouthed “whattttttt!!!!”

But they never got the answer, as Ajey was fast asleep.

Next morning

By 6:30 everyone was gathered in the dinning room for breakfast.

Keeping aside his newsapaper, Manik querried “Malar kya aaj hospital ke liye jaldi nikal gayi hai????”

Mukti gladly informed him “nope…she is not up yet!!!”

Abruptly halting his eating session, Cabir blurted “Malar and waking up late???...well that’s a first…how did this miracle happen????”

Navya enlightened them “all the credit goes to Nandini….you see she turned off Malar’s alarm clock last night!!!!”

For a second all the family memebers stopped eating and stared at Nandini. On the contrary the Nagar clan was unsuccessful in understanding the situation.

Finding herself to be the center of attention, Nandini proclaimed “what!!!!...Malar has been working continuiously and looked exhausted…so she needed some good sleep!!!”

Before anyone could say anything, Malar herself climbed down the flight of stairs looking all worked up.

On reaching the dinning table, Malar hastily announced “bhabhi I am running late….pataa nehin mera alarm clock kaise nehin baaja!!!....I will just leave for hospital…..”

Getting up from his chair, Manik took Malar’s bag from her hand and made her sit.

Malar tried to protest “bhaiyu…..I am getting late for the hospital….”

Putting forward his condition, Manik calmly asserted "see chhoti….here’s the deal…no breakfast is equal to no going to hospital today…so choose wisely!!!"

Huffing frustadely Malar uttered “you can’t be serious bhaiyu!!!!!”

Manik dared her “oh yes I am….just try me!!!!!”

Giving in Malar started having the sandwich placed in front of her as fast as possible. While patting her head Manik complimented “that’s like a good girl!!!”

Completeing her breakfast as quickly as possible, Malar bid them ‘goodbye’ and left for her hospital.

Sanjeevani Hospital

1:00 pm

Knocking on a door, Malar patiently awaited for the person on the other side to let her in.

After waiting for her turn since the past ten minutes, finally a nurse came out of the cabin and requested Malar to go in.

Entering the cabin, Malar cordially greeted “good afternoon Dr. Abhimanyu”

Rasing his head from the file, Abhimanyu complained “arrey Malar stop being so formal yaar…and just make yourself feel comfortable”

Getting herself seated, Malar started “you wanted to see me…anything serious???”

Taking a deep breath, Abhimanyu spoke “there is a case…on which I want you to work”

Probing a bit more, Malar enquired “so what is this case about???”

Abhimanyu patiently began explaining “we have a patient…a 17 year old girl….apparently she had slipped from the third floor of a building and has sufferd various injurious…but the one which really worries me is a swelling in her brain…we have keept her under a medically induced coma so that the swelling doesn’t get any bigger…also few specialists have been studing her case closely and had decided to conduct an operation the next week…”

Following Abhimanyu’s brief, Malar questioned “okay…but…how can I help you in this????”

Sipping from his glass of water, Abhimanyu disclosed “you have a very important role to play my dear!!!...see Malar…this girl….has some information which the police wants….after she comes out of the coma…I want you to take charge of the case and make the girl talk so that the police can record her statement ASAP….”

A confused Malar blankly asked “I don’t understand this…..what do the police have to do with the case of a 17 year old girl who fell from the third floor of a building????”

Abhimanyu haplessly stared at Malar, failing miserably to answer her.

Nagar House

Delhi

4:00 pm

Since the time Ajey had returned from Mumbai, he not even for once came out of his room, which left Sia highly suspicious.

As Sia was climbing up the stairs to go to Ajey’s room, she found one of the servants coming out from there, with a big packet in his hand.

Sia inquisitively asked the servant “yeh iss packet mein kya hai?????”

Holding on to the packet firmly, the servant replied “woh Ajey bhaiya ke kaamre se bahut saara kuda nikla hai…wahi leke bahar phekne jaa raha hu!!!!”

Dissappointedly Sia mouthed “kacchra!!!!”

Entering the room, Sia straight away pulled Ajey’s ears. While the poor soul winced in pain.

Crying out in pain, Ajey requested “mummy yaar laag raha hai…please chhod doo naa!!!”

Twisting his ear more, Sia demanded “tera kaan toh main baad mein chhodungi…pehele toh tu yeh baata ki main har din tere room saafi karwati hu…lekin usske bawajut itna kacchra tu laata kaha se hai????”

Trying to convience Sia, Ajey made up a story “arrey mummy yaha waha unwanted cheeze paddi thi room…bass wahi uttha ke bahar phekne ko kaha hai!!!”

Leaving Ajey’s ear, Sia demanded “sacchi bol raha hai naa???”

Ajey with full confidence remarked “haan yaar mummy sacchi bol raha ha!!!!”

Still not fully convienced, Sia looked around Ajey’s room curiously.

Distracting Sia, Ajey enquired “waise aap yaha kyon aayi thi???..koi urgent kaam tha kya???”

Forgetting about Ajey’s room, Sia declared “haan woh darasal mujhe clinic jaana tha…toh main yeh bolne ayi thi ki shaam ko tu aur Yash jaake Malar ko airport se le ana”

Nodding his head like a dutiful child, Ajey promised “mummy hum log time pein usse lene airport pohach jayenge…aap fikar maat karo!!!!”

Sia left the room, not before complimeneting Ajey “haye mere raja beta kitna bada ho gaya hai!!!”

Once Sia was out sight, Yash walked in Ajey’s room and exclaimed “oh ho…yaha pein toh Swacch Bharat Abhiyan chal raha hai!!!!...waise tujhe kahi bukhar toh nehi chaddh gaya hai naa???”

Irritatdely Ajey yelled “chupp kar yaar Yash…yeh sab teri galti hai!!!”

A perplexed Yash questioned “meri galti????...par maine kya kiya yaar????”

Ajey reminded “kitni baar bola hai pizza khaake usska box bed ke neeche chhoda maat kar…par tu meri ek bhi baat sunnta hai kya!!!”

Yash tried to defend himself “oh hello galti meri nehi teri hai!!!...jab teri bhooto se phati hai toh tu raat ko horror movies hi kyon dekhta hai???...upar se mujhe bula leta hai company dene ke liye….yeh jaante hue bhi kyon mujhe raat ko zyaada der taak jaagne se bhookh laagne laagti hai!!!!”

Ajey retorted “oh thankless insaan…raat ko jab tujhe bhookh laagti hai naa…toh main jaake tere liye humare main gate se pizza ki delivery leeke ata hu!!!...huh….”

Both the brothers gave each other murderous glares for few seconds.

Breaking the silence finally Yash asked “waise tu yeh achanaak room ki saafai ke peeche kyon padda hai????”

Blusing a bit Ajey confessed “woh darasal Malar ane wali hai…toh soccha thodi si saafai kar lu!!!”

Hooting for Ajey, Yash commented “oh ho….toh yeh saari saafai Miss Malar ke liye karwai jaa rahi ha…not bad !!!”

Scratching his nape, Ajey requested “arrey Yash aise chiddha maat…sharam si ati hai!!!”

This happy moment lasted for only few seconds, and the next instant the brothers were back to square one when Yash commented “baad mein sharma lene…pehele safaai kar”

Hence a new bantering session broke out between them.