Dhawan mansion
C comes home early
C sees Nav in the kitchen

C: tum wapas aa gai?
Nav: shadi k baad pati ka ghar hi patni ka ghar hota hai
C: navya I don't have time for your bhashan
Nav: aap yaha kitchen mein kuch chahiye tha
C: mera ghar hai mein apne kichen mein nahi aa sakta
Nav: woh...
C: don't disturb me; mein yaha kuch kaam karne aaya hu
C pulled up his sleeves and look for flour
C takes out a big bowl
C: eggs?
Nav: fridge mein hai

C takes out cooking spray, unsweetened cocoa powder, sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla extract

C: baking powder kaha hai? C looks around
Nav: woh upar wala shelve, second row
C: thanks but no thanks mujhe tumhari koi help nahi chahiye

Nav: cake khane ka maan tha toh bata dete mein bana deti
C: navya don't pretend ki hamare bich mein sab kuch normal hai
Nav: par kya phela pyar bhulana itna aasan hota hai

C: nahi! Apna phela pyar bhulana aasan nahi hota

C Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. He whisks the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl combined

C read and follows the instruction

C: okay all done, 40 mins mein ready ho jayega
Nav hold his hand
C: what
Nav: woh face par kuch laga hai
Nav cleans the flour in his face
C: thanks
C leaves
Nav smirks and look at P who saw all this from far door
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Nyo room

Nyo thinks: aisa kya karu ki veebha ki sachai khud ba khud nikal jaye. Woh gau haa woh gau kuch bhi karke waha manik ko bhejna hoga taki usse pata chale ki waha veebha kabhi rheti thi hi nahi. Par kaise bheju uss gau mein manik ko

Dining table
Nyo: manik mein kya soch rahi thi ki you should go for some vacation

M: mom mukti ki shadi ki taiyari karni hai. Abhi vacation nahi le sakta

Nyo: veebha tu hi bol kitna time ho gaya, thoda bahar jayega toh change hoga. You will feel better
V: manik mom sahi khe rahi hai

M: well mukti ki shadi tak toh koi chance nahi uske baad dekhte hai. Mera ho gaya
M gets up and leaves

V: aachanak se manik ki vacation ki badi yaad aa gai
Nyo: tum mere bête ko khush nahi rakh sakti toh mujhe hi kuch sochna padega

V: badi zuban chal rahi hai. Mujhe double cross karne ki kosish ki toh aacha nahi hoga
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Europe
Rajiv: dinner time ho gaya mein nandini ko bulake lata hu
Aarshad: nandini ghar par nahi hai
R: ghar par nahi hai matlab
A: mein jab office se nikal raha tha tab woh office mein hi thi. Aur meine usse abhi tak ghar aate nahi dekha
R: but its 10 o'clock and office hrs is till 5
A: don't worry bacchi nahi hai aa jayegi
R: tu nahi samajhta yr she had suffered a lot
A: kuch der mein aa jayegi nahi aai toh mein lene chala jaunga teri beti ko thik hai?

R sits
R: waise nandini kaisi lagti hai?
A: huh
R: yaah hai ek baar meine bola tha I have a girl in my mind who you can date
A: don't tell me ki woh nandini hai
R: YES
A: thank god meine uss waqt tujhe no bol diya
R: but she is nice
A: mera chod apna dekh umar ho gai hai teri
R: OH please
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At 2 am
N comes home tired

N: abhi tak toh sabne khana kha liya hoga. Check karti hu kuch baki hai yaa nahi

N throws all her stuff on the couch and opens the fridge
N: what kuch bhi instant nahi hai; abb kya khau bhook lag rahi hai

"apne ghar mein choro ki tarah; not cool"

N turn and see A
N: you scared me
A: well choro ki tarah ghar mein ghusogi toh log dar hi jayenge

N: mein choro ki tarah nahi aa rahi thi. I just didn't wanted to make any noise
A: hungry?
N: yeah
A: bhetho, I will warm up food for you
N: there is no food

A: well apparently Rajeev ne food microwave mein rakha hai. Taki jab uski choti si bachhi ghar aaye toh usse food ko fridge mein se nikal kar microwave mein rakhne ki dikkat na ho

N: hahaha very funny
A: lights on karo mein food ready karta hu
N: rhene dete hai nah, I like darkness
A: that's weird; usually ladkiyo ko sunshine, brightness pasand hai aur tumhe andhera

N: its just peaceful; koi apko nahi dekh sakta and you can hide yourself

A brings the food
A: here
N: thanks
A: par tum chupna kyu chahati ho?
N: woh mujhe nahi pata par abhi k liye "food please"

N takes up lasagna and stuff in her mouth
A: aaram se khao I will take a leave
N: nahi ruko
A: huh?
N: can you give me company till I am done with food
A: ok

A sits down
A: am I supposed to just watch you eating?
N: well if you want you can eat some
A: no thanks
N: let's play game
A: sure, kya khele soccer, basketball, hockey
N: I am not kidding
A: mein bhi majak nahi kar raha
N: toh yeah soccer, basketball, hockey kaha pe khele

A shows her his phone
A: there something call online game
N: that's boring. Let's play 20 question games

A: hell NO! When a girl says let's play 20 questions game, that's means she basically wants to know about you. Which means she is interested in you? And looking at your dating history I don't want to be your 8th guy
N: wtf
A: goodnight and you are quite a fast eater
N look at her plate, food was finished
A leaves
N: samajhta kya hai khudko monster kahi.....
Suddenly N stops
N whispers: monster....

Flashback
Evening
N: manik mera pet bhar gaya
M: arey itne se kya hoga aur khao
N: mujhe khila khila k mota karne ka irada hai kya

M: arey subha se bhaga daudi kar rahi ho aur pet mein kuch nahi gaya hai. So purey din ka hisab barabar karne k liye khana hoga nah

N: tumne khaya
M: tum khalo fir mein bhi kha lunga
N takes the plate in her hand
N: mein khilati hu nah mere monster ko
M: monster ...
N: hummm....

M: pata hai nah monster food nahi khata
N: toh monster kya khata hai?
M: monster logo ko khata hai, aur mein toh sirf tumko khaunga

M bites her cheeks
N scream: manikkkkkkk
M: kya?
N: kyu kata?
M: monster hu; kaat sakta hu
N: mujhe nahi baat karni tumse
M: aacha aacha nahi katunga aab
N: aab khud hi khao khana
N gets up and leaves
Flashback end

N pov
Uske baad puri raat mujhe sorry bol bol kar mere jeena haram kar diya tha.
Tear escape her eyes
Andhere mein ek baat aachi hoti hai, log aapke aakho mein jhank kar unkahi sach jaan nahi pate