In Dixit's Palace

The Family Living Room

The elderly men were having a casual chit chat when they heard someone's shouts..

" Pops.."

They turned back only to smile widely. Viren just opened his arms and the next moment someone crashed in his arms..

Viren: So, how do you feel Doctor. Rishab Murthy..

Rishab broke the hug and knelt down in front of Viren with a grin on his face.

Rishab ( dramatically ): Honestly, I feel like someone who just got an award for being the best Doctor in the world as I am just getting impressive smiles from the Great Business Tycoons of Paris..I am blessed..

Soon his head was smacked and he turned to see his yet another favorite person glaring at him..He jumped on the person..

Rishab ( shouted ): Missed you Raj Papa..

Raj hugged him with a huge grin and they broke the hug..Rishab went and hugged all his Papas and occupied a seat between Akash and Swayam. These two Papas are kinda favorite for Rishab as he always find them poles apart but still best friends with each other and so he admire them and always wanted to be like them. Funny like Akash but then matured and serious like Swayam but then very cool by his character..

All these things were seen by NanHesh, Navya and Fab 5. Nandini and Ritesh were smiling while Fab 5 and Navya were feeling amazed with Rishab's character. The small Rishab was very silent and cute but then the one whom they met in Dreamland was extremely serious and rude. But here, they were seeing a new character, a baby at heart person could be seen. This showed Manik that Rishab could be called a mini Manik Malhotra who always shows his rude side to the outer world but then his heart will be opened only to his family..

Ritesh ( fake sadly ): Di..I think sab hume bhool gaye..

The elders looked at him..

Rishab ( smirked ): Di, kuch jal rahe hai kya..I mean..I could smell..

Ritesh ( glared ): Oh hell, wo meri Di hai..wo sirf mere sawalon ka jawab dethe hai..

Rishab ( glared ): Wo meri bhi Di hai..And for your information..I am elder to you and so I saw her for the first time before you came to this world..

Ritesh ( angry ): Excuse me..It doesn't matter if you are elder to me or not, whatever happens she loves me the most..

Rishab ( angry ): Nope, she loves me the most..She was with me for the entire life of mine except the years I had spent in London for my studies..

Ritesh ( smirked ): You had spent 6 years of life in London..

Rishab ( scowled ): Haa tho..I come here for every vacation. And don't forget Di pampers me whenever I come here..

Ritesh ( angry ): No, Di pampers me the most..

Rishab ( furious ): No, Di pampers me the most..

Nandini sat beside Viren and kept her head on his chest and closed her eyes, while he immediately side hugged and took her in arms and kissed her forehead..

While Ritesh and Rishab were still fighting over their 'Di'..Fab 5 were looking at them with wide opened eyes..

Akash ( shouted ): Bas bhi karo..

This made the duo stop..

Lalith ( annoyed ): Aur koi kaam hi nahi tum logon ke paas..Rishu tum 23 ke ho aur Ritesh tum 18 ke par donon ke harkathe 5 saal ke bache se milthe hai..

They both made a bad face and said in unison " He started it " and then looked at each other.." Di bathao na kon shuru kiya "

Raj ( grinned ): Wo nahi bathane wali..

Rishab/Ritesh: Kyu..

Raj pointed his finger somewhere and others followed his finger to see Nandini sleeping on Viren's chest with a smile on her lips..They smiled and the boys went towards her and knelt down in front of her and kissed her knuckles..The elders were admiring their bonding while ManBirUv and Navya were smiling, as for them, all these bonds were new..MukLya were still shocked with Rishab's outburst so they weren't reacting..

Soon they heard someone's yelling which broke Nandini's nap..Rishab turned towards the entrance to see someone standing with a wide grin on his face..Rishab got up and rushed to wards the person who took him in his embrace..

Person: Missed you Champ..

Manik was sitting shocked and Fab 4 and Navya, as the person whom Rishab gave the right to call him champ was standing in front of them..

Manik ( whispered ): Sid is that person..

Sid and RIshab broke the hug..

Rishab ( grinned ): Missed you too Bhai..

Voice: Didn't you miss us Mr. Perfect..

Rishab ( excitedly ): Dev Bhai..Soha Di..

Rishab hugged Dev and Soha too..

Rishab: Of course I missed you guys..( he frowned ) Arya Bhai kaha hai..

Someone caught his ear form behind and he winced in pain..

Rishab: Ouch..Arya Bhai..

Nandini who was looking at her friends with an angry pout for breaking her nap got alert after hearing Rishab wincing in pain..She got up and slapped Arya's arm..

Arya: Ouch..Munchkin..kya hai..mera haath hai ye koi 'wood log' nahi hai..

Nandini ( glared ): Tho, kisne kaha mere Bhai ko hath lagane keliye..

Arya ( baby face ): Tho, mein tumhara koi nahi lagtha kya..

Nandini ( grinned ): Obviously, tum mere Bhai ho par Ri tho chota hai aur tum uske kaanth keech rahe ho..Ri..dikha mujhe..

Rishab showed his ear which was looking normal..

Rishab: Di, aap so rahe the na...

Nandini ( bad face ): Ab iss gadhe ne ithna zor se chillaoge tho kaha se neendh aayega mujhe..

Sid ( sarcastically ): Tu raath mein sothi nahi na isiliye tho aaj kal shaam ko bhi sona shuru kiya..

She glared at him which he ignored..

Rishab: Wo sab chod..Vishal Bhayyu and Abhi Bhai kaha hai..

Viren: Vishal was waiting for you but he got an urgent call from his friend saying that his child was hospitalized..

Nandini ( concerned ): Child..? Is anything serious Dad..?

Viren ( smiled ): No doll..nothing serious..the kid was having mild fever but then it got increased and they had to hospitalize her, but I have call him up and he said now the kid is out of danger..

Ritesh ( sighed ): Thank God..

Raj ( smiled ): Chalo, lets have dinner..

Nandini: Arey par Abhi Bhai kaha hai..

Swayam: He will be here by dinner..His work wasn't completed..

She nodded..

Nandini: Okay then, I will get changed..

Others nodded at her..

Dinner time

Abhi has already reached and exchanged greetings with Rishab and they all sat for dinner..

Abhi: Doll kaha hai..

Voice: Yahi pe hoon Bhai..

They turned to see Nandini coming towards the dining table. She went to Abhi and hugged him while he kissed her forehead..

( Avoid the cap, her hair is in a messy bun )

Abhi ( smiled ): Lets have dinner..

Nandini ( smiled ): Okay..

She sat in between Ritesh and Rishab..

Ritesh: Di, kya aapne Bhayyu ko call kiya..

Nandini ( smiled ): Haa baby..he said he will come after having dinner with his friend..

Ritesh nodded at her..

Soon they had their dinner..

Post Dinner

Lalith: We will get settled near the pool area..

Everybody moved to the pool area and got settled down..

Viren: Rishu, Arya..venki aur shanno kab wapas aayega Mangalore se..bohath din hogaye na..Fab 5 bhi abi thank unse mila nahi..

Rishab ( smiled ): Patha nahi Pops..you know how Dad is..He says something and does something..

Arya ( chuckled ): True..he always wanted to surprise us..

Raj ( chuckled ): If he hears it then he wouldn't leave you both in one piece..

Rishab and Arya made a scared face..While M4 and abhi giggled at it..Fab 5 were just listening to them..

Rishab looked at Ritesh and gestured something while he gave a smirk back at him which showed ' the plan was on '..

Rishab ( faked ): Ritu..you told me that you would show me your new song lyrics..

Ritesh ( faked ): Oh yeah..come with me..I will get it for you..

Rishab ( nodded ): Okay..Di..we will just come back..

Before Nandini could say something they got up and went away which gave some clues to Nandini..

Nandini ( muttered ): This doesn't look good..

Sid: What doesn't look good..?

Nandini ( stared at him ): Ri just got up and went away without waiting for my reply. It happens only when he hides something from me..

Dev ( frowned ): Nandu..what will he hide from you..?

Nandini ( tensed ): He was yelling at Manik back in Dreamland and you know him right..He would do anything to protect his family. I hope Ri doesn't do something bad. If baby and Ri get together then it could even create a war..

Arya ( smirked ): If they have such plans then I am really going to enjoy it..

Nandini just glared at him..

Nandini: Yaha mein pareshaan hu aur tujhe sab mazak lag rahe hai..

Sid: Oh come on yar..jo karne keliye tum hame mana kar rahe hai wo Rishu aur Ritu karenge..After all, you can't scold them as they are your babies..

She scowled at him..

Near Fab 5' Area..

Alya anD Mukti were talking while ManBirUv were listening to their fathers' talks with deep interest..Soon, Alya and Mukti felt some sound bellow their chair.

Mukti: What was that..?

Alya ( confused ): I don't know..

Soon, others heard some bursting sound and they all looked at Fab 5's area to see MukLya shouting standing near to the pool with hands on their ears..Everybody's eyes turned to the cracking sound and they found CRACKERS on the floor near to their table.

Nandini stood there frozen after seeing it..She could only remember those flashbacks where she had to scream her lungs out after seeing crackers and fell in the pool..

She saw Mukti and Alya nearing more to the pool and they weren't stop screaming..Nandini got alert after seeing it, even after getting humiliated by these two girls back in India and that too because of the same situation, she didn't want them to get insulted or to get hurt..

Nandini ( freaked out ): Mukti..Alya..Watch out..

But Alas, it didn't work as they were just busy in screaming and fell in the pool..The elders rushed towards them, while Nandini stood there shocked..

ManBirUv ( shouted ): Mukti..Alya..

This shout brought Nandini out of her trance and she just ran towards the pool. ManBirUv jumped in the pool and took the girls out of it and came out..

The girls were made to sit on the chairs near to the pool. They were panting heavily..

But there were some people who wasn't even moving from their places. they were doing nothing except SMIRKING..And they were Dixit brothers, Murthy brothers, Soha and Kapoor brothers..

Rithesh ( smirked ): Bechara mere kaanth..ithna chillaya ye ladkiyan ki mere kaanth ka surgery karna padega ab..

Rishab ( smirked ): Ek tho crackers hai aur phir wo dono tho aise ladkiyan jo apne friends Manik, Cabir aur Dhruv ke support ke bina kuch karna hi nahi aathe..so its obvious that they would fall in the pool..

Abhi ( smirked ): Abhi tho bas shuruwath hai, baad mein ye chillaana inn logonko ek usual task banjayega..

Others chuckled..

Raj ( concerned ): Beta..tum log teek tho hai na..

Mukti and Alya could only nod..Nandini was standing there with a sigh. She knew who was behind it..

Viren ( frowned ): Lekin, ye crackers kaha se aaya..

Ritesh ( pouted ): Chalo, Rishab Bhai..hamara daant ka time aaya..

Dev ( worried ): Ab Pops shayad kuch zyada hi daantega na, mathlab wo dho witches tho bhale hi bure hai par Swayam Papa aur Ranveer Papa ke bache hai tho pops ko bura lagega na..

Rishab ( smiled ): Koi nahi Bhai..Di keliye kuch bhi seh sakthe hai hum..Aakhir humari Di ko inn logo ne aise treat kiya tha..

M5 gritted their teeth at the last sentence..They wouldn't have let it happen if they were with her..Ritesh and Rishab went towards Viren..

Rishab ( fake guilty ): Pops..ye sab hamare wajah se hua..

Viren ( shocked ): What..??

Ritesh ( nodded ): Haa Dad..you know we used to play pranks on Soha Di..We thought of keeping crackers near to Soha Di's chair but since Mukti Di and Alya Di were sitting near to Soha,they got scared and fell in the pool. They were the sitting near to pool area..

Viren ( angry ): What the hell Ritesh..how could you do it..You know how much scared they were..And Rishab, you are elder to them right, then..

Before he could complete..

Swayam: Viren..wo bache hai..they said it was for Soha, it wasn't intentional..so leave it..

Viren: But Swayam..

Ranveer ( coolly ): Arey baba..bola na..wo dono bache hai..tho galathiya ho sakthe hai..it was unintentional..

Mukti and Alya understood it was their prank, so Mukti just lost her control..

Mukti ( yelled ): No, it isn't unintentional..He was purposely doing it..He was bloody playing that stupid prank on us..how dare you Mr. Rishab Murthy...Janthe hai mein kon hoon..I am not some wanderer who came to your home for food that you can treat me like this..You cheapo, I am Mukti Vardhan..My Dad is richer than you and you bloody played a prank on me..How dare you..

Others were looking at Mukti in shock..ManBirUv were just looking at her only with shock written on their faces while Alya was scowling at Rishab and Ritesh..Nandini was jsut controling ehrself not to burst on her. She knew her brothers were the reason behind the prank but she could never hear anything against her brothers..Swayam couldn't take it anymore..

Swayam ( roared ): Enough Mukti Vardhan..

Mukti got stiffen after hearing her father's roaring..He has always scolded her and even shouted but this time his voice as high which sent shivers through her spine..

Swayam ( yelled ): How dare you..How dare you speak to my son like that..He said it was a prank but then you had to show your attitude..Who the hell are you to speak with my son like that..And what were you telling..your Dad is richer than his dad..richness..only that matters to you..No feelings, no emotions and no family..If you want my surname only to show off, then I wouldn't mind to take it away form you..get it Miss Vardhan..?

And now it was MukLya's turn to get shocked along with Fab 3 and Navya..they couldn't believe that Swayam had this much anger inside him towards his own daughter that he was taking his best friend's son's side instead of his own daughter..Nandini just rushed to Swayam..

Nandini ( concerned ): Papa..please stop it..

Swayam ( stared at her ): Stop it..? Did I even start..? Only I know how much I am keeping inside me..

Nandini ( sighed ): Papa..please..let it be..just come with me..

Swayam didn't protest but just went with Nandini not before glaring at Mukti..

Raj: Bacho..go back to home..We will be staying here..Viren..

Raj looked at Viren who was just staring at Rishab and Ritesh with some suspicion in his eyes..

Viren ( thought ): Rishab is much matured than his age, so he can't deliberately play a prank on Mukti and Alya and moreover he doesn't play all these things with someone whom he isn't comfortable with but then his expression doesn't look like he was sorry for whatever happened..Why do I feel like he was doing it on purpose..And Ritu..He just ignore people whom he doesn't know but since the moment Fab 5 have come to Paris, I have seen him only scowling at Fab 5..what is happening with these two..?

Ranveer shook Viren's shoulder which brought him out of trance..

Viren: Huh..

Lalith ( frowned ): Kaha kho gaye tum..?

Viren: Kahi nahi..chalo..

The elders moved back to mansion and that's when Rishab and Ritesh looked at MukLya who was sitting in shock..

Rishab ( smirked ): How do you feel Miss Vardhan and Mrs. Vedant..?

This brought them out of their shock. They glared at him..

Alya ( scowled ): So, we were right..Didn't your Di teach you how to behave..

Ritesh ( glared ): Dare you go to our Di..She taught us only good things which unfortunately you never learnt..

Rishab ( glared ): And, whatever happened with you is the same medicine which once you made my Di to have. You pushed our Di in the pool by using the same thing called CRACKERS..I was a mute teenage boy so i couldn't do anything but now, you will pay for whatever you did with my Di..

Abhi ( smirked ): Its payback time..Ready to get enjoyed..

Sid: Come one guys..let them repent..Give some time..

Arya: Why not..We shall leave..after all we just got a stepping stone to our success..

Soha: Ri..Ritu..let them be..They would take some time to digest..

The M5, Abhi, Ritesh and Rishab just went away with their smirks while Fab 4 and Navya sat there in shock while Manik was just staring at Rishab and Ritesh with ADMIRATION in his eyes..

Manik ( smiled ): They really love her a lot..

To be continued..