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She went home and freshened up after which she sat on her bed while everyone in the home fell asleep,she opened her phone and started to check out the requirements for the playlist. Ofcourse, she did not want to disappoint him when he trusted her and gave her this task of curating a playlist for his client.

Thankfully,she had some options in her playlist relating to the requirements and that was a great relief. She wasn't a movie buff to know every song according to the situation but she did know some things that helped her curate the playlist. The day was tiring but Ekantha didn't feel like sleeping and ended up completing her work that night.

It was already one in the night by the time she checked the mood and order of the songs along side she added additional songs for backup options. Finally cross checking the requirements and ticking them off one by one. She gave herself a pat for completing the task, she did have thoughts regarding the outcome and response from the other side but since her body and mind were craving for sleep by the time she completed her task not giving her any more chance to think about anything else.

She sent it to Abhimanyu, and quickly dozed off to sleep putting her phone on the night stand and pulling the blanket all over her body, flying into the world of dreams or probably nightmares.

On the other hand, Abhimanyu's family was waiting for him at home and when he actually came back they cut cake and celebrated some last moments of his birthday and retired to their respective rooms. Just when Abhimanyu was going to go back to his room as well he heard Mayuri standing there clearing her throat.

"Mind to spend sometime with your sister?",she asked wiggling her eyebrows.

"Since when did we start to ask permission to spend time with each other, come already monkey",he said and both of them settled down on his bed right beside each other.

"Annaya, I..",Mayuri was stuttering.

"Mayu, is everything okay?",he asked getting worried.

"I..I ate the chocolate that you kept in fridge and I do not feel guilty about it. Is that fine?",Mayu asked controlling herself from breaking into fits of laughter.

"Yea..Wait..What? You didn't do that, Mayu! You little idiot wait there",he said throwing a pillow on her face and that one pillow ended up in a wholesome pillow fight.

"Dumbo..wait, I am out..out of breathe",Mayuri said as she struggled to breathe. Abhi was also in the same situation. After being able to catch their breath again,both of them broke into fits of laughter.

"Jokes apart, is everything okay, Mayu?",he asked.

"Yeah, nothing to worry about. What about you? Seems like you spent the whole day with Ekantha anni?",she asked wiggling her eyebrows.

"Kind of, all good as of now. I have to resume work from tomorrow or else Poorna, Kavya, Rehman will make sure to kill me",he said chuckling.

"If they were to kill you, don't worry I will make sure to wipe out all the evidences and make sure the crime scene is clear",she said earning a smack from Abhimanyu.

"What about Kinnera akka?",she asked.

"She is resigning this month end, Mayu. She was such a great addition to the team. I feel bad about her moving out",he said and sighed.

An hour passed as the brother sister duo continued to rant about life,and Abhi didn't tell her yet about Ekantha confessing her feelings to him. His sister will surely make sure by the time he wakes up, not only his mother and father but his extended family and neighbours will also know about it. Nothing is a secret after its known by Mayuri.

"Ayyo,look at the time! Don't you have school tomorrow?",Abhi said pointing at the clock which showed quarter to one.

"Damn, I have a test tomorrow. I better sleep and wake up in the morning to revise or else I am gonna fail. Good night, da Anna!",she said and ran from there to her room.

He chuckled at her act and laid down on the bed with one hand below his head and one on his chest. His eyes still wide open thinking about everything that happened in a day. It was his most memorable day, and somehow the happiness is still not being able to digest from his side.

The ceiling fan rotating at high speed didn't scare him, of course why would it when his thoughts are nowhere near it but it was about her just his eyes fixed at the ceiling.

He was just about to shut his eyes and he heard a notification sound. Annoyed, he reached out his phone to see a message from her. It was the playlist,she sent it and immediately went offline.

Abhi shook his head, she didn't have to do it today. It was already her first day, and it was quite stressful. He sighed and clicked on the link to check the playlist. Damn, those were such a aptly set songs for the function, he was quite sure they would get double approval from the client.

Thinking about her, his thoughts went to their last conversation. What could it be that she wanted to talk to him about? He hated suspense and this was getting too much because it is going to end day after tomorrow. He sighed and decided to send the playlist the next morning to the client as it would be awkward to send then at midnight.

Turning to his right, and putting the phone on his night stand, he shut his eyes and also shut down his body for the night.

Early mornings, were absolutely Abhi's cup of chai. He loved capturing the naturing waking up from its sleep. Though he slept late the before night, technically it was early hours of the day. He was up by five in the morning and went to the terrace with his camera to record the timelapse of rising sun.

His mother was already up, he wished her good morning and took his morning chai and went to the terrace to get some shots early in the morning.

Getting back to work, he wanted to start something beautiful early in the morning so that his day would probably go well.

After spending an hour and half on the terrace, he came back to his paradise, his home sweet home greeted by his father in the entrance.

Quickly he freshened up and completed his morning chores. He was dressed in a white t shirt and brown pants.

After doing his hair, and placing his camera and other requirements in his bag. He took it along with him and placed on the couch which was in the living room.

He settled down on the couch beside his sister who was seriously trying to study for whatsoever test she had. He badly wanted to tease her, but he knew if he even dared to disturb her now his parents wouldn't think twice before disowning him.

Of course, who was he trying to disturb? A 12th grader who is preparing for pre pre boards. That's considered a sin.

He started scrolling his phone and wished Ekantha good morning through text and forwarded the playlist to the client.

Meanwhile Ekantha, who slept in late last night woke up a bit late than usual. She felt like she had a good sleep in a long time and a small smile adorned her face.

She quickly completed her morning routine, went for a morning walk and returned back.

Both of them were busy the whole day, comaparitively Abhimanyu was a bit more occupied than usual since he was back to work after three-four days and a lot of things were pending.

They published a hiring for assistant cameraman role, since handling everything singlehandedly would be difficult for Abhimanyu.

The office staff were on their feet this day, two events back to back was no joke and any single mistake would cost a fortune but if both of them go well there are chances they would get recommended in coming up events.

By evening, they could sum up quite a few things which needed their immediate attention and finalised them.

Rest of them, Abhi had to work on editing a wedding album which was to be given to client by this weekend and he still hasn't started working on it yet.

"You all leave, it's already quite late and I'll leave too once this is done",Abhimanyu said sitting in his chair and getting to work.

Though Poorna, Kavya wanted to stay back they couldn't. It was already going to be night, and they didn't want to hear new complaints from their parents.

Unwillingly they left from there while Rehman had to leave as well to give the catering people the required menu and all for the upcoming events.

Abhimanyu's phone buzzed and it was from his mother.

Amma
Kanna, something important came up. I think Kanyaka needs us, if you are coming home early. Come over to Vennela's home or else just call me once before you leave.

The message gave him bad vibes. He was sure, something was absolutely wrong and he decided to get done with editing as quickly as possible and be there. He replied an okay to his mother and put his phone beside him.

He got involved in editing the album and didn't realize the time. It's been four hours since that message came and he was nowhere near to the end of getting done with editing. It was taking time, he took a deep breath and checked for his phone if he had any notifications but surprisingly there weren't any.

He dialled to Ekantha and she answered the call after a minute.

"Abhi, I'll call you back! I am in duty now",she said.

"Alright, call me before you leave. Yeah?",he said to which she said okay and disconnected the call.

He continued to edit and after almost two more hours of work at around eleven in the night. He wrapped up his work and opened his phone to see the battery was dead. Cursing himself for being so careless, he connected the phone to charger but something was wrong and it wasn't getting charged.

Having no other option, he wanted to go and check what happened. Though it was already late, he told himself better late than never.

On the other hand, Ekantha left from the shop at nine in the night. She did try to call Abhimanyu but his phone was switched off. Somewhere she had a bad feeling, shrugging it off she got into her usual bus which reaches the bus stop nearby Vennela's home.

Fortunately she got a seat in the bus and since it was almost night the traffic was a bit a too much. She plugged in her ear phones and started playing her recent favourites along with her evergreen favourites.

Slowly, enjoying those songs and immersing herself in the happiness of those songs she fell asleep. She opened her eyes in fear of missing her bus stop when the bus suddenly applied a brake.

The next stop was the stop she had to get down and she thanked God for waking up in time. She got down in her stop and walked to Vennela's apartment.

As soon as she reached there, she saw a familiar bike and checked the number plate. She was right, immediately she rushed to the flat through stairs and knocked the door.

Vennela opened the door with a dejected face, Ekantha barged into the home to see the person sitting right in front of her with an emotion less face while her mother was just a step away from crying.

"What are you doing here? Don't you want us to live in peace Mr. Ketan Acharya?",Ekantha asked gritting her teeth and glaring at her name sake father.

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