Ishita's head was reclined on the back of the bed, eyes closed, engrossed in deep sleep; meanwhile dushyant's head remained rested on ishita's lap, his eyes were closed in a peaceful rest like they never had before in a while. Unfortunately the daylight had taken across the sky, commencing the morning, bringing the night to an end. They both soon, would be woken up by the loud ring coming from dushyant's phone, due to an unexpected call. 

Dushyant, woke up unwillingly, rapidly blinking his eyes, forcing them open, waking up to grab his phone, now sitting upright on the bed. 

"hello." replied dushyant, not even checking the caller ID before, as he rubbed his eyes clean of the sleep crust formed in the corner. 

"good morning sir!" exclaimed dushyant immediately as he recognized the caller's voice from their response, unknowingly waking up ishita too. 

Ishita was clearly left with a stiff neck due to ending up falling asleep in an uncomfortable position, as she tried to stretch around a bit to ease it. 

"oh, great! uhmm, thank you so much! yeah, uhmm, i'll...i'll see you on monday! yeah...yeah....thank you so much...yeah, bye." dushyant put down the phone as the call was brough to an end, and ishita only looked on to him in curiosity. 

Dushyant finally met her glance with his, as a tiny smile was visible on his lips, unknowingly making ishita smile too, raising her brow, prompting him to share the news. 

"office se phone tha...saara merger ke baad ka arrangement final hogaya hai...toh join karna monday se, ek nayi post pe...kyunki meri promotion hogayi hai." informed dushyant, joyous, as a wide smile crept up on ishita's face. 

"congratulations!" exclaimed ishita, immediately going in for a hug, as he hugged her back, with a wider smile than he had before. 

He felt his heart flutter, something that seemed strange to him, making him being the first one to separate, as ishita had to do, although, she felt something that seemed strange to her too, a disappointment to leave. 

An awkward silence crept in, as they both tried to comprehend what had just happened to them, before their eyes finally met, for a lingering gaze. It would soon dawn upon them that a romantic spark had been ignited between them, and quite a strong one too. 

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Kavin sighed deeply, as he sat on his bike in the appartment complex parking, waiting, only for purvi to arrive finally running quite fast, stopping in front of the bike with exasperation. 

"sorry, late hogaya...woh assignment nahi mil raha tha...main toh pehle bhul hi gayi, isliye phir jaana pada...uff..." explained purvi, as kavin was nonchalantly kicking the gear to start the bike, when purvi was about to step onto it. 

"arre, ek second..." stopped kavin, as purvi stopped in her steps. 

"tum kuch bhul rahi ho ab bhi..." stated kavin, as purvi only raised her brow, perplexed. 

She started to look around in confusion, checking her purse, looking at her phone confirming it to be with her, only for her to turn to kavin with even more bewilderment. 

"pakka nahi yaad? soch lo..." remarked kavin, as a puzzled purvi only shook her head in no. 

"ek baar dekho na bag phirse..." asked kavin, as purvi shook her head, and opened it to see again, only for her to be surprised with a quick peck on the cheek from kavin, who was quick to sit on his bike after like nothing had happened. 

Purvi felt her cheeks flush immediately, looking around to make sure no one had seen them, as a smile found its way to her lips. 

"woh main so raha tha subha, return nahi kar paya na tumhe...isliye...abhi yaad aaya mujhe bhi..." joked kavin with a naughty grin on his face, as purvi attempted to glare at him but was not able to. 

"ab tum yeh bhul rahi ho humein late ho raha hai, chalo!" exclaimed kavin, as purvi was quick to sit behind him on the bike, making him give it a kickstart and start their journey for the day. 

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Ishita placed two cups of tea on the coffee table placed in the center just next to the couches in the living room, as nimrat looked in disbelief. 

"arre kya zaroorat thi!" exclaimed nimrat, only for her husband to roll his eyes. 

"acha, matlab tumne ab chodh hi diya hai meri chaye banana toh koi aur bhi na banaye!" he exclaimed in disbelief, as nimrat just sighed. 

"arre maine bola toh tha, aa jaungi kal tak, aisa kya hogaya aaj hi aa gaye!" pointed out nimrat, as he was about to speak, but was interrupted by dushyant. 

"kya didi, bas chaye banani hi sikha paayi inhe, ab dekho na, roti banane ki nakaaam koshishon ke baad aana hi pada..." remarked dushyant, as ishita went ahead and sat next to him on the set of couch chairs next to the couch nearby the coffee table. 

"saale sahab tumhe waise mera mazaak kam hi udana chahiye, kya haina college ke joh saal tum hamare paas rahe hona, unn dino ke bade kache-chitte hai mere paas tumhare joh main na hi khulon toh hi behtar hai." retorted dushyant's brother in law, as he shook his head at him. 

"phir main bhi aapke kuch kisse didi se baant hi leta hoon..." commented dushyant back, as nimrat only rolled her eyes. 

"tum log joh bhi soch rahe hoge mujhe batane ka, woh mujhe pata hi hoga, toh dono chup karo bas ab." scolded nimrat, before she glared at her husband again. 

"aur aap, chaye nashte ke baad chalte hai, ishita ne banaya hua hai bade pyaar se..." stated nimrat, as her husband got annoyed. 

"kya bhai, itna paraya hoon main tum bhai-behen ke liye...mithai bhi nahi khilayega yeh promotion ki, bas chaye-nashta..." he grumbled, as dushyant glared at him. 

"matlab subha-subha mujhe kahi bheje bina kabhi manoge nahi! didi kya dekha tha apne inmein!" exclaimed dushyant, as nimrat glared at him. 

"dushyant, zaroori hai behes karna?" rebuked nimrat, as dushyant sighed and got up. 

"theek hai jaata hoon...aur haan zyada khush mat hona aapke pasand ki toh bilkul nahi launga!" retorted dushyant to his brother in law before leaving, who was quick to turn to nimrat, ready to complain, as she just plainly facepalmed herself. 

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