They came out of each other's embrace. Mishti had completely forgotten that Kuhu, Ketki, Nishant and Atul were hiding in Badepapa-Badimaa's room.  Mishti became anxious. She had to figure out how to divert Abir's attention because she knew that this noise was made by one of them. 

Abir : What was this noise about? (Pointing towards Badepapa-Badimaa's room) Lagta hai uss room se aayi hai. Mei abhi jaakar check karke aata hu.

In Badepapa-Badimaa's room

Kuhu : (In a panicky voice) Abir toh yahi aa raha hai guys. Ab? 

Nishant : Agar Mishti ne usse nahi roka toh woh hum sabko dekh lega. Fir hum usse kya kahenge? 

Ketki : Arey, Mishti kuch kar legi. Tumlog tension mat lo.

In the living room 

Mishti had to think of an excuse quickly. She went and stood in front of him.

Mishti : Nahi.. Nahi.

Abir : Arey, kya nahi? Aur tum yeh mere saamne aakar kyu khadi hogayi? Let me go and check na. Mishti : Abir.. Lagta hai koi billi hogi. Chodho na. 

Abir : What chodho na? Kahi koi chor ghuss gaya hoga toh? I need to go and check.

He was about to go towards the room again. 

Mishti : Abir, ab mujhse zyada woh chor tumhare liye important hai? 

She made a sad pout. Abir smiled at her antics. He cupped her face. 

Abir : No baby. Main bas check karna chahta tha. Tumse jyada mere liye aur koi important nahi hai. 

She removed his hands from her face.

Mishti : Rehne do. Ab yaha kyu khade ho? Jao na. Woh chor tumahara wait kar raha hoga. Mujhse jyada toh ab woh tumhare liye important hai. 

She faked anger and turned her face to the other side. Abir grabbed her hand and turned her around. She collided with his muscular chest. Her hands were on his shoulders and his hands were on her waist. He looked into her eyes with all the love he had for her and said,

Abir : No one else can ever be more important than you. And never think of or say that, ever again. You mean the world to me, Mishti. Tumhare bina jeene se toh better hai ki mai mar...

Before Abir could speak ahead, Mishti placed her hand on Abir's mouth.

Mishti : Abir.. Don't you ever say something like this again. Abir, you're my life. And I can't even think of living without you.  

Abir cupped Mishti's face, kissed her forehead and hugged her tightly with her head tucked under his chin. They were at peace, unaware of the storm that was going to hit them soon.

In Badepapa-Badimaa's Room 

Kuhu : Ketki, yeh sab tumhari galti hai. Yeh kya kiya tumne? Agar Abir yaha par aa gaya hota aur usse pata chal jaata toh Mishti ka pura plan fail ho jaata.

Ketki : Sorry vo galti se gir gaya.

Kuhu : Galti se matlab kya? Tum dekh kar nahi chal sakti thi kya? 

Ketki : Arrey.. do you think I have eyes behind? Mujhe kya pata tha ki woh gir jayega.

Nishant : Guysss.. Stop fighting. Aise time pe bhi tumhe fighting sujh rahi hai. We need to figure out something warna agar Abir yaha aa gaya toh Mishti ka pura plan chop ho jayega.

In the living room

They broke the hug. In an attempt to get Abir out of the living room so that Kuhu, Ketki, Nishant and Atul could leave her house, Mishti said something she wouldn't have otherwise. 

Mishti : Abir, chalo mere room mei chalte hai.

Abir's eyes went wide and he stared at her, stupefied. 

Abir : What? 

He was too surprised to say anything else. 

Mishti : What ‘what’? Chaloooo…

Mishti held his hand and tried to drag him with her. But he stayed rooted to his place. Mishti turned back to face him. Abir first touched Mishti's forehead and then her neck, as if checking her temperature.

Abir : Mishti, tum thik toh ho naa? Kahi fever toh nahi hai na? Tum mujhe apne room mei khud aane ko keh rahi ho? 

He chuckled. Mishti realized what she had said. Now, she couldn't go back on her words. She had to take Abir upstairs at any cost and make way for the others to leave her house. 

Mishti : Kya hai yaar Abir? Agar mei romantic nahi hoti hu toh tum shikayat karte ho. Ab jab mei romantic hone ki koshish kar rahi hu toh bhi tumhe problem hai. Aakhir mei karu toh karu kya? 

Abir : Okay, okay. I'm sorry. 

He put his hands up in the air. A small smile played on his lips. He loved this romantic side of Mishti which was a rare occurrence. He brought his hands down and put them around her neck. He moved towards her ear and whispered huskily,

Abir : Aaj toh tum kuch jyada hi romantic mood mei ho. Before it changes, let's go. 

Mishti blushed at this. Before she could walk, he picked her up in the bridal style and walked up the stairs towards her room. 

In Badepapa-Badimaa's Room

Suddenly, Kuhu heard some noise. She thought it was coming from outside. She went near the door to recognize where was the voice coming from? It came from somewhere nearby, she was sure of that. She thought it was Abir but she wasn't sure about it. No one knew what Kuhu was doing near the door. 

Nishant : Kuhu, tu yeh kya kar rahi hai?

Kuhu: Nishant, do minute chup nahi reh sakta? Concentrate karne de. 

Nishant : Aisa bhi kya kaam hai jo door ke waha kaan laga ke khadi hai? Boyfriend ka intezaar kar rahi hai kya?  

Nishant chuckled. Kuhu's heart ached at the mention of the word ‘boyfriend.’ She was glad that her back was facing the others or they would have seen through her brave facade. No matter how much she denied it, she did miss Kunal. A lot. She composed herself. 

Kuhu: Nishant..  shut up. Guys, I think Abir is coming here. 

Atul : What? 

Everyone headed towards the door just to confirm whether he was actually coming or she was just scaring them, except Ketki. 

Ketki : Guysss.. 

They all turned behind.

Ketki : Awaaz bahar se nahi aa rahi hai. I'm trying to open this window so that we can escape from here. That is what is making the noise. 

Atul : Did it open? 

Ketki : No, I think it's jammed. I'll need help to open it. 

Atul and Nishant went towards the window. They asked Ketki to move towards the side while the 2 of them tried to open the window. After a few attempts, the boys successfully opened the window. Nishant was the first one to jump out. Seeing this, Ketki shouted.

Ketki : Nishanttttt...

Mishti's room

Abir was about to kiss Mishti when he heard a noise coming from downstairs. Abir immediately became alert. 

Abir : Mishti, tumne kuch suna? Niche se firse awaaz aayi.

Mishti : Nahi toh Abir. Maine koi awaaz nahi suni.

Mishti heard something and knew that it was one of her friends.

Abir : No, I'm sure yeh awaaz niche se hi aayi hai. I think I heard someone scream. We need to go and check. 

Before Mishti could protest further, Abir rushed out of her room and towards the staircase. 

Mishti : I have to stop Abir anyhow. I can't let him see them. And I can't let my surprise be ruined.

Mishti ran behind him.

 
In Badepapa-Badimaa's Room 

Kuhu : Shhhh Ketki! Chilaya kyo? Pagal hai?

Ketki : Woh Nishant. I thought that he got hurt isiliye..

Nishant : I'm fine Ketki. Don't worry. Guys I think Abir ne Ketki ki awaaz sun li hogi so sab jaldi yaha se niklo.

Ketki : I'm sorry Guys.

Atul : Ketki tumhe sorry bolne ki zaruraat nai hai. Ab jaldi niklo.

On the Staircase 

Suddenly Mishti shouted. Abir turned back to see what had happened. 

Mishti : Abirrrr.. 

Mishti slipped and she was about to fall when a pair of arms held her. It was Abir. She had closed her eyes anticipating the fall. But till the time Abir is with her no one can harm her, ever Abir got worried. He made her stand. 

Abir : Mishti are you fine? Tumhe lagi toh nahi na? Let me call the doctor.

He said all this while checking her from head to toe. He removed his phone to call the doctor. Mishti took his hand in hers. 

Mishti : Abirrr.. Relax. I am fine. Jab tak tum mere saath ho na tab tak I don't need to worry. I know you're always there to save me.

Abir hugged her close.  

In Badepapa-Badimaa's Room 

Ketki : Guys did you'll hear that? 

Atul : Yes. It was Mishti's voice. 

Kuhu : Shit! I hope she is fine. We need to check.

Ketki : Kuhu pagal hogayi ho? Agar hum bahar chale gaye toh Abir hume dekh lega. 

Nishant laughed.

Kuhu : Nishant, are you serious? You're laughing? 

Nishant : What do you think? Abir ne Mishti ko kuch hone dia hoga? He won't let anything happen to her. He loves her more than he loves himself. 

Kuhu : Nishant mujhe nahi pata tha ki tu kabhi kabhi itni akal ki baat kar sakta hai.

She winked at him.

Nishant : Kuhuuu...

He whisper-shouted and ran behind Kuhu who was running in the room to save herself from him. 

Ketki : Stop it guys. Stop fighting like Tom and Jerry. We need to get out from here before Abir comes here and gets to know that we all are here.

At the staircase 

Abir : Now that you're okay, let's go and check downstairs.

Mishti wanted to make an excuse to stop him from going down but he had already taken off. Abir reached Badepapa-Badimaa's room and opened the door. Mishti was silently praying to her Kahnaji that Abir does not get to know anything. Abir and Mishti entered the room and Mishti was shocked.

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