On a fresh morning, birds were chirping, sitting around the window, making our hero stir in sleep. He so wanted to sleep more, but the noises from the outside were irritating him to no end. “ABE MOTI, YEAH SHOR BAND KARDE…” He stretched his hand to hold HIS MOTI, who was supposed to be sleeping beside him; alas, she was not there. He opened his eyes in a blink and looked beside, but there was no sign of SHEHNAAZ, making him restless.
For a second, he thought that whatever time he spent with her was a dream. First thing in the morning, he checked his wardrobe only to find Shehnaaz’s stuff beside his, making him relax a bit. “EVERYTHING WASN’T A DREAM. SHE IS HERE WITH ME.” He murmurs and is quite happy knowing that last night was not his dream; in fact, a beautiful reality.
He stood up and checked the washroom to find her, but it was empty. Now, he is worried. “ITNI SUBAH KAHA CHALI GAYI YEAH.” He runs his hand in his hair, frustratingly, “KAHA PAR HO TUM SANA…” Giving no time, he shouts her name at the top of his voice, “SHEHNAAZ… SANA!” His voice was so loud that the birds sitting on the window panel flew away in a blink. He didn’t get any reply, so he shouted again, “SANA!... ABEY MOTI!...”
Soon his door bursts open, and Preeti Di enters with a frustrated face and says, “CHILLA KYU RAHA HAI? PAGAL HO GAYA HAI KYA?” He ignored her and asked with a foul mood, “SHEHNAAZ KAHA HAI?” Preeti Di gives him a teasing glance and replies, “SANA, KITCHEN MAI HAI.”
He nodded and walked towards the kitchen to see his moti while asking Preeti Di, “AUR TU ITNI SUBAH YAHA KYA KAR RAHI HAI?” She rolls her eyes, hearing his question, and follows him while he asks further, “TUMHARA KYA KOI GHAR-BAAR NAHI HAI. JAB DEKHO YAHA PAR HI PADE RAHATE HOO…” He enters the living area and sees all the chaos happening.
The entire dining area is filled with his family. The kids are running towards the kitchen and having breakfast, while his Jijus is also enjoying the yummy breakfast at the table. His mother is also having her breakfast, and a small smile emerges on his lips, seeing her enjoying herself while his MOTI is cooking for everyone.
Instead of Preeti Di, he got a reply from Shehnaaz, who heard them and scolded him, “KYA SIDHARTH, AISE KAISE BOL RAHA HAI TU.” His mother also supported her, “HAA, SANA, SIKHA ISE KUCH MANNERS.”
“YEH MUJHE SIKHAYEGI YA MAI ISKO SIKHAU MANNERS,” Sidharth snapped with twisted lips, seeing how his mother supported her in front of him.
“HUH! TU MUJHE KYA SIKHAYEGA…” Shehnaaz exclaims and puts another paratha on the pan for Aman Jiju. She continues while flipping her hair, giving an attitude to him, “MUJHE KHUDI KO INTI AKAL HAI.”
Sidharth smiles sarcastically and joins everyone at the table while giving her sarcastic reply, “TOH USI AKAL KA ISTEMAL KARA KAR NA…”
She whines like a kid and asks poutingly, “AAB MAINE KYA KARA?” Sidharth opens her mouth to reply, but is cut off by his mother, who scolds him as usual, “TU KYU SUBAH-SUBAH US SE LADH RAHA HAI.” He felt offended and yelled, “MAI LADH RAHA HU?” Rita Maa slapped his head lightly and said as a matter of fact, “AUR NI TOH KYA?”
Before he could say anything in his defense, Shehnaaz said while standing behind him, “PATA NAHI SUBAH-SUBAH HI APNA DIMAG SADA RAKHA HAI.” He shoots daggers at her because he is in a foul mood, just because he didn’t find her beside him in the morning, but here she is paired with his Mom.
“TERI TOH!...” He tried to get up from his seat to teach her a lesson for the morning, but his mother pulled him back, making him wince, “MUMMA…”
Rita Maa threatens him by showing her eyes, “OYE, KHABARDAR JO TUNE USE HATH BHI LAGAYA TOH.” He gasped after getting such rough behavior from his mother, “MOM, MAI HU AAPKA BETA. AAP BHOOL TOH NAHI GAYE.” Being the mother of the sarcastic king, Rita Maa also answers him in his tone, “MUJHE ACHE SE YAAD HAI KI TU HI MERA NALAYAK BETA HAI.” He whines again while his mother ignores his presence, just like Shehnaaz did.
“MOM…” Sidharth tries to gain his mother’s attention, but stops hearing the words of Nikhil, Neetu Di’s younger son. “MAMI, MUJHE EK AUR PARATHA CHAHIYE…” He turns around and sees Nikhil asking for another paratha from Sana, who looks quite delighted hearing him, “HAYEE… TUMHE ACHA LAGA?” She asks excitedly, and Nikhil replies with red cheeks, which makes Sidharth jealous, “YEAH BAHUT TASTY HAI…” Nikhil praised his Mami’s cooking skills while licking his fingers.
It would be a lie if I said that Sidharth is not jealous at all. He is burning with jealousy seeing Sana laughing with another male species except him. No matter how young Nikhil is, he can’t digest this fact. He sighs and says, looking at the kids who are enjoying their meal, “MERE GHAR KO DHABA BANA RAKHA HAI… SAHI HAI, SAHI HAI…” Everyone ignores his comment, knowing he is just in a bad mood right now. He yells to make Sana realize that he is hungry, “MUJHE BHI MILEGA KYA NASHTA?”
In the next second, he heard Sana’s scream saying, “LAA RAHI HOO… WAIT KAR.”
He nods and bends down to his left, where both Jijus are sitting, and asks, “YEAH YAHA… MAMI-MAMI KYA CHAL RAHA HAI?” He realised just now that the kids called Shehnaaz “Mami”.
Getting the perfect opportunity to tease THE SIDHARTH SHUKLA, Aman Jiju winked at Ashish Jiju without Sid’s knowledge and made an innocent face, “TUJHE ACHA NAHI LAGA TOH MAI BOL DETA HU BACHO KO KI SANA KO MASI BULAYE MAMI NAHI…” Sid nods without saying anything, but Ashish Jiju continues, “WAISE BHI NEETU AUR PREETI TOH SANA KO APNI CHOTI BHEN HI MANTE HAI….”
After a pause, Aman Jiju added, having his last bite of paratha, “AUR ISI TARAH WOH TERI BHI BHEN….” But before he could say further, Sidharth pushed another bite of paratha in his mouth, making him shut, and said, “CHUP-CHAP KAHANA KHAO.” Then, he looked at Ashish Jiju and said, “KOI ZAROORAT NAHI HAI BHEN BANANE KI, MAMI HI ACHA HAI.”
“ACHA?” Ashish Jiju asks with a smirk, making him roll his eyes. Sidharth murmurs, “Pata nahi sabko kya bhoot chada hai mujhe tease karne ka.” He looks at his Jijus, who are giving him a sinister smile. His mind almost burst to see his Moti serving his Jiju and not him, “MOTI, MUJHE BHI DEDE…” He showed her his empty dish and gave a sarcastic comment, “MAI KYA IDHAR SABKA CHEHRA DEKHNE KE LIYE BAITHA HOON?”
Seeing his cute expressions, Shehnaaz served him and also sat beside him to have her breakfast with him. He had the first bite of his paratha and cherished it till his heart's content, but didn’t praise her. After a moment, he looks at his sisters and asks, “TUM LOGO KE YAHA KYA RASHAN ( Grocery ) KI KAMI HO GAYI HAI JO KAL SE YAHA HO?”
Preeti Di rolls her eyes and says while making her younger daughter eat her food, “HUME SANA NE YAHA BULAYA HAI BREAKFAST KE LIYE.” Sid looks at Sana with dangerous eyes, who didn’t even give him a damn and smiles while saying, “HAA, KYUKI SAB KE SATH KHANE KA MAZA HI KUCH AUR HAI…”
“TOH SIRF INHI KO KYU BULAYA? NICHE SHARMA FAMILY, AUR HAMARE UPAR JO SINHA’S RAHATE HAI UNHE BHI BULA LETI.” Sidharth fumed sarcastically, but his Moti didn’t get his sarcasm. “HAYYE… BULA TOH LETI PAR MAI UNHE JANTI NAHI HOON NA.” He palmed his head and murmured, “GADHI.”
Nikhil scoffed at Sid’s remark and said cutely, supporting his Sana Mami, “MAMA, MERI MAMI KO GADHI MAT BOLO. YEH TOH KITNI ACHHI HAI AUR PRETTY BHI HAI…” Shehnaaz goes all aww on him and pulls his cheeks, making someone jealous, “HAYEE… SIDHARTH, YEAH KITNA NONA BACHA HAI…”
“HAI…?” Sidharth sneered with fake cuteness and continued, “TOH ISI KO CHIPKA LE…” She makes a bad face hearing his tone while Preeti di asks, “AAJ KISKA CHEHRA DEKHA THA SUBAH? JAB SE UTHA HAI TAB SE HI CHID-CHID KAR RAHA HAI…” Before him, Sana replies, making everyone laugh, “APNA HI DEKHA HOGA…”
“TU CHUP RAH…” Sidharth shuts up Sana and then looks at Preeti Di and replies, “MAINE SABSE PAHALE, TERA HI CHEHRA DEKHA THA.” Preeti Di opens her mouth to fight back, but they are interrupted by Adith, who walks in a jolly mood and greets everyone. “GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.”
Everyone greets him back, and Rita Maa asks him to join them at the breakfast table. He sat beside Sana, much to Sid’s annoyance, and asked, “BAHUT ACHI KHUSHBOO AARAHI HAI. KYA BANA HAI?” Shehnaaz smiles and replies, “PARANTHE HAI, AAP KHAYOGAI?” Adith nodded, and Preeti Di served him.
After a short pause, Sidharth asks Adith, “TUJHE JO KAAM BOLA THA HO GAYA?” Adith replies obediently, “JI BHAI…WOH LOG BUS AATE HI HOGE…” Sidharth nodded and looked at Sana, who was going to pick up another paratha while he stopped her, “AYE MOTI, THODA KAM KHA… DEKH KITNI MOTI HO GAYI HAI…” Instead of Sana, he got a reply from his mother, “SIDHARTH, TU KHANE DE USKO.”
He whines and almost cries like a kid seeing his mother treating him like a TV serial Bahu, “ARE… AAP KYA BHOOL GAYI HO. AAP MERI MAA HOO. MERI SIDE LO YR…” He scoffed and focused on his breakfast, devouring Sana’s delicious handmade paranthe.
“SANA, BREAKFAST KE BAAD READY HOJANA, HUME SHOPPING PAR JANA HAI NA…” Neetu di informs her about their shopping, making a person scoff, knowing he won’t get a time to spend with her.
And that person is Sidharth, who finished his breakfast in a second and ordered Sana, “SHEHNAAZ, ZARA ANDAR AA…” Leaving her no choice. He walked out like a king, leaving a confused Shehnaaz back, who murmurs, irritatingly, “ISE KYA HO GAYA HAI SUBAH-SUBAH.”
She enters their room to find him walking in restlessness. Before she could say or do anything, Sidharth pulled her into his arms, his grip tightening on her shoulders, making her pout. He asks, trying to keep his tone in check, “TUMHE KYA SHOK LAGA HAI SABKE LIYE BREAKFAST BANANE KA? GHAR MAI MAID HAI NA?”
Shehnaaz rolled her eyes and pushed him back slightly, much to his annoyance.
“MAINE BANAYA TOH KYA HO GAYA.” She tries to hug him, but he protests, angrily, “MUJHE SABKE LIYE COOK KARNA PASAND HAI.”
“KARO GADHA MAJDURI.” Sidharth bawled, but relaxed a bit when Shehnaaz hugged him, keeping her head on his chest. Not wanting to lash out at her further, he added and left for the washroom, “TUMHE JO KARNA HAI KARO, PAR AAKHE KHOLTE HI MUJHE SABSE PAHALE TUM HI DIKHNI CHAHIYE, SAMJHI?”
Shehnaaz complained as he went into the washroom without waiting for her reply, “YE MUJHE PYAAR DHIKA RAHA HAI YA GUSSA?” At the end, she pouts innocently as she barely registers his words. “ISKI KOI BAAT MUJHE SAMJH HI NAHI AATI HAI.” She cursed, looking at the door in her Punjabi that sounds so cute, “DUR< PHITE MUH TERE.”
After 10 minutes, he came out in a towel that was wrapped around his waist. The tiny water droplets are running down his waist, soaking into the towel, giving him the sexiest look.
Seeing him, Shehnaaz murmurs with a bad face as she doesn’t like it when he displays his body. “ANG PRADARSHAN KARKE MUJHE PRESHAN KARNA CHAHTA HAI, KUTTA.” She knows that he is doing that deliberately, and hissed, “KISI DIN MAINE ANG PRADARSHAN KARA NA TOH PAGAL HO JAYEGA.” And this is right. Sidharth is so possessive of her that she hasn’t seen him yet.
“KUCH BOLA TUNE?” He asks, seeing her lips moving, making his ears attentive.
“KUCH SUNNA TUNE?” She objected, praying for an answer, “No”.
“NAHI.” He answered, eyeing her suspiciously. “TOH MAINE KUCH NAHI BOLA.” His mouth widens, making him snigger at her, as he knows she is lying. Before he could interrogate her, Nikhil barged into the room, calling for them, “MAMA, MAMI, SAB AAPKO BULA RAHE HAI BAHAR.”
Getting a cue, Shehnaaz ran out to find 3 men sitting on the couches, chatting with Adith. Everyone looks at her and smiles, earning a sweet greeting from her. Before they introduced themselves, Sidharth entered, and all stood up to hug him. They are seeing him after months, and what surprised them is that he called them here on his own.
“OHOH… LONG TIME, NO SEE, BRO.” A man hugged him, and Shehnaaz realised that they were close to him as he called them home. Till now, she understood, he never calls anyone home until they are very close to his heart.
“SANA, INSE MILO, YEAH HAI KAUSHAL JO AAJ SE TUJHE MANAGE KAREGA. YANI KI TERA MANAGER.” Sidharth introduces a charming man, who shakes hands with Shehnaaz professionally. Then, he introduces an over friendly guy, who seems to like Sana from the first meeting, “YEAH HAI KEN, JO TERA DESIGNER HOGA AUR HAMESHA SATH RAHEGA. LIKE YOUR SHADOW.” Sana jumps excitedly and hugs Ken tightly, making him laugh.
Next, he introduces a silent and decent guy, who shies away from seeing Sana. “AUR YEAH HAI MANOJ, HE WILL DRIVE YOUR CAR.”
Shehnaaz asks the first question that comes to her mind, “PAR MERE PASS TOH CAR HAI HI NAHI…”
“MIL JAYEGI…” With simple words, he dismissed her. “PAR…” She tries to interrupt, only to be cut off by him again, “BAAD MAI BAAT KAREGAI.”
Everyone settles around the table, and the maid brings the light snacks for them. After having the light conversation, and gathering all the last few months' gossip from them, Adith starts, “BHAI, AAP LOGO KE LIYE BAHUT SAARE OFFERS AARAHE HAI… TOH KYA KARE?”
“KAISE OFFERS?” Sidharth asks, sipping his coffee.
“PAHALA HAI EK DANCE PERFORMANCE KA AUR DUSRA HAI EK ROMANTIC SONG, SUNG BY DARSHAN.” Shehnaaz stiffens her laugh, hearing about their dance performance, as she knows how much he hates dancing. Adith continues, “HE ONLY WANTS YOU GUYS TO BE THE STAR IN HIS VIDEO.”
Shehnaaz exclaims, keeping her laugh in control, “YEAH DANCE KA TOH THIK HAI… PAR YEAH ROMANCE KAREGA, WOH BHI MERE SATH?” She ends up giggling, knowing he would never agree to romance with her onscreen. She saw his few romantic clips with his co-stars, and truly speaking, he is a good actor and delivers all his scenes perfectly, but when it comes to her, his professionalism dies. She railed, “YEAH MERE SATH KUCH BHI KAR SAKTA HAI PAR SIVAYE ROMANCE KE…”
Sidharth spat, getting offended by her statement. “BAKWAS NA KAR…” He knows he loses his control when it comes to HER. He remembers how he forgot his steps while performing in front of Salman Khan on his birthday.
“DEKHA, KAISI AAKHE DHIKA RAHA HAI. AUR TUMHE LAGTA HAI YEAH MERE SATH ROMANCE KARGA?” She countered back, making him scoff at her.
“TOH KYA KARE, SIDHARTH,” Kaushal asks, breaking their fight.
“TRY KARTE HAI…” He agreed, simply. It’s his way to thank all those fans who supported SIDNAAZ during their Bigg Boss journey. He knows how desperate they are to see them working together on a project, and there won’t be a good opportunity other than a romantic song.
“TU SACH MAI MERE SATH ROMANCE KARNA CHAHTA HAI ONSCREEN.” Shehnaaz still finds it difficult to believe.
“SIRF HAMARE FANS KE LIYE, KYUKI WOH YEAH CHAHTE HAI.” He debates rolling his eyes at her, and continues, “APPOINT A MEETING WITH BOTH THE TEAMS. WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES.”
Adith nods, noting down to appoint a meeting with the team, and further informs him, “BHAI, KAL AAPKA EK INTERVIEW FIX KARA HAI LEADING NEWS CHANNEL KE SATH.”
“WHY?” He grunts, as he hates giving interviews. He believes in working hard on his projects and letting his work speak. “YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE GIVING INTERVIEWS TO ANY NEWS CHANNELS.”
“BHAI, IT IS NECESSARY AFTER WINNING THE GREATEST SEASON OF THE BB.” Adith tries to please him as this is a new trend in the industry.
Seeing them talking about business, Shehnaaz stood up and informed Sidharth, “SIDHARTH, MAI PREETI DI AUR NEETU DI KE SATH SHOPPING PAR JAA RAHO HOO.”
“KYU?” He screeched.
“KYUKI MUJHE SHOPPING KARNI HAI.” She answers with a duh face.
“NAHI, WAHA PAR CROWD HOGA, AND WHAT IF ANYONE RECOGNISES YOU?” He denied instantly. He knows how people are crazy for a glance, unlike her. She hasn’t seen that craziness and stardom till now, that’s why he wanted to protect her.
“DON'T WORRY, SIDHARTH, WE WILL TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER.” Before Shehnaaz gets mad at him, Neetu di interrupts, earning a smile from Sana.
“PLEASE…” She requests, cutely, melting her rough Sidharth. “MAI FULL COVER HOKAR JAYUGI TAKI KOI MUJHE PEHCHAN NA SAKE…” She reasoned, and now, Sidharth has no choice but to agree.
“KARO JO KARNA HAI, BUS BAAD MAI MUJHE MAT BOLNA.” He snarled and ordered his sisters, “AUR IS GADHI KA KHAYAL RAKHNA. ISE MUMBAI KE BAARE MAI KUCH NAHI PATA HAI.”
Preeti di, chirped using his own words against him, “ABE, JAA HUME MAT SIKHA.”
To be continued…