Mohabbatein

Mehendi me naam

Sameeksha's POV
The next evening...
Mehendi ceremony was taking place. Bandana and I were busy as we were looking after the guests.

Bandana loves mehendi, and she was waiting for it eagerly, maybe more than Srishti Di.

"Thodi cold drink hame bhi dedo" I heard a familiar voice. I turned to find Abhishek standing right behind me. He was looking hot in that mehroon kurta.

I was staring at him, when he cleared his throat. I looked here and there. "Sameeksha kitni rude ho geyi ho, Manjot aur Shubman aae hai, greet nhi karogi?" Abhishek asked.

"Hi guys" I said with a smile.

I looked at Ishika, sitting with a girl. "Me abhi aai, kahi jaana mat" I said and went to call her.

"Yeh Ishika hai, meri best friend" I said. "Yeh Abhishek hai" I said to Ishika, "oh!! Vahi, jiske bareme tune kaha tha ke iski taraf aankh uthake bhi mat dekhio?" She asked.

I looked at her widening my eyes. "Sameeksha? Kya bol rhi thi bechari se?" Abhishek asked smirking. "Kucch nhi" I said, "yeh Manjot hai" I said to Ishika.

"Oh! Yeh woh Choc..." She said but I stopped her, "yeh Manjot hai bas" I said. She smiled and nodded.

"Aur yeh..." I said with a smirk on my face, "...Shubman hai" I said making her stand right infront of him.

Theh looked at each other. Shubman smiled showing off that dimple. "Ishika flat" I thought and smiled.

Abhishek nudged me, "inka kya scene hai?" He asked. "Ishika ko crush hai Shubman pe" I replied. He cocked his eyebrows.

"Guys tum dono baate karo, ham chalte hai" Abhishek said and we left.

Bandana's POV
I finally took some rest and went to Anamika, the mehendi artist.

I sat infront of her and asked her to apply mehendi on my palms. I was so damn excited.

She was doing it pretty quickly. "Naam kiska likhna hai?" She asked. "Manjot!" Abhay Banna said loudly sitting next to me. I looked at him widening my eyes. That was loud.

"Arey, what? Manjot ko awaaz de raha hu" He said. I rolled my eyes.

"Naam bhi Manjot hi likh do please, par chupake likhna" I said in a low voice. Anamika smiled and nodded.

I was looking at Manjot coming towards us. Gosh, he looked so nice in traditional.

*******

Anamika wrote Manjot's name somewhere on my palm.

"Yaha kya kar rahe ho? Jaake dekho, tumhari bandi ne tumhara naam likhwaya ya nhi" I said to Abhay Banna. "Woh to likhwane se rahi" He said disappointed. "Jao aur make sure ke woh likhwa le" I said. He nodded and left.

Manjot sat next to me.

I was actually feeling nervous.

I cleared my throat to grab his attention. He looked at me. "Yaha mat betho na please" I said. "Kyu?" He asked. "Ham dono ne same colour ke kapde pehne hai, sab kya sochenge?" I asked.

He chuckled. "Isme darrne jesa kya hai? Kisi ne poocha to sach bata denge" He said. "Sach?" I asked confused. "Sach. Jo tumhari mehendi me hai" He whispered in my ear. I lowered my lashes. Did he actually know his name was in my mehendi?

Damn.

He left after that.

*******

I was sitting on the terrace.

It was dark and I was looking at my palm with my phone's torch. I wanted to find his name.

I was struggling since the past half an hour.

"Me dhoondhu?" I heard a voice. I looked up and found Manjot standing at some distance.

He walked towards me and sat next to me.

"Dikhao" He said. I shook my head. "Kabse dhoondh rhi ho?" He asked. "Aadhe ghante se" I replied. He chuckled. "Mera hai, to mujhe hi milega. Ek baar haath dikhake to dekho" He said.

I smiled and showed my palm.

I was looking at him; he was so focused.

"Mila!" He said loudly. I looked at my palm. "There you go" He said.

How did he find it!? It was nearly impossible.

"To...is this something official?" He asked smirking. "Official? Kya official??" I asked looking away.

"Ab nazar to mat hi hatao" He said, "mehendi pe naam takk likhvaya tumne, kyu?" He asked.

"Kyu...mujhe tumhara naam pasand hai" I said standing up, "ab chalo, sab dhoondh rahe honge" I said and started walking.

He held my elbow and pulled me towards him. "Manjot meri mehendi kharab ho jaegi, chodo!" I said. "Pehle batao" He said. "Pehle chodo" I said.

"Ab ya to tum bataogi, varna ham poori raat yehi rahenge" He said. "Pehli baat to yeh baat tumhe bolni chahiye, aur tum mujhse bulwa rahe ho!" I said, "ohkay, aur dursi baat?" He asked.

"Dusri baat..." I said and stopped, "...I like you" I said in a low tone. "Bandana like karti ho yeh to me uss hi din samajh gaya tha jab tum Abhay ko gym chodne aai thi aur mere saamne blush kar rhi thi" He said. I smiled.

"To tab kyu nhi poocha?" I asked. "Mujhe laga baat like se aage badhegi tabhi poochunga" He said.

"But I'm still not sure...I mean...like se thoda zada hai, par love se thoda kam" I said unsure. He smiled. "Par me sure hu" He said determined.

"Nalle ho tum! Pehle nhi bata sakte the?" I asked pushing him and turning to leave.

"Ab bol deta hu" He said pulling me by my waist and hugging me from behind. He rested his chin on my right shoulder.

"I love you Bandana" He whispered in my ear. I felt his warm breath on my neck, his lips brushing with my ear. I could feel butterflies in my stomach. I blushed hard. It was just like a dream. It happened so quickly.

It was simply perfect.

"Bandana!!" I heard Sameeksha's voice. "Kaha hai..." She was saying when she stopped as she found us like that.

"Umm...neeche...neeche aaja" She said looking away. Manjot left me and we went downstairs.

"Thodi der me normal hoke aaio, face poora red hai" She said, I smiled and went to my room.

God! Was it even real? I still couldn't believe it.

*******

Shubman's POV
Ishika and I were chatting from the past half an hour, probably.

It was nice talking to her, I was enjoying her company.

She was a normal girl, like Sameeksha or Bandana, yet, she was different.

"Arey! Batao na!!" She said a bit loudly. "Haan? Haan?? Kya?" I asked as I finally heard her voice. "I've asked you the same question thrice, and still you're like haan kya?" She asked.

I chuckled. "Ab kya karu, tumhari baato se zada tumhara face attractive hai" I said admiring her. "Umm, isko me as a compliment lu ya...?" She asked.

"Good question. I think...me tumhare pehle sawaal ka jawaab dena prefer karunga" I said. She chuckled.

"Me itni der se yeh pooch rhi thi ke tumne modelling me try kyu nhi kia?" She asked. "Kyu ki uss field me shayad tum nhi milti" I said. She blushed a bit.