Hello everyone... Here I am with the new chapter!! 😃
As I said my laptop is repaired and a lockdown in the city couldn't update soon... Upon that my health was quite unwell so the reason for the delay...
Anyways, here it is...!
Happy reading guys!
Part 11 - Celebrations of Love
"Okay guys listen... we both are in a relationship...! Hum... Hum pyar mei hai ek dusre ke...! And abhi bhi hum yaha pe sath mei aaye hai... I picked her up from her place so late ho gaye..." Shaheer said without any hesitation now and there was pin drop silence all of a sudden.
I and Shaheer saw each other's face bewildered with the silence that prevailed in the hall. I shrugged my shoulders conveying that I too wasn't aware of the reason.We both felt as if we were put under the spotlight for a crime that we've committed. Shaheer clearly seemed uncomfortable for the first time around his own buddies who were no less than his brothers. While we were engrossed in our thoughts suddenly everyone started laughing out loud.. whistling and clapping their hands as Rohit, Sakha and Sourav lifted up Shaheer high up on their shoulders hooting "Oh mere bhaii...!!" while others also joined them in screaming and teasing leaving us all shy and pink along with surprising us with their gesture.
Ridhi, Riya, Veebha and shafaq rushed to hug me while shaheer was getting almost thrashed by the boys falling on each other to tease him to no end.
"Aree bhai... Chodo mujhe...!" I could hear Shaheer scream trying to free himself from the straddling of his brothers. We girls had a hearty laugh seeing them behave just like kids who would fight over petty things.
"Kaise chode Arjun? Tu toh humari Panchali ko aaj bhi nahi choda...!" Sourav teased almost twisting Shaheer's hand playfully.
"Aaaaaouuuuu....!" Shaheer winced and looked at me as if asking me to help me while still struggling under the mighty Sourav and Vin who were sprawled over him.
"Haha ab chod bhi do tum log... Bechara dard ho raha hai usse..." I tried to extend my help but failing miserably as it was enough for me to get teased now.
"Oh Duppu! Already taking his side huh?" Vin smirked.
"Sakhi... Itna pyar luta rahi ho shaheer pe! Voh bhi hum sab ke samne? Hahaha..." Sakha also joined in teasing me while I blushed for a moment and got back to my composure with a soft smile.
"Voh sab chodo.. Aur Shaheer ko bhi... Vaise tum sab itne chup kyu ho gaye jab Shaheer ne bataya?" I cleverly diverted the topic as now Shaheer was released from the clutches of his boys.
He huffed and sat on the sofa next to me while Arpit nudged Shaheer's shoulder and smirked at Ahem as he said
"Rohit aur Saurabh ne actually pehle se hi bata diya tha tum dono ke bare mei... I think they guessed it because of your Thailand trip! "
Then Ahem continued to explain further,
"Aur... Jab se aaye ho dono itna weird behave kar rahe the toh obviously hum bachhe toh jau hai.. We all expected this coming from you both..."
"Pooja... And when I called you remember you said " We will be there in sometime instead of I will be there? Tabhi hume pata chal hi gaya tha ki tum dono sath aa rahe ho..." Veebha said gleefully while I lowered my eyes thinking of the blunder I had done.
"Aur suno... Rohit bhai ne toh tum dono ko dekh bhi liya tha car mei... He immediately texted all of us so confirm ho hi gaya before Shaheer told us..." Sourav said horrifying both me and Shaheer thinking whether Rohit had told everyone about our kiss also! Shaheer made an awful face for a moment at Rohit as if asking him about it and Rohit being the sweetest one shook his head in a "No" saving us from the embarrassment of everyone knowing that we kissed in the car before entering the house.
Shaheer mumbled a Thank you to Rohit softly audible only to him and looked at me with a smile assuring me but caught by an over excited Vin "Oh bhai...sirf Duppu ke sath nain matakka karna hai kya...? Aur bhi log hai yaha pe.. Humare sath bhi thoda karle...Hehehe...!"
Vin didn't leave any chance to tease us but in turn he earned a playful smack on his biceps from Shaheer and everyone laughed.
"Oh fo! Now stop you guys... See I bought the cake..." Rishi walked in with a cake that she baked saving us from further teasing.
"Cake toh actually reunion ki khushi mei bake ki thi... Par ab khushi dugni ho gayi hai tum dono ki wajah se toh... The cake is for you both Pooja and Shaheer!" Riddhi being her sweet self exclaimed in glee while others also agreed to whatever she said though I and Shaheer denied to cut the cake as it was for the entire group.
"Pooja.... Shaheer, Karlo na... Cake hi toh hai.. We're all very happy for you two! Mei you bada khush hu ki meri show ki wajah se mere actors pyar mei padh gaye..!" Siddharth sir insisted while being happy about getting us to work together.
"Yeah... Hum sab bohath khush hai humare bhai ke liye.. Ki itni achi aur sulji huyi ladki mili hai uske liye.." Rohit averred making me smile.
"Sirf bhai ke liye nai... Even for you Pooja! But you have to handle all the mischief again with this idiot..." Sourav chuckled and Shaheer pouted with an annoyed expression making us giggle again.
I and Shaheer looked at each other and gave a warm smile through our eyes that spoke a million words that our lips couldn't. We were happy to see our loved ones happy about us... That's all what we were expecting from them and they gave us that happiness.
After some more teasing and laughs we cut the cake together and danced like maniacs.
The boys drank so much alcohol that they weren't in their senses anymore... Shaheer being a teetotaller danced along with us and made sure his brothers were fine. Amidst the madness he didn't forget to give time to me also... While I stood with the girls enjoying their mad antics he came and pulled me to dance with him. He twirled me, swayed holding my waist, ball danced with me like the prince charming from a fairly tale while everyone went awww seeing us do a romantic dance.
It was our first romantic dance so it felt special for both of us... We enjoyed being close to each other while we swayed, Shaheer dipped his head in the crook of my neck while he back hugged me and swayed to the slow beat, sending chills down my spine with the touch of his lips on my nape but we were actually cautious of not going too overboard with our romance as our friends were around. I wondered how would our dance be if were alone together and mentally planned to dance with him again some other time with nobody around except us.
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I was indeed ecstatic with how my dear friends reacted to my relationship with Pooja. They are the best set of people anyone could ever have. Saurabh's wife Ridhhi was so courteous to offer the cake that she baked to be cut by us and Rohit bhai was sweet enough to not reveal about the kiss to everyone acknowledging our privacy.
Since everyone were so happy we danced till our feet ached and I loved the little romantic dance with Pooja. She was actually impacting me a lot while we danced so close to each other for the first time. It was hard for me to control myself from not going overboard with my PDA but still I managed to pull off a decent dance with her. Before we could end our dance hiding from everyone's eyes, I whispered in her ears in my husky voice "I wish I could dance the way I'm in my imagination sweetheart..."
"Hmm..." is all Pooja could utter perhaps due to our proximity and the way I almost nibbled on her ear lobe, her sweet spot as I had explored it earlier. I knew even she was going through the same plight as mine because my effect on her was visible when I held her close to my chest in a warm embrace to end our dance. Her flushed face and intense eyes gave away her feelings while I couldn't stop myself from pecking her forehead.
