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"Maasi Maa aapko kaise pata chala kal mein Hospital gyi thi?" Raavi with a very low voice whispered to Prafulla while Prafulla gulped realising about her verbal vomit. 

...

"Ayyye... Mera matlab tha woh ek baba the." Everyone stared at her in confusion and Prafulla cursed herself for spilling the beans. "Ikle.. Suman ben. Ek bahut hi gyaani baba aaye hai. Hmm Unhone Bola ki Raavi ko dekha tha." Prafulla grinned and Suman glanced at Raavi for explaination.

"Hahaha.. Lag-Lagta hai, Maasi maa ko aaj kal sapne aa rahe hai. Mausa pa ne bhi kaha tha araam karne ko, fir yaha... " Raavi lowered to Prafulla's ears and whispered "Maasi maa, abhi chup chaap jao, aapse baad mein baat karungi mein." Suman wheeled her chair towards Prafulla and was about to stop her from Danda Pandya but she ducked and ran out of Pandya Niwas for her dear life.

Raavi huffed in calmness and closed the door, but then all the eyes were on her, probably questioning and glaring her. "Aap sab, chalo mein batati hun." 

...

Evening time 

At Pandya Niwas,

Shiva came back from his work almost late evening. He was welcomed inside the house with the dull face of Dhara. Shiva too maintained his stoic expressions and directly went towards the well to clean himself off.

"Din kaisa tha baccha." Dhara initiated a talk but Shiva grabbed the towel and directly went to his room. Dhara breathed deeply , one last time glancing towards ShiVi's room she left for preparing dinner.

"Chipkali..Raavi!!" Shiva searched for Raavi in their room but can't find her . He called on Raavi's number but it was out of reach. Shiva then started searching for Raavi in the whole house but can't find her. He went outside the house to look for Raavi. 

"Yeh biwi kam chalti firti chudail zyaada lagti hai. Kasam khaa li hai isne sataane ki." He ruffled his messy hairs and started looking for Raavi. 

While Shiva was searching her , his phone rang . He picked up the call immediately thinking it to be Raavi and started rambling "Ayye chipkali, tere bheje mein bhagwaan ne zara sa bhi bheja nahi bheja hai! Kaha thi tu?" 

"Shiva, Not Raavi partner, it's me Gaurav." Shiva frowned and then checked the caller id. "Haa bol, kya baat hai.."

"Hello Shiva can you hear me.." Shiva took a quick check and said "Kya hua network issue hai?" Gaurav's voice cut but he could hear him saying yes. 

"Shiva , Mein jo tumhe bataane wala hun dhyaan se sunna. I mean we almost got the clue." Shiva hummed in response still trying to figure out what Gaurav was exactly saying, "Thoda ucha bol.. Sunai nahi de raha hai." 

"Shiva uss din jo accident hua tha uska reason kharab sarak ya baarish nahi thi.. " Shiva could finally figure out what Gaurav was saying "Toh kya thi wajah?" Gaurav took a deep breath and said "Kya nahi kaun hai wajah bolo... " Shiva was actually confused with Gaurav's talk.

"Dekh Gaurav baaton ko gol gol jalebi ki tarah mat ghumma, seedhe seedhe bataa. 
Kaun Hai woh??" He asked 

"woh koi ......"

"Kyaaa???!!!!" 

"Haa Shiva,  aur..." but his line got cut. 

"Hello, Hello Shiva.. Are you there?" Gaurav asked Shiva but the line was dead on the other side. 

"Chodho.. Ek kaam karta hun, Yeh Gautam Pandya aur Dev Pandya uss zameen ke paas kyun gaye the, woh pata lagata hun. Waise kya solid peeta un dono ko." Gaurav chuckled most probably remembering something. 

Meanwhile on Shiva's side... Shiva was cursing on the phone . 

"Bhakk Yeh sasta phone, firse marr gaya." He gritted his teeth and was about to leave the house, when Raavi along with Krish could be seen from a distance. "Yeh chipkali, mera chain churaake khe khe karke hass rahi hai." He went towards them who were probably grinning on God know's what topic. 

"Waah, shaitaan ka naam liya aur shaitaan haazeer." Raavi frowned at Krish's word but as she saw Shiva approaching she adjusted the shopping bags and smiled sheepishly . 

"Shiva, tu- yaha?" Raavi stammered a little and was smiling sheepishly while Krish was also showing his 32 teeth to Shiva. "Kal saline ki bottle chadhake chain nahi pada tujhe, hmm jo aise ghum rahi hai, chal ab bahar hi mil gyi toh Dr. ke paas chal." Shiva held Raavi's hand and dragged her with him , when Raavi herself freed her hands and handed the shopping bag to Krish indicating him to go inside the house.

"Kya Shiva, Shaam hogyi hai, mujhe nahi jaana doctor - woctor ke paas. Chal ghar chalte hai." Shiva narrowed his eyes at Raavi , but didn't inquired more and simply tagged behind her. 

...

After a simple Dinner, Suman, Dhara, Raavi and Rishita were chit-chatting in the kitchen while the Pandya Bros where sitting on the balcony side table. 

"Gaumbi, Dev toh zameen ki saari proceedings hogyi?" Shiva enquired both but saw their facial expressions somewhat sullen and dull. "Kyun kya hua, kuch locha hua hai kya?" Shiva asked again with a visible frown on his face. 

Gautam and Dev both smiled widely , while Dev answered "Arrey Shiva, zameen ka kaam haina, time lagega. Tu tension mat le."

Shiva soothed his forehead and continued "Tension kaise na lun, pehle woh chipkali, uske baad aaj saare log ghar mein ajeeb behave kar rahe hai, aisa lag raha hai jaise mere peeth peeche kuch kar rahe ho." 

Krish who was stuffing his mouth with saunth pass-pass answered "Arrey, kal tere birthday ki toh planning chal rahi hai." And Dev - Gautam smacked his head giving him a hard Tapli and murmuring "Tu fir Bola." 

Shiva smirked at Krish's sach ki ulti and left after picking up a toothpick. "ohh Toh sab chupp chupp ke mere birthday ki planning kar rahe hai. Sahi hai. Tabhi chipkali piddi ke saath gyi thi." He smiled thinking about that as he entered his room.

"Ab toh mujhe bhi dekhna hai, itne saalo baad aisa kya socha hai sabne." A smile crept on his lips on remembering his previous birthdays. 

A daily routine of Dev and Krish trying to pitofy him , but ended up getting a good WWE session from 'Chattan Pandya'. Blessings from Maa, Bhabhi and Gaumbi. His mother doing aarti on his name and then a small cake cutting. But the most irritating would be the entry of a certain chipkali.

He chuckled as the memory of a dancing Raavi with a small dhol flashed in his head. Before their marriage, his chipkali biwi used to clinge on him like her namesake, with some extra power, stating it's his birthday - his special day and he needs attention and pampering. Also the different kinds of gift.. Arghh Probably different kinds of either shirts she used to bring for him. 

She thought he either throw them or Burned them, but the truth was , everybody used to say it wasn't his kind of fashion shirts and it would look much better on either Dev and Krish. Before their marriage it didn't bother him that much, but now it used to bother him a lot. 

Though the piddi many a times tried to take his gifts, but he better keep those gifts safe in the backside of his cupboard. His mind drifted back to the black check shirt Raavi gifted him after their marriage. 

"Woh shirt kal pehen sakta hun." Shiva said to no one in particular and sprung up to look for the one year old gift of his. 

After searching for a few minutes , he finally found the shirt. Creased with the smell of naphthalene but still new and beautiful, this will be the prefect outfit for tomorrow. 

That time only Raavi entered the room and found Shiva folding up his shirts. "Aaj suraj pashchim se nikla tha kya? Tu kabse apne kapde fold karne laga" Raavi laughed while Shiva glared at her. "Achaa sorry sorry, tu kar fold. Mein toh bahut thak gyi, mein toh chali sone." Shiva looked at Raavi who closed the door and came beside him, took her night clothes and started to change.

Through the corner of his eyes he looked at Raavi who simply laid down on her side, switched off the lamps, turned on the dim light and slept.

Shiva took his shirt and went out to wash and iron his shirt. 

...

It was midnight and Raavi was constantly waiting for her alarm to ring at 12 pm so that she could wish her Bhoothnath 'A Happy Birthday' and give him the best gift of his life.

Then only a ringing sound came and Raavi woke up in a jolt, but frowned when she found Shiva talking in his phone. 

"Aajkal, yeh Bhootnath kuch zyaada hi phone se nahi chipka rehta hai." 

She yawned and slept again waiting for her alarm to ring at exact 12 am. 

After a few minutes another ring came and Raavi this time woke up sleepily , rubbing her eyes and checking if the sound came from her phone, or probably her bhootnath is busy in his phone with some of his bhoot sena. 

It was exact 12 at midnight and Raavi smiled ear to ear, thinking about the gift and Shiva's reaction. She turned to Shiva's side and found him still talking to someone in a very low voice. She waited for him to finish the call and as soon as he cut it. Raavi launched on him , hugging him tightly 

"Happy Birthday Bhootnath." 

Shiva smiled and patted her back murmuring a 'Thank You'.

"Ab hogya na birthday wish ab so jaate hai." Shiva who yawned for the third time turned to his side, and slept.

"Shiva , abhi mat so gift baaki hai." He just hummed in response. "woh... main, Shiva tu sunn raha haina." Raavi pouted and turned Shiva so that he faces her. "Haa sunn raha hun, ab jaldi bol, tabse phone mein baat kar raha tha, neend aa rahi hai. Sone de." 

Raavi took a deep breath sit up straight and made him also sit straight facing her. "Mein jo kehne jaa rhi hun, pata nahi kaise kahun." Shiva sighed and said "Toh mat bol, soja." 

Raavi pouted and breathe in and out one more time before saying it all at once ,

"I'mPregnant"

Shiva hummed and slept. 

Raavi's eyes widened hearing his humming. Anger and irritation rising up and she bolted from her bed and went to Shiva's side. 

"Shiva Pandya, I'm Pregnant. Mein maa banne waali hun." Raavi said it a bit loudly and Shiva's eyes opened at a snap. His eyes almost popping out of his socket and mouth wide open.

" Tu sunn raha hai tu Papa Bann ne Wala hai., I'm Pregnant"

"Kya?? Pan... " Shiva who finally registered her words, asked hesitantly. 

"Pann???...."She asked a little bit tensed.

"Mein yeh bacha nahi chahta hun!!" Shiva said it at once , and suddenly Raavi felt like herself drowning in darkness.

"NAHIIII!!!!" Raavi woke up with a jolt, wiping the tears which automatically made it's way down her cheeks. She breathe in and out trying to calm down her racing heart. 

"Sapna tha?!" Raavi murmured in a feeble voice and looked around her surrounding. The clock was striking 6:30 am and Shiva was fast asleep on his side, holding her waist. 

"Itna bura sapna. Pann kal raat ko 12 baje se pehle to mein sachme uthi thi. Shayad uske baad nahi uth paayi. " Raavi took her phone and checked that the alarm was off .

"Gadheda, alarm se uth gya tha toh mujhe utha deta." She frowned but then her dream kept on flashing in her mind. "Nahi nahi Raavi, aisi bakwaas baate mat soch. Bahut hogya darna. Aaj kitni khushi ka din hai. Mere bandar ka birthday hai." 

Raavi's face lit up after mentioning Shiva's birthday and she turned to his side.

"Happy Birthday bhootnath" She said blushing and looking to his sleeping form.

"Aaj tujhe tere birthday ke din teri zindagi ka sabse bada surprise milega." She pecked his cheeks and his lips curved into a smile automatically.

"Pann Maasi kehti thi subah ka sapna sach...." Raavi didn't finish her sentence and shook her head "Bas, no negative thoughts. Aaj bahut bada din hai." 

She smiled and get up from her bed, taking her new clothes  as she went for a quick bath. 

After taking a bath, Raavi went back to her room, patting her hair with a towel. She sat facing the dressing table and started applying lotion and cream. After that applied vermillion on her maang partition. She blushed as some of the vermillion fell on her nose, Just like their first marriage. 

"Tab jab Kanta kaki ne kaha tha, toh aise laga tha ki bhagwaan meri badd kismati ka kitna mazaak udayeinge. Aaj jab sochti hu toh sahi kaha tha. Bahut pyaar karta hai Mera pati, Mera Shiva mujhse. Kare bhi kyun na, mere pure muh pe sindoor gir gya tha. Ab describe karna mushkil toh hai, uske pyaar ka level."

Raavi was talking to herself and blushing reminiscing the old memories when suddenly someone grabbed her waist and dug his head on the crook of her neck. Raavi for once flinched, but then relaxed as soon as she registered who it was. 

"Subah subah uthke khee khee karne lag gyi, hmm" Shiva said while scratching his stubble on her collar bone and she giggled. She got up and turned to his side. Shiva pulled her more closer by her waist and Raavi encircled her arms around his neck. "Meri marzi mein jo karun, Tujhko kya?" She pinched his cheek which irked Shiva and he frowned in a cute way. 

"Bandariya." he murumured and picked up her in bridal style and laid her down on the bed. "Itni subah subah nahake, meri neend kharab karni hoti hai tujhe." Shiva whispered near her ears which sent a jittery sensation on Raavi's system. "Kyun, meine kya kiya?" Raavi said in a feeble yet playful voice, playing with his hair curls at the back. 

"Tere baalon ke paani ke cheetein. Yeh sahi tareeka hai meri neend barbaad karne ka. Chal koi nahi, ab uth gya hun toh apna birthday gift lelun." 

Raavi smiled widely and kissed him on his lips and said while brushing her lips from him "Happy birthday my dear bhootnath." 

Shiva's pupil dilated, his cheeks forming a crimson hue. He too kissed her on forehead whispering a 'Thank You'. 

They both sat up on the bed, both staring nothing at particular and lying in each others arm, cuddling. When Shiva spoke all of a sudden "Toh mein jo maangunga aaj degi?" Raavi smiled and replied "Maangke toh dekh, zaroor dungi." Shiva smirked and then said "Toh deal done, Tu har ghante mujhe degi." 

Raavi's eyes widened and she pushed Shiva "Chee, kaisi kaisi baatein karta hai tu , besharam kahinka." Shiva frowned and he said "Apni biwi se har ghante ek..."  He blushed and showed the kissing sign "kiss mangne mein kaunsi besharmi." 

Raavi relaxed knowing he was talking about only kiss. "Kyu, tere tedhe dimaag ne kya socha?" Shiva raised a brow and Raavi blushed "Ku-kuc..Kuch bhi toh nahi. Tu bhi na, hatt baaki sab bhi aate hi honge wish karne." 

Raavi facepalmed herself thinking like that. "offo Raavi, pregnancy ne tere dimaag ko gattar bana diya hai. Ahh hormones!!"  

"Toh deal final." Shiva beamed and asked her to which Raavi nodded her head "Haa re mere business man, tera deal final." Shiva smiled sheepishly scratching his nape and blushing. 

Then only the door of their room opened and everyone entered. Krish literally jumped on the bed, hovering over Shiva and Shiva strangled him  with his arms laughing. "Happy birthday mere Somnath ke Hero." Krish yelled and Shiva closed his one eye in irritation. 

Then Suman came with a thaali full of mootichoor laddoo and fed her 'jigar ka tukda'. "Beta, janamdin ki khub khub badhai, mera baccha, humesha haste muskurate rehna." Shiva bowed down and took blessing of Suman. He hugged Suman and Suman too patted his head giving blessings. 

Then Dhara came and feed him a laddoo. Shiva bowed down and took her blessings "Bhagwaan teri umar bahut lambi kare. Kisi ki nazar na lage tujhe." Dhara hugged Shiva and whispered "Baccha tune apni bhabhi maa ko maaf kar diya na." To which Shiva's expression changed and he said in a low voice. "Bhabhi aaj iss baare mein baat nahi karte hai." And she just nodded.

Rishita and Dev too wished Shiva A happy birthday . "Hmm, mujhe toh lagta hai galat time pe aagye, Humari Raavi ne ache se wish hi nahi kiya Shiva ko." And Rishita removed the lipstick smudged on Shiva's cheeks. 

Both Shiva and Raavi blushed and Suman hid her face with her pallu. "Halo halo, ab chalo sab" She wheeled out of the room followed by others. 

Raavi came forward and removed the smudged lipstick from his lips and cheek. "Ab jaa, fresh hoja, aarti bhi karni hai." Shiva nodded and was about to go but her turned around and placed a peck on Raavi's cheek and then ran away taking his clothes and towel.

Raavi blushed and then made the bed properly and neatly. Then she took out her diary and placed the entry.

Date: 9th June, 2022

~" Hello Baby, Mumma Here.

Aaj pata hai kya hai?? aaj aapke papa ka birthday hai. Hmm. Aaj ka din aapki or meri hum dono ki life ka bahut special day hai. Aur uske saath saath sabse achi baat yeh hai, ki aaj mumma , papa ko aapke baare mein bata dengi.

Aap aapke papa ke liye kisi gift se kam nahi ho babbu. Uske baad Mumma-Papa roz aapse baat karenge, Aapke aane ka wait karenge, aur jab aap aa jaoge toh next year aap bhi Papa ka birthday celebrate karoge. 

Ab sab kuch achaa hoga baby, aap , mein , Papa humari sweet si family. 

Ab bas shaam ka intezaar hai uske baad. Mumma and Papa gonna talk to you soon. 

Mumma loves you my baccha"~

Raavi opened the cupboard and took out all the presents she had managed to take for Shiva. She then took out her pregnancy test kit and Hospital reports and gift wrapped them.

She finally finished with her work and sat thinking about Shiva's reaction when those thoughts crossed her mind.

"Tu panauti hai, Dur chali jaa inn sab se Apne Pati se. Khatra hai tu uske liye, Kaal hai tu!!!
"Mein yeh bacha nahi chahta hun Raavi !!"

"No Raavi, bas kar. Mat soch yeh sab. Infact, Tu kuch soch hi mat." She huffed, kept the gifts on the study table and went out and started helping Suman to prepare the Puja ki thaali. 

Shiva by the time came out after taking a bath and went straight to Mandir. Raavi who was busy in rolling the cotton for lighting the diya for Puja looked up and saw Shiva decked up wearing the same checkered shirt she gifted him a year ago. 

"Yeh shirt.." Raavi glanced again and again and a wide smile played on her lips. She stood up and hugged him tightly. Shiva chuckled seeing her excitement.

"Tune yeh shirt rakhi thi, mujhe laga tune phek di." Raavi mumbled from his chest . She parted and turned him around to look how he was looking. "Hayye mera Hero." Raavi kept both her palms on her cheeks and blushed watching how dashing her husband was looking.

Shiva on the other hand was happy watching how his chipkali got so excited just watching him in this shirt. "Tujhe achha laga na?" Both asked at the same time and then laughed 

"Oyye Gift meine diya tha toh mein puchungi na." Raavi pouted thinking why he was asking that. "Toh meine bhi pehna na, ab tujhe mein har tareeke ke kapde mein achaa nahi.." but was cut off when Raavi kept her finger on his lips. 

"Tu agar Patsan (Translation: Jute) ki boriyan bhi pehen le toh bhi mujhe achaa lagega. Haa agar woh tune apni khushi apni marzi se pehna ho toh." Raavi's face fell but Shiva lifted her face with his chin and whispered a 'sorry' and she smiled back for him.

"Mera bas chale toh tu kuch na bhi pehene toh bhi achaa lagega."Shiva smirked and Raavi started playing with his shirt's button . 

"Arrey Mori maiyaa!! ab iss masoom bacche ko yahi sunna baaki reh gya tha. Dekha maa, tere charo beto mein se sabse sanskari mein hi hun." Krish said dramatically and Shiva-Raavi immediately parted witnessing a Dramatic Krish and Suman who was hiding her face with the pallu.

"Aajkal ke baccho ko No saram, No lihaaj. Ayye markundi.. yeh sab hogya toh Puja ki taiyaari bhi karde." Raavi nodded and immediately started preparing the rest of the items for Puja, while Shiva stuffed two mootichoor laddoo in Krish's face for his Galat time mein entry.

After a few minutes everyone was standing near the idol of Shiv-Gauri-Ganesh ji and Shiva was doing aarti. 

"Har har Mahadev." He chanted and everyone said along with him. Suman then applied Kumkum on his forehead and tied a new mauli on his right hand. "Bholenaath sadda mere bacche ki raksa kare." 

Then others did the aarti and Shiva took the blessings of elders. When the Puja ended everyone left the Mandir and so was Shiva about to leave but then he stumbled and fell down. The kumkum wiped out from his own hand and the mauli teared apart.

"Shiva..." Raavi and Dhara shouted in unison and approached him . They helped him to get up and asked if he had any injury. 

"Nahi , mein theek hun, bas fisal ke gir gya, itna tension lene ki zarurat nahi hai." Shiva reassured everyone and they sighed in relief. 

Dhara took his ballaiyan (translation: to ward off evil eyes) and put kohl near his ears. "Pata nahi kya hogya hai, jab dekho kuch na kuch  ho hi raha hai, bas kissi ki nazar na lage tujhe." 

Shiva nodded and stood up and others moved forward for their respective works, but one person was stressed for this happening. 

Raavi went to the mandir again and joined hands infront of Bholenaath . "Bhagwaan ji, bas mere Shiva ki raksha kariye, uske saath rahiye. Apni kripa banaye rakhiyega uspe."

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THE SEQUEL OF 'HAAN TU HAI'. Yes you all guessed it right. It's not the end. But something is coming soon.

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