*The next evening*
Arjun: (Hugging Aditya) Bye Bhaiyya...Apna khyaal rakhna

Aditya: Haan Haan, tu bhi...Dilli pahunchte hai hi Mujhe text karna

Arjun: Haan theek hai...Bye Bhabhi, Bye Tara, apna khyaal rakhna

Zoya: Bye Arjun

Tara: Bye Arju! Bye!

Aditya: (To Zoya) Main Arjun ko drop karke aata hoon

Zoya: Haan, theek hai

[Aditya and Arjun entered the car and the ride was usually quiet.
They reached the airport soon enough and Arjun was about to enter the airport until he turned around to say something to Aditya.]

Aditya: Kya Hua?

Arjun: Aapse Kuch kehna tha

Aditya: Haan, Bol

Arjun: Pata nahi kyun, lekin aisa lag raha jaise Agar Pooja Bhabhi Zoya Bhabhi se milti, toh woh bahut Khush hoti..

Aditya: (Confused) Kya? Kya matlab?

Arjun: Aapko khud samajh aa jaayega, Bhai, samajh aa jaayega

[Soon, Arjun left and Aditya drove back home. His mind continuously playing only one sentence.

"Pata nahi kyun, lekin aisa lag raha jaise Agar Pooja Bhabhi Zoya Bhabhi se milti, toh woh bahut Khush hoti.."

What did that even mean? What was Arjun trying to say? He shrugged his thoughts and continued driving until he reached home.]

*At home*

[He entered the house to find Zoya come out of the room, wearing a cream coloured suit, trying to put on a necklace, until her eyes met Aditya's and she stopped in her tracks.]

Aditya: Tum kahi jaa rahi Ho?

Zoya: Mr. Kapoor ne dinner pe bulaaya hai...Aap hi ne kaha tha

Aditya: Oh shucks, ya! Main toh bhool hi gaya

Zoya: Tara Nahi aana chahti, woh apne dost ke Ghar jaana chahti hai...Kya karein?

Aditya: Theek hai, jaate waqt usse drop karenge

Zoya: (Trying to wear necklace) Haan theek hai...Ya Allah, yeh necklace bhi kam musibat nahi hai! Chhodo Kuch Aur hi pehen lete——

Aditya: (Shy) M-Main try karun?

Zoya: T-Theek hai...

[Zoya Hesitantly placed the necklace in his hand before he walked behind her, her back facing him. Rather gently, he pushed hair to one side, revealing her slightly bare back and slowly put the necklace around her neck, before clasping it. Zoya could feel the way his fingers slightly grazed along the nape of her neck, and she felt unusual sensations. She didn't even know why his touch felt this way.

Gently, he brought her back until taking a few steps away.]

Aditya: Main taiyaar hokar aata hoon

Zoya: Haan, theek hai

[The drive to Mr. Kapoor's house was silent, after they dropped Tara. Zoya was a bit hesitant, because she didn't how to behave over there. How was a 'wife' supposed to behave?]

Aditya: Kya Hua?

Zoya: Kya Hua? Kuch toh nahi...

Aditya: Kuch toh hai...pareshaan lag rahi Ho

Zoya: Aapko kaise pata?

Aditya: Bass Guess kar liya

Zoya: Biwi ka naatak karna padega...Bass wohi samajh nahi aa raha

Aditya: Naatak?

Zoya: Unhe lagna chahiye ki hum dono ek asli shaadishuda couple hai na?

Aditya: (Laughing) Zoya...Itna mat Socho...just be natural, Bass

Zoya: Aap toh hasiye, Bass

[Soon enough, they reached Mr. Kapoor's house and of course, received a warm welcome.

A few hours into dinner, all the guests sat down  in the living room, and Mr. Kapoor spoke.]

Kapoor: Accha by the way, for those of you who don't know, Aditya ki abhi abhi nayi shaadi hui hai

Guests: Wow! Woohoo!

Aditya: (Embarrassed) Sir...Aap bhi...

Kapoor: Ek game khelte hai...actually not a game, more of a confession round. Sab ko apne Wife ki taareef karni padegi, atleast 3 things you admire about her!

Guests: Yes! Yes! Good idea!

Kapoor: And Aditya, you go first! The newly wed! Zoya ki taareef karo, Chalo, Chalo!

[Aditya and Zoya looked at each other, understanding the situation they were both stuck in.

Who came up with such rubbish games?]

Aditya: (Embarrassed) Sir...Main...Nahi, Nahi

Kapoor: Why not? Main apni biwi par speech de sakta hoon. Okay, I'll go first.

Meri biwi iss duniya ki shaayad sabse zyaada supportive insaan hogi...ek waqt tha Jab Mere sar pe na chatt tha, na khaane ke liye ek roti. Phir bhi, she stood by me like a rock.

Mrs. Kapoor, thank you!

[The guests 'awwed' at Mr. Kapoor's confession, and Zoya and Aditya just got more and more nervous.]

Guest: Tumhaari baari Adi! Chalo! Chalo!

[Too scared and embarrassed, Zoya stood up to leave and get some fresh air, until she heard Aditya speak.]

Aditya: Zoya ki sabse acchi baat yeh hai woh insaan ko bahut aasaani se samajh sakti hai. Aur...Aur ussmein bahut himmat aur hausla hai...Ussne jiss tarah apni Zindagi ki problems ko face kiya hai...kabhi kabhi Mujhe bhi nahi lagta ki mujh mein Itna hausla Ho sakta hai...So...Yeah...

[Zoya looked at him in surprise, because she didn't even expect such a response from him. The fact that he acknowledged her struggles, and commended her bravery made her slightly happy. For reason, it made her trust him a bit.

The guests applauded at Aditya's response, but for some reason, all Aditya and Zoya could sense and feel was each other's presence.

An hour or so later, Aditya and Zoya headed back home, after picking up Tara from her friends house.

They reached home and Tara, who was fast asleep, was in Aditya's arms, before he took her to Zoya's room and put her to sleep.

Zoya sat on the couch, still thinking about Aditya spoke at the dinner, until he came out of the room and walked up to her.]

Aditya: Main sone jaa raha hoon, Good Night

Zoya: Uh...Aditya...

Aditya: Haan?

Zoya: Aap...Aap chai piyenge? Aur humaari poetry sunna chahenge?

Aditya: (Surprised) Haan...Theek hai

Zoya: Theek hai, abhi aate hai

[Zoya put the tea on the stove before walking to her room and returning with a diary in her hands.

She didn't even know why she was doing this. Her poetry was something so holy and sacred to her, she wouldn't show it to anyone. But why did she want to show it to him?

That night, both of them sat on the balcony, with cups of tea besides them, and Zoya Hesitantly opened the book in front of him.]

Zoya: Yeh...yeh Humne ek saal pehle likha tha, padhein?

Aditya: Padho

Zoya: (Reading)

...Bass usska dil padhne mein shaayad kai qasar baaqi reh gayi thi"

Aditya: Wow...Tum Bahut zyaada Accha likhti Ho, Zoya

Zoya: Shukriya...

Aditya: Waise achaanak Kya Hua? Ki tum apni shayari sunana chah rahi thi?

Zoya: Pata nahi...Aap woh pehle shakhs hai, jissne humaari shayari suni hai

Aditya: Yash?

Zoya: Unhe kabhi dikhaane ka mauka hi nahi mila...

Aditya: Likhti raho...Bahut Accha likhti Ho...Aaj pehli baar tumhaari urdu samajh aa gayi mujhe!

Zoya: (Laughing) Shukriya

Aditya: Tumhe neend nahi aa rahi?

Zoya: Ab aa rahi hai, Chaliye, Aap so jaayie, iss shayari ki chakkar mein aapka neend kharab kar diya

Aditya: Nahi, I'm Glad ki shayari ke chakkar mein neend kharab Ho gayi, shaayad aaj raat Accha khwaab bhi aa jaayega

Zoya: (Smiling) Good Night

Aditya: Good Night

Neither Aditya Nor Zoya knew the answer to two things.

Why Aditya praised Zoya and why Zoya felt like she could trust Aditya enough to share her most prized possession, her poetry, with him.

All Aditya could think of was what Arjun told him before he left.

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