Soul Mate (The functions) Part 23

Shergil House

Preparation is going on for sangeet, the hall is decorated beautifully. Everyone has dressed up. Rakshit is getting ready in his room. Drishti enters in hurry.

Drishti: Rakshit sir, ap yaha taiyar ho rahe hai?
Rakshit sir, you are getting ready here?

Rakshit: To aur kya karna chaihie? Kuch hi der mein sangeet suru hoga, aur dulha time pe taiyar nehi hoga to kaise hoga?
What else should I do? In some time the music ceremony will start, and if the groom doesn’t get ready in time then how would it work?

Drishti: Main ap se ye bol rahi hu ki subah apne jo kuch bhi bola mujhe , ki apke pas plan hai, kya hai wo plan? Mujhe janna hai, bataiye.
I’m telling you that whatever you said in the morning, that you have plan, what is it? I want to know, tell me.

Rakshit: Ye perfume accha hai na?
This perfume is good right?

Drishti: Kya?
What?

Rakshit: Aur ye watch jada suit karega ya ye wala jada suit karega?
And will this watch suit better or this one?

Drishti: Main kya bol rahi hu aur ap kya bol rahe hai?
What am I saying and what are you saying?

Rakshit: Main to ye puch raha hu ki mujhe kaunsa accha lagega, jaldi batau, thori der mein niche jana hai.
I’m asking you that which one will look better on me, tell me fast, we have to go downstairs a few moments later.

Drishti: Ap mere sawal ka jawab de rahe hai ya nehi?
Will you give answer to my question or not?

Rakshit: Pehle mere sawal ka jawab do, time nehi hai yaar.
Give answer to my question first, there isn’t much time.

Drishti gets irrited and and does magic. Rakshit gets prepared fully in a second. He gets surprised then smiles and checks himself on mirror.

Rakshit: Not bad.

Then he looks at Drishti on mirror. She seems very tensed. Rakshit keeps looking at her.

Drishti: Rakshit sir, apka ghadi, perfume, hairstyle sab ho gaya na? Ab mere baat sunenge? Rakshit sir?
Rakshit sir, your watch, perfume, hairstyle everything is complete right? Now will you listen to me? Rakshit sir?

Rakshit: Tum bhi bure nehi lag rahe ho.
You are not looking bad either.

Drishti: Kya?
What?

Rashi: Wah, yaha to kuch aur hi chal raha hai, lagta hai sangeet k sath sath aj hi shadi bhi kara dena parega. Ap logo ko to patience e nehi hai.
Wow, completely something else is going on here, it seems like we have to get you two married today instead of music ceremony. You two have no patience at all.

Rakshit and Drishti turns and sees Romi and Rashi have come with Pari.

Romi: Arey Rashi, in logo ka aisai hai. Kab kya karega kuch pata nehi chalta. Kal hi raat kya hungma kar rahe the, fer aj subah kuch aur hi drama chal raha tha. Abhi to ye kar rahe hai, kuch der baad kya karega kuch pata nehi. Tu chor na. Hum jo bolne aya hai wo bolke chalte hai chal, inko lagta hai disturb kar dia.
Rashi, these two are like this. You can never know what will they do and when. Last night they were doing so much drama, and this morning another type of drama was going on. And now this is going on, who knows what will they do in a few moments later. You let it go. We should go after saying what we came to say, I think we have disturbed them.

Drishti: Aisa kuch nehi hai, hum bas baat kar rahe the. Tu bol, kiyun aye ho tum sab yaha.
Nothing like that, we were just talking. You say, why all are you here.

Romi: Wohi to, kabhi baatein chalte hai, to kabhi larai. Bas na rukhta hai na kabhi thakta hai, hamesha jab dekho kuch na kuch chaltai hai.
That is the thing, either you two keeps talking otherwise keeps fighting. Neither you two stop nor gets tired, just keeps going on.

Rashi: Romi chor na, kiyun tang kich raha hai. Jaane de. Wo Rakshit bhai hum sab ye bolne aye the ki sare preparation complete ho gaya hai, niche sab ap dono ka intezar kar rahe hai. Ap log ka jab ho jaye tab niche ajana, fer function suru hoga. Waise bhi ajke function mei to hum larke walei jitne wale hai, kiyunki larki walo k team mein bas do hi member hai, baki sab to bas formality hai.
Romi let it go, why are you taunting them. Let it go. Rakshit bhai we came here to tell you that the preparation is complete, everyone is waiting for you two downstairs. When you two will be done then come down, then the function will start. Today the groom party will win anyway in the function, cause the bride party have only two members, so other things are mere formality.

Romi: Wo hello, bas do member hai ka kya matlab. Do member mein se isi ek member hi na dance ka champion hai, halke mein maat lo. Drishti di ap tension maat lijiye. Bhalei hum man power mein thora low hai, par talent mein to hum hi age hai, jitenge to hum hi.
Oo hello, what do you mean by only 2 members. Between those two members, one is a dance champion, so don’t take us lightly. Drishti di don’t take any tension. We might be low on man power but we are ahead in talent, we will definitely win.

Rashi: Accha majak kar leta hai, tujhe bhi acche se pata hai Rakshit bhai k samne dance mein tu nehi tikne wala hai.
You joke well, but you too know that you can’t stand before Rakshit bhai in dance.

Romi: Unko na sambhal ne ki kaam Di karega. Aur main baki sabke liye kafi hu.
Di will handle him. And I will handle the rest of you.

Pari: Main bhi to hu.
I’m also here.

Rashi: Ha Pari, ap to humara plus point hai. Apke rehte humare team to har e nehi sakte.
Yes Pari, you are our plus point. We can’t lose when you are in our team.

Pari: Par main to dono team se hu. Papa k team se bhi aur Drishti mumma k team se bhi.
But I’m from both the team. From both Papa’s team and Drishti mumma’s team.

Romi: Ye hua na baat. Ab humare team mein bhi 3 member hai.
That’s great. Now we have 3 members in our team.

Romi and Pari high five.

Rashi: Pari aisa nehi hota hai, ap to bas papa k team se the.
Pari this is not done, you were on the papa’s team, right.

Romi: Nehi hota hai matlab kya? Of course hota hai. Ab bol dia matalab Pari humare team mein bhi hia. Main bhi dekhta hu kaun nehi ane deta hai usko humare team mein. Chalo Pari hum dono ek special perfomance ki practice karte hai. Aur ap dono batein karte rahe, I mean jaldi khatam karke jaldi ajana.
What do you mean by this is not done? Of course it could be done. Now that she has said it, it meams Pari is also in our team too. I’ll see who doesn’t let her join our team. Let’s go Pari, we will decide a special performance together. And you two, keep talking I mean finish your talk fast and come.

Rashi: Romi rukh, ap dono ajana. Romi aisa nehi ho sakta. Pari sref humare team mein hoga. Rukh.
Romi stop, you two come fast. Romi this is not done. Pari will stay in our team only. Stop.

Three of them leave from the room. Rakshit again checks himself out in the mirror.

Drishti:  Finally sab gaya. Rakshit sir, ap fer kya mirror mein khud ko dekhne laag gaye. Mein kabse jo puch raha hu uska jawab dijiye. Plan kya hai apka?
Finally they left. Rakshit sir, why did you start looking at your face again in the mirror. I’m asking you something from a long time. What is your plan?

Rakshit turns and looks at Drishti.

Rakshit: Tumhe kya lagta hai? Kaun jitega aj? Team dulha ya dulhan? Mujhe harana itna asan nehi hoga.
What do you think? Who will win today? Team groom or team bride? It’s not easy make me loose.

Drishti: Ap barbar baat ghuma kiyun de rahe hai. Mere sawal ka jawab dijiye.
Why are you changing the topic every time. Answer my question.

Rakshit: You know what, faisala to dance floor mein hi hoga. Chalo chalte hai. Hum sath mein entry marenge.
You know what the decision will be taken on the dance floor. Let’s go. We will take entry together.

Rakshit turns and starts to leave the room but he finds Drishti standing in front of him.

Drishti: Mere sawal ka jawab die bina ap to aj yaha se nehi jayenge.
You won’t go from here today without answering my question.

Rakshit sighs.

Rakshit: To matlab tum jawab sunkei manoge.
So you mean you will not stop until you hear the answer.

Drishti: To matlab apka kan thik thak kaam kar raha hai, ap sabkuch thik thak sun paraha hai. Main to doctor bulane wala tha. To ap to mera sawal already 100 ber sun hi chuka hoga, ab ekbar jawab bhi dijiye.
So it means your ear is fine, you can hear properly. I was about to call doctor. So you must have heard my question hundred times by now, please kindly answer once.

Rakshit: Kya maine tumhe ye pehlei nehi bataya tha ki tumhe isbar main pehle se tumhare sath plan nehi share karne wala hu?
Didn’t I told you earlier that this time I am not going to share the plan with you?

Drishti: Aur maine bhi bola hai ki bina plan bataiye apko main yaha se nehi jane dungi.
And I also told you that without telling me the plan I’m not going to let you go from here.

Rakshit smiles.

Rakshit: Na tum apni baat se piche hatoge na main. To chalo ek kaam karte hai. Ek challenge ho jaye?
Neither you are going to back out nor me. Let’s do a thing. Should we have a challenge?

Drishti: Kaisa challenge?
What sort of challenge ?

Rakshit: Ajk sangeet mein agar tumne mujhe I mean mera team ko hara dia tab main tumhe mera plan bata dunga. But koi magic allowed nehi hai.
If you manage to make me I my team loose in the function then I will tell you my plan. But no magic is allowed.

Drishti: Thik hai. Challenge accepted. Aj to team dulhan e jitega.
OK fine. Challenge accepted. Today team bride will definitely win.

Rakshit smiles.

Rakshit: All the best. Ab chale?
All the best. Shall we go now?

Rakshit forwards his hand. Drishti hesitates at first, but then slowly holds it.
Everyone was waiting downstairs. Drikshit come down from the stairs. Romi sees them and smiles. He takes a mic and starts talking.

Romi: Everyone, wo pal agaya jiska hum sabka bahut der se intezar tha. Humare ajke functions k chief guests finally agaye hai. So ab hum apna iss function ko suru kar sakte hai.
Everyone finally our wait is over. Because the chief guests of today’s function is here. Now we can start our function.

Drikshit comes down and takes their seats.

Drishti: Romi, aj kuch bhi ho jaye, humei jitna hoga.
Romi whatever happens today, we have to win.

Romi: Don’t worry di. Sabkuch sorted hai. Humare team hi jitega. Aj to dance floor mein hum aag hi laga denge. Ap bas dekhte jau.
Don’t worry di. Everything is sorted. Our team will win today. We will make fire on stage today. You just keep watching.

Rashi: Rakshit bhai yaha bahut dhua ho rahe hai, hai na?
Rakshit bhai don’t you think there is too much smoke here?

Rakshit: Rashi, wo kya hai ki jab aag bujha dete hai tab hi itna dhua hota hai.
Rashi  you know what  when you put out a fire, there is always smoke like this.

Romi: Di ap maat sunie in logo k baat. Inko to main dance floor mein dekhta hu.
Di, don’t listen to them. I’ll see them in the dance floor.

Drishti: Ha Romi, dikha de. Mere ashirbad hai tere sath.
Yeah Romi, go ahead and show them. My blessings is with you.

Romi smiles and goes on the dance floor, Rashi goes too. They performs on “Nachde Ne Saare”. Everyone claps. Then Drishti and Rakshit dances on “Illegal Weapon 2.0”. Then Pari and Romi dances on “Cutiepie”. Rashi enters in the dance in between and three of them complete the dance.

Rashi: Bhai, ab humare team se kaun jayega?
Bhai, now who will go next from our team?

Rakshit is about to speak but Daksh comes from behind.

Daksh: Ab to mere turn hai. Rakshit bhai, ho jaye?
Now is my turn. Rakshit bhai, shall we?

Daksh forwards his hand. Rakshit smiles and holds it strongly. Rakshit and Daksh starts dancing. Romi stands up.

Drishti: Romi kaha jaraha hai? Tu mere team se hai.
Romi where you are going? You are from my team.

Romi: Ha di, par ye Shergil boys ka
…. Main abhi arahahu….. Bas ek min.
Yeah di, but this is the Shergil boys …… I’ll be back in a minute.

Romi joins them, the three brothers dances, Drishti stands before them and dances alone to give them competition. But soon Rashi joins her. The boys argues but the girls continue dancing, so does the boys. The dance ends.

Daksh: Rashi, tu to humare team mein tha.
Rashi, you were in our team.

Rashi: Mere taraf ungli karne se pehle Romi k taraf karo. Ye bhi to khud k team chora tha. Tin k khilaf ek bahut unfair tha, main itna unfair hote hue nehi dekh sakta tha. Bas isiliye…..
Before pointing at me point at Romi. He too left his team. Three vs one is so unfair, I can’t let happen such unfair. Just for that….

Romi: Oh hello, maine team nehi chora. Jaise Pari dono team se hai waise main bhi dono team se hu.
Oh hello, I didn’t leave my team. The way Pari is from both the team I am too from both the team.

All of them start fighting,  Mahima stops their fighting.

Mahima: Bas karo bas karo. Baccha ban gaye sab.
Stop everyone. All of you have become kids.

Everyone stops and looks at each other angrily.

Mahima: I think ye clear hai ki kaun jita hai.
I think it is clear that who has won.

Everyone: Kaun?
Who?

Mahima: Dono team, kiyunki hum sab ek hi toh hai. Hum sab jita hai.
Both team. Cause we are all same. We all won.

Everyone smiles and claps. Rakshit  and Drishti looks at each other. Both of them smiles. Drikshit dances on “Nazdeekiyaan”. Then the whole family dances on “Gallan Goodiyaan”. Everyone claps. Rakshit and Drishti is standing side by side at the end of the dance.

Drishti: To bataiye.
So tell me.

Rakshit: Kya?
What?

Drishti: Plan. Maine jita apka dia hua challenge. Ajke sangeet mein team dulhan bhi jita hai.
Plan. I won your challenge. Team bride too won at today’s music function.

Rakshit smiles.

Rakshit: To main kya karu? Thik se yaad karo. Maine challenge kia tha ki mere team ko harau. Tumhe jitne thori bola tha. Aur mere team to hare nehi. So main bataunga bhi nehi. Bye. Kal milte hai, mehendi pe.
So what should I do? Remember properly. I challenged you that make my team lose. I didn’t asked you to win. And my team has not lose. So I’m not going to tell you anything. Bye. See you tomorrow, at the henna function.

Drishti: Arey…

Rakshit waves at her and goes from there. Drishti keeps standing there being angry.

Drishti: Mr. Rakshit Shergil ap to gaye kaam se.
Mr. Rakshit Shergil now you are done for.

At night

Rakshit is sleeping in his room. He opens his eyes and sees the lights are flickering and candles flying in air.

Rakshit’s Pov
Ye kya bhootiyapanti chal raha hai mere kamre mein?
What sort of ghostly thing is happening in my room?

Rakshit was about to sit up but he notices Drishti in mirror, standing by his bed. Seeing this he pretends to be asleep.

Drishti: Mr. Rakshit Shergil, apko kya laga tha, mujhe baato k jaal mein fasakar rakhengi aur main chup chap baithi rahungi. Nehi, aj to main bhi dekhti hu ap kaise mujhe apna plan nehi batate hai.
Mr. Rakshit Shergil, what did you thought, that you will make me stuck in your words and I will sit quietly. No, even I’ll see how you don’t tell me your plan.

Rakshit smiles a bit but immediately hides it.

Rakshit’s Pov
Accha to madam isiliye ayi hai. At least ye sare batein to mann mein bol sakti thi. Par nehi, sach mein bahut baat karti hai, bina koi wajah se. Karlo jo karna hai. Main to kuch bhi nehi bolne wala.
Ok so madam is here for this. At least she should have said all this in mind. But no, she really speaks a lot, that too without no reason. Do whatever you want to do. I am not going to say anything.

Drishti comes close to Rakshit and bends down to him. She is in a very angry mood. But suddenly Rakshit turns. Drishti finds herself very close to Rakshit. She forgets about everything and keeps looking at sleeping Rakshit. Rakshit realizes Drishti is very close to him and staring at him. He tries to control himself but couldn’t help it. He smiles.

Drishti’s Pov
Ye aisa kaunsa sapna dekh rahe hai ki mukh pe itna bara smile hai?
What dream is he watching that he has such a big smile on his face?

Drishti does magic and a magical portal opens over Rakshit’s head. She looks there but the portal shows nothing. Drishti stands up properly and again does magic but nothing is showing in the portal.

Drishti: Yeh kya hai, kuch dikhai kiyun nehi raha hai? Inhone sapne par password lagaya hai ya firewall?
What is this, why am I not able to see anything? Did he put password on his dream or firewall?

Rakshit controls himself somehow from laughing.

Drishti: Main bhi kya soch ne laag gayi. Mujhe to Rakshit sir se ye pata karna hai ki unka plan kya hai. Shadi k date pas araha hai.
What am I even thinking. I was supposed to know the plan from Rakshit sir. The marriage date is coming closer.

Rakshit’s Pov
Kitna barbar karti hai ye?
How much she talks?

Drishti does magic and the whole room becomes like a set of horror movies. She tries to scare him by a lot of ways but Rakshit shows no reaction. The room becomes normal again.

Drishti: Ye to jag hi nehi raha hai. Agar jagega nehi to main daraunga kaise?
He is not waking up at all. If he doesn’t wake up then how am I going to make him scare?

Rakshit’s Pov
Drishti ko seriously lagta hai ki ye sab karke main dar jaunga? Ya fer mujhe darakar plan ka pata laga payegi? Beukuf larki.
Drishti seriously thinks that she can make me scare by doing all this? Or that she can make me tell my plan by scaring me? Stupid girl.

Rakshit smiles again but Drishti comes close and checks him.

Drishti: Inhone abhi kuch bola kya?
Did he said something?

Rakshit’s Pov
Yaar ye larki to bahut dangerous hai, mann mein beukuf bola wo bhi sun liya.
Yaar this girl is really dangerous, I said stupid in mind she heard that too.

Drishti: Itna gehre need mein hai ye, waisebhi bahut dance kia, tired hai sayed. Ek kaam karti hu, kal hi puchti hu.
He is in deep sleep, well he danced a lot today, he must be tired. I think I should ask him tomorrow.

Drishti disappears from there. Rakshit opens his eyes and sits up. He smiles.

Rakshit: Pagal.
Mad.

Then he thinks Drishti might have heard it and gets scared. He goes to sleep immediately.

In the morning

Rakshit comes down. Mehendi function have already started. Drishti is applying henna on her hands, so is the other girls. Drishti was looking for someone, she notices Rakshit. She tries to signal him but he ignores her even after seeing it. Drishti’s henna design gets complete. She smiles at the girl who designed and thanks her. Then she stands up and goes to look for Rakshit. But everytime Rakshit sees her coming he goes away from there and stands at a different place. Rakshit was going through the corridor alone but suddenly he finds himself at a corner, Drishti standing in front of him.

Rakshit: Ye kya bhootiyapanti hai?
What is this?

Drishti: Mera koi sokh nehi tha aise milne ka, par jab bhi apse baat karne jaraha hu ap kahi aur hi chale jaraha hai. Apse jaruri baat karna hai.
I didn’t have any wish to meet you like this, but whenever I tried to meet you you were going at a different place. I have something important to talk to you.

Rakshit: Tumhara important baat pata hai mujhe. Fer se to tumhe wohi baat puch na hai ki plan kya hai, aur mera jawab bhi same hoga ki nehi bataunga. Ye sab magic karke koi fyda nehi.
I know what is your important talk. You will again ask what is my plan and I will again answer that I won’t say. There is no point in doing these magic.

Drishti: Oh hello agar mujhe magic karkei ye pata lagana tha na, to main bahut pehlei laga leti. Apko koi idea bhi nehi hai main kya kya kar sakti hoon.
Oh hello, if I had to do magic to find out, then I would have find out a long ago. You don’t have any idea what can I do.

Rakshit remembers everything that happened last night and starts laughing.

Drishti: Ye ap has kiyun rahe hain? Kya hua?
Why are you laughing? What happened?

Rakshit tries to control his laugh.

Rakshit: Nehi kuch nehi.
No, it’s nothing.

Drishti: Nehi kuch toh hai, kya hai?
No there must be something, what is it?

Rakshit: Choro na, kuch nehi hai. Tum kya bolna chati thi wo bolo na.
Let it go. What is it that you were trying to say.

Drishti: Oo ha. Apke pas phone hai na. Mere mehendi ka pic lijiye.
Oh yeah. You have your phone with you right. Take a pic of my henna design.

Rakshit takes out his phone and clicks pic.

Rakshit: Iss baat k liye mujhse baat karna tha tumhe? Ye to kisi aur ko bhi karne k liye bol sakti thi. Waise pic se karoge kya? Tumhara bhi koi social media account hai kya?
Did you wanted to talk to me for this? You could have asked someone else to do this. Anyway what are you going to do with this? Do you have a social media account too?

Drishti: Pic dikhaiye. Ha thik hai.
Show me those pictures. Yeah it looks fine.

Drishti then does magic and the henna on her hands gets disappeared. Rakshit keeps seeing whatever Drishti is doing. Drishti then sees the pic again and does magic. This time the same design gets imprinted on her hands.

Rakshit: Ye kya hai?
What is this?

Drishti: Mere haat mein mehendi ka rang nehi charta, wo magic se karna parta. Par itna difficult design mujhe yaad nehi rehta isiliye pic lene ki liya bola.
The color of the henna wouldn’t have worked on my hand, so I need to do magic for that. But this design is very difficult, I wouldn’t able to remember it. That’s why I asked you to take pictures.

Rakshit: To baki k functions mein bhi koi problem…
Then could there be any problems in the other functions…..

Drishti: Nehi, age aur koi problem hoga nehi shayad. Aur agar hoga to ap hai na sambhal ne k liye.
No, there is not going to be any more problems in future maybe. And if there is then you will be there to help me out.

Drishti smiles, Rakshit smiles too. He starts to leave but Drishti stops him.

Drishti: Oh hello, kaha?
Oh hello, where?

Rakshit: Kiyun kuch aur baki hai kya?
Is there something else?

Drishti: Apne to abhi tak plan hi nehi bataya.
You still haven’t tell me the plan.

Rakshit: Aur fer hum ghur phir k same question pe atak gayi.
And we got stuck in the same question again.

Drishti: Rakshit sir, please.

Rakshit: Dhire dhire sab pata chal jayega. Sahi samay pe.
You will get to know everything slowly. At right time.

Rakshit smiles and leaves. Drishti pouts and leaves. The mehendi functions ends. And then happens the haldi functions. One by one all the functions gets completed and the day of the wedding arrives.

Next: The wedding?