LOVE MUSEEBAT.

#Aduni and Hinal became best friends after their meeting at the kite flying festival (Uttarayan) on 14th January 2019.

Music playing in the background.

Hinal woke up due to the disturbance of the freezing breeze coming into her room through the window and the continous buzzing of the alarm clock on the reading table next to her bed.

Annoyed, she gets up and wear her bunny designed flip flop slipper and went to the bathroom.

Then she splashed some water on her face and cleaned it with a towel.

She looked at herself in the mirror. Whohh!! She looked terrible, her hair all messes and unkept.

She wasn a dirty person by nature, but this untidiness happened because she came home late and very tired the night before.

She was busy the entire day going to all five (5) orphanages own by her dad to give them food, medicine, cloths, gift and anything they might need there.

Her father is a business man in Ahmedabad who is well known in the freestall dairy production and he also owns two textile companies.

A business man who not only had so many businesses to run but also had several orphanages in Ahmedabad.

He named each orphanage homes after himself and after his dear ones.

Joshua Shah orphanage, Jaimini sanjivani orphanage, Hinal joshua orphanage, Minaxi joshua shah orphanage and Preesha Naman orphanage.

He built this orphanages because of his kindheartedness and his immense love for children.

He himself was an orphan and was raised in an orphanage home with lots of brothers and sisters who were not related to him.

He was later adopted by a lovely, rich, christian gujarati couple.

Who took him from Surat to Ahmedabad, took good care of him and taught him to also care for others.

This amazing behavour of her dad made Hinal to also want to be just like him.

A strong, independent and also a kind hearted woman.

So she started taking care of everything related to the ophanage homes since she was sixteen (16) years of age.

She took her bath and went out of the bathroom.

She opened her wardrobe and picked up a beautiful white gown, decorated with colorful flowers on the lower part and slipped herself into it.

She then wore beautiful pairs of earrings and bangles which was given to her by her dad. And went downstairs.

Her dad Mr Haanish joshua shah was sitting on the couch with his legs crossed, sipping his coffee and reading his morning newspaper.

And her mom, Mrs Jaimini was setting the table alongside Hetvi, one of their house help.

Then her favorite song came on air, Jannat sang by Garman santhal, she couldn stop herself from singing along. She started singing.

Ho taro pyar malyo ne.

Jannat mali gai

Ho taro pyar malyo ne,

Jannat mali gai.

Ho tara chahera ni,

Same joya karu,

Hasta raho aevi,

Duva karu,

Tara chahera ni,

Same joya karu,

Hasta raho aevi,

Duva karu…

”You can at least say good morning to us before you start singing so early. ” Her mom said.

Hinal stopped singing and squeezed her face irritated. She thought to herself.

”There goes my principled mom with her lectures again. ”

She went to her dad, gave him a hug and said good morning. Her mom not really surprised said to Hinal.

”I wonder how many more times i have to tell you that you should seek your elders blessings by touching their feet and not by hugging them? But you don understand anything or is it that you are… ”

Her dad saved her by interrupting her mom.

”Enough! jaimini dear, you shouldn start scolding her so early in the morning. Don you even know how children are this days? Their ways are now different from ours, so please allow my daughter to do whatever it is that she wants. ”

Her mom disappointed murmurs quietly.

”You keep spoiling her Haanish, a girl of her age should already be married but she is still at home with us and you keep saying she should do whatever she wants. The people of our society will not keep quiet concerning this matter and you know that. They will question my upbringing and also mock us. ”

She kept quite to catch her breath and continued talking.

”She keeps clinging to her past and doesn want to move on and thats why she insist on not getting married to any man we choose. Even though we allowed her to bring a man home herself, something no other parents will do, she still hasn brought anyone till today. Anyways i have said all i can say, the rest is for you to deal with as her father. ”

Her dad didn want to continue the conversation and so he ignored her.

She stared in disbelief and then sighed seeing that her words had no effect.

”Hetvi! Get the ladoo from the kitchen please. ” Hinal stopped Hetvi and said.

”I will get it. ”

Hinal went into the kitchen but couldn stop herself from thinking about what her mom said and why she would bring up the topic about her past so suddenly.

Well she had thought she didn need to be reminded of that anymore.

”But marriage? ”

She really thought her mom wouldn bring up anything about marriage for a long time after she rejected so many marriage proposals and what she did to those men.

She had thought no man in Ahmedabad would want to marry her anymore, the very thought of the incidents made her chuckle.

It was indeed hilarious.

Hinal has received Ten (10) proposals in the last eight (8) months and each proposal was a total fail and this failure was not because of the young and really nice men but because of what Hinal secretly did to this men.

She remembered her first marriage proposal.

Eight months ago.

The first proposal was brought to her one lovely morning, she woke up to the beautiful smell of dhokla on her reading table.

She got up, took one look at it and whispered to herself.

”what a sight! amazing. I know mom made this, i should go and thank her. ”

She got up and suddenly sat down again and then thought to herself.

”let me brush my teeth first, or else she might complain about such a silly thing. ”

She got up and went to the bathroom, brushed her teeth and came out ready to go downstairs but stopped yet again.

The amazing smell of dhokla wouldn allow her to leave her room without having even a small bite.

So she decided to have just a little bite. She sat down and started eating it and before she knew it, she had gulped everything up.

That showed just how much she loved dhokla.

She got up, picked the plate and placed it on the tray in her hand and went out of the room.

On her way to the kitchen, she wondered what made her mom prepare her favorite food today even though it wasn her birthday and there weren any special occasion in the house.

She suddenly remembered and wispered to herself.

”Mom only does this when she wants to ask for something important from me or something she knows i wouldn do easily except with magic of her dhokla. But what does she want? Well let me go and find out. ”

Her mom was in the kitchen making coffee when Hinal approached her and asked to speak to her.

So they went to her moms room and sat down on her bed. Her mom looked to her for a while and then said lovingly.

”Go ahead and ask dear. ”

”Mom! were you the one that made the dhokla for me? ” Hinal asked.

”Yes i did. Don you know how i make dhokla for you anymore? My dhokla is always special and that is why you like it so much. ” She replied with a smile which Hinal found weird.

”You only do that when you want something from me, so what is it that you want now? ” Hinal asked with a tough look.

”Is that what you think of me? That i only do special things for you when i want something? ” Her mom asked sadly.

”Mom please stop the pretence, you know that i am right. ” She said angrily.

Knowing what her daughter was like, Mrs Jaimini quickly spilled the bean.

”I am not always like that you know. But you are right this time around, i do want something from you. ”

Hinal grumbled and said out loud.

”I knew it. ”

”Do you know my friends son Pravan who was your childhood friend, but later relocated to the US? Mrs Jaimini asked.

Hinal rolled her eyes at the question, wondering what her mom was getting at.

”I do. but what about him? ” Hinal asked.

”He is back now and you know the best part of it. His mom is looking for a suitable life partner for him. A good girl, from a highly respected family in the society. Humble and sophisticated, also hardworking and intelligent. ” She said with excitement all over her face.

”So? what has that got to do with me? ” Hinal asked and folded her arms ready for whatever she was going to say.

”When she said all this to me. ” Mrs Jaimini said, paused a little and continued talking.

”I thought to myself who but my beautiful young daughter would fit this amazing description of a good daughter inlaw. You, Hinal are the perfect daughter inlaw for that family. Now all i ask from you is that you agree to get married to him, He is a very good boy and he is intelligent too, he also likes culture and tradition and taking care of poor people just like you my dear. And also i have already invited them to our house this evening, so that you can meet Pravan and see if you would like him, which i am sure you would. All you have to do after this evening is to tell your dad that you like the boy, that way he won oppose to the alliance and i can get you two married soon. So that you can leave with him to the US before he completes the important tasks he has here. ”

Hinal looked shocked and was speechless for a while before she suddenly bursted out.

What!!! She exclaimed loudly.

”I am not going to do that and i won get married to anyone. Its never going to happen,. you are trying to ruin my life ”

Hinal said yelling at her mom.

”At this point Hinal, how exactly am i going to ruin your life dear. Anyways i won care about what you say to me anymore, if you think that by doing this i will ruin your life? thats your problem and not mine. They will be here this evening, so get ready. I won even care about what your dad has to say today. I do not need you and your dads permission anymore, i will do whatever i feel is right for my daughter, do you understand me? ” Mrs Jaimini said.

Hinal yelled at her mom angrily.

”I won agreed. ”

Mrs Jaimini got up and looked at her daughter who sat down on the bed with the most angry look on her face.

”Well i don care. Before they arrive i want you to put on a very beautiful saree for the evening, perhaps the one i bought for you from Italy and look even more dashing tonight, please. ”

Her mom said and smiled dreadfully and walked quietly out of the room leaving Hinal alone in her dilemma.

Arghhh!!!!!

Hinal screamed as her mom left the room, she needed to think of a way out of this or else she would be married off to someone she didn even like, even when they were kids.

After going back to her room, she sat down to think properly.

There was absolutely no way she was going to get married to someone she didn like. After pounding over it for sometime, She suddenly got a very good idea that would make Pravan run away by himself but she needed a little help and she knew just the right person to call.

So she called the only person who could help, her friend Inika on the phone.

Inika was her best friend from college and even after college they never went apart. What brought this two together was the fact that Inika had a listening ear and so Hinal would always share her problems with her. Problems mostly involving her mom.

They did almost everything together but in all their years as friends.

No one in Hinals family knew Inika not even her dad, who was also her friend for some reason.

Each time Inika made an effort to come to Hinals house to visit her parents, it is either they are too busy to meet her or she is too busy to come when they are around.

But everyone in Inikas family knew Hinal, they dined with her and always invited her to every special occasion they had.

Every moment spent with Inikas family was amazing for Hinal.

The phone rang for a while but there was answer.

But then before it got disconnected, she heard a ”hello ” from the other end by the receiver.

It was Inikas younger sister speaking.

”Hello, please who is speaking? ”

She asked as she picked up the call.

”Inika its me Hinal, i am calling to ask for a favor from you. ” Hinal said not knowing that it wasn Inika.

”Sorry this is not Inika, i am her younger sister Iditri. Inika is taking her bath. ”

She then saw her sister coming out of the bathroom with a towel tied around her body and quickly said.

”Wait, hold on. She is here now. ”

Inika collected the phone from her and ask her who it was.

”Its your friend Hinal, she wants to ask you for a favor. She is on hold, you can talk to her now. ”

Inika told her to leave.

Iditri picks up her book from the table and goes out of the room.

”Hey BFF. ”

Inika speaks into the phone.

”Hi Inika, how are you? ” Hinal asked.

”I am fine and you? My sister said you want a favor from me, what is it? ” Inika asked.

”I am also fine. Its true, i need a favor from you. Why don you come to my house right now, and i will tell you what it is. ” Hinal replies.

”Are you fine? Is everything alright? ” Inika asked concerned.

”No. Don worry, all is fine. I just need you to come to my house today, if possible now. ” Hinal said.

Inika heave a sigh of relief and said to Hinal.

”Alright I will be there in half an hour. ”

Hinal thanked her and disconnected the call.

Later Inika arrived at the Mansion and met the security guard. He immediately opened the pedestrian gate for her because he had been informed earlier that she will be coming.

One the helps in the house escorted her to Hinals bedroom on the right hand side.

There was a gentle knock on Hinals bedroom door. She quickly got up and opened it.

It was Inika, in a pink jumpsuit, her hair packed with pink ribbons in a cute way and a lovely smile on her face.

They both sat down on the bed and Hinal told her the plan.

Afterwards they both ate lunch together and agreed to speak after the dinner in the evening when the plan has already been executed. Evening came earlier than expected.

A lot of food had been prepared for the guests including her second favorite dish Thepla and the house was decorated as well. Everywhere look so beautiful.

Hinal could vouche that the house didn look this beautiful on her own birthday.

A little while later the guests arrived in their limousine escorted by two other cars.

They all entered the house with so much grace and were also looking so wonderful.

You would think they were here for a party and not just a simple dinner.

Hinal was peeping from upstairs.

And from there she saw a very beautiful creation, there he was standing in the middle of the hall laughing exposing his perfect white dentition.

His black suit perfectly fitted on his well built body and his dimple came out whenever he smiled and he was also quite tall, perhaps 1.89m, she guessed.

But still, Hinal didn totally fall for this charming man as she knew him to be a bully before. She went back into her bedroom and started getting ready for the evening.

Some minute later, there was a knock on her door.

She opened it, it was Hetvi.

When Hetvi saw Hinal, she was thrown aback by her beauty and she exclaimed.

”Wow! Miss Hinal, you look amazing. No one will be able to take their eyes of you tonight. ” She said.

Hinal smiled revealing her almost perfect dentition.

”Thank you very much. Shall we go downstairs? ” Hinal asked.

Hetvi and Hinal have their own special bond. Hetvi was never treated as a maid ever since the first day Hinals dad brought her to their house from Dwaraka. They were more like sisters.

Hetvi held Hinals hand in hers and together they both went downstairs.

Immediately they got downstairs everyone eyes turned to Hinal.

They were all amazed by how she looked including her mom. She was indeed gorgeous.

She wore a light pink colour Georgette a sequence embroidery work designer saree that gave her a beautiful and stunning look and a black high heel that increased her 1.67m height.

Mrs Jaimini couldn stop smiling, she was immensely happy that what she wanted was finally happening after so many years.

For a long time, she and her daughter never got along, they always fought and argued over every trivial issue. Especially issues about her getting married, even though she always explained to her that marriage is the most important thing in the world.

Hinals mom was among the women in india who were taught that a womans place is only in the kitchen and no where else. This was the type of value she wants her daughter to learn, she wants her daughter to be obsessed about marriage.

But Hinal didn totally follow this custom or learnt the values her mother tried to instill because of her dad and his ways of thinking, that both a male and female child are equal in every aspect.

Mrs Jaimini didn appreciate such thinking of allowing a female child to work and earn money, a female child should be dependable non the male. Whatever she has should be owned by her husband and that was why she felt it was necessary to get Hinal married early.

Sometimes she was upset with the almighty for not giving her a male child.

Hinal is her only child, Hinal also has a half sibling (Minaxi) from her dads first wife, Preesha who died immediately after giving birth. Jaimini married Hinals dad after the death of Preesha, so that she could take care of his child, who was only four years old at the time.

Hinal herself was presently, twenty three (23) years old. Mrs Jaimini feels that her daughter is getting too old, that is why she was doing everything she can so that her daughter gets married soon. After Hinal get married, Hinal will now also have someone to take care of all her assets and the properties her dad will give to her. Her husband will take care of everything while Hinal will stay at home and care for his family. She was sure that her daughters husband whoever he is will take care of her forever. And won be obsessed with money because he will get her someone who is also rich man and from a reputed family.

She breathes a sigh of relief as she sees her dreams were finally coming through tonight after so much effort.

And there he was, shamelessly ogling at her, from her head to her feet not minding who saw him.

He knew that Hinal could clearly see how he was so focused on her and that he was staring too closely at her but it seemed that he didn care at all.

He just kept staring until his dad interrupted, bringing him back to his senses.

”Why don we all sit down now and start the discussing the topic that brought us to your home. ” he said.

Hinals mom smiled like a shy bride and said.

”Yes Mr Bhadresh. Lets sit please. ”

She ushered them to sit and called in one of the helps to serve them coffee.

Hinal noticed the tons of gifts they brought along with them and she smiled inwardly. She was ready to do anything to make sure that she doesn marry him.

Her mom made her sit near Pravans mom who kept smiling at her. Pravan was sitting on the opposite side directly facing Hinal.

The elders talked for a long while about the children and necessary things to inquire about.

The topic included education, how good Hinal was at maintaining the house hold and some other very important things before fixing an alliance.

Later on, more drinks were served along with snacks while they continued talking.

Hinal was already so bored with how her mom was boasting and singing her praises in front of the guests and also of their boring discussions.

She really wanted to excuse herself before they were suddenly interrupted by Pravan. They all stopped talking and turned their focuse on him wondering what he wanted to say.

”I am sorry dad for interrupting your discussion, it wasn right for me to do that. But i would like to ask for yours and everyone permission to talk to Hinal in private. ”

They all looked at themselves and then bust into laughter at the same time.

Then Pravans mom said.

”Off course you can talk to her. I am sure Jaimini and Haanish won oppose to that. ”

Hinals mom smiled and answered.

”We don mind. This way they will get to kow each other better. ”

Then she made a eye sign at Hinal. But Hinal completely ignored her facial gestures.

A bit upset, she decided to say it out loud.

”Hinal! please take Pravan with you to the pool side, so that you can both talk. ”

Hinal was reluctant until her mom that asked again with an even more pleading tone.

She would have abruptly refused but for the sake of her dad and for the fact that she was tired of listening to the elders talking, she got up slowly and asked Pravan to follow her.

She also knew that this was for now and she would be free later.

She kept her plans to stop her mom from fixing her alliance in her mind as she went outside.

”Yes mom. ” She replied with a smile and politely too.

When they got to the pool, they both sat down by the pool side. And then he asked her a question.

”What do you think of this alliance, Hinal? ” She turned and and faced him. Then asked. ”What do you mean by that? ” as if she didn understand the question.

”I mean, are you okay with this alliance? And also getting married to someone youve just met after a long time. You remembered that even during our childhood, we didn like each other and always fought. ”

”Honestly. I have never imagined that i would ever get married, we totally dreaded each other since we were kids and today our parents wants this two enemies to get married to each other. Its kind of unfair you know. ”

”But right now, i don have a say in this matter. ” She said.

He smiled, making Hinals heart melt a little but she quickly composed herself.

”You are right. We indeed do not have any say. But do you think we can work this marriage out? I mean, do you think we can later like each other after marriage. ”

He asked with a very inquisitive look on his face.

”I am not sure if we can ever love each other but i may be able to tolerate you. Anyways you look okay, so maybe our kids will be beautiful. ” She said teasingly.

”Okay? ” He exclaimed.

”I am very handsome. ” He said pulling his collar up.

Hinal started laughing and he joined in.

After laughing so much that her cheek were paining her, she secretly sent a text to Inika to proceed with the plan.

After talking to him for a while. she even tried to convince him to talk to his parents and call off the alliance before they fix it.

But it seemed like he wants to give the relationship a try.

Because his fat looking enemy (Hinal fatso) when they were kids was now looking so beautiful and now knows how to dress properly.

They went back to the sitting room and joined the others.

After a little while Inika pushed herself through the security men outside the gate and came barging in with a little baby, screaming at the top of her lungs.

”Where is Pravan? Where is he? ” She kept shouting.

Everyone were startled and got up wondering what this was all about.

Pravans mom went to her and asked who she was looking for and what she wanted.

”What is wrong with you young lady? what is this noise about and who are you looking for? ”

She calmed down and lowered her voice, then she secretly looked at Hinal, smiled and gave her a eye signal by winking.

Hinal smiled back. She had asked Inika to call to come to her house and pretend as if she is Pravans girlfriend whom he got pregnant and left in the US to come to india and marry Hinal.

She stopped crying, cleared her voice then answered.

”I am here to see Pravan. ” She said.

She kept on the act even though she didn know who pravan was among all this men. Pravans mom surprised asked her.

”And why is that? How do you know my son? ”

She fell down to her knees and started crying, in tears she was saying.

”That terrible man who ruined my life is your son? Because of him my dignity and honor is taken away. And my family has abandoned me. He denied me and ran me after he learnt that i was pregnant with his child, he is a monster. This is why i have come here to punish him after i learnt that he was getting married. ”

Pravan was totally speechless and in a confused state. He wasn sure of what to say because he has never met this lady before in his life.

The thought kept coming into his head.

”Who was she? what pregnancy and child is she talking about? ”

All this was so confusing and making his head hurt.

Hinals dad was so furious, he couldn believe that the boy his wife did everything to convince him for was such a cheat.

He also couldn believe that he would have married his daughter to this cheat and fraud. He was so disappointed in himself for agreeing to meet the boy.

He angrily went to where Pravan stood in thought and gave him a tight slap on his cheek.

Everyone was startled including Inika.

Hinal silently watched, she didn think her dad would react so rashly.

He started raging and shouting at him.

”How dare you try to trick me and my family in this way? You want to start a relationship with my family based on lies. You would marry my daughter and make her suffer or rather abandoned her. Well i won let that happen ever. ”

Then he pointed to the door and said.

”I want you and your family to leave my house now this instant. My family will never form an alliance with yours. ”

When Pravan didn buge. He dragged Pravan to the door and everybody ran after them.

Pravan fell down before Hinals dad and started pleading in tears while holding his legs.

”Thats not true uncle, i don even know this woman. All she is saying is a lie. I am not a bad person. Please believe me. ”

He h