“Aap thakte nahi hai, AVM?” she asked, getting inside the car. “Maine kaha tha office mein bohot kaam hai. Mujhe late hoga. Chale jaate na?”
“Wo to phir beimaani hoti na,” he said, waiting for her to put on the seatbelt, “hum petrol ke paise share karte hai. Bhul gayi kya?”
“Dekhiye beimaani ki to baat hi mat kijiye aap!” She placed her bag on the backseat before he made the way toward her home. “Kaha aapka office udhar… kaha mera office idhar. Kaha aapka ghar udhar… kaha mera ghar idhar. Aap seedhe apne ghar jaye to 15 minute lagenge aapko lekin mujhe chhhodke… 35 minute. Matlab jana aana milake pure 40 minute extra! Aaye badi beimaani ki baate karne wale. Aap to hai hi beimaan, AVM. Aap to… hai hi beimaan!”
He drove quietly, silently enjoying her ranting.
“Meri bechari car sochti hogi… ‘behen, jab mujhe chalana hi nahi tha to khareeda kyun?'” she added.
“Aur tumhara dimag sochta hoga – itni dramatic kaise ho sakti ho tum? We take turns, don’t we? Last month, it was you and your car. Now, it’s me and my car!”
“Haan, lekin 40 minute, AVM. Aap kuch bhi kar sakte hai inn 40 minito mein agar hum saath na aaye to. I mean… mujhe to ghumna pasand hai. Aapke ghar se hote hue office ya phir mere ghar… mujhe to accha lagta hai lekin aap…”
“Ek sawaal puchu? Bas ek!”
She hummed, turning her head to him.
“Weekends pe jo tum meri favorite dishes seekhne, banane aur mujhe bhejne mein time lagati ho uss waqt mein tum kuch bhi kar sakti ho. Kyun nahi karti ho?”
She was quick to force her gaze out of the window after his question.
“Ghar pe jaldi jaakar kya karu main? Deewaro se baatein? Hai kaun waha?”
“AVM,” she murmured, hating where the conversation was heading.
“Tumhe to shayad pata hi nahi ke mere din ke bache hue 1400 minute… kisi bhi aspect mein… inn 40 minito se compete bhi nahi kar sakte kyunki wo jaante hai… unki haar tay hai!”
Unki
Haar
Tay
Hai!
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This is a random piece of fiction. Absolute imagination. Kind of a random mini tale based on the picture on the characters named Ishqi and Aahan, fondly addressed as IshqAan from the show Ishk Par Zor Nahi that starred Param Singh and Akshita Mudgal as protagonists.