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"No no no Randhir! Mey yeh nahi karne waala. Tujhe halaal karne ke liye bhi mey he mila kya? Bhai hey tu mera. Tujhe acha lagega mujhe shaheed hoota hua dekh? Dekh vidushi ke baare mey tho soch. Agar vusse patta chala tho merey izzat ki dhajiya udh jayegi." Parth said with a horrid expression on his face.

"Haan bhai, don't do this to me. Am your blood. " Aryan complained.

"Tum doono ki izzat bhi hey?" Randhir questioned sarcastically only to receive a hard glare from his best friend and his dearest brother.

"How mean Randhir! Tujhe kya lagta hey! meri izzat nahi hey? Of course hey, esliye toh keh raha hun, agar mey maan gaya, tho mey luth jaunga , barbaad hojaunga. " Parth said sobbing holding his heart.

"Aap aisa nahi karne saktey. Mey bhabhi se complaint kar dunga." Aryan whined like a small kid.

" Teri pyaari bhabhi ki he demand hey yeh." Randhir said giving a smack on aryan's head.

"And tu, vidushi ne sahi naam diya hey tujhe! 'meena kumari'

Tu nautanki baaz hey yeh patta tha. But tujhme bhi ek ladki hey,Yeh aaj jaake patta chala. Tu tho pura ladke ke shareer mey ladki hey yaar.

Aab sochta hun tho lagta hey ki tujhe ladki paida hoona tha, aur vidushi ko ladka. Yeh tho bahut baadi mistake hogayi bhagwaan se, esliye tujh jaise sample ko ladka bana diya.

Vaise tho sab ke saamne sherr bunkar ghoomta hey, Lekin apni biwi ke saamne jaate he geedadh bun jaata hey " Randhir taunted parth in annoyance.

"Bus Randhir.Bus. kabhi sapne mey bhi nahi socha tha ki tu ..mera best friend kabhi merey saath aisa kuch karega. Meri mardaangi pe sawaal utha raha hey. Aab dekh mey kya karta hun. I accept your deal Shekawath. Tu dekhte ja bus."Parth said, still in his 'meena kumari mode' making Randhir smile.

"Bhabhi ki demand hey tho mey bhi kar lunga." Aryan sighed looking at his elder brother.

'Yeh tho aasaan tha. Parth ko fuslaana muhkil nahi..parth beta murga bunne ke liye taiyaar ho ja. And you too little brother.Bura tho bahut lag raha hey,par kya karun script ki demand hey. Sorry brothers' Randhir said murmuring to himself.

Want to know what's happening here and what's the deal about?  Tho chalo thoda flashback mey chaltey hey.

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Flashback

"Randhir, if you want my forgiveness you have to do this. Bus. Mujhe vo cahiye tho cahiye. Aur jab tak tum vo nahi leke aatey mey tumhe Randhir he bulaungi." Said a stubborn sanyukta.

"Sanyu par kaha se launga mey joker? khaane ke craving ke baare mey sunna tha ki common hey.  Yeh kaise craving hey jaan." Asked a helpless randhir trying to make sanyukta understand who wanted to see circus at her home.

"Tum Mujhse pyaar nahi kartey..ahahaa.. " Sanyukta cried complaining to their kids as well, making Randhir panick at her sudden mood change.

"Okay, laata hun joker. Tu please ro maath." Randhir Pacified his wife and her crying stopped instantly as she took him in in a sudden hug.

"Randhir I want 2 jokers. Please"  She demanded again, while Randhir just nodded his head in acceptance.

God, her moods swings were dangerous.

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It's been one month since sanyukta  had given him a second chance to rectify his mistakes. The whole month was filled with disastrous yet loving demands from his wife. She would always threaten him that if he doesn't fulfil her demands, she won't forgive him. And her cravings were lot different from the normal pregnency cravings.

Once she said that she wanted to see an item dance,  but with randhir in it. Initially randhir tried to bargain and change her mind. But he gave in at last seeing her happy face. She actually did his make up and gave him her dress..He remembered how his mom, vidushi, aryan and his dad laughed looking at him like that. Actually, Sanyukta called everyone to enjoy the show and Randhir couldn't be more embaressed. She played "Munni badnaam hui " and Randhir started dancing. Aryan who kept his phone on the video mode, captured the moment and teased him about it every now and then. While parth who stood there laughed at his item dance which actually looked rather funny.

So this time he was determined to make these two suffer instead. Someone did  say it right.

"Revenge is sweet. "

There stood parth and aryan in the joker coustume, with a small ball on their nose. Seeing them in all shades of colour randhir did what he wanted to do. He laughed.

Aryan and parth glared at him as he guided them to their room where again sanyukta was waiting with their whole family, who was cordially invited to enjoy the indoor circus.

As Randhir, Parth and Aryan made their way inside. Laughters erupted from the crowd. Due to the makeup on the their face, no one could recognise them thankfully. But In these, was a clever fox who had her eye fixed on the two jokers.

'They look so familiar' she thought.  She narrowed her gaze at them as they tactfully avoided her curious gaze. They were trying to avoid eye contact.

"Okay, shuru karey. " Randhir said controlling his laughter as he saw vidushi eye them like a predictor does to its prey.

"Ek minute" said the smart fox and rushed towards them. Her eyes widened in realisation as she took out the semi balls from their nose.

"Parth! Aryan!" Vidushi exclaimed as she finally solved the mystery. Everyone saw them carefully and saw that vidushi was indeed right.

"Parth, Aryan, you both look like pataaka's " Vidushi commented while they became more embarrassed.

They started their show as sanyukta kept pulling their cheeks and taking selfies with them in between. This time vidushi captured them in her phone.They glared Randhir from the corner of their eyes as he grinned widely munching on his snickers.

"So am I forgiven Mrs. Shekawath? " Randhir asked with love in his eyes.

"Yes, You are forgiven Mr. Shekawath." Said his wife hugging him and hiding her face in his chest.

It looked like things were becoming normal again and randhir's condition seemed to be improving as well. Mr & Mrs. Senior Shekawath who had been seeing their children's childish banters smiled widely at their children. While sanyukta's parents smiled from above as bright stars blessing them for their new start.

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** Sniffs. .sniffs 😭 This was the final chapter.I am going to miss the story. Don worry there is Epilogue left now. I really enjoyed the journey with you guys. I will be back with another short story called "Roommates" after my exams. The first chapter of my new  short story is up.  Hope you guys liked the chapter. Epilogue coming up tomorrow. Do vote and comment. Today I want everyone to comment, even silent readers. Just let me know you all are there and love you guys ❤❤❤ **