Virat POV
Evening, 7 PM
We both were sitting on the bullockcart that was being lead by Sanju and roaming my eyes here and there, I saw the sun setting behind the long afar mountains and the lightness of the day fading away slowly by slowly letting the darkness take over the place
Small stars started to twinkle in the night sky but atmosphere was lit enough to make us spare a gaze around ourselves

I was roaming my eyes here and there when suddenly my eyes stopped at the same park we both visited last time and the same mango tree standing tall there and a small smile formed on my lips

Tilting my head towards my front, I saw anushka sitting there while looking at the surroundings and suddenly she sat straight when her eyes fell over something

Smiling into a wide smile, she excitedly turned her face towards me and tapped my hand continuously, Thinning my eyebrows at her I asked "Kya hua anushka?"

She smiled hearing me and shifting closer with cheeky smile, she sat beside me and locked her hands with mine,
Looking at her gestures confusingly, I saw her looking at me with soft eyes before she added "Hamara inaam?"

She mumbled slowly and tilting my head in confusion, I follwed her gaze when my sight fell over the mango tree,
Sighing while sparing a glance at her, I remembered her asking for a mango as a reward in the morning and nodding my head, I called out "Sanju, bailgadi roko"

Slowly the bullockcart stopped and we heard a lowed from the buffalo and hopping down the cart, I turned to extend my hand and helping anushka get off but my hand automatically turned backward when she jumped from the cart excitedly and walked towards the tree leaving me behind

Chuckling confusingly, I turned my face to watch Sanju smiling looking at her and sighing, I told him to go back home as we might get late and he nodded his head before leading the bullockcart again

Taking my steps towards the fencing where the tall mango tree tilted outside and the yellow plumped up fruits were hanging, I saw anushka peeking inside the park

Frowning my eyebrows at her sneaky behaviour, I stood behind her and benting while coming closer, I whispered in her ear "Kya kar rahi hai aap"

I whispered and she quickly turned as a flinch and keeping her hand over her chest, she looked at me with widened eyes and soon they turned into a glare "Kya aap bhi, dara diya hame"

She complained and raising my eyebrows, I stated with confusion "Per ese chori-chhupke andar kyu taakk rahin hai aap?"

Watching her listening to me and quickly remembering something, she held my wrist pulling me off to the vision of inside and we both sat against the fencing
"Karna kya chahti hai aap?" I asked with clear confusion on my face and she put her index finger over my lips to shush me up and said with a slow tone "Dheeme awaz me baat kariye nah, chila kyu rahe ho aap"

She said more like scolded making me raise my eyebrows and asking again, I muttered slowly this time "Per hum ese chhup kyu rahe hai?"

I could see her peeking through the fencing before she looked at me and mumbled the answer "Are andar Malik hai, aapko hamare liye aam lekar aana hai nah"

She replied in the obvious manner and narrowing my eyes at the reply, I continued "Haan toh?"

"Are toh Malik hame dekh lenge toh aap aam kaise lekar aayenge?" She replied while face palming herself and scrunching my nose at the reply, I again added "Hum paise dekar aam lekar aayenge anushka"

I said and watched her turning her face towards me with a judgemental face and shifting closer, she said "Nahi, hum aam churayenge"

Her statement made me quickly stand up to go away and muttering a "bilkul nahi" I turned to go the other way but stopped when she herself held my wrist and stood up to stop me

"Virat ji, maan jaiye nahh" she pleaded this time and turning around, I again shaked my head and she stood closer while looking at me innocently, Smiling small she again pleaded "Maan jaiye nah, hamara inaam hai"

I sighed hearing her and replying with a "Per esa karna galat hai" I saw her pleading face dropping and she quickly folded her hands against her chest and shifting away she mumbled in her breath "Bahut bure pati hai aap, apni biwi ke liye ek chota sa kaam nhi kar sakte hain aap"

She threw a tantrum and a small smile formed on my lips hearing her and humming in response, I nodded my head "Theek hai maan gaye aapke bure pati, abh bataiye gulel kaha hai?"

I replied and saw her smiling before she turned towards me and locking her hand with mine, she smiled at me and said "Gulel nahi hai, aapko paid per chadna padega pati dev"

She said and the small smile on my face dropped, Looking at her confusingly, I quickly took my hand back and again shook my head "Fir se mana karte hai hum"

She whinned hearing me and stomping her feet, she angrily started to walk the other side and sighing, I again replied "Theek hai theek hai, vapis aa jaiye"

Her face instantly turned hearing my reply and she quickly stood beside me, Scoffing at her behaviour I muttered in slow voice "Aur agar Malik aagye toh?"

I asked and saw her smiling before she pushed me to go infront and replied while mumbling back "Fir hum bhaag jayenge, apna aap dekh lena"

My steps quickly turned backward to the same place I was standing before hearing her reply and I looked at her with widened eyes "Achhe nahi lagenge sarpanch ji ke bete dande se pit-te hue anushka ji"

I whispered and she chuckled hearing me, Nodding her head while pushing me away, she mumbled "Hum Nazar rakh lenge Malik per"

Author POV
Virat took a deep breath standing infront of the tree and keeping an eye on anushka, who peeked towards the other side and turning her head she passed a smile to him as if signalling that their path is open

Sighing, Virat raised his one leg and kept it the mid of the two thick branches and balanced his body weight over it, Closing his eyes as he didn't knew how to climb the tree but thought telling anushka will be embrassing, Here he is

Breathing out, he looked back at anushka who was keeping an eye on the owner even till now and she fanned her hand in the air signalling him to go,

Raising his another leg, Virat kept his adjacent legs one by one on the branches and climbed the tree

Sitting on the branch, Virat closed his eyes tightly and gazing at his underneath, His breath hitched looking at the ground that was left too afar and he gulped

Grasping the branch on which he sat, he mumbled to himself "Haye bhagwan bacha Lena, Kaisi biwi de di aapne, kisi din marwayengi Hume yein apne sath"

He complaint to the god and shaking his head, He tilted his head and his sight fell on a ripened mango hanging on twigs,

Shifting closer, he extended his hand to pluck the mango and reaching it, He smiled when it broke easily

Taking his hand back, a wide smile formed on his lips like a baby and turning his head, He looked for anushka and finding her, He waved the yellow mango in his hand showing her and she smiled

Anushka smiled looking at him showing the mango like a sweet kid with a pleasant smile and smiling back to him, she sent a flying kiss making Virat's action stop

Virat POV
I was smiling while showing anushka the mango in my hand but my actions halted when I saw her raising her palm and keeping it over her mouth, She waved a flying kiss to me and My heartbeats fastened

Feeling the a shyness taking over my face while I felt my cheeks heating up, I quickly turned my face the other side not knowing what to react but the fastened pace of my heartbeats showed the blushing and shyness

Smiling small remembering her, I looked at the fruit in my hand and keeping it in my kurta's pocket, I shifted towards the another branch pulling the another one

I plucked the second mango and smiling to it, I again turned to show it to anushka but my eyebrows knitted when I didn't saw her standing there

"Anushka??" I mumbled to myself in confusion and my eyes widened when I mistakenly slipped the fruit out of my hand and it fell on the ground,

Quickly hearing someone yell from my behind, My breath fastened when I heard the voice

"Kon hai waha"

The owner perhaps yelled from behind and my heartbeats raced, Turning my head towards my aside, I saw the owner running towards my tree with a stick in his hand and I whinned

Looking around the place, I couldn't find anushka anywhere and thought she betrayed me

I gasped when I saw the owner standing underneath my tree and I stayed there like a statue

Wandering my sight over the park, I was looking for anushka when I saw the owner tilting his head towards all the sides to look for where the voice came from

My fear accelerated the graph when I saw the owner bending to pick up the mango that slipped off my hand and he touched it feeling it fresh

Closing my eyes to accept the fate when I saw the owner turning his head the upper side, I was waiting for his yelling but my eyebrows knitted instead when I heard a shuffling from the bushes around the fences and opening my eyes, I saw the owner going that way

My eyes narrowed to take a look at the bushes and my eyebrows quickly raised when I noticed the yellow pallu of anushka in the bushes and understood her presence

"Kon natkhat hai vaha??" The owner yelled asked in the bushes and increasing his pace towards them, I grew impatient when I saw him going closer to her but to the surprise

The owner flinched backward and his stick fell on the ground when anushka suddenly stood up from the bushes roaring in mischievous way and as the owner bent to pick up the stick, Anushka started to run

"Ruko TUM"

The owner yelled from behind and I saw anushka pacing up her speed and she encircled the whole park

The owner ran behind her and I looked at the cat-dog race when I followed anushka's gaze and she signalled me to climb down

"Kaka maaf kijiyega kripya kar" She yelled while running and a chuckle left my mouth when I saw the owner showing her his stick and he ran behind her

The laughter soon turned into my eyes widening when I saw anushka coming towards my tree and she stood underneath and picking up the mango, she spared glance at me and yelled

"Uper kya taare tod kar layenge abh aap? Jaldi neeche utariye hum Malik ka dhyan bhat-ka rahe hai Virat ji"

She said quickly before again running the other way, The owner chased her and remembering her words, I was going to jump down when I looked at the ground and fear took over me

"Hume dar lagta hai" I mumbled to myself and whinning while looking at the ground, I hugged the branch beside me and waited for anushka to complete her run

Soon, she stood underneath my tree and standing there, she again muttered "Utariye nah kya kar rahe hai aap?"

I whinned listening to her and replying shyly, I answered "Hume paid se utarna nahi aata anushka ji, dar lagta hai hume"

I muttered and she quickly looked at me up-side Before she could reply anything the owner was going to reach her so she again took a ran and dotching the owner, she again came towards my tree and knitted her eyebrows

"Kyaaaa????"
She yelled in disbelief from the underneath and I again whinned while nodding my head

"Anushka ji, hume dar lag raha haii" I babbled while hugging the branch and she gasped,

"Fir aap uper kyu chadhe??" She complaint while standing beneath and I replied quickly "Aapke liye, biwi hai aap humari itni maang toh puri karenge nah hum aapki"

I could feel her stumbling in between before she shaked her head in lost and as I saw the owner approaching, I said "Anushka bhago, Malik aa rahe hai"

I warned her but to my surprise, she didn't ran anymore and soon the owner caught her

"Aur beti? Aakhri baar bhi tumne aam churaye the nah" the owner scolded her and I saw her head hunging low

Feeling bad to leave her alone to get scolding, I closed my eyes taking a deep breath and jumped down the tree

Falling on the ground, I handled myself with my knees and felt a scratch taking up there,

Hissing at the small sensations, I turned my head up from the ground and my sight met with a furious owner and a worried anushka

She raised her eyebrows to ask me if I hurt myself but shaking my head, I stood on my feet and soon my head hunged low too

Author POV
They both heard the scolding of the owner and at the end paying while apologising to him, they both started to make their way towards the home with one mango in their hand

Looking at the fruit, Virat was thinking about something when he heard anushka laughing
Turning his head towards her, he saw her gummy smile shining as she laughed remembering the moment and he asked "Hume bhi bataiye esi kya baat hai jise soch kar hamari biwi itna muskura rahi hai?"

Anushka smiled hearing him and hitting his biceps, she glared at him in playful manner and asked "Agar aapko paid se utarna nahi aata tha toh hume bata dete, hum tabh aapko jabardasti paid per chadne ko nahi kehte virat ji"

Virat smiled hearing her and shaking his head, He again spared a glance at the mango and replied with a small smile "Jaise bhi ho, aapke sath rehne se kafi Adbhud karname karne ko milte hai hume, toh chalta hai"

A small smile formed on anushka's lips hearing him and babbling the whole path, They both laughed remembering anushka running and virat's scared face and the admiration went on

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Storytime: when I was younger, Once I and my cousin brother sneaked inside our village's sarpanch Ji's house as unke garden me ber ke paid lage hue the
But uss din humne dekha ki sarpanch ji apne do beto ke sath garden me hi ghum rahe the and unhone hame pakad liya, unhone haste hue pucha ki bachho aao yaha kese?
Toh jab humne kaha ki hume ber khane hai, tabh sarpanch ji and unke beto ne milkar hame ber collect lare me maddat Kari aur paid se ber bhi tode hamare liye

It was the first time I met the sarpanch of my village and that family was soooo sweet <3
Unfortunately, I forgot how they used to look like but sweettttt

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