Author's pov

Next day -

At Diya's penthouse,

“Keep them in the living room" Diya said to the worker who nodded his head while keeping the things in the living room.then she heard Arya's scream from outside,

" Anirudh!!!!! Oh god!, Walk slowly man, you are almost this near to break my favorite vase" Arya exclaimed showing her index and thumb finger to him ( like this 🤏). While waking inside the house holding her suitcase,Diya shook her head seeing them.

" Guys, come fast. We have so much work to do." Diya yelled from the living room making them both sign.

" I never knew that moving in is so difficult !" Anirudh exclaimed sitting on the couch making Arya narrow her eyes at him.

" Seriously,You are tried just for carrying a vase and two bags Ani." Arya said giving him a pointed look .

" Yeah, but they are heavy though." He said in a baby voice making the other two to scrunch their nose at that voice .

" Eww, stop using that voice!!" Diya exclaimed, sitting beside Arya.

" Why? Are you falling in love with me?" He winked at her.

" Noo, how can I fall in love with a pig, eww.., i can't even imagine.I have better choice and standards" Diya replied while making faces

" Did you just call me a pig!!" Anirudh asked her, being offended.

" Yeah,ab suar ki tarah dikhte ho tho Mai kya karu." Diya said while controlling her big smile. Making him glared at her,

Before Anirudh can reply to her, Arya interprets to them" stop it, stop fighting like kids, we have so much work to do. Remember?” Arya asked them both nodded, but still they didn't stop their glaring competition.

“Diya comes with me to settle my room and you" Arya pointed at Anirudh and continued

" –will set up my things in the kitchen. Okay?" They both salute her in a joking way following her orders.

“pehle din se hi hukum chala rahi ho, bahut achi lag rahi hai” Anirudh said with a smile while unpacking the new utensils.

After 2 hours they were done with everything. Now they are sitting in the living room of Diya's penthouse and were chatting about their family members.

" So, Arya you are a south indian, where do you exactly live?" Diya questioned her, being curious

" I live in Ongole, Andhra Pradesh " Arya replied, making them nod, while Diya wrote it in her note book.

" Your mother tongue?"

" Telugu", Diya nodded and wrote down in her book.

" Telugu?, you too belong from a Telugu background ?" Anirudh asked being surprised

" Yeah, is there someone who you know ?" Arya asked him now being curious

" Yep, my dadi is from a Telugu background too, and I am glad that I met another one today," he said and Arya made an 'O' face hearing him

" So, you know how to talk in Telugu?" Arya asked him again curiously, and Anirudh shook his head in negative as he said " I don't but my grandfather can talk well" Arya nodded her head at him.

After sometime Arya and Diya went inside the kitchen to make lunch for them. Meanwhile Anirudh talked to his grandmother about Arya and she immediately invited her for dinner tonight.

Anirudh walked towards the kitchen and stood near the counter where Arya is cooking pasta. Feeling a presence in front of her ,Arya looked up only to see him standing there and she raised her eyebrows at him.

" Hmm, I wanted to ask you something." he said with a pause while Arya nodded, telling him to continue " dadi wanted you to meet you so, she invited you for dinner tonight" Anirudh said , even before Arya could react, Diya yelled from behind making Arya flinch at the sudden tone she used

" what! When did you even talk to her? And you didn't even tell me about the dinner"

" I just talked to her and about dinner it was sudden and I didn't inform you because ishika is staying with us " this time Arya who is silent also shouted along with Diya hearing Ishika's name.

" What?????" Anirudh closed his ears with his hands and yelled with same intensity making Arya flinch again, which was noticed by Diya

" Stop, shouting you mad people-" before he could complete Diya interpret him

" Stop, yelling and What the freaking hell you are saying Ani that bitch is going to stay with your family in your house? Why God why?" She dramatically cried keeping her head on Arya's shoulder making Arya shake her head.

" It's because her parents are going to NY for some business purpose and they don't want her to live in that big ass mansion alone. So, Pratap uncle asked dad and guess what she is going to stay with us for a year now" Anirudh said with a sad look on his face.

Anirudh's father, Diya's parents and Ishika's father are bestfriend's since childhood. So their children also grew up together and became each other's best friend but Ishika is the only one who is out of the group.

From childhood Verma siblings and sen siblings hated her because of her self obsessed nature, rude behavior and selfish nature but in front of elders she becomes world's most innocent and sensible girl.that's the reason she became THE FAVORITE of elders and youngsters hated her because of that but for Avyansh, she never mattered.he never hated her nor loved her. he just ignored her all the time thinking that one day she will change.

Arya who is silent all the time when they were talking asked Anirudh

" Is she the same girl who bullied me that day along with that boy and girl??" Anirudh singed and nodded in a positive.

" I think it's going to be hard to tolerate her." Arya said while serving pasta in 3 plates.

" Yeah, and there is no privacy for us now,ahhh! " Diya growled while picking the pasta with a fork.

" So, are you coming?" Anirudh asked Arya with hope.

“Sorry to say but No” as she said Anirudh face changed into a sad one but he covered it with a smile and said “it's okay,When you feel like , just say it” Arya noticed his low voice as she said “see Anirudh, i am not rejecting your offer, it's just I have a event to attend so, any other day” Anirudh nodded his head understanding her.

“ By the way,What event?” Diya asked her.

“ Ohh, it's my cousin's birthday. So I am attending it on video call. Agar maine attend nahi kiya na toh vo log meri band baja denge” she said, making them smile.

Arya looked at her wrist watch and her eyes widened a little “guys, i need to go, it's 4 in the evening the preparations must have started and i need to design the decoration. Bye. And don't disturb me for a while and sorry Ani for not coming dadi ko bol Dena” saying that Arya picked her phone, earbuds, ipad and ran inside her room.

Diya and Anirudh looked at each other in surprise “ yeh itni jaldi bhi bol late hai?” Anirudh questioned Diya

who shook her head while getting up from the couch along with the dirty utensils.