After a full day of shopping, they felt exhausted. They reached home in the evening and the next day is the festival. So they even bought a small idol of Ganesh themselves. They placed it in the prayer room. After having a light dinner they all went into their respective rooms.
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Aksha Khan and her friends are sitting in a private restaurant. They were all talking among themselves while Aksha was in a daze thinking something. Her friends asked her what she was thinking , but she didn't reply and brushed them off with her silence. She thought 'Today the one I saw at the mall is definitely Shriya and the people she was talking to looked a little familiar. I saw them somewhere, but when and where ?' and the other person who is holding all the bags, who is he?. He seems to be her boyfriend but why is he wearing a cap and a mask ?'. She was in deep thought that she didn't even realize that her friends had finished eating and were about to leave. When her friends called her name she came back to her senses and stood up to leave and hurried out forgetting the matter she was thinking.
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Abhi sat on his bed and was working on his laptop. He was thinking about the kiss today, it is not his first time, he had done kiss scenes in his movies many times but it felt very different today. Even Shriya seemed to like it which means she is accepting him. She just need time to accept her feelings. He is going to wait for that day.
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Shriya sat in her room and her face is red and the color spread till her ears. She realized she also had feelings for Abhi and she thought that from now on she should tell him about her thoughts, so that he can understand that she trusts him.
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The next day it was time for pooja and everyone gathered in the pooja room. Even Uday and Manvi came to Abhi's Mansion. Shriya wore the saree Abhi has selected and she looked gorgeous with a light make up and the simple necklace. Manvi wore a green Silk saree and she looked traditional in her saree and jewelery. Even Abhi and Uday wore Sherwani and the atmosphere in the room looked traditional and devotional. The priest has done the pooja and all the members offered their prayers to Lord Ganesh. When the pooja is about to finish, Kunal has come to Abhi's Mansion along with his brother. He prayed to God and greeted everyone. He wore a cream colored Sherwani when his brother wore a white shirt with cream coloured trousers. Abhi welcomed them and everyone gave their greetings to each other. Kunal presented everyone with a silver idol of laughing buddha while he gave a gold one to Shriya.
It's the first time Shriya has met Kunal and he treated her with respect. She felt he looked a little familiar and his behaved as if he owned her something.
He said with a smile "Happy Ganesh Chaturthi and also thank you", his words were sincere when he said the words "Thank you".
Shriya who is a bit surprised stood silent holding the idol in her hands not knowing what to say. Abhi who stood beside her put a hand over her right shoulder and smiled and said "Shri, say something"
Shriya nodded her head and said "Wish you the same and thanks for the gift". She smiled at Kunal and her brother who returned a smile to her.
Manvi said "Ok, let's go and eat. I am hungry". Shriya nodded her head gave one last confused look at Kunal and turned around to get the dishes from kitchen.
Ganesh Chaturthi is a Hindu festival and celebrated in the month of August and famous in Maharastra.