Love Over Coffee
One shot
A girl dressed up in a black and white combined kurti along with white leggings and a dupatta draped around her neck stood in front of a house. She rang the bell and waited for a few minutes but, to her disappointment didn’t get any response.
“He bhogobaan! Kab kholenge?”, (Oh God! When will they open?) she muttered ringing the bell again.
A smile crept over her face as a lady in her mid-fifties opened the door. She smiled and asked, “Yes?”
“Aunty, actually I saw this advertisement on the newspaper for a room on rent. I’m new to this city so, I thought to come here seeing the advertisement”, she replied politely with a gentle smile on her face.
“Come inside”, the lady said letting the door wide open and allowing her to enter. She went inside with her luggage as the lady said, “Sit down.”
She smiled and settling down on the sofa asked, “Aunty, can I stay here?”
“Sure beta. I don’t have a problem. Just that I’ll let you know a few things and also about what we would offer you”, the lady replied.
The lady settling down on the sofa explained her everything that they would provide and whatever they won’t allow. She smiled and replied, “That seems to be pretty homely. Don’t worry aunty, I’ll abide by the rules and regulations.”
The lady smiled and asked, “What’s your name?”
“Oh.. I’m Sonakshi, Sonakshi Bose”, she replied as the lady said, “I’m Ishwari Dixit. Why are you in this city? For studies or for a job?”
“Aunty, I’m here for an internship. I’m a nutritionist by profession so, I’ll go back to Kolkata as soon as the internship gets over”, she replied.
“Maa, maa”, shouted a boy in his mid-twenties while climbing downstairs. “Yes, Dev”, the lady replied turning around.
He came and stood in the hall and looking towards Sonakshi asked, “Who’s she?”
“She’s our tenant. I told you about the advertisement, right?”, the lady replied calmly.
“Maa, I told you not to publish the advertisement”, he said annoyed.
“Dev, I also told we are giving this room on rent. I’m not listening to anything now. What am I supposed to do the entire day when you’re at office? Atleast if someone stays here on rent, I can talk to them”, said the lady. “She’s Sonakshi and she’s going to stay here till the time she’s in Delhi”, she added.
“Aunty, you can call me Sona”, Sonakshi said.
“Sona”, Dev uttered as Sonakshi interrupted saying, “It’s Sonakshi for you.” Ishwari giggled as both of them stared at each other.
“Maa”, Dev started after a fraction of seconds but, Ishwari interrupted saying, “I’m not listening.”
He looked at Sonakshi and gave her a disgusted look. “Mr. Obhodro”, she muttered and followed Ishwari towards her room.
It had been almost a month after Sonakshi’s arrival at Dev’s house and after their first meet. Things aren’t always what they seem to be at the beginning and things did turn out to be different for Dev and Sonakshi as well. Over the month, Dev and Sonakshi had grown closer and had become very good friends. Ishwari and Sonakshi shared a bond which was worth admiring.
One day, Sonakshi and Dev were sitting and talking in Dev’s room when Ishwari knocked the door and said, “Coffee.”
“Maa, you don’t know I’ve been waiting for this coffee for such a long time”, replied Sonakshi mimicking Dev. Dev stared at her while Sonakshi and Ishwari burst out laughing.
“Why can’t you go make your coffee if you want it so badly everytime?”, asked Sonakshi when Ishwari went out of the room serving them coffee. Dev made a ‘I am lazy’ expression making Sonakshi giggle which made Dev admire her adoringly.
“Well, Dev, you’ve got me addicted to this coffee now. I hated coffee so much”, said Sonakshi as a smile crept over Dev’s face.
“Thank God you like it now or else, I would’ve never been able to tell that you’re my best friend”, remarked Dev squeezing Sonakshi’s hand.
Sonakshi jerked his hand away and replied, “Whatever. Well, I need to go now. Talk to you later.”
Dev smiled and said, “Sure.”
The next morning, Dev woke up and found his coffee on the bed-side table. “How come maa served it so early?”, thought Dev. He shooed away his thoughts and picked up the mug to find a different one along with a quote on it.
“If I did anything right in my life, it was when I gave my heart to you”, he read. “Strange! Love quotes”, he muttered when someone knocked the door. He turned around and found Sonakshi at the doorstep. He arched his eyebrows as Sonakshi said, “Your coffee.”
“What do you mean? Maa already gave it na”, replied Dev.
“No, aunty just sent it through me”, said Sonakshi.
“What about this then?”, asked Dev showing Sonakshi the other mug. Sonakshi stepped inside the room and reading the quote in the mug started laughing.
“Why are you laughing?”, asked a confused Dev.
“So, you’ve a secret admirer Mr. Dev Dixit”, remarked Sonakshi.
“What rubbish!”, remarked Dev as Sonakshi said, “Well, you’ve the coffee given by your secret and I’m having the one aunty prepared.” “Give that to me”, shouted Dev but, Sonakshi ran out of the room before he could catch hold of her.
The next morning, Dev found another cup of coffee. “I just want to thank you for being my reason to look forward to the next day”, Dev read the quote. “Well, this secret admirer seems to be a really interesting person”, thought Dev and sipped his coffee.
Now, it had been a long time the secret admirer was preparing coffee for him. Things change with time and so did it happen with Dev. He had secretly started admiring and loving his secret admirer. He loved the fact that the secret admirer no matter what always served him his coffee with the best ever quotes.
One another day, Dev woke up and found his coffee beside. He picked it up and read the quote, “I want you. All of you. Your flaws. Your mistakes. Your imperfections. I want you, and only you.” He smiled and sipped the coffee.
Suddenly, something struck his mind and he rushed out of his room. He went downstairs and barged into Sonakshi’s room. “Sona, Sona”, he called out when Ishwari entered the room. “Dev, Sona left”, she said.
“Maa, why didn’t you call me?”, asked a disappointed Dev. “You were sleeping so, I thought not to disturb you”, replied Ishwari.
“Maa, I wanted to talk to her before she left”, said Dev. Ishwari patted his back and said, “You can talk to her over the phone.” Dev nodded his head in a yes and walked away to his room.
The next day, much to Dev’s disappointment he didn’t find a coffee from his secret admirer. Things turned out to be worse without Sonakshi and the secret admirer’s coffee in his life even for a day.
Days passed by and now, a month was over. Dev was disappointed over the fact that neither Sonakshi was there in his life anymore nor the secret admirer.
He was sitting in his balcony looking at the sky when something struck him and he quickly picked up his laptop. He worked on the laptop for a while and then, rushed downstairs.
“Maa, maa”, he screamed. Ishwari came out of the kitchen and asked, “Why are you shouting Dev? What’s it?”
“Maa, I’m going to Kolkata tomorrow”, said Dev as Ishwari looked at him in confusion. “Why Kolkata all of a sudden?”, asked Ishwari.
Dev lifted his mom and twirling her around said, “Aap ki bahu ko laane.” (To bring your daughters-in-law) “Matlab..”, (Means..) said Ishwari excited. “Haa ma”, replied Dev.
“Acha, ab mujhe chod. Jab woh aayegi tab usse uthana”, (Okay, now leave me. When she comes then you pick her up) said Ishwari as Dev blushed a little and put his mom down. “Maa, aap bhi na”, (Maa, you also na) said Dev and ran away to his room.
The next day, Dev left for Kolkata and after reaching there he straight away went to Sonakshi’s home. He rang the bell and after a while a man in his mid-fifties opened the door. “Yes?”, asked the man. “Uncle, is Sona there?”, asked Dev. “Who are you?”, asked the man frowning. “Uncle, I’m Sona’s friend. She used to stay at our home when she came to Delhi for her internship”, replied Dev.
“Oh..Come inside. Asha, see who has come”, said the man bringing Dev inside the house. “Asha, Sona used to stay in their house when she went to Delhi”, said the man. Asha stood up and greeted him. They talked for a while and amidst all this Dev was searching for Sonakshi everywhere.
After about an hour, Dev asked, “Aunty, where’s Sonakshi?” “She must be coming in sometime”, replied Asha.
“Aunty, can I go and meet her. I wanted to surprise her. Please, can you let me know the address?”, asked Dev. “Sure”, Asha replied while Sonakshi’s father handed him the address.
Dev drove away to the address and finally found Sonakshi there. He took an appointment from the reception and went inside like any other patient. He settled down on the chair while Sonakshi was busy checking the list of patients she had to be attended in the day.
“Yes?”, said Sonakshi lifting her head up. She was shocked to see Dev sitting in front of her and squealed, “Dev!” She quickly hugged him and after a while, both of them settled down.
“How come here?”, asked Sonakshi to Dev who busy admiring her after one whole month. “Dev!”, she called out snapping her fingers in front of his eyes.
“Ya?”, replied Dev coming out from his thoughts. “How come you’re here?”, she repeated stretching a bit on the words. “Oh.. actually just wanted you to attend my marriage so, thought of coming and inviting you for the marriage”, replied Dev.
Sonakshi’s eyes welled up but, she controlled herself and asked, “So, when’s the marriage?” “The end of this month”, replied Dev as Sonakshi pretended to be happy.
“Umm..Dev, I’ll just be back. Okay? Don’t go anywhere”, said Sonakshi and excusing herself went outside. Dev smiled and followed her outside.
Sonakshi stood beside her car in the parking lot and cried to herself. She blamed herself for not confessing her love at the right time. Suddenly, someone placed their hand on her shoulder. She quickly wiped off her tears and turned around to find no one. She closed her eyes and muttered, “Stop daydreaming Sona! Dev is getting married. He would never come to you.”
“Only if you could open your eyes and look down”, said a voice. “Now, I can hear his voice in my imagination also”, she remarked.
“Only if you could open your eyes and look down”, repeated the voice as Sonakshi slightly opened her eyes and looked down to find Dev kneeling down before him.
“Dev?”, she uttered confusedly in a choked voice.
“Everybody has an addiction, mine just happens to be you”, he said. Sonakshi looked at him in confusion.
“Will you be Mrs. Sonakshi Dixit forever?”, asked Dev as Sonakshi’s eyes gleamed in happiness and excitement. She nodded her head in a yes but, suddenly said, “No.”
Dev looked at her shocked and asked, “Why?”
“I won’t accept such a simple proposal”, replied Sonakshi.
Dev smiled and said, “Since our love story started with quotes so, I would like to take your hand also by a quote.”
“The only thing I want to change in you is that ringless finger on your left hand. May I?”, proposed Dev taking out a ring from his pocket.
Sonakshi nodded her head in a yes as he slid the finger onto her left hand ring finger. He stood up and said, “So, Mrs. Dixit?”
“I can’t do this. You’re going to get married”, said Sonakshi and was about to give him the ring back when he said, “Only if you’re the bride, I can get married.”
Sonakshi looked at him in shock and within a fraction of seconds started hitting his chest. “You! What do you think of yourself huh? I thought I lost you. My heart had skipped a beat and you were joking around. I won’t leave you Mr. Dev Dixit”, complained Sonakshi continuing to hit him.
Dev held onto her hands and pulled her closer. “I love you!”, whispered Dev. These three words were enough to make Sonakshi forget her anger and melt down for Dev. She looked into his eye and the only thing visible was the eternal love he had towards her.
Sonakshi smiled and hugging him tightly said, “I love you too!” Dev smiled and hugged her back.
*****
Hello! Well, this is my first OS based on DevAkshi. I don’t know how it was. I just wrote it in a hurry.
I hope you all would like. Please, do drop down your comments below as I’d be eagerly waiting for your views on this one shot. Suggestions and criticisms are always welcome as they’ll help me improve but, please no abbusive language.
Lastly, my fan fiction – Our Dark Past Love – would be updated soon. Frankly, I’m short of time for writing currently as my exams are going to start this week. Hope you all would understand and cooperate. Anyways, please drop down your comments below.
– Ria?
94 Comments
Awesome os dear
Hey Princess,
Thank you so much!?
Amazingly awesome
Hey, thank you so much!?
omg…….ria ……..it was awesome say bhi opper wala…….superb….???????????????❤??????????? and fantastic……… the proposal part was amazing……?????????❤??……..ring less finger of left hand……..awwww ????????❤????…..that was shooooooo cute ????????????
Hey Maleeha (di?),
Tha k you so much! I’m glad you liked the OS and the proposal specifically.
Wow and awesome…
Hey Raya (di?),
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked it.?
Age 19 don’t know yours?? You decide now
So, I’d be calling you di. I’m just 16.?
ausm Ria..
Loved it.. ???
Hey Bhumi,
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked it.
Such a cute story..no sorrow..no worries..just love.thanks for writing
Hey Richa (di?),
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked it. Same here.. even I love stories which have no sorrows and Villains.?
Ria!! What was this?? It was not at all good! Sorry to say! But it was too good, superb, amazing, awesome!! The way you write!! Ahhh.. Loved it?????? the way you described everything!!???? Please come up with such stories again and again!! Post your ff soon! And all the best for your exams?
Love yaa. ?????❤❤
Hey Maria,
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked the entire OS along with my descriptions as well as my way of writing. I’ll surely come up with another OS soon. About the ff, it’d be updated soon.
Thank you so much for your wishes.
Loads of love.?
This was simply superb Ria di….amazing os just loved it…????keep writing ….awesome..!!
Hey Heshine,
Firstly, please don’t call me di. We’re of the same age, 16.
Well, coming back to your comment, thank you so much for this beautiful comment. I’m glad you liked it.
Loads of love.?
D qoutes were as amazing as d episode..superb dear..luvd it
Hey Aaru di,
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked the quotes as well as the OS.
Loads of love.?
It Was Awsm! Loved It! It Was Unique! 🙂 ????
Hey Simplesweety,
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked it and thought it was unique.
Loads of love.?
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Superbbb❤️❣???????????????❣❤️???????
Post ur ff soon?
And all the best for ur exams???
Love love❤️
Hey Ayushi,
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked it.
I’m trying to post the ff at the earliest. Sorry for the delay caused.?
Loads of love.?
Lovely OS Ria di!!
Really liked it????
More than the love story, I liked the cute bond of friendship between Dev and Sonakshi???
Having a look at their cute bond, I felt the urge to read on despite my heavy load of studies!
Hope to see more of your similar works!
Love you!?????
Hey Anshita,
Thank you so much dear! I’m glad you liked this piece of work. I’m glad to know that you liked the cute bond of friendship between Dev and Sonakshi.
Well, I hope your studies have been going great. All the best for your Comp exam tomorrow.
Loads of love.?
Your welcome di!
Yes, my studies have been doing great so far and I hope they continue to do the same..thanks a lot for your wishes! Best of luck for yours exams too!
Thank you so much And hits!?
*Anshita
Ugh..my autocorrect?
Your welcome di!
And I know, autocorrect sucks at times!????
Hey ria. Your os was splendid. Loved it. Keep writing more and more like this. ????
Hey Dolly,
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked it. I’ll try coming back with another OS soon.
Loads of love.?
Greeeeaaaaattttt os…..it was soo cute especially the proposal by dev……such an awesome ff……fantastic…..
Hey Manyaa (di?),
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked this piece of work as well as the proposal.
Loads of love.?
Pls call me manya only dear…i am younger than you…i am 13
Okay, I’ll be calling you Manyaa?
Wow.. What a superb OS.. And that too based on coffee.. Actually the title is amazing.. Do write more one shot’s dear.. And lastly, I love coffee..
Hey Farhat,
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked this OS and moreover, the title. I’d surely try coming back with another OS. Well, I love coffee as well but, I’m not addicted to it.?
Loads of love.?
awsm…….
loved it !!!!!!!! 😉 😉
Hey Pooja (di?),
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked this OS.
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hey !!!! don’t call me di….
only pooja
Okay!?
Rocking ❤
Hey, thank you so much!?
Amaziiiiing
Hey Akshita (di?),
Thank you so much.?
It ws FANTABULOUS….short, sweet…n tricky sona..
Quotes wer d best part..thr r two lines i have fallen fr…one addiction n secnd ringless finger…n d plot ws also diff..ao keep up d gud wrk..n make us d witness of ur many OS n FFs..
Tale care
Hey Yashfeen (di?),
Firstly, please let me know whether you’re elder than me or younger. I’m 16. Hope you wint mind or else, it’s alright.
Well, coming back to your comment, thank you for this beautiful comment. I’m glad you liked this piece of work and those two quotes of addiction and ringless finger.? I’ll surely try coming back with another OS.
Loads of love.?
Di, Yashfeen di is nearly 22. So, I guess you’ll be calling her di!?
Yup..anshita is ryt..by d end of ds yr..I vl b 22..
Okay, I’d be calling you di then.?
I qm out of words,it was super duper awesome…..i just loved ur quotes
Hey Rockzzzzzz,
Thank you so much! I’m glad that you liked this OS as well as the quotes.
Loads of love.?
Great os. Keep writing.
Hey Sgatik (di?),
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked this piece of work. I’ll try coming back with another OS soon.
Loads of love.?
Awsm..
Hey KrystelS (di?),
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked this OS.
Loved it to the core????✌?
Hey Caira,
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked it.?
Loads of love.?
Omg????????.awm OS.
Wat a lns .I want to change the one thing in u ,is that the ring less finger in ur left hand.
“U really stole my heart????;-)
Hey Nikki (di?),
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked this OS as well as the quote used for the proposal. Aww..that means a lot. I stole your heart? I’m sorry for that but, I assure you I’ll keep it safely.?
Loads of love.?
Awesomeeeee OS swtheart nd i truely loved it from core of my heart
Hey Erin (di?),
Please let me know whether you’re elder to me or younger than me. I’m 16. Hope you won’t mind.
Well, thank you for this beautiful comment. I’m glad you liked it.
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Swtheart u r younger than me i’m 22 but call me whatever u feel nd its erina swtheart ????aapne to mere naam ka band baja dala ????????
Okay di, I’d be calling you di only.
I’m so sorry na.. my autocorrect? it disturbs me so much at times.
So, I’ll be calling you Erina di now.?
OMG.. what an os..it was so amazing….Loved it like anything
Keep it up and waiting to see u come back with another DevAkshi os soon!!?????
Hey Niki (di?),
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked this piece if writing. I’ll try coming back with another devakshi OS soon.
Loads of love.?
What an amazing OS Ria 🙂 Soooooo cute :D……I really love when there is a happy track in a story, because I don’t like the sad/hurt part :D….your OS made me smile throughout reading it….thank u 🙂
Hey DevSona,
Thank you so much! I’m really glad that you liked the OS. Same here even I love stories that have only positivity but, that isn’t possible all the time.
I’m so happy that OS brought a smile on your gorgeous face.
Loads of love.?
Ria! R u kidding me? What was this? I really want to knw what the hell is this?
Okay! I’ll just say it in one line abt this os…its added to my bookmarks!!
Love❤
Hey Ashu di,
Thank you so much. I really got scared.? Lekin, aap se toh gaali bhi sun loon. After all, you say it so sweetly. An each mein dena mat, I’ll be hurt.?
Well, I’m so happy that you liked it so much that you bookmarked it. It really means a lot.
Loads of love.?
~ Cutie pie
U find it sweet…okay then…agli baar se wahi milega???
On a serious note, meri cutie pie ko mein kyun gaali doongi? Main toh koi bhi nahi de payaga! Tu itni sweet jo hain??
Aww di.. that’s so sweet of you. I love you so much!?
Hey Ria I m happy with the fact u wrote a one shot on KRPKAB and I loved it . Wow really unique and nice story loved the way u made the usage of coffee in ur story
Hey Fatarajo,
Thank you so much! I’m glad that you liked this OS. Well, this OS is the third piece of writing on Devakshi. I’m already writing a ff on Devakshi as I mentioned up there called – Our Dark Past Love.
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IDIOTT,
I had no idea you could write so well ? Shit, I so loved this. Well, I knew that the secret admirer was sonakshi? ? Okay, I have no idea this pair is from which show as well ? But whatever it is, I really loved your os a lot. So whenever you write one, surely send me the link. (though you always do that ?)
Love you ?
Hey Monica di!
This pair is from the Hindi television series Kuch Rang Pyaar Ke Aise Bhi, which airs on Sony.
Hey my stupid,
Thank you so much! I’m glad that you liked this OS. See, I am replying to your comment.?
Well, I guess everyone would’ve known when you got to know that Sonakshi was the secret admirer??. Just kidding. Anyways, I’ll surely send you the links when it’s not based on twinj.
Loads of love.?