Part 1 (Continued): Arjun: Saakshi what are we doing here? I need to go back to my place.
Saakshi: First let me do the dressing and there is a doctor in my floor in this apartment who will check if everything is fine and then you can go wherever you want.
Arjun: No I don't need a doctor. It is a small wound which will heal.
Saakshi: I am in no means seeking your permission. I am just informing you. So just don't argue.
That tone of hers was very stubborn and had a sense of finality attached to it meaning there would be no more discussions regarding this. He had never heard her use that tone with anyone before but today it was different. He was also indeed amazed by the fact that he bowed down and agreed to whatever she had said. Why? He didn't have an answer. Maybe he had yearned for care, concern from someone after the untimely death of one and only soul who he could call his. Today here was somebody caring for him without expecting anything in return. He was brought back to the reality when she opened the passenger door for him to step out of the SUV. She held his shoulder in order to support him and took him to the elevator.
They reached her flat and she opened the door and let him in and closed the door. She asked him sit in the couch in living area and went inside to bring the first aid box. He sat on the couch and started observing her house. The place was so neat, tidy and clean and every single thing was kept at its place perfectly. At the far end of room was a small idle of ganesha with a lamp lit near it and there were some wall hangings containing natural sceneries spread across the room. Apart from that there were no hangings or pictures of her or her family in living room which indeed surprised him.
In the meantime, she had called up the doctor who was in their apartment and requested him to come to attend him. She brought the first aid and kneeled before him and started to remove the shawl she had tied around his palm. She dipped the cotton in hot water and started cleaning the wound after removing small particles of glass that got stuck in his hand. She then bandaged his hand and started cleaning the cut in this forehead and bandaged it as well. Just then doorbell rang and the doctor came in started checking him. He gave him tetanus and prescribed him some medicines.
Saakshi: Thanks doctor for timely help.
Doctor: You don't need to be thankful, it's my duty and why are you calling me doctor? You can call me by my name after all are friends right. If not with you at least with Aryan.
Saakshi: Yes Vinay. Of course we are friends for sure.
Doctor: Where is Aryan?
Saakshi: I hope he will be coming in another half hour.
Arjun wanted to know who this Aryan was. Was he his boyfriend? Do they stay at same place? Are they in a live in relationship? If he is his boyfriend then why had not come to pick her up from ETF even once in these six months when they were working till late night. Why did Saakshi not introduce his so called boyfriend to anyone in ETF? Were the other members aware? Was he only one ignorant about this? Questions were many only she could give him answers. Will he ever be able to voice it to her?
Dr. Vinay: Give him some good and healthy food because I have given him heavy painkiller to reduce the pain. I will take a leave for now. If there is need do call me.
Saakshi: Ok bye take care.
Once the doctor left, she turned back her attention to Arjun and told him that she would prepare dinner for him.
Saakshi: Arjun you can rest in that room, till I prepare dinner for you
Arjun: No I am leaving right now. Give me the medicines. I will have something in my way to lodge.
Saakshi: I hope you have not forgotten what doctor told you. So you are staying here tonight and that's final no more discussions on this matter further.
Arjun: I can take care of myself. Mujhe kisse ke bhi ehsaan nahi chahiye. Samjhi tum?
Saakshi: Mein tum par koyi ehsaan nahi kar rahi hum? Think I am settling scores with you for the numerous times you have saved my life. Now take rest and I am going to prepare dinner.
Saying this she went into the kitchen leaving him with no other option but to rest on the couch. It had been 20 minutes and she was still in the kitchen. He was getting damn bored with nothing to do but sit idle. That's when her phone kept on the nearby table started ringing and she came out of the kitchen hurriedly. She got a bit tensed seeing the number which didn't go unnoticed by him. She took the call and asked hurriedly if everything was fine totally forgetting his presence. Suddenly she became aware that he was present and walked with the phone to kitchen. After another 15 minutes, she came out with a plate of vegetable briyani.
Saakshi: Arjun Come on. Have your dinner. I will feed you.
Arjun: No need I will eat on my own.
Saakshi: Ok try.
Arjun takes the plate in the left hand and keeps it in his lap. He tries to hold the spoon in injured right hand and take a spoonful of food and eat. Since his entire palm and fingers are bandaged he is unable to hold the spoon and eat. Saakshi smiles a bit and snatches the spoon from him.
Saakshi: This is the reason I said that I will feed you. Now got it.
She takes the spoon and starts feeding him ignoring his objections. He had to accept though unwillingly to himself that she indeed is a wonderful cook. Eating the food through her hand added to the taste by many folds. It had been a long time since he was eating home cooked food that too his favorite food. He was amazed how well she had started understanding and catering to his needs in this short span of time. Saakshi's voice snapped him out of the thoughts.
Saakshi: Do u need some more food?
Arjun: No it's enough. Saakshi I want to tell one thing..
Just then door bell rang.
Saakshi (Enthusiastically): I think it's Aryan. Wait a second I will come.
Saying that she ran towards the door.
(To be continued...)
Precap: Introducing Aryan. Arjun comes to different facets of Saakshi.
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