#At dining Hall#
Shravan leaned little closer to shaayna seeing suman approaching them with some bowls, plates & utensils containing food
"Khaana taiyaar hai" suman announced in a stern voice as she arranged the plates for both and turned to leave but stopped due to a tug at her wrist.. 'Oh now he wants me to have lunch with them?..Huh!' She thought before she turned with a "Shravan mera haath chodo.. mujhe bhook nah.." she stopped in midsentence as it was shaayna who was holding her wrist. both shravan and shaayna were smiling at the expression sumo made..
"Sumo.. if you are not hungry then atleast serve us na.." shravan was having fun seeing her fume in jealousy. "Please.." shaayna joined.
Sumo closed her eyes taking a deep breath for few seconds before shrugging shaayna's hand off her wrist in attempt to controll her raising frustration..
"Sure..!" Sumo smiled at her as she served them the dishes "aur yeh daal makhani.. tumhari favourite! Haina shaayna..?" Sumo said as she served shaayna her the dish..
"Oh that's so sweet of you suman.." shaayna beemed unaware of what was coming her way.
Shaayna's eyes popped out as she took a morsel of roti dipped in daal makhani. She screamed out loud not able to take in the spicy flavour.. "Pani!! Pani!! Oh gosh! Its so spicy!!"
Shravan who was relishing the pineapple raita shot his head up to look at shaayna hand fanning before her mouth trying to cool her burning tongue.. and one glance at sumo's smirk cleared everything.. 'oh.. toh yeh sab madam ka kiya dhara hai..' He thought as he chuckled looking down slightly shaking head at her.
"Oh!! Its so spicy!!" his attention was diverted away from sumo as shaayna shouted once again 'Poor shaayna' he thought. "shaayna! Calm down.. sumo yaar tum khadi khadi kya dekh rahi ho? Paani le aao"
Sumo marched to the kitchen to fetch some water but she wasn't done with this chudail yet.
Shravan rubbed shaayna's back as she coughed failing miserably to take in the spicy kick of chillies. sumo arrived with a jug of water as she poured some water in a glass, but shaayna got hold of the jug's handle itself and poured the liquid down her throat but instead spit out the water from her mouth only to scream again "oh my god!! This is so hot!!" Shravan's eyes widened at the jug "sumo tum pagal hogayi ho? Thanda paani le aati na.. yeh.. itna garam hai,," "kya haina.. humare ghar mein sab garam paani hi peete hai.. digestion keliye bohot accha hota hai, you know.. aur mujhe kya pata tumhari 'close' friend kya peeti hai aur kya nahi.." sumo said stressing the word close with gritted teeth. "tum!.. shaayna wait a sec i'll bring something.." saying so shravan rushed inside the kitchen and brought some cold water for her.
"Shaayna.. are you ok now?" Shravan asked with concern "Yes shravu baby... better now" she said taking long breaths.
'Why the hell she is calling him baby! Woh kya koi chota baccha hai! Iski toh mein..' Her anger made her to bang the table with her fist.
"Sumo?! Kar kya rahi ho tum?" Shravan asked with a puzzled expression. "Kuch nahi! Woh ek macchar thi.. daayan jaisi !!" Sumo glared at shaayna who looked at her with a awkward smile as she knew who sumo was refering to
"Shaayna.. tum kuch khaa kyu nahi rahi ho? Jo chahiye be jijhak maang lena.. apna hi ghar samjho.." Shravan said as he asked sumo to pass a roti to shaayna.
That's it! This was the limit for her controll as her anger bursted as a volcano
"Kyu!! Khud hi serve karlo na.. tumhari dost hai aur woh bhi khaas! Mein upar jaa rahi hu.. woh kya hai, mujhe bin bulaye mehmaano ki khatirdaari karni nahi aati.." sumo strode up towards her room and shut closed the door behind her with a bang.
"Haww!! That was soo rude.. haina sir.." shaayna smiled at shravan who laughed in reply "I'm really sorry shaayna.. mujhe nahi pata tha yeh pagal tumhare saath yeh sab karegi.. jo bhi hua, I'm really sorry for that.. meri wajah se tumhe itna sab jhelna padha.."
"Its ok sir.. aapne mere liye itna sab kiya hai.. toh kya mein aapke liye, aapke pyaar keliye itna bhi nahi kar sakti?"
Shaayna smiled at him as he patted her head with a affectionate smile..
"Ab aap jaldi suman ma'am ke paas jaayiye.. shayad aaj aapko thoda jyada mehnat karna pade!" She hid her smile and urged him to go indicating towards the stairs..
"Oh haa.. mein zara dekhke aata hu!" Shravan headed upstairs but stopped before turning back and whispering a 'thank you' to shaayna who showed a thumbs up sign to wish him luck with a wink.
#In suman's room#
"Yeh lambu apne aapko samjhta kya hai.. kisi ko bhi apna dost banake utha layega, aur mein uski so called khaas dost ki seva karungi?! aur upar se woh chudail... 'shravu baby!!' Huh! Mann toh kar raha tha uss chudail ko ussi ki mini skirt mein pack karke tanki mein duba du."
Shravan smiled as he entered the room and saw her blabbering.. he cleared his throat to get her attention on him.
Sumo turned around to spot shravan walking towards her.
"Sumo.. kya hua? Aaj tak toh tumne kabhi aisa behave nahi kiya tha apne guest ke saath.. toh phir shaayna ke saath kyu? " Shravan asked in a very soft yet firm tone. "Kyuki woh chipkali meri guest nahi hai!!" Sumo almost shouted.
"Waise,,tumhe kuch jalne ki smell aarahi hai?? I think aas paas kuch bohot boori tarah se jal raha hai.." shravan smirked crossing his hands
"Mein kaha jal rahi hu!" Sumo turned away huffing in anger.
"Arre.. meine toh tumhara naam liya hi nahi!" Shravan smirked as her eyes widened on realising what she said. "haan.., toh mein bhi wohi bol rahi hu na, mein nahi jal rahi hu.. aur jalu bhi kyu? I-I'm not jealous.." suman fumbled with her words. "Are you sure babes?" Shravan smirked raising his eyebrow. 'Babes?!! Yeh pagal toh nahi hogaya? He never talked like this before.. then what happened to him all of a sudden?! Yeh buddhuram aise achanak itna romantic type kaise ban gaya? Maata rani raksha karna!' Sumo was confused at his behaviour "Shravan... ah, what.. what's wrong...?" She asked ever so slowly rather cautiously..
"Everything is perfectly fine sweetheart.." that smug look once again was back on his face as he approached a step closer to her. Suman was surprised and shocked to see such expressions on his always stern face. She stepped back thinking all possible reasons for his wierd behaviour. She shivered a bit as the close proximity was creating havoc on her senses.
To be continued...