Hello! Here's an update! Im sorry it's been long and here's a little precap if you want to catch up:
Shravan met with an accident, went in a coma, flatlined after 5 days, sumo wails and cries at his chest, pushkar and ramnath look on, shravan is breathing again, sumo meets him after everyone, slaps him then smothers his face with kisses.
Update:
4 days later, shravan is discharged. Sumo goes to malhotra mansion and no one bats an eyelid. She was with him every day and it was what helped him recover. The emotional trauma that he suffered had made him weak emotionally. His right arm was bandaged and he had a broken rib, his strength was down and he was dazed too because of the medications. Ramnath tried talking to him but he seemed to become restless when he was around. He ignored ramnath and kamini.
Vandy did aarti as shravan stood by the door, held by pushkar and sumo. He is welcomed home warmly by varun and lalaji. The house help also welcomes him with love and smiles. Shravan's heart becomes warmer as he sees everyone's smiling faces. Sumo and pushkar help him to his room. He sits on the table next to his bookshelf. Pushkar walks out to get all his stuff and ramnath comes in. Shravan looks up at his father and his expression changes into a stern look. He looks away but sumo presses her hand in his shoulder.
Ramnath apologetically moves towards his son. "Welcome back beta. Achha laga ki tum wapas aagaye! Ab kaise ho? Mai kuch laaoon tumhare liye?" He asks trying incite any words from him but he sits mum. Ramnath had been trying to get atleast one word from him. Sumo looks at shravan who looked pained. Ramnath dejectedly leaves the room.
He doesnt know what to do with his father. His heart broke everytime he saw him. The pain and the betrayal flashed before his eyes and made his heart pound. He looked around after ramnath left, looking for an unknown answer. Sumo noticed him looking here and there but she knew there was not much she could do. She just moved from beside him and tried to walk away but he held her wrist. She turned around to look at his pleading eyes, staring at her as he sat on the table. She didnt say a word but moved in front of him and looked at him with his here eyes understanding him. She places her hand on one side of his face and he melts into it. He leans into her touch and she pulls him to her, burrying his face in her chest as she hugged his head and ran smooth circles on his back. He had his one arm wrapped around her. She kissed the top of his nurturingly. They seem to do this more often. Him finding comfort in her and her holding him. She feels his warmth breath against her heart and it sends shivers doen her spine. Sure, their physical proximity was not new anymore. She had been a constant 1 or 2 feet away from him for 2 weeks now and fed him, helped him move, helped him sleep and what not. But his feel against her still made her tingle.
A throat clears by the door and she looks around. It's pushkar. He slowly lifts his head and she shifts away.
Pushkar: bhaiya, aap fresh kyun nahi hojaate? I'll help you if you want.
Shravan nods and sumo leaves the room. She heads to the kitchen to fetch some water and pours herself a glass. She brings it to her mouth when ramnath walks up to her.
Ramnath: suman, mai tumse kuch baat karna chahta hoon.
Sumo hesitates and reluctantly nods.
Ramnath: mujhe samajh nahi aara mai kya bolu. Sorry kahu ya thankyou. Mai ne jo ghalti ki hai, jo tumhare saath kiya uske liye sorry bohot chhota shabd hai. Par mai ye kahunga ki mai ne jo kiya shravan ke qaatir kiya...mujhe nahi pata tum nirmala ko wapas kyun laayi...par us se mujhe aisa laga ki mera beta mujhse chhin jaega. Aur wahi hua. Mera beta mujhse baat nahi karta woh mera chehra bhi nahi dekhna chahta...maine toh usse kho bhi diya tha...
Sumo: ye sab aap mujhse kyun keh rahe hain uncle?
Ramnath: tum ho jo us he wapas lekar aayi suman. Maybe it was a medical miracle par mai janta hoon ki woh sirf tunhari awaz sun kar lauta hai. Nahi dekha mai ne apni zindagi mei aisa pyaar...thankyou, thankyou very very much aur ho sake toh mujhe maaf kardena...
He joins his palms apologetically as tears leave his eyes. He turns around and walks away.
She enterred his room slowly. He sat on the bed, legs out stretched. He looked better but his eyes still had bags under them and his face had a sunken look about it. She sat as pushkar helped him eat. Pushkar was their ray of sunshine. He was always trying to cheer him up.
Shravan: chhote, dont mind, mujhe sumo se kuch akele mei baat karni hai...
Pushkar understands what his brother means and he leaves.
Sumo takes his spot in front of him and asks: kya hua?
Shravan takes her hand in his and looks uo at her.
Shravan: i'm sorry. Im so sorry.
Sumo's eyes water and she looks down.
Shravan: sumo mai tumse itna rudely baat kiya, pata nahi kya kya kaha...kitna bewakoof tha mai. His voice was starting to break as emotions welled up inside him.
Sumo: shravan mat-
Shravan: aaj mujhe mat roko sumo. Gadha hoon mai. Tumhe baat karne ka mauqa bhi nahi diya. Blindly believe karte gaya apne papa ke baaton par. Kya sila mila mujhe? Khud ko tumse door kardiya. Jaise itne saal se apni maa se door raha hoon...
Sumo: woh paanch din jab tum coma mei the, woh meri zindagi ke sab se bure din the. Aur jab us doctor ne kaha ki tum- ki tum- woh flatline, mai tootgayi thi. Shravan mai nahi jaanti ki tum mere bina rehpaoge ya nahi. Par mai janti hoon ki tunhare bina mai kuch nahi hoon. Mera pct phir se shuru hojata, mai apna qarz chuka deti, par agar tum chalejaate toh mai jeete jeete marjaati. Mai janti hoon ki tum mujhe sirf apna achha dost maante ho. And i'm fine with that. But mai...mai *controls sobs* i love you...and its okay if you dont love me back...
Shravan's heart expands as he hears the words come.out of her mouth and he starts crying and laughing. He wipes her tears.
Shravan: pagal ho tum?
Sumo smiles seeing him laugh.
He considers telling her he loves her too. But decides against it.
Kamini enters the room with lalaji.
They smile at the two and kamini says: suman, shravan ab ghar aagaya hai na, yahan vandy hai, pushkar hai sur hum bhi hai inka khayal rakhne. Ab tum jao.
Sumo looks at shravan. Lalaji walks to sumo.
Lalaji: haan puttar ji bohot thak gayi honge na aap bhi! Bohot khayal rakhliya best friednd ka. Ab thoda khid ka bhi karlo!
Sumo nods and leaves. She goes to tiwari villa and informs everyone that shravan is finally home and well. She goes to her room and descends on the bed. She told him. And he dint say it back. It's alright though. He was too emotionally stressed already. She felt a weight lift off her chest as she realized that there were no hidden feelings anymore. She freshened up and wore her night clothes after a steamy bath. She was too tired to talk so she just went to sleep. Sleeping in her own bed felt like a luxury now. The hospital sofa had been very uncomfortable. Tears of relief and some unknown emotion leave her eyes as she drifts off.
A buzzing wakes her up. Her phone. Groggily she checks it only to see his name flash across the screen and she is up in a heartbeat.
Sumo: hello? Shravan? Tum theek ho?
Shravan: sumo...mai...mujhe neend nahi aarahi.
She understands. The trauma had gave him sleep problems. He couldnt sleep without waking up in a traumatic sweat or just couldnt go to sleep because his brain was reeling. She quickly put on her chappals and woke preeti up.
Preeti: kya hua di? Itni raat ko kahan ja rahe ho?
Sumo: woh..us he neend nahi aarahi.
Preeti understands. Pushkar had told her how shravan seemed to be calmer around suman di.
Preeti: aap jao, mai sambhal lungi...
Sumo arrives at the mansion and calls pushkar who unlocks the door for her. She walks up to his room with pushkar and sees him lying on the bed. He sits up when he sees her.
Shravan: im so sorry sumo mai ne... but he seemed to lose his words wincing and twisting around. He tries to get up but she pushes him back in the bed. Shravan lies back down citing pain in his broken ribs. The medications were highly sedative but his brain was having a field day, f**king it up. His restlessness wouldnt let him sleep. An emptiness tried to shroud him. It wasnt this bad every night but tonight had just been excruciatingly hard.
Sumo sits on his left and holds his hand.
He was shedding cold sweats and she wiped them off with a towel. He was still writhing and wriggling so sumo held his face tight and asked him to open his eyes.
Sumo: shravan, shravan, mujhe dekho...ssshhh...sab theek hai...sab theek hai...ssshhh... she calmly told him as his breathing slowed.
He seemed to get better as sumo spoke to him and ran her hand in his hair.
Pushkar witnessed this and it confirmed his doubts. He had seen shravan get better and calmer when sumo was around. And tonight he couldnt go to sleep because she wasnt around, unlike the past 5 days. Shravan was stfuggling emotionally and mentally mre than he was physically and it was her who seemed to calm his intern storms.
He finally nods off to sleep with sumo sitting beside his pillow, after sometime, he pulls her and makes her lie down beside him, on top of the covers. He pulls her head to his and kisses her forehead. " i love you too" he mumbles against it. And she smiles. They drift off.
Pushkar walked in to ask sumo if she would be leaving but the sight in front of him stops him in his tracks. Both of them, peacefully asleep. Side by side, right where they belonged. A unit, joined by chemistry, joined by magic and joined by love. Like magnets of the human sort. Like suns revolving around each other, feeding off of each other's life.
Shravan bhaiya still had a long way to go in terms of healing. But with sumo by his side, pushkar knew there wasnt a mountain shravan couldn't overcome. And this is their thing. Bringing each other up and finishing their races.
The end.
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