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Hi fellow EKDVians, this is my first FF. Do read patiently as there may be some errors and let me know your thoughts ! Turned out to be longer than I intended đ
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Shravan was looking at the cieling lying on his bed. What Sumo had said was still echoing in his ears.
"Main apne aap se aur jhoot nahi bol sakti Shravan. Hum dono doosti se kaafi aage bad chuke hain. Jab tumhari packing kar rahi thi, to maine tumhara letter pad liya tha.Par main samaj sakti hoon ki tum "move on" kar chuke ho. I cannot be your friend anymore. Aage kya karna hai tum sochlo. Please abhi kuch mat bolna."
Her beautiful eyes were filled with tears. He just wanted to hug her, to stop the tears and to stop his pain.
Instead he let her walk away.
His stream of endless thoughts gave into sleep. Next morning,he got up feeling lifeless.What was the use of living this way ...he wondered.He was brushing his teeth when he heard his door open.
His eyes lit up,it is Sumo. Who else can it be.
Just then he heard Pushkar's voice "Bhaiya, gadbad ho gayi. Preeti ke ghar mein humare baare mein pata chal gaya."
Not now Pushkar he thought. But wait, wouldn't it give him a chance to see Sumo ? He knew she wouldn't be ok, but he would talk to her, beg her even to stay friends. Becuase of the incident with his mom, there was no way he could take their relationship forward, but could he live without Sumo ?
"Haan Pushkar aa raha hoon"
Pushkar was nervously pacing around the room.
"Bhaiya, mujhe bohout dar lag raha hai. Pata nahi kya hoga."
"Tu ghabra mat, kuch nahi hoga. Main Sumo se baat karta hoon."
He picked his phone and called Sumo, but it was Preeta who answered.
"Sumo kahan hai ?" he asked annoyed. She was avoiding him.
"Shravan, usko pata nahi achanak bohout bukar aa gaya. Doctor ke paas Mamaji le gaye hain, phone bhool gayi yahan"
This girl ! She must have cried all night, he knew it, but there was nothing he could do.
"Pushkar, tum normally behave karo.Mere khayal se yahan kisi ko pata nahi hai. Jo hoga dekh lenge, pareshaan mat ho."
"Thanks Bhaiya" he said.
The rest of the day was unsually quiet. Sumo was ill and there was no way he could meet her.
In the evening when he went home, he was surprised to see the whole Tiwari family except Preeti and Sumo.
"Aao Shravan beta, tumara intezaar kar rahe the."
His eyes, mind and soul kept searching for Sumo. He wanted to run away, back to London. He just wanted to quit.
He didnt hear a word of what they were talking till he heard his father.
"Please Tiwari ji, aap Kamini ki baaton ka bura mat maaniye."
Pushkar's face said it all. It wasn't going well. He excused himself and went to his room. Something had to be done, something, that too quickly.
He called Sumo.
"Haan bolo Shravan"
"Kya tum mujpe barosa karti ho ?"
"Ye kaisa sawaal hai ?"
"Haan ya na ?"
"Haan Shravan,shayad khudh se bi zyada"
She heard the smile in his voice.
"Tum mere saath poori zindagi reh paogi ?"
"Kya bol rahe ho tum ?"
"Kahin bhi ? Agar mere paas kuch na ho, tab bhi ?"
"Haan reh paongi, tum kaafi ho" she cried.
"Kisi se kuch mat bolna. Apna khayal rakna tum."
"Hmmm"
Shravan ran to the living room. The Tiwari's had left. Chachi was very very angry.
Pushkar upset. But Shravan couldn't find his father. He found him in his room, tired , sitting on the chair.
"Paapa, aap teek to hai na ?"
"Kuch bhi teek nahi ho raha hai Shravan. Tiwari ji ko insult kiya Kamini ne. Is rishte ke liye maan nahi rahi hai woh"
"Paapa, mai aap se kuch maangne waala hoon. Aap please mujhe mana na karnen.
Main chaachi ko mana loonga"
"Bolo Shravan."
"Paapa aap mujse vaada karein ki Malhotra Associates aap Pushkar ke naam kar deenge"
"Yeh kya bol rahe ho Shravan ?" He almost yelled at him.
"Paapa chaachi ka yeh hi sapna hai. Woh zaroor maan jayengi"
"Aur tum ? Tumhara kya ?"
"Mai agar yahin rahoonga to unko guilty feel hoga.Main aapko chodke door bhi nahi jaa sakta.Main India mein hi kahin aur shift ho jata hoon. Please Paapa" he pleaded.
"Teek hai, jaisa tum chaho."
Shravan ran to chachi.
"Chaachi, Paapa Pushkar ko Malhotra Associates dena chahte hain agar aap is rishte ke liye man jaayengi to"
"Kya ?"
"Aapne sahi suna chaachi"
Kamini smiled and said "Tab teek hai"
"Wah Kamini wah... to yeh tumhara asli rang hai.Itne saalon mein aaj mujhe pata chala "
Ramnath was watching from upstairs.
Kamini's face turned red.
"Paapa, yeh kya kar rahe hain aap ?"
"Kehne do Shravan inko, inki asliyath bhi aaj tum sab ko pata chalega"
And before Ramnath could stop her,she told everyone that Nirmala had come to take custody of Shravan when he was young and Ramnath had threatened her.All the truth came out.
"Aur Shravan, PCT ke bare mein bhi inko pata tha", that was the last straw.
Shravan couldn't believe his ears. Sumo, his Sumo was right. She had been right all along.
He walked away as the voices of everyone trying to stop him faded in his ears.
There was only person he wanted to see.
"Come to the park" he messaged, too weak to talk.
She was already there when he came. Her eyes were swollen from crying.
Shravan sat down next to her.She tried to hold his hand instead he rested his head on her lap and tears streamed from his eyes.
"Sumo" he said softy
"Shhh... I know" she said.
Anupamaa
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
