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Hi friends,
Encouraged by all your comments for my first OS, I have written another one based on today's (July 7) episode. Please read and feel free to comment !
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Suman sat on her bed, stumped by what Ramnath had given her.
Mami's words were echoeing in her ears. Ramnath had shown his true colours to her.
On one hand she was happy that he knows about her and Shravan. Shravan must have spoken to him about it. Her respect for Shravan was increased further the more she thought about this. He wanted to do it the right way. He had probably wanted his father's permission."So naive" she shought. He was still the teenager inside. She smiled as she thought about him. The monsoon clouds were gathering and it had started drizzling.
Shravan kept calling her. He must be at the coffee shop. What would she say to him ? No, she couldn't go in front of him, he would know that something was wrong. It would pain him if she did not tell him, but if she told him it would break him. After pacing up and down the room, she finally decided to go and meet Ramnath.
She put the cheque in her bag along with her keys and phone and left from there. It had started to rain heavily
Maami interuptted her.
"Is baarish mein kahan jaa rahi ho Suman ?" she asked
"Maami ji, woh Ramnath uncle ne kuch kaam diya tha, unse milne jaa rahi hoon"
"Accha sambalke jaa" she said
Suman feverently prayed that her car should start and it did. She parked right in front of their house.
Shravan had called her multiple times. She hoped he was not angry. She would meet him after Ramnath.
She knocked the door of his room.
"Come in" he said
She opened her bag and fumbled for the cheque.
"Uncle aap se baat karni thi"
"Oh Suman, mujhe pata tha tum zaroor aaogi" he smirked , "To kya decide kiya tumne ?"
"Uncle mein aapki baat teek se samaj nahi paayi"
He was annoyed.
"Isme na samajne vaali kya baat hai ? Paise lo, Shravan ko chod do. Paison ki zaroorat hai tumhe, kaam aayenge."
She kept looking at him, it annoyed him further
"Uncle aapko aisa kyon laga ki main paise leka Shravan ko chod doongi ?"
"Tum ek independant working woman ho, bilkul Nirmala jaisi. Tum jaisi auratein ghar nahi sambal sakti.
Aaj nahi to kal tum Shravan ko chod doongi, woh abhi kar do."
"To aapke hisab se Shravan ki keemat yeh blank cheque hai ?"
"To tum bargain karne aayi ho ? Bolo aur kuch chahiye ? Woh Berry wala land tumhare naam kar doonga" he laughed
Sumo was very composed, she politely told him
"Uncle aap mujhe bade hain. Mere Naanu ne mujhe acche sanskar diye hain, main Shravan ko kabhi nahi chodongi.
Aap ka cheque main waapis de rahi hoon."
And she left it on his table.
"Ek aur baat, main Shravan ko sab sach batane waali hoon.Nirmala aunty ke baare mein bhi"
Ramnath laughed loudly.
"Tumhe lagta hai ki woh tumpe yakin karega ?"
"Zaroor karega uncle" she smiled.
She opened her bag and took her phone out.
"Aapki saari baatein maine record kar le hai."
"Suman ! How dare you ?" he yelled.
"Uncle" she said politely.
"Aap ke liye mere paas ek deal hai. Aapne agar Shravan aur mere beech mein aane ki khoshih ki to main yeh recording Shravan aur Naanu ko dikha doongi"
Ramnath sat down. He felt helpless. There was nothing he could do though.
"Tumhe kya lagtha hai, Preeti Pushkar ki shaadi ho jayegi ? Tum logo kabhi kar nahi paoge, paise kahan hain aapke paas ?" he wanted to irritate her.
"Uncle, woh hum kar ledge, aapko uski fikr karne ki zaroorat nahi hai. Naanu ne jo kaha hai wahi hoga" she said confidently and walked out of the room straight to Shravan.
Shravan was standing by the window looking at the rain.As usual she entered without knocking.
"Shravan" she said softly
He turned around and saw her, his eyes filled with love and anger.
"Naraaz ho kya ? Sorry thoda kaam aa gaya tha"
His anger melted away.
"Tum is baarish mein yahan aayi ho ?"
"Haan... bolo kya baat karni thi ?"
"Coffee shop to band ho gaya hoga" he said
"Main coffee bana ke laon ?"
"Teek hai"
They both took their coffee cups and sat in the balcony. It was raining heavily now.
"Sumo"
"Haan"
"Aaj Shravan day hai, tum aaj mujhe bolne dena, aaj main poori baat karke rahoonga."
"Teek hai"
"Sumo mein chahta hoon ki tum mere saath hamesha raho,har pal, har sukh aur har dukh mein hum dono ek swath rahenge. Jab tum nahi ho mere saath to mujhe bohout adoora lagta hai. Tumhe bohout miss karta hoon.I know ki main yeh achanak se bol raha hoon par yeh baat meine gyara saalon se apne dil mein daba ke raka hai. Mein tumse door nahi reh paonga. Meine paapa se bhi baat kar le Sumo, woh maan gaye. Mujhe andaaza hai ki tumhare dil mein kya hain, please sochke bolna."
Sumo smiled.
"Baat khatam ?" she asked
She kept her coffee cup aside and moved closer to him.She tried to lean on his left shoulder but he was too tall, she could reach only his arm and held his hand.
"Tumhe andaaza hai ya tumhe pata hai ?"
There was a confused smile on Shravan's face. She gripped his had tightly and he turned to face her.
There were tears in her eyes and a big smile.
"Haan Shravan, main bhi nahi reh paongi tumhare bina"
They both got up and walked into the rain, smiles on their faces,hand in hand and became one with the rain.
