ShraMan Os - An Accident To Remember

"Mom!! Jaldi karo na..i'm getting late!" She hopped around the hall picking and stuffing up all the required things in her bag. "Mom!! Where's my watch?" "Its in the 2nd drawer of your dressing table beta!" "Oh yeah! I got it" she wore her watch but again she felt she's missing something " agrr!! Now where's my favourite handkerchief?" She searched through the drawer's and scratched her head in the process to remember where did she kept that pink little clothing.. and as though her memory was projected in 3 dimensional way, she saw her favourite handkerchief lying on her book shelf.

"Ah! Finally! I missed you so much my little sweetie pie" she kissed it but the next second she sneezed hard due to the dust on the handkerchief. She turned around rubbing her slightly red nose hearing the loud laughter.

"Shravan ke bacche!! Yaha mujhe dhul ke wajah se itni takleef ho rahi hai aur tum has rahe ho!" *sneeze* she sneezed again.

"By God sumo! Tu kabhi nahi sudhregi ! Tera non-living things ko living things ki tarah treat karne ki aadat kabhi nahi jaayega na" He chuckled a bit. "Oh please haa! Mere shona ke baare mein *sneeze* kuch ulta seedha bola na, toh dekhna!"

Just then sumo's mom enters with a tray full of snacks. "Arre ab yeh tujhe sardi kahase hogayi?!" She looked concerned but before sumo could get time from her sneezing session and reply, shravan sprangup to answer her question "kya haina aunty.. sumo ne apni shona ko itni zor se pappi diya ki,, ab uski side effects bhugat rahi hai..!" He stated as a fact and started laughing again "shravan tum.." sumo started but was interfered by her mom.

"Ab late nahi horaha tujhe? Pehle tum dono kuch kha lo, Humesha iss bacche ko tang karti rehti hai" saying so she caressed his head. "Baccha.?!!! Yeh itna bada qutub minar aapko baacha lagta hai??" Sumo asked in disbelief 'like really? My mom has gone insane' she thought. "Rehne dijiye aunty, abhi se iski naak beh rahi hai..phir kahi yeh jealous hogi toh, kahi bhukaar bhi nah aajaye" they both giggled and sumo sneezed again making them laugh louder.. "haan-haan yahi aapka laadla haina.. mein toh mandhir ki seediyon pe mili thi aapko! Hmph!" Sumo stompped in irritation. "Suman..! Aise nahi bolte. Yeh tumhara hi toh dost haina. Aur waise bhi humse tum sambhali nahi jaati aur yeh bechara toh pechale 8 saal se tujhe jhel raha hai.. aur tum isse jal rahi ho? Bohot buri baat hai beta" sumo's mouth formed a perfect O shape hearing her mother's words and shravan's grinning face added fuel to her anger as she shouted at the top of her voice "what do you mean mujhe 'Jhel' raha hai!! Yeh khud aaya tha mera paas!" "Oye! Bhool mat woh ek accident tha.. aur tune apni khataara jaan se meri pyaari car ko thoka tha samjhi?!"

"Arrey chalu hoja meri darling!" She turned the key once again only to get disappointed by the defective sound of the car. "Maata rani! Please last baar chalu kardo i promise mein kabhi aapki prashad ki laddoo nahi churaungi aur naanu ki gaadi ko next time haath bhi nahi lagaungi. Please, please please.. gaadi start karwado. naanu ke aane se pehle unki yeh khataara express ghar nahi pohonchi, toh naanu ne meri khatiya khadi kardeni hai" she prayed with all her innocence that even god couldn't hold to bless that stupid car to start soon. She muttered a small prayer before turning the key to ignite the engine. As she has her foot pressed on the accelerator to its fullest extent, the car when started, suddenly jolted with such a great force that before she could understand what had happened *bang* she slowly opened her eyes to check. uff! she was safe in her place thanks to the seat belts. She quikly got down from her seat and one look at the car made her eyes popout of its sockets or she thought so.. the bonnet of the car was slightly open and a wave of smoke dashed its way out. It was clearly visible that the car has gotten into a miserable accident. And the other party's car also seemed damaged a lot "Beda gark!! Suman beta.. tu toh gayi aaj!" She muttered under her breath as the owner of that car desended down the car. He looked charming with his casual tee and jeans and a leather jacket teaming perfectly with sunglasses.. he seemed to be little older to her but looked physically fit. "Hello madam!" He snapped his fingers infront of her which worked to break her trance. "Uh- I-i'm really very sorry woh meine jaan bhooj kar nahi.." she started to be cut off by the other person "Hey relax.. i know its not your fault ab mein hu hi itna charming & hot ki ladkiyon ka dhyaan apne aap hi hath jaata hai, but phir bhi aage se dhyaan rakhna ok?" He smirked at her shocked face before showing off some 10 thousand hard cash onto her hand.. "yeh rakhlo, jo bhi luksaan hua uski barpaayi keliye" he turned to go but the tug at his wrist made her face again "let me guess.. tum zaroor kisi laad saab ke bete honge. right?! kyuki normal insaan mein inti akad hona toh impossible hai." The spark in their eyes depicted the intensity if their highped temper. But before anyone if them could continue the heated argument the next man inside the car rushed to them after waiting for a long time inside the car. "Sharavan bhaiyya! kya hua?" Whenever such situations occured he need not get out the car as his shravan bhaiyya could've taken care of such situations easily but this time it took more time than expected so he got out to checkout whats the matter after ending the call he was on. "chote yeh.." but before shravan could complete his sentence suman screamed in joy! "Pushkar!!" "Suman!" Pushkar was one of her good old friend. He has moved out of town after his 10th to persue his further studies. 'But what is he doing in this akdu's car?' She thought. Pushkar pulled her into a bone crushing hug before smiling at his brother who stood confused "tum dono jaante ho ek dusre ko?" Shravan enquired being curious. "offcourse bhai! Yeh meri school mate thi and moreover one of my closest friends over here.. Suman tiwari!" "Tiwari.,? Meine kahi suna hai yeh naam.. arre haan.. dad kuch bol rahe the nah kal ki tiwariyon ki yaha jaana hai.." "bilkul sahi suna tha aapne.. waise suman ki naanaji bade papa ki teacher the, so basically Tiwari's humari family friends hai.." shravan listened keenly to what all information pushkar was sharing about this weird girl and her family. Suman was still confused about the relation that pushkar shares with this akdu. She heard pushkar calling him as bhaiyya so that means he's his brother?! As though reading her thought, pushkar introduced his big brother to suman.. "by the way suman.. meet my brother Shravan malhotra!" "Laalji ka.." suman began but pushkar cleared her doubt before it left her mouth. "Arre nahi, bade paapa ka beta hai.," "accha.." by the time pushkar notices the damaged poor things "Oh teri! Yeh toh bhuri tarah se damaged hai yaar.. waise yeh car naanaji ka toh nahi na?" He was expecting it to be a 'No' but to his horror suman nodded in yes. "Gaye kaam se!" pushkar was hell worried, not for the car but for his dearest friend. "Haan.. sab tumhari bhai ka kiya dhara hai." "Oh hello! Gaadi tumhe thoki thi!" "Aur tab tak tum chane chabarahe the haina?" "chane what?!" "Yaar tum log kya kar rahe ho?" Pushkar intervened between the next world war started. "Suman.. koi nahi. Hum sab naanji ko samjha lenge. Aur tum dono.. waha pe koi ladai nahi.. samjhe?" "Ok!" Both obeyed as obedient children. Shravan was the 1st to forward the hand of friendship as he said "Theek hai, ab jo hua bhool jaao lets be friends.. toh,, meri dost banogi?" Suman thought for a while before saying "umm,, soch kar batadungi.." "what!!" Shravan was shocked no one ever denied him infact girls would go to any extent to be his friend but this girl.. his chain of thoughts were broken by the laughter that pushkar and suman were sharing "tu kabhi nahi sudhregi!" Pushkar chuckled as he saw his brother's shocked and confused expression "chalo tum bhi kya yaad rakhoge 'FRIENDS!' She forwarded her right hand for a handshake but seeing shravan still confused pushkar came to his rescue "bhai yeh aisi hi hai, tedhi kheer..! par ek baar isne kisise dosti ki nah, toh usse marte dam tak nahi thod thi hai." "Accha theek haina.. hum bhi dosti nibhane mein aapse koi kam nahi hai madam!" Saying so he took her hand in a handshake as the trio smiled in happiness as a new found feel of friendship engulfed them.

"Oh please haan..! Khud galti karo aur ilzaam kisi aur ki upar.huh! jananiyaa kahi ka" suman was totally irritated by this stupid aurgument by now, but she can't even loose this argument with him. Can she? "accha ji toh naanaji ko kisne manaya tha? Maine!! Tumne toh unki favorite khataare ko thok diya tha. Meri wajah se bachi thi tum unki daant se samjhi?!"

"Himmat bhi mat karna Meri jaan ko khataara kehne ki samjhe?!" Saying so suman snapped a finger at him before continuing "aaj agar naanu hote nah toh tumhe.." she couldn't utter any further as she remembered her naanu who was no more with them and tears started welling up in her eyes. And those tears made its way down her cheecks as shravan kept his hand on her shoulder. Priya glanced at shravan as he assured her through sign that he'll handle her so not to worry much. She knowing very well that no one can handle her daughter better than shravan leaves them alone and excuses herself from there wiping her tears which were threathening to fall down any moment.

"Sumo.." his whisper made her face him as he cupped her face and slightly brush off the remains of the tear with his thumb "agar naanaji hote ka kya matlab hai tumhara? Woh abhi bhi humare saath hi toh hai.. haina?" Sumo signed with a faint smile "pata hai shravan.. meine bachpan se mom dad se jyada naanu ko apne saath paaya hai,, aur aaj bhi mein naanu ko apne aas paas mehsoos kar sakti hu par.., par sach toh yahi hai na shravan, ki ab woh humare saath nahi hai." shravan's eyes also got moist seeing his strongest friend in this condition. She was the bravest of all his friends and even on the day of her naanu's death she looked calm and composed and handled her parents and other family memeber's in a matured way but only he knew how much she cried all her nights. She was strong infront of her family but she was totally broken from inside. It was him who made her smile once again, laugh once again, he made her to enjoy her life once again, overall her old chirpy self once again.

He was there in all her critical situations. whenever she shed tears, he felt the pain but he never showed up on his face.

he spoke mustering all the courage he had that moment "koi rahe ya nah rahe sumo, par mein toh humesha tha, aur humesha rahunga tumhare saath!" His eyes twinkled as he said that. Sumo smiled fondly at her best friend "tumhe mujhe manana aachi tarah se aata haina?" Shravan just raised his collar as he winked with a victorious smile in reply. "Ab phirse rona dhona mat shuru kar dena plz.. aur jaldi kar,, agar hum time pe venue nahi pohonche na, toh pushkar ko tu acche se jaanti hai poore hafte bhar muh phulake baithega.." sumo giggled as she said "haan woh toh poora baccha hi hai, lekin.. tum kabse itne matured behave karne lage?" Shravan rolled his eyes at her question "oh please haan.. samajdaar toh mein pehle se hi tha, i guess tumne kabhi mujhe dhyaan se dekha hi nahi.. huh!" Sumo picked up all her necessory things as she hurried towards the main door "ab jaldi chalo!" priya came out of the kitchen to escort them "bye mom!" Somo after giving a quick hug to her mom rushed out of the house without paying much attention to her mom's words as she heard her shouting in background "Jyada tang nah karna usse.." priya smiled as she saw her two little kids zoom their way out of her site.

"Jo bhi ho sumo..mein iss khataara company ki humesha shukar guzaar rahunga, haan.. ab iski wajah se meri pyaari si car ki astiyaan nikal gayi so alag, but iski wajah se mujhe teri jaisi pyaari bestie toh mili.. " "haaye! Line maar rahe ho?" "Umm., abhi tak toh nahi but ab soch raha hu try maarlu.. what say?" "Shutup!" she lightly hit his arm as he laughed out loud "oh come on sumo.. mein tumpe line maarunga?! Maana ki tum apni favourite ho par kabhi apne aage bhi dekho" "chup! pagal kahi ka! kuch bhi haan!" Shravan suppressed a smile as he saw her irritated expression. She sat quite for a moment But after a while a sweet smile adorned her face as she remembered crazy day "waise baat toh tumne bilkul theek kahi.. that accident was indeed memorable" he repeated her words "yup, An Accident To Remember!" she ruffled his hair messing it slightly making him shout "sumo yaar!! poora baal kharab kar diya.. pata nahi ladki waale kya sochenge.." "oye! Hum pushkar keliye ladki dekhne jaa rahe hai, tumhare liye nahi. Samajha?!" She chuckled at the various faces he made seeing himself in the mirror. "I know that! But Mujhe laga wahi pe mujhe bhi koi mil jaayegi par tumne toh saara plan kharab kar diya." he heaved a sign of irritation as he muttered "billi!" Which didn't went unheard by sumo as she snapped back at him "tu billa!" Their bickering continued along with some sweet and spicy nokh jhoks but their bond got a shade darker and deeper every time they fought. They can fight with each other for a whole day but can't stay away from each other.. this bond was beyond every relationship they shared with other's.