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Dear Friends,
I wasn't planning to write this, but I guess I couldn't control myself after seeing the episode.It came out longer than I intended.
Do read and leave your comments. All comments and criticism welcome đ
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"Dost Dost na raha
Pyaar pyaar na raha
Zindagi hume tera
Aithbaar na raha
Nashe hi raat dal gayee"
Shravan Malhotra sang loudly, in his worst voice as Adithya and Suman struggled to help him up the stairs.
"Please Shravan apne aap ko sambhalo" Adithya said and it only made Shravan sing louder.
Everyone was asleep in Malhotra house. The newly weds were busy in their own world.
Ramnath was proud of the way his son was handling the situation. How calm Shravan had been when Tiwari ji broke the news of Suman's wedding getting fixed.
In fact, he had taken Suman and Adithya for a party. Nothing could go wrong anymore. He slept peacefully, content that his son was his only.
Lalaji had gone to sleep as soon as they reached home, but Kamini couldn't sleep, and the moment she heard the singing, she knew something was up.
The few stairs seemed like climbing Mt.Everest and finally they managed to get Shravan to his room and he sang even louder.
"Wafa ke leke naam jo
Dhadak rahe tha har ghadi
Oh mere nek nek dil
tumhi to ho
Jo muskura ke rah gaye"
"Chup, bilkul chup " she said.
Adithya was relieved that she had finally spoken, she hadn't opened her mouth in the last hour while he had gone on and on asking Shravan to calm down.
"Tum kaun hoti ho mere ghar mein, mere room mein, mujhe chup rehne ko kehna wali" he yelled.
For a moment Adithya wished she had kept quiet. The situation was worsening now.
But she didnot flinch.
She calmy said "Sumo"
Adithya wanted to laugh, like that would calm him down ? He was wasted today, nothing was going to stop him.
But he was baffled at what he saw. Shravan was actually quiet now. His singing had stopped.
Thank god for small mercies, he had heard that song over and over for the last one hour.
"Baito" she said
And he sat down on the bed, stunned. What control she had over him !
Adithya had never seen them behave this way before, he was taken aback.
Kamini, who had been patiently waiting outside the room, knew this was her chance.
"Adithya beta" she called
"Haan aunty, woh hum dono Shravan ko"
"Nahi Nahi koi baat nahi" she said and hesitated
"Kya hua aunty, koi problem hai kya ?"
"Meri diamond necklace pata nahi kahin pe rak de, mil nahi raha hai"
Adithya was in a way relieved.
"Main aapki help kar deta hoon"
She removed the watch from his hand.
"Leto" she said and he obeyed a small smile on his face.
She sat down next to his feet and removed his shoes, got the blanket and tucked him in.
Shravan's eyes gave up first, she stood there and watched. She had to make sure he was ok. She was terrified of what had happened today. He had invited Adithya and her for a party on a roof garden restaurant and started telling him about their friendship. He had mocked her with every word he said and then he went and stood on the ledge just like she had. She hadn't said anything, she knew it would irk him more. But he was drunk and for a second he almost tripped. She had no time to think. Adithya had helped her get him off the ledge and they had to endure his terrible singing but now she was relieved. He was asleep, finally !
She couldn't leave tonight but she couldnt sleep in the lehenga either, atleast the choli had to be changed. She had made her decision.
She opened his cupboard and pulled out an old t-shirt of his. It would be too big for her she knew but she had no choice.
He was up by the time she changed and came. She stared at him silently and that was enough for him to close his eyes again.
Sumo moved the couch around, so that she could see him. Took another blanket,sat down on the couch and succumbed to sleep.
Adithya came back after helping find Kamini's necklace which had been in her handbag all along.The door was open. He saw them sleeping, perfectly at ease with each other. He was confused but he was too tired to think anymore.
It could wait till morning. Next morning, she wasn't there when he got up.It must have been a dream. How he wished he could stop these dreams, but the mind gets used to dreaming the same things over and over for years.
But the couch was out of place. He rushed and found an old t-shirt of his in the laundry basket. He could smell Sumo in it. She had been there after all.
Just then he heard Adithya's voice
"Good morning bro, Suman kanan hai ?" he asked amused to see him grinning at an old t-shirt
"Kaun Suman ? Sumo ?" said Shravan
And Adithya stood there, perplexed.
Anupamaa
Kabhi Neem Neem Kabhi Shahad Shahad
