Hello beautiful people! I hope you all are doing well. I felt like writing something on Shraman and this is the result. š It takes place after the olvs, after Shravan-Aditya fight. Hope you enjoy! š³
Haal-e-dil
Shravan Malhotra was angry would be an understatement. He was furious. No one had the rights to hurt his Sumo and that Aditya had tried to force himself on her. "How dare that bas***d!" He fumed. He was standing near his car after literally kicking Aditya out of Tiwari Killa. Nirmala had left with her son not once thinking about her blood son. Shravan had expected just that from her. He thought back to the events that took place inside and decided to go back in. He entered Sumo's room to see her crying against Preeti. Her whole family was also present there. His thoughts went back to the way she had run to him and engulfed him in a hug. It was as if she only trusted him to protect her. It reminded him of Lalaji's words to always take care of his friendship. Shravan felt guilty for breaking their twelve year old friendship in just a minute. Mami ji's voice broke him out of his thoughts. He stepped inside the room and stood by her bed. He took one look at her crying face and felt a pang in his heart seeing her like that.
"Shravan beta! Tumne jo aaj kiya hai uske liye boht boht shukriya!" She joined her hands in front of him.
"Kaisi baatein kar rahi hain maami ji! Yeh to mera farz tha. Mere hote hue koi Sumo ka kuch nahi bigaad sakta" His eyes were on Sumo the whole time. He wanted her to look at him and that's when she did. Their eyes locked. There was pain, hurt, love, frustration, and so many other emotions in both of their eyes. They didn't bother to hide them anymore.
"Mami ji! Mama ji! Mujhe Shravan se akele mein baat karni hai!" Sumo said pleadingly. Her family didn't object. They knew she might want to thank him in person after all he had saved her life from getting ruined. Everyone left them alone. As soon as they were alone, Sumo couldn't hold it anymore. She broke into tears again. Her life was so messed up, she was frustrated. She had no clue what was going on anymore. Only way to let out all the frustration was to cry. Cry till she felt lighter. Shravan couldn't see her like that. It pained him. He went around her bed and sat beside her. He silently took her in his arms. They didn't know for how long they sat like that in each other's arms.
"Tum aisa kyun karte ho Shravan? Main kabhi bhi tumhe samajh nahi paungi."
"Ab maine aisa kya kiya hai Sumo?"
"Haan tum kahan kuch karte ho? Sab kuch toh main hi karti hoon" Shravan sighed listening to that.
"Pehle tum mujhse apni dosti todh dete ho, aur phir meri shaadi mein aise shamil hote ho jaise mere best friend ho aur phir uss ghatiya insaan se meri shaadi rukwa bhi dete ho?"
"Humari dosti ko kiski nazar lag gayi hai Sumo?" He whispered. She saw his pained expressions and realized it all started with her avoiding him.
"I'm so sorry Shravan! It all happened because of me! Sorry!" She said with tears that had started to form again.
"Kyun Sumo? Tumne hi to kaha tha uss din cafe mein ke sab kuch thik hai to phir aisa kya ho gya achanak?" Shravan was done running away now. He wanted to clear things between them. He didn't want to feel suffocated anymore and somewhere deep down he knew Sumo felt the same way.
"I had my reasons Shravan! I can't tell you the reason right now but believe me I didn't do anything intentionally. Main majboor thi, I had to choose between you and my family. Aur tum to jaante ho na meri family ke mere upar kitne ehsaan hain" Shravan just listened to her patiently. He felt more guilty now. He had never tried to find out the reason behind her actions. He should've trusted her like he had trusted her during Nirmala fiasco. At that time, he had believed she wanted good for him and had her reasons for whatever she did. But, what happened this time? Why couldn't he do the same?
"Shh Sumo!" He tried to stop her from crying anymore. "Ab rona band karo." He waited for her to stop crying and then continued.
"Mujhe bhi samajhna chahiye tha ke tum aise achanak se mujhe avoid kyun kar rahi ho? Par jab baat tumhari hoti hai to mera lawyer dimag bhi kahin kho jaata hai" He chuckled and she smiled. "Aur phir tum itni ziddi bhi to ho. Na tum meri koi help le rahi thi to mujhe gussa aa gya" He confessed.
"Gussa to tumhari naak par hi rehta hai" she murmured under her breath but he had heard.
"Aur tumhari naak par to jaise hamesha pyaar hota hai!" He huffed.
"On a serious note, phir Aditya aa gya" Anger clearly visible on his face. Suman held his hand in order to calm him and it worked.
"Aur jab tumne mujhe mana karke usse help lee toh bas, I couldn't take it anymore. I felt lost Sumo!" He looked her in the eye and Sumo felt guilty to make him feel that way. "I didn't know what went wrong. I was furious at you! So furious that I broke our friendship!" He flinched at the memory.
"Shravan!! Tum pagal ho! Maine uski koi help nahi lee thi. He didn't give me Pct, he brought investors for me. If I had to take Pct, to main tumse kyun na leti?" "Tumhe mujhpe itna bhi bharosa nahi hai na?" She asked sadly.
"I'm sorry Sumo! I was blinded by my anger. Pata nahi mujhe kya ho gya tha?"
"Aur mujhe bhi!" She stated. "Tumhe avoid karne ke chakkar mein main tumhe hurt karti gayi. Kya tum apni Sumo ko maaf kar paoge?" She asked with so much hope in her eyes. He had already forgiven her but had she? They both had hurt each other so much in the past few days.
"Haan Sumo, maine tumhe maaf kiya aur tumne?" She smiled a true smile after so many days.
"Maine bhi tumhe maaf kiya!" He sighed in relief. It felt as if a huge weight had lifted off of both of them. They felt lighter. All they needed was a one on one conversation to clear the misunderstandings. But Shravan had to clear one more thing.
"Agar tumhe Aditya pasand bhi nahi tha to uss psycho se shaadi kyun kar rahi thi?"
"Woh Shravan nanu ke kehne par. Nanu chahte the meri shaadi ho jaye. Unhe meri boht tension ho rahi thi. Aur iss wajah se wo aur bimaar parh gye the. Isliye mujhe haan karni parhi taaki nanu khush ho jayein. Aur meri haan ke baad unki tabiyat mein bhi sudhar aa gya. Tum hi batao main kya karti Shravan?"
"Oh god! Aur main pata nahi kya kya soch raha tha" He facepalmed himself.
"Tumhari yehi to problem hai! Jab kuch sochna hota hai tab sochte nahi ho aur kabhi bina baat ke sochte rehte ho" Suman rolled her eyes.
"Shut up Suman Tiwari! Tum kya karti ho? Itni takleef mein thi lekin show aise karti thi jaise boht khush ho. Ek baar bhi tumne mujhe apni takleef batayi hoti to mai apna saara gussa bhool jata." He looked in her eyes. She could see sincerity in them. She knew he was saying the truth. His anger would have melted had he known she was hurting just as much. Their foreheads touched and that's when Suman noticed the blood on his forehead. She was so engrossed in making everything clear, she hadn't noticed his wounds. She touched his forehead softly.
"Dard ho raha hai?" She asked blowing on it.
"Ab nahi ho raha" She knew what he meant. This pain was nothing compared to the pain he had felt all those days. Their foreheads touched again and their arms went around each other in a hug. This was the first proper hug they ever had and it felt so peaceful. They broke the hug after some time, their foreheads still touching.
"I missed you!" Shravan declared looking into her eyes. She could clearly see love in them.
"Me too!" she admitted. Of course they had missed each other. Two people who called each other fifty times a day, hadn't talked properly for almost a month now. The only times they talked was to fight.
"Really?" he asked to make sure because all this felt like a dream.
"Hmm!" She hummed when his thumb came to caress her cheek lightly. His thumb traced her lip, making her moan.
"What did you want to tell me that day in the cafe?" She asked out of nowhere. Now that they were back to being normal, she wanted to know everything. They had waited for so long but not anymore. Shravan just stared at her for a moment and then sighed. Though Suman knew what he was going to say, she wanted to hear it from him. Right hand still caressing her cheek, his left hand came to rest on her bare back before pulling her closer than she already was. A gasp escaped her lips.
"You really wanna know?"
"Yes!" she replied confidently.
"To phir suno!" he brought his face close to her ear. Suman could feel his breath on her ear which was making her go crazy. "Bolo" she breathed out.
"Maine us din tumhe yeh kehne ke liye bulaya tha ke mujhe ek baar phir tumse pyaar hogya! That I love you Sumo!" He faced her now, waiting for her to speak. On the other hand, Sumo felt like it was a dream come true so she didn't wait anymore to answer.
"I love you too!" Those words just rolled out of her tongue. They both smiled at each other, happiness clearly visible on their faces.
"Hum kitne pagal the Sumo! Jo time hum ek doosre ke saath bita sakte the, humne ladne mein waste kar diya" Shravan said with regret in his voice.
"Bhool jao Shravan. We both made mistakes but talking about it will only give us pain so let's just make the most of this time."
"Yeah let's not waste anymore time" Saying so he bent his head and captured Suman's lips with his. The moment his lips met her's, Suman couldn't help but melt into his arms. The moment she responded, Shravan pulled her even closer. They put all their all their pent up feelings into that one kiss. Soon, they broke the kiss when in need of breath. Suman gave him a shy smile, earning a smile back from him.
"Why did we keep fighting all the time?" Suman wondered why they kept fighting when they could do so many other wonderful things. š She was amazed by her own thoughts.
"Because if we didn't fight, we would have done a lot more than we just did" he replied huskily making her go red.
"Kuch bhi bolte ho tum Shravan!" She blushed and he chuckled.
"Ok then! Ab main bolunga nahi, bas karunga" He said, before pulling her into another kiss.
Arjun
