Hide n Seek.. Shraman FF - Epilogue 2 page 101 - Page 38

Originally posted by: Nik03

Hey dear..
Woderful update buddy... 😊
So ShraMan are in London now... 😳

yess... finally much awaited schooling of Madame!!

Shravan is the perfact husband n friend anyone can ask for... ❤️

Shravan is trying to be perfect.. he is making efforts.. can suman do that as well?

Sumo is realising her folly now...!!
Exited for the next part...!!
Thanks for the pm buddy..!!
Love
Nik

Originally posted by: deltadawn

Originally posted by: Naamika

Hey dipti what an amazing update. Finally the soon to be Oxford brat sumo ko apne itne loving, caring and sweet pati ki feelings ke baare mai patah toh chala. Shravan is just❤️

Waiting for next part though commenting so late but was really really busy. Don't mind ha.😃

Originally posted by: deltadawn

Thank you for taking time and reading :) You guys have way too much distraction during studies and still manage them thats commendable. mere colege time me EDKv and forums etc hote to mai to pakka fail hoti thi..😆

Originally posted by: deltadawn

Holla amigos.. ok thats the extent of my Spanish so nobody reply in this language 😉

Chapter for Kranti because she liked the story 😊 and Naamika who is more interested in the story than exams 😊

All the best to all of you who got exams. hope this is a stress relief. Kill it like Arpi.. (topper !! 👏)

Part 23

"Hello Madam myself Raghu" a pleasant little south Indian man in casuals smiled at her from across the kitchen counter.

"Hello Mr. Raghu . I am Suman"

"I know Madam. Sir had informed that you both will arrive together." he bowed!!

Shravan walked into the sitting area as well, to be greeted by Raghu who promptly placed a cup of steaming hot coffee, a newspaper and a glass of water in a tray in front of Shravan who then had some water then opened the newspaper while taking his coffee. He was completely ignoring both Suman and Raghu as he continued his routine.

"Madam will you have tea or coffee and would you like omlette for breakfast" Raghu continued with a pleasing smile.

"Please call me Suman and I can take my own food. Don't worry "she replied nervously not being able to deal with "help" around her.

"No Madam, it's my job."

"It's ok. I can take coffee.. Aur mai ande nahi khaati. Kya aap parathe bana sakte hain?" she asked nervously..

"Err.. Madam sorry no Hindi.." Raghu replied nervously

"Oh I am sorry. Mr. Raghu so can you make parathas" she asked nervously looking over to Shravan who wasn't paying any attention to the conversation.

"Sure madam" he said and started as she followed him to the kitchen.

As soon as she saw him pulling out curry leaves and some lentils to add to tadka for the filling, she knew the type of parathas Raghu knew to make.

She smiled at him.."Mr. Raghu let's do one thing, let me make breakfast. " she replied enthusiastically and entered the kitchen.

"Then what will I do Madam" came the next question.

"Just for a few days, afterwards I'll go to school" she replied and saw relief wash over his face of not losing his job.

"Madam can I learn?"

"Sure!"

Suman taught Raghu how to make the Malhotra family favourite breakfast and chutney.

When Raghu was plating breakfast he received a disgusted look from Shravan. "You made parathas?"

"He He no Sir. Madam made" he replied earnestly.

Suman came back after freshening up and saw Shravan hungrily watching the breakfast which melted her heart. As she sat next to him, he gave her a happy smile and then did not wait a second before starting to binge on it.

"Dheere khao garam honge Shravan"

"Nahi yaar sumo they are amazing.. Cough cough.." he choked on the bite and the next moment his eyes were a red watery mess...

"Shaanti se baith ke kha nahi sakte.. Kaha bhaga ja raha hai khana?" she scolded him while patting his back and giving him tiny sips of water...

"Cough.. Wo isse to umeed hi nahi hai ki ..cough.. Dhang ke parathe banaye.. Usme se bhi kadhi patta nikalta hai.." he looked up at a nervous Raghu standing obediently by the dining table.

"Haan par ab mai hu na.. Bana dungi jo tumhe pasand hai. Usko kyu ghur rahe ho.. Khud ek number ke bhukkad ho isliye khana gale me atak gaya" she was scolding him and Raghu was enjoying his uptight boss getting a scolding from his new wife.

"Kya karte ho Shravan.."she was still rubbing his back as she bent over his shoulder to look at his face if he was ok ...

"Ab mai thik hu... khau?" he asked sheepishly..

"Bhukkad.. Khao. magar please haan araam se" her voice showing her concern

"Achcha London ghumne chale?" he asked

"Haan chalo.." she replied excitedly

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They went around the popular touristy spots of the city since it was her first visit-

Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace. Suman was giggling like a kid posing with the palace guards. After a lot of walking around she was completely exhausted.

"Shravan bhook lagi hai"

Chalo waise tum ini shuddh shakahari kyu ho? You know we can eat amazing fish n chips around here and some beer too.."

"Beer? Din me sharaab?"

"Bol to aise rahi ho jaise pi hi nahi kabhi.. Goa bhul gayi kya?"

"Wo to Pushkar ne dhoke se pila di thi.. Nai nai mai ye sab nahi piyungi"

"Sumo I seriously don't know how you are going to survive 2 years of masters here"

"Masters karne ke liye ye sab nahi dimag aur mehnat ki jaroorat hoti hai." she replied with confidence.

Sensing that there is no winning with her on this topic he took her to a food truck which had some veggie food.

"Wow ye kitna sundar hai.. When I was looking up details on the place I had made up my mind to come here first" suman was looking at the river.

"Boat Ride?" he asked

"Hmm.. ok par ab na mujhse baate karte rehna I am really sleepy"

"Thik hai Madam"

"To batao what are your plans for this semester"

"Plans.. Kya.. pehle to getting accustomed to the culture here... ye research wali padhai kabhi ki nahi na.. " she replied laughing at the difference between rattaa studies back home and the expectations of the new place

"They have given me a placement near the campus thankfully.. So I ll be working as well which should keep me pretty busy."

"Hmm" he replied looking into the distance as she stood on the viewing deck of the boat.

"Fir weekend pe ghar a jaungi jab possible ho"

"Ghar?" he gave her an intrigued smile.

"Haan Ghar !! " she replied "ab tum yaha rehte ho to ye ghar hua na" she shrugged away at his weird question

"Sumo..."

She raised an eyebrow at him and he couldn't say further... so simply nodded in the negative.

"You want to see the city lights properly?"

"Hmm"

"Let's go"

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"No no no no.. nai nai... mai nahi baithungi isme... ye kitna uncha hai.. Mai gir jaungi.."

"Sumo.. ye bohot dheere chalta hai.. Aur puri tarah se band hai aur aaj tak koi nahi gira is par se.. Ye koi mele wala jhoola nahi hai yaar.. Chalo"

"Wo sab mujhe bhi pata hai.. Padha hai maine.. But asli me itna bada hai.. Webpage to chotasa dikhta hai...Nahi Nahi.. bilkul nahi!!"

"You trust me?"

"Yes"

"Then listen to me.. Chalo"

"Tum... kyu marwaana chahte ho mujhe shravan.. Abhi se pareshaan ho gaye itna ki picha chudana chahte ho" she continued in mock protest

"Bakwas band karo tum" he turned around angrily

"Sorry mai mazak kar rahi thi..." she replied sheepishly as they finally entered the cube after her constant complaints for the past hour standing in line.

Once they were inside and the cube moved upwards... it was all chirpy sumo...

She never realised she had grabbed his arm in excitement and was jumping up and down mesmerised by the amazing view in front.

"Shravan.. Big Ben!!"

"Shravan is not Big Ben.. I am not that tall or that old yet"

"Ha Ha Ha.. very funny 6 feet 4.. But ye kya mast hai yaar..."

"See I told you right there is nothing to be scared of.."

Scared !! this was when she realized how high they were above the ground.. Her eyes flickered between the ground and sky and then she looked around her inside the glass cabin and started shivering... "Ye Ye... mai gir jaungi... mai gir jaungi" she hid her head in his chest and tightly closed her eyes.

He held on to her shaking body assuring her.. "Sumo.. ab tak kuch nahi hua.. Aage bhi kuch nahi hoga.. You were so brave for the past 15 mins.. Ab to hum neeche ja rahe hain.. Aankhe kholo.. You will miss the view.."

"No.. I don't want to see anything"

"Sumo sab dekh rahe hain"

"Apni biwi ko pakad ke khade ho.. Dekhne do .. I don't care" she mumbled exasperated into his shirt.. So only he was able to hear it.. Rest of the people only smiled at their cuteness.

"Biwi? Darpok.. Pata nahi papa ne kyu haan kaha tumse akele rehne ke liye.."

"Biwi !! haan aur mai darpok nahi hoon ok.." she took her head out of its previous warm sanctuary which was now beating as if he had run a marathon... due to her actions and her words..

"Haan tum bohot brave ho.. What did you see from the london eye?" he asked

"Tumhari shirt ke buttons" she replied smiling embarrassed.

To this he gave a beautiful thousand watt smile and put his arm around her shoulders as they stepped out.

"Ghar chale?"

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The week flew by quickly with Shravan back to work doing late hours already..so by the time it was the day for Suman to move to her apartment at Oxford, Mr. Raghu had become "Raghu bhaiyya" and Madam was "Suman akka". She had taught him basic dos and don'ts about punjabi food and put up a diary with some of her recipes for him to follow.

"Suman Akka... come back soon" Raghu was sad as he believed his currently human boss would get back to his irritated, uptight ways once this nice wife of his left.

She smiled back.. "Haan do hafte me.. Sorry.. I ll be back in 2 weeks"

They drove to the meeting point where suman's roommates to be Jia and Niharika were waiting for them. When they walked into the cafe Suman could not help but notice the stares that Shravan was receiving from both girls.

"Hi" suman greeted them and they both greeted Shravan instead "hieee" extending a hand to him before evening meeting Suman's now flaring eyes.

"Hey Suman long time haan.. Did you check out this place.. Its awesome. We came 2 days back and are in a hotel. When do we move to the apartment? Tomorrow all formalities and induction starts right..." Niharika proved the chatterbox she was while Jia still could not take her eyes off Shravan who was now looking everywhere but at them.

"Is he going to live with us too?" Jia asked giving him a look from the shoes to his perfectly kept hair as he looked nothing short of a greek god in his Khakis and Black Tee.

"No he came to drop me off." suman replied curtly starting an instant dislike for this girl.

"Oh ok..Hi I am Jia" she introduced herself.

"Hi Shravan.. Jia.. Niharika right?"

"Yes" blushed Niharika as well

"You are..." Jia's curiosity was about to kill her.

"He is my H..."

"Best Friend. I work in London. I am also the owner of your apartment."

Suman gave him a look as if she could burn him down to the earth with it.

After the girls had moved into the house and on Shravan's insistence Suman had picked the master bedroom - his room - to stay, it was time for him to leave.

They were strolling down the road after an early dinner at a nearby spot. Suman had been very quiet all day long.. Since the time they had met the girls..

"Sumo.. kya hua? You will be fine.. Don't worry ok. You are way too smart and don't worry about the grades and all you will master it all quickly. If you need anything call me and banda haazir ho jayega" he stopped to speak to her and put his arms on both her shoulders.

Tumne unse ye kyu kaha ki tum mere best friend ho?"

"Kyu nahi hoon kya?"

"Shravannn..."

"Kya hua?"

"You liked the attention right? Isliye nahi kaha..."

"Kya nahi kaha?"

"Ki tum mere husband ho"

"To mai tumhara best friend nahi hu kya?"

"Shravan if this is another one of your games.. Mai tumhe bata rahi hu..." she spoke indignated now.. Trying to push his arms away.

And he put them back in their place.. "Sumo.. husband kehta to you know they will spend a lot of time asking you questions about our relationship.. And you will have a hard time mixing up with single friends.. They will treat you like an alien.. Abhi bas try to get some friends here so it's comfortable for you. This can wait.. And mai kahi nahi bhagunga.. Sach me" he winked as he finished the line.

"Shravannn ... bohot irritating ho tum.. Mr. I am always right" she closed the distance to hug him which took him by surprise for a minute..and he closed his arms around her

"Mai chalu ab? Warna raat me bohot traffic milega"

"Nahi.. mujhe darr lag raha hai... akele kaise rahungi mai"

"Tum kya ho yaar.. Akele aane ka faisla bhi tumne liya tha.. Wo to thank god shaadi ho gayi.. Warna tum to flight me hi nahi chadhti!!"

"Shut up"

"Darne ki kya baat hai usme.. You are my Sumo wrestler na? Maine kya kaha tha.. Push your way through obstacles like Sumo wrestler..aur pange badh jaye to mai hu hi" he wiggled his eyebrows in a funny way.

"He He... bade aye James bond ke chacha."

"Achcha ab to mujhe sach me nikalna chahiye yaar." he moved out of the embrace and walked across the road. As he turned back he closed his eyes in exasperation to see her crying like he was leaving her in first day of kindergarten.

He himself did not realise when his feet took him back to the place he had left and she was pulled back into his arms..as he patted her hair.. "Pagal.. Mujhe bhi pagal kar degi."

"Mai pagal nahi hu... I ll miss you.. Idiot.. I ... I love you" she said trying to get closer hiding herself completely into the warmth provided by his embrace..

"Gadhi ho tum Sumo.. but I love you too.. Like crazy" he kissed the top of her head and with one last heavy breath he moved away across the road and drove away.. If he couldn't do it now.. He couldn't do it ever.