"Is everything ok, papa?"
"NO, I guess!", answers a worried Ramnath.
Shravan sighs & goes into the bathroom. Coming out from the bathroom, he keeps the towel in the chair while he sees the photo frame on his table. Its his & Suman's, correction - Sumo, his best friend, a girl full of life. He smiles.
He comes out and finds his dad waiting in the car for him, he gives his bag to Driver Ramesh and gets into the back seat, surprisingly finds Sumo sitting there eating chocolate silently.
"Hey!", Shravan smiles.
"Chashmish! I told you don't wear creepy blue ever, whenever you wear it something bad happens always!", says an annoyed Sumo.
"This is not CREEPY blue. Its called powder blue", Shravan smiles sheepishly while Suman glares at him with annoyance.
She doesn't know Blue is his lucky charm. He was in blue shirt when he visited Tiwari Killa for the first time & met Sumo, about 4 years ago. And now they're best friends!
"You're hopeless", she murmurs to Shravan as Ramnath gets into the car & they start their journey.
"Wese can you tell me why nani called me along with you to visit her?", she whispers to him.
He nods in negative.
"I am pretty sure she must have planned something hell big now, I hope I won't be included", mumbles a tensed Suman.
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"Jab tak mere Shravan aur Suman nehi aa jate, mere samne mat aana koi. Dafaa ho jao sab", Sumitra says angrily.
"Aur agar Shravan aa gaya ho toh?", Shravan says smiling, entering his grandma's room.
"Arey mera beta..", she spreads her arms toward him.
Shravan happily hugs his grandma.
"Aur kaha hai meri Teekhi Mirchi?", Sumitra looks for Suman.
"Hey sexy!", Suman enters & hugs her.
Sumitra hugs both of them lovingly.
Ramnath enters, takes her blessings & asks about her health.
"Nani aapne humein yun urgent kyun bulaya? Sab thik hai naa?", Shravan asks worried.
"Kuch thik nehi hai beta!", Sumitra huffs & continues, "Arey bol naa doctor!"
Before Dr. Mehra could say anything, Sumitra speaks up again.
"Arey ye kya bolega, arey mera antim samay aa chuka hai. Ab bas bhagwan ka bulaava aa gaya hai"
"Kaisi baat kar rahe hai maa", Ramnath utters.
"Sola aane sanch hai beta Ramnath, jaane ka dukh nehi hai sirf ek khwahish dil mein liye mar jaungi yehi afsos hai", says Sumitra dramatically.
"Doctor, maa ki treatment ke liye jo jaisa chahihe aap bas boliye. Mujhe koi laparwahi nehi chahiye inke health ko leke", Ramnath says.
Suman stares at Sumitra who's not meeting her eyes.
"Pataa nehi meri drama queen k dimaag mein ab kya chal raha hai" - Suman thinks.
"Maa aapko kuch nehi hua hai, kuch nehi hoga", Ramnath assures Sumitra and she signals doctor to speak up.
"Mr. Ramnath agar ye apni koi iccha puri karna chahte hai toh please aap sab ye baa ka khaas khyaal rakkhe", Dr. Mehra says.
"Koi akhri wakhri wish nehi. Nani ko kuch nehi hoga aur unke jitni bhi wish hai sab pura karunga main", Shravan says.
"Haye mera sohna puttar", Sumitra hugs Shravan happily.
"Maa aap jo chahte hai woh hoga. Baataye bas", Ramnath says, holding his mother in law's hand.
Sumitra smiles.
PS. "marriage at 16" sounds yay or nay? 😆