Ch16(pt1): Naa aadi na ant hai uska:ishkara FF (pg34, 05/04) - Page 24

Appy please don't change it to Gauri...let Ishana stay...As Mahi said, read the whole story till now as Ishana so keep it that way...all of us miss IshKara & your story is the only place where I find them & get to read about them...don't change it yaar...

Please don't change it, I really like this IshKara. Also, I agree with the others.

Want it to be Ishkara only...
Can't imagine Gauri in bold n daring avatar...
I love Ishana...
So plz keep it Ishana-Om ff only...!!!!

Since all the votes go to IshKara: its gonna remain that!! Thanks guys!! Sorry for making the next update late but I'll make it in a day or two!

Hi guys,

I am so so sorry for having made this late but I hope I have made it worth the wait! 😉 Well, i do not know a lot about kayaking/diving so if I have made some logical mistakes- apologies! I tried not to. Rest, yu know what you are supposed to do! Enjoy!

Ch-16: Naa aadi naa ant hai uska (part 1)

(Rudra's room, night)

He sat biting his nails- literally, as if they were yet to appear in their exams. Well, that was the only thing that could make her nervous. But, with all honesty, she would agree that it was a matter of worry. They both had been acting as if everything were okay when it wasn't so. Ishana di and majhle bhaiya talked normally about business maintaining a safe distance. Om had been much cheerful when he was close to Ishana. Tommorow, they were to fly.

"I think we should make them sit next to each other. Now that they are done with their latest workshop, for sure, they'll talk about something else."

"Wow Sumo! Itna brilliant idea toh mere dimaag mein aya hi nahi"

She gave a what-do-you-mean look to Rudra.

"Flight mein 4 seats sath mein and 2 alag hain. Pray tell me, why do you think wo dono udhar baithenge?"

"What if we rope in ShivIka?"

Well, this girl did have brains. He should have thought of it. Shivaay did know that IshKara had a thing for each other. And then they could put up their RumYa fight to let ShivIka sit together.

(The flight, morning)

And so, the six had left after bading the elder in the family off. Abhijeet had left for Delhi soon after having the conversation with his daughter. Dadi had thanked AniIshMya for helping with Tia's truth again so they were going to enjoy a holiday.

RumYa had been successful in their plan with ShivIka's help. They took the four seats together. Soumya and Anika wanting to sit towards the walking space as one had the flight sickness problem and other going to washroom every hour problem. Ishkara were left with no option but to sit together. Shivaay and Rudra sat together sandwhiched between the girls.

They gave Om a teasing look to which he frowned.

"Just five hours Om, you don't need to worry"

"Yeh dono bhi na hamesha ek doosre ko galat samajte hain"

"jaise aap Anika didi ko hamesha sahi samajte hai"

Shivaay frowned it a bit.

"Kuch kaha tumne rudra?"

As they were talking in whispers, she couldn't make out what they said but knew that something was about her as she heard her name.

"Nahi ... nahi... Anika"

"Ma'am, would you like veg breakfast or non-vegetarian?"

The air hostess appeared as they chatted away. Anika made an obvious face and replied for vegetarian food but got confused as the air-hostess gave complicated names of the available options.

"She'll take a veg sandwhich with some tomato ketchup and chillies."

He ordered on her behalf. Shivaay smiled as he saw she thanked him to help. They had come far from their water fights et al.

"So, Shivaay was suggesting that we open a small outlet in few small bazaars with smallish or rather economical sculptures; perhaps, people could use it for their daily prayers. Atleast, the middle class might."

"Wow! Someone looks interested in business."

"It seems like a good idea. I mean, if I can make something for the middle class too..."

And here, he started searching for how it fits into his ideals, Ishana thought and smiled. Anyway, he had stopped seeing business as a demonic field. Perhaps, he would realise ideals are ideas; they need to be applied according to the situation and an attachment to them, only makes one look like a hypocrite.

RumYa gave a low five smiling at each other as they saw both IshKara and ShivIka involved in their pleasant talks.

(At the airport)

"Wait, this is not the Bangkok airport!"

"Ofcourse Ishu di, it's not. Hamara pehla adventure is sea kayaking which happens in Phuket. So here we are."

"Ohh, boarding etc. sab tumne kia toh I didn't even glance at the ticket. Thanks Rudy for taking care of all logistics."

"Wo di, ye maine pta kiya tha."

She frowned a bit at the fact that he would always take away all the credit, no matter what. The others smiled at her annoyance.

"Then , thankyou Sumo."

She felt a little embarrassed and kiddish at that.

(The Villa, near Patong beach)

As they reached the hall space; the brothers took no time in priding themselves of having a brother who could perfectly plan holidays- the view from the same was phenomenal. Anika's mouth opened in a wide O'. She had never seen anything like this:

"Okay, guys. Welcome to Phuket. Rudya yani ki main aap sabko welcome krta hun. Ab main apko thoda plansamjha deta hun. Toh aisa hai ki yahan hum sea kayaking krne aye hai jo hum 3 days ki training ke baad karenge. Toh abi lunch aa jaega; aur phir sham ko sea kayaking k eek brief intro ke baad hum apni hobbies start kr skte hain"

"Matlab torcher start kar skte hain"

"Om, dance is NOT a torture"

RuMya mentally facepalmed themselves. ShivIka and IshKara could compete each other in who argues more!

"Arre, boating krne mein kya training? Maine toh kitni baar ki hai Mumbai mein!"

"Nahi Anika; ye dusre tarah ki boat hai. Isse chalana seekhna hga hum sabko"

IshKara and Rumya smiled at Anika's innocence.

The group slept like a log after having jabbered for an hour or two during the lunch. The guys were elated seeing the girls so happy. Anika had come out vacationing for the first time wishing Sahil would have been there; Ishana was happy to try out all the new stuff they'd planned; up until now, she had only dived in Thailand and Soumya was happy for being with people she could connect really well too.

(Evening)

The villa had a gym and a common room which was converted for now, into a totally empty room to help Ishkara dance. His ideas of this "hobby" sounded a little weird to everyone though they had agreed.

(The dance room)

Omkaara started moving a bit and saw himself in the big mirror kept in front. He felt embarrassed as he saw how he was looked while trying to dance when the sound of claps brought him out of his trance.

"Not bad I must say"

"Trying to troll me!pehle tumne kuch aisa choose kiya jo main kabhi kar hi nahi skta"

"Dance is something which every single person can do. Let's do one thing; I'll play some music and you try to dance as offbeat as possible."

"Whaaat"

"Try not to dance with the beat"

She said smirking. And she was right; it had been easier for him to dance off beat and slowly. They were laughing at each other as they danced. Ishana was in awe of Om; she had never thought that he could open up so much , that he would enjoy this so much and that he would look so cute doing the first two things. She smacked herself mentally and focussed on the dance as soon as she realised that she was fangirling over him.

(The hall, night)

ShivIka had cooked an awesome Indo-Thai food which both RumYa and IshKara relished after doing much hard work at gymming and daning respectively.

Soumya had thanked Rudra for the awesome session. She felt much fit even in a day. Moreover, he had made it enjoyable for her.

(Morning, Patong beach)

The six people looked over at the sea. The past three days had meant vigorous practice of kayaking; everyone had been made to practice alone, so that they do not depend on other for help at the time. They had done all learning and practice at the beach which was in front f their hote; which was quiet and easy to focus on.

As they reached the place where they had to start their main kayaking, Anika's face again opened in wide O. She had never seen girls in bikinis so openly.

"OmRu, ani aankhein band karo abi. Ye kaisi ladkiyan hai, sharm-lihaaz hi nahi hai."

"Anika wo..."

"Ishana, ye wo kya. Aur tum dono- abhi ki abhi apni aakhein band karo!!!!! Om tum toh samajhdar ho. Apne vade bhai jaisa banne ki bilkul zarurat nahi hai."

Ishana made a face as the last three days of practice had told her how sensible the artist was. He had started picking up the beats and they had started doing some salsa/ball dance sort of thing. She knew for a matter of fact how much he had to try to hide the effect of their proximity on him; she would act as if she doesn't notice but the truth was just the opposite.

"Bade bhai jaisa. What do you mean bade bhai jaisa?"

"Aap hi ko achi lagti hongi, uss type ki girls."

"Arre nahi Anika di, unko nahi mujhko"

She held his ear tightly.

"Aauuu"

"Main abhi ki abhi na Pinki aunty ko call kar dungi! Aur agli hi flight se w oar dadi ayegi; tujhe utha ke leke jaengi"

"Maanna padega teri wali smart toh hai"

As his brother murmured this slowly in his ears, Shivaay frowned at teri wali. No he was not sure if she was his wali'. She lacked class still. In the end it was decided that only Rudra's eyes would be closed by Anika. She was confident that nothing can be done with Shivaay and Omkaara wouldn't do such a thing.

Finally, the groups were made; each kayak (boat) could take two people. The groups were made: Omkara-Soumya; Shivaay-Ishaana and Rudra-Anika. The scenery was beautiful. The beauty around them not only mesmerized the artist but the others as well. Since, they connected to each other well, they lost track of the other boats soon. They had been given directions of an island where they were supposed to reach.

"Majhle bhaiya, yeh sab kitna beautiful hai na. LSE ke paper ke according development ki wajah se environment pe bahut bura asar pad raha hai."

"Wahi toh Soumya. Insaan apne paise aur age padne ke bhook mein sab barbad kr deta hai."

As they were discussing, huge waves came crashing towards them. All of them had been told the steps to be taken in case of huge waves but somehow it became really difficult for them to handle the boat and the kayak turned over.

"Bhaiyaaa"

Soumya felt her heart skip a beat as she saw Omkaara almost drowning. She held his hand tightly.

"Bhaiyaa, aap mera hath mat chodiyega"

She knew he didn't know how to swim at all, not that she knew a lot but the water here seemed to be shallower. Perhaps, they were not in the middle of the sea. She could see a small island like thing in the middle of the sea. They both took to the island. Omkaara coughed a little as Soumya rubbed his back.

Rudra -Anika high-fived each other as they realised that they were the forst ones to reach.

"Aao aao bhaiya, swagat hai aapka iss amazing island pe"

"Toh tum log, humse pehle pahuch gye"

"kyun aapko kya laga tha ki hum peeche reh jaenge"

He smiled seeing Anika's pride on successfully completing her first ever adventure sport.

"Soumya aur Omkaara kaha gye?"

She noticed he was nowhere to be seen. And then she noticed that even soumya had not reached back. Neither had they seen them on the way. Ishaana looked at Shivaay who was as clueless as her. They had kept back thinking that it'll be better if these two kayaks reach before and when they had been out of sight, they assumed they were ahead but now they were nowhere to be seen.

They went and asked the person on the other side who was supposed to receive them but all he could say was he doesn't know. Anika recalled the papers they'd signed just before entering the kayaks which set they are responsible for their own lives and became teary eyed.

"Do you have a diving set here?"

"Yes, why do you ask that?"

"I am a certified scuba diver. I have submitted my documents at your office. I need to go and search for my friends.'

"Ishaana ; have you gone mad? Yeh log bol rahe hai na that they'll send a boat to search for Om and Soumya toh why?"

"C'mon Shivaay,main jaa skti hun, isliye jaa rahi hun."

Her statement made it clear that she wasn't considering it but she had decided it. The guy got the confirmation from their main office about her certification so he let him go.

She jumped off in the cold waters wearing the diver suit. She went upto the point she'd seen both the kayaks and the waves had started increasing. Perhaps, they couldn't manage the kayak. She went in the direction in which the waves had been.

Omkaara was feeling better now. However, they were very scared on how to let the others know where they were. They were very sure that by now, the others would have started searching for them. Their destination had not been far. Had they not got messed up with the waves, they would have reached long back.

She feared for them as all she saw was blue water on all sides. However, she dived a little more. From inside the waters she could see a kayak like boat upside down. It ignited her fears; she swam towards the same. As she came up, she saw an island; with all hope (she needed to start diving back soon, her oxygen was getting over), she went towards the same.

"Omkaaaraaa!!!! Soumya!!!!!!!"

The voice filled in life in the scared soul. They ran towards the sea to find Ishaana looking for them. The three of them hugged each other before they noticed Ishaana wearing a diver's suit.

"Tum donon theek ho na?"

She knew Omkaara didn't know how to swim. She looked at him from top to bottom and was relieve to see him fine- Soumya must have helped him out. Perhaps, they were lucky that the kayak had turned only near a small island or... she didn't even want to think of other possibilities.

"How did you come?" On not seeing any boat and watching her in a diver's suit; Omkaara just prayed that whatever he was thinking shouldn't be true.

"Well, I can dive professionally you see."

Her non-chalant attitude; playing with fingers and rolling eyes at that question made him angry.

"And you think, you can take us back by diving? Sure you wouldn't have listened to what others were saying, right and made them even more worried?"

"I wanted to make sure that you guys are safe! I WAS WORRIED!"

He knew there was no pretence in her words. She, definitely. WAS worried. It would have been useless to explain her at the moment that her actions would have only made others more worried for an additional person. Perhaps, at that moment, she was only thinking about their safety. Perhaps, they... perhaps, he mattered that much to her. Did he?

Soumya tried avoiding their intense conversation. It was matter of moments when a boat came to search for them and took them to the beach where they were supposed to be. ShivRu hugged Omkaara as they reached. And Anika asked Ishaana if she were okay.

"Thoda zyada adventurous hogya, nahi?"

ShivKata patted their brother on his back. After all the drama; that had happened everyone went to rest. The next sport was going to be even tougher. But somewhat, everyone was more xcited for the evening. The six people were thoroughly enjoying the hobbies time, however, none showed the excitement.

(The airport, Bangkok)

"Helloo! Bangkok"!

He stretched his arms as he reached there moving his head from one end of the shoulder ot another. Perhaps, the Oberois needed some adventure in their trip. And the one that he brought with him would certainly be exciting or so he thought. Little had he known that whatever he was doing, he could because there was someone else who had been allowing him since long. This other guy played alongside.

"The game has to be over now. The villain has to go and hero has to come"

The other guy smirked at the thought. Hero it seems!

So that is that for now!

Chappals/Tomatoes/Criticism/Appreciation welcomed!

Cheers!

Appy

Awesome update...

Adventurous update...was fun to read.

I sometimes can't understand who is speaking, but the chapter was good overall.