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"LOST & FOUND!"- A RUMYA SS

*"Hai dosati hum yo yakeen tha...dosti aur kuch bhi nahi tha...par kaisa yeh dard naya sa...kyon dil lagatha toota toota sa?"

Chapter 1 - "Rudy in Trouble"

"Soumya!" said a familiar voice from behind the dining table. That voice. That voice always made his heckles rise. "What is this loser doing here so early in the morning?" thought Rudra as he looked up from the boiled egg on his plate. His eyes went automatically to the person sitting slightly to his right on the dining table opposite him. His eyes caught Soumya's for a second. He held her gaze, not letting his gaze falter. He kept staring at her, as if to ask her the same question he asked himself. It was Soumya that broke the eye contact and looked away.

Just then Rudra's eyes shifted to the guy standing slightly behind Soumya's chair.

"Riyaan? Tum...yaha...iss waqt?" asked Rudra, his tone cold. The tone of his voice was not lost on Om who was also sitting at the table. His gaze flitted from Rudra to Riyaan to Soumya, as if sensing the tension between the three.

"Ha Rudra...I came to see Soumya!" said Riyaan hesitantly as Soumya got up from her chair and turned to smile tentatively with Riyaan. WHY did she always feel this strange guilt when she was with Riyaan and Rudra was in the same space? (Which seemed to be almost all the time now?) Why did she feel like she was doing something wrong? She needed to get over this S**t fast! This was craziness."Soumya.. tum uski biwi nahi ho! Just get it through your head. Stop feeling all these useless emotions. You are wasting your time and energy.You know you will never be more than a friend to Rudra? You're not his type.Toh tum apani time kyon waste kar rahi ho? You should know better than this. You advise people on these things all the time. Now take your own damn advice!" She reprimanded herself in her mind.

"Yes, he's here to see me! In fact I called him!" said Soumya looking directly at Rudra. Her eyes challenging him.

"But...Soumya..." Riyaan started to say, when Soumya indicated to him with her eyes not to say anything.

"How cosy! A breakfast date ha?" said Rudra his tone sarcastic. "Use ek ring kya pehena liya...toh tum yaha rehene agaye?" he finished with a raise of his brows. "Oh I forgot!" Rudra said before Riyaan or Soumya could say anything. "You couldn't make the ring fit.....toh ring maine pehenaya tha na? Toh uss hisab se...ladaki bhi meri hui na?" Rudra said his eyes meeting and holding Soumay's before moving to Riyaan. The challenge in his gaze not completely hidden.

Riyaan seemed too shocked to respond and Om simply stared at Rudra like he had never seen him before. Soumya was the first to recover. "How DARE he act like she was some "possession?" The feminist in Soumya started to rare her head. All Soumya's experience as Love Angle came to the fore when she had put many chauvinistic guys in their place.

"Oh really? Ladaki? Aur tumhari? Ek RING pehenane se?" asked Soumya holding Rudra's gaze. "Well let me tell you Mr Rudra Singh Oberoi, first, my name is not Ladaki, its Soumya. Soumya Tendulkar, and I don't belong to anyone but myself. Aur muje pane ke liye...sirf ek RING pehenana kafi nahi hai? Samje aap? I am not a possession. So please...yeh MCP vala Macho avatar aap kisi aur ko dikaye. Someone who appreciates it? Shayad hogi koi devi type?" she said with a sarcastic twist to her lips. "Come on Riyaan. Let's go somewhere we can talk!" said Soumya as she gave a final glance at Rudra and led the way past Riyaan as he followed her. His face betraying his confusion at what he had just witnessed.

As Soumya walked away, she could feel a pair of eyes boring into her back. She could almost FEEL Rudra's anger following her as she left the dining room. She knew the "Devi" line was a low blow, but she was feeling so angry with Rudra right now. Where did he get off acting this way? He himself said that their marriage meant nothing. They had agreed that it didn't. So WHY did he act in this cave man way whenever he saw Riyaan with her? He can't be jealous, could he? She asked herself hesitantly. NO, of course not. He was just acting like a typical throwback. He thinks that because of those rituals, she somehow belongs to him in some way. He didn't want the real her. Well, she didn't need that. She didn't want to be someone's possession, but someone's passion! She knew she was not a Size 0, or some girl with a perfect figure. But that didn't mean she didn't deserve the best.

If she was honest, she felt totally lost. She didn't really know how to handle this "new" Rudra. It's like he had a whole new personality she had never seen before. She had seen glimpses of it when he had been angry at her when he found out she was Love Angle. But this was something else altogether. The truth was, despite her bravado, and her experience as a radio counselor nothing had really prepared her to deal with this side of Rudra. He was usually so laid back. But sometimes he turned so possessive and aggressive it scared her. But deep down, she also felt this tiny thrill. But she suppressed it viciously. She was not going fall into that stupid trap a lot of girls fell into. Being possessive of someone was not an indication of finer feelings and she should know better than to think so. She looked up and saw Riyaan looking at her tentatively. She gave him a small reassuring smile. THIS is why she liked Riyaan. He was so uncomplicated. Unlike Rudra, who appeared simple, but was anything but. He had a lot of layers to him. She suspected she had only just skimmed the surface of the deep ocean that was Rudra Singh Oberoi.

"Fhut the Whuk?" said Om's voice from the side of Rudra as they both watched Soumya and Riyaan's retreating backs.

"What?" said Rudra as he looked at Om who was staring at him with his eyes wide.

"I should be asking YOU that? What was that Rudra? Yeh ho kya raha hai?"

"Kuch nahi ho raha hai O!" said Rudra as he broke eye contact with Om and looked way.

"Kuch nahi? Really? Come on Rudra this is ME? What's going on between you and Soumya?"

Rudra swallowed as he looked away and back at Om. "What do you mean by between me and Soumya? What could be happening between us?" said Rudra with a forced laugh, which was not lost on Om. He shook his head at him.

"That is what I am asking you? What is happening? Because clearly something is! Actually, to be honest, since that so called all night costume party you guys went to, things seem different? I don't know what it is, but it's just not the same between you guys?" said Om as he gave Rudra a contemplative look. Then he paused as his eyes widened and he looked at Rudra with an alarmed expression.

"Om my God...Rudra...please tell me you didn't?" said Om as he looked at Rudra with a pained expression.

"Didn't what O? What are you saying?" asked Rudra as he looked at Om in confusion. Then suddenly the realization of what he meant dawned on him.

"WHAT? No WAY O! YEH soch rahe ho aap mere bare main?" asked Rudra.

"I'm sorry Rudy...I had to ask! I mean, it's not like you've never been to one of these all-nighter things before, and I suppose some of them ended with breakfast?" said Om with a raise of his browse. "I just hoped that nothing like that happened with Soumya. I mean.. she's Dadi's friend's grand-daughter and a house guest. It would be so inappropriate. But then...you guys seemed pretty out of it when you came back? I'm assuming there was alcohol at this party?" asked Om.

Rudra shook his head at the irony. "Yeah pretty potent stuff" he said with a twist of his lips.

"So then...what exactly happened, if you guys didn't..." Om trailed off.

"It's even worse than that!" muttered Rudra under his breath.

"Kuch kaha tum ne?"

"Nahi kuch bhi nahi O!"

"So if nothing happened between you guys that night, and nothing's going on, then why did you act like Riyaan was stealing lollies from your candy jar just now? And what the heck was that about YOU putting the ring on Soumya's finger?"

"Aap ko Police main hona chaiye tha O! Your worse than that ACP Randhawa!" said Rudra with a small laugh. Maybe because he was so preoccupied with his own issues, he didn't notice Om visibly pale at the mention of the ACP's name. "Chorona yeh sab!" said Rudra.

"Yeah...right...! Yeh sab choro.." said Om, as he got up from the table. "I have to work on a sculpture anyway. I'll see you later!" said Om as he turned to leave, when he turned back again. "But Rudra...agar tumai kuch baath karna hai...I mean if there IS something. You know you can tell me right? Whatever it is?" asked Om, his tone serious.

Rudra almost felt his resolve crumble at Om's expression. But he quickly controlled himself as he balled his fists. "Yeah...thanks O!" he said with a small smile. Om smiled back at him and left.

Rudra sighed. How long was he going to be able to keep this charade up? This was taking a huge toll on him. Today O had noticed? Tomorrow someone else will. WHY could he not control his emotions around Soumya? Ever since they came back from Pune, he had just not been able to put that chapter out of his mind. Whenever he saw Riyaan with Soumya, he just saw red. He almost forgot himself and all he did was FEEL. This strange strangling emotion in his chest. He felt hot and cold at the same time. He felt like someone punched him in the stomach. He could not STAND that guy being near Soumya, touching her, acting like he had a right to do so. When HE, Rudra had the most rights over her. "There you go again...going all alpha male! Tumai ho kya gaya hai Rudra? What the F**k is the matter with you?" he reprimanded himself.

He recalled how Soumya had reacted to his words about the ring and how she should belong to him. What had she said "I am not a possession?" is THAT what she thought she was to him? A possession? Nothing better than a thing? Is that what she thought of him? WHY did the idea of her thinking so low about him hurt so much? "Muje kya farak padtha hai?" he asked himself. To this date, Rudra Singh Oberoi ko kisi se farak nahi pada! At least not any girl. He only cared about his brothers, a few close friends and family. A GIRL had never managed to hold his attention long enough for him to care. Even Romi had been a challenge. A challenge that had gone horribly wrong. But the truth was if she had shown interest in him at the start, he would have bored of her within weeks. The reason things had gone to this length, was solely due to the fact that she had played hard to get with him. How shallow had he been? No wonder Sumo had such a low opinion of him. There it was again...that pain in his chest. Thinking of her these days always gave him that feeling. Seeing her did. Even hearing her name did.

Every time he told himself they had closed this chapter, it just opened itself up again. Because no matter how he tried he could not let go of this feeling that something momentous had happened that day between him and Soumya. The irony is he was usually so dismissive of marriage? But then why was he not able to dismiss THIS marriage? "Because this is not any marriage, this is your marriage Rudra!" he told himself. There was just something about those rituals, and only people who experienced it, understood its significance. They take on a deeper meaning for you. It was not a joke, and try as he might he was not able to treat it like one.

Sometimes he felt like he would burst with all the emotions he was feeling. All the emotions he was supressing. He reached for his phone almost on reflex. Then he shook his head at the irony. THIS was the moment he needed Love Angle the most. But he could not call her because Love Angle was no longer available to him. To think of it, at this point, HE had the closest relationship to her. He was her husband. Even if in name only. But she felt the furthest she had ever been. Love Angle had been like that unseen friend. Then the real Soumya had come into his life and she had become a real friend. He had always told himself all he felt for Soumya was friendship. He had had a crush on Love Angle. When that had transferred to Soumya he didn't even know? There was a time he had both Soumya and Love Angle in his life. Now it felt like he had neither. He simply felt lost. Everything was changing. Shivaay was getting married. Om was pre-occupied with work and his break up. He had no one to talk to! Not even his brothers this time! For the first time in his life, he felt truly alone. He was in trouble.

"There was only ONE person you could talk to about your problems so openly...and you had to go and MARRY her!"

Hi everyone,

This is my very first topic on this forum and it's a story. For those of you who don't know me, I am Mandy. I write stories on couples that take my interest or fascinate me at some level. It's been around 6 months since I last wrote anything. I have simply not had the time. But I just could not resist writing something on Rudra and Soumya whom I have come to adore. Their individual characters interest me as much as their pairing does.

In my writing, I love to explore the characters and their way of thinking and what makes them tick, as much as I like to write about the couple as a whole. So this piece will be about Rudra and Soumya individually as well as about RUMYA. I hope to conclude this in a few updates. This was the first installment. Will endeavor to update very soon.

Please don't forget to like (if you liked what you read), and comment with your feedback!

Thank you!

Regards

Mandy

"It's even worse than that!" muttered Rudra under his breath."

Originally posted by: sparkle2015

First of all thankyou so much Mandy for writing this story, you've no idea how desperate I was to read stories on Rumya.

And needless to mention what amazing piece of writing this is. "Cozy breakfast date" (I am loving Rudra's sarcasm 😆)

Soumya's POV was something I always wanted to see.

I so want O to notice this change in Rudra's behavior and question him once.

Update next part soon.

Originally posted by: ..Lavi..

What a nice start! Loved it and loved the way you have written it.

Don't forget to PM me :)

Originally posted by: MrDarcyfan

I do remember 'Ro-yaan' thing. God, this guy rules with sarcasm.

The main problem here is Rudra has no one by his side who he can talk to and who can guide him. According to him its only his physical strength that is helping him out, that's why he loose his sanity everytime he spot her with him and he goes all cave man on her. And I understand Soumya feeling that way because whatever he is doing only indicates that he consider her as one of his possession that solely belong to him and him ONLY. She is bound to think that way plus she is well aware of his player ways and she know how shallow his way of thinking is. If you've noticed he developed feelings for her way before this marriage fiasco. He was insecure about her meeting Reyhaan way before anything happened. It just that this whole marriage thing gave a new dimension to their equation. He is in deep deep trouble. I would say he is miserable because he doesn't even know how solid his feelings are and it pains him, ALOT. I won't be surprised if he would go to such extreme majors in order to have Soumya. In his frustration and helplessness he would hurt her either knowingly or unkowingly but he will. And I think Soumya isn't in love with him yet, though she cares deeply for him but she is yet to reach the word LOVE. I want her to be tough nut to crack. I think Rudra will be the stubborn of all, you noticed how he was talking about shaadi to Shivaay like how it changes everything? More than anything I felt that he was reflecting his ideologies. Like Shivaay will not overcome his khoon khaandan obsession anytime soon despite being in love. Rudra will also not overcome his commitment phobia soon. He will want to have her but wouldn't to commit to her at the same time. His realization should be gradual. I want him to think how firmly he used to say he can never fall for a girl who eats paratha.

http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4757212

Here is something I wrote, have a look. Not upto the mark but still. 😆

Edited by sparkle2015 - 8 years ago