Breath of Fresh Air
Chapter 1
Dr. Ishita Iyer has finally moved on in her life. Her life
finally seems to be on track, she had everything, a wonderful job, a loving family
and most importantly her most prized possession Ruhi'.
This particular morning,
however, things didn't seem to move her way. She woke up late in the morning
only to realise that Ruhi was nowhere on the bed "ayyoo murgan!!" she pouted "yeh
Ruhi kaha chali gayi." She rushed to the bathroom, put some paste on her brush
and with the brush in her mouth she rushed out shouting "Ruhi...Ruhi, amma aapne
Ruhi ko dekha?"
"eeshu, uth gayi beta, chalo nashta kar lo"
"no amma, time nehi hai, Ruhi needs to get ready for school, where is she?"
"arre Ruhi toh ghar chali gayi, she was really excited"
"theek hai amma mai aapse shaam ko milti hu"
Saying so she picked her dress for the day and rushed to the adjacent flat, the
Bhalla house.
Santoshi Bhalla
was a busy woman today, her kitchen was full of aroma of various dishes that
she had prepared and the unfinished dishes that she was preparing. Infact
everyone in the Bhalla house seemed busy today.
"Ruhi, Ruhi, Auntyji Ruhi kahape hai?"
"Arre brush toh pura krke aati, woh toh
subhe paanch baje aa gayi, ja dekh le apne papa ke room mein hai." Ishita rushed
to the washroom first, finished her brushing business and then went to Ruhi's
father's room, the only room in the house that she was yet to see.
She opened the door and peeked in only to be surprised, the room looked nothing like that of a grown up man, it was filled with balloons of every colour, glittery decorations done all over the room, it looked lyk a birthday hall for a five year old. She went in to find Ruhi sitting in the middle of the bed writing something on a hardboard.
"Ruhi beta, kya kar rahi ho aap? School nehi jana kya" she kissed
Ruhi good morning
"nehi Ishu aunty, uffo aapko toh kuch yaad hi nehi rehta" Ruhi said hitting her
head with her palm "aaj toh papa aa rahe hai na, decoration kaisi lagi? aur yeh
dekhiye maine welcome home papa likha hai"
Ishita had indeed forgotten that, "ayyo murgan, Ruhi mai toh sachme bhul gayi, its
really pretty baccha, your papa will love it, but ishu aunty ko toh clinic jana
hai na mai toh late ho jaungi, main tumhare bathroom se naha ke aati hu theek
hai."
"arre aap toh late ho rahi ho na, toh aap yahi papa ke bathroom
mei naha lo"
Ishita was running out of time and without a second thought she rushed to the
bathroom ruhi showed. She hurriedly discarded her night dress and inner-wears on
the hanger there and made a mental note to take them home so she could wash
them in the evening. She then rushed to have her shower. Ruhi knocked on the
bathroom door "ishu aunty jaldi karo, dadi bula rahi hai aapko naaste ke liye" "
aa rahi hu baba" She hurriedly finished
her shower, wore her usual cotton salwar suit and rushed out of the bathroom. Her
secrets left behind forgotten.
"Ruhi beta time pe khana kha
lena, papa ke aane ke excitement mein bhool mat jana" Ishita said as she bid
Ruhi goodbye. "Ishita beta jaldi aa jana aaj, Raman aata hi hoga, usse milwana
hai tujhe" toshi said.
"ji auntiji koshish karungi" and saying so she rushed down the stairs to go to
the society parking.
The society parking was as usual full of cars and bikes and Ishita always had a hard time squeezing the way for her little Nano among those cars. She was fully concentrated on the mammoth task when BOOM!!!' she felt a harsh jerk on her car and her head landed on the steering wheel. "ayyoo mugan, yeh kya ho gaya" she was brushing her forehead with her fingers and trying to find out the reason for the mishap when a loud knock on her side of the window brought her out of the shock.
She opened the
car on her side and walked out still rubbing her sour forehead "PAGAL AURAT
dikhta nehi hai kya? Arre gadi chalini nehi aati toh chalati kyu ho?" Ishita
looked up to find a really handsome, scratch that, a really angry man standing
with his hands on either side of his hips, spitting fire, ready to kill her any
moment now. He was saying something pointing towards another car which seemed
to be tainted a bit in the front, she turned towards her car and it too had
some scratches on it, nothing that cannot be repaired. "oh! Hello!! Earth calling
to you princess, agar tumhare chote se dimag ne situation ko grasp kar liya ho
toh tum mujhe bata sakti ho ki tumne yeh kyu kiya?"
"dekhiye maine yeh jaan bujhke nehi kiya hai, and aapne aise kaise gadi ko
ander kar diya jab yaha koi space khali hi nehi hai, jo bhi hai gadi toh meri
bhi kharab hui hai but..."
"oh hello, tum apni iss khatara si nano ko mere gadi ke saath compare mat karo,
aur yeh kya colour hai, orange, itna ghatiya colour toh koi tum jaisa pagal hi
khareed sakta hai"
Ishita's patience was literally tested here, she angrily marched towards the
man and poked her index finger on his chest and said "bas boht bol liya aapne,
samjhe aap, mai dhang se baat kar rahi hu iska matlab yeh nehi hai ki aap kuch bhi
bole mere chunni lal ke bare mein..." "tum..." "chup ho jayiye meri baat khatm
nehi huyi hai ab tak. Aap samajhte kya hai apne aap ko ameer zadey hai toh kuch
bhi bolenge, kuch bhi karenge, mai aapko bata du mere appa iss society ke
president hai aapko yu nikal denge yaha se, ek toh mai late ho rahi hu aur upar
se aap..." she felt a tug forward, the man had pulled her harshly by her
finger and was now backing her against her car "how dare you"
"dare toh maine aab tak ki hi nehi hai, complain karogi apne appa se hai,
kaunse class mein padhti ho? Nursery?"
"dekhiye dur rahiye mujhse, mai chillaungi" she said, a bit intimidated now
his head fell backward and he laughed with pure mirth "oh toh tumhe lagta hai
ki mai tumhare saath ahem ahem, meri choice na itni buri nehi hai, shakl dekhi
hai apni? Moti kahiki"
"aapne mujhe moti kaha how dare you, aur aap kya hai, apne aap ko John Abraham
samajh rahe hai aap? Aap jaise insaan ke toh muh bhi na lagu mai, aur... "
No this was not happening, she thought, murgan please tell
me this is not happening, she was being kissed, her first kiss, that too with
this shouting the heads off ravan', she tried to push him off with all her
might but the man held her strong, his lips pushing harshly into hers, he was
not trying to enter her mouth, after a few seconds when she was getting used to
it he let her go abruptly looked at her with a smirk "lag gayi na muh mere" he
winked at her walking away he said "apne bhagwan se dua maangna ki phir kabhi
mulaqaat na ho, mere gadi ka hisab chukkana parega tumhe."
All Ishita could do
was to look on, she would indeed pray to murgan, she hoped to meet this man
again and to teach him a lesson, how dare he kiss Ishita Iyer. He will have to
pay back.
Raman Kumar Bhalla had never done something like this in the 34 years of his life. He shocked himself more than he shocked the girl in the parking. Yes he did have his set of affairs after Shagun, but never had he touched a girl without her consent, but this girl did something that no one else ever dared to do, she mocked The Raman Kumar Bhalla'. He was really angry when her car crashed into his and he was ready to kill whoever was inside the car. And then she descended out of her car like a breath of fresh air looking ravishing, long wet dripping hair, large doe shaped eye and those pouted lips. His body reacted in its own way and that brought him out of his dreamland, and his anger increased ten-fold because he didn't like to be out of control. The events that followed was his attempt to take things under his control, calling her moti was also a trick that his mind played to stop his body. He kissed her, he shouldn't have done that but then he couldn't take his eyes off her lips when she was cutely complaining. The poor thing was literally behaving like a scared kitten, and Raman liked the feeling of being the lion that scared her away. He made a face and said "'appa ko complain kar dungi' pagal aurat" and smiled. If he ever met her again he would apologise he thought, and with that he rang the bell to his house. Time to meet the family.
INDEX
Chapter 1 : above
Chapter 2 : page 5 Direct Link
Chapter 3 : page 8 Direct Link
Chapter 4 : page 11 Direct Link
Chapter 5 : page14Direct LinkChapter 6 : page 18Direct Link
Chapter 7 : page 22 Direct Link
Chapter 8 : page 26 Direct Link
Chapter 9 : Page 31 Direct Link
Chapter 10 : page 33 Direct Link
Chapter 11 : Page 38 Direct Link
Chapter 12 : page 43 Direct Link
Chapter 13 : Page 51 https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/117179896
Chapter 14 : page 58 https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/117403394
Chapter 15: page 66 https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/117968173
Chapter 16 : page 72 https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/118591818
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Other works:
Teri Deewani
Ajab Leher Hai Meri Padosi
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