Part 12
The next day RK was ready to go back to his prison. His new job. He sat on his bike and as he was about to ride off, when he saw Madhu coming. He smirked seeing her. Madhu saw him looking at her, she thought maybe he was waiting for her, afterall they have to go to the same place now. And it had almost become a routine for both of them to go on the bike together.
"Want a ride?" RK said as she came close.
Madhu smiled widely and nodded her head.
"But my bike has refused on giving lifts to traitors anymore.. So sorry.." RK said sarcastically and rode off
Madhu stomped her foot frustrated. Will he leave any damned excuse to taunt her and belittle her.?
She angrily stomped her feet towards her car as she sat in and drove off. After around 15 minutes she saw RK leisuring away on his bike as he rode. He didn't seem in too much of a hurry or interest to reach the agency in time. Both of them stopped on a red light and Madhu's car was just beside RK's bike. Just then Madhu got an idea. She stopped her engine and then rotated her key again though half way she pulled it back acting as if the car wasnt starting. She did it again.. and then again. RK looked at her curiously though didnt show it.
"Oh no.. this bloody thing broke again!" She muttered as she beat her hand on the steering.
RK turned to look at her and saw her all frustrated at her car. "You anyway cant leave it in the middle of the road so stop trying to act.." he said to her naughtily.
Madhu looked at him and couldn't stop that naughty glint in her eyes and then burst out laughing spoiling her own act. RK couldn't help but smile seeing her laugh so heartily. For a moment he felt his it was his Madhu there.. The one whom he loved. But then his gaze fell on her uniform and he remembered who she actually was. He turned his face ahead closing his eyes in pain. The light turned green and he just rode off.
At the agency, Madhu was going through her papers when she noticed RK missing from his chair. She wondered where he could be. She was herself in another seniors cabin as she was discussing on some papers and now when she came back, RK was missing. She didn't know why she felt this need to know where he is. She felt a strange restlessness. She walked out of her cabin and searched for him as entered the hall with the boxed desks. She saw Sikky talking to some girl busy in his work and walked to him as she knew he was in RK's unit now.
"Agent Sikander" she called as she stood infront of them while still maintaining her strict demeanour.
"Good morning Mam." He replied.
"Morning.. do you know where Rishabh is?" She asked trying to sound as formal as possible.
"Rishabh?" He asked back confused.
Wow, was that being formal? She mentally smacked herself for that. "Sorry.. Agent RK.." she said covering up.
"Ohh.. RK.. I really forgot his name.." Sikky smiled nervously as he scratched the side of his brow.
"Amm yes.. so where is he?" She asked again.
"He had to undergo those tests and all that.. I had escorted him to the lab an hour back.. everything was just ready.. I tell you the scientists were just too delighted to be able to see him and study him.." Sikky started filling her in with the details happily.
"Ohh.." she just could say that and her heart started beating fast thinking of what all must going on with him right now.
She excused herself and headed to the lab as fast as her steps could take her. She opened the door and slipped in silently. A doctor noticed her entering, "I fear but i think you cant be here" he said regretting.
"But doctor.." she tried to explsin.
"Let her in Doc.. She is with me.." The general said from behind the doctor.
He nodded and Madhu entered in giving a thank you look to the general.
She walked inside another room which had a thick glass wall and on the other side was RK lying down in his shorts. He had a numerous wires connected to him which in turn were connected to other machines.
He saw her standing on the other side and even he didnt know why he felt a strange sense of relief amidst the anxiety which he didnt show to anyone. Just then a doctor neared him with a thick needle in his hand and started injecting it in his hip bone. It was a bone marrow needle, thick enough to be visible even from the distance Madhu was standing. The man started drilling the needle right in his bone. RK didn't feel much pain but he saw Madhu grimace as if it was her who was being pierced. He just stared at her as she had her eyes fixed on the needle and grimaced with each rotation that the doctor made.
He kept staring at her. Even he didnt know what was going on in his mind. He was amused seeing her wince, he also felt a rage because even when she felt his pain, it was because of her he was here, then another part of him was as if drawing solace from her, feeling as if his hurt was somewhat shared by another person too. He was too lost in her expressive face.
RK came out of that room and was given a break for sometime to rest. He went to the other compartment and sat on the sofa as he drank some juice.
"Are you okay?" He heard a worried Madhu's voice. He looked up and found her looking at him with a concerned look.
As much as he wanted to respond to her rudely, he couldn't. So he averted his gaze and nodded his head in a positive.
She sat down nervously beside him though at a good distance. "I am sorry.." she said looking at her feet.
RK looked at her and saw her guilt filled face, if she hadnt been in this office, he could swear that she would have cried.
"You shouldn't loose you calm in any situation.. If your mind would stay cool only then you will be able to use it.." he said taking a sip looking away as he remembered Sikky tell him these very words that Madhu used to say to her subordinates.
Madhu looked up at him shocked. But seeing him smiling away naughtily looking the other way, she understood that he said it on purpose. She broke into a slight laugh.
"Besides, isn't this what you wanted?" RK said getting serious. "Then why are you upset now?"
Madhu looked at him as her smile dropped again. "Rish.."she tried to say something..
"In the morning at the signal.." RK interrupted her midway. "You pretended your car broke down.." he said.
Madhu looked at him confused as to why he has to mention that and what's the use.
"Just like you pretended that day when I gave you lift on my bike.. Right?" RK asked looking at her as hurt descended his eyes. Madhu looked at him stunned as if she was slapped.
"Tell Madhu? You did pretend this same way right? This same acting?" He asked getting a little restless.
Madhu looked down as she started to find words, her jaw moving incoherently trying to find words to defend herself.
RK laughed slightly seeing her. "You must be laughing at the fool you used to make out of me.." he rested his back on the sofa.. "that coffee-maker.. That spoilt food.. You crying for silly things and then laughing like a bird the very next second.. everything.. everything was just fake.. Just an act to fool me.. and you must be laughing your ass off at how stupid I was.." he smiled sarcastically as he looked at the roof.
"Rishabh.. please.."
"Speak only of you can say that you didnt pretend any of it.. Speak only if all that happened was not done on purpose.. if your car really broke down that day, if your box was really kept up there by mistake.. if that spoilt dish was not spoilt on purpose.. " he said with anger and hurt echoing through his voice.
Madhu stared down as a tear fell down her eye. "The dish.." she just could speak that much in a shaken voice.
RK looked at her and then closed his eyes in pain. He took in a deep breath. He could inderstand that she meant that only the spoilt dish was what she didn't pretend. Just then a worker came in to call RK back to the lab. RK nodded his head and walked out while Madhu sat there like a statue staring at the floor. She had never thought ever that her duty would effect her personal life so badly some day. According to her, she was just doing her work in the start but even she didn't realize when those acts started dissolving into her real self. Granted she did some things on purpose but still it wasnt some non-existent character there. It was herself. Everywhere with RK. it was her.
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