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chapter-33
INN DINON...DIL MERA...
Ishita walked inside her home while Raman in his, separately. He looked at her who didn't bother to turn back at him. He dejectedly sat on a chair in the living room. Ruhi had gone with her Ishima thinking that it is a ritual for her parents to be away from eachother whenever they are here until the rituals are finished.
Mrs Bhalla approached him with a lime juice in her hand which in no time clicked the floor by the harsh thud from his hand. He was furious at everyone. He could do nothing but lash out at his mother.
"Yehi chahte dhe nah ap log? Ab khushiyan manalo..! She left me. Voh ab kabhi vapas nahin ayegi...kabhi bhi nahin"
(You wanted this right? Now celebrate! She won't come back...never)
He walked to his bedroom leaving behind an astonished family. They were unable to understand the situation. They looked on like fools not being able grasp the problem occured between them. Mrs Bhalla felt guilty and sad for her wish of them separating come true.
IYER'S
Ishita sat playing with Ruhi in the living room. She didn't say a word to anyone. Mihika tried to get a chance to talk to her. Amma and appa looked on confused. When Amma broke the ice with her concerned queries, Ishita fired at her. Appa was the one who could at least understand that she needed to be alone. So he took amma with him on the pretext of walking, though untimely.
"Tune bola dha nah kuch saaman lena hai...toh chal hum saath mein jaate hai..."
(You told me that you want to buy something... Then come let's get it together)
That was when Subbu came in. His bad tongue inquired different possibilities of her to come home. Mihika took Ruhi with her to give Ishita the much needed privacy to answer Subbu.
"Tum kaun ho mujhse yeh sab poochne vala. Haan...main apne pati ke saath jhagada karke aya hun. Tujhe isme kya lena dena? Mere pati mujhe khud aake manakar le jayenge. Tujhe kuch problem hai toh chale jaao yahan se" She screamed at him.
(Who're you to ask. I can after fighting with my husband. What you got to do with it? My husband will take me himself. If you've any problem just get lost)
Subbu agrily replied, "Abhi bhi uske saath rehne ka irada hai tujhe...? Tum nahin jaanthi voh kitna jhoota admi hai. Vo Ruhi ka..."
(You still want to be with him? You don't know how much a liver is he. He Ruhi...)
She cut him short, "Mujhe sab kuch pata hai...tumhara explanation ki koyi zaroorat nahin. Jhoota hai ya sahi...voh...mujhse...sach mein pyar...pyar karte hai..."
(I know everything. I don't need your explanations. Liver or not...he loves...loves me...)
Subbu mocked at her boorishly, "Haan...kaisa pyar hai...! Pooja karna chahiye usko tumhe shaadi karne keliye. Use sirf aur sirf tumhari ***** chahiye. Varna tum jaisi bhaanj se voh kyun shadi karun jab voh Ruhi ka real father nahin hai !"
(Yes...what a love...! You'd worship him. He only want your *****. Else why would he married a barren like you when he is not the real father of Ruhi!)
"Chup kar besharam..."(Shut up you shameless) Ishita and Subbu turned to an infuriated amma. Subbu couldn't collect some words to face the situation. Amma's hands sharply slapped him along with the bag in which she bought coconuts.
"Meri beti se badtameezi kar rahe ho saala...! Annana nenach than naan ellam pannitten...anal ipo puriyith...annai en mela kopappedathu. Ennna ne rumba kettavan...veliya po...ini mel en moonjiyile muzhikkathe...chee...veliya poda naaye..."
(You're misbehaving with my daughter! I did everything for my brother. But now I know he won be angry with me. Because you're so bad. Get lost. Don't show your face ever again. Cher...get lost you dog)
Staring at Ishita mumbling a "Unnai vidamaatten" (Won't leave you) he walked away. Amma came to an all shattered Ishita saying sorry for her deeds. She didn't say a word but looked on blankly.
"Naan maappilaikitta pesuren..." She said wiping her tears.
(I'll talk to son-in-law)
"En purushana pathi yaravath ethavath ketta varthai pesittenna enak kopam varathan seyyum. Anal athukkaka naan sonnathellam nejam kedayath. Enakavara pakkavum vendam...naan avarkuda pokavum maatten..." Ishita declared angrily and walked inside her bedroom.
(I'll obviously get angry if someone badmouths on my husband. But that don't mean that I was telling truth. I don't want to see him...and I won't go to him)
ISHITA'S BEDROOM
"Ruhi beta...jaao jake dekho ki papa khana khaya ki nahin..." (Ruhi...she whether papa are or not)
Ishita chided the little girl.
She laid in the bed tired while Mihika caressed her head.
"Apne jiju se bola? Ap khud bolna chahte dhe nah?" She asked softly.
(Did you tell Jiju? You yourself wanted to tell him right?)
"Koyi kisise kuch nahin bolenge. Agar yeh nahin hota toh toh kaise rehta vaise rehne do unhe." She said angrily without opening her eyes.
(No one will say anything. He will like the way he would have if it doesn't happened)
"Uska hakh banta hai akka. Baby unka bhi toh hai..." She said fearing her akka's anger.
(He has the rights. It's his baby also)
"Chup karo Miku...Maine bolana...kisiko nahin batana. Yeh hai meri decision. Tujhe meri kasam." Ishita said furiously.
(Shut up Miku. I told you..don't tell anyone. It's my decision. Swear on me)
"Akka voh...Tikhe...main...kisi ko nahin bataungi..." Mihika said defeatedly.
(That... I...won't tell anyone)
Two weeks had passed. Raman couldn't even get a glance of Ishita. She didn't let him see her at all. He was feeling suffocation, anger, sadness and longing...! It is the limit. He drove to her clinic determined to meet her. It was going overboard. He needed to cry in her arms for his misdeeds. Do anything but just make her stay with him.
BATRA CLINIC
Raman asked the receptionist for an appointment with Dr Ishita Bhalla earning a round of teasing. The receptionist politely asked him to meet her because she is free. Moreover the girl proposed to call her so that he can be in privacy. He rejected it saying it is not personal but he has really a bad tooth ache. After a five minute engagement he got to go meet her.
He knocked the door and entered her consulting room after getting her permission. She was immersed in looking at her mobile. Not to mention whose photo it is. She got stunned to see him there in real. She couldn't build up for a sudden confrontation. Though she tried to be professional with him. But he looked on blankly or angrily like he looked during their first encounter in the clinic.
"Kya...kya problem hai apka?" (What...what is your problem?) She asked darting her eyes not being able to stand his gaze.
"I want you back"
"Bakwas!"
(Nonsense)
"I want you back"
"I'm busy Raman"
"I want you back"
"Mujhe apse baat nahin karni"
(I don't want to talk to you)
"I want you back"
"Ap bas...jaayiye yahan se..."
(You just leave)
"I want you back"
"I don't want to come with you"
"But I want you back in to my life"
"You can't force me Raman"
"I never did force you."
"Toh ab bhi mat karo"
(Then don't do now also)
"Mujhse nahin hoga Ishita...! Mujhse aur nahin ho sakta. I got only pain and suffocation all through my life until you came. Tumhare saath fight karna...mujhe sukoon dete dhe. Tumhari presence mujhe refresh karte dhe. I never wanted to marry...becaue of you and I wished to marry...because of you. I thought I may not get you if...if I disclose about Ruhi. Bahut darr dha mujhe!" He spilled broken words whimpering all the while.
(I can't Ishita...I can't do it anymore. I used to relax fighting with you. Your presence made me refreshed___I was so scared)
"Raman..."
He cutted her short, "Tum yeh soch rehi hongi ki mujhe sirf tumhari body chahiye...but no...it was never physical. Mujhe bas...teri saath chahiye...I can't even breath in peace when you're not around."
(You'll be thinking that I want only your body. I just want our togetherness)
"Voh..."
(That)
"You know what...Tum hi ho mera pehala pyar. Isiliye main tujhe lekar toda zyada hi possessive hun aur...Subbu se jalta hun because the place you haves in my life is not the same for me in yours. Tumhara pehala pyar Subbu dhe...yeh sab mera insecurities...jealousy tujhe pata hai...and I'm telling you the reason behind it...Mujhse aur chupa nahin sakta Ishita...And...I...I always loved you...always...and will love you till I'm alive...I just...just want you back. Please come back."
(You're my first love. That's why I'm so possessive about you.I get jealous of Subbu because ____Subbu was your first love. It's all my insecurities. I can't hide it anymore)
He walked out without hearing her out. She couldn't believe that all her anger vanished seeing his face. Where in the world she thought that she will manage to ignore his face. How could she interpret his love as lust? She felt disgusted at herself. She wanted to call him back. Apologise. But no. She should do it in privacy. She should give him amble space to express himself...to love her.
NIGHT AT IYER'S
Ishita took Ruhi aside and asked if her papa had drunk the milk.For which Ruhi replied lazily that her papa is a bit tensed so he skips the milk. Ishita felt more guilty. She made her sat on her lap. Ruhi cuddled closer saying, "Oh Ishima...ap aur zyada softy-softy hogaya."
(Ishima...you became more softy-softy)
Ishita giggled while placing Ruhi's hand on her tummi. Ruhi furrowed her eyebrows for a moment and looked at her Ishima with her saucer-like eyes. Grasping the meaning of her gesture Ruhi caressed Ishita's tummy and whispered to her focusing on her now favourite spot.
"Baby chottusa hai...? Voh boy hai yah girl...? Is my chottu breathing? Apka tummy chottu kyun hai...? Baby kaise rahega andar...? Bahar nikalo nah Ishima... Voh kab ayega...? Aur yeh chup-chupkar apke tummy mein kaise ghus gaya?"
(Baby is tiny? Is it a boy or a girl? Why is your tummy so small? Why will baby be inside? Let him get out Ishima...wjlhen will he come out? When did hesneak into your tummy?)
Ishita just hugged her tight hearing her nonstop questions. She asked Ruhi to give surprise to papa by this special news. She very well knew that Raman will come to meet her after hearing it no matter what.
RAMAN'S ROOM
"Uffo papa...ap abi bhi kam kar rahe ho!"
(You're working till now?)
Ruhi smacked her head seeing him working in a half lying position on the bed. He kept his lap top aside and asked her to come to him. Ruhi is the mediator between him and Ishita for the past two weeks. It is only today that she picked up his call and spared a minute to talk to him. He felt that something is melting her. But he didn't know that she had melted completely for him.
When he was contemplating everything Ruhi began to drew patterns on his stomach. He giggled feeling ticklish asking het to stop it.
"Hhhaha papa...voh babies mamas ke tummy mein kyu hote ho...? Papas ke tummy mein kyun nahin?"
(Why babies are in mama's tummy ? Why not in papa's tummy?)
Raman laughed at her but still thinking how to escape her.
"Voh...mamas...mama's tummy is so soft...isiliye babies ko acha lagta hai..."
(So babies feel good)
He heaved a sigh for his intellectual reply.
"Toh kya Ishima ki tummy bhi soft hai?" Ruhi asked innocently making him crinkle his eyebrows.
(Is Ishima's tummy also soft?)
Keeping aside his questions he replied naughtily, "Itni moti jo ho teri Ishima...toh...tummy bhi bahut soft hai."
(You're Ishima is moti. So her tummy is soft)
"Toh chottu baby ko Ishima ki tummy acha lagega na?" (So baby will like there?) She asked as if thinking a way to give a temporary accomodation for the tiny baby somewhere if her papa says no.
Raman was flaberghasted. He couldn't utter a word. Ruhi poked a finger at his nose making him break the trance. He asked her to repeat the same. She cleared again. He was on cloud nine. He couldn't believe that it happened. It really did.
"Voh...jab baby aajayenge...tab hum...poochenge...OK."
(That...we'll ask the baby when it comes out)
Saying that he made her lay in the bed and tried to rush out to see Ishita. But Ruhi became the devil this time. She called him back to tug her to sleep. He couldn't deny her demands. All he could think was meeting her. His face became cold and pale like a vampire in ecstacy. His entire being was shivering in anticipation of meeting her.
Ishita on the other side was all set to meet her husband after two entire weeks. She wore a red silky sleeveless night-gown of his choice with a net floral overcoat. Much to her dismay, he didn't turned up. She had waited until she felt so tired and sleepy. When she laid down to sleep, Raman was singing lullabies, but for Ruhi.
LATE NIGHT
Raman sneaked out of the room after texting Mihika to open the door. Mihika the pet of her jiju, did it carefully. Raman walked in to Ishita's room without making any noise. He wanted to scream out...jump...fly and what not. But now, he could only look at her silently.
She could feel his presence. She opened her eyes; her back facing him. She saw his shadow in the dim moonlight. He looked on silently at her and closed the door to go. She was astonished is an understatement. She couldn't believe that he did close the door and left her alone. She thought he will come and sleep snuggling closer to her, like always!
She rushed out of the room and pulled him by his back collar. He stood a little away from her signing what is the matter. She couldn't grasp the meaning of his behaviour.
"Ap...ko kuch kehana hai kya?"She asked fidgetting with the knot of her overcoat.
(You want to tell something?)
"Nahin...main bas...voh...Ruhi...usne uski story book bhool gayi yahan..voh...lene keliye aye dhe toh...tum so rahi dhi...maine socha kal lelun...huh...vohi..." He completed stammering.
(No..I just...that...Ruhi...she forgot her story book here...so...came to take...you're asleep...I thought of taking it tomorrow... Yes..that's it)
"Main deti hun...ayiye"
She asked him to follow her.
(I'll give you...come)
He didn't thought that she will believe him like a fool. There is more in it.The way she dressed up, the way she fidgetted, it all has only one meaning. That she is back. She is back in to his life.
Something stopped him. Her words. The words which shattered him into pieces. She rudely commanded him not to touch her. That really wounded the ego of a husband in him. He felt ashamed of himself. He felt he is still some stranger who can never have her completely. He felt she is not his at all...!
TO BE CONTINUED...
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