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Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai October 16, 2025 EDT
NOODLES VRATH 16.10
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~ CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR ~
The next few days passed by quite uneventfully. Roli made good use of her leave by recuperating in her hostel room whilst Siddhant chose to spend his behind the closed doors of his apartment. He preferred to chill out in the comfort of his television rather than bothering to answer his calls and messages, most of which were from Naina - relentless calls and frantic messages that screamed out her panicky state of mind. She could sense that she was losing him and that drove her up the wall.
Roli however had Jhanvi's company to lighten up. She was shocked to learn that so much had happened while she was away. "I'm never going to leave you like this and go anywhere!" said Jhanvi crossly. "Didn't it cross your mind even once that you should tell me about your illness? Huh?"
"Arre yaar," Roli protested quietly. She was deeply touched at Jhanvi's concern. "Told you. I was perfectly fine for a very long time. Didn't expect it to happen just like that."
"Shut up!" snapped Jhanvi and ranted on. "No excuses! Didn't expect it to happen just like that! How can you be so careless! What if something bad had happened? What if you had fallen where no one was around? What if..."
But Roli interrupted. "Okay-okay! I'm sorry. Won't happen again! Fine? I'll be extra careful from now on."
"You'd better be!" said Jhanvi sternly. "From now on, I'll keep checking with you every now and then. And you'd better answer my calls and messages. Or else I'll..."
Roli interrupted again. "Fine baba fine! I will. Just chill."
"... or else I'll come to your office and drag you out! And I'll be the worst monster you'd have ever seen..." Jhanvi looked like a little kid with her sulky face.
"Fine!" sighed Roli. She was instantly lost. Why was it that the word monster reminded her of Siddhant every time?
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It was just dawn when Siddhant checked into the deserted office the next day. The corridors echoed with his footsteps as he hurried to get to his cabin. Today would be his first day at work after that fateful incident. He had tossed and turned in bed all night whilst working up the courage to move on with life... reminding himself over and over again that it was okay... that even this would pass by. But the very thought of facing all his colleagues and other departmental staff after that embarrassing suspension mail gave him nightmares.
Siddhant bustled out of the elevator and across the lounge. But a sarcastic voice gave him an instant heart attack and made him stop in his tracks. "Wow," It was Harshad. His voice boomed around the empty lounge. "Sooo early? It's just six-thirty in the morning. What's so urgent?"
The first thing that came to Siddhant's mind was to just ignore him and run away. But he composed himself and turned around to face him. "Exactly Harshad," said Siddhant in an equally sarcastic tone. "Sooo early? It's just six-thirty. What's sooo urgent?"
"We-ell," he drawled with his usual nasty smirk. "I had work so... no choice. Had to check in early. What to do! Life!" Harshad let out a dramatic sigh and continued. "But what about you? Why would you walk in so early? And that too... after your suspension? Oh! Let me guess... you probably didn't have the guts to face anyone. Isn't it?"
Siddhant just glared at him. He had nothing to say. And deep down, he knew that Harshad was right. Firstly, the intense anxiety of this day had kept him awake all night. And secondly, he felt it wise to pop in so early so that he could avoid bumping into anyone.
"So you thought that if you came in early, you need not bump into anyone and embarrass yourself," continued Harshad. He felt very ecstatic and pleased with himself at having shut up Siddhant. "But I knew you would come in early. So here I am."
"Wow! Talk about dedication! Keep it up! Will surely count this for your appraisal!" Siddhant sneered at him and gave him a couple of sarcastic pats to the shoulder. "And by the way. If you don't mind, I really need to make a move. So... if there's something desperately important that you need to discuss, then meet me in my cabin." Having said this, Siddhant spun around and bustled away. But...
"Oh, I don't have anything to say," Harshad called after Siddhant as he took a couple of lazy steps forward with his hands jammed into his pockets. "Whatever I have up my sleeve is meant to be shown. Of which, step one is already over."
Step one is already over? That forced Siddhant to pause in his tracks.
"I must be damn lucky to find some way or the other to show you your right place Siddhant," Harshad was standing right in front of him now. Close enough to feel his hot breath beat down on his face. "Or should I say that God is with me rather than with you? Or else... I wouldn't have bumped into the heartache you gave that speaker girl the other day. What was her name? Ermm... Roli!"
Siddhant's wheels were spinning now. Heartache... Roli... bumped into...
"Poor thing," Harshad tsk-tsked with false pity etched across his face. "She was so upset. I mean... anyone would be after dealing with you. But what's interesting was... even after all the shit that you gave her, she wasn't ready to complain against you. Now exactly how sweet is that? But you know how I am. I can't tolerate all this nonsense. And she definitely deserved justice. And I made sure that she got it."
Siddhant's chest was pounding now. Wasn't ready to complain... can't tolerate... deserved justice... she got it...
"I couldn't help my little sister," said Harshad in a low and dangerous growl. "I couldn't save her from your... bullshit. And... I can never forgive myself for that. But at least, I can help the others who are distressed because of you. Right buddy?"
Siddhant was speechless as he stared into Harshad's eyes. They were full of hate and boiling over with the desperate need for revenge. "You have to pay for your sins, Siddhant," said Harshad through clenched teeth. "With your sweat, blood and tears. And by God you will."
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~ CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE ~
Dhruv was in pretty early too. He spat out his morning cuppa with a start and shot up from his chair as Siddhant blasted in through the door. But Siddhant was in no mood to pick on him early in the morning. He didn't even notice him let alone bullying him. There were other pressing matters that he was struggling to deal with rather than pick on his subordinates. Dhruv sighed in relief as Siddhant simply bustled away to his cabin and shut himself up.
Siddhant's confrontation with Harshad had left a burning hole in his brains and an unbearable ache in his heart. It was Harshad who complained to Mukherjee and Waudby. Not Roli... and I... thought it was her... and... shit... I tried to hurt her... dammit... Siddhant felt so ashamed of himself and yet... he wasn't ready to admit it. He buried his face into his hands and allowed himself the pleasure of getting lost in its warmth and comfort.
-Flashback-
The horrifying scene in Waudby's cabin came gliding before his eyes. Surrounded by the imposing figures of Mukherjee and Waudby, he felt incredibly powerless and frightened like a slaughter animal on death row.
"What was that girl's name?" Waudby questioned Mukherjee. "From your department? She had to quit after suffering a mental breakdown?"
"Alya Saxena," replied Mukherjee soberly. Their voices echoed eerily in his head and made him want to sink into his chair and disappear forever.
"Yes," nodded Waudby. "Alya Saxena. The girl who used to be in Roli's place."
-End of flashback-
Alya Saxena... Harshad's sister... I wish I could explain to these people... but how... I promised...
A knock on his door brought him out of the depth of his thoughts. Siddhant pulled himself off his hands, took a deep breath and looked up. It was Cabir. He was holding the door ajar and watching Siddhant with curious concern.
"Hey Cabir, what's up?" Siddhant greeted in a low voice. The tone in which he said that made it clear to Cabir that he was down in the dumps.
Cabir came through in his usual attire - a leather bag hung over one shoulder, rolled up sleeves, a loosely knotted tie and a blazer dangling over one arm. "You alright bro?" he asked quietly.
"Yeah," replied Siddhant. "Why in so early?"
"Little bit of paperwork," said Cabir as he pulled out a chair and plopped onto it. "So I thought that I'd pop in early and get it done before meeting those clowns at the government. You tell me. Everything okay with you? You don't look too good."
"Nah, I'm okay. Just tired." Siddhant leaned back onto the chair and replied in a groggy voice. The fatigue had marked its presence around his eyes.
"Hmm," mumbled Cabir with his head titled to the side. "See look Siddhant. There are a couple of things that I've been wanting to speak to you about." Siddhant's anxiety began to build up as he looked up at Cabir. "Firstly... Whatever happened so far... has happened. Just let it go... I'm talking about Roli... see... she has complained... fine... but just let it go... she's not well. Need to consider that. Moreover, she won't be around for long."
Siddhant looked away. Her very name made him burn all over. After all, he knew the naked truth now. "And secondly," continued Cabir, "I understand that I was a bit harsh with you all these days and... I apologize for the same. No hard feelings bro."
A bit harsh? You've got to be kidding me. But Siddhant just let his tongue play around in his gums before answering. "It's alright."
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Siddhant and Cabir spent some time behind closed doors discussing about work and other casual things until... "Whoa!" exclaimed Cabir as she shot to his feet and hurried to the door. "Didn't notice the time flying by. It's 8 already. I'll talk to you later. Let me get that work done. Need to take it along in a while."
"Alright," replied Siddhant as he watched Cabir walk out, leaving his cabin door open in the process. He could hear Mukti's voice in the department now. Just one more person left to come in.
"Whoa-hoh!" Cabir's excited voice rang in the air as the department's door opened one more time. "And our lovely damsel Ms. Roli Dwivedi is back with a vengeance!"
On hearing Roli's name, Siddhant's heart started to race like a Ferrari. Oh God... she's here... Fortunately or unfortunately for him, Roli's work station was right across his door. Hardly ten feet away. He could see her clearly from head to toe as she sat with her back at the table.
He saw Cabir give her a warm and welcoming hug. "How are you feeling now darling?" he asked in a rich and romantic voice. Roli broke into a huge, amused grin as she replied, "in the pink." It didn't take long for Dhruv and Mukti to flock to her side.
Overwhelmed with anxiety, Siddhant wrung a pen in his sweaty hand as he sheepishly watched on the scene - a jovial Roli surrounded by her warm and caring colleagues, ecstatic at her return. But Siddhant had just one thing on mind. I need to talk to her... But his courage seemed to have gone on a vacation. It was nowhere around... especially now... when he needed it the most... And courage wasn't alone... his ability to think had also boarded the flight along with Mr. Courage. But I MUST talk to her... now...
Siddhant shot up from his chair and stepped out of his cabin. The troubled lines that were etched onto his forehead a while ago were no longer visible. He had managed to mask his anxiety pretty well as he looked his usual confident self. "Oh... you came..." he said in a bored tone as he glanced at Roli. "How are you now?"
Talking to this guy was never a part of her priority list. But at the moment, she had no choice. She was surrounded by her colleagues so she had to reply to his so called "concern"! "Better," she replied passively.
"Good," he answered dryly. "Can you meet me now? My cabin. And get file number 1528 along with you." Saying this, Siddhant hurried back as if he were being chased by invisible spirits.
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~ CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX~
Wonder what he wants to do with the file, thought Roli as she nodded angrily and headed to the filing room. Shove it up his uptight ass? But Dhruv was already at the filing room's entrance with the file she needed. "Dhruv!" she whispered in surprise.
"You don't have to do all this," he whispered back. "All this bending, running, standing on your head and all that, right? You'd better leave it to me. Is that clear?"
"But Dhruv..." she said in a hushed voice. "I'm okay! I really am! If that monster finds out about this, he'll eat you up alive. And I don't want that!"
"Is that clear?" he repeated firmly but quietly. And this time, he had a mischievous grin on his face.
"Fine," she smiled at him and took the file. "Thank you so much. But please... don't do this again. I don't want him to yell at you because of me."
"Let me think about that," he said with a sheepish grin and headed back to his work station.
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Roli presented herself before His Highness Siddhant Bhardwaj in no time. Without a word, she placed the file on his desk.
"Close the door," he said grimly with his eyes glued on some paperwork spread over the table.
Though Roli felt uneasy about this, she followed his instructions quietly.
"Sit down," he said in the same monotonous grim voice.
Done again. No questions asked.
"How are you feeling now?" he asked with his eyes still on the paperwork. There was an air of authority in his voice that pissed her off. She had nearly died that day and there was hardly any concern in the way he questioned her.
"I thought I already told you before," she answered in a polite tone.
Siddhant gulped down the huge globe in his throat as his eyes flickered involuntarily. Her words felt like a tight slap but he was determined not to look weak. "Oh right," he replied as he scratched his temple furiously. "Yes. I forgot about that. So... did your roommate return?"
"Yes..." she replied to the point. Her one liners and single word answers stung him fiercely. It was obvious how much hatred he had managed to stir into her over the days.
"What was her name again?" he asked and tried to sound interested.
"If I remember, I've never discussed anything about her before."
"Umm..." Siddhant was speechless. Slap after slap and he didn't know how to get to the point. "Yeah. Right again."
"So... did you... take your meds?" Siddhant felt very uncomfortable when he said that.
"Yes," she replied bluntly. "Thank you so much." Siddhant swallowed the ball of saliva once again as the sarcasm and hate in her voice stabbed him mercilessly in the chest. He could feel the tears of humiliation stinging in his eyes and threatening to spill over. "You still haven't got to the point," she continued in the most courteous manner possible. "I was wondering... if it's nothing urgent... maybe I could return to my desk."
"Y-yeah," he fumbled with the papers before him as he looked into her eyes with great effort. "Actually... I wanted to... discuss about that day..."
Though she tried to look normal, her features began to harden beyond her control whilst Siddhant's faltered and broke apart. "...about what happened in the stairwell..." he said in a very low and quaky voice.
She could remember nothing of what happened that day. All what she could recollect was being pinned to the wall by the aggressive monster who was before her now. Right now... he looked like a guilty puppy. She so badly wanted to snap at him and storm out of there. But she held her tongue and listened to every word.
"I swear... I never wanted any of it to happen... I just wanted to... scare you... that's it..."
But Roli snapped at him. "I've heard this before. Like a broken record. Do you have anything new to add?"
Siddhant's guilty eyes shot up to meet her wet ones which were struggling to hold back the hurt and angry flood. "Yes... Nothing... nothing happened that day..." his brains were so messed up and out of circuit now that he simply couldn't figure out how to line up his words and present to her. "That's the truth. I wouldn't have hurt you... anyways... but... you just... went into a fit... that's all what happened... nothing like... what you thought it was..."
"And why should I believe you?" she asked hoarsely.
Siddhant opened his mouth to reply but shut up immediately as he realized that he had nothing to say. He screwed his eyes shut and buried them in his hand whilst taking a deep, composing breath. Why should she believe me? I've done nothing for her to trust me.
"I know," his voice came out in a whisper as he struggled to talk. "I know that it's hard for you... to trust me. But... this time... you must... it's the truth. Nothing happened... I don't want you to think like that... You went into a fit... you blacked out... that's the truth... and I took you to the hospital. That's all what happened. Trust me..."
"Fine," she said quietly after managing to compose herself. It was a one-worded unsatisfactory answer for Siddhant. An answer with no closure. An answer that left him hanging mid-air. What did she mean by fine? Does it mean that she accepted his explanation or does it mean that she doesn't give a damn to anything that he had to say?
"... I know that I could've been a better person..." He continued in the same low tone. "But... I know I was like... really bad... and... I'm... I'm sorry..."
Roli couldn't believe what she just heard. Did he just apologize? A true to the bone, genuine apology?!!?
"... For everything..." He added. "I really am..."
It seemed that the uncomfortable silence would consume the room before Roli finally spoke up. "Wow..." she replied quietly with a sarcastic smirk on her face. "Sorry...!!?"
Siddhant was so disturbed. The mounting stress was beyond his capabilities and he was no longer sure whether he could handle her.
"That must have been difficult for you," she spoke again in a low voice, audible enough for him to hear. "But do you think that it will change anything? No, right?" Her lips quivered as her own question reminded her of the loss she had to face because of her absence. Chikoo. It reminded her of the insult that was showered on her family's memory. It reminded her of how alone and broken she felt and how hard she had struggled to pick up her pieces and move on.
The tears that had started to spill over her eyes told Siddhant that it was going to be really tough for him to pacify her. He had no clue what to say. His tongue rolled within his open mouth searching for words to say... that will calm her down. But nothing came. Nothing at all.
Roli's mind was like a raging storm, tearing away at the seams of her tolerance. She wanted to scream at this man before her... for everything... He had made her run around with the least bit of remorse, mocked her, harassed her and even hurt her to a personal level. And now... he thinks... that a simple sorry should do the trick? There was a lot she wanted to dump onto him... But why should she bother? He's nothing to me...
"I got to go," she mumbled as she quickly wiped her face, shot to her feet and made off to the door.
But Siddhant was there before her, holding onto the handle like his life depended on it.
There was an entire essay at the tip of his tongue. Explanations... apologies... but he just couldn't get himself to spit it out.
"Siddhant," she said strongly. "Let me go."
"I'm... I'm sorry..." he repeated. He was so desperate to get her to accept his apology that it looked like he would break down crying. "Please just..."
"Siddhant," she repeated more firmly this time. "Once more. Let me go. Or I'm going to scream."
Absolutely delirious at what could happen if she were to stand by her words, Siddhant finally let go off the handle, and stepped aside. He watched helplessly as she walked out of the door and sunk into her chair.
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