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TWINJ OS: YEH PAGALPAN
It was a Monday which meant that the office would be in a state of disarray after the weekend, which meant Kunj would likely have a headache by the end of the day. To think that the people working in this office where actual college graduates is a shame. They are the most inept marketers he had ever had the displeasure of knowing.
Kunj was sitting in his cabin and had his desk cluttered with 14 files that needed urgent attending to. How come these files haven't been cleared yet' he wondered. These files were two days overdue. Speaking of Overdue, he wondered why the Siyapa Queen herself hasn't called him yet. Usually this would be the time where she would call his office and annoy him. Well it was a busy day so Kunj didn't pay much attention to it and carried on with the pending files.
Soon lunch time rolled in and he was relieved for the break. He made his way to the pantry to heat up his packed lunch all the while checking his cell to see if Twinkle had actually called him up or not. The phone screen did not show any missed call. Hey', he thought to himself, that's one less thing to worry about' and yet he found himself worrying despite everything. He shook his head in disdain, forcing his mind to rid itself of any thoughts that had anything to do with the Siyapa Queen. He tried to enjoy his lunch instead. Ma ke haatho ke Parathe ki baat hi kuch aur hai! Aloo ka paratha and Saag, life ban gayi.
Kunj was finishing the second to last file of the day and office hours were almost coming to an end, when he received the much expected call from Twinkle. He smiled and swiped the green answer button. But before he could utter a Hello', she spoke.
"Kunj," The way she dragged the syllables of his name and the tone of her voice were enough to let him know that that Siyapa Queen had found herself a new Siyapa.
"Ab kya kaand kiya tu ne?"
She hesitated for a moment to long and just that thought had his heart racing in apprehension. Surely she has landed herself in some trouble or another.
"Tum busy ho kya?" She replies finally, a nervous hint in her voice.
"Twinkle, KYA HUA?" Time to cut to the chase. This feels like big had happened.
"Kunj. Dekho gussa mat hona, par kya tum Hospital aa sakte ho?"
That sentence alone was enough to turn the warm blood in his veins into ice. Nothing good ever happens in a hospital. "Twinkle?! Twinkle kya hua? Tu theek toh hai na?"
"Haan main theek-ish hoon. Tum bas yaha jaldi se aa jao."
"Main aa raha hoon. Twinkle tu ghabra mat me abhi aa raha hoon. Kaunse hospital?" He rushes the words as he locks up all the important files in a locker. Packs up his briefcase, snatches his keys off the table and is out the office door, quicker than one can say Hospital'.
He has to reach City Hospital' which was at the opposite end part of town. It could take him 45 minutes to reach Twinkle if he dodged the traffic. But traffic is inevitable and Kunj found himself in the parking lot of the hospital, nearly an hour after he hung up the phone with Twinkle. He parks the car haphazardly and runs to the reception desk, clumsily slipping once or twice along the way. Once there he frantically asks the room for Twinkle Sarna.
Twinkle according to the nurse was being treated in room 206 apart from that she didn't disclosure any other information. Room 206 was fortunately quite close to the reception desk and he didn't have that much of a problem searching for it.
His heart is pumping with fear. What had happened to Twinkle? Why was she in the hospital? Will she be okay? His hands, he noticed were quivering with anxiety as he placed them on the handle of her door. He took one final deep breath to mentally prepare himself before opening the door.
Frankly, Kunj expected to see some blood, some gore, maybe Twinkle unconscious and being fed oxygen from a tank. What he saw in front of him was the last thing he expected. And he couldn't Thank God enough for it. He releases a breath he didn't he had been holding and a sigh of relieve runs through his whole body.
The room could have been a scene pulled straight of a comical movie.
The Doctor stood in a corner, clutching his head in pain and the nurse was assisting him. Twinkle, who nearly gave him a heart attack, was sitting on the bed with a bandage around her forearm and a suspicious expression. She had an injection in her other arm, skilling wielded as a knife.
"Twinkle?" The bandage worried him more than it should have. What has happened to him, why is he suddenly so concerned for Twinkle. He doesn't even like her. Then what is happening to him. He felt as if his heart was going to explode when she called him and asked him to come to the hospital. Shit! He thinks he is starting to fall for the Siyapa Queen.
"Kunj! Tum aa gaye!" She exclaimed, surprised for a second.
"Mr. Sarna, acha hua ke aap aa gaye. Apki Patni ne toh humare naak mein dum kar rakha hai" the doctor gave out a heavy sigh and let his shoulders relax. "Mujh par bandage ka dabba bhi phekne lagi. Aisa koi karta hai kya, ek doctor ke saat wo bhi." The old doctor looked like he had been the victim of some Twinkle rage. But he really wasn't paying any attention to that. Instead he was more concerned as to why Twinkle was in the hospital and why her arm was bandaged up.
"Twinkle, tum thek toh ho na? Kya hua, yeh sab, kya hai? Aur yeh bandage kyu? He says as he rushes towards where she is. Upon reaching closer, he notices that she wasn't bowing her head in pain but in clear embarrassment and guilt. She looked like a kid who got caught stealing the last cookie.
"Hehe, who kya hai na, Kunj, main market jaa rahi thi, mujhe kuch samaan khareed na tha na. Toh main ne soocha short cut wale raste se chalo. Tab main ne ek kutte ko ek chote bache ke peeche bhaag te hua dekha. Woh kutta bache ko kaat ne hi wala tha aur main aisa hone nahi de sakti thi, toh main kutte aur bache ke beech aa gayi...aur kutte ne mujhe kaat liya." She says quickly and hold up her arm to proof it.
"Twinkle-"
"Please gussa mat ho. Please."
"Twinkle, yaar" he grabs her shoulder and shakes her lightly. He knows, she asked him not to be mad, but he thinks this act of hers warrants some anger. "Tu bhi na. Aisa koi karta hai kya? Bache ko bacha ne ke liye khud kutte se apna haat katwa liya. Kutta pagal hota toh?"
She winces as he finishes off his sentences and his addled mind cannot figure out why before she speaks again, only this time much lowly. "Kutta pagal tha."
He seethes because only Twinkle can have zero sense of self preservation. Hey, Ma main iska kya karo' he thinks. "Twink-"He starts and stops because arguing now is futile. Moreover he has to know if she's going to be alright. "Doctor, isse kuch ho toh nahi jayega na?"
The doctor who has significantly calmed down too, fixed the little hair he has on his bald head before speaking. "Dekhiye Pagal kutte ne kata hai, hum Mrs. Twinkle ko yeh injection de na chahte hai, par yeh hai ki maan hi nahi rahi hai. Pechle 2 ghanto se naak mein dum kar rakha hai isne."
Wrong words to say doctor, wrong words.
"Kya?! TWINKLE tu 2 ghante se yaha hai?! Mujhe pehle kyu nahi bulaya? Tu Pagal ho gayi hai kya?"
She bows her head again, not gracing him with an answer to that rhetorical question.
"Twinkle main tujse baat kar raha hu?"
"Sorry." That's all she says.Her lips pout up and her eyes soften in sincere apology. "Mujhe laga tum busy hogay aur agar tumhe pata chala ki pagal kutte ne mujhe kaat liya toh tum mujhi par gussa hogay."
He smack his hand against his forehead because only she can think like this. "Tu na, baba ji ka banaya wa ek hi piece hai. Phir? Phir tu ne mujhe call kyu kiya?"
Twinkle goes red. Her cheeks heat up and she turns away her eyes to look at anything but him. The doctor speaks up on her behalf. "Injection se dar lagta hai. Itna dar ki pura hospital to isne sar par uutha liya hai. Finally, Mrs. Twinkle injection le ne ke liye agree hui par sirf agar aap yaha aate toh."
It takes another fifteen minutes for the doctor to preapare the injection and for Twinkle to prepare her mind. She makes Kunj stand in front of her and buries her head in to his chect facing the door. He wraps his arm around her as tight as possible. He thinks what Twinkle did to save the kid was pretty brave and that he should let her know it, so he bows her head down by her ear and whispers, "Proud of you"
She raises her head to meet is eyes and mouths a small Thank you' followed by a loud Ouch!' as the doctor poked her with the syringe. He wishes he had a camera to capture hr face. Not for the pain on it but the cuteness.
"All done, Mrs. Sarna." The doctor was more relieved than the pair. "Now, I'll see you next week for your next injection" he said sadly. "Please don't get bitten by any other animal ever again." He says and makes his exit.
"Siyapa Queen," she still has a look of fear in her eyes. So he quickly thinks of a way to erase that "Chal tujhe ice cream khilata hoon." And those were the magic words.
Later, they found themselves in a little ice-cream parlour on the way home. Twinkle sat licking a banana berry ice-cream cone, while Kunj went for mango. Twinkle awarded herself a second cone too and even a bite from Kunj's. As they were leaving the parlour, Twinkle clutched Kunj's hand pulling him a bit back. She then rose on the tip of her toes and placed a delicate peck of her sweet sticky lips on the corner of his lips. And muttered a small Thank you'
Kunj decides that even mango flavoured ice-cream was sour compared to the soft kiss from Twinkle.
THE END
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