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Hey Guys,
while Loitering lazily in the AT today, a couple of us decided to write a collective OS on ShraMan.
it will be great is more people join, coz more the merrier
So far we have
--fero--
_Eternity_
potterginny
and
mizzundaztud (that's me)
Artist_Forever
shailusri1983
Amreen...
I have assigned colors to each one of us, and will mark their part in that color
please see: This OS doesn't have ShraMan as childhood friends, they are strangers, however Pushku & Sumo know each other
lets begin...
The Rain...And The Girl- Part 1
Banner Credit --fero-- ❤️
"Mom...I am getting late. Oh Pushkar hold on ...just have your breakfast and then leave to airport. No mom...it's already late. Shravan bhai will be waiting for me, waise bhi I am so excited to meet bhai that my hunger is almost dead. Its been 10 years, finally bhai will be in india with us ,with his family. I missed him so much. Oh yeah puttarji ...i can see your excitement and love towards your brother. Acha jao raaste mein kuch khaalena...dont forget. Ok mom i will...bye."
Hope i am not too late...oh god
...yeh baarish ko bhi aaj hi aana tha...
Ahh finally I reached ...
"Hey bhaiyya..."
"pushkar...how are you bro...i missed you so much." Me too bhaiyya. So finally you are here. Yes i am ...and it feels great to be back."
Chalo bhaiyya ghar chalte hain, sab aap ka besabri se intezaar kar rahe hain.
"Haan ...lets go."
"waise bhai how long you will stay here..."
hmmm... may be three weeks. What the hell bhai ..
Aap 10 saal baad India aaye ho...and u gonna stay here just for three weeks...oh no bhai it's not fair...
well pushkar i have my job there so i cant stay more than that...still i will try to ...
Thank you bhai...i am...
Cut off bro ... hold on I said
" will try" didn't promise...
bhaiyya ...i hate you for this ...
haahhahaa I bet you do...
"o..oh..h...pushkar take it easy ...drive smoothly...i dont wanna die at this young age that too as a bachelor..."
"No bhai Seems there is problem with this car..."
Hope i am not too late...oh god
...yeh baarish ko bhi aaj hi aana tha...
Ahh finally I reached ...
"Hey bhaiyya..."
"pushkar...how are you bro...i missed you so much." Me too bhaiyya. So finally you are here. Yes i am ...and it feels great to be back."
Chalo bhaiyya ghar chalte hain, sab aap ka besabri se intezaar kar rahe hain.
"Haan ...lets go."
"waise bhai how long you will stay here..."
hmmm... may be three weeks. What the hell bhai ..
Aap 10 saal baad India aaye ho...and u gonna stay here just for three weeks...oh no bhai it's not fair...
well pushkar i have my job there so i cant stay more than that...still i will try to ...
Thank you bhai...i am...
Cut off bro ... hold on I said
" will try" didn't promise...
bhaiyya ...i hate you for this ...
haahhahaa I bet you do...
"o..oh..h...pushkar take it easy ...drive smoothly...i dont wanna die at this young age that too as a bachelor..."
"No bhai Seems there is problem with this car..."
Oh really, just pull over, let me take a look
Pushkar parks the car on the roadside Shravan goes out and opens the bonnet
"Pushkar, it's boiling hot man, looks like we need to leave the car here, glad it's not late, I am sure we will get a cab home"
Shravan and Pushkar take out the luggage and stand on the roadside near Vasant Vihar turn for a cab
Suddenly a white Ambassador stops a few meter from them, seeing which Pushkar's face tears into a wide grin
"what happened bro...aisa kya dekhliya tumne?... "
"bhai just look there..."
"kahan!"...
"See straight bhai"
Shravan pov
"oh...heavenly...she's beautiful...and her smile...just like cherry on the cake..."
"haan bhai damn gorgeous" I was interrupted by pushkar's words.
Hey bro...*aise mat ghooro uss ladki KO ...*
"Kyun bhai" ...nothing
🥱
*the girl was buying ice cream * baarish Mein ice cream woww unique...
Oh wait...who is that little boy with her????
Her son??? No ...man...she cant be her mother...she's too young???
What if he is her son?...
Oh...god ...what's this...yyy the hell I am feeling bad???
"bhai just look there..."
"kahan!"...
"See straight bhai"
Shravan pov
"oh...heavenly...she's beautiful...and her smile...just like cherry on the cake..."
"haan bhai damn gorgeous" I was interrupted by pushkar's words.
Hey bro...*aise mat ghooro uss ladki KO ...*
"Kyun bhai" ...nothing
🥱
*the girl was buying ice cream * baarish Mein ice cream woww unique...
Oh wait...who is that little boy with her????
Her son??? No ...man...she cant be her mother...she's too young???
What if he is her son?...
Oh...god ...what's this...yyy the hell I am feeling bad???
Pushkar: (Grinning) "Sumo!"
Suman : (motions her chin towards his car) Yaha beech raaste par dhoop khane ka bhoot sawaar hai?"
Pushkar: (pouts) "Kya yaar, ek toh gaadi ne galat time par dhoka de diya hai, upar se tu taana maar rahi hai."
Shravan ducks and tries to peep around Pushkar to see the person he's talking to. Pushkar notices and moves aside.
Pushkar: (closes eyes, shakes head and mumbles) "Main bhi na!"
(looks at Suman smilingly gesturing his hand towards Shravan) "Sumo, yeh hai mere Bhaiyya, Shravan."
Suman : (motions her chin towards his car) Yaha beech raaste par dhoop khane ka bhoot sawaar hai?"
Pushkar: (pouts) "Kya yaar, ek toh gaadi ne galat time par dhoka de diya hai, upar se tu taana maar rahi hai."
Shravan ducks and tries to peep around Pushkar to see the person he's talking to. Pushkar notices and moves aside.
Pushkar: (closes eyes, shakes head and mumbles) "Main bhi na!"
(looks at Suman smilingly gesturing his hand towards Shravan) "Sumo, yeh hai mere Bhaiyya, Shravan."
Pushkar introduce sumo and shra...
Sumo offers them lift but our lawyer believe in women shouldn't have driving licence so hesitantly he goes with them
Sumo offers them lift but our lawyer believe in women shouldn't have driving licence so hesitantly he goes with them
Hey cutie "tumhara naam kya hai?"
"Dabbu"...the boy replied me with a smile.
"Tum"...?
"Bhai..He is dabbu sumo's cousin brother"...aww sigh of relief...he is her brother...shravan started smiling...after hearing it"
"Don't know yyy I am so happy to hear that she's unmarried"
"Dabbu"...the boy replied me with a smile.
"Tum"...?
"Bhai..He is dabbu sumo's cousin brother"...aww sigh of relief...he is her brother...shravan started smiling...after hearing it"
"Don't know yyy I am so happy to hear that she's unmarried"
Shravan breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Suman, he took in her eyes, her perfect nose, her smile as she patted Dabbu"s head lovingly and those strands of hair, which were the only imperfection in her perfect beauty, making her look all the more beautiful...
Suddenly she wiped the tread of sweat from her forehead and at that slight irritation on her face Shravan missed a beat.
She was perfect, Ethereal, the most beautiful woman he had come across..
Hey, hi... aa.. amm
Shravan tried to speak but words seemed to have stuck in his throat, he just could not speak
"kuch kaha aapne?"...she questioned me...
*Her voice was like soothing music to my ears*
A,...w...woh ...i came out of my thoughts...and answered her ...question...
No...nahi main...woh...
Finally I thought to speak out...
Nothing aaap mujhe...*shravan bula sakhti hain*
No formalities ...
Please
Pushkar was looking at his brother in surprise, he never saw his angry young man brother, top lawyer in London stammer and stutter in front of any one, but what was happening???
"Bhai, she didn't even talk to you yet, yet alone ask you your name?" 🤣
Shravan turned red on hearing his brother, he stared at his baby brother Shooting daggers at him.. and embarrassed tried looking here and there
"Come on Pushkar, its alright, Hi Shravan, I am Suman, you can call me Sumo, the way Pushkar calls me, and this is my brother Dabbu, Nice to meet you
Seems that your car has broken down, don't worry I will drop you guys to your home, so please hop in the car"
Shravan, wasn't listening to her, he was looking at her lips move, the movement of her eyelids, sparkle in her eyes, sent an unknown feeling in his heart
"Her lips are sooo *kissa...* Arr stop it shravan...what the hell you are thinking about her...just like a Pervert..
Ughh...this girl is killing me...
Ughh...this girl is killing me...
Pushkar was in no mood to give up, he knew he had to find out, because he could see how clearly hir brother was smitten by Sumo, and right now his expressions could embarrass Sumo had she not been busy putting a seatbelt on Dabbu
"Bhai would you like to sit in the front, I can talk to Dabbu meanwhile, remember I have a chocolate in the car, I can go get it fast" Pushkar whispered to Shravan
"Shut up Pushkar" Shravan said aloud, leaving a grinning Pushkar, he knew that his brother saw right through him, but he didn't really mind, in fact he decided to have long chat with Pushkar once they were alone
Sumo sat on the driver's seat, fixing the rare view mirror and started the ignition
"Bhaiyya, agar aap khud aage nahi baithe toh mujhe hi koi bahana dhoondhna padega..."
Damn, he's exasperating! thought Shravan. Thus he eventually gave in to his pestering brother's demand and sat shotgun.
Suman was adjusting the rearview mirror. He was watching her every single movement's with fascination. She caught him staring at her fixedly in the rearview mirror and gulped.
"Well, this is a novel! Why is he making me so jumpy?" she mused to herself. Fiddling with the gear once more, she set off the old beast.
The ride to Malhotra palace was filled with awkward silence, occasionally improved with Daboo's giggles and his and Pushkar's chirps.
Damn, he's exasperating! thought Shravan. Thus he eventually gave in to his pestering brother's demand and sat shotgun.
Suman was adjusting the rearview mirror. He was watching her every single movement's with fascination. She caught him staring at her fixedly in the rearview mirror and gulped.
"Well, this is a novel! Why is he making me so jumpy?" she mused to herself. Fiddling with the gear once more, she set off the old beast.
The ride to Malhotra palace was filled with awkward silence, occasionally improved with Daboo's giggles and his and Pushkar's chirps.
Sumo was mostly quiet all the time, observing the young man seated behind. After what seemed forever, they reached The Malhotra's House.
"Here you go Pushkar!", exclaimed Sumo as they reached home. But before Pushkar could reply, loud welcome screams, rather wishes could be heard.
" Shrraavaan Puttaarr! Tussi AA gaye!", shouted Kamini from inside.
"Mummyji ruko!", screamed Vandy as she followed her.
" Lo, shuru Ho gaye dono", giggled Sumo , softly, as she got down. Dabboo caught that remark and asked her loudly
"Kaun shuru Ho gaye Sumo didi?", Daboo asked her in front of everyone, much to her embarrassment.
" Chupp kar Daboo ke bacche! Bohot bolta hai Tu!", said Sumo.
Kamini and Vandy straightened themselves before doing Shravan's Aarti. It was overly done.
After all the naatak, they entered the house and settled. As Sumo turned to leave, Shravan caught her leaving and stopped her.
"Suman", he shouted, much to everyone's surprise.
Pushkar nodded and giggled, as if he just knew what was going on.
*suman*...I stopped her...
And Mann..,.my bro sometimes...irks me...
Leave it...let's focus on what I want to..
Suman stopped right there...i headed towards her...
And thanked her for the lift...
In turn she gave me a smile..."her smile is magical..
Oh wait ,."That's it" I wanna talk to her...
And spend some quality time...
And,,,,,,,
*shravan! Shravan * she waved her hand ...to bring me back to the senses...as i was lost in her thoughts...
Oh...yes...sorry...! Where were we...
*Thank you* i guess... She reminded me
Oh haan thanks...
Well shravan i will take your leave now...
See you !...
"when?" I shouted out...
Shit...don't know what i am doing...
It's embarrassing..."
"when?" Main kuch samjhi nahi... She asked me.
Oh not turning out to be soo embarrassing...
"well...i...just...wanna ask..."..
"u wanna ask ...what?"
Hmmm finally i gathered the words and asked her straight "let's be friends"
"friends!" Hmmm oh yeah friends..
After the hand shake...she left from there...
And i just shook my head...
Oh now we are friends...
I will make sure this friendship will never beak...
Friends for life "i promise that"
Whatever may our relationship status will be in future,...but friendship is default sumann!...sumo...
Well, better said than done. Friendship is easy to form but difficult to maintain. Only time could tell that.
And Mann..,.my bro sometimes...irks me...
Leave it...let's focus on what I want to..
Suman stopped right there...i headed towards her...
And thanked her for the lift...
In turn she gave me a smile..."her smile is magical..
Oh wait ,."That's it" I wanna talk to her...
And spend some quality time...
And,,,,,,,
*shravan! Shravan * she waved her hand ...to bring me back to the senses...as i was lost in her thoughts...
Oh...yes...sorry...! Where were we...
*Thank you* i guess... She reminded me
Oh haan thanks...
Well shravan i will take your leave now...
See you !...
"when?" I shouted out...
Shit...don't know what i am doing...
It's embarrassing..."
"when?" Main kuch samjhi nahi... She asked me.
Oh not turning out to be soo embarrassing...
"well...i...just...wanna ask..."..
"u wanna ask ...what?"
Hmmm finally i gathered the words and asked her straight "let's be friends"
"friends!" Hmmm oh yeah friends..
After the hand shake...she left from there...
And i just shook my head...
Oh now we are friends...
I will make sure this friendship will never beak...
Friends for life "i promise that"
Whatever may our relationship status will be in future,...but friendship is default sumann!...sumo...
Well, better said than done. Friendship is easy to form but difficult to maintain. Only time could tell that.
Daboo and Sumo left soon, with me promising Daboo to teach him rubic's cube and chess.
"Shravan!", exclaimed Kamini as she brought food for me. Pushkar sat there, laughing in a corner.
" Bhaiyya, isiliye toh Maine kaha tha, India thode thode time mein aate rehna coz this is what happens when you come after really long.", thought Pushkar.
"Nahi Chachi, Abhi nahi. Jetlag hai Abhi, thodi der sone ke baad khaunga.", I saved myself. I rushed to my room, not before shooting daggers at a giggling Pushkar.
" Pushkar ke bacche! Aa pehle Tu, tujhe batata Hoon"
Pushkar joined me in my room shortly.
"Toh bata Pushkar! Kya kya hua itne saalon mein yahan... Sab kuch bol. Tune padhai kya ki, tere friends kaun hain... Aur woh...", I stopped myself there.
" Kaun, Sumo?"
"Haan wahi wahi", I said, embarrassed. I didn't know why but this girl had got me awkward ever since I had landed. There was something about her... An unknown connect which made me feel that I belonged to her. The feeling was so irresistible, I just couldn't overcome it! Who was she? And what was our destiny?
pushkar tells shra that sumo is bade papa ke guru ki granddaughter..we are like family friends..
We study together in school in same class...
Pushkar knows that his brother is interested in sumo so to pull his leg he lies to him that she is engaged...shra was happy that moment when he got to know that dabbled in is her cousin not son but now he is shocked and hurt..
Pushkar was enjoying his condition and decided to play little more with his brother..
We study together in school in same class...
Pushkar knows that his brother is interested in sumo so to pull his leg he lies to him that she is engaged...shra was happy that moment when he got to know that dabbled in is her cousin not son but now he is shocked and hurt..
Pushkar was enjoying his condition and decided to play little more with his brother..
After Sumo left, both Shravan and Pushkar had dozed off to sleep after chatting on and on for a while. Shravan was pretending to be asleep as he was finding Pushkar's way of pulling his legs about his fascination for Sumo a bit irritating.
He couldn't deny the fact that the girl was charming, beautiful, witty, vivacious, and...! Woah! Shravan Malhotra just slow down a bit! Look at the number of adjectives you are tagging on with that girl whom you happen to have met the first time.
Remember you have always felt that 'Love at first sight' is the most stupid thing ever and even vociferously argued against it in all your conversations with either Pushkar or your friends before you met this girl. Agreed that she is a pretty face! So what? It ain't like you haven't seen women more beautiful than her!
No! Actually to be honest, she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Shravan! Shravan! Look where your thoughts are going again. Better stay away from that girl for the sake of your own sanity.
If you see her, as you are occasionally apt to do, say a 'Hi' and 'Hello' for the sake of politeness and decency and just move on. There is no need to hodge- podge with her too closely for anything! This Sumo wrestler is not good for you or your plans or leaving in three weeks. Got it!
Just then, Pushkar's phone started ringing. He picked it up as Pushkar was asleep. It was Sumo at the other end, "Hi, Pushkar. Sumo here. I've three tickets for 'Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani' as a cash back for my credit card purchases. Would you and your lawyer brother be interested in joining me? I forget what his name is...something like ... Shravan is it?"
Shravan very eagerly, "Of course!"
Suman a bit confused at hearing someonelse's deep, husky and base voice from the other end instead of Pushkar's chirpy and cheerful voice, "Excuse me..."
Shravan bit his lip at his apparent indiscretion in picking up Pushkar's phone and answering on his behalf, "Shravan here! Pushkar's brother! He's asleep. We'll be on time!"
Shravan was checking his emails on Pushkar's lappy. His own was out of charge and he had to urgently contact a very important client of his. So he was using his bro's laptop in his room. A couple of minutes later he smiled with satisfaction as he finished his work. Each time he accomplished something, minor a major, the sense of satisfaction was always same... soothing and filling with happiness. He leaned on the couch he had been sitting on as he sipped from the rim of his coffee. His eyes stopped on a folder named "family pictures"
Smiling he clicked on it to see it filled with various pictures of Pushkar and family on different festivals, family outings, stupid home pranks played on each other, their childhood pics etc. He started the slide of them refreshing the sweet memories, laughing and smiling occasionally. And a pic moved in front of his eyes only to have him stop, rewind and pause at the pic. Suman... the girl that had had him smitten at the very first sight of her. It had been two days since he had first time met her and since then he had been thinking of her numerous times. Whenever sitting free or doing some mundane job, his mind would wander and stop at her. He remembered the conversation with Pushkar the day he had arrived. Pushkar had filled in him with the details like her catering business, how she had become his best friend in junior college and how her family had her Nanu and mami and other relatives, as she lad lost her parents at a young age in an accident and how her family had become his family friend over time. His respect for the sweet strong girl had increased manifold as he heard if her initial struggle and her strength to support her family but at the same time was wishing to know more. About the other relations in her life, any male in her life. He didn't know why bt he wanted to know.. know all about her. But not wanting to look desperate he had changed the topic that day.
"Sumo" What a sweet name she had, just like her. The pic looked from some friends reunion as he knew she was a college friend of Pushkar. Suman was alone in the pic and was standing leaning on some tree, smiling that unadulterated beautiful smile of hers that lit her whole face, her hair flowing from the breeze and her eyes twinkling with mischief. The camera had done an excellent job in capturing her exquisite beauty and he couldn't help but stare at the picture taking his fill. Never a girl had ensnared him the way she had managed to. She had very expressive eyes and she was very animated as she talked about anything that excited her. For example the movie Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. She had been so excited that day talking about how she loved Ranbir Kapoor and how she loved the movie. It was a beautiful day... actually she was beautiful and everything associated to her was beautiful, was the only statement that came to his mind at that time. He was disturbed and brought our of his trance with the shrill ring of some bloody phone. He frowned as he saw Pushkar's phone ringing on the bed.
"Pushkar jaldi aa na... tera phone baj raga hai..." he informed irritated as he saw his brother still in the bathroom taking his shower.
"Are bhaiya abhi toh maine nahaana shuru kiya hain... aap dekh lo kiska call hai and if there is some client, ask him to call me after some time..." Pushkar replied nonchalantly.
"Are yaar..." Shravan mumbled irritated as he shut the lappy and went to receive the call. A look at the name flashing across the screen had his eyes lit and his heart do a jig with sudden happiness. Was that some kind of intuition god had felt, that he saw her call just when he was lost in her thoughts. He wondered if he should pick the call but then realising something might be important, he picked it nervously. The girl was something, as she had the power to nervous the ever so cool Shravan Malhotra.
"Pushkar... so raha tha kya... itni der lagti hai phone uthaane mein.. achha sun maine tujhe bataya tha na... dabbu ki surprise birthday party ke baare... mujhe na usme teri help chahiye... can you please..." Suman started blabbering as soon as she felt the call being answered.
"Woah woah girl... relax... Sumo aap itni anxious kyu ho rahi hai..." Shravan asked with, cutting her rambling, a chuckle escaping his lips. Suman was surprised to hear a recently familiar, but strong enough to not forget voice from the other side. Realising that it was Shravan on there she quickly uttered an apology.
"I am sorry... mujhe laga Pushkar hai waha... isliye mai..." she trailed off. She was feeling awkwardly embarrassed at the way she had been blabbering without even uttering a hello... She had seen how courteous a guy he was and how gentle his behaviour was. And here she was blabbering and behaving like a 10 year old child.
"Aap kyu sorry bol rahi hai... lagta hain hamari baat isi tarah honi hai hamesha... never mind... Vo actually Pushkar was in the bathroom and I saw your call.. I thought it might be something urgent and hence I took it... kab hai dabbu ka birthday waise??" Shravan asked as he explained the reason of picking her call more to his heart rather than Suman.
"Oh... haan... dabbu ka birthday kal hai... maine aur Pushkar ne mil kar uske liye birthday party plan ki thi... bas usi ke baare mein Pushkar se baat karni thi... " she informed with a smile.
"Okay.. so aap mujhe bataiye... mai help karta hu aapki...agar aap mujhe mujhe include karna chahe toh..."
"Of course... aap kal party me zaroor aayiyega... aur mujhe achha lagega agar aap mujhe "tum" bole...koi aise baat karta hai toh lagta hain mai koi boodhi amma hoon..." she giggled at her her remark making him laugh on the other side.
"Par main aapko tum tabhi bulaunga jab aap bhi mujhe tum bulaayengi.. manzoor..." he teased.
"Main kaise..." she paused but then feeling he is going to argue she said, "okay theek hai...manzoor... tum bhi kal party mein aana Shravan..."
"Will you only invite me... not include me in any plan... Ab vo movie ke plan ki tarah is me bhi main fit aa sakta hoon kya... I mean I would love to help in the arrangements too..." Shravan answered cheekily indicating that he is more than interested to help her with the party.
"Uhm... tum... theek hain... tum Pushkar ke saath aa jana shaam ko... mai tumhe bhi include kar loongi... bas use yaad dila dena ki maine use kuch cheezo ko list text hai... shaam ko aate hue le aayein..." she smiled at his sweet friendly attitude. He was so much like the people she liked to befriend and she was glad that she had accepted his proposal of friendship. A few seconds later she cut the call as Shravan agreed to inform him and accompany him to her place. After the call Suman couldn't help feeling giddy after a conversation with him. He was a very genuine guy and had a really nice gentlemanly behaviour. But there was something else too.. something very magnetic and different in his personality that she had liked. Something she couldn't put a finger upon but there was something. She had even caught him looking at her about a couple of times the first time they had met. Then also the second time when they had gone for the movie. He had been staring at her many times. It was alook that had had her feel warm as well as different at the same time. There was something in that stare...
"Suman beta..." Nanu called and she recalled Nanu had called her and brushing her thoughts she rushed to him.
~~~~~~
"Kaun tha bhaiya..." Pushkar asked coming out of the bathroom.
"Suman ka call tha... tujhe shaam ko bulaaya hai..." he has started to inform him when his phone again disturbed him. Pushkar saw it to be a call from his client excused himself for a minute as he moved in the dressing room.
"Bhaiya... ek important kaam aa gaya hai... mujhe abhi bahar jaana hoga..."Pushkar said as he came out and started getting ready.
"Are par aaj Suman ne bulaaya hai shaam ko... uska cousin ki birthday party ke plans ke liye... tu aayega nahi.." he asked.
"I don't know bhaiya... ho sakta aane mein late ho jaaye... ek kaam karna.. mere badle aap chale jaana... mai aapko saaman ki list aur uska address abhi text kar deta hoon... I will come if I am free by the time..." Pushkar replied and grabbing his jacket rushed out of the room. Shravan couldn't help but smile or rather grin looking at the almighty. Looks like he was on his side. Okay so he had to meet Suman today... and he was damn excited. He still remembered the day when they had gone for the movie. It was an amazing day.
Smiling he clicked on it to see it filled with various pictures of Pushkar and family on different festivals, family outings, stupid home pranks played on each other, their childhood pics etc. He started the slide of them refreshing the sweet memories, laughing and smiling occasionally. And a pic moved in front of his eyes only to have him stop, rewind and pause at the pic. Suman... the girl that had had him smitten at the very first sight of her. It had been two days since he had first time met her and since then he had been thinking of her numerous times. Whenever sitting free or doing some mundane job, his mind would wander and stop at her. He remembered the conversation with Pushkar the day he had arrived. Pushkar had filled in him with the details like her catering business, how she had become his best friend in junior college and how her family had her Nanu and mami and other relatives, as she lad lost her parents at a young age in an accident and how her family had become his family friend over time. His respect for the sweet strong girl had increased manifold as he heard if her initial struggle and her strength to support her family but at the same time was wishing to know more. About the other relations in her life, any male in her life. He didn't know why bt he wanted to know.. know all about her. But not wanting to look desperate he had changed the topic that day.
"Sumo" What a sweet name she had, just like her. The pic looked from some friends reunion as he knew she was a college friend of Pushkar. Suman was alone in the pic and was standing leaning on some tree, smiling that unadulterated beautiful smile of hers that lit her whole face, her hair flowing from the breeze and her eyes twinkling with mischief. The camera had done an excellent job in capturing her exquisite beauty and he couldn't help but stare at the picture taking his fill. Never a girl had ensnared him the way she had managed to. She had very expressive eyes and she was very animated as she talked about anything that excited her. For example the movie Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. She had been so excited that day talking about how she loved Ranbir Kapoor and how she loved the movie. It was a beautiful day... actually she was beautiful and everything associated to her was beautiful, was the only statement that came to his mind at that time. He was disturbed and brought our of his trance with the shrill ring of some bloody phone. He frowned as he saw Pushkar's phone ringing on the bed.
"Pushkar jaldi aa na... tera phone baj raga hai..." he informed irritated as he saw his brother still in the bathroom taking his shower.
"Are bhaiya abhi toh maine nahaana shuru kiya hain... aap dekh lo kiska call hai and if there is some client, ask him to call me after some time..." Pushkar replied nonchalantly.
"Are yaar..." Shravan mumbled irritated as he shut the lappy and went to receive the call. A look at the name flashing across the screen had his eyes lit and his heart do a jig with sudden happiness. Was that some kind of intuition god had felt, that he saw her call just when he was lost in her thoughts. He wondered if he should pick the call but then realising something might be important, he picked it nervously. The girl was something, as she had the power to nervous the ever so cool Shravan Malhotra.
"Pushkar... so raha tha kya... itni der lagti hai phone uthaane mein.. achha sun maine tujhe bataya tha na... dabbu ki surprise birthday party ke baare... mujhe na usme teri help chahiye... can you please..." Suman started blabbering as soon as she felt the call being answered.
"Woah woah girl... relax... Sumo aap itni anxious kyu ho rahi hai..." Shravan asked with, cutting her rambling, a chuckle escaping his lips. Suman was surprised to hear a recently familiar, but strong enough to not forget voice from the other side. Realising that it was Shravan on there she quickly uttered an apology.
"I am sorry... mujhe laga Pushkar hai waha... isliye mai..." she trailed off. She was feeling awkwardly embarrassed at the way she had been blabbering without even uttering a hello... She had seen how courteous a guy he was and how gentle his behaviour was. And here she was blabbering and behaving like a 10 year old child.
"Aap kyu sorry bol rahi hai... lagta hain hamari baat isi tarah honi hai hamesha... never mind... Vo actually Pushkar was in the bathroom and I saw your call.. I thought it might be something urgent and hence I took it... kab hai dabbu ka birthday waise??" Shravan asked as he explained the reason of picking her call more to his heart rather than Suman.
"Oh... haan... dabbu ka birthday kal hai... maine aur Pushkar ne mil kar uske liye birthday party plan ki thi... bas usi ke baare mein Pushkar se baat karni thi... " she informed with a smile.
"Okay.. so aap mujhe bataiye... mai help karta hu aapki...agar aap mujhe mujhe include karna chahe toh..."
"Of course... aap kal party me zaroor aayiyega... aur mujhe achha lagega agar aap mujhe "tum" bole...koi aise baat karta hai toh lagta hain mai koi boodhi amma hoon..." she giggled at her her remark making him laugh on the other side.
"Par main aapko tum tabhi bulaunga jab aap bhi mujhe tum bulaayengi.. manzoor..." he teased.
"Main kaise..." she paused but then feeling he is going to argue she said, "okay theek hai...manzoor... tum bhi kal party mein aana Shravan..."
"Will you only invite me... not include me in any plan... Ab vo movie ke plan ki tarah is me bhi main fit aa sakta hoon kya... I mean I would love to help in the arrangements too..." Shravan answered cheekily indicating that he is more than interested to help her with the party.
"Uhm... tum... theek hain... tum Pushkar ke saath aa jana shaam ko... mai tumhe bhi include kar loongi... bas use yaad dila dena ki maine use kuch cheezo ko list text hai... shaam ko aate hue le aayein..." she smiled at his sweet friendly attitude. He was so much like the people she liked to befriend and she was glad that she had accepted his proposal of friendship. A few seconds later she cut the call as Shravan agreed to inform him and accompany him to her place. After the call Suman couldn't help feeling giddy after a conversation with him. He was a very genuine guy and had a really nice gentlemanly behaviour. But there was something else too.. something very magnetic and different in his personality that she had liked. Something she couldn't put a finger upon but there was something. She had even caught him looking at her about a couple of times the first time they had met. Then also the second time when they had gone for the movie. He had been staring at her many times. It was alook that had had her feel warm as well as different at the same time. There was something in that stare...
"Suman beta..." Nanu called and she recalled Nanu had called her and brushing her thoughts she rushed to him.
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"Kaun tha bhaiya..." Pushkar asked coming out of the bathroom.
"Suman ka call tha... tujhe shaam ko bulaaya hai..." he has started to inform him when his phone again disturbed him. Pushkar saw it to be a call from his client excused himself for a minute as he moved in the dressing room.
"Bhaiya... ek important kaam aa gaya hai... mujhe abhi bahar jaana hoga..."Pushkar said as he came out and started getting ready.
"Are par aaj Suman ne bulaaya hai shaam ko... uska cousin ki birthday party ke plans ke liye... tu aayega nahi.." he asked.
"I don't know bhaiya... ho sakta aane mein late ho jaaye... ek kaam karna.. mere badle aap chale jaana... mai aapko saaman ki list aur uska address abhi text kar deta hoon... I will come if I am free by the time..." Pushkar replied and grabbing his jacket rushed out of the room. Shravan couldn't help but smile or rather grin looking at the almighty. Looks like he was on his side. Okay so he had to meet Suman today... and he was damn excited. He still remembered the day when they had gone for the movie. It was an amazing day.
I am so glad that more people joined in, I think this OS will turn out to be very beautiful and an amazing piece of work... will keep updating as ppl keep writing...
INDEX
Part 2-page 9
Part 3- Page 14
