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Rumya OS: I'll be there for you!
As she walked along with Priyanka in search of Anika to clear the confusion through the corridor of Oberoi Mansion to Shivaay's room, Rehaan stood at the end of the corridor speaking on the phone. Her primary instinct was to flee. She didn't want to face those insulting, infuriating memories again. She stepped back instinctively and rushed to the nearest wall to hide from Rehaan. Priyanka stood close to her soothing her by repeatedly running her palms in circles on her back.
"Priyanka, go and tell bade bhaiya and Anika di the confusion. I will just be there in a minute."
Priyanka looked concerned; Saumya had grown pale at the sight of Rehaan. This had to be dealt with. But she had to clear the current confusion to avoid any further embarrassment. Priyanka gave a soft pat on Saumya's shoulder and left to find Shivaay and Anika. Saumya was thankful to Priyanka for respecting her privacy. She needed to calm herself down and brace herself; she couldn't forever flee at the drop of a hat. She turned and bumped into the last person she wanted to meet ever - Rehaan.
"Saumya..."
"Urgh...how she hated her fate. Right before him!"She exasperatedly thought.
She stood silent not knowing how to react. She stared blankly at him, nothing had changed about him - the same style, the same creepy smile, and she couldn't help thinking how warm Rudra's smile was. Rudy was like a nice warm sunny day making everybody bloom in happiness and joy. She had come to understand some part of Rudra very well-he never meant to hurt anyone intentionally. It was just that he had his own way of dealing with pain just like her. Before she could ponder further over Rudra, Rehaan broke her reverie.
"What a pleasant surprise!"
He jeered at her breaking into a crooked smile. Saumya sensed every ounce of heckling he lashed at her. She wasn't going to take it down silently, she glared at him stealthy. It surprised her so much that how his simple words contained so much of venom in them. Rudy's name calling seemed so harmless compared to all this. His intention was never to hurt her just to pull her leg and have a good laugh at her expense.
"So how are you recovering from the heartbreak? Still nursing a broken heart I bet."
"Stop creating a scene .There is something else more important happening here."
She turned to walk away from Rehaan. Oberoi Mansion was not the place to discuss this and this was definitely not the time. This was Priyanka's day and she wasn't going to ruin and she wouldn't allow this Rehaan to do it as well.
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Meanwhile Rudra was searching for Shivaay and Anika, his parents had called for the two. He chuckled thinking of the two. They and their iconic fights. They were the free entertainment package in the house. He knew, only Anika di could put her foot down so strongly against his Super Man Shivaay Bhaiya. In Dadi's language - Takkar ki Jodi. That's what they were. He stopped in the middle of the corridor to see Sumo with the guy who had come along with Dev-Priyanka's prospective groom. There was tension in the atmosphere like these two shared a past. Rudra didn't have a good feeling about this.
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"Piya piya mera jiya..."
Saumya had enough; he had crossed all his limits. She turned and walked right up to Rehaan and gave him a tight slap on his face. Her body shook in rage, nobody ever dared to insult her brother and this creep was the last person on the earth to even deserve to utter these words.
"Useless piece of junk, don't ever dare to do this again. The next time, consequences would be dire."
"SAUMYA"
"Don't even try that tone on me, Mr.Rehaan. Don't ever try to show your fugly face to me in future.I am warning you."
Saumya walked past, leaving Rehaan in a daze. Tears threatened to spill over, she hated herself for crying. She had been so stupid to have shared the song with Rehaan. What else should she have expected from him? She fell on the bed burying her face in a pillow allowing her tears to spill and muffled sobs escaped her mouth.
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Rudra felt rage rush through his veins, the nerve of this guy to mock Sumo's song. He could hear Sumo shake in fury and could hear the tremble in her voice. He wanted to interrupt the very instant and break this guy's jaw for screaming at Sumo. But decided against it wanting Sumo to deal with that guy first. He saw her retreating figure in the corridor and decided to deal with the guy now. He walked up to the Random Guy.
"Dude, I don't care whoever you are. Just remember that the doors of this house are not open for you anymore and better stay away from Saumya. I think Saumya clearly explained that to you. It's in your best interest. The doors are open for you."
Rehaan glared at Rudra and then left. Shivaay and Anika came out with Dev by their side only to see Rehaan leave.
"Is everything okay, Rudra?"
"Ofcourse ,Bhaiya. By the way Mom and Dad called for you and Anika di."
"We are just going there"
"Bhaiya , I will join you in sometime. You carry on with Anika di and Dev. I hope I can call you by your name."
Dev smiled obliging and shook hands with Rudra and they left to join their families in the living room leaving Rudra. Next Mission: Find Sumo.
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Her sobs had subsidized and she lay in the bed facing the ceiling pointlessly. She couldn't get Rehaan out of her mind- all those memories came back haunting her and the recent episode with him didn't make her any better. She felt as if she was on a loop watching all the bad movies on the same day.
She heard a knock and turned to find Rudy at the door. She signed him to come in but didn't engage in any conversation with him. She remained silent continuing to stare at the ceiling, Rudy silently entered and lay beside her on the bed staring the ceiling just like her. Saumya noticed Rudy but didn't respond to his gesture. They lay on the bed staring at the ceiling in absolute silence for hours together.
"White is such a nice colour. Makes you feel at ease and peace."
"Hmm..."
"Why are you staring at the ceiling?"She asked him curiously.
"The same reason for which you are staring at it."
Saumya glanced at Rudra confused. Rudra took a deep breath and spoke.
"Staring at white colour makes you feel peaceful Sumo. Psychological tests have proved that and your statistics say that too."
"Wow!"
She glanced at him surprised, amused all at once. Rudra chuckled at the surprised expression; it made him feel pleased. She knew Rudra wasn't as dumb as he seemed, it was a faade to hide his true self but statistics was something she never thought he would be interested in. This boy never failed to surprise her. Rudra decided she was calmer and he had to do what he had come for. He rose from the bed sitting upright facing her.
"Saumya. I am not good with words. I just want you to know you deserve better things in life and definitely better than him. I can't lessen your pain but you can share your pain with me. Because the thing about pain is that it demands to be felt. I can't cry for you but I will give you my shoulder to cry on. I can't promise to be your knight in shining armour but I promise to be the least I can - a good friend. If anything at all, I'll be there for you -now and forever."
Hearing Rudra, It never mattered to her any more what Rehaan said, what they shared and what they had. It all had happened for a reason for she would have never found Rudy without this drama. Their friendship was something she treasured so much. She felt a sense of relief and all the baggage of her relationship was cast away. A sense of freedom, warmth and happiness engulfed her. Rudra tensed up as he saw Saumya staring at him, her face unreadable, and her eyes almost tearing up.
"Pinky Promise?"
She held her little finger out to him smiling. He let out his breath in a gush smiling widely closing their promise with his little finger.
"Pinky Promise! Now and forever."
With the interlocked little fingers and wide and million dollar smiles on their faces, they looked and felt happy for the first time. The interlocked little fingers knew they would be together forever.
Tum Se Tum Tak
Anupamaa
