Ishra were sitting together on the terrace talking randomly ,ishita was eating chocolate and talking anything and everything making Raman laugh at her cute antics.
Raman -bahut raat ho gayi hai gudiya, I think we should go and sleep Isse pehle ki koi hume bhoot samajh le.
Ishita-itni jaldi raman, abhi toh bas dus baje hai.
Raman -haan I know, but it's village naa, yahan log bahut jaldi sote hai.
Ishita -aap bhi jaldi sote the, when u use to live here.
Raman nodded in yes.
Ishita -u were very happy naa here with ur family.
Raman -bahut khush tha main, I was apple of everyone's eyes, being the eldest son, everyone use to love me alot. Sirf khushiyan hi khushiyan thi but papa Ek baar Ek project ke liye Bangalore gaye aur sab badal gaya, papa badal gaye. And when he came after six months he brought that lady with himself. She was pregnant with papa's child. Trust me gudiya I never felt so disgusted. He betrayed my mother and still he has the audacity to came in front of us, telling that she will also stay with him here only. Sab kuch khatam ho gaya, man kuch bikhar gaya. Everyone took it lightly as it was very common here but for us it was such a blow that we couldn't overcome it till now .maa was so shattered and do was I. Both of us was drowning in our own grief and one day I decided to go leaving this village. Though I wasn't much big but mature enough to handle the situation. We went to Delhi were maa's parent use to live. We took the house on rent and maa started to work with my nanu. Slowly everything start becoming normal but joh ghaav diya tha papa ne toh kabhi nahi bhara,at first I tried to be happy but slowly the feel that someone else must be getting my share of love, my share of happiness, start making me suffocate. Itna gussa aaya tha that sometimes I feel like killing myself. But couldn't do that either kyunki maa ki responsibility thi mujh par, I tried every means to be fine but failed miserably and only could be better when u came into my life as my sunshine. I don't know, tumhe pata hai yeh baat ki nahi, but u r one of the most precious one I have in my life. Aur main tumhe kabhi khona nahi chahta, I want u always next to me. Phir chahe uski keemat kuch bhi ho. I just want u near me, next to me to support me always. He said and look at her only to find her looking at him.
Raman -kya hua, aise kya dekh rahi ho. Yahin soch rahi ho naa that why I am telling u all this today.
Ishita nodded in yes.
Raman -actually today I feel like sharing my grief with u. Tumhe samjhana chahta tha ki kyun hoon main aisa, kyun hai itna gussa mere ander. Coz I got betrayed by a relation I adore most. Mere papa ne mere bharosha toda and went leaving us alone. Mera gudda aata hai seeing them as a happy family while my family was broken by them. Main tumhe bas itna batana chahta hoon that I am trying to become normal, Main sach gussa karna chod dunga, I too don't like being rude to anyone, kyunki maa ne mujhe bahut achchi parvarish Di hai. But what to do I just can't control myself seeing them .but still I am trying to be calm just for u. Tum please mujhe chod kar jaane ki baat mat Karna, I can't even breath without u. Sach keh raha hoon, I will do everything for u, bas mujhe chod kar kabhi mat jaana. He said looking at her, only to get hugged by her.
Ishita-i am sorry raman, mujhe nahi pata tha, mera aisa bolna aapko Itni takleef dekha, I will never go leaving u alone. Aapki gudiya hamesha aapke saath rahegi and thats a promise, woh bhi pakka wala. She said and closed her eyes while he too hugged her back tightly feeling light after sharing his pain.
After sometime, both went downstairs oblivious of a pair of eyes who were on them constantly and is now moist hearing the amount of pain toshiji and Raman went through without him.
Mr bhalla wipes his tears and said -I am sorry raman, apni khushi mein tumhari takleef dekh hi nahi paaya.i am really very sorry raman puttar.i don't know how to rectify my mistake but now onwards I will try to fulfill me responsibilities as a father. He thought and went to his room. His wife and daughters were sleeping peacefully while sleep was far away from his eyes. He was just sitting on the chair and thinking about raman's words and how much he suffered because of him. And now how raman's life changed because of that sweet little girl whom he call gudiya. Lots in his thoughts, he too slept.
On the other hand, ishra slept with toshiji on the either side.later in night Raman went and slept on couch giving space to them.
Next day was a normal one ,nothing much was happening. Toshiji was busy in making food along with her sister in laws, raman was sitting with his grandparent on the sofa, raman's grandma was applying oil in grandpa's one leg,while raman was doing same in the other leg, he was trying to be busy so that he don't have to face his father and his family. Mr bhalla was sitting in a corner sipping his tea while his family were still in their room.soon the ladies came with food and start giving plates full of parantha and chatni along with pickles to have their breakfast. Raman was looking for ishita to which toshiji replied that appa has called, she is talking to him.
Toshiji-she must be coming, u start ur food.
Raman nodded and start having breakfast with his family members while his eyes were still looking for ishita.
Few minutes passed, Raman finish his one parantha but ishita was still not out. At last, Raman couldnt wait any longer, he got up thinking to go and check for ishita, when suddenly she came out of the room and hugged him tightly.
Raman got shocked with her sudden action as everyone start looking at them with open mouths.
Raman -what r u doing gudiya, we r in between everyone. All r ogling at us. He said and ishita too got conscious. She broke the hug in a jiffy and stand in a corner looking down while everyone start laughing saying, Raman ki votti hai yeh.
Ishita look down not understanding what they r talking but knows one thing well that all r talking about her only.
Raman's grandmother realised her awkwardness and asked-ki hoya puttar, tu inni khush hai.
Ishita-raman ne top kiya hai, sirf hamare school ne nahi but in our whole region. He scored 98.7%.she said happily making everyone shocked and happy.
Everyone got up to congratulate Raman while he first went to his mother to take blessings from her, when she told him to take blessings from his grandparents. He nodded and went to his grandparents and touched their feet. They blessed him and then Raman touched everyone's feet except his father. All blessed him, his father too wanted to bless him but Raman didnt go to him. Toshiji signalled him to go to his father, so he went after such insistence.raman touched Mr bhalla's feet too. Mr bhalla wanted to hug raman tight but Raman was too stiff so he just blessed raman and went from there. Raman was just looking at him when his grandfather said-mere puttar ne top kiya hai. Kitni badiya khabar sunai tune Ishira puttar.
Ishita-haan dadu, Raman ne top kiya hai, woh bhi pure region mein. Woh bhi mere liye, naa raman. She said smiling making everyone laugh while Raman blush hard hearinf this. He shushed ishita, she just nodded looking down when his dadi said-yeh toh bahut changi gal hai, saadde puttar ne inna changa kaam kiya hai.
Raman's grandfather -haan Bhai, Iska toh jashan hona chahiye aur hoga bhi. Aaj shaam ko dawat hogi, hamara puttar I need achche number se paas joh hua hai. He said smiling making everyone happy.
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