Ishita was caressing Raman's hair softly and soon he slept peacefully in her lap. She continued caressing his hair softly and soon she too slept keeping her head on the back of the bench. She was sleeping in sitting position while he was sleeping keeping his head on her lap.
Few hours passed like that and in midnight raman got up feeling chilly. He looked around and said -what I am doing here, it's getting cold. I think I should go and sleep inside. Thinking so he was going when he saw ishita sleeping there.
Raman -uff, yeh madrasan bhi yahin hai. Let me take her inside, Isse pehle ki isse thand lag jaaye. He said and picked ishita in his arms. She open her eyes feeling movement and saw herself in his arms. She smiled and said -raman Aap.
Raman -tu moti ho gayi hai madrasan. Meri kamar tut jayegi.
Ishita pecked his cheek and said -i will give u massage. She said and rested her head on his chest and slept again. Raman smiled and said -pagal madrasan. Saying so he went inside, to his house and then to his room. He placed ishita on their bed and snuggle next to her. He pulled duvet over themselves and slept cuddled in her, like its the most natural thing in the world.
Soon it was morning, simmi got up early as usual to give juice to Raman before he goes to morning walk. She made juice for raman and added two pills to the juice.
Simmi -kyunki aaj se ishita yahan rahegi, issliye aaj se bhai ko double dose, taaki woh chah kar bhi unhe kuch yaad naa dila sake. She said to herself and smiled. She went to Raman's room and was going inside when she realised that the room is locked from inside.
Simmi -bhai ne room kyun bandh kiya hai. She said and start knocking the door. But no-one responded so she started banging the door loudly.
Simmi was banging the door loudly and saying -bhai darwaja kholo bhai.breakijg Ishita's sleep. She opened her eyes and looked around only to see Raman sleeping next to her. She smiled seeing him sleeping like a baby hiding himself in her. She remembered how he picked her in his arms last night and took her to their room.
Ishita -aapka dimaag bhale mujhe bhool gaya ho raman but ur heart can never forget me. Thats why u brought me here, kyunki yahin meri jagah hai. She was talking to herself when simmi banged the door again taking raman's name. Ishita -iss simmi ki toh, mere romance ki band baja rakhi hai.mujhe mere raman ke paas rehne nahi de rahi, but she should also see, ki uski di hui pills, hume alag nahi kar sakta. She thought and went to open the door .she opened the door and said -kya tumhe kisi ne manners nahi sikhaya simmi, what u r doing infront of our door so early in the morning. Jao yahan se, let me and raman sleep.
Simmi got shocked seeing ishita in Raman's room and said -tu, tu yahan kya kar rahi hai.
Ishita -kya matlab yahan kya kar rahi hoon.
Simmi-bakwaas bandh kar apni, tu bhai ke room mein kya kar rahi hai.
Ishita -what kind of question is this simmi. Ek biwi apne pati ke kamre mein nahi hogi toh Kahan hogi. Tum aur param saath nahi rehte kya, that u don't know about it.
Simmi-shut up, khabardaar joh param ka naam liya.
Ishita -uska naam kaun lena chahega subah subah. U r the one who is disturbing our morning.jao yahan se.
Simmi -tu galat kar rahi hai, tu jaanti nahi mujhko.
Ishita -pehle nahi jaanti thi but ab achche se jaanti hoon. Just get lost. She said and was closing the door when she saw juice in simmi's hand and said -oh toh tum raman ke juice laayi thi, but woh toh so rahe hai. Toh woh nahi peeyenge,ek kaam karo jaa kar apne pati ko peela do. Aakhir uski bhi toh yaaddasht jaani chahiye.
Simmi -kya bakwaas kar rahi ho.
Ishita -koi bakwaas nahi kar rahi, I know u must have added those pills to this juice. Tabhi toh tum subah subah yeh raman ko dene aayi ho. But let me clear one thing, now I am here, Raman ki biwi aa chuki hai, toh ab tumhe raman ki care karne ka dhong karne ki zarurat nahi. Samjhi tum. She said and closed the door on simmi's face.
Ishita smiled wholeheartedly and said -maza aa gaya, simmi ka face dekhne laayak tha. Now I can spend some quality time with my raavan Kumar. She said and again settled next to him. He was sleeping while she was just busy in admiring him.
Ishita -uff raavan Kumar kitne cutie kumar lag rahe hai, feel like eating him. She was caressing his face and was thinking.
On the other hand, simmi was going angrily to kitchen when Mr bhalla came and said -what happened simmi, why u r so angry.
Simmi-woh ishita, she took away my ananya aur kya bura hua uske saath. Woh bhai ke kamre mein hai,mujhse kehti hai she can take care of bhai, mujhe bhai ko juice bhi nahi dene diya. Socho papa, main itne pyaar se le kar aayi thi. she is trying to get everything back. Main usse aisa nahi karne dungi.
Mr bhalla -tu itni naraaz naa ho puttar. Everything will be fine. Tu yeh juice pee le. He said making all colours fade away from her face.
Simmi -mujhe nahi peena juice.
Mr bhalla -arey puttar, pee le. Itna fresh juice hai. Achcha tujhe nahi peena toh mujhe de de main pee leta hoon. He said taking the juice from simmi's hand. He was about to drink the juice when simmi pushed him a little and the juice spilled over him.
Simmi -sorry papa, pata nahi kaise dhakka lag gaya. She said pretending to be sorry.
Mr bhalla -koi nahi puttar, main jaa kar change kar leta hoon. Tu dusra juice le aa.
Simmi nodded and went thinking -thank god papa ne woh juice nahi peeta warna unki bhi yaadasht jaane lagti toh problem ho jaati. Thinking so she went while Mr bhalla thought -why simmi acted so strangely. Kya ishita ki baat sahi hai that simmi is giving some pills to Raman aur uski wajah se raman apni memory kho raha hai.he thought and remembered how he has heard the argument between ishita and simmi.
Mr bhalla-aisa ho sakta hai kya,nahi nahi simmi apne bhai ke saath aisa kyun karegi. But phir usne khud kyun nahi peeya juice aur mujhe bhi nahi peene diya. Aisa kya tha uss juice mein joh woh sirf raman ko peelana chahti thi. He was thinking and went to change.
On the other side, ishita bend and pecked Raman's forehead making him stir in sleep. Seeing him waking, she closed her eyes and pretended to sleep. Raman got up feeling weight on himself and was shocked and confused to see ishita sleeping next to him.
He got up in a jerk and said -main Kahan hoon?? He asked to himself and looked around.
Raman -lag toh mera hi kamra raha hai, toh ishita ji yahan kya kar rahi hai. Oh samjha, she must be my imagination. He said trying to touch her thinking she will disappear as soon as he will touch her but unfortunately she didn't disappeared making him believe that she is actually there.
He made a shocked face and said -oh shit, yeh toh real ishita ji hai. Yeh yahan kaise aa gayi. He said getting confused and closed his eyes and remembered last night incident. How they were talking sitting on the bench and he slept in her lap and how he picked her in his arms and brought her to his room.
Raman -shit, yeh mujhse kitni badi galti ho gayi, now how I will face her. Woh meri investor hai. Uff how I will explain all this to her. He was thinking when ishita got up strechting her arms over her head.
Ishita -uff aaj toh bahut achchi neend aayi. She opened her eyes saying this and saw raman standing infront of her making a sorry face.
Ishita -mr bhalla, Aap mere room mein kya kar rahe hai.
Raman -yeh mera room hai. He said looking down.
Ishita smiled seeing his cute antics and thought -uff raavan Kumar is just looking so cute. Uff I feel like eating him up. She was thinking while made a straight face and said -yeh Aap kya keh rahe hai Mr bhalla. Main aapke kamre mein, kaise.
Raman -woh actually, it was my fault. Main aadhi raat ko aapko le kar aa gaya. Actually aapko thand lag rahi thi, so I took u here without realising what I am doing. But trust me, mains kuch nahi kiya hai aapke saath. I didn't even touched u.
Ishita -issi baat ka toh dukh hai. She muttered under her breath when he said -kuch kaha aapne.
Ishita -nahi, I just said, I trust u Mr bhalla. Agar aap keh rahe hai that it was a mistake toh sach ho keh rahe honge. I trust u. She said looking deep into his eyes making him look at her too. They shared a beautiful eyelock.
Both were looking at each other when raman said -u really trust me.
Ishita nodded and said -khud se bhi jyada. I know aap mere saath kuch galat nahi kar sakte. She said making him sigh in relief.
Raman opened the door for her and said -i think ab aapko jaana chahiye isse pehle ki koi aapka dekhe yahan.
Ishita nodded and went out of the room.
Ishita -i did all this just to gain ur trust raman coz I know u love ur family alot and will never easily trust that simmi is responsible for ur condition. Iss liye simmi ko accuse karne se pehle main chahti hoon ki aap mujh par bharosha karne lage. Aapka bharosha mujh par hona bahut jaruri hai raman. If u start trusting me then things will be easier for me. She thought and went to her room.
Kumkum Bhagya
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