Hamari Adhoori Kahaani- YHM Fan Fiction Part 3

Bhalla House

Neelu is working in the kitchen. She sees the time and quickens her pace to lay the table for dinner. Slowly one by one the Bhallas start coming to the dinner table: Simmi, Param, Mihika, Toshi Ji, Bhalla Ji, Adi, Aliya, Ruhi, Romi and Raman.

Simmi: Oye Neelu! Abhi tak dinner table pe nahin lagaya tumne? Dhayan kahan hai tera? Apne haath jaldi chala? Kal tak toh sab time se pehle ho ja raha tha. Aaj kya ho gaya phir?

Neelu: Aaj kitchen mein akele hoon na. Koi haath batane wala nahi hai. Bus thodi der ruk jao aap sab. Rotiyan bana rahi hoon bus.

Mihika: 4 din kisi aire gaire na aa kar madad kya kar di thori is ghar me kaam karne ka tareeka hi badal gaya kya?

Toshi: Oye Neelu! Tujhe kitchen mein aur haath chahiye toh pehle kyun nahi bola. Ghar ka koi bhi teri madad kar deta. Bahar walon ka asar saaf dikh raha hai. Sab kuch is ghar mein bigad raha hai.

Ruhi and Adi are looking very upset hearing this conversation. They know that everyone is calling their Ishimaa an outsider yet because Raman is sitting there they cannot say a word. Bhalla Ji notices that Adi and Ruhi are upset.

Bhalla Ji: Toshi ji thand karo. 5-10 minute wait karne se koi pahad nahi toot jayega. Kal se agar kisi koi jaldi hai aur ekdum time pe khana chahiye toh woh aa ke ek baar kitchen mein dekh le. Ek akeli Neelu pe sari kitchen ki zimmedari nahi ho sakti.

Neelu comes and brings hot rotis. Everyone starts eating. Romi is carefully watching everyone. He notices that everyone is taking food from the same serving bowls. So he concludes that Raman's medicines are not mixed in his food. Raman is about to take a bite of food but he stops mid way and looks around at everyone sitting.

Raman: Pihu kahan hai? Usne khana khaya?

Simmi gets annoyed hearing Pihus name but remains quiet.

Ruhi: Neelu Didi aapne Pihu ka khana uske kamre mein de diya kya?

Neelu: Nahi Ruhi. Main toh sham se kitchen mein hi lagi hui thi.

Ruhi: accha koi baat nahi. Pihu ko time ka dhayan nahi raha hoga. Mai use bula lati hoon.

Ruhi goes to Pihu's room and is surprised to find it empty. She checks everywhere in the room and in her bathroom but she doesn't find Pihu anywhere. She runs back to the dining table.

Ruhi: Kisi ne Pihu ko dekha kya? Woh apne kamre mein nahin hai.

Adi: Ruhi tune thik se check kiya? Bathroom mein check kiya?

Ruhi: haan Adi bhaiya. Woh nahin hai.

Aliya: lagbhag ek ghante pehle mai uske room ke pas se ja rahi thi tab toh woh apne room mein hi thi. Bed pe leti hui thi. Mujhe laga shayad so gai hai toh main andar nahi gai.

Toshi Ji: Pihu aisa kaha chali gai? Ghar me hi kahi hogi. Ruhi ne sirf Pihu ka room check kiya na. Pure ghar mein dekho. Yahin kahin hogi.

Adi: haan of course. Aap sab khao. Mai, Aliya aur Ruhi check karte hai.

Raman: main bhi dekhta hoon.

Adi, Ruhi, Aliya and Raman get up to look for Ruhi. Simmi continues to be disinterested and focuses on her dinner. She looks up and sees no one else is eating. This annoys her further.

Simmi: Arey aap sab ruk kyun gaye? Khana thanda ho jayega. Choti bachi hai. Yahin kahin ghar mein hogi. Mil jayegi.

Ten minutes later Adi, Ruhi, Aliya and Raman return back looking worried. They look at each other and realise that no one has found Pihu.

Raman: Pihu kahin nahin mil rahi. Aise kaisa aur kahan chali gai? Usne kisi se kuch kaha Tha kya?

Toshi: Oye nahi Puttar. Jab se humne us Ishita ko jane ke liye kaha woh apne kamre mein hi thi.

Param: kahin Ishita use aa ke le toh nahi gai?

Simmi: Neelu! Koi bahar se aya tha kya yahan? Tune Pihu ko kisi ke sath jate hue dekha kya?

Neelu: nahi. Koi nahi aya bahar se aur maine toh Pihu ko dekha hi nahi. Main toh sham se kitchen mein busy thi.

Raman: kitchen mein thi toh kya hua? Ek nazar baki area pe bhi hona chahiye na! Ghar me choti bachi hai aur kisi jo dhayan hi nahin hai!!!

Mihika: Ishita hi le gai ho gai use.

Raman: Mai dekh kar aata hoon.

Adi: main chalta hoon aapke sath.

Raman and Adi leave. Simmi asks everyone else to sit and have dinner.

Toshi: Simmi tera dimag kharab ho gaya hai kya? Choti bachi ghar se gayab hai aur tujhe khane ki padi hai?

Mihika: yahan nahi hai toh ishita ke pas hi hogi. Thik keh rahe ho aap sab. Ishita hi use uksa ke le gai hogi.

Toshi: aise kaise le jayegi woh hamare ghar ki bacchi ko?

Ruhi: Pihu ki maa hai woh. Pihu jitni hamari hai utni unki bhi hai.

Param: mummy ji aap pareshan mat ho. Mai dekh kar aata hoon. Aap sab khana khaiye.

aram also leaves. Raman and Adi are in front of Ayer house. Raman is about to ring the doorbell when he notices that the door is open. He pushes the door and goes in.

Iyer House:
Raman and Adi have silently entered the house. Amma, Appa, Bala, Kiran, Shravu, Shitija, Ishita and Pihu are all sitting on the dining table and eating. They do not notice that Raman and Adi have arrived. Raman watches Ishita feeding Pihu lovingly and notices Pihu is smiling and happy. Pihu then goes on to feed Ishita.

Pihu: Ishimaa aap jab mujhe khana khilati ho na toh khana aur bhi tasty ho jata hai! Aapke hathon mein magic hai!

Ishita: But sabse tasty toh khana mera hai kyunki aaj Pihu mujhe khila rahi hai. And Pihu jab mujhe khana khilati hai toh usme itna saara pyaar mila deti hai ki mujhe khane mein sirf Pihu ke pyaar dikhta hai.

Pihu hugs Ishita n goes and sits in her lap. Ishita laughs and feeds Pihu another bite.

Pihu: Ishima aap kal mere liye dosa banaoge?

Ishita: Aap roz yahan khana khane nahi aa sakte Pihu. Dekho ghar pe Dadi Neelu didi se kehke apke liye kitne pyaar se khana banwati hai. Aap woh khana nahi khaoge toh unhein kitna bura lagega na. Sometimes aap papa se pooch ke yahan khana khane aa sakte ho. Papa acche hai na woh mana nahin karenge.

Madhavi: Ishu yeh tum kya keh rahi ho? Pihu yeh tumhara hi ghar hai. Tumhe jab jo khana ho yaha aa jana. Tumhari Ishimaa nahi banana chahti tumhare liye dosa toh no problem mai bana dungi. Aur apne ghar aane ke liye permission nahi chahiye but Pihu papa ko batake aana zaroor warna woh worry karenge na.

Raman listens to the conversation silently. He thinks that how can Ishita on one side be so nice towards my daughter yet play such sharp mind games with the rest of my family? How can someone have two such distinct aspects to their personality? From what little I have heard at least she is not brain washing Pihu by saying wrong things about my family yet she came and took Pihu and brought her here without informing anyone? Why is it that for every good thing that she does she ends up doing one bad thing to balance it out?
While Raman was lost in his thoughts he did not realise that Adi was looking at the whole seen with the biggest smile on his face. He also did not notice that Param had come and was now standing next to him.

Param: Isse kehte hai rassi jal gai pal bal nahi toota. Maine kaha tha na Raman. Ishita hi Pihu ko yahan le aai. Abhi samjha ke inko dhake maar ke ghar se nikala tha but inki palle baat nahi padi. Raman aise logon ke sath na sakhti se pesh aana chahiye. Humein usi samay police ko bulana chahiye tha.

Everyone sitting on the dining table is shocked hearing Param's voice and are all the more shocked to see Raman and Adi with him. They all are also confused as to what Param is saying.

Param: Aapke man ko hamare ghar me hamare beech hamare hi khilaaf apne ghatiya games khelakar chain nahi aaya jo aap ek masoom bacchi ka ab istemaal kar rahi hai hamare khilaaf?

Raman: Miss Ishita maine aapse kaha tha mere ghar aur family se door rahiye ga but aap ko shayad ek baar mein kahi baat samajh mein nahin aati.

Pihu: Papa mujhe yahan koi le ke nahi aya. Main khud aai hoon yahan. Mujhe Ishita Aunty ke bina kuch accha nahin lagta. Aap log unpe gussa mat karo. Agar aapko datna hai toh mujhe datoon. Bina fault ke kisi to blame karna wrong hota hai na papa.

Raman: Pihu aap aise bina kisi ko inform kiye ghar se kaise chale gaye? Aapko andaaza bhi hai ki sab ghar pe kitna pareshan ho gaye hai?

Ishita: Pihu maine aapse poocha tha ki aap ghar pe bata ke aaye ho ya nahin. Aapne tabhi kuch theek se nahi bataya. Yeh tog galat baat hai na beta. Aapne wahan sab ko pareshan kar rakha hai. Pihu dobara aisa nahi karogi na. Mr. Bhalla Pihu bahut samjdar hai. Ek galti woh dobaara kabhi nahin dorati. Hai na Pihu?

Pihu looks at Ishita and then at Raman and nods her head in agreement towards both of them.

Pihu: I'm sorry Papa. Sorry Ishima. Papa aap sab ne Ishita Aunty ko aise ghar se jane ko bola n dobaara aane ko bhi mana kar diya. Agar main aapse poochti toh kya aap mujhe unse milane le aate? Papa main nahi reh sakti Ishita Aunty ke bina. Aur wahan pe sab mujhe unse door karna chahte hai.

Pihu hugs Ishita again and starts crying loud sobs. Ishita is also overwhelmed and isn't able to hold back her tears. She hugs Ruhi back and silently cries. Raman is at loss of words. He isn't able to understand how two strangers can have such a strong bond.

Ishita: Pihu bus aise nahi rote beta. Aap toh hamari princess ho na. Aap kahin bhi raho Pihu aap jante ho na ki main aapse bahut pyaar karti hoon. Aur jab koi kisi se itna pyaar karta hai toh woh hamesha unke pas unke dil mein hote hai. Toh main aapke heart mein hamesha aapke saath hoon aur aapke pass hoon.

Raman: Chalo Pihu ab ghar chalo. Sab dinner ke liye aapka wait kar rahe hain.

Pihu: Papa but maine toh yahan dinner start kar diya. Ab main aise food chodke kaise jaun? Khana waste nahin karna chahiye na?

Raman is at loss of words. He does not know what to say. His heart is telling him that Pihu is happiest when with Ishita so he should let them spend time with each other but in his head he remembers everything Simmi has told him about Ishita. He looks at Adi and gives him a confused look.

Adi: sir aap dono ghar jake dinner kar lo. Main yahan Pihu ke saath hoon. Uska dinner ho jayega toh mai use ghar le aunga.

Raman nods in agreement. He looks at Ishita and Pihu and sees how safe and protected Pihu feels around her. He wonders if Pihu will ever feel that safe with him or if she maybe did in the past. He feels helpless that he cant remember what kind of bond he used to have with his daughter. And now everytime he tries to bond with her he feels she resents him because of all the tension in Bhalla house with respect to Ishita. Raman nods at Param and they both leave. Everyone at the Ayer house settles down at the dining table to resume eating dinner. Adi comes and sits next to Ishita and holds her hand.

Adi: Ishimaa aap theek ho na?

Ishita: Haan Adi main bilkul theek hoon. Kya hua mujhe?

Adi gets emotional. He makes Ishita stand and then hugs her.

Adi: I'm sorry Ishimaa

Ishita: Adi kya hua beta? Sorry kyun bol rahe ho?

Adi: Ishimaa parents apne bachoon ke liye sab kuch karte hai. Selflessly har had par kar jaate hai. Toh bachoon ko bhi waqt aane pe yahi karna chahiye na apne parents ke liye. But yahan dekho kaisa messy situation hai hum aapke aur papa ke liye kuch nahi kar pa rahe hai. Papa ko wahan kisi baat ka hosh nahin aur hum kuch nahin kar sakte. Aap inte din aapne hi ghar main naukar ban kar servant room mein reh rahi thi humein aur papa ko protect karne ke liye. Aap us ghar ki lakshmi ho and aapko naukaron ki tarah chup chup ke apne ghar main aane pada upar se sab ki jali kati baatein. I'm sorry for everything Ishimaa.

Ishita: Bus Adi. Tum teeno toh world ke best bacche ho. Ek maa ko apne bachoon se bus unconditional love chahiye aur woh mujhe hamesha mere teno bachoon se mila hai. Toh tumhe mujhe sorry kehne ki koi zaroorat nahin hai. Kya main nahi samajhti ki tumhe aur Ruhi ko kitni takleef hoti hogi roz? Door se apne papa ko aise dekhte hue? Apne hi ghar mein reh ke apne papa ko papa nahi keh pana. Helpless toh kabhi kabhi mai feel karti hoon. Sochti hoon aisa kya karoon ki tumhara har dard aur saro takleef mujhe mil jaye. Aisa kya karoon ki tum dono ko bhi tumhare Papa wapas mil jaye?

Adi: Humein sirf apne Papa hi nahin but apni Ishimaa bhi wapas chahiye aur alag alag Nagi but ek saath. Chaliye chodo in batoon ko. Ishimaa aaj please aap mujhe bhi aapne hathon se khana khilao na. Arsa ho gaya aapke haathon se khana nahi khaya maine.

Ishita smiles at Adi. She sits in the middle of Adi and Ruhi and feeds both of them.

Adi: Ishimaa aapke hathon ke taste itne time bad bhi change nahi hua.

Ishita smiles and feeds both her children. She thinks no she can't give up yet. These small moments of happiness are what is giving her strength to get Raman back, to get her life back, to get her family back. She will not give up easily. There has to be some other way to expose Simi and Param. And there is no way on earth she will sign divorce papers.