Ishra TS- Mere naam tu, part 8 on pg 49 on 13/4 - Page 21

Part 5

Ishita looked at Ranan and spoke "take me to your home .

R- no one is there ,its all alone . Dark and lone.

I- tu rahta hai na wahaan par ( you live there na ).

R- humm .

I- that's enough for me .

Saying so she quickly send a message to mihika that she is leaving and followed Raman,both settled in his bike and rode towards his house . Not much away from the disco they entered in a street and then stopped in front of a house. Ishita looked at it and recalled that she has come here many years back . She don't really recalls it but just have a blurry image of it , she was still looking at the place while Raman unlocked the door ,he entered the house while ishita followed him . He turns on the light and ishita looked at the house ,it was a big house with all lovely decor but it was bit old ,ishita was still looking at the hall while Raman went to kitchen . She too followed him and saw him putting pan on gas stove , before she could ask he asked " tea on coffee ".

I- coffee with mixture and chips .

R- are you still goody like earlier .

I- not ne but you were goody, do you remember you were fatty too .

R- I was not fat but plum rather you were fat .

I- main moti aur tu bahut patla tha na ,motu kahin ka .

R- haan aur tu tuntun mausi .

I- Rams I will kill you .

R- I have hands too , before you can do anything I will choke you .

I- you pig .

R- you bitch .

I- motu teri to ..

Saying so she ran to him to hit him ,he too was ready, he just held her both hands on either side and pushed her ,she walked backwards, he keep pushing her and she kept moving backward ,till she was block with wall . He locked her both hands above her head with his one hand and looked deep into her eyes ,she too looked at him ,non spoke anything just kept staring at eachother ,when ishita felt ticklish, she looked down only to find him tickling her in stomach , she widened her eyes and begged " no Rams don't do that , you know I will so ticklish ".

R- I knew it baby , you want to kill me na , now kill ,now kill .

Saying so he tickle her more and more while she kept laughing. As he got busy in tickling her ,his grip on her hands got loose , she pulled her hands from his hand and ran into the hall pushing him ,he ran behind her and chased her . He was just close to her when she shouted "statue ". Raman listened it and got frozen in his place. She turned a bit to check if he has frozen or still chasing her ,she took a breath if relief when she saw him still . She turned too him , walked to him and hugged him tight saying " I missed you somuch ".

She hugged him for much time while her eyes got moist,after a while when she pulled herself from him and was about to release him ,she noticed tears were running down from his eyes too ,she hugged him again releasing him from his statue mode.His hands too wrapped around her ,the moment she released him. Both remain in the hug for much time when Raman said " I so missed you ish, I m glad that you still want to be my friend after what had happened with me ".

I- are you mad ,we are friends and will remain that only whatever the situations are . Maine appa ko kitna manaaya then he let me come here and coincidendtly we met .

R- remember we promised to study in sane college .

I- yeah ,that's why I took admission in this college .

R- I was so happy to see you after somany years .

I- but you were behaving like a asshole .

R- I was so alone without you .

I- chal coffee banatein hain then we will talk.

Raman's face fell listening to his, she walked to him , lifted his face and asked making him look at her " what's wrong ".

He didn't said anything just looked down while she can notice him gulping his saliva through his throat ,she made him sit on the couch and said " you wait ,I will be back soon ".

Saying so she left for kitchen ,she made coffee, put some mixture and chips on the plate, and walked to the hall . She noticed that he was sitting in same position, she walked to her ,kept the tray on centre table and sat beside her . Ishita turned to him and spoke " Rams are you ready to share it with me ,if yes then speak if not then I m not going to force you. We can start from here only ".

Raman looked at her and spoke " My father is cheater ".

Ishita eyes widened in shock while he removed his gaze from her and spoke looking randomly
" yeah ish Papa was cheating my ma and had another family . That year when you go away from here ,we come to know about this truth after we returned from our grandfather's place . We were coming back from my Nanu's place (maternal grandfather) place and ma told me to call papa ,so that he can come and pick us . I did same but instead of him atfirst a boy picked the phone ,after that a lady took it from him. ".

Ishita looked at Raman ,his face was hard and his gaze was fixed in a place, she tried to look the point he was looking at got to know that ,he was not looking at anything but was just holding his tears in his eyes which were ready to roll down from his eyes anytime . She wiped his eyes and spoke passing the coffee mug to him " I m so sorry ,I was not with you when you actually needed me ".

He held the mug and spoke " I shouted on ma that she has given me wrong number and some random people are talking over at this number . Ma frowned and took the phone from me , she too dialled his number and suddenly I saw the phone fell from her hands , I took the phone and tried to talk to papa only to listen that lady's voice again . She was shouting on us for calling and bothering her husband . I didn't believed my ears and shouted back that m not bothering her husband rather wanted to talk to my father. Saying so I hung your phone , I called the same number two three times and finally papa picked the call . I was beyond shocked to listen my father on same number in which that woman was yelling at us ".

I- then ?

R- I confronted my father at phone itself about that woman and boy . He just shrugged it saying she was one of his office colleagues.
Though ma and I didn't said anything but we got suspicious, I was small so I thought this for two three days and then forget but found that my parents started fighting at daily basis . Papa use to either come late or stay out in nights . Later papa started abusing ma ,atfirst ma fights with him but when he started beating her she got silent and I became scared and alone . Non was there ,no friends no siblings , ma too started being sick . One day my Nanu had called and I told everything to him .

I- then .

R- then my Nanu and Mamu came, they had great argument and after that my father left us for always.Nanu wanted to take us to amristsar with them but ma said that my schooling is here ,moreover she don't wanted to be burden on them. They tried to convince us much but we didn't go with them .

I- then when did aunty...

Raman's eyes welled up listening to this ,ishita wiped his tears and hugged him to console , he too wiped his tears from the back of his palm and spoke " ma started doing a job to support us.Nanu and mamu use to visit us occasionally two years passed we had anyhow adjusted without papa but both of us has became silent . Ma because she was betrayed and was coping up with it while I stopped talking to everyone as no one tried to understand my situation rather all started talking over it ,some mock me showing their sympathy while some mock me on my face . I even had fight with some of boys , I was so missing you but you were not here with me. I thought to call you but didn't had your new number . ".

Ishita was all silent listening to him ,she too was crying along with him their all face was red and puffy due to continuous cries . Both were silent, Raman because he was preparing himself to talk about his mother while ishita don't have much courage to listen more about Raman's misery . She now understands about his situation and his anger, now the reason of his attitude and rudeness is clear . She wanted to console him but his sufferings were too deep that mear words can't heal it . She just pulled him in her arms and spoke " I m so sorry Rams ,I was not there with you at that time but I promise now I will be always with you ,no matter what but we will be always together. "

Saying so she rested his head on her shoulder and let him cry. After a while she noticed that he was has slept, though she was yet to get many answers but she let it go thinking he himself will tell her when he will be comfortable. After thinking for sometimes she too slept in couch itself beside him ,his head still resting on her shoulder while she patted his cheek softly .

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