Ishra TS- Mere naam tu, part 8 on pg 49 on 13/4 - Page 25

Part 6

Ishita opened her eyes feeling the sunrays which was peeping from the curtains, she got up ,stretched herself then noticed that she us in unknown place. She got confused thinking where she is , she tried to recall and recalled that last night she was with Raman and slept in his couch while consoling him . But now she was in bed ,in a room , she assumed that may be she is still in his house . Thinking so ishita climbed down the bed and walked out of the room to reach the hall . She found the couch and got relived that it's his house only, but he was nowhere . That's when she listened some sounds from the kitchen and walked towards there.She peeped in kitchen and found Raman , cooking something , she smiled and spoke " good morning Rams ".

Raman looked at her and greeted her back " good morning ish , slept well".

I- humm ,but we slept in couch then how come I...

R- When I woke in midnight, I find us sleeping very uncomfortably so I tucked in you bed .

I- ohh , that was your room .

R- yeah ,actually I had spare rooms too but hadn't opened it from many days, they must be dirty ,so I thought to take up kn mine only .

I- If I was in bed then where did you slept.

R- I slept in couch.

I- ohh .what are you making .

R- making tea and breakfast. Tu piyegi .

I- haan, what are you making .

She asked peeping into the pot .

R- chowmin , tu khaayegi .

I- ofcourse , you know cooking .

R- yeah , I also need to eat to live .

I- don't you have servants.

R- I have , one maid is there but she only cleans and wash my cloths .

I- abs you cook by yourself .

R- yeah and when I don't feel like cooking ,I order from outside .

I- ohh , that's great Rams ,I m proud of you .

Raman smiled and said " go and freshen up ,tea is ready ."

I- freshen up ? Shh ,I m at your house and don't have anything to start my day .

R- don't panick, I have spare toothbrush , tu brush Kar ke, hadyour breakfast then I will drop you to hostel , you can freshen up there and come to college .

I- I think that's nice idea ,tu aayega mujhe pick karne .

R- me ? Won't you feel bad to be seen with me ,the bad boy of college .

I- are you crazy ,I have come from Chennai to her ,only for how then how come you think that I will be embarrassed with you. Rams I know I was not there and those were the hardest day of your life but now I m with you,with my bestest friend .

She spoke clinging on him , he made faces and spoke " bestest is not any word".

I- I know but I wanted much nice wirfdthan best so its bestest.

R- you are crazy .

I- I was always that .

R- now go and freshen up, I m serving tea .

I- just a minute .

Saying sk she turn to go when he stopped and said ,passing the new brush to her " atleast take this ".

I- ohh .

Saying so she took the brush and went to the wash basin, she brushed her teeth ,washed her face and then came back . He was already waiting for her with tea ,doing something on phond, she settled beside him and asked looking into the phone " what are you doing. "

R- nothing was just reading the newspaper .

I- in mobile .

R- yeah ,I had subscribe it over here only as I don't get enough time to read the newspaper .

I- that's great but you don't spend much time in college then why are you so busy .

R- I have many other works beside college .

I- tell me .

R- I have a job .

I- (surprised)- job ? You work?.

R- yeah ,you know I don't have any one to support so I had to earn my living by myself .

His eyes got filled but he wiped instantly and spoke ,changing the topic " ish have the tea, this must be the best tea ,you ever had ".

I- why not ,masterchef RB has made ,so it has to be the best .

R- jyada bakwaas na kar and have your tea .

She showed her tongue to him and picked her tea . She shipped a sip and spoke "man to nahi hai ,but still I will say, this is actually one of the best tea I had ever had . Tu cook ki job to nahi karta ".

R- no duffer ,I m working in a call centre and also make business presentation for my uncles firm .

I- ohh ,so you do two jobs .

R- yeah, actually after my mother I was all alone without any support but luckily I was eighteen and can take care of myself . My Nanu wanted to take me along as I had just completed my schooling but I denied saying my studies are here,then they got me admitted in college and were paying for me, which I was not liking. I even told same to my uncle ,he assured me that it's ok and if I want ,I can pay him after I start earning . I was not liking this so I searched some part time job , got one . I was at my work when my my uncle come to see me and was not happy seeing me working in shopping mall , so he offered me to work with him. But obviously i cannot go as my college was there , so he gave me little training about his work and making presentation . After that I started to make presentations for his different projects.

I- you had suffered a lot Rams, but how did you manage all this.

R- my college were mostly in morning so I attended college then was going for work kn shopping mall but when I left the job ,I got enough time for my studies and making presentation.

I- you learnt making presentation on very first time.

R- No my mamu stayed with me for sometimes and taught me , I was a quick learner so learnt it soon .

I- then why do you do this call centre job .?

R- I was so alone and was having much time ,so thought to work ,its gives nice salary which is a plus in my earning.

I- I m so proud of you Rams , I must say you are really strong.

R- no I m not , my mom was stronger than me ,I was angry with you as you left me as you were my friend but she never showed any anger towards my father , though he had betrayed her . She loves him somuch that she even died in his arms .

He closed his eyes to hide the tears which has formed but they rolled down ,the moment he closed his eyes .She wiped them and hugged him tight , he broke into tears and spoke " what an irony of life is it ishita ,that man had betrayed my mother and he only got the chance to do her lady rites ."

I- how did she died ?

Ishita asked meekly,seeing his state . She knows that may be make him remind his mothers death but she wanted to know about his mother . Raman looked at her and spoke
" one day her health was not ok ,I even told her to take leave but she didn't listened to me and went ,don't know what happened after that but in evening I got a call ,informing me that mom met with accident and is very serious . I rushed to hospital but couldn't talked to her as my father was also there and they were talking . I went out of the room ,till he was in room but the moment I went inside my mom died ,just after blessing me and telling me to take care of myself . I couldn't even talked to her ish ,just because of that man ,I couldn't even spend the last moments of her life with her ,I so hate him ish ,I so hate ."

I- your father didn't called you to come with him .

R- he did , he apologised to me and called me to live with him but I denied as I was an adult .

Ishita hugged him again and spoke " I m sorry that you have to bear everything alone, you know how I m feeling , I m feeling like I have left you in alone when you were fighting with your flaws and now had come back when the bad time is over . How many times I say sorry , the damage I had done can't be repaired."

R- it was not your fault, you were small at that time. I missed you a lot and so wanted you with me but the moment you said that you come here to complete your MBA ,I got mad that you are not here for me but for studies ,that broke me .

I- you don't know Rams ,though everything was there ,my parents ,good environment, nice surroundings, lovely friends but still there was a miss ,an emptiness because we were not together . I so wanted you back in my life but I couldn't do anything , so I waited till I grow, so that i can live anywhere alone and I m back here because i was missing my best friend .

R- I m sorry for my behavior .

I- kaan pakad ke sorry bol .

R- ok.

Saying so he held ishita's ear and was saying sorry ,when ishita said "not mind but yours ".

R- mujhe to aise hi sorry bone aata hai .

I- tu hamesha idiot hi rahega.

R- aur tu idiotny .

Ishita laughed aloud and asked " what's that ,idiotny ".

R' idiot's friend idiotny .

I- thsts not any word.

R- I had discovered it, the great Raman kumar bhalla .

I- kuch bhi ,wo bhi confidence se .

R- aur nahi to kya , chal ab ,either we will get late for college .

I, ok .

Saying so they had their breakfast ,then ride towards her hostel.

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