PreRish OS : Kashmakash Series #Part 4 : Rishtey
title credit : Poo (-RD-)
This is about PreRsih in Basu Bari first day and Bajaj sorting differences between Veena and Prerna ( Veena and Bajaj;s is as per Poo's request .. goes without saying😆)
As the night dawns, the Basu family moves to the guest rooms in the ground floor of the same house as Mr.Bajaj agreed for their stay here, on Prerna's request .
they are in a web with lot of inhibitions and dilemmas .. .. should they seek separate rooms, should they share their room , what should they do and what should they not do ... so that their relation is not for speculations.
Prerna takes Kuki to her room, while Bajaj goes to the master bedroom, he changes and comes to check on Kuki in this new place and bid her good night .
Prerna was reading bed time story book for her, she notices him at the door, as if waiting for her permission, she slightly nods for him to come in.
Kuki on seeing her dad, springs up and hugs him , she makes him sit on the bed .. while Prerna, who was leaning on pillows while reading the book,, straightens up and leans against the headboard and looks at the playful side of a father, who was never to have shown his emotional, vulnerable or any other side barring the ruthless, menacing side behind his tough brooding look .
He notices her being little cautious or may be little uncomfortable with him in there.. he kisses GN to Kuki and tells her to sleep tight. but she pulls his hand and gestures him to sleep on the bed .. Prerna gets off the bed , assuming and letting the kid sleep with the dad, Kuki instantly jumps to the other side of the bed and holds Prerna and pulls her to the bed .. both are on either side of the bed , not wanting to face the other neither want to stay there , the awkwardness is creating a discomfort between them ..
Not able to convince her mom and dad to sleep on her either side, she throws tantrums , eventually both give into her demands, there is a lot more discomfort, awkwardnes and many inhibitions, dilemmas than they both could ever imagine .
"aap teek ho na .. I mean aapka toe..." his concerned voice brings her out of all thoughts and trances where her present collided with her past ...
"hmmmm " she says ..
"you should take a pain killer so that you can sleep better ..." he hands over the medicine while kuki gestures her to take it .. Anurag , who was passing the room, gets a family picture of the mom dad and kid and furiously walks away from there..
After many thoughts and inhibitions, they both lie down on either side of the bed, while kuki holds their hands and slips into deep sleep in few minutes ..
Rishab gets up to leave the room, not to cause any further discomfort for her ..
"aap math jaayiye.... " her gentle voice stops him ...she has her reasons to stop him, she doesn't want Anurag or Basu family members to speculate on their marriage or her relation with her husband , she doesn't want to go with Mr.Bajaj to his room, on gauging all options she thinks it's safe bet for the three of them to sleep here and makes up her mind to curl to sleep on the small pink kids couch in one corner of the room, by the window side.
he looks at her in surprise and confusion ... he too didn't want to leave the room as that would mean his marriage will be open for all sorts of speculations and his wife will be taunted and insulted with more hurls ...
they know each other and understand each other to an extent they avoid questioning and reasoning and avoid any sort of discussion on this topic, he knows her reasons and she knows his , she voiced out what the both of them wanted ...
Prerna takes pillows and a quilt to the couch ... he sits on the bed , "aap rukhiye.. aap iss haalat mein couch pe nahin so sakti.. please I insist, I will sleep on the couch .." he requests her to sleep on the bed and he tries to move to the small pink couch .. struggles to fit into it .. Prerna notices him struggling with it ...
"Prerna, tomorrow we will move into a hotel or our guest house ", she looks at him while he continues .. "I didn't want to put you in any uncomfortable situation " he clarifies,
she is lost in thoughts ....
"aaahhh " Prerna's soft scream in pain, can be heard by Anupam standing right next to her and Anurag who was standing on the stairs, not far from her, but was noticed by him, standing across the room, ,.seriously passing orders to someone on the other side of the phone, but eyes constantly finding her .
Anupam quickly comes to her to check her toe .. "Prerna... tum teek ho?" he asks ..." giving his hand for her to hold ...
"Are you Ok.... " a concerned and panicked look on his face... Anupam excuses himself..as Mr.Bajaj rushes to her .. offering his hand , "May I " he asks with his eyes, . the unsaid words between them are specific to them... ... Prerna holds his arm and squeezes in pain ... and nods .. he holds her hand and makes her walk to the couch .
the Basu family looks on... some sharp narrowing of eyebrows, some eyes roll... while there is no one coming forward to attend to her , though there is concern in couple of members ... Mr.Bajaj on his knees .....he is in dilemma .. looks away... Prerna holds and pulls her saree a so that her injured toe is exposed, considering her gesture as approval, he still looks at her she looks down at her toe , letting him to tend,...
the Basu family members leave the place, in rage and frustration , he struggles with his inhibitions and dilemmas despite her approval ... he looks at her bruised black toe .. he sprays an anti inflammatory and wraps a bandage in an amateurish way, as he's never done this before nor the awkwardness would let him to do at peace... ...at the end, that small task, for him, seems a herculean task, as he was fighting all odds of her reactions and his want to help her and his inhibitions....
he comes out of the very thought ...
He thinks about the taunts and insults hurled at his wife , by Mrs.,Basu, Prerna contemplates on those very thoughts where she was accused of luring Bajaj with her beauty on the pretext of collecting CCTV footages to prove Anurag's innocence .
"Prerna, I actually wanted to show them what it feels to be kicked out of your own home, ... but .."
she looks at him... asking him to go on ,.. "but I think you will be subjected to more physical and mental stress and pain here .. so I think we should move out let them stay here .. "
Prerna introspects, is this the same man who cornered me to marry him... now he is ready to let go off his bid despite winning and holding a bitter past against them... all this for ..... "for you " her inner voice echoes ..
" we will move to the hotel first thing in the morning, " he says ..
"Mr.Bajaj... all this is happening because of me... ", she blames herself.. he nods to negate.. "aapki wajah se kuch nahin ho raha...please don't blame yourself.. " , his stern voice , each time she blames herself his inner guilt bogs him down .. while she is verbally blaming herself , he is weighed down from with in .. with the guilt for putting her through this situation.
"I do not want to be the reason for you to back out of your plans, you can go ahead with what you thought and how you want to go ahead as you said it's between you and Anurag..." he is surprised at her , " and regarding our relation, I will make sure , no one will find any opportunity for any sort of speculations .. " she assures him .."I am Mrs.Bajaj , your wife and Kuki's mother and that's the reality of my life" she says with sternness assuring him to go ahead with his plans and she will be with him.
"Aur aap please sleep on the other side of the bed ..you look uncomfortable here " she says hesitantly, "please ... " she says looking into his eyes etched with "are you sure "
Next morning , at breakfast .. "Prerna kaisi ho , kaisi hai tumhari ", maasi asks her .. "ji abhi teek hai" ..Prerna replies and hugs maasi .. Mohini glares at them
"Good Morning Prerna " , he says from behind, she turns around "Good Morning " and smiles at her husband .
The Basu family members come down for breakfast, Kuki comes and hugs her dad "Good Morning beta,,, aap teek se soyi kal raath" he asks gently taking her into a hug... Kuki smiles and nods in affirmative.
Basu family makes faces.. "aap breakfast karogi ... main khilaaoon " dad asks her .. she nods in no and runs to her mom and hugs her ..
"lagtha hamari kuki ko apni mamma ke haaton breakfast karni hai " maasi voices her words ..kuki nods in excitement , Prerna makes her sit on her lap and feed her .. infuriating Anurag and other family members while the dad looks at them with all his heart
Before leaving to work .."aap apna khayaal rakhiye,.." he says her
and adds "main aaoonga " with a wink, she smiles ...
After breakfast, Tanvi, Kuki and Prerna are playing blind fold in the living room, Prerna is blindfolded... walking towards kuki, who walks behind and bumps into Mohini, the shatter sound of the expensive crockery heard across the room, Prerna unfolds the blind and runs towards' Kuki who is surrounded by shattered crockery around her ... Prerna carefully lifts Kuki and takes her to a safe side..
"How dare she..." Mohini's rage at high decibels
"Sorry kakimaa ... woh bachchi hai.. dekhi nahin .. hum log khel rahe the... uski taraf se I am sorry kakima..." Prerna holds her hands and apologizes...
"leave my hand you ... " she drops Prerna's hands off hers... and continues with her vicious rant against her
"ab tum iss goongi ladki ki maa ho jo tumhein kabhi bhi maa nahin keh paayegi" says Mohini with her blood shot eyes ..
"Kakimaa... " shouts Prerna .. "aap meri beti ke baarein mein aisi baatein nahin kar sakte ..." she tells her off
"Toh tum mujhse nazrein milaaoge ab..... kitne paise mile hai ... ek aadhe umar ke aadmi se shaadi karne ka aur ek goongi ladki ki aaya banne ka " she yells on top of her voice ... "kaakimaa ... bas kijiye .. aap mujhse aise baatein nahin kar sakti..." she tries to fight and argue with the menacing and ruthless Mohini
"galti ko pehli baar mein hi rokna chaahiye Prerna" she recollects maas's words,
"Main aapko aakhri baar keh rahi hoon ...meri beti ke baarein mein kuch bhi nahin kehenge" says Prerna in a stern voice . ..
A furious Mohini comes close to Prerna "tum jaisi low class , laalchri , paiso pe bhikh jaanewali ladki ab mujhse aisi baat karegi "
"Mrs.Basu... " Maasi's loud voice covers every corner of the huge living room, she walks towards Mohini and Prerna .. "Whatever relation you have with Prerna in the past is not of a concern now, she is now our Bahu, aur hum apni bahu ki beizzati bardash nahin kar sakte.... " Maasi's stern warning to a furious Mohini
" Prerna hamari ghar ki bahu hai aur iski izzat ko hum apna izzat maante hain ... isiliye I warn you not to cross your line ..ever..." Maasi further warns her ... Mohini tries to say something... "generations have changed but this family can never change.... maasi walks off in exasperation ..
Prerna runs behind her.. "maasi ji .. yeh family ..matlab aap inko pehle se jaanti hain...aapko pata hain kya khadvee yaadein hain Mr. Bajaj ka inke saath... " Prerna asks out of curiosity
"Prerna.....jab sahi samay aayega toh Rishab khudh tumhein baatayega,... " maasi says patting Prerna on her shoulder as token of take it easy for now,
"phir se sahi samay .. " Prerna mutters under her breath .. "must be khaandaani"
Edited by munnihyderabad - 5 years ago