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HAHK - 4
The alarm rang loudly through the room. Manvi tried to turn it off without opening her eyes. Her hand searched the sidetable for the alarm.
" Di...aapne yeh alarm kyu rakhi hai ? " She asked sleepily. When no answer came, she opened her eyes and sat up quickly seeing the room. She was not in Rishikesh as she thought, and neither was her di in that room.
' What ? Where ? ... Oh.' Her heart sank when she became aware of her surroundings. Her di was in her sasural and she was in the outhouse of the Vadheras.
" Who kept this stupid alarm ? " she murmured unhappily, searching for it. Finally she got it under the bed. Most probably she had hit it down the table in her sleep. The time on the alarmclock reminded her something but what, she couldn't remember.
" Kyu rakhi maine yeh alarm ?! "
Just then her phone rang. She attended the call without checking the caller, still wondering about why she kept the alarm.
" Hello ? "
" Hello ?! Tumhe pata bhi hai time kya hua hai ?! " asked an irritated voice.
" Chep." Manvi recognized the caller disinterest echoing in her voice.
" Kya chep ?! Jaldi tayyar hoke neeche aa jao."
" Subah subah meri dimaag mat khao. Tum hote kaun hai mujhe instructions dene wala ? Aur main kyu aavu ? " Manvi took out her frustration of being away from her sister, on the unlucky caller.
" Tum neendh main ho ? " Virat asked softly. His change of tone sort of calmed her down.
" Abhi tak thi, par alarm ne udayi. Pata nahi maine alarm kyu rakhi thi."
Virat shook his head. ' Yeh kabhi nahi sudharegi.'
" Agar yaad nahi toh main yaad dilata hoon. Hum jaa rahe hai doctor ke paas tumhare checkup keliye. Aur woh iss liye kyunki tumhari tabiyat kal kharab thi."
" Lekin main ab theek hoon ! " Manvi tried to escape.
" Koi bahana nahi chalega. Jaldi aa jao. Warna bas ek phone call, phir bhabhi khud tumhe doctor ke paas le jayenge."
" Argh. I hate you."
" You are welcome. Mujhe jyada wait mat karao."
" Pehle phone rakho. Chep." and she cut the call.
Virat chuckled and kept the phone.
' I am going to kill him.' decided Manvi as she got ready. She had no intention to go to doctor, but she didn't want to test his threat. On the way down, she came across Pinky chachi.
" Chachi, mujhe kuch urgent shopping karni hai. Main bahut jaldi aa jaaongi. Aap please Beeji ko sambhaliye. Ok bye." And ran before chachi could stop her.
" I hate you." declared Manvi as she sat in the car.
" Acha tareeka hai apne naye rishtedaaron ko greet karne ka ! "
" Rishtedaar ? Kaun rishtedaar ? Tum ?! "
" Kyu nahi ?! Arre, main tumhari jeeju ka bhai hoon ! "
" Yeh unki badkismati ki tum unke bhai ho. Main kyu maanu tumse rishta ?! "
Virat stared at her in disbelief. ' Iski kuch nahi ho sakti.'
" Kya hai ? Pehle kabhi dekha nahi kya ? "
Virat didn't reply. Instead he started the car and drove to hospital.
Few minutes of silence and Manvi started talking again.
" Virat.."
" Hmm ? "
" Main theek hoon abhi, tum bekaar mein pareshan ho rahe ho."
" Mujhe tumse jyada doctor pe bharosa hai."
" Arre yaar, yeh sab mere saath bachpan se ho rahi hai. Khud aate hai aur khud jaate hai."
" Lekin baar baar aate hai. "
" Haan, par..."
" Toh bas. Agar doctor ne kaha ki tum theek ho, toh main baat wahi par chodunga."
Manvi pouted, finding nothing to say back. Virat couldn't help smiling, seeing how cute she looked.
Soon they were at the hospital. Manvi tried to escape again while Virat parked the car.
" Kyu tum apna time mere liye waste kar rahe ho ? Wapas chalte hai na. Agli baar jab meri tabiyat kharab ho jaayengi tab hum doctor se milenge, theek hai ? Ab chalo, ghar chalte hai."
" Yaar tumhari problem kya hai ?! Tumhe doctor se itni darr kyu hai ? "
" Mujhe koi darr warr nahi hai. Main bas yeh keh rahi hoon ki hum kyu apna time yaha waste kare."
" Woh toh doctor se milne ke baad pata chalega ki time waste huyi ki nahi. Ab chalo, aur natak mat karo."
" Rehne do na yaar."
" Manvi.." Virat warned taking out his phone.
She understood the unspoken threat and followed him to the doctor grudgingly.
" Hello Doctor saab. Yeh rahi aapki nayi patient, Ms. Manvi." Virat introduced her to the doctor.
" Hello Manvi beta, please come. I'm Dr.Sippy, Vadheras ke family doctor."
" Hello Doctor uncle." Manvi liked the doctor in the first meet itself. He was so caring and pleasant.
" Virat bata raha tha ki kal tumhari tabiyat bahut kharab thi. Hua kya tha ? "
" Kuch nahi uncle, yeh Virat bas baat ko kheech raha hai. Mujhe khasi huyi thi aur thodi si dizziness huyi thi, bas."
" Aur isne mujhe aaj bataya ki yeh sab bachpan se uske saath ho rahe hai." added Virat.
" Bachpan se ? Aur koi pareshani hote hai ? "
" Haan, woh bukhaar bhi aa jaate hai. Par yeh sab khud chale jaate hai."
" Phir bhi, check karne mein kya hai ? " said the doctor.
He made her sit on the examination table and did the regular checkup. After returning to his desk, he said seriously,
" Abhi thoda bukhaar hai tumhe. Main uss keliye dawai likh deta hoon. Kyunki yeh bukhaar, khaasi aur dizziness tumhe bachpan se hai, kuch test bhi karna zaroori hai."
" Test ?! Aapka matlab hai blood test ?! Nahi nahi, aap jitna dawai chahe de deejiye, par koi blood test nahi, please."
Virat and doctor looked at Manvi amused. One would think a 21 year old girl would face the needle, but here she was protesting like a 5 year old !
Doctor chuckled and said, " Darne ki koi baat nahi hai beta. Bahut chotti si dard hogi aur kuch nahi."
" Nahi nahi, mujhe nahi karna."
" Sherni needle se darti hai ?! " Virat whispered to her.
Manvi narrowed her eyes at him. ' This is all his doing. If she hadn't given into his threat, she wouldn't have faced the needle today.'
" Tumhe toh main.." Manvi whispered back, gritting her teeth.
" Toh aap blood le leejiye doctor saab. Yeh toh ready hai." Virat said to doctor and immediately caught her arm.
" Wha..?! " Manvi didn't get the time to get away.
" Aap iski nautanki pe mat jaayiye. Blood leejiye."
" Don't worry beta. Main jaldi khatam kar doonga." said the doctor sympathetically.
As the doctor neared with the syringe, Manvi could hear her heart beating rapidly. She felt like she would faint now. But she didn't want to faint in front of that Chep. ' He'd tease me to death.'
When the doctor rubbed the spirit-soaked cotton over her vein, she felt as if her whole skin was burning. And when the doctor put the needle into her vein, she felt as if she was going to die any moment now. And in the heat of the moment, she grasped Virat's hand tightly with her free hand.
If someone had told him few minutes back that being with a person scared of needles can be scarry, Virat wouldn't 've believed them. But now'
He had expected Manvi to shout or scream but she had done something else. She shut her eyes tight as the needle got inserted and grasped his hand tight. He almost yelped when he felt a sharp pain in his hand. He looked down and saw that her nails were pressing into his skin. She was getting the needle and here he was feeling the pain, literally !
Dr.Sippy took her blood as soon as possible. " Lo ho gaya. Ab darne ki koi baat nahi hai."
Manvi heard the doctor over the still thudding heart and opened her eyes slowly. " Ho gayi ? Thank God."
Doctor smiled and turned to give the blood sample to the nurse for testing.
" Arre ab toh mera haath chod do." said Virat.
" Tumhara haath ?! " Manvi was confused. 'What is he talking about ?! '
" Zara dekho toh ! "
Manvi looked down to where he was pointing and was surprised to see that she was holding his hand tight. " Oh, sorry."
She released her hold, letting Virat to release her arm. But the worst part was yet to come. Her nails had broken his skin and red scars had been formed.
" I'm so sorry, mujhe pata nahi tha ki main tumhara haath.." Manvi was ashamed of herself.
" Mujhe laga ki tum chillaongi, gaaliyan doongi, par tumne toh kuch aur hi kar diya ! Mere haath dekho ! " said Virat seeing the scars.
Manvi narrowed her eyes again. Here she was trying to apologize and he was making it worse !
Before she could retort back, the doctor returned. " Ab bas blood test result ki intezaar hai. Agle hafte mil jaayenge. Kaunsi address mein bhej du ?"
" Ji aap mere address pe bhej deejiye. Main abhi deti hoon." replied Manvi before Virat could open his mouth, and proceeded to give her address.
" Report milne ke baad mujhe aakar milna, theek hai? "
" Ji doctor uncle."
And then they were on their way back to home.
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Edited by ashred12 - 14 years ago
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