Next day morning she wanted to curse herself into oblivion for being weak, now how can she keep a cool face in front of him. She sighed to her self ' Let him think what ever he want. It won't be the first time or last time him mocking me' Resolving to her self she left for hospital.
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Mean while...
Shresht kept on worrying about her , he knows her she must be down right terrified and embarrassed, will she even come to hospital today . She must come how can she not? Whats there to worry about it any way, every one breaks like that once or twice in their life. Also the situation is like that too, if he isn't a tight-hearted bas***d he too must have felt some sorrow for that couple and their love. He was in his thoughts when some one hugged him from behind, " Good morning darling!" He gave an internal sigh, and turned back to return Mowlika's hug. "Why did you take the risk of coming here this morning dear? Are you tired? " Mowlika shook her head smiling , " I just thought of meeting you. So I came to hospital to meet you. " She looked around the room and he was never thank ful for Vywaswi keeping photo frames inside the desk drawer saying cleaner may knock them down. All of a sudden Mowlika frowned and looked at the collage of articles and asked "Hey are you sharing your room?" Shresht panicked "Yes, a new PG joined."
Mowlika kept looking at articles "Verma. V strange name. Anyway now you can have some company. How is this new guy"
Shresht doesn't want to correct her "Okay I can cope up "
Mowlika grinned "From you its indeed a praise. May be he is talented too. Next time call him too along with Mohith"
Shresht nodded and she hugged him back , when suddenly door opened "Good...". Shresht was cursing his bad luck now, seeing at Mowlika who was gaping at Vywaswi and Vywaswi who looked confused for a while but became blank faced and took some papers from her desk, setting her bag. But the moment broke when Mowlika pinched him harsh "Whats she doing here?"
Vywaswi all this while didn't even bat an eye lash and spoke " Professor Singh asked you to meet her when ever you are free. I already contacted Sushant and again confirmed about the meeting. I am off to lab , Mohith sir will be with me, so today you have to manage here. " saying that she didn't even a second glance and left from there casually leaving me with an angry Mowlika whose grip on my tightened all this while .
"Shresht if you are done admiring her, will you answer me what she is doing here?"
"She is the new PG if you didn't get it by now."
Mowlika's eyes widened "What? Means she is here working with you, in your team, sharing your cabin?"
Shresht resisting the urge to roll his eyes "Yes, she is the Verma .V . Apparently I am a stranger to her who is nothing but a senior to her."
Mowlika spoke "I am not sure, she will do some thing to get you away from me. She..."
Shresht looked at her seriously "Hey why the hell will she do that?"
Mowlika scowled "you only told me she talked against our relationship, and did you forget she proposed you."
Shresht shook his head " She didn't talk against our relation ship, I asked her advise, and she said me both pros and cons. About her proposing me its just a passing crush , . Any way she is nothing but cordial to me then why should I be rude to her. She doesn't talk of past any more. She is just doing her work, let me be like that too. " to pacify her he hugged her , running his hands through her hair.
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:Mish guess what he got a heart stroke today: Vywaswi typed as she walked through corridor.
She almost laughed as she got a message :I don't care, any way join him in CCU:
she typed back :Not like that Mish, Mowlika came to know that his new junior is me. :
immediately she got a response :Hey wow, How I would like to be a fly on wall to see her reaction. Any way what's her reaction?:
Vywaswi shrugged : I don't know, I just came out, I don't care too. Let him face the crocodile festival. :
She smiled as she pocketed her phone and Mohith asked her curiously "You seem a bit jovial today. I thought you would be embarassed"
Vywaswi looked at him curiously "Pray tell why am I supposed to be embarrassed?"
Mohith shrugged "You went into your cabin when Mowlika is there and its a known fact in department that, people do walk over some intimate situations when they both are together. "
Vywaswi muttered to her self "After listening about it for years , I get used to it" but she spoke out " All my friends are couples, I do know how couples behave. So guess I got used to casual hugs and all. Any way congrats on a failed attempt of ragging."
Mohith grinned and cheekily asked " you said all your friends are couple, what about you ?"
Vywaswi laughed " My heart is not with me to give it to some one, also I prefer solitude than relation ship."
Mohith looked at her curiously "Why?"
"I don't like depending on some one else Mohith, relation ship causes that"
Mohith spoke "But isn't that great mixing our life with some one to such an extent that we can't even imagine a day of our life with out them"
Vywaswi smiled "As wonderful and cheesy as it sounds, its equally scary too... I am just not interested leave that topic. " saying that she moved forward.
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Mean while Shresht was running towards wards but the problem is he doesn't know in what wards she will be. Research department have access to all medical wards in hospital, so he ended up searching from one ward to other finally to his relief he found her in Pediatrics wards playing with child, he just wanted to strangle her with the way she was so careless not bothering about what happened, but some how it made him smile seeing her laugh with the kid. It has been a long time when he saw that smile, it also made him sad that smile was no longer directed to him. He just wanted to kill Mowlika for bringing up past, a past which he found annoying, he shook himself off from thoughts and went towards her composed "Miss Verma". Her smile vanished as she listened his voice and looked at him "Yes sir?"
"We need to go now, if you are done with your play time shall we leave"
Vywaswi rolled her eyes and looked at kid she was tickling " Di need to leave now darling, Get good rest, I will come to play with you again later."
That kid pouted "Don't leave, we still need to play chess.
" Vywaswi kneeled infront of the kid "Di is healthy na, di need to go to her class. Just like you will go to school when you are not here. Di will come in evening to play with you."
Kid frowned " You too get fever then."
Vywaswi repressed her smile and spoke sadly "If I get fever , then I can't play with you na. I will bring you lots of nuts in evening okay" the kid finally relented and Vywaswi came out where Shresht stood waiting for her
" How old are you? Five years, playing like that"
Vywaswi shook her head " Where should we leave?" Shresht want to see any thing but this blank reactions from her, she used to fight him, she used to tease him, she used to even smile at him,this expression less face it truly doesn't suit her " We need to a near by place, from there we will directly go to meet this acquaintance of yours. " Vywaswi frowned "Where are we going to?" Shresht didn't answer but started to move and irritated Vywaswi followed behind him " You can atleast tell me where we are leaving sir."
They both reached parking slot and not waiting for her he got into car which she grudgingly followed and as she closed door he started engine.
Five minutes later...
"You brought me to a party?" She asked him blankly , he spoke " Its your class mates party, so i thought you would like to reunite with them."
Vywaswi crossed her arms " If I like to attend then I would have attended by my self na. I am not interested."
She turned to go back but a squeal made her turn around to face black hair " Vywaswi... I just don't believe you will be here."
Vywaswi smiled "Hi Nitya "
Nitya looked at her "You didn't change a bit, infact you became more prettier. By the way Misha told me you may not make it?"
Vywaswi smiled "I am supposed to be in duty actually, but by chance I got to come out for few hours and since my destination is also in this area only decided to drop in. Did every one come? "
Vywaswi moved with her inside leaving a gaping Shresht behind who jolted with a vibration from his phone " Thanks for lift senior. Now stop gaping and go mingle with your friends. "
Shresht moved inside to see Vywaswi laughing and posing for photos with all her class mates seniors and all, they are like a tight knit group , its really strange how she is friends with every one in her batch except Mowlika may be, speaking of devil he found his hand intertwined by Mowlika "I thought you won't come Shresht?"
Shresht gently with drew his hand from her " I got free time, so I just brought Vywaswi also along with me ."
Mowlika's smile dissapeared but she brought a fake smile "Thats generous of you know, to help your junior isn't it? but why are you wearing such a flabby dress, you should have worn suit"
Mean while...
"you told me you won't come?" Mish asked Vywaswi, who shrugged " I too don't know I will come, blame my senior"
Mish understanding asked her " Looks like your senior is still observing you and why is Mowlika is looking at you like she can kill you?"
Vywaswi shrugged "Who knows and who cares? Anyway did you have my gift parcel, which I asked you to give to Nitya" Misha nodded and pointed her towards gift table and Vywaswi smiled.
All of them were having great time but it soon vanished as Mowlika approached Vywaswi " I heard you joined as PG congrats dear."
Vywaswi smiled in thanks but Mowlika continued to pester her " I heard you are Shresht's junior, isn't it cool to have a known person as senior. By the way I forgot since you call him sir, shouldn't you call me Ma'am?"
Every one around Vywaswi gasped but Vywaswi shrugged " I will definitely call you Ma'am once you marry him dear. Since your BF doesn't have a good track record when it comes to relation ships I don't wanna call every one he dated by respectful titles. Hope you understand. Any way good luck with your PG entrance. " every one around them sniggered, most of them if not all hate Mowlika for her attitude, but they are always silent about it because of Vywaswi or Shresht.
Mowlika was about too retort however she was distracted as Aayan, nithya's husband called them all around a table. He spoke loudly "Its just a tradition we follow, this candle in centre, it is called wish candle, and it will grant what ever we wish" murmurs flew across room and he grinned trying to be dramatic, " It will grant your truest wish, however the catch is, your wish should be for the person whom you love most in this world. Write their name on a paper and keep it near candle, whose paper stays till last with out even a drop of wax on it, you people can count your wish is granted." Every one rushed to take paper, but Vywaswi stood to a side.
Shresht observing it moved by her side "Not interested?" Vywaswi shrugged "I don't believe in all this."
Shresht smirked "Why frightened your wish won't be true or your love won't be true. Its afterall said that only the name of a true love will remain clear till end. Guess the guy you love should be sad afterall"
Vywaswi scowled at him "I don't care right now even if he is sad. However I had a name to write, but you, guess you have a lot of names sir. Go and write."
Shresht laughed "Feisty aren't we, okay lets bet, we will both write the name we want to and keep it there. If my paper stays till end, you will do what I ask , if yours does I will do what you want"
Vywaswi looked at him and nodded. He smiled more brightfully and she went near to Misha to write and Misha looked at her in surprise "You gonna write."
Vywaswi shrugged and took paper, but however she closed her eyes and getting a deep breath wrote 'Shresht Anand Kumar' and kept the folded sheet near candle. She looked at Shresht who also approached there to keep paper and said "happy"
Shresht smiled "I will be more happy when my paper remains in end" Vywaswi snorted at that and left near Misha who is still thinking of what to write,
Vywaswi laughed "Hey just stop thinking and write your own name on that paper. Thats the only person you love most" Misha grinned at her and wrote her own name on sheet and left it near candle.
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"Nitya" Aayan spoke lovingly glancing at paper, and Nitya smiled, while every one ahhed, he laughed "Okay out of four papers two are our own names, which again we both wrote for one other, so what the other two papers we are very curious," saying that he opened third paper and spoke out loud "Looks like our Shresht is a lucky guy afterall, its you bro , some one here lovingly wrote your full name 'Shresht Anand Kumar' "
Shresht looked at Mowlika who has a shocked look on her face, Vywaswi also noticed it understanding that Mowlika didn't write it and smiled inward understanding its her paper, a cough from Misha on her side brought her out from her thoughts by when Aayan is already opening the last paper and whishpered in shock "Vywaswi Verma" Vywaswi her self looked shocked while Misha looked puzzled.
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"Party went well right?" Shresht asked Vywaswi as they are going to meet Sushant and Vywaswi nodded, Shresht spoke softly "Its after a long time I saw you laugh, maintain that laugh, it suits you much more than this serious face. "
Vywaswi remained silent , Shresht getting irritated "hey I won!"
Vywaswi looked at him eyebrow raised "You wrote your name?" Shresht shrugged "However my name came na"
Vywaswi crossed her arms " Our bet is that our true love must be proven, the names which we wrote should come out"
Shresht spoke "My name came out means, some one love me truly, that means I can love her truly too."
Vywaswi looked at Shresht strangely and spoke "Know what, I just wish you are not my senior and I can strangulate you. "
Shresht grinned "However you can't as I am your senior. So now my wish"
Vywaswi sushed him "Wait, if we go by your logic, then my name also came out, that means I too should get my wish na"
Shresht stopped the car and asked her " Will you love him if you know who he is?"
Vywaswi remained silent shaking head in a no , "Then when you can't love him back, my logic doesn't apply to you. However here is my wish become my bestie again"
Vywaswi glared at him "No"
Shresht looked at her in confusion "But why? I am asking you just to be my friend, not my girl friend. Why are you being like this?"
Vywaswi spoke almost in a resigned tone "We already discussed this, can't you change the topic. That is some thing that will never happen"
Shresht slowed car and asked her in a small whisper like deadly voice " Am I that deplorable to you??"
Vywaswi didn't answer , but she asked him to stop the car , he didn't stop it instead he raised the car speed and started to drive wildly , Vywaswi looked at him tensed but didn't speak as he drove them onto a near by hill , where he finally stopped . She got out of car and started to walk back down , when he stopped her "Why are you being like this, why can't you be my friend?"
She withdrew her hand from his grip and shouted "Because I can't be friend with the guy I loved. Why the hell can't you understand that Mr.Shresht. You might love one minute and be friends another minute. I can't do it. Forgot why you left my friendship all those years ago? its because I proposed you. How the hell did you even expect me to be your friend now? Its enough of awkward ness that I am to be your team mate, friendship? No thanks, let past be buried where it is. "
Shresht looked at her strangely and spoke softly "I want another chance. Last few years I missed you a lot. Your friendship means a lot to me even if i failed to show it, Its like I lost a part of my body. I am sorry I heard others words and left you I won't do it again. "
Vywaswi looked at him as if she wanted to kill him "Stop it Shresht, you know whats your problem is, you want every thing done your way. When its fine with you, you left me and went off, and now you come back all of a sudden and I should forgive you and befriend you again. Aren't you being ridiculous..." her words are however cutoff as she was drawn into a kiss by him.A kiss which both of them doesn't know is her undoing.
In life many times we feel we can run away from our selves, we can change into some other way, she too felt like that but she never got the chance ,she always held her self up, but when all her doubts come on to the surface, all the things she is suppressing in her brain will raise above too, may be it is her undoing?
Part 7- I am not the one..Page 7
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
