Jaane Chupata Kya
It is a Saturday evening, around 5. Raman is entering his house while on a call. Ishita, who too seemed to have just returned, greets him with a smile and expresses him through her actions that she's going to Amma's house. Before he could finish his call, she left. Raman turned around and muttered, "tch, meri baat sunke toh jaati, pagal..! " Just then Ruhi came running from her room with Shravan behind her and bumped into her father. "Oh papaaa, hatooo, Shravan will catch me otherwise!" "Okk Ruhi, but go ask your Ishima to come home fast" he said. Ruhi snapped a quick ok and ran towards her paati's home". He shook his head and headed to the bedroom.
Ishita came back after a few minutes, Raman had changed to another set of his formal wear sans the coat. She asked him with her eyes and a "Hmm??" ."We are going to a movie, Mihir-Mihika, Vandita-Bala are also coming, infact they've reached , get ready fast, its already late!" he said. "Oh wow!" she exclaimed, pleasantly surprised and headed to change. She wore a simple, A-line kurti with 3/4th sleeves, teamed with leggings and clutched her hair such that it wasn't all open nor all tied up.
Raman asked her for her car keys . "Why? What happened to your car?" she asked surprised. Raman started getting down the stairs,"Arrey tum itne sawaal kyun karti ho, I had sent the driver for some work, he isn't back yet, and its getting late!" "But you should have told me earlier na", Ishita followed him. "Why ? now I need to book your car for use or what!"he said looking around for her car. "Actually Appa has just left with papaji and the kids for a nearby park, where's your other car? " He did a facepalm and said "Arrey its also in the office," saying so he calls his driver only to find he's stuck in the traffic. "Let's go by metro !" Ishita snapped. "No way, I am calling a taxi". "It'll also take time, its office hours, there's so much traffic and I think we're already late."said Ishita. Reluctantly he agreed and they both walked to get an auto. "Waise where do we need to go?"asked Ishita "GIP mall, Noida side" he informed . "Hmm no problem, its just two stops away, we'll reach by 10 minutes" she said.
Raman stopped an auto , Ishita asked him to take to the Mayur Vihar metro station. They both were in an auto again, oh yes, both remembered that they had been in an auto before too and they had never imagined then that they would come this far. Raman broke the silence and asked,"why papaji and appa going to park suddenly with the kids, our society park is good for em" "Actually they too needed a change that's why thought of going to other place, and it wasn't sudden, I had only decided this in the morning, you know papaji is having knee pain, so I asked him to go for walk with Appa, and kids too get their space for playing then , right? "Yeah whatever!" he said in his usual irritated tone and asked, "But who's with Amma then?" "Mummyji!"said Ishita "Then who's at home then?"quizzed Raman. "Simmi? Oh no , she's also not there, she had gone to some kitty party, oh I'll just call mummyji to shut the main door", Ishita said in a worried tone.
It has been weeks since Amma's accident and she was fine now but still on bedrest. Everybody had been disturbed and stressed due to the happenings of past few weeks. Bala-vandita had a bitter struggle with the board members to prove their innocence. Romi was extremely guilty of his doings and to bring him to right path, counselled. He is now living in the college hostel and managing his finances by himself. Mihir-Mihika were also shaken by the truth behind that mms. Everything was not even sorted yet. The person behind the accident was nowhere found. Parents were affected the most, with so much happening within their family and to their kids. Everybody needed a break. Raman sensed it. So he planned for a movie for the younger lot but he was confused how to cheer up their parents. And he just realised what he couldn't do, Ishita did.
They reached the station, Raman paid the auto and they headed for the ticket counter, Ishita said," get just for yourself, I have a card" Raman gave a surprised look and got his coin. They headed for the platform, Raman asked,"you travelled by metro regularly?" "Yeah sometime back, when Appa had retired , he had taken another job in a private firm, so he used the car, and I travelled by this, but it was only for some months". Ishita headed to the women's only coach side, Raman stopped her holding her hand, "Where are you going ? " Ishita pointed her finger to the sign board and said "I always travel in this only, there's so much crowd in others" "yeah but I am there now" he said in an authoritative tone. Ishita felt happy at her Ravan Kumar's antiques but did not let go, "so what? I can travel independently ok!"
The metro entered the platform, Raman took the coach next to Ishita's and looked at her from far. She was standing quite comfortably leaning on a pole, and he was managing to keep himself from getting pushed in the crowd. Raman muttered, "Public transport my foot! There's no space to place my foot!" He found some space and started checking emails on his phone. Ishita glanced at him and thought with awe "He's so involved in his work, even amidst such crowd". She looked outside to get the view of the beautiful Akshardham temple looking magnificent in the sunset. She started some conversation with ladies around. Raman could hardly focus on his mails, so looked at Ishita again. She appeared so beautiful, smiling whole heartedly, speaking with those expressive eyes of hers, and her persona can make anyone smile, he thought. Just then the announcement snapped him out of his thoughts, "Noida sector 18, doors will open on the left" and he found Ishita signalling him to get down with her eyes.
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