'Aaa,' Ishita screamed on top of her voice and left the bottle she was holding in her hand.The bottle landed on her right foot.
"Aiyyo,Ammaa..." Ishita cried out in pain.
It was painful as the bottle was really heavy and falling from that much height made it worst.She sat down on the floor holding her foot but she was still looking at the thing that was moving.She wanted to shout and ask who it was but she lost her voice.
Raman was totally stunned by Ishita's screaming and shouting.He immediately took off the towel from his head and went to her. He was totally not getting why Ishita was screaming looking at him as if she saw some ghost.He ran towards her and sat beside her holding her shoulder.
'Ishita,Ishita,what happened?Are you alright...'Raman got panicked.
Ishita saw the 'white something' turning into Raman when he took off the towel,came running towards her and sat beside her.She took off her earphone and said in relief 'Raman,you!I thought...Aiiyyo,Amma,my leg...' Ishita couldn't finish and cried out in pain holding the spot where she got hurt.
Raman : Bohot dard ho raha hai?
Ishita : Aur nehi to kya,aapko dikh nehi raha?Aur aap kaar kya rahe ho?Kaab aye aap?Mujhe bata nehi saakte the?Haadh hai irresponsibilty ki.Aap ghar aye,bedroom mein bhi aye,kaapre bhi liye, washroom taak chale gaye,naha bhi liya aur mujhe bola taak nehi...Aur main yaha aapka...
Raman : O hello,bolne de raha hun isska matlab ye nehi ke kuch bhi bologi...Main tumko bula bulakar thak gaya lekin tum to aapne mein hi thi,behri hogayi thi to main kya karta!
Ishita : Behri nehi hui thi,gana sun rahi thi...Aapko to aapni galati kabhi nehi dikhta...Aiiyo,mujhse to utha bhi nehi jaraha...
Raman : Lekin tum bataogi bhi ke kyun chilla rahi thi...Bhoot dekh liya tha kya?
Ishita : Oh,plz,sabko aapni tarha maat samjhiye...Wo to mujhe towel ki waja se aapka chehra nehi dikhai diya aur mujhe laga ke kaun agaya,ghar pe to koi tha nehi...
Raman : Aisa bolo ke tumko laga ke main bhoot hun...Darpok kahiki...
Ishita : Excuse me...Jis tarha se aap ghoom rahe the na,bhoot agar sachme hote bhi to wo bhi pata nehi kya karte aap ki harkatein dekh kaar...Sirf haaton mein candles ki hi kaami thi...Aapne hi ghar mein pata nehi kyun aise chori chupe ghum rahe ho aap...Kaab arahe ho,kaab jarahe ho,kyun jarahe ho,kuch pata nehi...Baas saar pe towel lapetke bhatak rahe ho idhar udhar...Ye insaanowali harkatein to nehi hai na!
Raman : Ishita,you are not making any sense...Main roz jaise ghar pe ata hun waise hi aya tha aur tum washroom mein thi,file bhool gaya tha gadi mein to wo lene chala gaya tha...Iss mein tum mujhpe kyun baras rahi ho...Ghar pe koi nehi hai to alert rehna chahiye na!
Ishita : Aap ko pata tha ghar pe koi nehi hai,phir bhi itna late kardiya aapne...Dinner bhi bahar karliya...Aur ghar akaar sidha washroom...Kyun?Aur upar se kitna dara diya mujhko...
Raman :Haan,so to hai,bohot darr gayi thi tum,itni jor se chikhi na tum,mujhe laga koi dawra paar gaya tumko...Ek baar ko to maine socha waha se bhag hi jau...Phir aapne aapko rok liya maine...
Raman was trying hard not to laugh at Ishita.
Ishita : Ek baat kahu aap se...Agar koi saach mein darr jata hai to unka yun majak nehi uraya karte,obviously aapko ye baat pata to hoga nehi...Khair,mujhe ye bekar ki baatein nehi karni hai,waise bhi bohot dard ho raha hai mujhe...
Raman : Achcha,thik hai,thik hai,galti hogayi mujhse,mujhe ate hi tumse mil lena chahiye tha...Abhi wo choro aur dikhao kaha lagi hai...
Raman tried to move her hand and touched her leg to see the wound.
"Nehi mujhe nehi dikhana aapko," Ishita moved her leg.
"Ishita,dekhne do mujhe?" Raman ordered.
"Maine bola na main nehi dikhaungi aapko," Ishita raised her voice in anger.
"Baas," Raman shouted."Bohot ho gaya tumhara natak,aab agar ek aur shabd bola na tumne to main..." Raman glared at Ishita and examined where she was hurt.Ishita was taken a back realizing how angry and worried he was.It was not a serious wound but it was painful.Mostly the injured spot was swelled but there was a little cut on the thumb.
Raman went to take the first aid box while all this time Ishita was busy drooling over her husband and his caring side.
Raman started applying medicine.
"Isshhh...Ammaa,jaal raha hai...' Ishita cried out in pain.
"Sorry,sorry," Raman looked at her.Their eyes locked for a moment.In that little moment Ishita cleary saw her pain in his eyes.
Ishita moved her eyes first.She has all the courage to fight,to argue,to see straight in his eyes when they fight.But looking straight to this Raman's eyes seemed impossible to her.
"Kuch ehsas aise bhi hote hai!" Ishita wondered.
While Ishita was wondering,Raman bowed down as Ishita's foot was still on the floor.
"Ye kya kaar rahe hai aap?" Ishita came out of her thought and questioned .
"Chup chap baythi raho aur mujhe aapna kaam karne do," Raman replied sternly.
He blew air through his mouth on her foot to ease her pain.
"Abhi jaal raha hai?" He asked.
"Nehi,abhi thik hai"Ishita replied shyly,looking down.
"Looking at him was never so hard," Ishita thought.
Perhaps Ishita would have never reacted the way she did in pain but it came out naturally because Raman Kumar Bhalla,the super rude man was literally pampering her as if she is of Ruhi's age.
Raman finished aiding her.
"Ho gaya...Aab utho aur so jao...Dinner kiya na tumne?" He asked.
"Ha...Aur aap?" Ishita asked.
"Maine bhi karliya hai,tumhe message kiya to tha!..." Raman said.
"Hmm,main baas sure horahi thi..." Ishita nodded.
"Aab utho bhi Ishita...Jaldi karo aur bed pe so jao...God knows itni raat ko tum perfume kyun laga rahi thi,aisa laag raha hai ke main washroom se sidha kisi bagiche mein agaya hun...Upar se ussi bottle se aapne aapko injured karliya tumne..." Raman said.
Ishita was embarassed and couldn't answer as she was herself wondering the reason.
Raman gave his hand to help Ishita to stand up.She hold his hand and stood up slowly.She hardly gave pressure on her right foot but still it hurt.She closed her eyes tightly in pain.Raman immediately hold her by her shoulders so that she would not fell down.
When she realized its not much paining now,she opened her eyes slowly and prepared herself to walk.
"Chal paogi na?Ya phir main utha lun tumko?" Raman asked.
Ishita looked at him at once.She nodded fast.
"Nehi,bed yehi to hai,chaar kadam bhi chalna nehi padega...Uthane ki jaruraat nehi hai,itna bhi injured nehi hui hun main," Ishita smiled in embarrassment.
"Ok" Raman nodded.
There was an awkward silence though Raman was seriously asking to lift her up and put her on bed after seeing her in pain.
Ishita reached to her side of the bed slowly with the help of Raman and sat there.Raman was standing in front of her.The awkward silence continued.
"Pata hai kya?" Ishita broke the silence as she remembered something.
"Kya?" Raman asked.
"Ek waqt tha jaab main bohot daily soaps dekha karti thi,'' Ishita said.
"Haan,to?" Raman asked.
"Ye daily soaps na bohot romantic lagta tha mujhe...Heroines girte parte rehte the aur heroes unko uthate the,help karte the,bachate the..."Ishita replied.
"To basically tum aapne aapko heroin samajh rahi ho jo khud to nehi giri but bottle giraya aapne upar," Raman said.
"Arrey nehi,Raman...What rubbish!" Ishita said.
"To kya tum mujhe hero samajh rahi ho jo heroin ko bachata hai?" Raman asked while pretending to be surprised.
"Huh!Wo kehte hai na 'Khushfehmi ke liye galib khayal accha hai'...Matlab,kuch bhi haan Raman,kuch bhi bolte ho aap...Anyways,main kaha thi?...Oh,haan..." Ishita continued.
"Abhi jo hua na mere saath,matlab humare saath,almost same incident maine ek serial mein dekha tha.You know I was crazy for that show,I used to love the couple.Wo jo bhi karte the mujhe lagta tha ke mere saath bhi aisa hi kuch ho...They were literally my obsession...I used to pray ke main kahi se gir jau aur mujhe chot lage aur Subbu ake mujhe bachaye,mujhe help kare,mujhe..."
"Ek minute,ek minute,tum itna saab kuch keh rahi thi taake tum Subbu ke bare mein mujhe baata saako?Tumhara dimaag to thik hai!Ya phir daard ka asar sidha dimaag pe hua hai!" Raman interrupted.
''Oh,ho,aap mujhe khatam to karne do,bohot interesting baat hai..." Ishita said.
"Abhi bhi khatam nehi hua?Subbu se tumhari kya expectations thi wo bata to diya,aur kya baki hai?" Raman asked.
"Nehiii...Main ye kehna chah rahi thi ke abhi aap mujhe uthane ki baat kar rahe the aur maine mana kardiya,uss serial mein bhi aisa hi hua tha aur mujhe bilkul achcha nehi laga tha.Mujhe laga tha ke kyun mana kaar diya,yaar..." Ishita replied
"Kehna kya chah rahi ho tum?" Raman lost his patience.
"Main ye soch rahi thi ke agar ye serial hota aur hum serial ke hero heroin,aur abhi jo hua wo hota to humare jo fans hote wo bohot hi disappointed hote...Interesting na?" Ishita smiled.
Raman had 'What the hell' expression all over his face.
"It was just a joke,Raman...Kabhi kabhi haas liya karo aap...Itna pathetic expression dene ki jaruraat nehi hai..." Ishita got offended.
"Ye agar joke hai Ishita,to plz kisi aur ko ye joke kabhi maat sunana,kyun ki tumhara ye pathetic sa joke janlewa sabid hosakta hai,' Raman said.
"Yeah,whatever,your jokes are worst than mine" Ishita replied.
There was silence for a moment.
"Tumhe pata hai kya?" Suddenly Raman asked the same way Ishita did a moment ago.
"Kya," Ishita felt weird.
"Agar main doctor hota aur tumne abhi jo mujhse hero heroin wali joke sunayi hai wo sunati, to main tumko mental patient declare karke pagal khane bhej deta..." Raman said in frustration.
"Agar aap doctor hote to...Paar aap ho nehi,aur kabhi baan bhi nehi saakte,to iss baat ka koi matlab nehi," Ishita tried to be arrogant.
"Achcha,Khud to hero,heroin,serial,saab kuch imagine karliya,aur maine aapne aapko doctor kya imagine karneko keh diya to aab iss baat ka koi matlaab nehi...Wah!Aur waise bhi,mujhe logo ki daant saaf karne mein koi interest nehi hai..." Raman replied.
"Shukar hai,bohot saare logo ki jaan baaksh di aapne...Nehi to aap to aapni baaton se hi patients ko maar dete..." Ishita answered.
"Atleast main unn mein se nehi hun jo hote kuch hai aur bolte kuch hai..." Raman replied.
"What does that suppose to mean?" Ishita asked.
"You call yourself a doctor which you are not,you are a dentist,that I mean..." Raman said while walking towards his side of the bed.
"Hahaha!Sorry to say Raman but you call yourself the best CEO but you couldn't even get the fact that Dentists are Doctors," Ishita slowly took her legs up on the bed and lied down on her side.
"Tell me one thing...If Doctors use Dr. then why can't you Dentists use Dt. before your name.Why creating confusion among common people?Why pretending to be a doctor?" Raman was thoroughly enjoying pulling Ishita's leg.He also lied down.
"Raman,will you just shut up?" Ishita said angrily.
"Saach humesha karwa hota hai,I can't help it dear," Raman replied.
Ishita looked at Raman and said,"Yes,truth is bitter lekin sachchayi se bhi karwe to aap ho...Agar aab se koi bhi kabhi bhi mujhse ye kahega ke sachchayi karwi hai to main ussko bolungi ke sachchai karwi hoti hai lekin Ravan Kumar se jyada nehi..."
"Bol to aise rahi ho jaise ke tumhare aise bolne se main kisiko aapna mu dikhane ke layak nehi rahunga" Raman said sarcastically.
"Thats enough...Chup hone ke liye kya lenge aap Raman" Ishita pleaded.
"Philhal to kuch nehi lekin jaab jarurat hogi to maang lunga...Till then Good night...Sweet dreams..." Raman said surpressing his laughter and turned to the opposite side.
"Aiyyo,Muruga,Strength,Strength,nehi to iss Ravan Kumar ka main kuch kardungi..." Ishita muttered and turned to the opposite side.
"Suno," Raman said.
"Sunrahi ho,bolo," Ishita replied.
"Aapna payr sambhalke...nehito phirse chot laag jayegi..." Raman said with utmost care.
Ishita just melted hearing what he just said.All her frustration,irritation vanished.
"Ye aadmi na,ye bohot bura hai..."Ishita thought to herself."Itna bura ke main isse naraz bhi nehi ho parahi hun...Jabki mujhe hona chahiye...Jab dekho taunt maarta rehta hai...Ye koi baat hai!...Lekin aab agar ye aise care karega meri,taab to main isse naraz honese rahi..."
"Aur dekho usski aankhon mein,thoda aur drool karlo,perfume lagao,gana gao,kyunki isske alawa tumse kuch hoga nehi...Aaj to khushiya mana hi lo ke tumhara hero tumko godi mein uthanehiwala tha aur agar tum mana na karti to utha bhi leta wo bhi pyar se...Kya baat hai,Ishita,not bad..." Her inner self popped out again.
"Maine kya kiya!Main to usski taraf dekhti bhi nehi...Wohi to karta hai saab kuch...Tum usse to kuch nehi kehti!" Ishita replied to her inner self.
"Ishita ji,main aapki maan ki awaaj hu na,to Ravan Kumar ko main kyun kuch kahungi?Aur agar keh bhi diya wo kaise sunega mujhe!Agar Raman ne tumhari ye halat notice karliya na to hum dono to gaye...Taunt maar maar ke wo hum e maar hi dalega...Abhi bhi kehti hun sambhal jao..." Her inner self warned.
"Aab baas bhi karo aur jao tum yahase...Itna bhi bura nehi hai wo...Balki bohot achche hai...Agar meri feelings unhe dikh bhi gaya to kya?Wo khud aapni feelings kaha chupa parahe hai mujhse..." Ishita smiled and it continued till the time she fell asleep.
That night they were sleeping,facing against each other but for the first time they were together on the same bed and nothing was there between them not even Ruhi.Though there was nobody at home but not for once it came to their mind neither it created awkwardness between them.Though Ruhi was not present there in the bedroom but still they didn't feel uneasy sleeping with each other on the same bed.Neither Raman felt awkward asking her to sleep on bed nor Ishita felt the need to say no to him.Though all this time they were fighting like kids and was busy making fun of each other still they lived all those moments and lied on the bed with a smile on their face.They were behaving like any normal couple but yet they were totally unique.
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