It was around 6am in the morning, Ishita & mrs iyer both were on their way to rail station where they met with one of their relative, Ishita was so much engrossed in her talks that she didn't look at her side when a car came from her beside with a speed, the car was about to hit Ishita when someone pulled her in neck of time.
The man : Are u alright? Itna bhi baton mein maat lag jaiye ki woh jaan pe aajay.
Ishita smiled with embarrassment & thanked the person. Meanwhile mrs iyer & the lady approached to them.
Mrs iyer : Ishu.. Kanna r u fine?
Ishita : yes amma.. U should thank this person. If he didn't pull me on time then...
Mrs iyer looked at him saying : Thank u kanna..
The person smiled. When the lady said : U r Balachandan right?
Bala nodded with confuse look when the lady continued : Don't u remember me? I'm ur amma's friend. I used to visit ur place...
Bala went to his flashback moments when he recalled & replied : yeah.. I'm sorry, I didn't recognize u.
Saying this he took blessing from the lady, as well as mrs iyer's who impressed with his good nature.
The lady : So, what r u doing here bala?
Bala : Recently I shifted here from Chennai, here I got a job in College as a professor. Okay.. I've to go now..." He then turned at Ishita saying : Please take care of urself when u r on road.
Ishita smiled, meanwhile Mrs iyer stared at them. Once Bala took leave, Ishita started walking towards the station when Mrs iyer said : I think I got partner for my Ishu.
The lady : U mean Bala??
Mrs iyer : Yes. Why? Isn't he suitable for our Ishu?
The lady : No.. He's perfect. I'll talk with my friend, I'm sure they'll like our Ishu... Waise bhi Ishu hai hi itni achhi ki koi bhi ussey ek hi baar mein pasand kar lega.
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Raman was sitting outside of their chawl, he was doing nothing but lost in deep thoughts when a kid came with his cycle saying : Raman bhaiya...
Raman looked at him asking : What happened chotu?
kid : Bhaiya again cycle broke down, can u fix it?
Raman : U came yesterday chotu.. I had fix it & again it broke? How?
Kid stammered : Bhaiya... Woh...
Raman looked at him suspiciously & asked : What happened?
Kid : First u promise me, u will not inform it to mummy.
Raman : Okay. But what u have done that u r getting scared?
Kid : Last day when u fix it, I was going back to home when I met with a small accident & the handle broke.
Raman stared at him for good minutes when the kid was standing with his eyes down. Raman said : Chotu mein tujhe humesha kehta hoon itni speed se cycle maat chalaya kar.. Baat kyu nahi sunta mera?
Kid : Sorry bhaiya.. I won't do it again but fix it now... Bohot muskil se ghar pe chupaya tha cycle ko..
Raman : No.. First u promise me, u won't do it again.
Raman asked forwarding his hand when the kid placed his hand saying : Promise bhaiya.
Raman : Okay.. Let's go...
Raman took the cycle in his small garage where he fix vechiels. Raman checked the cycle & said : Chotu.. I don't have it's parts, I've to bring it from market, u keep it here, I'll fix it by evening.
Kid : But bhaiya what will I say to mummy?
Raman hit on the kid's head saying : Phir karne se pehle sochta kyun nahi?
The kid made faces when Raman said : Okay.. Wait.. Let me think.." After thinking for a while Raman said : Don't worry.. U go home, if aunty ask about ur cycle , tell her that u give it to me as the tire punctured, rest i'll handle.
The kid smiled and hugged him around his waist saying : Thank u bhaiya..
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Iyer house,
Ishita & mrs iyer came back home, after that Ishita directly went to kitchen & did her all hosehold works then leave the house with few of her friends.
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Ishita buy the tickets for local train & they headed inside the station while talking. They were so much busy in their talks when suddenly they heard the annoucement about train's arrival.
Ishita : Let's go fast guys else we can't catch the train.
They started running, somehow they managed to get inside the train but they couldn't get in the ladies compartment.
Ishita : See.. For u guys we couldn't get in the ladies compartment.
Sanchi (Ishita's friend) : It's okay Ishu... We will reach soon.
Ishita rolled her eyes on this comment as she knew it would take more than 15minutes to reach at their destination. As the next station arrived few more people get inside, Ishita tried to find a sit to avoid the crowd but didn't find one. When from somewhere few boys came there & seeing them they started roaming around them, they passed by them in a manner that their body brushed against each other.
Ishita irately said : Tch.. This boys..
Saying this she took a corner side when she saw a guy guard her friends.
He : If u can't stand properly then get down in next station, don't trouble others.
The boy : Hey hero..! What problem u have...?
He : The girls r with me. Is there any problem with u?
The boy : Lagti kaun hai re tera? Biwi??
He : Biwi ho ya behen tujhe kya?
AS he glared at the boys angrily, the boys took leave, Ishita tried to see his face but he was showing his back to her so she couldn't see him. And before he turned at Ishita, the train reached to the station & he walked down, Ishita followed him quickly, she gets down & searched for him when she saw him going.
Ishita called him : Excuse me... Excuse...!
But before she could call him again, her friends reached to her & they took leave.
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