Next morning, all got up and was seeing ishra sleeping cuddled in each other. Actually ishita was sleeping hiding in his arms and Raman was holding her very cautious not to hurt her.
Seeing everyone gathered around ishra, Mr batra came and said -kya hua, what u all want??
Boy1-who is this little girl, baba. Kal tak toh nahi thi.
Mr batra -haan, yeh raat ko aayi hai. Koi usse chod kar chala gaya.
Boy2-why this Raman is hugging her like this, uske pehchaan ki hai kya??
Mr batra -nahi, it's just he was awake at night and got attached to her.
Boy 3-itni jaldi, ek baat mein.
Mr batra -haan, so what tum log bhi khelna usse, till the time she is here. Agar uske parent ka pata chal gaya toh she will go back to her house.
Boy 2-but agar nahi pata chala toh, she will be our new friend, naa.he was saying when they heard, no. Aisa nahi hoga.
All turned and saw raman sitting taking little ishita in his arms.
Raman -aisa kuch nahi hoga, meri sona tum log se friendship nahi karegi. Tum logon ne mujhse friendship nahi ki thi naa, toh ab meri sona bhi tum logon se friendship nahi karegi. She will be just my friend.he said cuddling ishita inti himself.
Boy1-aise kaise nahi karegi, aur tu hota kaun hai hume rokne wala. Hum toh karenge dosti, dekhte hai hume kaun rokta hai.
Mr batra -arey bachchon, jhagda mat Karo. Ho sakta hai iska parivar mil jaaye and she went back to her house. Aur agar nahi hua aisa toh yeh hamare saath rahegi aur hum sab Iske dost banenge.
Raman -but baba, he was saying when Mr batra said -but before that u all have to become friend with raman. Woh bhi toh tum sab mein se ek hai. Usse bhi apna dost bana lo, warna usse uski sona mat cheeno. Soch lo, kya karna hai.
All boys thought for a while looking at each other and then said -ok, aaj se raman bhi hamara friend aur yeh choti sona bhi.
Raman -dont call her sona, yeh sirf meri sona hai. Tum sab Isse ishita bulao.
Boy 1-ok, hello ishita. I am mihir.
Boy2-main romi.
Boy3-main Neel. Hamari dost banogi naa. He asked and ishita smiled seeing them.
Mihir -see, she smiled. She is just too cute. He said and all smiled while Mr batra too smiled seeing the boys so happy together.
All the kids were orphan and was of four to five years old. Raman was eldest of them. There were many other boys also but these four became friends because of ishita.
Slowly all went one by one and Raman said touching ishita softly -sona, tu kitni lucky hai. Tere aane se mujhe friends mil gaye. U r just too lucky for me.
Mr batra saw Ishra together and thought about Raman's sadness if ishita will actually leave for her house.
Mr batra -sirf Ek raat pehle ki mulaqaat aur itna gehra rishta. Pata nahi raman par kya guzregi agar yeh bachchi chali gayi. Hey matarani, iss nanhi si jaan ko yeh dukh sehne ki himmat dena. He thought and went to raman. He took ishita in his arms and said -raman,u go and freshen up. Tab tak main ishita ko khayal rakhta hoon.
Raman -bur baba, he was saying when Mr batra said -raman, baba ki baat nahi kaatte.
Raman nodded and went to freshen up while Mr batra gave ishita to the lady staff to freshen up as she was just too small.
After an hour, Raman came and saw ishita was in hands of a cop. He was checking ishita thourougly removing her clothes.
Raman stood there glaring the cops while they were checking little ishita to look for any mark or anything which can make it easy for them to find her parent while ishita was crying her lungs out feeling the stranger's touch.
He waited for sometime and when he couldn't see it ,he went to them and said -uncle, woh ro rahi hai. Don't hold her like this.
Cops look at him and said -tujhe kya, apna kaam kar aur hume apna kaam karne de. Chala aaya hume samjhane ki bachcha kaise pakda jaata hai. He said angrily making Raman angry.
Raman -bachcha nahi hai, sona hai. Meri sona hai ,don't hold her like this. Usse chot lag jayegi. he said angrily.
Cop -chot usse lagegi, dard tujhe ho raha hai. Chal bhaag yahan se warna batata hoon. He was saying when they heard, what u r doing, is this way to behave with a kid??
Both the cops look and saluted him.
Cop-woh sir, he is disturbing us .
Raman -i am not disturbing uncle, just telling them to hold her properly. Meri sona ro rahi hai naa. He said innocently.
The man took ishita in his arms and said -aapki sister hai??
Raman nodded in no and said -meri friend hai,isse bhagwaan ji ne mere liye bheja hai. Main akela tha naa, all alone so he send sona for me. Toh mujhe toh uska khayal rakhna hoga naa. He said cutely to which the man nodded and handed ishita to him.
Man -tum Iska khayal rakhna, tumhari sona hai naa, he said smiling and raman smiled too holding ishita.
Cop asked looking at his subordinates -kuch mila, specific and important.
S-nahi sir, everything normal. Bas ek locket mila hai jis par ishita likha hai.
Cop -ok, Matlab hume bahut mehnat karni padegi. Let's go, dekhte hai iss bachchi ki kismat Isse kahan le jaati hai. Saying so they all went taking the little evidence they got.
Raman saw them going and said -meri sona ki kismat mere saath hi hai, tabhi yeh yahan aayi hai. Aur ab mujhe chod kar kahin nahi jayegi. Naa sona, he asked looking at ishita and she smiled like responding to him. He put her on his shoulder and went inside with a confidense that they r made for each other and none can separate them ever.
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