CHAPTER 6: ANIDITA’S DEPARTURE AND THEIR SECOND ENCOUNTER.
“Take care, Bondita”, Sumati said to her daughter, kissing her on the forehead, tears freely flowing down her eyes.
“Maa, you are so sad. I’m so sad. Is it really necessary to go, Maa? I’m only going because you asked me to. Just say no, Maa. Just say no. I won’t go”, Bondita pleaded, her own eyes brimming with tears.
Sumati shook her head. “No, dear. You have to stay strong. You have to go. Think of your future. Think of your further studies. This is necessary, my dear. Just… Just take care. And call me”, she said, her voice cracking.
Bondita just nodded her head affirmatively. Her eyes lacked their usual sparkle. Her typical smile was not on her face.
Bondita was a girl who’s whole being exuded innocence, cheerfulness and fiery determination. It was rare to see her looking so dejected, defeated and upset. So dull and gloomy.
Bondita embraced her Sampoorna Didi. “I’ll miss you so much Bondita. So much. I don’t want my baby sister to go away”, Sampoorna said, tearfully.
Bondita let out a teary chuckle. “Didi, I’m not a baby. I’m your little sister”.
Sampoorna frowned. “No. You ARE my baby sister. And I’ll miss you. Come back soon. And call me. Never forget your Didi. Or she will strangle you”.
“Same goes for you”.
After a tearful parting with her Maa and Sampoorna Didi, Bondita departed for the hostel with her Mama.
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“Take care of yourself, Dada and don’t forget to call us at least once a day”, Somnath said to his Dada, while he was getting ready to leave for the hostel.
“Tell us how your first day of job went. And as Somnath said, keep contacting us frequently, especially Da”, Binoy said to his son, adjusting his spectacles and patting Anirudh’s shoulder.
“I’ll miss you Big D! I’ll miss you so much. I’m already feeling low”, Batuk stated sadly.
“You people are talking as if I’m going abroad. Come on, I’m going to be in contact with everyone! Cheer up! And where’s Kaka? Call him fast”, Anirudh said, in an attempt to cheer everyone up.
“Sir, your Kaka is in his room. He said he won’t be coming”, Bihari, their manservant informed.
“But now I’ve come”, said a voice from the staircase, and everyone looked up to find Trilochan descending down the stairs.
“Anirudh, my dear, when you had returned from the U.S., I had thought that was the last time, you’d have to be away from home. But…”, he sighed, and continued, “you have the right to choose your job. And now, that is your duty. And duty always comes first. You go and do your job well. I will miss you. I want you to always stay home, but my heart will satisfy itself just with your voice, your messages and occasional visits. I can’t be selfish. I can’t keep you tied down”.
By the time he had finished saying this, Anirudh had rushed forward and tightly embraced his Kaka.
“Kaka, I’ll miss you as much as a small kids miss the warmth of their mother. Because… because you are no less than a mother for me. For all three of us brothers. You have always prioritized us, before yourself. Before everything. I love you Kaka. I’ll miss you”, Anirudh said, wiping the tears that had escaped his eyes.
And soon, he was off.
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‘Dugga Ma! Save me from the horror of a crowded bus!’, Bondita thought as the bus went over another pothole, and all the passengers got pushed to one side.
Bondita was especially facing problem in reaching the rods above, due to her short height. She barely balanced herself. Everyone was cramped up against each other.
Bondita was already feeling stuffy and suffocated. Even though she had travelled through these crowded buses countless times, she’d never get used to the suffocating sensation it gave her. ‘Ouch’, she winced in pain, as someone stepped over her foot.
Soon, the overcrowded bus reached the stoppage, where Bondita and her Mama pushed their way through the crowd of people, and finally stepped out of the bus.
She could finally breath properly. She felt like she had just broken out of a prison.
And very soon, her Mama was waving her goodbye. “Ta-ta, Bondita! Take care of yourself”.
She just waved back and looked at the hostel in front of her.
“SOUTH CALCUTTA CO-ED CAMPUS”
She sighed, and with a heavy heart, entered the campus, and soon found herself being shown around the premises and being explained the rules and regulations by the warden.
Bondita just listened to her, ranting about all the rules and guidelines, asking her to understand them thoroughly and abide by them.
She was finally led to her dormitory, where she was shown her bed. From there, the warden left Bondita on her own and departed from the spot.
Keeping her bags near the bed, Bondita looked around herself. The dormitory was quite spacious and well-kept.
Right now, the dormitory was almost entirely empty, except for a girl sitting on a chair near the window, staring outside. Since the moment Bondita had entered the room, neither had she looked in her direction nor had she uttered a single word. She was silently staring outside the window at God-knows-what.
And Bondita too, wasn’t in the mood for chatting with anyone. She wanted some fresh air and open space, which made her go up to the terrace.
At the terrace, Bondita felt the soothing, pleasant afternoon air hit her face. The warmth of the sun, reminded her of the warmth of her Maa’s love and affection.
She inhaled deeply and slowly let out her breath, her arms spread wide. Bondita started walking around the rooftop, aimlessly. When she reached the edge of the terrace, she didn’t even realise.
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‘This campus has pretty much thoughtful rules and regulations. The surroundings are good too’, Anirudh positively thought.
He was walking around the hostel premises, taking a good look at his new workplace and his temporary residence. The place where he would experience teaching for the first time.
To be honest, he was very much nervous and anxious about his job. He didn’t even consider teaching, a job. He thought it was an art, which required a lot of dedication, hardwork and patience. Dedicated and hardworking, he was. But he had to work on his patience.
He had next to zero teaching experience. Except for tutoring Batuk and helping with his homework, he didn’t know much about teaching. But his interview had went well. So, he expected that even if his first day wouldn’t be a good experience, he would learn to improve his tutoring and teaching skills with time and experience.
He had just come to the terrace, when he saw a girl wandering around the rooftop. He saw her reach the edge of the terrace.
‘Oh, no!’, he thought and rushed forward, shouting, “No! STOP!”.
One shout from Anirudh, was enough to bring Bondita out of her trance and when she noticed that she was at the edge of the terrace, and about to fall down, she quickly moved back.
Turning around she saw a young man rushing forward towards her.
In the process of rushing forward to save the girl, Anirudh had lost control and he himself was about to slip from the edge of the roof. He almost fell off the roof, when the girl stretched her arm in front of him as a barrier and held his shoulder.
By now, Anirudh and Bondita, both were breathing heavily, their hearts hammering.
They both took a moment to catch their breaths. And then, Anirudh’s fierce eyes turned upon Bondita.
“What were you DOING?! ARE YOU MAD?! YOU STUPID SUICIDAL MANIAC!”.
“SHUT IT! Just shut up, you screeching banshee!”, Bondita yelled back, shutting him up.
Pointing her finger at him, she started to say something, but her words died down in her throat as she properly looked at him.
“Rakshak Babu!”, she gasped.
“What are you- oh!”, Anirudh stopped suddenly, as realisation hit him.
“Hey! You are THAT tomato-face girl!”, he asked.
“I’m not ‘that’ girl, mister. I have a name. And my name is Bondita Das”.
“And I am Anirudh Roy Chowdhury! But why were you trying to commit suicide? I thought you were a strong-willed girl! I admired you!”.
“I was NOT committing suicide. Suicide is the option chosen by cowards who either don’t know what life is, or don’t know how to live it! And Bondita is not like that. I can guarantee you this much! Actually, I was just lost in thoughts. I was wandering aimlessly. Didn’t realize when I reached the edge”, Bondita said, shrugging.
“Oh… Ok. Fine then. Are you ok?”, Anirudh asked in concern.
“I’m fine. Are YOU ok?”, Bondita asked back and Anirudh agreed.
“Thank you for coming to my rescue once again. You really ARE my Rakshak Babu!”, Bondita exclaimed, and smiled widely. The first time that she had smiled that day. Anirudh smiled back.
Author’s Notes (A/N): Hello readers! So…. What did you think of this chapter?😃… How was AniDita’s Second Encounter?…
Comment and let me know your thoughts and opinions …
Love you loads 💙💛
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Hi AN sis 😃♥️… Happy Holi 😊
How are you?
I have uploaded chapters 4, 5 and 6 of The Road Not Taken… Do read and review, if possible 😊
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Hii fam
Babes
I was not there bcz my exams are coming by next week
So I couldn’t come here ☺️❤️❤️
Missed you too babe❤️❤️
I forgot to ask caring babu yesterday
How are you caring babu 😘❤️❤️❤️
*how are you?
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I had made one birthday edit of anchu di😜😘❤️
Yesterday I made this edit
How is it guys 😄
The edit you made is lovely, Moon sis😍…
All the very best for your upcoming exams 😊❣️
I am fine too Hermi sis 😊…. How are u enjoying the weekend?
No enjoyment 🙃… Lots of studies! Next exam is in April
Same here no enjoyment lots of studies, projects and assignments.
🙃💧
BUT MINE ALL THE EXAMS R FINISHED
Congratulations!!!👍 Maze karooooo!!!😁
And we….. Dukhi aatma hain hum to🙃
Mine too, even I got my result too..
Thank you so much babes♥️♥️🥰
I have one utube channel there Iam posting anidita edits
I can’t send the link here
I don’t know why
So I posted in Instagram
And pasted the link here😄
*couldn’t
What is the name of your YouTube channel sis? If you don’t have any problem in sharing 😊
Channel name: anidita_parijiv_world
Today only changed the name
Before my channel name was rainbow editz ☺️❤️♥️
Moon sis please share the link of your YC if you don’t mind,I want to see your vms…
https://youtube.com/channel/UCrtAsOrbfXKki8tNNuNB09Q
Here is the link Sri sis😊♥️
Chapter 7 of The Road Not Taken… Out now!
Read and review please 😊❤️…
Link on the previous page 😇
Babes
I will read ur ff one by one☺️
Give me some time🙂
Of course sis 😊… Take as much time as you need. Read it after your exams ♥️😇
anyone??
(☉。☉)!
Is that you?!!!!😍… You’re back, Visu Di?!!!
Yupp. Always here for you!❤️🤍
Have you got a vacation? How are you? All well and fine?😊
yup,everything is fine choti..💙🤍
How are you all???
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Belated happy birthday barbie sis,May this year brings you happiness to ur life..
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congo moon papu for ur new yt channel
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hermi choti kudos for the work you are doing in wattpad and tu
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round of applause for following my words,proud to have all of you as my sisters..
Thank youuuuu Di ♥️… Love you loads 😇
srishti choti,how was your exams??How are you??
I am absolutely fine di…
How are you??
My exams went well,Even I got my result too, The result was really awesome and your choti have now promoted to class 10…
how is your health choti?? all ok??
v lover sis how are you???
Yes. I’m absolutely fine.
what abt others in family??
all the best for your xam sisters.Will pray for you all🙏🙏..Do the best..
Good night fam❤🤍
Yeah. Everyone else is fine too 😊…
Thanku for all your best wishes n prayers🧡
Good night all💙🤍
hello
Hurray!!! Anchu mentioned lopa akka in her insta story…https://ibb.co/S6z1h19
Congratulations Lopa Di!!😍. Happy for you 😃❤️❤️❤️
https://www.instagram.com/p/CazOWjevtwg/ 😂😂 any pravistians like this???
No😂😂
https://www.instagram.com/p/CaV5f82vDpl/ which type are you??🤣😉
Type 1🤭… I don’t like to eat when I’m angry 😁😆
Hello everyone 👋.
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Wow 😊 welcome back Visalee akka how are u doing?.. I really missed u 😘😘😘😘😘.
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Hello Moon sis congratulations on your YouTube channel my best wishes are always with u 💞💞💞💞💞.
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Hello Hermi sis how are u doing dear keep up the good work lots of love 😘😘😘😘😘.
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To those having or preparing for exams all the best for your exams ❤❤❤❤❤.
Hi Saki Di ❤️❤️❤️… So nice to see you!😊
I’m absolutely fine. How are you Di?🥰
Thank you for all your best wishes ❤️
Hi saki choti.I’m doing good❤🤍…Today I was thinking about you,u came😉🧡🧡🧡.How are you??