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Shravan was sitting in the balcony attached to his room.
Returning home from Tiwari Killa he just stormed into his room in both rage and woe.
He didn’t converse with anyone nor did he take his food and drink.
He was confused. He was unable to understand if he should be happy or sad.
Aditya is gone, maybe forever. So should he be happy about that ?
Or…that bastard just insulted Sumo so spitefully !! He should be angry on him…or perhaps feel sad for Sumo.
He couldn’t decide.
After repeated denial of having food to his family members, he went and sat in the balcony.
Till late at night, he sat there, thinking of what he should think of.
His heart was continually crying for Sumo.
He wanted to meet her, but he knew that the current time was extremely inappropriate.
He leaned on the wall and closed his eyes.
Suddenly his phone beeped.
He picked it up and was surprised to find that it was a message from Sumo.
“Shravan can u plz come now. I know it’s very late but still, if u r awake and are reading this plz come. I want to talk to u.”
He didn’t think for a bit after reading it. He jumped up from his place, took the keys of his car and ran to meet her.
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Suman didn’t keep any hope that he’ll come. She thought that by now he had slept.
Nevertheless she still waited for him outside his house in the garden.
She paced up and down with her phone in hope of getting a reply.
But Shravan was in too hurry to reply.
Suman was stunned seeing Shravan’s car stopping outside the gate. But she didn’t rush to meet him. Rather she went and sat on the large swing waiting for him to come.
Shravan rushed inside and not even looking towards the garden headed towards the main entrance. But he stopped as his ears heard the squealing sound of the moving swing. He went towards it and sat beside her.
Silence covered the air for some moments as either of them just gazed at the sky and swung, reminisced their childhood of sitting together & enjoying the swing.
“Thanks for coming” she spoke at last, breaking the silence and also the trance.
He gazed at her but was unable to reply seeing her eyes filled with tears.
“Sumo… “
“Hmm..”
“Why did u call me at this time ?”
“I wanted to talk to u, that’s why” she said holding her tears with effort.
“Yes. What do u want to say ?”
“Don’t u have any questions to ask ?? Always I’ll start a conversation ? Never will u ??” she said scolding him.
“Yes…I have questions. Many. Even I…”
“Then what r u waiting for ? Ask.”
Shravan smiled at her antics.
“What happened after I left ?”
She started laughing….a laugh with a mixture of tears.
“What so funny did I ask ?” he asked in confusion.
“I’m just laughing at my fate Shravan, not at your question.” She sniffed and gave out a deep sigh.
“I told them the truth of what happened really. I’m in doubt how much they believed. Then I got scolded again and I locked myself in my room crying until I messaged u.” she said in one breath and burst into tears.
Shravan didn’t have words to reply, he even refused himself to console her as he felt that she needed to weep to calm herself down.
“You want to know the truth right ?”she spoke in midst of her tears.
He smiled.
“I’m an outsider Sumo. I don’t have the right to know.” He replied sarcastically.
“I’m sorry Shravan.”
“Why ?”
“On behalf of Mamiji…she…she called u an outsider. At least u r not that….not that for me.”
Her voice was unsteady and also it sounded hoarse. She was crying for hours.
He cupped her face and smiled, assuring that it was okay.
She began,
“Aditya and I were neither good friends nor did we fall for each other. In fact he was an infamous guy in our college for stalking girls. Being good in studies also being the son of a rich person, made our principal always neglect his misdeeds.”
She stopped and moved his hands from her face and clutched them tightly with hers.
“We were talking, we got lost and until the part that it started raining, whatever he told was true.”
“After walking for more that 5 hours, we still couldn’t find the right way. And when it started raining….we were really confused what to do. At last we spotted a hut…as he described. He insisted that we should take shelter there. I refused.”
“Spending a night with a guy like Aditya…I had thousands of insecurities towards him…I really couldn’t trust him. But he forced me. Even the ever increasing speed of rain made me agree and we both entered.”
“As I said…Aditya was a total spoilt broth. Gazing maliciously, talking sh*t about me and whatever other misdeed he knew, he attempted…I mean not that way but…he really misbehaved with me. I was alone…so I didn’t gather enough courage to protest, so I kept quiet.”
“But at last when I spoke and protested…loosing my temper, he threatened me that I’ll have to pay for it.”
She paused again and sobbed. Shravan was listening intently. He felt like killing Aditya the very moment, he wished that he was there at that moment.
He put his arm across her shoulder and pulled her in his embrace.
“What happened next ?” he said placing her head on his chest.
“Being fed up, I sat on one corner of the hut and I really don’t know when I slept. When I opened my eyes the next morning I found myself alone in the hut and he was nowhere to be seen. I came outside and found all our other college members and professors standing and talking. But when everyone saw me they just turned their faces away and one of our professors told everyone to board the car. No one spoke with me until we reached our college and I was called in the principal’s room.”
“As I entered her room I found her scolding a guy. And to my misfortune, it was Aditya. We were together scolded, and we really needed to be scolded, but the topic on which she was scolding was different.”
“I didn’t have the courage to cut her words so I kept quiet. She was not scolding us bcuz of the fact that we disappeared into the jungle and created panic in the trip….but she was scolding us on the behalf that we were not that old to get in such mature relationship. She gave us hours of lecture which I was unable to get through. She even told that she’ll inform our parents about it…but…Aditya managed. He told that we’ll solve it among ourselves. As I told earlier…he was almost above our principal so she agreed.”
“Later Pushkar told me whatever f**king thing he had told everyone. “
“Pushkar knew everything ???” he asked in astonishment.
“Not everything. But some of it….which I didn’t knew at that time.”
“That night Aditya also slept in some corner maybe but he woke up before me the next day. Authorities of our trip reached the site searching for us and found Aditya. He told everyone…..”
She started crying. Her throat had dried due to continuous sobbing and talking.
“Whatever he told yesterday ?” he asked seeing her not able to speak.
She nodded.
“Aditya’s words were never denied. No one even went inside the hut to check me or to ask my opinion. They just believed his words blindly. When I woke up, everything was already complete. I protested to the principal after hearing from Pushkar and told her the truth. But she thought that I was making stories after getting caught. The whole college laughed and teased me. But luckily it was the last month of the last year, so I left.”
“But my dignity and respect was totally ruined. I went and accused Aditya for doing such. He just gave sarcastic replies that it was my karma of quarreling with him ! He even threatened to reveal this thing in front of others. I felt helpless and asked him to stop these. And then…”
“And then he gave me a proposal for marriage. I refused him at the beginning but accepted it when I found that nothing could be done. No one was ready to believe me, not even Pushkar. Accepting the proposal and keeping him silent I searched for jobs to set out my carrier and opened PCT, when I heard that he has gone to abroad for some years. Three months ago, he returned as a well-known businessman and told my family that we have an affair and we wanted to marry each other. Then you returned and…..”
“Nothing more u need to say, I understand the rest” he said seeing her unable to breathe.
The sky was losing it’s darkness as it was almost the time for daybreak.
“I didn’t protest in front of anyone yesterday because I knew he’ll gather witness from our college friends that whatever he was saying was true.”
“But I’m there Sumo. I believe u.”
“I know that Shravan.”
She was still in his embrace.
“I’m strong enough to withstand this. I can face all this without losing my hope and courage. I can spend the rest of my life without bothering about these. But…my family….got insulted in such way. My relatives are against me. I really don’t know how to react. I’m happy that he’s gone for good, but I can’t match my gaze with Nanu…nor with my other family members.”
“Don’t feel like that Sumo. You have told the truth. They’ll believe or not is up to them. You have done ur job. Don’t worry. Forget the past because a bright shining future is waiting ahead. This morning will bring a new life to u. Forget everything that happened. I’m there with u.”
She pushed herself up from his arms to look into his eyes. It showed solemnity and trust.
“Thank u for listening and believing me Shravan.” she said softly bringing a smile on his face.
They shared an eternal gaze as if they were speaking with their eyes.
“I love you Shravan “
She said in her mind.
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How many of u were shocked at the last dialogue ??? Let me know !!
This chapter is mostly on words and not on action.
I have given light-hearted ShraMan moments, which u all may like.
So I’m gonna end this FF very soon as it’s story has almost concluded.
Do read and share ur views. I’m always encouraged and overwhelmed by ur responses !!
I can’t promise when I’ll post the next part as I’m ill now so….I’ll try to complete writing soon.
Loads Of Love To All !!