Hello friends. here is the next chapter with few surprises. It is a little long part. Hope you don’t get bored and enjoy reading this.
Chapter-15
We are friends
In Oberoi Mansion, Omkara and Rudra are waiting for Shivaay, they have called him as he hadn’t came to home yet! Shivaay walked out of Ishanya’s ward to attend the call.
“Hello Shivaay bhaiyya, where are you?” Rudra asked.
“You haven’t gone to the office too, where are you Shivaay?” Omkara asked.
“Arey, let me talk!! I am in hospital.” Shivaay replied.
“Hospital!!” Said both OmRu in unision.
“Guys, relax. I am fine. I am here for a friend.” Shivaay replied.
“Oh!! Ok.” Said Omkara.
“So, won’t you come to home today, bhaiyya?” Rudra asked.
“I’ll see, if someone comes to stay here I’ll return to home.” Replied Shivaay.
“Ok then, bye!!” said Rudra.
“Bye Shivaay.” Said Omkara.
After talking with his brothers, Shivaay turned to go into inside the ward but stood outside looking at the bed where the unconscious Ishanya is laying. He stared at her taking deep breath as if he is trying to solve something.
He is indeed trying to solve the mystery lying infront of him, ‘Ishanya’.
He is trying to figure out the source of strength of this girl, who had surpassed her past and emerged as a winner by achieving a status for herself in this society.
The same society which once demeaned her, taunted her is now praising her, respecting her. He wants to salute her fighting spirit which made all this possible. And he silently wished that Omkara too should possess this fighting spirit and win his demons.
He always wanted to protect his brothers from every possible threat, but he does understand that he can’t fight their inner battles for them. They have to fight it themselves, while all he can do is stand by as a support and watch.
Though Omkara had won the battle with drugs by his support, he is still sensitive about his parents’ issues and lies and deceives. He still has to learn much more to survive in this cruel world. He doesn’t have the inner strength to see the all evils of the world, which makes him more protective towards him.
He wants Omkara to become the same naughty, care free, fun-loving like he used to be in his childhood and his teens. Even though he has issues about his parents’ fights, it was after the entry of Svetlana in their lives which started to make Omkara fall.
He sighed and stared and Ishanya again thinking about the stark difference of the two ladies. While, Ishanya fought for her self-respect and pride, Svetlana is losing her everything willingly just to get money. The society too blames girls like Ishanya not Svetlana!! “Such an Irony!!” He thought to himself.
He was about to enter the ward, but got stopped by hearing a female voice calling his name, he turned and smiled seeing it is Nandita.
“Hello, Mr. SSO” said Nandita.
“Hi Nandita.” Replied Shivaay
“what did the doctor said about Ishanya?” Nandita asked looking at Ishanya.
“He said she’ll take some time to get conscious as they have given a heavy dose to make her brain relax from stressing out.” Shivaay said.
“oh! By the way, thanks for helping. If it wasn’t you, the news should’ve been aired. God knows, what’s in that news that it troubled Ishanya to this extent!!” said Nandita surprising Shivaay.
“You don’t know what was the news about Ishanya? I thought you know everything about her.” Said Shivaay.
“I do know that it is something private about her but don’t know any details. I know her from long time, I know the ups and downs she went through but I don’t know about the part of her past which still makes her vulnerable she never told me anything. But I can understand that it is something huge.” Nandita said looking at Ishanya.
Shivaay just nodded his head contemplating about telling Nandita about the MMS thing or not. He looked towards Nandita and saw her nervousness.
“Relax, Nandita. No need to worry now, everything is fine. Ishanya will get conscious in a few minutes.” Said Shivaay trying to console Nandita.
“No, no, I am not worried about that!” she said surprising Shivaay and continued when she saw his look, “I mean, yes, I am concerned for Ishanya but right now, I am worried about my friendship with her.”
“I don’t understand!!” said Shivaay.
Nandita took a deep breath and said, “She will surely get angry at me for telling you all this and asking for your help.”
“You fear her anger? I thought she never gets angry!!” said Shivaay.
“What?! Ishanya and not getting angry is like opposite poles repelling!!” exclaimed Nandita
“Are you serious? I have always seen her behaving coolly whatever the situation may be.” He said explaining her
“Yeah! That’s the problem. She is not destructive like others when she gets angry. She becomes so cold to you that gives you a chill through your spine.” Said Nandita while Shivaay thought she is exaggerating.
“Any way, I am sure she won’t be angry for asking my help.” He said assuring her.
“How can you be so sure Mr. SSO? I know her well. She is definitely going to fire me and not going to talk to me!!” said Nandita making Shivaay a bit angry.
“Oh! Really? Then let’s bet on it. I am damn sure that she is not going to get angry at you at all for this!!” said Shivaay in his attitude.
“Ok, then. We will see.” Said Nandita not knowing what else to say and being careful not to make SSO angry.
They went into the ward of Ishanya while Nandita sat there in a chair Shivaay stood beside her bed waiting for her to wake-up.
In omkara’s art gallery, he was busy in arranging paintings. There are only 3 days left for his art-exhibition, so he is busy in it’s preparations trying to forget Ishanya.
One thing he figured about her is that she doesn’t trust anyone easily by seeing her reaction when he tried to help her. Now he isn’t sure if he will meet her again or not. The thought of not meeting or seeing her again is making him restless very irritated for even little things.
He looked at the special place he prepared to exclusively display the paintings of Ishanya and the statue of the hand he made. He wanted to surprise Ishanya by doing this, but she won’t be coming to art exhibition too as she is in hospital. Now he is contemplating about displaying the paintings as for whom he wanted to show is not going to be present there.
He sighed audibly and started painting to his utmost surprise it turned out Ishanya’s painting, her face covered in scarf like when he saw her for the first time. He clutched his head looking at it.
“Why aren’t you leaving me in peace??” He asked looking at the painting. He stared at it’s eyes which has many layers of emotions.
“You must have your reasons to distance me from yourself, but it hurts me. Hurts me a lot.” He said to himself.
He closed his eyes to relax himself only to get the flashes of Ishanya. He opened his eyes in shock and thought that it is best to surrender himself to his feelings without fighting them to stop stressing himself.
He again closed his eyes taking deep breath and saw Ishanya smiling, laughing, enjoying the rain with closed eyes and open arms. The rain drops on her face, her wet hair, her broad smile made him smile too. He tried to imagine her with her eyes open but he wasn’t able to. The happiness in her face is not reaching her eyes while he imagined it. It is good with her eyes closed only, he decided and started to paint again.
In hospital, Shivaay observed Ishanya stirring in the sleep. He looked around to find the nurse and he pressed the bell which is beside the bed to call the nurse. The doctor too arrived with the nurse. They saw Ishanya coming to conscious.
“Ms. Ishanya. Can you hear me?” the doctor asked waking up Ishanya.
“Ms. Ishanya, Ms. Ishanya!! Try to open your eyes.” The doctor said as she was having difficulty in opening her eyes.
Ishanya opened her heavy eye-lids, she shut her eyes again as the light reflected her eyes, it took few seconds for her to adjust to the lighting of the room and to identify the faces around her.
The nurse helped her to sit down on the bed while the doctor examined her, Shivaay just stood a little away from her not wanting to make her anxious again while Nandita went forward.
“How are you feeling now, Ms. Ishanya?” the doctor asked.
“Sleepy!!” Ishanya replied making everyone smile.
“Well, that is because of the strong medicines. You will be fine in sometime. But you need to be here for a couple of days to recover completely. Ok?” asked the doctor.
Ishanya just nodded her head in yes trying to remember why and how did she ended up here.
“Don’t stress yourself much, just relax. You need rest.” Said the doctor and went from there instructing the nurse about her medications Nandita went with them to pay bills.
Shivaay went closer towards Ishanya when nurse and too went out. Ishanya realized why she was in hospital, she remembered everything after looking at Shivaay. She started panicking realizing that the news about her must have aired and few tears dropped from her while she was busy in searching her phone.
“Do u need something, Ishanya?” Shivaay asked seeing her searching for something.
Ishanya looked at him at once with tears in her eyes. If it has been some other day, Ishanya would have hide her tears from him, but now she doesn’t care. All she cares is about the MMS being leaked.
Seeing Ishanya in that state Shivaay realized that she must be worrying about the news. He went near Ishanya and held her shoulders gently and said, “Ishanya, please relax.
Everything is alright now. The MMS has not been aired.”
This made the frantic Ishanya still and she looked into the Shivaay’s eyes trying to process what he said.
“Yes, Ishanya. That news is wiped out now. The secret is still intact.” He said when she looked at him frowning.
News….Secret…….these words made Ishanya more worried.
“What are you saying? Which news you are talking about? She asked Shivaay trying to make sure.
Shivaay took a deep breath and told her, “Ishanya when Nandita called you I picked the call and came to know that you are worried about a news segment on you being aired. I stopped it’s airing and got to know that it’s an MMS about you and wiped the news out completely.”
Ishanya was listening to everything in complete silence and with utmost attention not wanting to miss even a syllable.
“What else did you got to know?” she asked in a low voice.
“what else, is there to know?” asked Shivaay in confusion.
“You mean, the details…?” Shivaay asked while she nodded in yes gulping in nervousness.
“No, I didn’t tried to know the details of your ex-boyfriend as I respect your privacy and know that you won’t like any interference in it.” He said smiling lightly.
“Ex-boyfriend? How….? She was cut in middle from asking as Shivaay said, “Arey, I am Shivaay Singh Oberoi. Don’t you think I have the brain to figure out that it must be your boy friend who did all this and understand the ordeal you must have went through because of this. Now, I understand your discomfort in facing media!!” He said in his style.
Ishanya breathed in relief listening to him and closed her eyes for a second thanking her stars. She opened her eyes and looked straight into his eyes thanking him. Shivaay just smiled and said, “No thanks, No sorry in friendship.”
Ishanya just nodded smiling a little staring at him. Nandita who entered the room in nervousness got surprised seeing the scene in front of her and realized that she lost the bet with SSO.
“What’s happening here?” Asked Nandita clearing her throat.
“Friendship” said Ishanya still looking at Shivaay.
“So, are we friends now?” asked Shivaay extended his hand towards her.
“Yes, we are friends.” Said Ishanya shaking hands with him while Nandita was looking at them smiling.
“Thank god!! You are fine and you are not angry at me too.” Exclaimed Nandita walking towards Ishanya.
“I thought our friendship will die today!!” Said Nandita.
“Why?” Ishanya asked in confusion.
“For asking, SSO’s help!!” replied Nandita.
“If you hadn’t asked for his help the damage would have been worse. You did the right thing in that situation and proved that you are a real friend to me.” She said making Nandita emotional.
Nandita came to Ishanya and hugged her with a huge smile on her face. Shivaay looked at the both of them smiling.
So, how is it?? I know you must be waiting for omkara, right? He’ll be there in next part. It is going to be full of IshOm. Waiting to know your opinions. Please comment long.