Hello friends. I am back with the update. This chapter is completely about IshOm. Hope you enjoy reading it.
Chapter-29
The first hint of love
Omkara entered the Mamta Orphanage, to spend time with Ishanya. He thought she must be distributing sweets and stationery to them and then leave from there. But what he saw when he entered the orphanage premises shocked him.
Ishanya’s is playing blind-fold with kids. She was wearing a yellow colour anarkali dress with open hair. Her hair is flying in waves while she is running around with the kids. Omkara just stood there staring at the angel infront of him. He was brought back to reality when a little girl blind-folded tugged his cargo pants saying, “out, out, out!!”
Omkara stunned and looked at the little girl who had removed her blind-fold now, “You are out!” Said the girl seeing him and all the other kids with Ishanya came to him yelling, “Out!!”
Omkara got confused at the happenings and just stared at them. “You are out, Omkara. Now you have to find.” Ishanya said making him understand.
“Oh! But I was not in the game, then how can I be out?” He asked with frown. Bad move by him as the children started yelling, “Cheating, cheating, cheating……..!!”
“Kids, silence, silence!!” Ishanya yelled to make them stop and they did stopped yelling and kept calm.
“Omkara, no cheating. You were out and now it’s your turn to find. Agree without arguing.” Ishanya said to Omkara and he had no option to agree.
Ishanya came towards him to tie the blind-fold. She stood on her toes trying to reach him but couldn’t reach as she is much shorter to him. Omkara smiled at her and bent his head to her, Ishanya too smiled at him and tied the blind-fold to him and made him turn around three times before leaving and running away from him.
The kids made noise around him and teasing him by touching him, clapping around him and calling him. When he went near them they were running away. But even in this whole noise, he can clearly hear Ishanya’s voice calling his name. He just concentrated more on her voice and followed her and finally found her by catching her by her arm saying, “Ishanya, out!!” and pulled off the blind-fold only to see the cutest ever pout playing in Ishanya’s lips. He couldn’t stop himself from laughing.
“No cheating, Ishanya. You are out. Now it’s your turn to find.” He said repeating her words imitating her.
Ishanya still pouting at being out said, “This is not fair Omkara.” while Omkara tied the blind fold to her.
“All is fair in love and war, sweety.” He said surprising him and Ishanya. To cover his slip he said, “No cheating, Ishanya. Are you seeing anything? Answer honestly.”
“No, I am not able to see anything.” Ishanya said coming back to the game forgetting his reply. Omkara made her turn three times and left from there running with the kids.
They all teased Ishanya in the same way, clapping, touching and yelling her name. Ishanya too could hear the voice of Omkara clearly but she hasn’t went towards him deliberately and found some kid.
After finishing the game they all became tired even Omkara and Ishanya too but they had so much fun playing with the kids and kids too liked playing with them.
They took the juice glasses which were brought by the care taker of the orphanage while thanking her.
“Didi, now what game we are going to play?” A little girl asked Ishanya after taking the juice glass.
“Now? I have to help aunty in making lunch. You people play with Omkara bhaiyya.” She said shocking Omkara.
“Me? What game should I make them play?” Omkara asked Ishanya in surprise as he never spent time with kids that too these many.
“Anything, which you used to play in childhood.” Ishanya said.
“Football?” Omkara asked.
“Now, it’s very hot here, you make them play in the evening after lunch. Now, make them sit inside and play something else.” She replied.
“Ohk.” Omkara agreed hesitantly.
“Don’t worry, they all are good kids, they won’t trouble you, Aren’t you kids?” Ishanya said sensing his hesitation.
“Yes, bhaiyya. We are good kids. We don’t trouble our guests.” Children said looking at him and smiled at their innocence.
“Good, now take bhaiyya inside and show him our house, I’ll make the lunch arrangements.” She said and went with the lady.
Kids took Omkara inside and showed them the whole house, their rooms and the small garden which is still in the making as there were only few plants.
He had noticed the place is hygienic and well maintained for the kids. When he said this the kids replied him that it is all because of Ishanya, before she came there weren’t many facilities, there wasn’t any hygiene. The kids told him that Ishanya made this place hygienic and fired their witchy warden and appointed a good care taker for them.
Omkara got surprised hearing all this he hadn’t thought that Ishanya had this shade too. He never thought that she can be a social worker seeing her in modern today’s girl avatar on the day they spent with each other.
Then they all sat in the central hall and Omkara was thinking to find a game which they can play but couldn’t think of any so he asked kids about which game they wants to play. They replied singing and dancing and Omkara made them play that only.
While kids are playing Omkara stared at Ishanya from the window who is busy in making the lunch arrangements. She tied her scarf around her shoulder and hair in a messy bun, she is sweating due to the hot sun. Even then she was working with the caretaker aunty.
Omkara smiled and thought, ‘is she the same girl he saw dancing in the dj night? Such a drastic change, but she looks adorable even now.’
He heard from the kids that she spends time with them every other Sunday and thought remembered her answer when he asked that why she hadn’t got time to see places in Mumbai. ‘So, this is the work she said about she is busy in. He hadn’t thought that she has this kind of helping nature. She never boasted about this. That’s her speciality not like riddhima who does service to stay in the lime light.’ He thought to himself
Omkara was lost in Ishanya when she felt someone’s gaze on her and turned to see Omkara staring at her with smile. She frowned and asked ‘what?’ with her hand, he nodded nothing nervously and then went towards kids.
After sometime they had lunch and then played foot-ball. While playing Ishanya did foul and wasn’t agreeing to it. Then the cat-mouse chase started between them while running, Ishanya went towards the garden and Omkara took the water pipe from the garden and started to throw water on her. Ishanya got drenched and tried to take the pipe from him but couldn’t do it. So, when she noticed the bucket with water she took the bucket and threw all the water Omkara.
Before they can do something else to each other, kids took the care taker aunty to them who scolded them for behaving like kids. They both looked at each other and then held their ears and apologized to her before going inside to dry their hair while shooting glares at each other.
Kids saw them fighting and to stop their fight they punctured Ishanya’s bike so that they go in the same vehicle and patch up. After drying their hair, they both came out to leave from there. Omkara sat in his car while Ishanya was glaring at her flat tire
“If you want I can drop you but you have to say sorry for doing foul in the game.” Siad Omkara faking attitude.
“No, I won’t say sorry. I hadn’t done any foul.” Ishanya replied folding her hands and turned her head to side. Omkara sighed audibly and said, “Ok, then. Come in taxi.” He said and started his car.
“Hearing this Ishanya looked at him and said, “Ok, Ok, I am sorry” hurriedly thinking that he’ll leave her there only.
Omkara looked at her in silence and then burst into laughing. Ishanya too joined him and sat on the seat beside him.
“Seriously, what had happened to us?” Omkara asked still smiling.
“Yeah! We were behaving like the kids.” Ishanya said to him smiling.
“You had literally became kid with those kids.” Omkara said complaining.
“You think, you behaved like the adult there? You too were behaving like a kid.” She replied to him.
“Whatever, but you made the foul.” Omkara said starting the fight again.
“No, I didn’t!!” Ishanya retorted.
In their fight they hadn’t realized that there is a check-post and were going to dash to it but Omkara applied breaks hearing the police whitsel.
He turned the windows down and took out his license to show to the police. But the police signed him to come out, Omkara went out of the car to the police.
The police spitted out his pan and asked Omkara, “Where are you going in the hurry sir?” sarcastically.
“I am sorry sir, we were talking and I hadn’t noticed.” Omkara replied politely.
“Talking? Or making out?” The police asked looking at Ishanya making her turn her head to other side while covering herself with her scarf.
“Mind your words, Mr. If you want, fine me but don’t talk rubbish.” Omkara replied.
“Oh! Now, I am talking, it is rubbish. What is it when you are doing, then?” The police man asked making Omkara angry.
“You are crossing your limits.” Omkara warned him.
“You are warning a police man? What will you do? What will you do when I book her and you in the pr*stitute case?!” the police man asked pushing Omkara question by question.
When he said those wrong words Omkara punched the police man hard on his nose making Ishanya and conistable cover their mouths in shock.
The police man touched his bleeding nose and then took out his gun, seeing this Ishanya got shocked and removed her seat belt to get down the car, but she received another shock when
Omkara twisted the police man’s hand with which he was holding gun and punched him a couple of times and said, “Give respect to woman or else you will have to face so much more.” And went inside the car.
He was driving the car in full silence with a frown while Ishanya was staring at him. “Relax Omkara.” She said and hand him the water bottle.
He took the bottle and took few sips from it without looking at her.
“What was the need to beat that police man?” She asked making him look at her.
“You’ve seen how he was talking, right and you are asking why?” He said still in anger.
“Yes, but he is a police man. Anything could have happened to you, what’s the need to fight for me?” Ishanya tried to make him see some sense.
“How can I not react when he was talking rubbish about you, Ishanya? I can’t tolerate this type of nonsense with you. I’ll react the same way to everyone who doesn’t respect you.” He said surprising her looking into her eyes.
“Why? What am I to you?” She asked staring at him making him more anger.
“I care for you because…..I …….” He said looking into her eyes but got cut by the horn of a vehicle and looked straight saying, “You are my friend, even if you don’t think of me as one.”
Ishanya kept silent for a few seconds and then said staring at him, “I too think of you as my friend from now onwards Omkara. Thanks for doing what you did for me. You earned more respect from me today.”
Omkara looked at her smiling and Ishanya returned his smile and they both looked forward on the road.
While Ishanya is thinking about what had just happened. Omkara was thinking about the unsaid words, which he was going to tell Ishanya.
‘What was I going to tell? “I Love you”? How can I tell that? How did those words came in my mouth? Am I really falling in love with her? Thank god I hadn’t uttered those words to her or else god knows what could have happened.’ He thought and drove the car to Ishanya’s house.
When Ishanya was about to cross her apartment gate, she turned around and looked at Omkara smiling and waved him bye, Omkara too waved her bye and turned around to go to his house still in the thoughts of those unspoken words and then ignored them as a momentary thing and brushed it off.
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