O Saathi Rey

Chapter 2

Note: 1) You will feel like hitting me with a chappal while reading this, but just trust me and the process.

2) Italic sentences are monologues.

3) Let us just *assume* a lot of things for the sake of emotional drama.

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"Duniya ka sabse bakwaas idea hai ye, iss ke liye tune mujhe subah ke 6 baje ko uthaya?" Shiva rubbed his eyes sleepily, even though all the sleep had been knocked out of his eyes after listening to Raavi's idea.

"Offo Shiva, isse better solution mere paas nahi hai mere problem ka." Raavi huffed.

Shiva couldn't believe his ears. She really was the dobiest dobi he had ever come across.

"Toh mai tera plan repeat karta hu. Tu Dhara Bhabhi ki surrogate banegi, and jo paise tujhe unse milenge, tu usse apna college year complete karegi, aur baaki invest kar degi future ke liye? Ye tera plan hai, na?" Shiva questioned her, hoping she'd hear how stupid she sounded.

Raavi happily nodded her head, "Haa. It's perfect. Mujhe jo paise chahiye mil jaayenge."

"Tujhe paise hi chahiye na? Toh ye seedhe haath se khaane ke bajaaye tu ulte haath se khaana kyu khaa rahi hai? Ghar se maangle paise admission ke, hum mana thodi karenge." He frowned. What the hell was she even thinking?

"Tere upar ka maala khaali hai, ye pata tha, lekin itna khaali hai, ye nahi pata tha." Raavi said, slightly tapping his head. "Mai mere pati se paise maang sakti hu admission ke liye. Tujhse maange toh laayega kaha se? Ghar ke paiso se na? Aur ghar ke paise pe sabka haq hai, toh itne paise mai akele kaise le lu, sab bawaal machaayenge. Usse accha, agar paise mere account mein aajayenge ,toh mujhe koi guilt nahi hoga use karne se pehle."

Shiva would seriously lose his mind over her reasoning, one, due to lack of sleep, and two, due to her baseless explanations.

"Insaan ko jab neend kam padti hai, toh woh pagal ho jaata hai. Tu so ja, pure 13 ghante ke liye, phir apna muh khol mujhse baat karne. Ye gande plan ka bhoot utar jaayega tere sarr se."

Shiva scoffed and dug his head in the pillow to avoid hearing any more blabber that came out of Raavi's mouth.

"Bhootnath, tujhe toh mai baadme dekh lungi."

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Shiva woke up to his family hugging each other and feeding sweets to Raavi.

Oh my god. What did she do?

He got distracted by the bowl of sheera on the dining table, and began gorging on it. It was his favourite, apple sheera with toasted cashews, just how he liked it.

It was the best sheera he had ever had in his life, it didn't even have any of those god forsaken raisins or elaichi buds in it. Heavenly.

Suddenly, Gautam came up to Shiva, and hugged him, "Thank you Shiva, humari baat nahi ho paayi thi kal, but thank you humare liye ye karne ke liye. Tum dono ko" He nodded towards Raavi.

Shiva's confusion was evident, so Gautam had to clear it out, "Raavi surrogacy ke liye maan gayi."

If the bowl of sheera was in his hands, it would have shattered on the floor. Shiva stomped towards Raavi and dragged her to storeroom.

"Ye kya kiya tune!? Tune surrogacy ke liye haa boldi?" Shiva exasperatedly said.

"Shiva, maine tujhe subah hi bola tha na, mere paas yahi ek raasta hai." She explained.