Daryaa- Kairav Goenka yrkkh ff

The Storm

As Kairav lay in his bed he thought about the one small worry that Kairav didn't tell Badi Ma. 

【A couple hours ago...】

"R-roadmap presentation?! Kal tak?" Kairav stood from his seat, "Kal tak presentation kaise banaunga?"

"Sir, hum banayenge" Abdullah reassured, "Aur, sir, you can continue from what Maya mam left off"

Kairav tilted his head, "what do you mean?"

"Maya mam was product manager, par jab Manish aur AG sir ko achanak idea aaya ki tum job join kardo, toh phir usko head of finance bana diya. Sir, ek baat batao," Abdullah leaned closer to Kairav, "unse bach kar rahena, jab wo gussa hoti hai, toh sari office dhang se kam hi nahi kar sakti," 

Kairav nodded hearing this, "aur maine uska job le liye," he thought aloud, "great"

"exactly," Abdullah took away his serious face and gave his familiar smile, "Sir toh mai aapko summary dedo?"

After the summary Kairav had a massive smirk on his face. This was easy for him. A piece of cake. It was just making a simple business report in presentation form. He has just got make a couple calls to check if tasks are getting done, settle anything blocking those tasks- hopefully there is nothing, Diwali so done so not too many interruptions and write up who's on track and who is not. 

By 4, Kairav an Abdullah had relentlessly worked, finally getting his presentation done. But here was where it all went south. 

A knock came to the door and the sounds of heels tapping entered, Kairav was to focused on the notes to notice.

"Ji Maya Mam?" 

Kairav looked up to see a tall middle-aged woman with broad shoulders cross her arms with a smirk across her face. Her striking hezel gaze looked to Kairav, then Abdullah an then onto the laptop. Without a word she stroded to the other side of the desk and began looking through the presentation, given a slight chuckle with every transition. It was clear to Kairav now, she did not like him being product manager. But she wasn't going to find any flwa in the presentation. It was Kairav's responsibilty to give a good presentation and he knew he had done just that. 

"Acha hai," she stopped hunching over and looked down to Kairav who was sitting on his chair, "par kuch maza nahi aaya," she stated.

"Matlab" Kairav asked.

Maya raised an eyebrow, "yeh matlab hai Kairav beta ki yeh bahut hi simple presentation hai, asie jaise tum school ki assignments main karte ho, not in a board meeting of a multi-million-dollar luxury jewellery brand. Meri baat mano, kuch naya karo. Yeh sab toh hum bhi kar sakte hai, a couple calls and we'll know the state of the company and where it's going," she hunched closer to an uneasy Kairav, "Kuch value ka presentation banao" she said and left having gleaned all his confidence.

Abudullah had nothing to say to cheer him up so he left to saying that there was some work he neeed to finish up.

【current time...】

Kairav lay on his back unable to sleep, "Presentation toh ready ho gayi, ideas bhi correct hai, toh main kyun worry ho raho hu?" he whispered to himself.

'Kyunki wo sahi ke rahi thi, tu kuch value ka add nahi kar raha. Tu iss job ke layak hi nahi hai' His mind argued.

"Mujhe apna best diya," Kairav said to himself.

'Your best is their childsplay,' his mind refuted once more.

"toh main kya karu?" he asked himself. Then he heard a door creak open. He rose up, "Aarohi" he mumbled. Aarohi was the smartest person he knew. She surely would have an idea.