Broken Relations

Baba, I can't lose you

Ishan's pov
After a very exhausting day I came home. I don't know, it was just a long day. Lecture after lecture and some students just....they think I am young so I will tolerate every misbehavior of them. But I won't. Some of them just aren't serious with their studies.

I entered the house and saw akkasaheb sitting on the couch in the front room. She smiled when she saw me coming. "Arreh bala, aa gaiya tu? Kaise tha aaj ka din? Khana khaaya?"

( Oh dear, you home, how was your day today? Did you eat?).

I smiled at her concern. I went to her and gave her a quick hug and sat beside her. I holded her hands and said: "Akkasaheb, aap bhi nah, mere kitni tension lete ho aap. Haa khaa liya maine khaana, aur din ke baat karo toh thik thak hi tha, lekin bohot thak gaiya hoon...main abhi baba ko dekh kar, thoda rest karne jaunga, thik hai akkasaheb," I said and stood up from the couch.

( Akkasaheb, you care so much about me. Yeah, I have eaten and the day was average, but I am really tired, I am going to check if baba is doing okay and then I will take some rest).

Akkasaheb smiled and nodded at me. I walked to baba's room. The door was locked. Why was it locked? "Baba, main Ishan, aap thik ho na baba, aapke room kyun locked hai, mujhe aapse baat karna hai baba." I almost shouted while knocking at the door.

(Baba, I am Ishan, are you okay? Why is your room locked, I want to talk to you baba).

I got no answer nor did the door get open. "Baba?" ....no answer. "Baba open the door, I am getting worried." Still no answer. There was this unknown fear in my heart. All kind of thoughts were coming into my mind. The worst possible.

Did baba commit suicide? No no no no, that isn't possible. Why would he do that? I started to get ready to break the door. I walked four steps backward, positioned my body the right way and then ran towards the door and smashed it with the left side of my body.

The door opened and I balanced myself, so that I would not fall. But what I saw was not what I wanted to see. I was shocked. For a minute I just stood there... proccessing the sight I was seeing..and then I realized and I got worried and scared at the same time.

Baba was laying there on the floor. I ran to him, sat on the floor and put his head on my lap. "Baba, baba....kya hua aapko? Please aakhein kholiye baba. Akkasaheb! Raosaheb!! Please aaiyein. Koii doctor ko call karo, baba behosh para hai yaha!!"

(Baba baba, what happened to you? Please wake up. Akkasaheb, Raosaheb, please come, call the doctor, baba is unconscious!).

I shouted on the top of my lungs. I was so scared. Baba, his body temperature was really high...it was obviously the fever due to which he was unconscious now. But didn't he take in medicines?

I saw Asmita aunty and Shikha, my cousin's wife, running into the room. They both looked at the two of us with fear in their eyes. "What is happen? What is happen with Shantanu dada?" I sighed. Asmita aunty and her English...."Kaku, What is happen nahi what happened hota hai aur iss waqt yeh sab nahi, kaku, ham doctor ko call karte hai" I heard Shikha Vahini (brother's wife) saying.

( It is not what is happen it is what happened, and now at this time who should call the doctor).

Shikha Vahini went outside and called the doctor. With the help of them, I put baba on the bed. I wonder where akkasaheb and raosaheb were? Didn't they hear my voice? Anyways now the whole focus was on baba...

After 15 minutes the doctor came and checked baba. "His body temperature is really high, it seems like he didn't eat on time nor did he take in medicines, please take care of him, let him rest. For the rest there is nothing to worry about."