Broken Relations

And Why Would I Be Jealous?

Savi's pov:
It was lunch break. I tiredly sat down on a bench, opening my tiffin. I smiled at the aloo paratha with my favorite sabzi in it.

Just as I was about to eat one bite of my food, I heard: "Savi, Savi, Meri baat suno ek baar."

Startled, I let the piece of paratha fell back into my tiffin. I looked up at the person who disturbed me. Ofcourse, who else could it be? Ishan sir.

"Sir, main baat sun loongi, mujhe lunch toh karne dete sir."

Ishan sir rolled his eyes at me and sat down beside me. The students, passing by, awkwardly looked at us.

"Sir, aap aise kyun baithe ho yaha? Students kya sochenge? I asked, totally irritated

"Students joh sochenge woh sochenge, mujhe apna dimaag kharaab nahi karna hai unke soch ke baare mein soch kar. I am just having an important discussion with one of my students and that is what matters."

"Kya important discussion, sir?"

"Aai...aai ka birthday, aa raha hai..toh surprise plan kiya hai and I need your help." Ishan sir said in one breath.

I looked at the date on my phone and realized that Isha mam's birthday was just a day away.

"Ooh haan. Wednesday ko mam ki birthday hai. Aap batayein nah kya plan. I will surely help."

"Thank you so much, Savi." He said friendly. I smiled at him. He explained the whole plan to me and also what I had to do.

I nodded thoughtfully, already thinking of ideas of how I was about to execute this plan and excitedly chuckled. Ishan sir tapped on my shoulders. I looked towards him.

"Tum pagal toh nahi hogayi, aise hi hass rahi ho?"

"Sir, come on, main kuch bhi sochu aapko kya?"

"Mujhe kuch nahi hai, bas yeh make sure karna hai ki jis ladki se mein help le raha hoon, uska dimaagi santoolan thik hai yah nahi."

"Don't worry , sir, bilkul theek hai." I said, narrowing my eyes at him.

"Thank God!" Ishan sir said. Shaking my head at his comic behavior, I laughed, while he chuckled too.

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Shantanu's pov
My heart skipped a beat seeing Isha with Rajiv. There was an unwanted feeling of irritation in my belly as I saw them together.

"Arreh, Shantanu, andar aa jao, darwaza par statue banke kyun khade ho." Rajiv said, bringing me out of my thoughts. I sighed deep and went inside, closing the door behind me.

"K..kya horaha hai?" I said, looking towards Isha, who now looked serious and did not even look towards me.

Rajiv, seemingly understanding my feelings, said: "Woh ham bas project discuss karrahe the. If you want to help, you may help."

"Yeah, su.."

"No! Ham almost khatam hochuke hai, we don't need your help Mr. Shantanu." Isha said, finally looking at me.

"Kya keh rahi hai aap dr. Bhosale, abhi toh bohot saare kaam pending hai."

"Haan, toh aap hai nah mere help ke liye, aur logo ke zaroorat nahi hai."

My heart ached at her behavior towards me. She loves to make me suffer, I thought.

"Uhm...abhi ke liye, I will stop all these, because I have to attent a class, so please excuse me. saying that, Isha packed her bag and left the teachers room. I looked at Rajiv, who was smiling at me.