Meant to be......together !!

Chapter 4:- Making Jaan agree

Dropping Shalini home, of course after an ice cream treat, Ram was finally sitting in his office.

Files and documents were spread messily on the table; unorganized, just like his thoughts.

'Jaan ko kaise manau'

'Kya bolu kyu hona hai hospital mein admit'

" Ram ",

'Kuch soch Ram kuch soch, kahi hospital ki baat se Jaan ko aur tension na ho jae'

"Ram", Shardul spoke a little louder this time, shaking his arm.

"Hn...Haan", Ram spoke, baffled, coming out of his trance.

"Kya ho gya kiske sapne mein khoya hai", Shardul joked, lightening the situation on seeing lines on his best friend's forehead.

"Kuch nahi yaar bas meeting ke bare mein soch raha tha", Ram lied in order to not give his friend tension.

"Acha konse client wali", Shardul spoke, folding his hands near his chest, very well catching his lie.

"Mr....Mr. Khurana", Ram replied, remembering the first client's name he could think of.

"Accha lekin vo deal to kal maine hi finalise kar di thi," Shardul spoke, making Ram tongue-tied.

"Ab apne bhai se bhi jhoot bolega, bata kya bola doctor ne," Shardul asked softly, keeping his hand on Ram's shoulder as a gesture of support.

Ram sighed, vigorously rubbing his face between his palms, "Doctor bol rahe hain vo problem hi nahi diagnose kar pa rahe isliye 1 week ke liye observation mein rakhne ko bola hai."

"Hmm," Shardul hummed, grasping the situation, "Aur ab tujhe samajh nahi aa raha maa ko kya bolega;"

Ram nodded,

"Chal shaam ko main bhi chalunga tere sath dono bhai aram se baith ke samjhaenge,"

"Vo hi to problem kya samjhaenge, kya bolenge kya problem hai," Ram voiced the main problem.

"Ye bol denge ki BP kaafi high isliye doctor kuch din hospital mein rakhne ko bol rahe," Shardul thought of the easiest excuse.

"Aur isse Jaan ko aur tension ho gayi to aur agar vo na mani hospital mein admit hone ke liye tab," Ram addressed the second issue.

"Vo sab mujhpe chor de main mana lunga," "ab to has de teri problem ka solution dhoondh diya maine."

Ram smiled at his friend's attempt; he truly was lucky to have found Shardul as his best friend cum brother.
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Ram, with a heavy heart, entered his house.

A small smile appeared on his lips as he saw Shalini and Shardul sitting on the sofa engaged in some conversation.

The smile didn't last long as he recalled Priya's words. A tired sigh escaped his lips as he remembered the task at hand, 'mission: making Jaan agree.'

"Arey tu aa gaya," Shalini spoke as her gaze went to Ram standing at the doorway.

"Kya chal raha aap dono ka," Ram asked, trying to sound as normal as possible, taking a seat on the adjacent sofa.

"Teri bitching chal rahi thi," Shardul joked.

"Hehe, very funny," Ram replied sarcastically, taking a glass of water from Pyare Mohan's hand.

"Baki sab kahan gaye," he asked, not spotting anyone.

" Sab apni apni parties mein busy hain," Ram shook his head, a little disappointed at Shalini's answer. Their sister/sister-in-law was not well, but none had the basic decency to stay back with her.