Gurukul - A Life Changing Twist In Four Lives

Part 12 - Siddharth's khoon-pasina

Sumedh dropped home Siddharth and we left for my place. Sumedh's phone rang. "Miss RCB mera phone baj raha h; Maa ka hoga, pocket me h nikaal do please" He said. It was a bit awkward. I nodded and took the phone. I answered the call. "Suma kaha reh gya tu beta?" She asked. I told her that I'm Bandana. "Beta zaruri baat krni thi, zara Sumedh ko dedo phone" She said.

"Ek kaam kro, phone mere kaan k paas le ao; me baat karta hu" Sumedh said. It this was actually a task for me. I slowly took the phone close to his ear. My hand was tounching his cheek and that was sending shivers all over my body. C'mon! It was Sumedh Mudgalkar! He talked for a while and then finished the call. "Sab thik h na?" I asked. He nodded. "Maa kucch dino k lie maasi k yaha jaa rhi h; mujhe Siddharth k ghar shift hona prega" He said. "Pehle tumhe ghar drop karunga fir apna bori-bistar uthake Sidd k ghar jaunga" He said. I smiled and nodded.
He dropped me home.

Samaira was in the kitchen. We had dinner and then went to bed.

Samaira's POV
Bandana and I were in my room when Siddharth called me. "Accha suno, ham kal subha 5 bje running k lie jaa rahe h; sirf  me aur tum. Practice ka part h so you have to come" He said. I said ok. "Usse pooch Sumedh thik-thak pohonch gey waha?" Bandana whispered. I asked Siddharth. "Han yehi h" He said. We ended the call.
"Why don't you admit it?" I asked Bandana. "Tu firse shuru ho gey?" She said rolling her eyes. "Ok, but atleast yeh to admit kar k tu use like krna shuru kar rhi h" I said with a smirk. She smiled. "Samaira, yaar woh kaha aur me kaha" She said looking down. "You are a national level cricketer, ullu!!" I said. She grinned. She didn't want to discuss anymore so she we slept after that.

The next morning...
I went in the park next my house at 5. Siddharth was sitting on a bench. I went to him and greeted him.
"5 km" He said. "5 km what?" I asked. "Are running aur kya?" He said. I was shocked. He wanted to run for 5 km!! At 4 o'clock in the morning! "Siddharth, don't you think kucch zada ho raha h?" I asked. "Bilkul nhi! Vese bhi tumhara football ka league kabka khatam ho gya h, to tumhara stamina wapas average pe lane k lie itnasa to dorna prega" He explained.
I made excuses but all waste. We started running. As a footballer, I was used to run for long distances but I stopped workout after the league so it was a bit difficult.

After 3 km I was dying. "Chalo chalo, bas 2 km aur h" Siddharth said.

Just one more kilometer. Siddharth saw that I was hell tired. He held my hand and we ran like that for one kilometer. Finally we were done. We laid on the grass. After five minutes Siddharth spoke. "Chalo na, waha bench pe beth te h". I nodded and we sat on a bench.

Siddharth rested his head on my shoulder. I always wanted a scene like this, but he was sweating. I shook my shoulder. "Siddharth, you know you're sweating?" I asked. He nodded. "To hato na!!" I said raising my voice. He chuckled.

"Kiya yaar, mera khoon-pasina bhi nhi jhel sakti tum?" He asked. "Khoon thik h but pasine ko door hi rakkho!" I said. He laughed. We were done so we left for home.

Siddharth's POV
As I got home, I saw Sumedh sitting on the dining table. It was 8 o'clock and he was having breakfast. He usually doesn't get up early. He looked at the time, to sign me that I was late. "Tujhe pta to h me kaha tha. Vese tu kese jaldi uth gaya?" I asked. "Veebha Aunty k saamne apna accha impression jamana tha" He answered. I chuckled. I took him to my room as I wanted to tell him something private.

We sat on my bed. I held his hand and started talking. "I'm in love dude!" I said. He rolled his eyes. "Nivedya, Sara, Himani, Mahima, Anni aur...ehmm Bhoomika k time bhi tune yehi kaha tha" He said counting on his fingers. "Dude this time I'm serious!" I said. "Pichli baar bhi esa hi tha" He said again. I rolled my eyes. I tried to explain and finally I convinced him. "Ok to kab propose kar raha h use?" He asked. I started thinking. I needed some time actually. "Agar Gurukul Hockey league jeet gaya to uske baad" I said. He nodded. "Tu?" I asked. He smiled. "I told you, mera kucch pakka nhi h.  I need sometime, use samajhne k lie" He said. I nodded.