ShraMan One Shots

The Letter

A/N: So this is sort of a 'continuation' of Reminiscing Moments (Part 1 & 2) as it happens after a couple of months after their confession. This is by no means a short story though, so don't get my words mixed up! There will be other one shots which are not based on this so do not expect a continuation! (sorry in advance, this is just how my brain works). Happy reading everyone! (Keep in mind that this is not proofread).

It's been three months since Sumo and Shravan confessed their love for each other. Nothing has changed between them after they both let each other know how they feel. They both tease each other the same way and have arguments about the silliest of things. For example, they once had an argument about whose hair is better and of course, Shravan won the argument. There are also quite a bit of romantic moments between them especially when they both sneak out to meet each other; usually, it's Shravan who sneaks into Sumo's room to meet her late at night. They also have late night talks on the phone and Sumo often makes karela for 'Lalaji' so that she can meet Shravan without anyone doubting their intentions. Their family members don't know about them yet and they both wanted it to remain this way until Pushkar and Preeti get married.

*Currently at Tiwari Killa*

Sumo was cleaning her room and after she was done, she walked over to her closet and took out her memory box. She smiled and put it on her bed and started taking out the contents of the box. She pulled old photographs of Shravan and her and touched the glass of the frame lovingly. She loved thinking about their past moments together as it reminded her of the good and bad times they were together yet their friendship survived every bump in the road and blossomed into something even more beautiful: love. Sumo had quite a few new memories in her box too. Ever since their confession, she has taken a lot of pictures of her and Shravan. When Shravan asked her why she took so many pictures, she remained secretive and let him wonder. He still hasn't seen the memory box and has no idea where the letter that she wrote to him was. He had begged Sumo to let him see the letter multiple times but Sumo didn't budge. Sumo was afraid of what he'd think of her when he read the letter. Meanwhile, Sumo found the letter in the box and took it out to look at it when she heard Preeti call out to her.

"Di," Preeti called out from the doorway to Sumo's room.

Sumo turned around and replied, "Hmmm, kya hua?"

"Woh baarish aane wali hai toh kya aap kapde terrace pe se uthane mein meri help kar dengi?" Preeti asked.

"Of course Preeti. Yeh bhi poochne wali baat hain kya. Tum jao. Main aayi," Sumo said as she dropped the letter in the box and followed Preeti out to the terrace.

As Sumo went to the terrace, Shravan and nanaji came out of his room. They were playing chess together and Sumo had no idea that Shravan was at her place. Shravan led nanaji to the living room downstairs where Rachna masi brought tea for them both. Shravan told nanaji he'd be back and left to go to Sumo's room. When he got to her room, he saw no one was there but one thing caught his eye: the box on Sumo's bed. He contemplated against looking inside the box but he finally gave into his curiosity. He saw the box was open so he looked inside and he was pleasantly surprised to see pictures of him and Sumo from their childhood and recent pictures of them together as well. Something clicked in his mind and he realized why Sumo was taking so many pictures of them together. He smiled and searched further into the box and found birthday cards that she wrote for him but never sent.

Shravan thought to himself, "Itna pyaar karti hai mujhse Sumo. Hamari saari yaadein sambhal kar rakhi hain. Main toh bas yahi chaahta hoon ki hum dono aur saari yaadein ek saath banaye."

Just then, Shravan's eyes landed on the letter lying on the side of the box. He took it out and started opening it. When he finished reading it, his eyes were glistening with unshed tears. Shravan's heart felt like it would burst. He wished Sumo had sent this to him earlier so that so many misunderstandings wouldn't have been created in the first place. The immense love he felt for Sumo could not be compared to anything in this world for words were overrated and definitely not enough to describe his love for his Sumo. (A/N: This is a light-hearted revelation as they had already confessed. If he found the box before the confession, then this scene would've been more intense in my opinion).