My Family (RagLak)

Chapter 27

Someone knocks the door. Laksh leaves Ragini and goes to open the door. It is Annapurna.

Laksh: maa...?

Ap: laksh, pack the luggage soon. Tomorrow morning we are leaving to city.

Ragini: but maa, we are leaving to US after two days....

Ap: laksh, I'm talking with you... why that girl is talking in between?

Ragini looks on...

Laksh: ok maa, I will pack everything...

Ap leaves.

Laksh closes the door. He comes near Ragini again and puts his hands on her shoulders.

Laksh: so, where did we stop...?

Ragini: let's stop here itself....

Laksh: what...?

Ragini: ap maa still didn't excuse...

Laksh: but sumi maa excused right....

Ragini: but...

Laksh removes his hands. "haa...I was amazing that only, why the good news came so soon...?"

He goes and sleeps on bed. Ragini looks at him sadly.

Ragini goes down. All family members are packing stuff that Ragini should take. Like pickles, snacks, other food items.

Ragini is looking calmly at all of them.

Dadi: ladoo, after going there you have to eat properly. I think, there won't be rice. So you have to adjust...

Swara: no need for that dadi, rice will be there. That's why we are packing many pickles. Ragini, don't forget to take this papads. You won't eat daal without it right...!

Sanskar: why she will eat daal? She is going to eat chicken, mutton etc...

Sujatha: chup Sanskar... ragu, I have sewed this sweater for you...there will be more cold there naa...

Dadaji: ragu beta, take some god books with you. You like to do puja always...

Sumi: and don't try any kitchen things... you don't know cooking.

Everyone laugh. Just then Shekar comes there. Ragini doesn't laugh. She silently hugs Shekar and cries.

Now hidden tears falls from everyone's eyes. Everyone has heart weight. But, no one is showing it out.

Ram: chalo Rag, don't cry like that. Lioness shouldn't cry...

...........

Night time,

Ragini and Laksh are sleeping at both ends of bed separately. Laksh is sleeping deeply. Ragini keeps thinking something. She sits and wakes up Laksh. Laksh wakes and looks at her yawning.

Ragini: sorry laksh, did I disturb you?

Laksh: you disturbed me many times... now, tell me...

Ragini: how far is US from India? How many hours it will take to go there?

Laksh keeps looking at her lovingly. Ragini looks confusedly.

He puts his index finger on her ear. And other finger on other ear.

Laksh: see, this ears distance is the distance between India and US. One at one end, other at other end. If it's morning here, it's night there.

Ragini: hmm...??