Ardeep: Jiyein Kyun

24~Shanaya Is Ishita

'What? How can you hide such a big truth about yourself? Are you mad? You could've at least told me,' Raman said angrily and she rested her head on his shoulder. 'Am sorry Raman, I also didn't realize when I became Shanaya from Ishita and then again became Ishita and now for some people Ishita and for some people like Tara, I am Shanaya,' she said wiping the lone tear on her cheek. 'I understand but why did you have to act as Shanaya? And from when were you acting?' Raman asked. 'Since childhood Raman, I was also very small,' she said smiling slightly.

'Where did you meet them?' he asked. 'I went to summer camp with Mihika and Vandu akka when we were very little, one day, I was talking to both of them when suddenly a little girl hugged me, everyone had one elder person with them from their family and we had our amma, she had Roma aunty,' Ishita told him.

Flashback:
Little Ishita, Mihika and Vandu walked over the grass playing by themselves. 'Let's play with ball or something, I am so bored,' Vandu said. 'No no I m bored, something else, hide and seek,' Ishita said.

'OK, Vandu akka you will find us, close your eyes,' Mihika said and as she closed her eyes, Mihika and Ishita ran away to hide, they both were hiding at same place. 'I hope we win,' Ishita whispered to Mihika. 'We will, yo,' Mihika said closing her thumb, middle finger and ring finger. Ishita giggled doing the same. Vandu tried finding them everywhere, at the end they were tired of hiding for too long so they ran from there and Vandu was standing with her back towards them. They palmed her eyes and smiled at each other feeling victorious.

'Ishu, Mihiku, I know its you,' she said and they unpalmed her eyes and she turned. 'We won, we won,' Ishita and Mihika said showing her thumbs down and she faked to pout and they both hugged her from both sides. Sometime later they broke the hug. 'Fine now another game,' Vandu said. 'I know, just form a circle and jump while going round and round,' Mihika said and they held hands forming a circle. 'Ring around the rosies, pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes, we all fall down,' they sung and jumped and fell down on the floor laughingly.