||Happiness Sailing On The Waves Of Melancholy- ShraMan ff|| ✅

The Truth is too Hard

The phone slipped from Sumo's hands. Everybody panicked seeing such a state of Suman as tears had already started rolling down her eyes. Pushkar picked up the phone and enquired about the message.
Person- Sir this is from the city hospital. The owner of this number has met with an accident, please come soon.
Pushkar was flabbergasted and Suman Sumo stood numb. Everybody started asking about the phone call and with a very heavy heart, Pushkar told them everything.
Sumo the suddenly rushed out of the house with all the family members on tow. They all reached the hospital in no time. Suman was running and almost stumbled every now and then but anyhow reached the the room allotted to Shravan. There they found a group of college boys and police forces which shocked them. Upon enquiring, they got to know something which shocked them to the core.
Boy1- Actually me and my friends had gone for camping. We were chatting outside our tents when we heard some echoing sounds. We thought that may be somebody was in need of help. We ran in that direction.
Boy2- That was towards the cliff. There we saw that a person was trying to jump off the cliff. We just saved him in a nick of time. But we found him to be in an inebriated state.
He was blabbering continuously, something like, I love you Sumo. We thought to take him to his home or at least to a hospital or may be our tent for the night. But he pushed us all away And again went towards the cliff. We again saved him. This went on for at least 4 to 5 times. Then he stumbled backwards and went towards the road all alone only to be crashed by a speeding truck. We then immediately brought him here and called up the police.
Inspector- Mr. Malhotra, we recognised him immediately as we had fortunately worked together before during Khosla's case, so we called you up. It is a case of suicide attempt. So I hope you know the formalities and the rest of the processes. I would take your leave now and come back when Shravan gets any better.
Everybody stood stunned. Never in their dreams anybody had ever imagined that their rockhard Shravan would ever become so weak and take such a drastic step. Sumo fell on her knees but didn't cry out. She just sat there with a blank look on her face. Her mind couldn't comprehend that happened in just a small span of time. First her parents returned from dead, then her childhood, then Shravan's breakdown and now she was here at the hospital praying for Shravan to comeback to her. Never in her life had she ever thought that something so drastic would happen to her.
Each and every member of the two families was praying for Shravan's well being.
After a while the doctor came out and informed the family that Shravan's condition was deteriorating continuously and he was in dire need of blood. Another problem that had arisen was that his blood group was one of the rarest one and that was AB -ve. Also his liver was almost damaged not just because of the accident but also due to heavy drinking.
Suman couldn't control herself anymore and she cried her heart out blaming herself for Shravan's condition. The truth was too hard to be accepted. She couldn't believe that her Chashmish was lying lifeless on the hospital bed fighting between life and death. She blamed herself for his condition because she knew how much broken her Shravan was when she was giving him a cold shoulder. If only she had fought for them he wouldn't have been here with an almost damaged liver. Her mind couldn't register any more and she fainted.
Priya, Nirmala-  Sumannnn...!!!
Priya- Oh my God! Sumo, beta open your eyes, please. Please beta, please. Doctor please see what has happened to my daughter.
Doctor- Don't worry Mrs. Tiwari, we are checking. You just relax.
(Few minutes later)
Neeraj- Doc how is my daughter? What happened to her?
Doc- Nothing serious, Mr. Tiwari. It was just that she couldn't handle all the stress together, so she fainted. We have given her an injection. She will regain her consciousness in an hour or so. Just try to keep her stress free, though I know it is quite not possible right now, considering the situation, yet you should try.
Ram- Yes Doctor. We will take care of her. Mishti, we need to keep her distracted from this situation anyhow and...
Pushkar- Which is impossible Bade Papa. Sumo can forget to breathe but not Shravan Bhaiya. So it is worthless to even try. There is only one thing that can be done. We have arrange for the blood donor as soon as possible because his us a very rare blood group. Sumo has the same, but her condition doesn't approve of doing so.
Priya- But we have to do something fast. Bhaiya, you have so many clients. Please try and talk to some of them. Somebody might help us.
Ram- You are right Mishti. I will try calling now. Pushkar you start calling to some of them.
Varun- Even I will try to talk to some of my clients.
Nir- No need of all that. I have the same blood group as Shravan. I will give him blood. After all he is my son. Doctor please arrange for the transfusion process.
Doctor- Sure ma'am. Nurse take ma'am with you and arrange for the transfusion.
Nirmala goes in to give blood to Shravan. But before coming out she goes near her son and caresses her son's head, while letting her tears fall on his face.
Nir- I am sorry my baby. The apple of my eye, I am really sorry. I know I am a very bad mother. I don't deserve your forgiveness, your love, not even your hatred. But I do love you a lot baccha. Please get well soon. You need to punish me for my mistakes. Your Sumo needs you. She can't handle herself without you, blaming herself for your condition. Please beta, please come back for Suman at least. Please, please (sobbing).
Nirmala left the room and almost crashed into Ramnath, who held her securely and gave her a shoulder to cry on and both sat there, repenting over their mistakes. The harm they had cause to Shravan, was irreparable. But still they had a hope of a happy family, one for which Shravan had craved all his life. They were going to make sure that, Shravan got it for sure. They had already wasted a long of years and didn't wish to do anymore.
Priya and Neeraj came and sat on either side of them and consoled them. At that particular moment they heard some noises and out came a disheveled looking Sumo, from other room.
Sumo- Ma where is Shravan (huffing)? Why are you still crying. Hasn't he woken up yet? How can he do this to me? He said he would come back to me. Why doesn't he stick to his promise? Mumma tell him to not be angry on me and uncle and aunty. I promise I will be a good girl and they won't fight anymore. He has get well soon na Ma.
Priya- Yes beta. He has to get well soon and he will definitely. But for now you go and rest.
Sumo- No ma. I won't go until he gets up. He has to come back. He has to.... (Sobbing).
Nimmi- shh.. beta, he will come back for sure. He will come back for his Sumo. You go and take rest.
Sumo- No Aunty, I won't go. I will go only when Shravan opens his eyes. What does he think of himself, that Only he loves me? No, even I love him since I understood what love is. So once he gets up I will go and that will serve him good, for trying to walk away from me, when he loves me so much.
Just then the doctor came and informed all of them that the operation was successful and Shravan was out of danger. But they keep him under observation for 48 hours before shifting him to a general ward. Everybody got happy and thanked God for listening to their prayers and saving Shravan.
Well, Shravan gets conscious the next day. As soon as he open his eyes, he finds the most beautiful sight in the world, His Sumo Sleeping with her head on his arm. She looked so Angelic that he had no intention of waking her up yet but he had to as she was sleeping in a very awkward position and this might pose problems for her later on, so he woke her up. Once she opened her eyes and came in terms with the reality she hugged him and cried her heart out, asking again and again as to why did he try to leave her. She was taking all the blame on herself yet again. But this time he controlled her somehow.
Shr- It is not you fault at all. It was a moment of weakness for me. I was not in my senses. And I so wanted to end all the sufferings. I couldn't handle anymore and chose to end my life as that would bring the required sadness in my so called parents' eyes. But see even God didn't let me die. He loves you so much that he kept me alive for you to love. So Miss Suman Tiwari, will you accept my love?
Sumo- NO.
Shr- WHATTT!!! But why? Don't you love me anymore? Sumo u came back just for you and you don't want me anymore.
Sumo- No Shravan, it's not like that. I do love you. But for me to accept your love, you have to get well soon and come back home to tell me all that. What say?
Shravan (chuckled)- Alright my dear Sumo, I will wait till that day. But Sumo I am really sorry, for what I did in the moment of weakness. But trust me when I say this Sumo that I was never intending to hurt you. I love you so much.
Sumo- I know Shravan.  Now you just promise me one thing. Promise me that you would never ever pull off such a stunt ever again. Is that clear? However hard the situation may be, but you will fight it and I will always be by your side. We will fight it together. The truth might be sometimes too hard to accept, but we will do it together.
You will do at least this much for me, right Shravan?
Shr- Of course Sumo, I can do anything for you. Just don't leave me alone ever again.
Sumo- I won't and this is a Sumo promise ( entwining her pinky finger with his )
Shravan chuckled at this but was happy that he was no more alone and felt wanted. From that moment itself, he decided to live. Yo live his life fully and accept all that has gone wrong and to correct it eventually and to forgive everyone and move on in life starting a new chapter afresh.
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So hi guys, here is the next chapter. I hope you all like it. I know it's kind of short, but I was unwell since so many days and couldn't write. And when I did this is the result. I hope to give you some good reasons to smile from next chapter onwards.
Enough of my rants, please do vote and comment.

My love For our dear Shraman. This is what I used to do and still do when I miss them a lot. They are always and will always be special to me. I hope you all like it.