DEAD OR ALIVE : SHRAMAN FF

•CHAPTER 5•

CHAPTER 5

"Pushkar?" Shravan knocked at his younger brother's door.

"Haa bhaiya?" Pushkar replied and Shravan went inside and sat beside him.

"What about that loan Sumo's parents took from maama ji and maami ji?" Shravan asked.

"Luckily, she was able to pay off all the debt her parents took. And guess what, all of the debts got cleared last week only" Pushkar chuckled sadly.

"She was planning to visit you and apologize, but I guess fate was very much cruel on her" Pushkar said as the room went quite.

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"Shravan kal kitne baje ki flight hai tumhari?" Ramnath asked his son who was busy packing his stuffs.

It's already been a week and Shravan was no ready to return back to London. As he promised to Nana ji, he daily gave him a visit.

"Subah early morning flight hai!" Shravan said folding his clothes and placing it in the suitcase.

"Mai tumhe airport chhod ne chaluga!" Ramnath said and Shravan stopped.

"Nahi, mujhe akele jaa na hai. I... I don't want anyone to drop me" Shravan said and again concentrated on his packing.

"Shravan, kab tak apne aap ko saza dete raho ge?" Ramnath asked, he noticed that Shravan was not talking, eating or sleeping in these past days.

"Aakhri saas (breathe) tak!" Shravan said without looking. Ramnath sighed and left the room, knowing very well that his son is too stubborn on his decision to punish himself.

I am sorry papa, but I have to do this!

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"All set?" Pushkar asked his brother. He wanted his brother to stay here only, in India. But he didn't do anything to stop him because he know that here is nothing for him.

"Haa" Shravan said and sat down on his bed keeping the suitcase aside and calling Pushkar to sit beside him.

"Sumo humesha chahti thi ki aap jab waapis India aao toh phir London na jao!" Pushkar said and both of them smiled sadly.

"Mai aap ko rok na nahi chahta, jaanta hu ki yaha kuch ya koi aisa hai hi nahi jo aap ko rok le!" Pushkar said and left the room letting his brother rest a bit as his flight is in few hours.

Shravan felt as if Pushkar wanted to tell him something, but he couldn't tell him directly.

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"Pohoch ke phone kar de na!" Ramnath said hugging his son who was ready to leave.

"Ji!" Shravan said and moved towards others. Everyone wished him 'Happy Journey' except Pushkar.

"She loved you!" Pushkar whispered in Shravan's ear making him go stiff. Shravan pulled back from the hug and sat in the cab without saying anything.

All the way to airport only one thing rang in his ears "She loved you!"

It was as if he wasn't able to remove from his mind about what Pushkar said. He wanted to erase whatever Pushkar said but his heart was not ready to remove those beautiful words.

How can it even erase? That was the only thing he wanted to hear from her till date, although it was not said by Suman but Pushkar did told him about her feelings.

Soon he reached airport, checked in and it was soon time to board the flight. But a question was disturbing him.

"How do you know?" Shravan messaged Pushkar. Before he puts his phone on airplane mode, Pushkar replied to his message.

"It was obvious. She even had a memory box, a box full of your and hers photographs and few letters. May be all those were 'sorry' letters except one. That was a Confession letter, she confessed her feelings in that" Pushkar texted.

"Did she ever told you about her feelings?" Shravan texted back.

"Sadly, no. She never talked with anyone about her feelings but I read that letter 5 to 6 years ago. She was in PCT and I went in her room to look for something but fortunately I read that letter" Pushkar texted.

"Where is that memory box now?" Shravan asked through messages.

"It was always in her car, after the accident when her car was inspected nothing was found. May be she sold them or kept them at some place which no one knows" Pushkar texted.

"Can you please start looking for that box? If you found them, then please courier it to me" Shravan texted.

"Yeah, sure!" Pushkar replied.

"Bye. Taking off" Shravan informed him.

"Bye. Take care" Pushkar replied and then both of them kept their phone aside. Shravan puts his phone in airplane mode and buckled his seat belt.

The flight took off and Shravan's tears started flowing as he thought of Suman, his Sumo. Luckily his seat was in business class so no one was sitting beside him.
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