Next day Morning 10 AM.
Rahini rechecks all her stuffs once again in her room. She closes her bag and suitcase after final checking. She comes out of her room with all bags and locks the room and leaves the place.
She comes to the ground floor corridor of the building. She goes to reception and hands-over the key just as Pratik comes there to hand over his room key. Rahini does not know how to greet as she had only tough encounters with him every time they met. But her mentality has got changed a little after the lift incident. She neither smiled nor glared at him. Pratik looked at her in usual teasing smile.
The receptionist smiles at both of them.
"Mam, yesterday's show was very nice. You were looking different and awesome especially your saree." says the woman at reception to her.
"That credit goes to me. It is because of me she looked like that yesterday.Isn't it?" asks Pratik to Rahini
Rahini looks at him again. She does not say anything but in her mid she accepted the fact to herself that she changed to that much appreciated hairstyle because of his teasing comments.
She smiled at the reception woman and says "Thank you. I booked a cab for airport drop."
The receptionist looks at her booking register and says "Yes Mam. Your cab is waiting. Just a minute.". The receptionist calls someone in her landline.
"Excuse me, even I have cab booking for airport drop. For 10 AM" says Pratik to her. The woman looks at the register again and confirms it. "Mam, cab has arrived. But are you ok, if we combine you both in a single cab?" asks the woman to Rahini.
Rahini looks somewhat shocked to think of traveling with him yet she conceals her expressions. Pratik looks her like 'What you have to say?'
"Actually I have some shopping work to be done. May be he will not feel comfortable" she says looking at him. Pratik smiles at her and replies to the reception woman "I have no problem. You can combine us if she does not have any."
Rahini looks at him. 'If I don't accept, unnecessarily it will cost for the organization. Two different cabs for same place. Fuel will also get wasted.Why should I let it happen?'
She looks at the woman and says "If he is fine with my shopping trip, I have no issues. But let me tell you, it might take some time for me to finish the shopping. Think before you accept" she says to Pratik.
"I said my answer before." says Pratik. Rahini looks at him. She turns to the woman and says "Fine by me too."
The woman makes some entries in a register and both of them sign in it. An attender comes and take their luggages with him and they both follow him.
Rahini gets inside the car at backside and Pratik sits in the front and the car leaves.
Pratik turns to her and asks her "For shopping, will you finish it tomorrow morning or it will take the next morning too?"
Rahini looks at him and yells at him. "I really don't understand. Why are you always talking in an annoying mode? Can't you talk normally. And moreover I did not ask to you join with me. You chose to combine even after my warning."
Pratik smiles at her and says "Wah! That is it. Without hearing your angry tone, I don't feel like sun has risen for me."
Rahini does not answer him. She tells the driver "Bhaiyya, Please stop the car near that mall".
The car goes inside the shopping mall and stops there. Rahini gets down from the car and says to driver "Bhaiyya! I will be back in half-an-hour." and leaves inside.
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Rahini enters inside one of the big toy shops in that mall. Lots and lots of toys are arranged depending upon category, age group, gender etc. As the place, prices are also so big in that shop. Hence only a two customers are present apart from her.
A salesman comes to her and says "Welcome Mam, glad to see you in our shop"
Rahini smiles at him. "Thank you"
"How may we help you, Mam?"
"I want to see latest remote control cars"
"Sure Mam, Please go this way.". The salesman shows her the way and she goes in the direction.Lots of remote cars, trucks, choppers are arranged in a big shelf. Rahini searches for a model car but she does not pick any model.
"Surprising. I thought of searching you in all the saree and fashion jewellery shops or in any beauty parlor. But you are here."
Rahini rechecks all her stuffs once again in her room. She closes her bag and suitcase after final checking. She comes out of her room with all bags and locks the room and leaves the place.
She comes to the ground floor corridor of the building. She goes to reception and hands-over the key just as Pratik comes there to hand over his room key. Rahini does not know how to greet as she had only tough encounters with him every time they met. But her mentality has got changed a little after the lift incident. She neither smiled nor glared at him. Pratik looked at her in usual teasing smile.
The receptionist smiles at both of them.
"Mam, yesterday's show was very nice. You were looking different and awesome especially your saree." says the woman at reception to her.
"That credit goes to me. It is because of me she looked like that yesterday.Isn't it?" asks Pratik to Rahini
Rahini looks at him again. She does not say anything but in her mid she accepted the fact to herself that she changed to that much appreciated hairstyle because of his teasing comments.
She smiled at the reception woman and says "Thank you. I booked a cab for airport drop."
The receptionist looks at her booking register and says "Yes Mam. Your cab is waiting. Just a minute.". The receptionist calls someone in her landline.
"Excuse me, even I have cab booking for airport drop. For 10 AM" says Pratik to her. The woman looks at the register again and confirms it. "Mam, cab has arrived. But are you ok, if we combine you both in a single cab?" asks the woman to Rahini.
Rahini looks somewhat shocked to think of traveling with him yet she conceals her expressions. Pratik looks her like 'What you have to say?'
"Actually I have some shopping work to be done. May be he will not feel comfortable" she says looking at him. Pratik smiles at her and replies to the reception woman "I have no problem. You can combine us if she does not have any."
Rahini looks at him. 'If I don't accept, unnecessarily it will cost for the organization. Two different cabs for same place. Fuel will also get wasted.Why should I let it happen?'
She looks at the woman and says "If he is fine with my shopping trip, I have no issues. But let me tell you, it might take some time for me to finish the shopping. Think before you accept" she says to Pratik.
"I said my answer before." says Pratik. Rahini looks at him. She turns to the woman and says "Fine by me too."
The woman makes some entries in a register and both of them sign in it. An attender comes and take their luggages with him and they both follow him.
Rahini gets inside the car at backside and Pratik sits in the front and the car leaves.
Pratik turns to her and asks her "For shopping, will you finish it tomorrow morning or it will take the next morning too?"
Rahini looks at him and yells at him. "I really don't understand. Why are you always talking in an annoying mode? Can't you talk normally. And moreover I did not ask to you join with me. You chose to combine even after my warning."
Pratik smiles at her and says "Wah! That is it. Without hearing your angry tone, I don't feel like sun has risen for me."
Rahini does not answer him. She tells the driver "Bhaiyya, Please stop the car near that mall".
The car goes inside the shopping mall and stops there. Rahini gets down from the car and says to driver "Bhaiyya! I will be back in half-an-hour." and leaves inside.
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Rahini enters inside one of the big toy shops in that mall. Lots and lots of toys are arranged depending upon category, age group, gender etc. As the place, prices are also so big in that shop. Hence only a two customers are present apart from her.
A salesman comes to her and says "Welcome Mam, glad to see you in our shop"
Rahini smiles at him. "Thank you"
"How may we help you, Mam?"
"I want to see latest remote control cars"
"Sure Mam, Please go this way.". The salesman shows her the way and she goes in the direction.Lots of remote cars, trucks, choppers are arranged in a big shelf. Rahini searches for a model car but she does not pick any model.
"Surprising. I thought of searching you in all the saree and fashion jewellery shops or in any beauty parlor. But you are here."
Rahini gets surprised and looks at the direction of the voice. Pratik is standing there.
Rahini looks at him and replies "Well, it also surprises me. You are supposed to be seen in liquor shops instead I am seeing you here." She turns back and continues to look at the toys.
"Madam Ji, I am not such a kind of person. And not all men live all the time live in those shops. Please understand that." answers Pratik to her.
"Similarly not all women all the time think of sarees, dresses and beauty parlor. You understand that. Before pointing your index finger towards others, remember that other four fingers are pointed towards you." She then turns to him and asks "What made you to come here?"
"Well, as I said I thought you would be in any saree shop getting confused which saree to select. Thought of helping you so that you will finish the purchase soon so that we might not miss the plane."
"Oh really, But when did I appoint you as my saree selector, I don't remember?"
"Self appointment. After all, you have started accepting my opinions in your hairstyle, isn't it?"
Rahini stares at him. 'A real specimen which should be placed in a museum' thinks herself. She once again looks at the toys.
"Excuse me" Rahini calls some one to help her. A sales man comes towards her. "Yes Mam"
"Are these remote cars alone present or you have anything else?" she asks to the salesman
"These are the total remote controlled toys we have with us Mam."
"But I am looking for a remote controlled car. It will be like a mini truck in orange color." She says some model name of the car.
"Sorry Mam. That toy which you are asking for, is not in the market right now."
"Really" exclaims Rahini "But I have seen that in Mumbai shops"
"I can understand which one your are talking about. That car actually has many defects in the designing. So it got failed and the company themselves have recalled many of the products. So it is almost vanished from the market" replies Pratik
"Oh" Rahini becomes sad. Pratik says "Well, World does not end with that one car. You can try any other one even. This is a popular toy brand car. Sure the kid for whom you are buying will be happy"
"Nope, he will not accept it. He was asking that toy specifically for me for several months.I should have bought it earlier itself"
"Feel happy you did not do that mistake. I told it is a failure model. I have seen many boys spitting on that car for the poor designing. Well for whom you are buying for?"
"For my son"
Pratik face turns surprised on hearing this. "Son? You have a son?"
"Yes. What is there to get surprised?"
"Nothing. Well what is his age?"
Rahini looks at him and answers "6 years. Why?"
'Wow! Mother of a six year old kid. Cannot believe.' Pratik exclaims tohimself. "Anyways. Buy this your son would sure like it." says PRatik
She looks at him in doubtful expression "Are you sure?"
"If I am a six year old kid, sure I will like it" replies Pratik.
Rahini turns to the salesman "Pack this." The salesman gets the toy from them and leaves from the place.
Rahini glances through the other toys kept in the other racks. As she looks she stops at one place and looks at the toy. The toy is a girl doll beautifully dressed in Indian wedding bridal attire. Rahini takes the toy in her hand and looks at it.
'What a beautiful doll! Wish I had a girl baby. I would have bought this for her' Rahini starts to think of Trisha. 'Can I buy this for Trisha. Poor girl. Had her mother was alive, she would have bought this for her. Father has also abandoned her.' Rahini thinks of Arjun's words saying Trisha's father is coming home. 'If I buy this for her, will her father would take it in right sense'
"Oh, your son will play with girl dolls also,huh?" asks Pratik.
"This is not for my son. I thought of buying it to one of the girl I know."
She keeps the doll back in the rack.Pratik looks at it "Why, are you not buying it?"
"No"
"Looks like the toy has impressed you lot."
Rahini looks at the bridal costume of the doll. She gets glimpse of herself wearing such a bridal attire and seated beside a man in front of fire place performing rituals of wedding. Her face turns sad again.
"Yes, the toy is very beautiful. Every woman longs to wear that costume once in her life time. She wishes to live like bride, die as a bride. But not everyone is lucky enough to live like that"
Rahini's voice shows some sadness. Pratik looks that sorrow in her eyes and feels bad as he knew about her already. He does not say anything to her.
Rahini thinks of Trisha once again and recollects her sad face on the day she met her. 'If I buy this doll, she would definitely feel very happy. I wanted to make her smile at any cost. Whatever her father thinks, I don't care. Let me buy the doll for her'
Rahini goes back to the place where the doll was kept. She goes to the place and finds the doll is not present there. She gets surprised on seeing that and looks for the salesman.
"Excuse me" she calls a salesperson there.
"Yes Madam" asks the salesman.
"I saw a bridal doll here few minutes before."
"Mam, that doll was sold just now" replies the salesman
"Oh" exclaims Rahini sadly. "Do you have another piece of that?"
"Stock not available right now. We have ordered for them, Madam. It will be available tomorrow." replies the salesman.
Rahini feels very disappointed on hearing this. 'Just missed. What a beautiful doll it was! Why did I not decide to buy that time itself. I am leaving the city shortly. How can I come here tomorrow.Second time I missing the thing which I want to get.' Rahini regrets herself loudly.
A salesman comes to her with the bill of the remote car. She gets the bill from him and leaves the place. As she proceeds to bill counter, the doll was packed and given to somebody. Rahini goes to cash counter and pays for the toy. She sadly looks at the doll which is in the hands of that guy who was carrying it.
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INDIRA GANDHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
The cab stops in the entrance of departure terminus. The driver helps both of them with their luggage. Rahini looks at Pratik in a surprise. He was keeping silent and quiet in the car for last few minutes. And now he does not speak anything to her.
Pratik brings a trolley and places Rahini's luggage in it. He carries his own bag in his shoulder.
"Which flight you have to board in?" asks Rahini to Pratik.
"Same as yours" a crisp and short answer came from him and then he did not speak anything. Rahini could not understand what is wrong with him. Both of them stand in the boarding pass queue. Both of them get their boarding passes from the person and leave the place.
Rahini was very worried about how to travel with such a idiotic guy but now she feels very odd at the abnormal silence of Pratik.
"What total silent mode today. Looking strange." asks Rahini to him.
Pratik smiles gently at her.
"Well I was thinking about one thing." says Pratik. "Have you by ever chance felt something strange about that guy?"
"Which guy?"
"The guy who was with us in the lift yesterday"
Rahini once thinks about that guy and recalls the whole day encounter with him. "What strange you feel about him?"
"I feel that I have seen him somewhere."
Rahini gets surprised to hear this answer as she too felt the same on seeing that guy.
"Why do you think so?" asks Rahini
"Just like that."
Rahini thinks about his words. She then remembers the conversation between two people whom she heard as the reason for the traffic jam.
'Is there any connection and possibility that the guy being that celebrity.' Rahini thinks herself 'If so, who he might be then.'
As Rahini thinks about the guy she did not notice the people who were seated on the chairs to her backside.
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Anirudh and Rohit come to the flight boarding gate and sit in a place behind Rahini and Pratik.
"Bhaiyya! At last we are here. How do you feel returning home after seven years" asks Arun to him.
Rohit thinks about his past before seven years. His face turns dull. Arun notices that and keeps his hands on shoulder.
"Sorry Bhaiyya. I did not mean to remind your past. I thought you got relieved of your sorrows. But even now you are not feeling normal about them" says Arun to Rohit.
"How do you think I can get relieved from them." replies Rohit in a pain in his voice. "I cannot at any cost."
"Bhaiyya! What can I say? Let us have a new beginning from now on. Everybody is going to be happy to see you again. Please don't break their happiness and hopes"
"I will try my best. That is it"
"Bhayya..." Arun speaks hesitantly. Rohit looks at him and his hesitation.
"What?"
"Nothing" Arun turns back and sits. Rohit looks at him. "What do you want to say? Just spit it out" asks Rohit
"Bhaiyya! You did not ask anything about her" says Arun
Rohit's face turns annoyed and Arun looks at the expression sadly as he knows what it means.
"Let us not talk about it" says Rohit
"But bhaiyya, anyway you are going to see her finally and you have face her also. You cannot run away from the truth isn't it?" asks Arun
"I told let us not talk about this. Let me handle the situation when it comes.Until then stop talking" says Rohit in firm voice.
Arun looks at him and his expression which is like rock. He keeps quiet then.
Pratik who was seated exactly behind Rohit's place hears every conversation between the two.
'Hmm. Some 'her' is troubling this guy a lot. Looks like he has the same problem as me. It is slowly becoming a universal problem.' Pratik thinks to himself. 'But what, the voice is very familiar.' Pratik turns back to see the guy. But no one was present there. Meanwhile passengers start to leave to board the flight.
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"No"
"Looks like the toy has impressed you lot."
Rahini looks at the bridal costume of the doll. She gets glimpse of herself wearing such a bridal attire and seated beside a man in front of fire place performing rituals of wedding. Her face turns sad again.
"Yes, the toy is very beautiful. Every woman longs to wear that costume once in her life time. She wishes to live like bride, die as a bride. But not everyone is lucky enough to live like that"
Rahini's voice shows some sadness. Pratik looks that sorrow in her eyes and feels bad as he knew about her already. He does not say anything to her.
Rahini thinks of Trisha once again and recollects her sad face on the day she met her. 'If I buy this doll, she would definitely feel very happy. I wanted to make her smile at any cost. Whatever her father thinks, I don't care. Let me buy the doll for her'
Rahini goes back to the place where the doll was kept. She goes to the place and finds the doll is not present there. She gets surprised on seeing that and looks for the salesman.
"Excuse me" she calls a salesperson there.
"Yes Madam" asks the salesman.
"I saw a bridal doll here few minutes before."
"Mam, that doll was sold just now" replies the salesman
"Oh" exclaims Rahini sadly. "Do you have another piece of that?"
"Stock not available right now. We have ordered for them, Madam. It will be available tomorrow." replies the salesman.
Rahini feels very disappointed on hearing this. 'Just missed. What a beautiful doll it was! Why did I not decide to buy that time itself. I am leaving the city shortly. How can I come here tomorrow.Second time I missing the thing which I want to get.' Rahini regrets herself loudly.
A salesman comes to her with the bill of the remote car. She gets the bill from him and leaves the place. As she proceeds to bill counter, the doll was packed and given to somebody. Rahini goes to cash counter and pays for the toy. She sadly looks at the doll which is in the hands of that guy who was carrying it.
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INDIRA GANDHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
The cab stops in the entrance of departure terminus. The driver helps both of them with their luggage. Rahini looks at Pratik in a surprise. He was keeping silent and quiet in the car for last few minutes. And now he does not speak anything to her.
Pratik brings a trolley and places Rahini's luggage in it. He carries his own bag in his shoulder.
"Which flight you have to board in?" asks Rahini to Pratik.
"Same as yours" a crisp and short answer came from him and then he did not speak anything. Rahini could not understand what is wrong with him. Both of them stand in the boarding pass queue. Both of them get their boarding passes from the person and leave the place.
Rahini was very worried about how to travel with such a idiotic guy but now she feels very odd at the abnormal silence of Pratik.
"What total silent mode today. Looking strange." asks Rahini to him.
Pratik smiles gently at her.
"Well I was thinking about one thing." says Pratik. "Have you by ever chance felt something strange about that guy?"
"Which guy?"
"The guy who was with us in the lift yesterday"
Rahini once thinks about that guy and recalls the whole day encounter with him. "What strange you feel about him?"
"I feel that I have seen him somewhere."
Rahini gets surprised to hear this answer as she too felt the same on seeing that guy.
"Why do you think so?" asks Rahini
"Just like that."
Rahini thinks about his words. She then remembers the conversation between two people whom she heard as the reason for the traffic jam.
'Is there any connection and possibility that the guy being that celebrity.' Rahini thinks herself 'If so, who he might be then.'
As Rahini thinks about the guy she did not notice the people who were seated on the chairs to her backside.
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Anirudh and Rohit come to the flight boarding gate and sit in a place behind Rahini and Pratik.
"Bhaiyya! At last we are here. How do you feel returning home after seven years" asks Arun to him.
Rohit thinks about his past before seven years. His face turns dull. Arun notices that and keeps his hands on shoulder.
"Sorry Bhaiyya. I did not mean to remind your past. I thought you got relieved of your sorrows. But even now you are not feeling normal about them" says Arun to Rohit.
"How do you think I can get relieved from them." replies Rohit in a pain in his voice. "I cannot at any cost."
"Bhaiyya! What can I say? Let us have a new beginning from now on. Everybody is going to be happy to see you again. Please don't break their happiness and hopes"
"I will try my best. That is it"
"Bhayya..." Arun speaks hesitantly. Rohit looks at him and his hesitation.
"What?"
"Nothing" Arun turns back and sits. Rohit looks at him. "What do you want to say? Just spit it out" asks Rohit
"Bhaiyya! You did not ask anything about her" says Arun
Rohit's face turns annoyed and Arun looks at the expression sadly as he knows what it means.
"Let us not talk about it" says Rohit
"But bhaiyya, anyway you are going to see her finally and you have face her also. You cannot run away from the truth isn't it?" asks Arun
"I told let us not talk about this. Let me handle the situation when it comes.Until then stop talking" says Rohit in firm voice.
Arun looks at him and his expression which is like rock. He keeps quiet then.
Pratik who was seated exactly behind Rohit's place hears every conversation between the two.
'Hmm. Some 'her' is troubling this guy a lot. Looks like he has the same problem as me. It is slowly becoming a universal problem.' Pratik thinks to himself. 'But what, the voice is very familiar.' Pratik turns back to see the guy. But no one was present there. Meanwhile passengers start to leave to board the flight.
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