Hi friends, i am back with an update. This chapter is about O’bros’ discussing the topic ishanya, Hope you enjoy reading this.
Chapter-34
Ishanya
Next day in Oberoi Mansion, O’bros’ are as usual in kitchen. They wanted to discuss about Ishanya but no one wants to start it first and waiting for the other to start her topic.
Suddenly, all of their mobiles buzzed at the arrival of Ishanya’s good morning message. They smiled seeing it and then looked at each other with smiles.
“It’s good that she messaged.” Shivaay said starting the topic.
“Yeah, we got to know that she is fine.” Omkara said.
“What a strong lady, she is, right?!” Rudra asked and ShivOm nodded in yes.
“Just look at the way she took the media’s accusations. I thought that she will break down.” Shivaay said.
“Yeah, anyone would have. But not Ishanya.” Rudra said praising her making Omkara lost in thoughts.
‘Why do I feel that she too broke down but showed herself strong infront of us?! I can feel the emptiness of her eyes in her too, may be after seeing us she got some strength.’
‘But she needs to have lots of guts to let media think whatever they want about her. It is making me confused, had she faced something like this earlier?’ he thought doing work.
“O?! where are you lost?” Rudra asked him.
“Nothing, I was just thinking about her ‘don’t care’ attitude towards media. I mean it is a huge thing for anyone what media perceives them, even we care about that. But, Ishanya……she is like she doesn’t give a damn to the media. It is surprising.” He said making the other two think.
‘May be it is because she already faced much humiliation by media because of the MMS and now she prepared herself to ignore the media as she knew she can’t control it’ Shivaay thought.
He was brought out of his thoughts by Rudra saying, “Yes, O!! You are right. You know another surprising thing? She never addresses to media, after her fashion show, which every designer does. And she even leaves the venue after walking the ramp. Nandita addresses media on behalf of her. It is strange, right?”
“Yes, it is.” Omkara said.
“What do you say bhaiyya.” Rudra asked Shivaay.
“Me…..I…..I think…..” He stammered not knowing he should reveal the thing he know about her or not.
“Why are you mincing your words Shivaay? Do you know something about this issue that we didn’t know?” he asked Shivaay.
“May be.” Shivaay said contemplating about telling them or not. He decided he should not say this to them as it is something very personal about Ishanya and she shouldn’t open his friend’s secret even with his brothers.
“What do you mean by may be?” Omkara asked Shivaay in confusion.
“Ah….I think I know the reason but not sure.” He said being careful to not spill the beans and not let his brothers think that he is hiding something from them.
“And what is it?” Rudra asked.
“She is very smart girl. I think she understood that she cannot control entire media into believing her that’s why she took it lightly.” Shivaay said explaining to him.
“Yeah, you are right. She once said something similar to me too.” Omkara said.
“What is it?” Shivaay asked.
“She said that we should not try to control the things which are not in our hands as we can only get disappoint by it.” Omkara replied while Shivaay raised his eye brow and nodded.
“So, that must be the reason.” Rudra concluded and shrugged it off.
“Is it the reason for your tolerance of lies too?” Shivaay asked and Rudra looked at him expecting yes from him.
“Yes, she made me understood that controlling others talks is not in our hands, and when something is not in our hands we should not try to control it.” Omkara replied making Rudra smile broadly while Shivaay looked at him blankly.
“Yay!! I am so happy O!! My slapping fairy is your special friend!! Yippie.” Rudra exclaimed.
“Oh! Rudra, stop it, ok?! She is just friend not special friend stop your horses of imagination.” Omkara said to him.
“Yeah, today ‘just friend’ and tomorrow it’ll be ‘special friend’.” He said teasing him.
“Right, bhaiyya.” He asked looking at Shivaay.
“Shivaay, now you only make him understand.” Omkara said but he expected teasing from him too.
To his surprise Shivaay said, “Yes, Rudra. Don’t tease like that. She must be just friend to Omkara. I know her well enough.” Making Omkara disappointed.
“yeah, I too know bhaiyya, I was just teasing O. I know she has a boy friend.” Rudra said dropping a bomb on Shivaay and Omkara.
“What?” They yelled in shock looking at Rudra.
‘She has a boy-friend, how can that be possible? I thought she won’t get into any relations like this because of facing problems from previous relation. But then, what is Rudra saying?’ Shivaay thought.
‘I can’t believe this, she has a boy friend and spent the whole day with me!!! Is it the reason of her initial rejections? Why didn’t she tell me about this?’
‘She should have let me know this long ago, but why didn’t she? Why had she kept me in dark and played with my feelings?’ Omkara thought feeling very bad about it.
“What are you saying Rudra? How do you know?” Shivaay asked.
“I have seen her once with him. I had even met him and talked with him too. His name is Srikanth.” Rudra said making Omkara sadder.
“Srikanth? She didn’t mention anything about him to me. He hadn’t even came to hospital not even once.” Shivaay wandered out loud.
“You knew that she was hospitalized?” Omkara asked him.
“Knew? I was the one who admitted to hospital first time.” He said surprising Omkara and Rudra.
“First time? How many times did she get hospitalized?” Omkara asked looking at Shivaay and Rudra.
“I didn’t know anything about it.” Rudra said.
“Two times. And I hadn’t met any boyfriend of her even once.” Shivaay said.
“Oh! So, she was the friend you were talking about when you didn’t come home for a night?” asked Rudra.
“Yeah. But how do you know about her being hospitalized?” he asked Omkara.
“A nurse called me from hospital when there was no one with her.” He replied.
“That’s second time.” Shivaay said.
“Wait a minute, what’s the name you said Rudra?” he asked suddenly remembering something.
“Srikanth.” He replied.
“Ha….It is Dr. Srikanth. Her psychiatrist.” Shivaay replied relieving Omkara from sadness.
Omkara felt some weight had lifted from his heart and took a deep breath which was noticed by Shivaay.
“Oh!! But why do she need a psychiatrist?” Rudra asked in confusion.
“Because she gets panic attacks.” ShivOm said in unison and then looked at each other and asked “you know?” again in unison.
All three of them smiled at each other. But Shivaay and Omkara are lost in their own thoughts.
‘Thank god, she doesn’t have any boyfriend. I need to accept that I have started liking her not just admiring kind of liking.’
‘But how does Shivaay know this much about her? They said they know each other because of business but it looks much deeper than it. His concern and talks about her are much more than a business relation.’
‘How and when did they become so close that he knew her doctor’s name too and spent a night in hospital for her??’ Omkara thought.
‘Why is Omkara so worried and concerned about her? He too came to her house yesterday, it means they become close. They did say that they are just friends, but I can see something more in Omkara’s behavior.’
‘Not just yesterday from the day he started mentioning about her I can see the few small and big changes in him. Now, I can clearly see Ishanya’s influence on him.’
‘I know if Ishanya said that he is just her friend, she considers him that only. But why do I feel Omkara has something more than friendship on her? I should talk to Omkara about this and let him about Ishanya’s limitations, indirectly.’
‘I don’t want to see him hurt again.’ Shivaay thought.
After breakfast, Shivaay joined Omkara in the corridor and took him to his room by placing his hands on his shoulders.
“What happened bro? what do you want to talk with me?” Omkara asked directly.
“I just wanted to know something, which I don’t want to ask in front of Rudra.” He said.
“And what is it?” Omkara asked.
“Om please answer me honestly, don’t try to hide anything from me, please.” He said making Omkara anxious.
“What is it that you are being so worried for?” he asked. Shivaay gulped in nervousness.
He is feeling very awkward to ask him directly, don’t know why? He hadn’t felt this before he was open about his girlfriends to him.
But now she isn’t even his girlfriend but he is feeling the awkwardness. Is it because he is going to stop Omkara from moving further or for asking him to change his feelings or is it because the girl is his friend? He doesn’t know.
Sensing his hesitation Omkara said, “It’s ok Shivaay, you don’t have to hesitate this much to ask me anything.”
Shivaay scratched his eyebrow nervously looking at the floor and then face Omkara taking a deep breath and asked him, “Do you like Ishanya?” To which Omkara just stared at him contemplating what to say.
“What do mean? And why are you asking me this?” Omkara asked Shivaay.
“Omkara, please answer me. Honestly.” Shivaay asked him.
“I….I….don’t know.” Omkara said while Shivaay frowned at him.
“What? Omkara, I am serious.” Shivaay said in high voice.
Omkara took a deep breath and said, “Yes, I like her. But it is admiring kind of like, nothing more.” He lied to him for the first time. He doesn’t know why but he did lie.
“Are you sure?” Shivaay asked him. Omkara just nodded in yes. Shivaay sighed in relief.
“Thanks for being honest bro.” he said confusing Omkara.
“But why were you asking me this?” Omkara asked Shivaay and before he could reply, he got a phone call.
Shivaay talked in phone and said to Omkara, “I should go now, urgent. Bye.” And he left from there without even listening to Omkara’s bye.
Omkara just stood there showing his palm lost in thoughts. ‘Why was he so worried about this? He looked visibly relieved when I said no indirectly. But, why? Did I even lie to him? What is happening to me? Why am I becoming restless? He just asked me a question, why am I over thinking? I think I should re-start meditating to control my anxiety.’ He thought to himself and shrugged off his worry as anxiety.
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