NIGHT
“i have read that a man can survive without 22 minutes.”ragini said and drop man inside the river all tied.kavita and swara bent forward to see is he inside the water or not.lake was a little lower then their place.
“ragini note the time…we have to take him out before 15 minutes’swara said,still looking down.
“why 15?….”kavita asked confusingly.
“every common don’t have capacity to hold breath for 22 minutes…..he will die”swara said making face.
“good….”ragini said,putting chips in her mouth.
“not good…kavya will become his widow…worse!”swara said making bad bad faces.kavita also nodded.kavita and swara went and layed against car and start eating their chips of different flavors.
“i wish i could have hang all men like this..specially that joker.”ragini said in dreamy voice.
lucky coughed.sanskar and sahil put hand on his mouth quickly.
“shut your mouth if they came to know we are here then they will do worse things with us’sahil muttered in lucky’s ear.
“how can all men be hanged here…isn’t this place small’kavita asked innocently.
“she is so innocent..’sahil muttered to himself.
“moti akal….one after another”ragini said in mocking tone.
“you called me brainless?…”kavita asked angrily.
“yes…’ragini said and stuck out tongue at her.kavita face turned red.
“hold this…”kavita gives her chips packet to swara and went toward ragini.
“if i am brainless then you are dirty minded….whole world garbage is in your head”kavita said,making ragini angry.
“give me this and slap her..’swara said to ragini.she give her chips to swara and slapped kavita.they start their cat fight while swara was enjoying online show with chips of three flavors.
“bhabhi started fight between them and enjoying chips herself”lucky said,seeing ragini in angry woman mood.
“i used to thought bhabhi is only innocent between them.”sahil said in dismay.
“she is innocent..’sanskar said with small smile.lucky and sahil turn their face toward sanskar.
“what?…’sanskar asked with serious face.sahil and lucky shake their heads.
Swara finishes her and their chips and cleans her hands with her jeans and clears her throat.
“ragini what is time?..’swara asked after gaining their attention.ragini stops fighting and looks at her wrist watch.
“i guess my watch is not working..”ragini said after staring it for 60 seconds.luckt beats his forehead.while others mouth dropped to the ground.swara quickly pulls rope but to their bad lucky.rope was cut on.
“how did this got cut?..”kavita asked in loud panic voice.
“you are brainless woman…..”swara shouted at ragini.
“what is my mistake…”ragini asked with whole world innocence written on her face.
“who know swimming?…”kavita asked and both looked at swara.
‘no way in hell, i am not going to jump in cold water”swara said shaking her side to side.
“kavya will became his widow…think about her”ragini said holding her arm.swara frees her arm and shakes her head.
“no means no….i am not going to jump in ice cold water to save that jerk”swara said in firm voice.
“we will go behind bars….”kavita said in panic voice
“haan…….then make paintings on the walls of prison”ragini said,putting hand on her weakness.swara looks at her angrily.
“******…”swara cursed at her face,making ragini close her eyes.swara looks down at water,closes her eyes and jumped inside.sanskar close his eyes.
“what will be so cold at this time..”this thought came in sanskar mind immediately.
“swara did you found him…”ragini shouted,looking at water.
“where is she?….’kavita asked worriedly.that was enough for sanskar.he went toward them quickly and was going to jump inside when swara came out with that jerk.sahil and lucky also came after sanskar.what’s the need to hide now? ragini and kavita looked at their respective partner with wide eyes but soon divert their attention toward JERK.
Swara throw man on ground,she was shivering badly.sanskar makes her wear coat.
“what are you doing here?…’swara asked in her shivering voice.sanskar didn’t bother to answer her.
“he is not breathing…ragini kiss him”kavita said in panic voice.
“what!!!!….”ragini and lucky shouted together.
“that mouth to mouth respiration….”sahil said explaining kavita.she nodded vigorously.
“he should die for my sake….”ragini said making bad bad face.
“move….”sanskar said,he sit down beside man,closes his mouth and nose for minute.man comes in his senses quickly and spits out water.all said thanks to God.
‘what are you doing here?…”kavita asked,looking at sahil with narrowed eyes.
“we were passing from near road,hear your shouting and came here”sahil lied quickly.kavita nodded,not thinking too much.
“what are you looking at me?…i didn’t tell you to wear this stupid bangles instead of wrist watch….”ragini said,not accepting her mistake at all.
“not a word about my bangles…’swara shouted angrily.
“if you had wearing wrist watch instead of this stupid bangles then this would have not happened”ragini shouted in her tone.
‘jangli biliyan..’lucky muttered shaking his head.swara clenched her fist tightly.
“you are fine…”sanskar tried to calm her.swara looks at him angrily.
“ragini mother…”swara said pointing at her back.all turned at their back,except sanskar.swara pushed ragini inside lake.
“ragini!….”lucky said with wide eyes and was going to help her but stopped with swara’s shout.
“no one will help her…’swara said in warning.ragini was yelling for help.
“water was so cold….”swara said in angry voice.sanskar rubs her arms over coat,nodding his head.swara for a second forget their internal fight and stands close to him,holding his hand and looking at drowning ragini.
“bhabhi!….she will die.i will become randwa(widow) before marriage…bhabhi you are my sweet sweet bhabhi’lucky said,can’t see ragini like that.swara shakes her head side to side.
“swara….i have heard some rumors that there is crocodile in this lake…did you see him.”kavita asked not paying attention to ragini yelling,swara’s shivering with cold or lucky’s pleading.sahil beats his forehead with both hands at her too much stupidity.
Swara freezed at her place,she looks at sanskar face,as asking did you hear that.sanskar was staring at kavita’s face.Next moment swara was pushing kavita inside the lake and sahil was trying hard to save her.kavita was shouting at top of her lungs.
“go take out ragini…”sanskar said to lucky,controlling his laugh.
‘but bhabhi…’lucly said worriedly.
“i will handle her…”
lucky quickly jumps inside the lake and take out ragini.ragini hugged him tightly.her condition was same like swara.
“i will kill her today…’ragini muttered angrily and went toward swara who was pushing kavita inside lake.but lucky holds from waist and dragged her toward car.
“sanskar leave me….i will knock some senses in her brain today.she remembers everything late”swara said struggling to come out from his grip.sanskar picks her up in arms and went toward car.each brother took their Jungli Bili in their arms to house and they didn’t take risk to let them spend night in same room.they wanted their house roof at its place in morning.And thanks to their anger,they momentarily forgot that they hate men.but sanskar didn’t forget to do arrangements for jerk.
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MORNING
Swara opens her eyes,hearing loud sound of crying.she squirmed in sleep and relaxed next moment feeling something warm very close to her.swara opens her eyes, her breath got stuck in lungs and eyes got wild open seeing sanskar so close to her face.she looks down,his both hands was around her like he has caged her with him.but to swara astonishment her hands were also placed on his chest,making some distance between them.swara moved back quickly,sanskar grip was not tight and she falls down from bed with thud!
“AAAA!…’swara cried and rubbed her back.sanskar quickly got up from his sleep and looks down at her.
“what are you doing there?…”sanskar asked with surprise in his voice.swara gets up,throwing daggers at him,sit on bed,push him back and pulls cover on herself.sanskar stares at lying position for a second then looks toward door.
“what is this sound?…”sanskar whispered to himself and went outside.swara also gets jerks after 5 minutes and went out,cursing herself as usual.
Kavita was crying,sitting on couch with crossed arms and sahil was sitting in front of her in knees,trying to pacify him.
“that was my favorite dress…..i liked that dress so much that i didn’t wear it once and she torn it”kavita cried loudly,holding sahil’s both hands.
“when i was yelling for help you were laughing…now laugh”ragini said,putting both hands on waist.
“she was only laughing,you did this what did you do with bhabhi?”lucky asked excitedly.
“let her wake up….’ragini said,patting on his shoulder.swara was standing at her back,twirled at her knees and went toward their common room where kavya was sleeping.
Swara covers her mouth with both hands,seeing her one painting.A big R was written on it with black color.
“ragini!!!!!!!!!…..”swara screamed at top of her lungs,making kavya and karan jerks up from their sleep.swara turns back and went out.
“bhai…why bhabhi screamed?”karan asked worriedly
“nothing….just wake up now.we have to go to court also.a lot drama is happening here”sanskar said,looks at kavya.he gives her morning wishes and went out.
“Kavya i think you should just went back to sleep….our hearing is in noon”karan said in normal tone.
“i am good now…”kavya said and steps down from bed and went out.karan sighed heavily and goes after her but exact that time,kavita and swara entered inside the room and closed the door.
” dare you two did anything with my things…”ragini came shouting after her and starts beating the door.
“what is happening?”kavya asked confusingly then shakes her head.it was normal.why is she getting worried.she silently went toward kitchen.
kavita and swara came out after an hour,kavita put torn cloths on ragini’s hand and swara put cut football on her hand.mini heart-attack passed throw ragini’s heart.
“WHAT THE HELLLL!!!!….you cut my favorite football’ragini screamed,making brothers put fingers in their ears.
“i thought its a watermelon…’swara said,blinking at her innocently.
“my clothes…”ragini said crying.swara and kavita give hi-five to each other.
“what’s the need of clothes i wil…’before lucky would have completed his sentence ragini gives him a slap.
“you are so cheap…”ragini said angrily.
“what did i…”lucky thinks then holds her face and hit it with his.ragini cried a little.
“you are such a dirty minded girl…..at least listen to me completely.i was saying i will buy you new clothes.what the need of these clothes…..”
“what was need to do this..’sanskar asked with narrowed eyes.
“it was needed…’swara said with twitched nose and went toward kitchen.sanskar also goes after her.
“wow!…gajar ka halwa”swara shouted,seeing it and quickly picks small bowl in her hands.kavita and ragini hears their shout and also comes running.trio starts eating it with fingers,not using spoon at all.
“thank you…”kavya said,smiling seeing them eating like that.
“your welcome….i want one another bowl because plan was mine”swara said,slapping on ragini’s hand.
“wah ji…i did all arrangements…’ragini said,trying to snatch bowl from them.
“i took kavya with me and beat him so much”kavita said poutingly.they were fighting to at that when lucky snatched bowl from their hands and run,making them scream and run after him.lucky and sahil pass each other,laughing.
“asking your brother to give me bowl…’swara said to sanskar in bossy tone.sanskar smiles at her cuteness.
“lucky!…give your bhabhi this please.she is asking for something first time.”sanskar said,starring at swara’s face.a blush passed through her cheeks which later turned red when lucky obediently give her bowl.swara was said that in flow but was not accepting that at all.
“this is cheating…”ragini shouted and tried to snatch it from swara but lucky came in front of her.
“let bhabhi eat….waisi bhe you are getting fat”lucky said in teasing tone.sahil was not letting kavita reach to swara.
“sir!!!…”kaviat said through gritted teeth but he shakes his head.
“i made it….”kavya said with pouted face.
“then make another one for you…let bhabhi have it”karan said in pleading tone.
“make me eat also….”sanskar whispered in swara’s ear,holds her hand softly and eats it from her finger tips.Goosebumps raised on swara’s skin.sanskar looks at her face.he was seeing her a shy girl which was hidden in her.
AFTER NOON
“no one ever got divorce in our family….you cut our nose”kavya’s father said in hatred tone.
“my pleasure sir….i got this honor to cut your nose”kavya said in light chuckling tone.he raises his hand to slap her but kavya holds it.
“raising hand on media person will be very costly to you”kavya said in angry tone and jerks back his hand.she looks at her mother,who was in ghonghat ,standing behind him and went toward her group.
“i am proud of you.”mother said and kissed on her forehead.
“i wish my real mother would have said the same…”kavya thinks in mind.
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