"She thinks she is very smart.. Does she think, By all this tricks, she can win me over? No way Sanyal.. Now I ll show you insult kya hota hai.. You wanted me to fix this machine and get fame right? I ll destroy this right now.. Right nowwww..!" He took an iron rod, lying nearby and proceeded towards the machine.. People were still looking at him in awe.. Before they could realize what was happening, he raised his hands and got ready to knock the machine down.. Just when it was about to land, a familiar voice made him stand still "Good Job Randhir and Sanyukta.. I am impressed.." Randhir turned to take a look at the place from where the voice emerged.. It was none other than, the Magician himself, Prof. Vardhan..
Randhir and Sanyukta stood stunned.. Randhir dropped the rod at once as a mark of respect.. Yes, he respected Vardhan sir more than anybody else in this world.. Vardhan made his way into the factory and reached the place where Sandhir were standing.. "Sir aap?" Words stumbled out of Randhir's mouth with utmost difficulty..
"Yes Randhir.. Mein.. Tum dono itne shocked Kyun ho?" Vardhan queried... Randhir looked at Sanyukta who still seemed to be in trance.. Randhir gathered courage again to speak up "Sir aap yaha kaise?" He asked again..
"Mere di hui task me mein maujood na Hun Aisa kabhi ho sakta hai kya?" When he asked that, Randhir turned to look at Sanyukta, she did the same.. They were totally running out of words.. "Sir aap kya Bol rahe ho? Aapke diya hua task? Matlab?" Randhir couldn't comprehend anything that was happening around him.. Prof Vardhan looked at the media persons standing around him "Hmm could you guys please take leave? I hope you covered everything.. We need some time alone.. Please don't mind.." They left at once "Sure sir.. Thank you"
Prof. Vardhan adjusted his specs and gave his trademark smirk "Let me explain Randhir.. So, this is a spontaneous task.. I know you guys are enjoying your holidays but as a professor I need to make sure you don't forget your engineering.. That's why I had arranged for this secret task.. I wanted it all to be confidential so that you guys don't come here prepared.. I wished to check your spontaneity.. I was the one who invited media to cover this happening as well.. I wanted to give credits to the immense talent you guys possess.."
Randhir: But sir, yeh Sab Kuch iss lady ne matlab Mrs Renuka Sanyal ne arrange kiya na..
Vardhan: Yes Randhir.. I contacted her and requested her to do this.. Being one of the trustees, she provided us her full co-operation.. I really appreciate that Mam.. He turned to face Mrs. Sanyal.. She seemed shocked yet acknowledged it with a slight smile.. "My pleasure sir..!"
Randhir: Par sir, agar yeh Dream Team ka task hai toh sirf hum dono ko Kyun diya task aapne? You should have done it with the whole team na..
Prof. Vardhan coughed a bit.. "Randhir.. Of course it a a DT task.. Who told you that you only people were the ones subjected to it? Saare students ne diya hai yeh task in their respective places.. Since you guys were the best among the lot, I had to come here personally to supervise you.. Right now, even Parth and Vidushi would be performing this task and so would YoYo and Jiggy" He explained...
At KuluManali:
Vidarth were dining in one of the finest restaurants.. Parth coughed heavily.. Vidushi tapped his head and handed him a glass full of water.. "Parth are you okay? Eat slowly na.."
"Arey Vidushi.. (He coughed) someone's thinking about me that's why I am coughing., My mom always used to say this.." Parth was continuously coughing.. Vidushi snapped "How dare you? Kaun hai woh Kameeni jo tumhare baare me soch Rahi hai? Meri hote hue tumhare baare me aur Kaun soch sakta hai" she got ready to fight with him.. She grabbed the glass of water away from him "Nai dungi pani... Jab tak tum uske naam nai bologe na, tab tak nai dungi.." Bechara Parth couldn't speak even.. "Batao.. Naam Batao us ladki ka..!" He rushed out to grab water "Isse better mein asli chudail se pyar kar leta".. Vidushi followed him "Ruko Parth.. Kaha bhag rahe ho? Nai chodungi mein tumhe.."
Sanyal Factory:
Randhir finally seemed convinced.. "Oh okay sir.." Vardhan smiled at him.. "I am really proud of you both.. As usual, you guys have topped the task.. Finishing it even before the deadline.. That's how an Engineer should be.. Ever ready, coz you never know when will a power shortage occur, your AC can stop working anytime.. Machines are unpredictable and so should be the Engineer handling it.. Anyways, I am leaving now.. See you both in FITE.." He smiled at Sanyukta and left the place... Randhir still stood stunned.. Sanyukta pulled herself away from Randhir and texted Vardhan.. "Thanks a lot for coming here in such a short notice sir.. If not you, I wouldn't have been able to control Randhir.. I owe you a lot.. Thanks for being with us all the time.." Vardhan smiled reading that message "Anytime Sanyukta.. Remember, I am just a call away.. Take care and take care of Randhir too.. God bless..!" He replied.. Sanyukta suspected that something of thus sort might come up.. She felt weird when Renuka got a call of that criticality in her landline instead of her mobile.. She spoke very loudly, unlikely to her nature just to make sure Sandhir heard her.. When Sanyukta proposed the 2 lakh rupees deal, she readily agreed to it.. All this pointed to Sanyukta that Something was fishy.. Hence, she had made a call to Prof. Vardhan and had asked him to accompany them to the factory.. He was her saviour all the time.. When things went wrong, Prof. Vardhan knew exactly how to make it right.. He needed no prompting.. He knew what to do and when to do, exactly.. He did just the same at the right time..
Though Prof. Vardhan's presence had managed to calm him down big time, his anger grew again when he saw a smiling Renuka Sanyal.. He wanted to rush out of the place as quickly as possible.. He couldn't stand her at all.. He threw the screw driver he had in his hand and turned to leave.. "Ahhhh" screamed Mrs. Sanyal.. He didn't want to hurt her intentionally, but the tool he had thrown had landed on her forehead.. She was down on the floor.. He immediately took a step forward to reach out to her.. By that time, Sanyukta came and helped her get up.. Randhir pulled back his leg that he kept forward.. Something stopped him from going forward.. He felt it as a sin to help her.. He rushed out of the place, with tears brimming in his eyes.. "Mam are you alright? Kya hua? Did Randhir hurt you?" Sanyukta was concerned.. Renuka denied saying "It was an accident Sanyukta.. He didn't mean to hurt me.." She said so Though she felt otherwise.. She couldn't compromise with the fact that her son hated her the most.. For once, she thought, "May be I should get out of his life.. Only that would bring him happiness" Tears had occupied her eyes too..
That night, Sanyukta never spoke with Randhir.. She was upset with the fact that he had lost control over himself.. He wanted to hurt his mother, his only goal it seemed.. She went to bed, without turning to look at him.. He lied in the bed too, with his back facing hers.. It was such an awkward moment for the both of them.. For the first time ever, Sanyukta had chosen to stay mum instead of arguing.. She knew she was never going to win an argument with him, atleast not this time.. She closed her eyes tight.. Randhir couldn't even close his eyes, things that happened in the morning kept flashing before him.. Yeah, his parents never taught him any moral, they hardly had any time to spend on something useful other than fighting with each other, but Randhir had got some morals, he valued it, he respected women no matter what.. He neither wanted to be abusive nor wanted to be rude.. He felt ashamed on himself..
It was almost 30 mins since they had come to bed, he turned to look at Sanyukta.. She was fast asleep.. He coughed a bit, no response from her.. He called for her "Sanyukta... Sanyukta..!" No response to this either.. She had indeed slept, he confirmed.. Randhir slowly made his way out of the room and reached e hallway.. His throat was soar, he went into the kitchen to help himself with some water.. When he came back, his eyes glanced through the open door of his mom's room.. His legs so wanted to go there but something stopped him yet again.. He quarrelled with that "Something" finally he set his legs free.. It reached for her room.. He entered the room, without making any noise.. Renuka had slept as well.. He stood by her bed's side.. His lips parted in a slight smile, that immediately made him sit beside her(on the floor).. He kept looking at her, the wound he had caused unintentionally.. His fingers went out of his control now, he caressed the bandaid slowly.. She shuffled, he bent down.. When she settled, he looked up again.. His mouth uttered "I am sorry.. I didn't do it intentionally.." in a lowest tone possible.. "I am sorry Ma..!" It had been ages since he said that word.. "Ma" word had become quite alien to him.. He felt complete when he said that, a totally weird feeling it was.. Tears rushed down his cheeks, at the same time, his lips smiled.. Mixed emotions they were.. He never knew how long he had been sitting there, watching his mom sleep, until her phone rung..
Randhir rushed out of the room immediately, his eyes caught the name that flashed on her mobile.. It read "Roshan".. Randhir hid himself behind the door, Renuka picked up her phone.. "Roshan? Thank God you called me.. I wanted to talk to you myself.. It's urgent.. I have made the important decision of my life.. I would like to talk to you in person about it.. I ll meet you tomorrow for dinner..." When she finished, Randhir's eyes had turned red.. He was fuming again in anger.. "You don't deserve my love.. You just don't.. I hate youuuuu.!" He reached for the stairs and dashed into the terrace..Renuka rushed out to find no one there.. Sanyukta was watching all this from the room.. "Bas Bahut ho gaya... Ab aur nai.." She took the other route to the terrace.. When Randhir reached there, he found Sanyukta standing in a corner.. She was sobbing badly.. All his anger turned into concern.. "Sanyukta.." He called for her.. She rushed into his arms weeping badly.. "Randhirrr!"
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