In The Writing - Ornisha Sathi

In the writing - Ornisha Sathi

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Shayla Begum saw Arni and Noor and quickly walked towards them. Seeing Arni walking with his feet, she asked,

--"What happened? Why are you walking like this?"

Arni smiled and said,

--"It's nothing, mother, Noor has a slight injury to his leg, apply medicine to him."

Saying this, Arni was about to fall down, Shayla Begum held his hand and said,

--"What happened to your leg?"

Before Arni could say anything, Noor said,

--"His leg is injured, sit him on the sofa, I'll bring the medicine box and get it dressed."

Shayla Begum breathed heavily and said,

--"What do you two want? You both have come with leg pain, if the festival comes and sees this, it won't leave either of you alone."

Noor went to get the medicine box without saying anything. Arni sat on the sofa and put his feet on the tea table and said,

--"Don't tell your son, that's fine."

--"I don't have to bother telling him, he'll see anyway. You'll stay with him."

Arni said at Shayla Begum's words,

--"Uh huh, Noor and I will stay together today."

--"If my son lets you stay, you'll stay in Noor's room, what's the problem?"

Arni looked at him with helpless eyes now. He knew that Utsav would never let him stay in Noor's room. But no matter what, he had to stay today. Arni decided in his mind. Noor handed Shayla Begum the medicine box and sat on the sofa himself. Then she lifted her right leg and applied ice to her ankle. Shayla Begum dressed and bandaged Arni's leg. Arni's leg was cut for quite some time. Shayla Begum got up and applied medicine to Noor's sore spot. He asked how they both got injured in the leg at the same time? Noor briefly told everything to Shayla Begum. Hearing everything, Shayla Begum scolded both of them quite a bit. Noor and Arni were silently digesting the scolding.

As the clock struck eight in the night, Arni and Noor looked at each other and swallowed dryly in fear. It was time for the festival to arrive. What would happen now? Noor quickly went to his room. Arni called Shayla Begum and said,

--"Mom, I will stay with Noor. If your son asks, he will say that we fell asleep, there is no need to call."

--"I can't. You handle it, I repeatedly forbade him before leaving."

--"Please, mom, are you my Lakshi mother-in-law or not? Just keep this to yourself, please."

Arni started climbing the stairs without giving Shayla Begum a chance to say anything else. At that moment, the doorbell rang. Shaila Begum opened the door. Arni turned around and saw Utsav, and ran with his amputated leg to Noor's room. Running with his amputated leg hurt his leg quite a bit, but Arni didn't care at that moment. Utsav placed his suit and office bag on the tea table and sat on the sofa, unbuttoning the top two buttons of his shirt. He asked while loosening his tie,

--"Are they back home?"

Shaila Begum handed Utsav a glass of water and said,

--"Yes."

Utsav looked upstairs. After drinking half a glass of water, he said,

--"I don't see anyone."

Shaila Begum didn't know what to say. She was silent for a moment and said,

--"Both of them are sleeping soundly in Noor's room."

Utsav frowned. He looked at the time on the wall clock and said,

--"He's sleeping at this time__"

--"He was tired, so he fell asleep, I called him and said no one would eat, and so that I wouldn't disturb him by calling him."

Utsav frowned. After a moment, he looked at Shayla Begum with a skeptical look and stood up, leaving the glass of water on the tea table. Taking the court and office bag in his hand, he said,

--"Okay, I'm going to the room."

Shayla Begum gasped when she saw her son leaving. She probably would have been caught in a moment. What jeweled eyes the son had. Utsav stood up and climbed a few stairs. He frowned when he saw the blood stains on the stairs. When he got to the second-floor corridor, he saw that the blood stains had reached Noor's room. Now, leaning down and letting out a sigh, she said,

--"Mom___"

Shayla Begum rushed over in panic. Looking at her son, she asked,

--"What happened? Why are you calling like this?"

--"Why are there blood stains all over the stairs and the corridor above?"

Shayla Begum was startled by her son's question. She said softly,

--"Where are you? I just___"

--"Are you hiding something from me?"

Shayla Begum swallowed hard. She was aware of her son's anger. Once he found out what the two of them had done today, there would be no escape. Shayla Begum said,

--"Actually__"

--"Wait, you don't have to say anything. I'll take care of it."

Saying that, she left her office bag and jacket in her room and walked towards Noor's room. Shayla Begum also ran after her son. Utsav's warmth has caught both of them lying down. Both of them are lying down with their arms wrapped around their chests. Noor is lying on his side, pretending to sleep. And Arni is lying on his back, his eyes tightly closed. Utsav was surprised to see the two of them hugging in this heat. Noor was the first to lie down. Utsav removed the arm from Noor's feet and took a good look at his feet, when Noor screamed softly. Utsav let go of his feet and looked at his own hands carefully. Then he looked at Noor's feet. Medicine was applied to Noor's feet. Utsav breathed heavily and said,

--"Get up and sit down."

Noor sat up quietly. Arni was still closing his eyes tightly. Utsav looked away from that direction and asked,

--"How did your feet hurt?"

--"I fell down."

He asked in a hoarse voice,

--"How?"