Episode 116 - The Best things in life are free

After few minutes of silence, Utkarsh gets up to leave,


U - Bohat time ho gaya hai. Tumhe jaakey change karley na chahiye.


Si - That's okay. Baad mein karloongi.


U - Baad mein kab? Already lunch ka time hogaya.


Si - Lunch??


Siyali looked shocked. Has it been that long? She didn't know how time passed so soon. She looked at Utkarsh who was holding up his right hand and tapping his finger on the watch,


U - Dekho! Already 12 baj gaya.


Instead of hearing Utkarsh, her eyes were all on the time, to be exact, on the watch. She pulls Utkarsh hand and inspects the watch on Utkarsh's hand,


U - Kya dekh rahe ho? Mera watch?


Si - Haan! Mehangi lag raha hai?


U (casually) - Haan. Beez hazaar ka hai.


Si (devilish voice) - BEEZ HAZAAAR!!!?


Utkarsh took his eyes off the watch and at Siyali who was holding his hand. He could no longer see his loving friend Siyali but Siyali talking a scary form of (in his eyes) which he had seen been before,


[Flashback]


Few years ago, Siyali had saved up for a few months to get a new and working geometry box as the ones that they got in the orphanage was broken. As she was busy with her assignments, she has sent Utkarsh and Niti to get her the same.


As she sees Utkarsh and Niti walking in, Siyali stops doing her work and walks to them,


U - Tumney jaisa geometry box maanga tha, woh wahan nahi tha.


Si (disappointed) - Acha? Teek hai. Mere paise?


Utkarsh and Niti looking at each other,


U - Humhe thoda bhook lagraha tha toh humne,


Ni - Woh Pizza kareedli.


Si (devilish) - KYA KAREEDLI!!!??


The two turned in slow motion to Siyali who had completely changed form. It looked like there was fire all around her, Siyali's eyes were red and her hair was open and flying in the wind.


U - Gussa kyun ho rahe ho? Tumharey liye bhi le'aaye hai.


Siyali was still standing with angry eyes and the scary look,


Ni - Utkarsh! Bhaaag!


Niti and Utkarsh ran as Siyali chased them like she would chase them to the end of the earth for wasting money when they were so much in need of money.


[Flash back ends]


In his eyes, Utkarsh could see Siyali just like how she was when they were kids with angry eyes and scary form. This time he could even see the skies getting clouded and day the day getting darker,


Si (scary, shouts angrily) - Pagal ho gaye ho Utkarsh? 100 ki gadi bhi wahi time dikhata hai. Beez hazaar ki gadi? Paise kahan see mila Utkarsh?


Utkarsh leaning backwards took one step back to go far away from Siyali for every step she took to come nearer to him,


U (scared, stammering) - Mainey koi Paisa karcha nahi kiya. Aise...aise math dekho mujhe.


Utkarsh stammered as Siyali continued to stare at him scarily from various angles,


U (scared) - Sachi. Sid ney gift diya.


Si (scary) - Ab jhoot bhi bolney lagey ho? Itna mehanga gift Sid tumhe kyun dega?


U (scared) - Bhai hai. Toh dhega hi.


Si (scary) - Beez hazaar ka gift koi apney saga bhaai ko bhi nahi deytha hai...


U (scared, fast) - Long lost bhai hoon na, kuch zyada hi pyaar aagaya hoga.


Si (scary) - Long lost.... (Normal, confused) Long lost bhai?


Utkarsh opened his eyes to see Siyali had turned back into her normal self,


U - Haan!


Seeing Siyali utterly clueless about what Utkarsh said, Utkarsh wondered if she didn't actually know about them being siblings.


U - Tumhe sach mein nahi patha hai? I mean poora school jaanta hai.


Si (shocked) - That Sid is your biological brother.


Utkarsh noded his head fastly with a serious expression while Siyali walked backwards and then sat on the parapet thinking retrospectively. Now what Niti always said made sense. She remembered how she had always brushed off everytime Utkarsh or anyone else mentioned Sid as Utkarsh's brother. It was all in front of her and she failed to notice.


U (realising) - No wonder tumney apney, I mean Siyali ke baarey mein poocha hi nahi. You didn't know. Haan, jab sab ko patha chala, tum nahi thi. Par itney din school mein thi aur tumhe idea bhi nahi tha? Aaj kal tumhara dyaan kahan hai?


Siyali who was still thinking and not paying attention to Utkarsh,


Si (trying to make sense) - Matlab, tum Utkarsh Rajput; Tumhara bhai Siddarth Rajput; Tumhari mom Urmila Rajput. Aur tumhara dad?


U - Prathick Rajput.


Si (confused) - Are you sure? Are you sure tumney kuch misunderstand nahi kiya? Are you sure you're not confused?


U (funny) - Confused main nahi, tum lag rahi ho!


Utkarsh pointed out while Siyali knew she was but if Utkarsh was Sid's brother and Prathick Rajput was their father, how could he be her father too as the one thing she was sure about was that Utkarsh and her were not related. If they had a common father, at least 50% DNA should've matched. Right? And suddenly she remembered that Utkarsh had just few moments ago mentioned about how she never asked him about Siyali.


Si - Phir Siyali inn sab mein kaise related hai?


Utkarsh came and sat next to Siyali and,


U - Ahem! Siyali ki mom ka naam, Shivani hai. Woh Warrior High ki student thi. Woh paapa ki best friend bhi thi.


Si - Aur?


Siyali looked at Utkarsh with curious eyes to which Utkarsh rolls his eyes and,


U - That's all.


Si (loudly) - That's all?


U - Haan! Mujhe itna hi patha hai.


Si (loudly) - Buss itna? How can you not know more?


U (funny, angry, loud) - I'm sorry. Mujhe kisiko poochna sahi nahi laga. Tum marr... Mathlab Siyali marr gayi thi, Sid depression mein chala gaya, Siyali ka naam bolna bhi mana tha, hum sab Sid ko cheer up karney mein lagey tey ki kisiko (in a cop-ish tone) jaankaari prap karney ka time nahi mila.


Siyali first smirked at Utkarsh for mocking her but later,


Si - Sid depressed tha?


U - Haan! Aur nahi toh kya? (Annoyed, murmuring) Ek baar suicide attempt bhi kiya.


Si (shocked) - What!!!!


Utkarsh looked at Siyali with the corner of his eyes while looking down at the floor while Siyali wanted to know more about what happened.


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After lunch, Siyali has changed into casual clothes (skirt, top and a duppatta) and was in the library searching for year books trying to find pictures of the alumni.


She picked up a large set of year books and put them on the table. She went through 3 books, looking through every name and photo as in Warrior high year book was made based on the batch which was the year in which the two years of high school got over. And any and every information of the batch for both the years were available in that one year book only.


Siyali's POV "Meri calculation ke hisaab se Prathick Rajput aur meri maa late 80s ya early 90s ka batch mein hona chahiye. But which one?"


"Check the Batch of 90" she heard a voice hearing which she stopped. She didn't want anyone to know and that was why she finished her lunch fast and came to the library when she knew it would be empty. Curious to know who was here and how they knew what she was looking for, she turned.


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