"Love may have the longest arms, but it can still fall short fr an embrace."

Batuk Roy Chowdhary was sitting in his room, playing the mouth organ as he sat by the window. He was lost in a deep thought, when suddenly a thought from the morning struck him. As soon as this thought made it's way to his mind, Batuk hurt himself with his mouth organ. His lower lip started bleeding and he just hissed a bit in pain.

"This thought itself is dangerous for me! I dont know how will this affect my life?!" He murmured getting frustrated and kept his instrument on the table. He didn't want to go out, looking for the medicine, so he reached out for his bag to find one. He always kept one handy, as mouth organs weren't really comfortable those days.

Batuk pulled out the medicine tube and with it came out a folded paper too. He kept the medicine aside and picked up the paper, which came out to be a letter!

"My Dear BRC

I know you don't want to talk to me, but I do! Now it's almost been a month that you have been ignoring me. Don't you think it's just so unfair to make a girl wait for this long? I mean, it should have been you, coming behind me! But I don't mind going behind you for your acceptance and Love!

Just see, here I'm dying to get a response from this Prince charming, but he seems to be a true coward who's scared to accept it!

But you know what? Mallika doesn't like to be kept awaited!
I want to have a talk with you and I'm sure that shouldn't bother you, Mr. Batuk Roy Chowdhary!

I'll be waiting for you in the new Silver Night Club, tomorrow evening! Don't shy out and sit back at home. Do come to meet your Mallika.

I'll be waiting!

Yours
Mallika"

Batuk crumpled the paper in his hand angrily and breathed deep, closing his eyes. This girl had been so behind him since the past one month, that it was now clearly suffocating him.

He had already told Mallika a hundred times that he didn't love her but she seemed too stubborn to register any of his words!

She had been here from Delhi after her father's transfer and did absolutely nothing accept for the daily Dance practice.
Batuk had known her for the past one year now, and she still seemed to be a mystery!

As if her clothing and parlance weren't enough that she had a whole different lifestyle. Batuk had never been to Delhi, but he had always heard about it being a beautiful city with beautiful hearted people. That was untill he met Mallika. After he found her in a friend's party and started to know her, he knew she was different, really different!

He just sighed, sucking the blood that oozed out of his lip and retired to bed. He would figure it out tomorrow if he wants to meet her or not or maybe ask his Dada.

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That night, Bondita woke up to Rudhi's cries and found a shirtless Anirudh cradling their wailing daughter. Bondita quickly walked upto him and he just looked at her with a tensed face.

"She just threw up and I guess she has a high fever too!" Anirudh told, visibly panicking.

"Don't worry, Pati Babu! Hand her to me, I'll giver her the medicine."  Bondita told him with a worried frown.
"You go and wear something first! I don't want you to fall ill as well." Anirudh just nodded and grabbed a shirt from the cupboard.

Bondita took her Puchki to the bed and tried to feed her a spoonful of the syrup that Dr. Ganguly had prescribed. But as if she just didn't want it. Rudhi spit all of it out and continued to cry painfully.

"Puchki! Baby please don't do this. Be a good girl and have this medicine Shona!" Bondita requested her daughter, cradling her lovingly. Her Baba had already changed her clothes and made her wear a few more thick layers of clothong

"Is she feeling hot?" Anirudh asked, sitting beside Bondita and touching Rudhi's head lovingly.

"I don't think so..." Bondita replied, trying to figure out what her daughter must be feeling.

"Shall I try to feed her, Pati Babu?" She asked.

"No, I don't think she is hungry. I tried to make her drink water but she didn't." He told and looked confusedly at Bondita.

Meanwhile Rudhi was crying restlessly and that woke everyone in the house. Trilochan Babu, Shubra and Binoy came running to check upon their little princess.

Somnath and Vibhavari too came along with Batuk.

"What happened Didi?" Vibhavari asked, walking upto Bondita and holding Rudhi's hand gently.

"Just see! She isn't taking her medicine and her fever isn't going either!" Bondita told worriedly and everyone started to figure out ways to calm down their beloved baby.

"Shall I take her out for a walk?" Trilochan Babu asked suggestively.

Shubra Maa looked at him irritatedly and said," Lochan Da! She's already having fever and you want to take her out in the cool night?!"

Trilochan Babu just shook his head looking down and stood quietly.

"Bondita beta just wait a second!" Binoy finally spoke up. He quickly rushed down to his room and came up with his gramophone.

Placing it on the table, he played a soft song which he was listening to earlier with his Fairy.

"Now my Fairy won't cry, I hope!" He said happily and looked at Rudhi.

She actually had started to calm down and looked at the gramophone and her Dadu. Everyone was at awe when they found how easily Binoy calmed his granddaughter.

Rudhi just stretched out her arms and wished to go in her Dadu's arms. Binoy quickly walked upto Bondita and took his angel in his arms.

"How are you feeling now, My little Fairy?" He asked, kissing her hand lovingly, while she just took off his spectacles and started to play with them.

"Boudi! Quickly feed her the medicine! Otherwise Baba's specs won't be able to survive for long!" Som exclaimed making everyone giggle.

After Bondita fed her the medicine, Rudhi made weird faces as she hated the taste of it. During those days, medicines weren't made sweet for the kids and they all tasted equally bad.

Batuk instantly handed his Kaju a little lollipop, taking away the specs from her hands, and she licked it happily.

"Finally, Miss Kaju is done with grabbing all the needed attention!" Som said with a laughter, pressing his niece's cheeks lovingly.
"Now Get well soon quickly my Roshogulla!" Vibhavari added and kissed her hand lovingly.

Everyone loved Rudhi so much that they didn't even care to sleep and wanted to stay with Rudhi all night.

"I so want to take her with me for tonight. But I guess she will need Bahu more, today!" Trilochan Babu said, touching Rudhi's head lovingly and brushing her soft hair.
Bondita had tied her hair into two small ponytails, which looked just so cute!

"Come on! Let Duti rest now! Move to your rooms everyone!" Trilochan Babu announced and they all walked out, wishing them a good night.

"She's the Princess!" Anirudh sighed with a smile as he locked door and came back to sit beside Bondita.

"Indeed she is! Afterall you're a king!" Bondita smiled at him and he just chuckled at his wife's sweet like sugar talks.

They both patted Rudhi to sleep and she too slept peacefully, after being tired of all the crying.

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The next Evening, Batuk drove to the Silver Night Club. He would have never come here instead of a party, and that too with a girl!

"This evening's gonna be a tough one!" He sighed and entered inside the club. It was a place full of young people dancing mindlessly.

"They seem to have the best times of their lives!" He murmured as he stood at a corner, looking around for Mallika.

"You'll have yours too!" A familiar female voice replied from behind.

"Mallika..." Batuk turned around instantly, only to be hugged by Mallika tightly.

"I knew you'd come!" She said, burying her face in his chest as he stood there dumbstruck.

"Mallika! Stand straight. We're in public!" He said, pushing her off himself and looking at her irritatedly. That was when his eyes fell on her. She had worn a beautiful, straight black gown with her wavy hair left open and reaching her waist. She was indeed beautiful and Batuk too admired her beauty, but not in the way she wished!

"Wasn't there any other place to meet in the whole Tulsipur?" He asked, rolling his eyes and looking at her in the dim lights of the club.

"Forget that, BRC! We've better things to talk about!" Mallika told and looked around and gestured a waiter to come to the.

"But first, have something."  She said, handing him a glass of wine.

"Mallika, I...." He started to speak.

"Shh! Don't tell me you won't drink. You just can't break my heart all the damn time!" She said, tracing a line on the side of his face with her index finger.

"Stop that at once!" He groaned, holding onto her hand tightly. The music all of a sudden became louder and it was impossible to talk peacefully.

"Arghh!... I knew this!" Batuk murmured irritatedly and pulled Mallika out of the club. She followed him, gulping down the whole glass of her drink and keeping the glass on a table on the way.

She already felt dizzy, but maybe that's what she wanted at the moment. Batuk lead her to his car and made her sit on the backseat.

"I'll drop you home!" He told her, but she seemed totally uninterested.

"No!" She said, her voice slurring by the time.
"You sit here! I'll drive!" She demanded, pulling onto Batuk's arm.

"Shut up! I said just keep quite and let me do my work!" Batuk scolded her and closed the door loudly.

The voice jut startled Mallika and she started to cry loudly, making Batuk hold his head with guilt and irritation.

"Stop acting like Rudhi, for God's sake!" He spoke, opening the car door and sitting beside her.

Mallika just threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly.

"Please don't leave me Batuk! I'll die without you! I need you in my life like anything. Please marry me and don't reject my proposal!" She cried, wetting his shirt with her tears.

Batuk just sighed deeply. This girl wasn't anywhere near to his Bondita Boudi! Both his Boudis knew how to respect themselves but she just wanted to go behind the man she wants to marry!

To Be Continued....

What will Batuk do now? Will he be able to handle Mallika all by himself or would he be needing some help?
If yes, who would help him?
What if his family gets to know and they create a drama?
What do you think of Mallika?
Would they be able to get together in future?

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