Mumbai, India

Its 4am in the morning and a large hospital is shown on the top it is written in bold red letters, Malhotra Hospital. Not only is this one of the largest & most advanced hospitals in the world but is known to have some the top surgeons & doctors working there. As you could tell from the name, this hospital is owned & run by the Malhotra family.....who are among the richest of the rich but very kind & warm hearted....well at least the majority of the family members are kind. There is also Dr Manik Malhotra, the younger son of the Malhotras, a neurosurgeon who comes of as rude, curt & arrogant in the first meeting.....and second....and third.....and fourth....and even the fifth meeting- basically you would have to know him very very VERY well to know the real Manik. Come, let us meet our hero shall we?

An ambulance stops infront of the hospital and there is a huge crowd of media trying to get a view but the security is tight. Nobody can see through the wall of security as a man in his 50s is rolled into the hospital on a stretcher. Behind him ran his wife, son & daughter who were in tears.

You might me wondering why there is so many media people that too so early in the morning? Well thats because Malhotra Hospital is one of the few hospitals were high profile patients are admitted. Like this man, who just so happened to be the Prime Minister of India, Mr Shankar Mahadevan (DISCLAIMER: This is fake obviously and meant to be funny since Shankar Mahadevan is a singer actually one of my favourites so pls do not take any offence, I know the current PM of India is Mr Narendra Modi). He has a large life threatening brain tumor that needed to be operated on and his surgery was scheduled for a week later but after collapsing suddenly, he was brought to the hospital immediately.

Mr Mahadevan was rolled into the Operating Theatre while his security & family members were told to wait in the waiting area. His son, Chirag Mahadevan objected to this.

"Hum teeno yahan rukh sakhte hai lekin Dad ke saath security ka hona zaroori hai." Chirag told the nurse.

"Im sorry sir, andar sirf doctors aur nurses jaa sakte hai...we cannot allow your security. I assure you that Mr Mahadevan  is in safe hands." The nurse replied. 

"Hum tumpe bharosa kyun kare? My Dad is the frickin Prime Minister of India...koi bhi random insaan nahi hai! So just step aside and let our security in!" Chirag said rudely & loudly.

"Sir...this is a hospital. Awaz niche kijiye." Another nurse said.

"Bhaiyaa....pls dont create a scene." The girl, Shivani Mahadevan spoke up softly while her mother was just weeping to the side.

"Shut up....these stupid nurses cannot decide something as major as this." Chirag said.

"Yeh sirf nurse ka nahi...hum doctors ka bhi decision hai." One doctor said. "Infact....its a rule here. Pls just calm down and let us save your Dad."

"Save? Oh pls....I know you all well. Hospitals aaj kal sirf ek business hai.... Paise chahiye na? Fine...Ill pay you all triple the hospital fees but you have to let our security into the operating theatre!"

"Kyun? Woh log apne haathon se surgery karne wale hai kya? Then why the hell was I woken up at 3am to come here?" A voice spoke up. Everyone turned and found a tall young man stride towards them, coming out of the operation theatre. The male doctors looked scared while the female doctors & nurse also looked scared but were also drooling over his greek god like looks.....yep, this is none other than Dr Manik Malhotra.

"Excuse me?" Chirag looked offended.

"You are excused. Apne Dad ko lo aur dafa ho mere hospital se." Manik said rudely.

"How Dare YOU!" Chirag yelled. "TUMHE PAATA HAI TUM KISKE BAARE MEIN BAAT KAR RAHE HO?"

"Awaaz.....niche." Manik said in a low but dangerous voice. "Yes...I know very well who Im talking about. Mr Mahadevan honge India ke PM lekin not here...yahan woh sirf ek patient hai. A patient who is in desperate need of operating. Jitne time mein tum yeh behas kar rahe they utne time mein surgery shuru bhi ho gaya hota but looks like you arent that keen on getting your father back alive."

"I-" Chirag opened his mouth but couldnt come up with anything to say.

"So....just take your father and go to another hospital. Kyunki even if your father's life is not important to you.....MY time is very important to me." Manik added.

"YOU-"

"Chirag!" Chirag's mother finally spoke up. "Chup raho! Tere Dad ki jaan pe ban aayi hai aur tujhe security ki paari hai? KOI security andar nahi jayegi! Doctor saab....pls meri pati ko bacha lijiye. Main apne bete ki taraf se maafi mangti hoon....jaisa aap chahte hai vaisa hi hoga." 

"Good." Manik nodded and went back in.

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After Operation..

Manik comes out. "The operation was successful.....Mr Mahadevan will be kept here for observation at least ek hafte ke liye and then he needs full bedrest at home."

"Thank you so-"

Manik nodded and left before Mr Mahadevan's wife could finish her sentence.

"He is so rude." Chirag muttered.

"But he is sooo hot." Shivani stared after him dreamily.

Manik was walking towards his cabin when he saw the receptionist at the front desk giggling & talking to her friend who is a junior doctor. He stood infont of them and waited for a minute but saw they were busy talking about their boyfriends. Annoyed, Manik took a deep breathe and slammed his palm onto the desk startling the girls.

"Tum dono ko giggle karne ki salary milti hai?" Manik asked. The doctor & receptionist shook their heads scared. "Ek durse se chit chat karne ki salary milti hai?"

Again the girls shook their heads looking down.

"Then get back to work...NOW." Manik replied.

"Sir...actually hum dono ka lunch break hai iss liye-" The doctor spoke up.

"I dont see any lunch." Manik said.

"Um...woh...actually, lunch ho gaya but break mein abhi 5 minute bakki hai so we thought...." The receptionist explained.

"OH...I see, so patient 5 minute wait karenge ki aap dono aaraaaam se apna break khatam kijiye uske baad woh marna continue karega hmmm?" Manik asked.

"Nahi sir...sorry sir." The doctor quickly ran off to do her work while the receptionist got back to work at her desk.

Manik then went to his cabin. Once he was out of sight, the junior doctor came back to the receptionist desk.

"Yaar Sunita...Im so sorry. Meri vajah se dant par gayi." The Doctor aplogized.

"Teri vajah se nahi, Kritika...Dr Khadus Malhotra ki vajah se." Sunita replied.

"Dr Khadus Mahotra? Yeh naam toh Dr Nandini ne diya hai na?" Kritika chuckled.

"Haan aur bilkul sahi nam diya hai. Khadus hi hai yeh aadmi. Seriously, hum sab itne lambe lambe shifts kaam karte hai aur sirf 1 ghante ka lunch break milta hai...woh bhi hum pura enjoy nahi kar sakte. Like...agar koi emergency hoti toh obviously we would punch in but jab nahi toh kya problem hai unko?" Sunita grumbled.

"Dr Manik aisa hi hai...we just have to live with it kyunki unke rules aur regulations ke khilaf jaane ki himmat sirf Dr Nandini mein hi hai." Kritika shrugged. "Anyways...I should go, warna phirse dant par jayegei."

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