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He was finally getting discharged , yeah finally is the word because these three days had nothing to do with him. Not a human who would actually rest , shivaay was always a mystery man . What people enjoy doing is what he hates doing . His meals schedule is also one big question mark , he only eats when he thinks he should . There are times when he would finish the day with just one beer and nothing else in the stomach . Ofcourse it's not advisable but still, he doesn't care .

He had never shown interest in being fashionable, or even enjoying warm days of the his late 20's , totally not his thing. Unlike many he cherishes a lone time very much . Apart from any discussions regarding the case , he never speaks to people often . Well , with his parents settled back in States , he couldn't get to go to family functions and all , not that he wanted to though. Sometimes , he's just a man of chaos . Chaos in his case means , nothing . One thing which he likes about his current life is his work , something about it makes him curious. But to think the same has brought him to this hospital bed is still a disadvantage of it ,to be certain .

Three days had this continuous visits of his colleagues and timely meals , everything, literally everything irked him . Staying at the hospital wasn't entirely so bad because, at times of pain they gave immediate attention and treated him. So ofcourse he needed their support but it's enough he decided. Time to leave this luxury jail , that's how he felt about the place.

Om - I didn't get a chance to speak with her about this, you're sure we can leave ?

Shivaay glared at him .

S- she's not the only surgeon here , find someone else and get the formalities done already .

Om- but she's the one who treated you . Discharge procedure requires her approval shivaay . Don't be so dumb !

S- whatever , let's find her today and get this done, come .

Om collected the bag and supported shivaay through the way . They already checked at her place to only find an empty chair . Even the other staffs weren't able to help much with their query .

Om - this is not happening, wait here until I find her .

S- I'll go too .

Shivaay insisted but Om just shook his head in disagreement and made him sit at the waiting area ,centering the main hall of the hospital .

He returned after like 20 minutes with a hopeless face .

Om- is she on leave or something? Oh God this is exhausting , I can't find her anywhere. Wait I'll get her number from someone.

S- she's here .

Om was bewildered when shivaay pointed at the person seated opposite to him . From the look it seemed like the person was a lady but since she had a coat covering her head , they couldn't see her face .

Om- you're sure ?

Om asked anticipating a quick reply .

S- hmm , I guess so . Maybe she's sleeping.

Om - here ?!! And why would you wait so long ? You could have rang for me right away! I roamed around this whole building, 8 floors, up and down like some idiot.

S- I wasn't sure until I noticed closely.

He answered staring at her right hand .

This time Om was really pissed off with shivaay , with his I have answer for every damn question kind of reaction . He kicked and stomped the floor a couple of times while catching some breath .

Shivaay didn't make much friends in his childhood, Om is the only one . Thanks to the hostel room 103 which made space for an indifferent shivaay and an introvert Om under a roof. If not maybe they'd just stay strangers now . Om at first used to find shivaay weird , how can a person show no interest in anything ? Boys love to play cricket , yeah , shivaay has won championship in bowling but he has never shown the glint of winning it in eyes . Though Om was confused of all this , he didn't stop himself from getting involved with him. Well, there was no other choice for the two boys . After school they had to spend their study time, TV meet , food line everything made them be together . And gradually both accepted and grew comfortable in sharing environment with the other .

As a matter of fact , shivaay somewhere knew none other than Om can actually tolerate and befriend with someone like him .

Om cleared his throat making some noise to disturb that particular person . What if she turns out to be someone else , he didn't want to get embarrassed so chose not to call her name . He sighed and produced a fake cough , still, there was no movement from her side .
He looked back at shivaay who said something .

It is her .

Om wasn't an expert in lip reading but still, he understood it somehow. Then he was just going to remove the cloth from her face when the mobile in her pocket started vibrating continuously. She made an annoyed sound before taking the coat off her head .

On finding Om's hand just infront of her face , she stared at him weirdly and he didn't know what to say . He waved his hand .

Om- Hi

He mentally slapped himslef for behaving so awkward . She didn't care much .

A- need something?

Om- shivaay is getting discharged today , I guess some paperwork must be completed from your side.

As soon as Om mentioned this with his gaze travelling from her to shivaay , she arched her neck aside to notice him seated opposite to her . She wasn't convinced at all .

A- but I asked to make it atleast for a week right ?

Om - he's insisting to go . I can't talk him out of it , as you know he's just too stubborn at times.

Om once again bit his tongue for blabbering words, thankfully she didn't seem to be listening as she was attentive to someone over the phone .

Gesturing both to follow her back , she quickly got up and walked towards her cabin .

A- hmm ...enough stop it Riya don't shout now , ok I forgot to sign so just help out each other . As if you've never done this before , I'm really busy these days so I forgot .

The boys remained quiet while she did a quick checkup on shivaay .

A - it's ok if you get caught this time too , I'll talk to your mam . I'll tell her that I did see your progress cards ok now? And Rithi , I'm coming to the school this week to meet your science mam, your grade is very low .

She was struggling to handle the things and the phone which was now in support of her shoulder . So at one point she just kept the phone on his lap and clicked the speaker option , shivaay's eyes widened when she did that .

' annika please please don't do this , don't come ....! I'll study hard next time I promise , annika !'

A- no....not happening.

Declaring this she swiped the red but in that mere gap of two to three seconds, they heard a yelling.

' you're evil annika !! '

Shivaay couldn't resist that light small inch of smile which appeared all of a sudden. And Om not being very good at hiding things let a loud chuckle already. Immediately she shot daggers with her pointed stare at him , he gulped .

Om - how are the twins by the way ?

A- devils ! Like always...still troubling me .

She paused in between after realizing where she had actually placed her phone . Grabbing it quickly , she turned to face Om .

A- I went through the scan yesterday, everything is fine . You can leave but don't skip the dressing rounds and routine tests .

Om passed a look at shivaay and just gave her a nod .

Om - ok then ,see you .

They shared a quick hug , annika remembered something and spoke suddenly.

A- Om I need a small help .

Om - hmm

A- I have given a complaint at the G6 station , it's regarding a missing case but I haven't got any updates yet can you check on that ?

Om - sure , anything serious?

A- it's my friend vrushali .

Om- vrushali... oh now I get it . It's been three days already right ?

A- yes .

She looked worried.

Om- I'll definitely look into it .

He assured patting her shoulder.

A- thanks .

She slowly closed her eyes to seek some peace after taking a sip of the refreshment. Vrushali had continuous appointments the other day , there's no way she'd suddnely just disappear from the hospital and stay out of reach like this . Annika had to get a earful from the authorities of the court for not coming up with the autopsy report on time.

Something about these kept worrying annika that day . She immediately went and checked the security cameras to get anything related to vrushali and she saw it. Vrushali running downstairs without waiting for the seconds away elevator while talking to someone over the phone . She was panicked, annika was certain that something is really wrong . And the very next day she came to know that the particular database which vrushali worked on , crashed . Everything about vrushali's patients were stored in that and it's gone now , that too just after she went AWOL.

She was waiting for any message from Om regarding vrushali's case , and didn't notice someone's presence in the room .

'Doctor '

'Dr.Trivedi !'

A- ohh hell!

Annika jolted off on hearing the sudden voice, and her grip on the mug slipped for the hot liquid spilled on her right hand immediately.

'Oh my god !I'm so sorry , so sorry '

A- sss it's ok , sharon get the kit please.

She hissed out catching hold of her hand. Sharon brought a basin and poured some lukewarm water over the area ,while annika closed and crushed her eyes in pain .

Sh- I guess your tattoo

She was soon interrupted by annika .

A- it hurts ,please do something first.

Annika cringed on feeling the burning sensation when sharon applied the antibiotic. She kept staring at the burnt skin and spoke nothing.

S

This is the mentioned tattoo , right at the centre of her wrist. The skin started to shrink with wrinkles as to soon bubble up .

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