Shravan's POV :

When the flight landed at the airport ,I felt like breathing in for the first time...

My sumo is here!!!

As and when I got down from the airport  , the Zoom car which already booked was at the footstep..

   Driving a car in an unknown city was quiet difficult in the beginning... Searching for the GPRS , I turned the car to the hotel which was quiet a few kilometers away from the city... The outskirts of the city was free off hustle and bustle where I could drive comfortably...

  As soon as I checked in the hotel , I took a shower and dressed in casual attire... I took the hairbrush to set my hair , whistling...

That's very important...you know!!

All of a sudden , my whistling paused...

For no reason ,my hands shook where I dropped the hairbrush involuntarily.. My heart was racing with incoherent rhythm and I was struggling to breath...

What happened to me?!

My thoughts were far ahead of me in search of sumo.. It was ,  literally  leaping out of excitement...It persuaded me to run to Sumo...

   whereas  , my brain controlled me not to go with my thoughts as I may lose sumo again if I go in haste... My brain wished me to think twice before I do anything...

Stuck between my mind and brain ,I felt like nervous..  

Garnering the super efforts ,my brain took charge of my mind....

Shravan...Be patient... Think ... Get back your self and move on...

Leaning on the couch ,I clenched my eyes... I said in my mind  determined....

I am not leaving without my Sumo...!!!

Huffing deep twice, I stood up ...

Rising infront of the mirror ,I styled the hair in it's position... Running a hand through my gelled black hair ,I whistled ...

 
Noticing the time ,I took the car keys and walked to the hotel lobby... Before leaving , I inquired about the nearest florist...

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  The sun had begun to fall down , giving the space for the moon to shine... As the breeze gently raffled me , I shivered...

The soft touch did something in me  , an  indescribable feeling!!!It was  exactly the same feeling that  I went through  when I  pecked my Sumo.. I wish I could hold her in my arms to feel her warmth... I badly wanted the same unique feeling...

Virtually , I felt her arms around me and was got carried away...

Turn left...and the destination is right at hundred meters...!!

The automated GPRS  voice shrugged off my thoughts ...

I am almost there....!!!

I slowed down the car and turned to left...

There is the building...

I viewed the place from the distance.. It was a multistorey building that resembled  a commercial site and apartment as well..  Reading the building' s name I  googled ...

It was an apartment from level three.. The basement and the other two floors were some training institutes.. gym.... clothing... supermarket...

I sighed...

The building had almost everything... It's going to be a tough job to locate someone without knowing where they are...

Parking the car under the gulmohar tree ,   I got down...

  Leaning on the car ,I was hesitating to go on... Moreover, I had no idea where Sumo would be... I was thinking hard how I would search her amongst hundreds of the flats ...

  I was stuck without any idea...I was totally blank...

  Think...

I scratched my forehead , tapping the feet on the ground...

Should I check is there any seminar related to cooking...?

Should I check new tenants?

Paying guests...?

........

I  was tensed as time pass by...

Yes...I can do that...

Idea flashed in me...

I thought to check the name board of the flat owners that usually would be displayed in apartments...

I walked over the apartment confident...

I looked up the name boards... I clucked  in disappointment as I didn't see Sumo's name... Crestfallen ,I turned to leave . I stopped and read the name board once again... It seemed that I read a familiar name which I didn't recognize at the first read because I was looking only for Sumo's name...

When I went through the names patiently , I stopped at one name...

My lips parted to smile... I  read  the name...

Poorna ...!

It must be our schoolmate poorna... I remembered her talking about her flats at Hyderabad...

Fresh  energy overflew in me... Noting down the flat number,  I walked to the car to get the bouquet..

I opened the car with remote keys and sat at the passenger side to get the bouquet from the rear seat..

I grabbed my wallet and the flowers .. In a hurry I didn't notice the two-wheeler that just crossed my car.. I opened the door and the door hit the back of the two-wheeler forcefully..

The girl pulled over the scooter  instantly... Thankfully ,she wasn't hurted..

I sighed...

But , she got down from the scooter with fury... 

Witnessing her gesture ,  I understood that I messed up with a wrong girl in wrong timing...

Getting down from the scooter,  she began to scold..

" Hey... mister... Don't you have eyes...?  What if something happened to me.? Don't you know the basic manners..!?!"

She had covered her entire face with scarf leaving only the eyes...
 
  Removing her helmet ,she saw me and stood there itself.....

I was really embarrassed....

   ..I was standing in road with tulips ruthlessly reprimanded by a girl... I pressed my lips in abash and moved forward to prompt her...

" Sorry.. that wasn't intentional... I didn't notice you..it was totally my fault... I am sorry.. "

I couldn't see her face and was confused as she stopped scolding me. Her eyes were moist and about to shed tears...

Why is she crying?

I was  concerned that she would have hurted somewhere as the door hit the scooter...

" Are you alright...? Are you injured?"

I enquired in worry...

I stopped interrogating her since I recognized the voice...

Sumo...!!!

She was remaining in the same  posture with tear filled eyes...

Strong breeze unveiled her face , flipping the scarf...

" Sumo..."

I uttered the name softly , nearing her... Her welled up eyes began to flow the tears..Her lips were trembling and she clenched her teeth to behold herself...

I smiled at her with teary eyes ... Those tears were happy tears for sure...

" Sumo... " I couldn't say any other words than her name... I neared her and was about to tug her hair ...

She stepped back and drove the scooter quickly...

I knew... She won't forgive me that easily...

I ran behind her but this time with lots of cheers...

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She got into the elevator and I followed her...

I stood close to her to view us as couple in the mirror...

" Awesome..." I stated loudly...

She didn't bather my presence... But ,I continued to stare her image at mirror...

  When she got off the elevator ,I followed her...

She unlocked the  door with keys... Noticing the flat number I understood that it's poorna' s flat...

She neither invited me inside nor shut the door... She went to the kitchen straight away..

I was ready to go to any extent to get my Sumo..So , I didn't feel like neglected ..

     I stepped inside the house and was standing in the living room  to have a look over the house...

She returned with a glass of water... Extending it to me , she walked towards the room...

" Sumo... Won't you talk with me...?"

I asked with low tone where my eyes looked her expectantly..

" Shravan ... I am happy that you came in search of me... But , we had spoken enough... And , I am so feeble to handle anything at present... Don't make me even more weak..go back.."

  She was emotionally torned out and it was transparent in her demeanor... She began to walk slowly ..

" Sumo... Forgive me please...come with me.. My life was a hell without you... Sumo.. listen to me.. please"

I was not in a mood to give up...

She turned and curled her lips annoyed...

" Shravan.. won't you understand that I won't come with you? I have a lot of work to do here..." Her voice was stern and she had regained her composure very well...

"  Oh..."

... I scoffed obscure of  her next move if I compell her to come with me...

  " What you're doing here?" I asked...she threw a inquiring look to my query...

" I mean , do you attend any seminar here?"

I interrogated hesitantly...

She looked into my eyes ...

" Actor Mahesh Babu invited me to act as  heroine in his next movie... I am working on it..."

She stated as though she was telling hundred percent truth...

I was wondering at her reply and was about to ask something...

" Yeah... See you soon...bye..."

I turned to the voice...

Poorna was talking over the phone... Seeing me there she was surprised and gave a welcome hug to me.

" How are you man...?"

I saw sumo before replying poorna...

   Poorna understood the situation .. she went to kitchen and came out with three cups of coffee..

" I am here to complete one project Shravan... I will go back to Australia once I am done..and, how's all going?"

She began a light conversation and tried to make the situation normal...

We were talking for some time where sumo started with her chores..

" Sumo..."

Taking her stuffs in a bag , poorna called her..

" Shravan... I have to go on a night shift... You guys Carry on...I will join you in the morning..."

Poorna took her car keys ...

" But... Poorna... You don't have night shifts... "

Sumo stated..

Poorna winked at me... " I am scheduled to work at night today Sumo.. Take care ..bye"

She left , leaving us in private...

Suddenly I remembered the bouquet in my hand... I extended it to Sumo..

" This is for you sumo..."

Those were the  three slight pink tulips...!!!

She got the tulips while her brows shrink in some query...

Though , she didn't ask me anything...

" Shravan... Please leave... I need to get into my works..."

She was stubborn... I looked her pitiful..

" Sumo... How could I leave..? I am not going without you..."

I restated firmly...

" That's your problem Mr. Malhotra... Now , Please leave..."

She opened the door and ushered the exit..

I stood up.. " sumo... I am going to wait in my car...At all costs , you will come with me . Until then ,I will wait in my car..."

" Don't think that it's easy...I am not coming with you.. "

She yelled at the back of me..  I didn't listen her words as I descended down the stairs...

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I  repositioned the car seat to lie down...

I could see her litted room from the car .. She was crisscrossing the room at times ... At times she stood near the window to look down...  Very few times she reclined on the bed to sleep ...

I know she's restless and I was sure that she would come with me because she wouldn't bear my pain...

    I closed my eyes to get some rest and slowly dozed off...

Suddenly  ,there was a bright illumination... It must be a heavy vehicle's headlight... It was speeding up uncontrollably ..  Before I could react ,the truck hit the car and I   was pushed back to the rear seat...The car rolled up and dashed in the road with fire streaks...

" Shravan...."

I heard Sumo shouting somewhere far away... I drifted off my memory as I was bleeding high...

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