A lone tear rolled down ramnath ' s cheeks. ..He had been living a military life all through these years. ..He hadn't exhibited his love for shravan. .eventhen ,nothing had disarmed him like Shravan's sufferings. ...

This time too, he visualised his breathlessness and shattered as he suffered the same. ..

Suman sat silent , oblivious to the fact that ramnath is Shravan's father. ..Whereas, Ranjith quickly reached him and hugged in reassurance. ..

" uncle. ..he's good now. ..don't worry. .."

He said in a calm tone. ..

Suman was witnessing them still confused. ...

Ranjith might have read her confusion. ..

" suman. ..meet Mr. Ramnath malhothra. ..Our Brigadier. ..Shravan's father. .."

'Shravan's father. .? '

Suman touched his feet , in an intuition. ..

Initially, ramnath startled to see her gesture.

He remembered her tears when she was reporting about shravan. ...then, he had a questioning look at Ranjith. ..He nodded at a wink. ...

A satisfactory smile crept on ramnath ' s lips. ..He fondly touched her head ...

He wished her to be happy always. ..

Suman smiled ...and turned to leave. ...

" we are going to bharti. ..would you like to join us. .?"

Ranjith asked suman. ..

He knew well about their untold feelings. ..hence, he thought to make a reunion. ..

Suman smiled sadly. ..

Honestly, suman was yearning to see shravan. ..yet, she demanded herself to stay away since she was too fragile for his proximity. ..

She didn't want to showcase her emotions until she herself be sure of it. ..so, she gained her clarity in voice. ..

" ahh. ..Ranjith. ..I would love to. ..but, there are works waiting yet to done. ..be sure to convey my message that I wish for his speedy recovery. .."

That sounded close to normal. ..yet she couldn't conceal what her eyes said. ..

Ramnath smiled at the irony. ..

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Ramnath slid open the door. ..He stepped in with trembling heart. ..as he neared shravan, he felt sharp pain hit him virtually. ..

Shravan was lying on the bed surrounded by tubes varied in sizes. ..He was still under ventilation. ..the monitor ran the stable patterns that indicate the positive recovery. ..

Ramnath had encountered so many hard battlefields, sometimes he and shravan were on the same team, fighting with the opponents hand in hand. ..

He faced soldiers injured with gunshot, at times bomb blasts too. ..though, it was horrible , he hadn't been disturbed this much. ..

Seeing shravan, in bed like a patient was really painful for him. ..

" Beta. .." He touched Shravan's shoulders. ...

Shravan opened his eyes ...His face bloomed at the next moment. ..

As he was running tubes through mouth, he couldn't talk. ..

" shravan. ..take rest. ..you're fine. ..I spoke to the doctor. ..and I got the reports from suman and Ranjith. .."

Her name itself made shravan to
Wonder. ..His eyes expectantly went back to the door. ..

Ranjith stood beside shravan. ..

" shravan. ..she's on research. ..she wished you the speedy recovery. .."

Shravan sighed disappointedly. ...

" Beta. .I saw her. ..her concern for you. ..her tears told me ,what she is for you. ..I have seen her. ..now, I have seen you. ..I am happy for both of you. .."

He raffled his hair lovingly. ..

Shravan was taken aback to ramnath 's love. ..because he never showcased his feelings for shravan. ..

Even Ranjith wasn't expected ramnath 's tears. ..He didn't want to disturb their time. ..

" sir, if you don't mind, I will be waiting outside. .."

Ranjith hesitantly left to the corridor. ..

Ramnath sighed. ..

" shravan. ..actually, I wanted to talk to you privately. .shravan. ..I had been a strict father so far. .but, I love you. ..my son, you are my life. ..I was worrying about your future. ..now, I feel satisfied that you find a girl really cares you. ..I don't care to face the dangers now. .."

Shravan looked baffled. .He had so many doubts that why he's speaking strangely. ...He couldn't ask him anything. ..hence, he gestured him to smile. ..

Ramnath left Antarctica after getting complete details. ..He recovered Shravan's mobile computer and the unmarked sound waves from Aditya. ..

He determined himself to enquire further. ..along with Ranjith, two more cadets were posted at Maitri. ..

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It was the third day, yet another emptied day for suman. ..

She had never been like this. ..her mind was cloudy and couldn't be attendive to the work. ..

She didn't eat at hunger. ..didn't slept at night. ...couldn't be calm anymore....totally, the last few days were like a hell. ..

Whenever She strove to get away from Shravan's thoughts, the more she affected with his memories ...

Hence, she opted to be in lab , focused to the microscopes voluntarily. ..

Daisy understood her turmoil, she tried to calm suman and failed. ..so, she let her to heal herself in Suman's way. ..

It was more than difficult to decipher. ..Suman knew that it was purely the exquisite feeling. ..love. ..but, is she in the position to accept Shravan's love. .?

It was a million dollar question that chased suman night after night. ..

'Why am I not accepting love like a normal woman. .?why don't I trust anyone so easily. ?why am I scared of being happy. .?but, I like shravan. ..to be frank, I love him. ..the feeling was from my deeper soul. ..His pain shook my heart. ..this is so strange and I couldn't find myself away from him. ..'

Suman was at whirlpooly thoughts. ..she had really a bad mind. Her mind stood at two different points. .she felt like detached. ..

To kick her confusions out, she buried herself under the microscopes. .

At a point, she identified the spieces she was searching for. ..
'Extremophile '

She viewed the stains keenly. ...and She recorded her findings. ..

She did various tests to check their stability. ...

It had been hours she spent countless in the lab continuously. ..she almost forgot everything including shravan. ..her entire focus was on the track. ..

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The next day morning was a happy to Maitri residents. ..

" hello buddies. ..we are almost crossed the half length of our mission. ..at one side, the PSLV is getting ready at it's full fledge. ..so, the engineering and software sector is on the heavy mode work. ..here's the glimpse. ..."

Daisy was happy to see the progression. ..

" and, give your big applause to suman. ..she found the living organisms that we need to send to europa and Enceladus. .."

Daisy proudly anounced the success of Suman's part...

Amidst the appreciations,she stood up to explain her invention. ..

" hello everyone. ..so, these creatures are known as Extremophile. ..they are unique that they would survive in extreme weather conditions either physically or chemically. .."

" I found that they would sustain the radiation and extreme pressure too ..so, there's possibility of their life at space weather .."

"We can send them along with the satellite to space to check the possibility of life. ..that's it. ..here I completed my job at Antarctica. .."

Everyone sounded happy that their work was easily done by suman. ..after reporting ISRO HQ, they could leave Antarctica. ..

Everyone cheered that they would go home soon. ..hence, they quickly began the procedures to report ISRO. ...

Suman wanted to be alone. ..she informed daisy and she went for a leisure walk. ...

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Shravan felt discomfort by lying down all time. ...He was completely cured and he was yet to receive the discharge orders. ..

He roamed around bharti and found it to be strong technically and structurally. ..

When he was back from the sedatives, the incident was running like a fog on his mind. ..the one thing he saw clear was suman. ..and her feelings for him. ..because of her, he was alive. .the days that he didn't see her was like hell for him. ..He survived without seeing her because of the sedatives. ..He didn't want to hide his feelings anymore. ..He strictly told himself that he would propose her after reaching Maitri. ..

He was drawn into imagination how she would be reacting at his proposal. ...

" weather alert 1....everyone return to the base. ..immediately. ."

Shravan came out of his thoughts after hearing the voice alert. ..

He rushed to the weather board. ..

" my goodness. ..it's too dangerous. ..Maitri won't withstand this snow storm. .."

Shravan got tensed. ..He immediately pulled the hand held radio and pressed Ranjith's code. ..

" Ranjith. ..are you safe. ?The weather is getting worse it seems. .."

He spoke hurriedly. ..

" shravan. ..we are safe. ..we are evacuating Maitri. ..heading to bharti. .."

Shravan exhaled deeper. ..

" Ranjith. ..Suman. ?" He wanted to make sure that she's fine. ..

" shravan. ..she went for a walk. ..Unfortunately, she's still outside. ..we couldn't locate her as the snow strom began. ..we are on the way. .."

Shravan was shocked. ..Suman was in danger. ..His restlessness grew larger. ..by the time, Maitri residents reached bharti. ...

" shravan. ..don't worry. . She will be coming. .."

Ranjith dragged shravan inside. ..

Shravan's impatience hit higher. ...

" leave me Ranjith. ..you stay here. ..I will get her. .."

" But, shravan. ..it's not safe to go out now. .." Ranjith pleaded him to stop. ..

" I don't care. ..."

Shravan pushed Ranjith away and opened the first level door. ..

He yet to walk out and see suman there....

Suman was standing quite, overhearing the conversation between Ranjith and shravan. ..

Her eyes leveled with tears. ..so as Shravan's. ..With no time, he hugged her tight. ..

Ranjith smirked at daisy. ..she high fived secretly with Ranjith. ...

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Here's the next chapter. ..sorry guys, if it's monotonous .but, it was the research part which was the important line of the story. ..if you find it to be informative, I am really happy. ..here's my smile. ..😊😊😊😊😊

Regarding the chapter 15, many didn't get the notification it seemed. ..Please check the book to have a uninterrupted read. ..

tell me your views on this chapter. ..is the story is on correct lane. .?let me know your views. ....

Now, they have completed the research at Antarctica. ..how would you feel about it. ..

Guys. ..have a happy read. ..vote and comment. ..i would love to hear from you. ...

Love,

Arulpirai. ..