Recap: Her first day at office - Daksh - Meenakshi conversation.

A few days later: Daksh's PoV

Meenakshi is not someone like I thought. She is naughty, loose talker and someone who can create all havoc in this office only with her tongue. But I must say she is an efficient employee. Her works are perfect and can't find even a single mistake in it. She is good. Actually one of the best.

Within a few days she created enough head ache for me.
"Ouch...." It still hurts man. Abhi, you are the only reason why I am suffering now. My back ache is increasing day by day and not at all recovering.

I remembered the incident when I scolded her for sitting on my chair while I was not in the cabin.
"This company is providing separate seats for all...This chair is only for the Managing Director of this company..For me...Not for staffs... Understand?"
How obediently she nodded at my statement only to push me down the very next day.

Yeah..she did it... When I was discussing about one of the project with my staff, I took a seat at his cabin. And for that mistake, she pushed me down by dragging the chair from back when I was about to sit there.

"This company is providing separate seats for all. Managing director should sit on his chair and this chair is only for staffs."
How innocently she told that dialogue while I was screaming in pain.

After that I started taking extra care while saying each word to her. She is not at all a girl. A rare species of devil. Wrong usage of a single word can even damage my body.

Beware of Meenakshi!!! I chanted this line on my mind whenever she comes infront of me.

Yeah..now it's all going smooth. My new mantra is working.
Since her craziness not affecting her works, company is also working smooth. Thank God.

My phone rang and I attended it.
"Daksh..."I heard Abhi's worried voice.
"What happened? Dont think stupidly..."I shouted without even waiting to know the reason. I was more worried than him.
"Let me say..."I heard his voice from the other end.
"Listen me..if you again gonna commit suicide, wait... this time I too will accompany you ..."I declared.

"Arey ... shut up man. Have you fed up of your life after she started working there?"he asked in a scolding tone.
"Exactly.. that's what I was about to say."I replied.

"Daksh...it's not the time for jokes..I am damn worried here. I don't know what to do too..."
"What happened Abhi?"
"I want to talk to Meenakshi..Now..Pls call her..."he said and I rushed outside to call her. I didn't wait to know the reason too. Because he was very worried from his voice.

Within a minute, Meenakshi attended the call. Soon her face changed and she became disturbed. What happened suddenly? She didnt speak and ended the call.

"Meenakshi...are you ok? Do you want water?" I asked seeing her new change.
I offered a bottle of water to her.
"I want leave for a day.."she said standing like a statue.
"Ok.."before I complete she ran outside the cabin.
Then I saw her collecting things and running out of the office. I didn't understand anything.
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Abhiram's PoV: At Hospital

I was sitting infront of casualty. Dadu was sitting next to me. My mind was blank. It's been 15 minutes I called Daksh and informed Meenakshi about the situation. I hope she will be here anytime soon.

After few minutes I saw Meenakshi running towards us. She was silent and her face didn't show any emotions. I stood up.

"What happened Ram?"she asked with a tired face.
"We received a call from Malu's school that she is fainted in the class room. We took her immediately to the hospital. Doctor is examining her now."I said and she stood like a statue.

I haven't seen her lifeless like this till now. She is very weak even to react. She is not talking anything. It seems like she is completely another person.
Dadu came to her and hold her shoulders.
"Dont worry Meenu.. Nothing will happen to her."He said to console her.
"No Dadu..I know I can't do anything for her. I can't save her. I can't... I don't have anything..."she started reacting making me shock.

What happened to her suddenly? I understood that they are hiding something from me. Dadu hugged her and for the first time I saw her crying. Her tears burned me.

Suddenly the casualty door opened and Doctor came out. We went to him.

"Meenakshi didn't I tell you to not delay the surgery?"he asked and I stood there in a frozen state.

Did he tell about surgery? For what? What's Malu's disease?
A lot of questions roaming in my mind. I couldn't even open my mouth to ask it.

Meenakshi didn't reply. Instead she looked at Dadu for an help. This helpless silent Meenakshi is just killing me. I dont want to see her. I just want that crazy girl back. How can she change so fastly?

"Doctor..we are trying our maximum... but..you know our condition.."Dadu said sadly.

"There is a limit medicines can help her survive. She is already 13 years old. Its better we do the surgery as soon as possible."Doctor said and left.

I looked at both Meenakshi and Dadu who exchanged their confused looks.
She went to a corner and took a seat there. I followed her and hold her shoulder.
"Ram pls...I want to sit alone for sometime...Pls leave me alone."she said.

It was completely a different Meenakshi. I can't even imagine in my dreams too that she can change like this. I understood that she need some time. So I decided to leave her alone. I went to Dadu.
"Dont worry..Our Malu will be alright.."I consoled him.
He was at the edge of tears. But didn't cry. May be to give her strength.

"What is Malu's problem?"I asked with hope.
"She have a hole in her heart valve. It's a defect from her birth onwards. Doctor adviced to remove it through a surgery long back. Since she was a child we waited to do the surgery. But now it's getting critical. If we don't do the surgery immediately, we will loose her. How can we live without her Ram?" Dadu asked in a shivering tone.

I hugged him like a small kid.
"Dont worry Dadu..we will save her. We can do the surgery. I will talk to the doctor.."I said patting his back.
He suddenly broke the hug and looked at me.
"How can we?? It will cost lakhs Ram. And how this poor girl can arrange such a big amount alone?"he asked pointing to Meenakshi.

I felt sad for her. So that's her tension.
"Believe me Dadu..we will save Malu at any cost..."I assured him.
He nodded his head even though he is hopeless.

I moved to Meenakshi and took a seat next to her.
I looked at her face while she was trying to control her tears.
"This face won't suits you..your smiling face would be better. The face you showed when you were kissing me infront of that hippopotamus guy.."I said to cheer her up.
Unknowingly a smile creeped across her face. It relaxed me a lot.

"And if that guy would have been here now, surely he would be making fun  of your crying face."I added and she gave a faint smile.

"It's very difficult to smile always Ram..Unless we have money."she said and I was confused.
"Ok if we have money can we smile always? Who told you this blunder?" I asked.

"I told..if I had enough money, my Malu wouldn't have suffer...money can make a lot of difference in our life." She said to me.

"That's a misunderstanding Meenu..Money is nothing. It can't make us happy..only love can make us happy...money is nothing infront of love."I said whatever I learnt from my life.

"I love Malu very much. Can my love heal her?"she asked.
For a moment I thought the old Meenakshi is back.
"Ofcourse..it can.."I declared.
"How?" She asked.
"Prayers...if you pray for Malu with all your love, definitely god will help you. I promise.."I said.
But she shook her head in disbelief.
"Believe me..just hope for the best..be strong and pray to God. Everything will be alright...I assure."I said.

"Did you pray to God before deciding to die?"she asked and I had no answer. This girl and her questions.

"That time I had no belief in God.. but now I believe. Only because of you."I said honestly.
She looked at me in shock and then slightly smiled.
"Ram, didn't you ask me many times that why I am so crazy?"she asked and I nodded.

"Because I didn't want to think about anything that makes me abnormal. It is very difficult to live as normal. But it's more difficult to live an abnormal life. So I choose the crazy life in between the both. A life in which I shouldn't have to bother about anything. A life in which nothing can hurt me. No pain and no burden.. No old memories will haunt me. I have to scare nothing, noone. "she said leaning back on the chair.

That moment I realized the shocking truth that the Meenakshi I saw till now wasn't the real Meenakshi. She have a lot of problems more than this. She is not a crazy girl who is not bothering about anything. She have a lot to tell which she is deliberately hiding. May be not 100, a thousand reasons will be there for her to die..but she is still living..

I just want to ask her everything. But I dont want to make her sad more. Let her tell when she feels so.

"Believe me. God will save Malu."I assured her.
Suddenly she hugged me. This time without any hesitation I hugged her back.
"Ram, Can we save Malu?"she asked like a kid.
"Yes..we will.."I said determinantly.
She hugged me tightly.

"Meenu.. Malu is conscious now..we can meet her.."Dadu said and she immediately stood up happily.
"Wait..."I stopped her by holding her hand.
I stood up and wiped her face.
"Malu shouldn't see her sister in this condition. It will hurt her more. Be that old Meenakshi. It can only heal Malu. Dont make her sad. "I said and she nodded her head.

We entered inside the room and saw Malu laying tired.
"Didi..."she called with half opened eyes.
"Shut...your tricks won't work infront of me..I know you haven't done the homework, that's why you fainted..Isn't it? Your poor teacher believed you.." Meenakshi asked surprising us.
Malu slightly smiled.
"Lazy kid..See old man how your grand daughter escaping classes.."saying it she hugged Malu kissing her forehead.

"No wonder.. because she is your little sister..."Dadu said bursting everyone into laugh.
Between the laughs, I saw Meenakshi's wet eyes. I don't want to see it once again.

I walked out of the room and called Daksh.
"Abhi..Is everything ok there?" He asked.
"I need your help."I said.
"What do you want?" He asked.
"Money..."I said remembering her wet eyes.

Precap: Help from Unknown.

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A few words about Abhiram:

When I started thinking about the hero of the story, my first idea was to create someone who is different from all my previous heroes. Thus Abhiram is a man having no dreams or no planning about future. He is a man living his present without bothering about anything. His parents are everything for him. His thoughts start and ends at them. He can cry, he can be shy, he can blush and do whatever he wants. His manliness won't prohibit him from showing his emotions. The main reason is because he is a soft hearted. But that doesn't mean he is a coward. He is a fighter who came out of his struggles as a winner. But he had the support of his parents that time who means the world for him. He decided to end his life when he lost his biggest support and the only reason of life. And then he meets her who became the new support system for him. He is soft, but brave. Only he needs is someone on his side. Daksh is too important for him. But there is a difference that he can't hurt his friend even by sharing his problems.

As the title indicates, a big part of the story is telling from Abhiram's PoV. How he get into Meenakshi's life, wondering at her behavior, slowly understanding more about her, discovering the real Meenakshi and then being the support for her exchanging their roles. So I had a prior requirement that Abhiram must be innocent enough to tell Meenakshi's every side as the way he feels. The story is all about how he becoming a hero in our Shero's Life. And if you ask me whether they falls in love, yes they will. But it's not at all falling for her seeing her at the very first time or attraction on her behavior/beauty or anything. A man can easily fall for a normal girl. But when it comes to a crazy girl like Meenakshi, I don't think whether anyone easily falls in love with such a girl who creates troubles for him 24*7, someone who don't allow him to sleep too, someone who don't have a girl's feelings. But he will. Not with a crazy girl's craziness, but with the real Meenakshi whom he is gonna discover.

Stay tuned to know more about Meenakshi.
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:)Teju