Sanjeevani, Delhi :-

Armaan comes to sanjeevani after his meeting. He directly went to check on his patients to assure that they were alright and if needed any medical assistance. He told the nurse to check upon them frequently as they were in critical condition.

He goes to check on the interns to supervise their work. There he found them outside the ward talking to each other. Interns who don't know about Armaan's presence will be wondering about the shocks they got in the morning.

Armaan goes near them and stands behind them clearing his throat. They were so engrossed in their bantering that they didn't hear him.

" Doctors....." Armaan calls them angrily and they snapped their heads towards him shocked.

" I hope you guys remember you are doctors" armaan asks them keeping a straight face and they nod their heads in yes.

" Oh.....I thought you didn't. So what are you people doing here instead of doing your duties?" Armaan asks glaring at them.

"Sir ,we just finished our break and we're about to go back to our duties." Rohit replies to him in fear.

" Your break has finished 15 mins back and you are spending this time talking to each other instead of attending patients." Armaan spats angrily at them who looks down.

" Sorry Sir" Mehak says looking down.

" It's better if you people work in your work timings rather than chit chatting and involving in other people's personal lives." Armaan scolds them who are still looking down.

" I will not tolerate your negligence and unprofessionalism in the hospital because  patients are our utmost priority for the doctors. Do you understand? " Armaan says and asks them.

" Yes Sir " they all reply at same time.

" Hmm. Get back to your duties now." Armaan says looking at them who are looking behind him.

Armaan narrows his eyes at them and turns to see following their gaze. He sees Shashank standing there with Atul with shocked or surprised expression he doesn't understand why as he himself is in that state.

" Armaan....." Shashank calls him.

Armaan slowly walks towards him blinking his eyes unbelievable to see his sudden presence smiling at him . His features gets soften seeing Shashank and tears form in his eyes. All his previous anger gone in air while interns were looking at them curiously.

When armaan stands in front of him, Shashank hugs him tightly overwhelmed with happiness seeing armaan after 6 months and to assure him his presence . Armaan also hugs him back with tears once he realised he was actually there.

" Kaise ho tum? " Shashank asks him releasing him from hug looking at him from top to bottom to assure armaan is alright or not.

" Mein teek Hoon? Aap kaise Hain?" Armaan asks him back smiling with tears.

" Mein bilkul teek Hoon." Shashank replies him.

" Aap yaha kaise? " Armaan questions him blinking away his tears.

" Mein tumse Milne aaya Hoon." Shashank says to him who still looks at him and continues........

" It has been 6 months Armaan since you left,since I saw you and I didn't even know where were you before 3 months. I just wanted to meet you once so that I can assure that you are alright." Shashank explains him.

" I am perfectly alright Sir." Armaan says trying to smile.

" Really ?" Shashank asks raising his eyebrows and Armaan looks at Atul.

" Sach mein tum teek ho? Toh phir abhi thodi der pehle Jo Maine dekha woh Kya tha armaan? " Shashank asks him.

" Sir,I am their mentor so I have to be strict with them." Armaan replies defending himself and looks at him who will be looking at interns.

"Sir,these are our interns......Dr. Khanna, Dr. Mishra and Dr. Patel and interns this is Dr. Shashank Gupta , Dean of Sanjeevani Mumbai." armaan introduces them to each other while interns gulp remembering what they said about armaan to Shashank.

" Hello everyone, you people are lucky to have Dr. Armaan as your mentor,you know.........wish you all the best." Shashank says to them and they reply him with a thank you.

" So, armaan kaise hai yeh interns?" Shashank asks armaan.

" Much annoying" armaan mumbles and interns frowns at him.

" More than you?" Shashank asks suppressing his chuckle.

" Sir, I was not annoying!!!" armaan exclaims frowning.

" Sure , so can you explain what were you then ?" Shashank asks smiling at his expression.

" Sir......please......" Armaan whines while interns stare at him seeing him whining like a kid.

" I will tell ,I will tell......" Atul jumps in like a kid making armaan glare and Shashank laugh.

" Shut up Atul " armaan says with warning look.

" This is not fair yaar, Anjali bhi kahti rahti hai shut up Atul shut up Atul aur ab tum mere Bhai mere dost bhi yahi keh Raha hai.........." Atul whines pouting and Armaan sighs making Shashank chuckle while interns will be looking at their bantering curiously.

" Champ chup ho jao warna......" Armaan tries to warn him.

" It's ok Dr. Atul aap kahiyeh ,mein Aapko permission deta Hoon." Shashank says smiling and Atul grins.

" Siiirrrrrrr......" Armaan whines again.

" So I will start now.....( he will be thinking deeply and says )..................Oh god!!! Armaan you have done so many things, I am not even understanding from where I should start." Atul will be ranting continuously and Armaan facepalms himself.

" Armaan was a big prankster,he used to do pranks on everybody. He used to do bike racings. He was the lover boy of Sanjeevani,every girl used to fall for him and he was also not any innocent boy as he also used to flirt with them............" Atul will be ranting counting his fingers,armaan will be rubbing his forehead with his fingers, Shashank will be stiffling his laugh and interns stood there with wide eyes and open mouths with their jaws touching the ground.

" Champ bas Karo......." Armaan warns him.

" Aur Kya Kya karta tha tu?????........ Ek number ka Shaitaan tha yeh, kitna sharaarthi karta tha ,Sab pe pranks kheltha tha, sab ko tang kartha tha apne harkaton se,bets lagatha tha jiski vajah se hamesha Sab ke beech ladayiyaa hote the,girls vs boys fights hote the..........."

" Saale Teri toh mein......." Saying this armaan goes towards Atul who runs around and Armaan chases to catch him.

" Hamesha Karne kuch jaata tha,karta kuch aur tha aur woh ho jaata kuch aur tha......." Atul will be saying while laughing and running.

Armaan tries to catch him angrily to beat him for embarrassing him in front of interns while Shashank will be laughing at their childishness and interns still looking at them bewildered with jaws dropped still not coming out of the shock.

" Ok ok bas karo tum dono......" Shashank stops them and brings them close to him side hugging them.

" I missed you all so much, tum logon ke Bina sanjeevani bejaan ho gayyi hai" Shashank says hugging them and they hug him back saying they also miss everyone.

" Chalo kuch khaate Hain bahut bhook lag rahi hai" Shashank says to them who nods.

" You can go back to your duties now." Armaan says to interns who will be still in a daze of shock.

They nodded their heads and goes to resume their duties. Armaan,Atul and Shashank heads for cafe to eat their lunch.

******

" I understood what to do now?"

" What Sir?"

" Tum jaante ho Inka bas chale toh yeh log puri zindagi aise hi rahenge, koi bhi pehla kadam nahi uttayenge."

" Ek dum sahi kaha aapne sir."

" Toh humein hi kuch karna hoga."

" Kya karenge sir,aapke paas koi plan hai Kya?"

" Yes, I am thinking of doing something."

" What Sir?"

"We need some help to make this work"

"  What do you mean Sir?"

" You will know that soon but I need your help for that."

" Of course Sir anything."

" Good,but I need to do a phone call before that."

" Ok Sir."

Atul and Shashank will be talking to each other after their lunch as Armaan had left for doing surgery after finishing his lunch. They both talk about armaan and make some plans. But before that Shashank dials a number to talk..........

" Hello, Dr. Shashank Gupta here, yes..... yes......ok......yeah I know.........sure.......and one more thing you people asked for the venue right so I decided one place.......yeah.....it's ok.......and yeah about the place it is Delhi, Sanjeevani........yeah 100%.......it will be fine........thank you........ yeah we will talk about it later.......ok."

Shashank ends the call and looks at confused Atul. He smirks thinking about his plan and hopes it would work.

******

" Aaj raat yahi rukh Kar Kal jaa sakte hai na aap " armaan asks him to stay as he doesn't want him to leave so soon.

Its evening Interns finished their duties and were about to go home but stopped seeing Shashank leaving. They have known him even before seeing him as they heard many things about him like his success stories,hard work, discipline and sincerity. They stood there admiring their talk because they looked like father and son but interns were not sure about their relation as they heard armaan addressing him as sir.

" Nahi Armaan ,Kal ek important surgery hai abhi jaana padega." Shashank says with a sad smile.

" Ok " armaan says sighing sadly.

" Don't worry we will be meeting soon again." Shashank says smiling and Armaan looked confused.

" I mean I will be coming frequently to see you now and then." Shashank says to him smiling and Armaan smiles at him happily.

" I will drop you to the airport " armaan says.

" No no......its ok , I have some work on the way I will see it and go by myself " Shashank says to him who nods.

" Sir.......woh........actually........mein......." Armaan will be hesitating to ask.

Shashank sighs because from morning armaan had been trying to ask something but stops himself from asking. He will be opening his mouth to ask but again closes hesitating. Shashank knows what armaan wants to ask but he wants to hear from Armaan's mouth but it seems Impossible now.

" Kya armaan? kyaa poochna chaahte ho? " Shashank asks him.

" Umm.....woh..... mein......kuch nahi sir bas aise hi......kuch bhi nahi......" Armaan says making Shashank sigh loudly.

" Teek hai mein chaltha Hoon ab, tum  apna khyaal rakhna." Shashank says to him while hugging and Armaan nods hugging him back.

" And Dr. Atul aap bhi apna kyaal rakna." Shashank says hugging him and again whispers to him........

" Humara plan yaad hai na......" Shashank whispers and Atul nods at him grinning.

" Ok then bye.......see you soon......." Saying this Shashank turns and walks towards exit.

But suddenly Shashank stops and turns back at them smiling. Armaan ,Atul and interns stood there looking at him.

" Armaan, Riddhima bilkul teek hai." Shashank says to him.

Armaan shuts his eyes listening her name and opens to see grinning Atul and Shashank. Armaan smiles back happily knowing about riddhima.

But armaan wonders why Shashank and atul were grinning today so much and he also saw Shashank smirking at him once. He thinks , Oh!!! god they behave more childish than himself sometimes.

" Yahi poochna chaahte ho na tum subah se? " Shashank asks him smirking.

See again smirking. Armaan thought

"Umm......yes" armaan says shyly looking down.

He looks up to find both Shashank and Atul smirking at each other.

What's with the smirking today, Are they gone crazy or what? He thought and sighs.

" Mein jaantha tha......and dont worry she is perfectly alright." Shashank smiles at him and he nodded smiling back and Shashank leaves bidding his goodbye.

Armaan turns and see interns stood confused there.

Why this interns will be always seen in shocked or confused state nowadays?????

Armaan thinks and sighs loudly telling them to leave for their home. They nodded abruptly and leaves.

Then from nowhere Atul jumps on and hugs armaan tightly repeating the words......

" Armaan yaar......I am so happy today."

" Okay.......why?"

" Bas aise hi......." Saying this Atul leaves jumping around like kid.

Now it was Armaan's turn to be confused.

To be continued.............

Love AR.