Yumming Around

This short story has been presented with two narrations.

Narration 1

Scene 1

A regular looking man with spects on is coming out of a door hastily as he crashes on an
electric cycle sort of a thing. Cycle man has an orange shirt on, almost like swiggy with
“Yumming Around” written. The man is mighty pissed
“Dekh ke nehi chal sakte”
“Sorry sir who thoda jaldoi tha, order placed ho gaya, aur pata nehi mil raha.mera GPS signal
nehi pakar raha”
Extending an arm to help the man get up

“Yeh cyclone k wajah se. kya aap ko pata hya “ Cycle man says
“Nehi mera bhi jaldi hya”
The man leaves spelling curses under his breath .
“Food app se bharti karke rakha hya”

Cut to
Scene 2

He is standing infront of a door.
“Banerjees” written on the door
He presses the bell twice more.
The door opens as a boy of around 11 wearing pads, gloves and a dhoni t-shirt with a bat in his
hands opens the door.
A woman clearly the maid stands behind her.
“Computer repair, Mrs Banerjee”
“haa thoda bathiye madam phone pe hya, actually cyclone ki wajah se signal ka issue hoke
rakha hya”
The kid is shadow playing and making sounds of hitting the ball and is doing commentary on
his own.
Maid-
“Bunty,, homework karo, itna daat pada phirbhi tumko khucvh aata nehi hya, abhi mummy
bohoth daategi

Bunty keeps hoiking his shadow shots dangerously over the maids head. The man is pissed.
A calm voice can be heard “Sharmila, bhej do unhe unhein aur Bunty ko ice cream mat do.”
Sharmila hints the man to get up and go to the next room.
The man shakily gets up and reaches the room to find that the woman is sitting ion a chair
infront of the computer in a way that the man cannot see anything behind her. The woman
smiles at her and shouts
“ Suno aur Bunty ko icecream mat dena, yeh uska punishment hya, 2 din pehle papa, aj dadi,
usko abh icecream nehi milega”
“Sorry aap ko byathaya , mera beta …” she gets up and we see a dead body of an old lady
behind her completely smothered.
The man is petrified.
Woman continues nonchalantly while texting hinting at her computer-
“Yeh computer on nehi ho raha, parso se.
Before he could react, the man receives a heavy blow on his and blood comes oozing, he is
dead.
We see the boy standing with the
cricket bat.
“Dhoni hooks with power.” he keeps comenting.
That’s when the bell rings.
The woman starts hiting the boy.
“Buntyyyyy, tu sudhre ga nehi” Bunty keeps crying…
“ma’am chor dijiye na bachcha hya.” says the maid

The door bell rings.
Scene 3

The maid opens and we see the cycle man from mirning we ghad seen earlier that day.
“Sorry abhi 2 body ho gaye, phir se order place karna padega? Itna Dhoni shokh hya toh ground
pe jake karo, jao yaha se” Mrs Banerjee says apologetically
“choriye na madam v=bachcha hya, abhi toh bade bhi apna kabu nehi ralh sakte…2 ghar baad
ek 25 saal ki saina hya usne bhi aise excitement mein uskki behen ko shuttle samajh ke…”
“Oh majumder ki beti…arey ha woh toh racket ki player hya, kya duniya aya hya humare timr
mein hum 10 barcsoch te the”
Hahaahaa they share a laughter.
“Par aap log ka shukriya bohoth, bohoth help hya aap k liye mera beta, main humlog ka chalta
rehta hya. Aap ka regular business hoga.”
“Ji zaroor. yeh hya humara naya V card”
The man leaves.
Scene 4

The woman looks at the card,
it says

C.Gupta
Delivery Associate
”Yumming Around”

She flips it.
On the other side a Tagline it is written

“If you kill, we will clear”
It has a logo unit of the Yumraj

Narration 2

A regular looking man with spectacles, Poduram, crashes into an electric scooter coming in
from the wrong direction and falls to the ground. Being pedestrian, he claimed supremacy. He
looked at the owner of scooty with mighty distaste and scowled at the man. The man looked like
a simple joe, he use wearing a bright orange company uniform. has an orange shirt on almost
like swiggy, with the words ‘yumming around’ branded across.
“dekh ke nahi chal sakte” shrieks Poduram.
“Sorry sir who thoda jaldoi tha, order placed ho gaya, aur pata nehi address nai mil raha.mera
GPS signal bhi nehi pakar raha”
Extending an arm to help Poduram get up .
“Yeh cyclone k wajah se. kya aap mujhe help karenge “
“Nahi. I am a very busy man. Mera croreon ka meeting hai aur tumhare karen main late ho
gaya!”
The man leaves spelling curses under his breath. .

Cut to

Poduram is standing in front of a door.

“Banerjees” written on the nameplate.
He presses the bell thrice and is nervous because he was only supposed to do it twice.
The door opens by a boy of around 11 wearing pads, gloves and a dhoni t-shirt with a bat in his
hands opens the door.
A woman, clearly the maid, standing behind her.
“Computer repair, Mrs Banerjee” says poduram, with extra politeness.
“haa thoda bathiye madam ek call pe hya, actually cyclone ki wajah se signal ka issue hoke
rakha hya”
The kid is shadow- playing with the bat and making sounds of hitting the ball and is doing
commentary on his own.
“ Suno aur Bunty ko icecream mat dena, yeh uska punishment hya, 2 din pehle papa, aj dadi,
usko abh icecream nehi milega”
Bunty changes the direction of his shadow shots and aims dangerously over the maids head.
poduram man is pissed in general. Right now it is because of that delivery boy from yumming
around. While he sat there waiting, he thought if he gets one chance to meet that boy he would
show him who is the boss.
A calm voice can be heard “Sharmila, bhej do unhein aur Bunty ko ice cream dedo.”
Sharmila hints him to get up and go to the next room.
The man gets up and stands at the room to find that the woman is sitting on a chair in front of
the computer. The woman smiles at him, and shouts “ Suno aur Bunty ko icecream mat dena,
yeh uska punishment hya, 2 din pehle papa ne khilaya , aj dadi ne, usko abh icecream nehi
milega”.
“Sorry aap ko byathaya , mera beta … aap idhar baithaye .Yeh computer on nehi ho raha, parso
se”

As the man takes a seat gives him seat at the computer table. and we see a dead body
completely smothered.
The man is petrified.
“Bunty ki padhai do din se nai hui is karan” she says, as she starts pouring herself water on the
body very non challantly.
Before he could react, the man receives a heavy blow on his and blood comes oozing, he is
dead.
The bell rings.
She is busy hitting the boy. “Buntyyyyy, tu sudhre ga nahi”
Bunty keeps crying…
The door bell rings again.
The maid opens and we see the delivery boy from yumming around whom poduram so eagerly
wanted to meet.
“Sorry abhi 2 body ho gaye, phir se order place karna padega?” Inquires the maid. “ Ab yeh
aajkal ke bache sunte hi kahan hai. Dhoni banane ka bahut shokh hya toh hai, jaha marji
helicopter shot marte rehte hai. Mera carpet kharab ho gaya” The thought of carpet made Mrs.
Bannerjee cry.
“choriye na madam bachcha hya, aisa hota rehta hai. Paas hi main hi, kuch building ko baad ek
bachi saina hya, usne bhi aise excitement mein uskki behen ko shuttle samajh ke shot dediya,
bache hai, woh nai karenge toh kaun karega”
Hahaahaa they share a laughter. “bachche hi humara business khada karke rakhe hya”
Continue the delivery boy. “Here is our newly printed Vcard “
The man leaves.
the woman looks at the card, it says”Yumming Around” and a Tagline “If you kill, we will clear”
It has a picture of the Yamraj

Next we see the man riding his scooter. On his back is a big bag with ‘Yumming Around’ branded in big bold letters all over.