He looked at her dumbfounded.
"Unhone aapko khud se alag kar diya taaki aap apne pedon pe khade ho sake.. independent ho sake, not only mentally but financially bhi, aapka future ho sake.. "
Shaharyar took a deep breath as realization hit him.
"Main aapki baatein samajh sakti hun kyunki kahin na kahin main bhi aapki tarah hi hoon, par you can't expect your siblings to understand your unsaid words everytime. Mujhe pata hain that you find it difficult to express par kabhi kabhi kar dena chahiye. Mujhe zindagi ne aab tak yahin sikhaya hain ke kabhi kabhi logon ko bol dena chahiye that what they mean to you, unke kya maayne hain aapki zindagi mein.. Because sometimes assurance is more important. And yeh kabhi mat sochiyega ki aap strong nahin hain, ye facade pehne rehne ke liye that 'I am happy' uske liye bhi bohat himmat chahiye hoti hain.."
She got up to leave.
"Think about it.."
She went back to Saad when Shaharyar pondered over the thoughts.
"Tujhe iss baat se dukhi nahin khush hona chahiye ki tere paas do-do families hain. Kisike paas toh ek bhi nahin hoti. Do parivaar hain jinhe tu aapna keh sakta hain. Dekh Shaharyar, kabhi bhi apne Ammi-Abbu ko galat mat samajhna. Ek ne tujhe janam diya toh ek ne tujhe bada kiya.. Unhone tujhe inhe soap diya tere betterment ke liye, taki tu padh likhke kuch ban sake, aage badh sake. Aur mujhe pata hain mera beta bahut kamyab hoga, bahut tarakkhi milegi tujhe. Inn sab mein koi galat nahin hain, bas halat ki baat hain...
He remembered his Mansur Mama saying to that to him.
"Shaharyar aaj se tumhare do Abbu aur do Ammi hain. Humari zindagi mein tum sab se ahem ho, lekin tumhare liye unka aur hamara darja ek hona chahiye. Kyunki aaj agar tum hamare paas ho to sirf unki wajah se.. Tum hamare liye bahut keemti ho Shaharyar. Iss duniya ki koi bhi cheez tumse aage nahin ho sakti hamare liye..."
This was his father's words, his Munawar Abbu.
Shaharyar rested his head on his knees. Life had always been a mess for him. And at times like this, it hurted the most.
##
Shaharyar threw a mug of water on Noor and Saad who were sleeping like logs.
"Ya allah, kya hua.. Kya hua kahin aag lagi hain?"
"Nahin, bas tum dono utha raha tha.." Shaharyar said casually.
"Yeh koi tareeka hain neend se uthane ka, ya khudaya??" Noor whined.
"Aur kya ye koi tareeka hain sone ka? Kab se uthaye jaa raha hun, mare logon ke tarah soye pare hon.."
Saad stretched out his arms hitting Shaharyar'jaw in the process.
"Ouhh!!"
"Sorry, sorry.."
Noor burst out into giggles.
"Dekha, instant karma.."
Saying so she walked over to the lake. Shaharyar stood there holding his jaw. He looked at Saad.
"Teri toh.."
"Bhai, sorry na.."
And their chase game started. After 10 minutes of chasing each other, they stopped huffing.
"So, ab kaise jaa rahe hain?"Noor asked.
"Haan, humari toh gadi pata bhi nahin kahan hogi." Saad said.
"Hum pehle kahin aur jaa rahe hain?"
"Kahin aur, kahan?"
"Kuch pehle ki baat suljhani hain.."
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