Shayad

Ek Nayi Shuruaat

Poora mansion roshniyon se jagmaga raha tha. Har taraf shaadi ki tayariyaan, hasi, music aur rasmon ki awaazein thi. Sab log bahut khush the... siwaye dulha aur dulhan ke.

Lavanya apne room mein shaant baithi thi, gehre laal lehenga mein khoobsurat lag rahi thi. Har koi uski tareef kar raha tha, lekin uski aankhon ke peeche jo dard tha, woh koi nahi dekh pa raha tha.

Uske haathon mein Aditya ka naam likha tha, par uske dil mein ab bhi uske past ke zakhm the, jo kabhi poori tarah bhar nahi paaye. Usne yeh shaadi sirf apne parivaar ki khushi ke liye maan li thi.

Dusri taraf, neeche hall mein Aditya sabke beech khada tha. Perfect groom ki tarah ready, lekin uske chehre ki muskurahat uski aankhon tak nahi pahunch rahi thi.

Uske liye bhi yeh shaadi koi sapna nahi thi... bas ek zimmedari thi.

"Aditya beta, aaj humari zindagi ka sabse khubsurat din hai," uski maa ne emotional hote hue kaha.

Aditya ne unhe dekha aur halka sa smile kiya.
"Agar aap khush hain... toh main bhi khush hoon."

Lekin kahin na kahin, woh khud jaanta tha ki woh jhooth bol raha hai.

Thodi der baad shaadi ki rasmein shuru hui. Lavanya dheere dheere mandap ki taraf aayi, aankhein jhuki hui. Jab woh pehli baar Aditya ke paas baithi, dono ne ek dusre ko properly dekha tak nahi.

Do ajnabi.
Ek rishta.
Aur beech mein hazaar ankahe ehsaas.

Pandit ji mantras padh rahe the aur dono ke parivaar aankhon mein aansu liye unhe dekh rahe the.

Jab Aditya ne Lavanya ke gale mein mangalsutra pehnaya aur uski maang mein sindoor bhara, poora hall taaliyon aur khushi se bhar gaya. Sabke liye yeh ek khoobsurat love story ki shuruaat thi.

Lekin Aditya aur Lavanya ke liye... yeh ek anjaane safar ki shuruaat thi, jiske liye woh dono tayyar nahi the.

Bidaai ke waqt Lavanya ne apne parents ko tightly hug kiya. Uski aankhon se aansu ruk hi nahi rahe the.

Uski maa ne dheere se kaha,
"Har rishta waqt leta hai beta... bas koshish karna."

Lavanya ne chup chaap sir hila diya, lekin usse khud nahi pata tha ki usmein dobara kisi rishte ko dil se nibhane ki himmat bachi bhi hai ya nahi.

Raat ko saari rasmein khatam hone ke baad ghar shaant ho gaya.

Lavanya nervous hokar apne naye room mein enter hui. Room phoolon aur lights se beautifully decorated tha, lekin un dono ke beech ki khamoshi sabse zyada mehsoos ho rahi thi.

Aditya balcony ke paas khada apni tie loosen kar raha tha.

Kuch seconds tak dono mein se koi kuch nahi bola.

Phir Aditya ne silence break kiya.

"Tumhe mere saath comfortable hone ki zarurat nahi hai," usne bina uski taraf dekhe calmly kaha. "Mujhe pata hai yeh shaadi tumhare liye easy nahi thi."

Lavanya ne uski taraf dekha, thodi surprised hokar.
"Tumhare liye bhi easy nahi thi... hai na?"

Pehli baar us raat Aditya ne seedha uski aankhon mein dekha.

Dono ki aankhon mein ek jaisa dard tha... woh dard jo shayad lafzon mein kabhi bayan nahi ho sakta tha.

Aditya halka sa muskuraya.
"Shayad hum dono bas is rishte ko nibhaane ki koshish kar rahe hain."

Lavanya dheere se bed ke kone par baith gayi, aansuon ko rokne ki koshish karte hue.

Us raat dono ne zyada baat nahi ki. Na koi promises hue, na koi dreamy beginning.

Bas do toote hue log...
Ek hi kamre mein...
Apni apni khamoshiyon ke saath rehna seekh rahe the.

And somewhere between those silences...
their story had already begun.