Samaina FF : Pyaar Hua, Chupke Se

Part-3 (Kuch to hua hai)

The day remained a tiring one for Sameer as he was busy in unboxing his stuffs and placing them in proper place...

That evening brought two contrasting pictures from the two different houses of the same floor.. Like the other Sundays, the Agarwal family was busy in chatting in their living room and was enjoying Bela's home made pakodas.. The room was filled with the giggles and some banter of Naina, Preeti...

On the contrary, the air of Sameer's room was filled with homesickness as he was missing his family.. His heart was yearning for his mother's home made snacks and the warmth of his nanu's embrace... He just wanted to enjoy Deepika's irritation by pulling her pigtails.. All he needed was to talk with his family members.. In search of a phone booth, he came out from the house and finally got one at the distance of five minutes..

The night fallen faster than other days as the winter started spreading the blanket of fog to wrap up the whole nature... Soon the lights from the nearby houses were went off and
The sisters were also taking preparation for sleeping..

"Naina, sacchi batana... subha Sameer ko dekh ke tujhe jo jhatka laga usi ki karan tune library card lena bhool gayi thi, hain na?? Winking at her sister Preeti sniggered.

"Mm..matlab?? Kaun Sameer?? Aur usse dekh ke mujhe kyun jhatka lagega??" Naina pretended to be unaware...

"Bol toh aise rahi hai jaise tune yeh nam pehli baar suna.. Maine dekha,  kaise tune pura din kitni bekhabar hoke ghum rahi thi.. Yeh sab uss Salman jaisa Sameer se milne ki baad se hi ho raha hai na.." Preeti poked her sister by elbow..

"Aisa kuch nahi samjhi.. aur tujhe woh kahan pe mila??"

"Balcony pe aur kahan.. Meri behena, tu bhool gayi kya ki uski ghar bilkul hamari baaju mein hai aur balcony pe jaake thoda sa side dekhegi na toh uska balcony ekdum clear nazar aata hai.." She continued describing her short conversation with Sameer...

"Tune usse yahan se baat bhi ki hai!! Pagal hai kya.. Aagar mummy dekh leti toh.." Naina's voice was filled with both astonishment and concern..

"Pehle ye baata ki tujhe meri chinta ho rahi hai ya phir iss baat ki jalan ho rahi hai ki tujhse pehle maine usse baat ki hai.." Preeti continued her teasing.

"Chup kar...nahin to thappad khayegi.." Naina tried to stop Preeti, but she was on a roll..

"Itni gussa kyun ho rahi hai.. Gussa mat kar behen tere Salman pe na mera koi interest nahi hai.."

"Preeti ki bacchi..." grabbing the pillow from her side Naina started hitting her sister..

"Chod de meri ma.. Aur nahi chidaungi... Chup chap so jaungi, pakka promise.. " Preeti pinched her throat.

"Yaad rakhna.. So jaa aab.. Kal subha college bhi jaana hai.." Naina said in an administrative tone before lying down on the bed.

Hours went by.. But sleep was far away from Naina's eyes... The picture of Sameer's smiling face flashed in her mind whenever she was trying to close her eyes.. Getting up from her lying position she looked at Preeti's sleeping from and rebuked her mentally for mentioning about Sameer before sleeping.. His first sight had done something major to her heart that she could not forget that memory in spite of her trying hard.. Not being able to fight with her inner turmoil anymore, she stepped towards the balcony for collecting some peace of mind...

She could feel the harsh bite of the chilly wind of the winter night as soon as she opened the balcony door..

Meanwhile, Naina's next door neighbour was also spending sleepless hours.. Sameer should have had a sound sleep after a mood lifter conversation with his family over phone... But Naina's thought gradually took over his mind with the passing hours of night and sleep disappeared from his eyes... She was beautiful, he thought embracing his pillow tighten to his chest.. Those eyes of her must've cast some spell upon him that they were not ready to leave his subconscious mind at all.. And her cheeks, there were unusual redness in them.. Was she blushing.. If yes, then why? Was she also awake at this late hour of night like him?? He needed to check.. Sameer got up from bed with an urgency and rushed towards his balcony as if all the answers were stored there.

Disappointed, he found his surroundings was covered with the heavy sheets of fog.. Naina, somehow felt a bit relief seeing the fog at the thought of avoiding the sight of Sameer's balcony, but somewhere in her mind she wanted the fog to be disappeared.. Nevertheless, the fog remained constant making an invisible wall between the two balcony which made the two people unaware about the presence of each other..

Piercing the silence of the night, the chilling wind was carrying the  sound of a melody from a far unknown place...

" Jaane kya baat hai...
Jaane kya baat hai..
  Neend nahi aati..
Badi lambi raat hai.. "

The song continued describing the condition of the two restless soul....

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