Kehne Ko Humsafar

Part 2

RU: Tum fresh hoke aao, hum uss baare me baad mein baat karte hai.

Darshan: Thik hai.

Darshan takes his bag and goes to his room. He freshens up and comes out of his room after half an hour. They both eat dinner and clean up. They are sitting in the living room conversing.

Darshan: Pappa ab toh batao ki aap ko kya important baat karni thi!

RU: Woh... mujhe...

There's an awkward silence in the air as Rajendra Uncle is trying to find words. His phone rings and he gets happy looking at the name. He answers the call and talks. He hangs up the call after a minute or so.

RU: Mere ek friend ko mujhse ek bahot important baat karni hai toh mein abhi uske saath walk pe jaa raha hoon.

Darshan: Par Pappa...

RU: Mein aau tab baat karenge!

Rajendra Uncle quickly gets his phone and wallet. He wears his flip flops and leaves the house. He walks to Sabarmati Riverfront where he meets up with Jaivardhan Uncle. They start walking along the bank of Sabarmati River.

RU: Tumne Jaimi se woh baat ki?

Jaivardhan: Nahi! Tumne Darshan se ki?

RU: Mujhe yeh hi samajh nahi aa raha ki usse kaise kahu yeh baat. Mein bolne ka try kar raha tha par mujhe lafz hi nahi mil rahe the.

Jaivardhan: Meine bhi baad mein baat karenge bol kar taal diya kyuki mein bhi confuse hu ki usse kaise batau iss baare mein. Mujhe yeh bhi nahi pata ki woh kaise react karegi yeh sunke.

RU: Mujhe bhi yahi soch raha tha par hume baat to karni hi hogi na. Hum unse akele mein hi baat karenge taaki hum unse thoda khul ke baat kar sakhe.

Jaivrdhan: Yeh tumne sahi kaha.

RU: Chalo baat karke dekhte hai ki kya hota hai. Mein chahta hoon ki meeting kal shaam tak ho jaye aur sab jald se jald ho jaye.

Jaivardhan: Mein toh sirf Jaimi ki khushi chahta hoon! Woh bolti nahi hai par kabhi kabhi woh bahot akeli pad jaati hai, family mein bhi. Bacche ek dusre ko samajh te hai aur Chetna toh USA mein hi settle ho gayi hai aur humse toh bacche zyada tar baat share nahi karte.

RU: Yeh baat toh tumne ek dum sahi kahi hain!

The two walk and converse for a while then walk toward their house. On the other hand, Darshan continuously calls Heli. She doesn't answer any of his calls and simply texts him, "It's over! Don't ever call me or text me again." Darshan's mood suddenly becomes sadder reading her message. He sits on the sofa beside the window in his living room and looks outside. He sees the huge house which he saw when coming in. He sees a girl standing on the highest floor of the house. He couldn't see her face as her back is facing him. Her hair is flowing in the air while she's talking to someone on the phone. He unconsciously stares at her for some time. Rajendra Uncle enters the house and sees Darshan staring out the window with the living room lights turned off. He turns on the light grabbing Darshan's attention. He sits beside Darshan on the sofa who turns to face him.

RU: Darshan, maine jis wajah se tumhe aur Jyugal ko Ahmedabad bulaya haina, uss baare mein tumse baat karni hai.

Darshan: Thik hai.

RU: Darshan, mein chahta hoon ki tum life mein settle ho jao.

Darshan: Pappa, mein toh settle hi hoon. Meine apna career set kiya hai aur ab toh ek 3 bhk bhi kharid liya hai.