Raj - " Naina, yeh haldi ka dood he...pii lena...achcha lagega...
Aur woh..." he turned back to see her but her place was empty....
Again she walked out, without letting him complete his words... ignoring his presence...
It has been four days, since all left for their respective postings and Naina once again had fallen into the swapy waters...
Closing his eyes, taking a deep breath he calmed down himself....and started washing the dishes to clear his mind filled with her presence.... without any hint of his fresh wound being soaked.....
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Naina - " jii Bhai...
Main Kal se jaa rahi hu...."
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Naina - " Huda saath rahega....
Aur Pooja bhi hogi.."
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Naina - " nii, main theekh hu..."
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Naina - " kuch hi ghante ki baath he...
Koyi zaroorat nii he...
Main akeli chali jaaungi..."
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Naina - " bye..." she turned and saw Raj standing there with some broken glasses in hand....
She walked towards the balcony for some fresh air...as it's too difficult to breath in his presence....
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Raj - " woh so rahi he abhi..
Maine check kiya..." he was talking in a low voice laying on the couch in hall...
Naveen - "pata he mujhe...woh theekh hogi...tu joh he uske saath....
Aur,
Maine uske nii Tere baarein mein jaane ke liye phone kiya..." then pausing a little, in a soft tone,
" Kaisa he tu??
Dinner kiya??
Yaa fir khali pet mein fir soya???? " he asked the last line in a mild scolding voice...
Raj - " Kal se woh 'Yuva' jaa rahi he Kya???..." asked changing the topic...
Naveen - " tu video call pe aa...
Kuch important baath karni he..." he asked in a panicking tone...
After 2 minutes....on Video call...
Raj - " kyaa hua???"
Naveen - " Tere Ghar mein kitchen he na...waha fridge mein Maine kuch pendrive rakha he dekh..." whispered...
Raj straight away walked towards the fridge and started searching for the pendrive...
Raj - " kaha he???..." asked not finding any...
Naveen - " woh haldi wala dood kiske liye he???...
Nigal le...warna ek mukka yaha Ladakh pe baite maarunga...
Aur tu waha shaheed hoga...
Jaldi uta glass... " scolded standing on the bed...
Raj - " nii yaar...man nii he..." and closed the fridge door...
Naveen - " Abe, mere baath manta he ki main Tere shikhayat, Anu se..." stopped abruptly realising what he was going to blurt....
Raj looked here and there, searching for her presence....
and silently finished the whole glass in one go... fearing her presence.... like a small kid.....
Naveen - " Raj...
Meri wajah se tujhe Gudiya see Shaadi...... " he spoke lowering his guilty eyes....
Cutting his words,
" Navu,
Good night...." he ended the call and rushed towards the washroom to puke the milk and their dreams.... which he left in half hangered....
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Balcony....
Naina..... (Pov)
" Kyu hua mere saath aisa????
Maine toh sirf Abhi se mohabbat kiya tha na....
Kyaa Meri itni bhi aukat nii thi ki mujhe thoda sa jagah mile uski Dil mein...uski zindagi mein....
Main jii leti uski gehri saaye ke ander.... uske gussa...
uske naarazgi ko sehkar...
Maine aisa konsa gunah kiya tha, ki woh mujhe chodkar jaaye???
Joh, mere chehra dekhe bina, kadam tak nii bhadatha tha, usne,
Ek baar mudke mere taraf bhi na dekhe bina, ek lafz bhi nii bole,
aise kaise milo door tak chal Diya.....
Kyaa yahi thi uski mohabbat mere liye, jise saath janmo Tak nibhane ka waada kiya tha usne????
Yesa Chala gaya woh jaise, kisi train se utarke apne mazil Tak jaane walon jaise.... jise khabar bhiii nii rehti ki uske baad woh kaha jaayega....
Kyu kiya usne aisa???....
Bus mere aansuvope apne muskurahat ko sajha ke chala gaya.....
Mere sapno ko apne paav ke neeche dabake, humare riste ko sirf ek mazak banake chala gaya....
Mere chote se duniya ko tabah karke, apne sehre ke saath, mere toote huye Dil ko bikhar kar chala gaya....
Kyaa Meri kismat mein likha tha sirf furqat???
Sirf yahi tak tha humara safar????...." then slightly touching the chain which making her more restless,
" aur yeh....
yeh sirf ek Bandhan he joh mere jism ko baandh rakha he...apne rooh se alag karke....
Yeh sirf ek bedi he, jisne naachte huye mere kadamonko, rok rakha he....apne khushiyaan, sapnonko sheeeshe jaisa choor choor kar ke...." slowly removing the mangalsutra, partially,
" Maine kabhi ek pal ke liye bhi nii socha tha ki Meri zindagi ka ehem phaisla yese liya jaayega....jise sunne ke liye main hosh mein ni thi...
Meri Shadi????...." laughing sarcastically,
" Woh bhi ek yese insaan see, jiska poora naam tak nii jaanti main.....
Jiske Zindagi ke baarein mein koyi khabar nii he mujhe, siway mere 'Bhai ke dost' yeh ek pehchan ke....
Kiski galti thi yeh???
Meri, jisne aankh band karke apne pyaar par bharosa kiyaa...???...." then remembering Abhi and Naveen,
" Yaa fir Bhai ki, jisne apni behan ke pyaar par bharosa kiya????...." then remembering Raj,
" Yaa fir, us insaan ki jisne ek pal mein hi mere maang mein apne naam ka sindoor bhar Diya, Bina mere marzi ko jaane....sirf isliye kyunki woh apne dost ke aankhonmein aansu nii dekh paya...." suddenly getting high with thinking about her,
" Kisiko kyu nii dikha Mera dard????
Subko sirf apne hi dard kyu mehsoos hua....
Kyu kisine mere baare mein nii socha???
Aur is daldal mein phasa Diya, jaha sirf mere aah he Meri rooh ki....
Kyaa sirf shadi se hi poora hota he ek ladki ki Zindagi???.....
Kyaa meri koyi wajood nii he is duniya mein...." realising the current situation she is drenched in,
" Nii...main nii jii sakti uski ghair haazri mein....aur " and touching her sindoor,
" Naa hi....saans le paungi....iski maujudagi mein..."
Tears started flowing one by one as if they too are leaving her....fed up with her constant blaming....
And she sat there like a beautiful doll... kept aside after playing for years....in a spare box....
The night grew more darker with the wails of two souls....
one which is easily expressing her turmoils through bawling and cursing the destiny....
Another which is trying hard to accept the grave he was concealing himself to live with rest of his breath.....
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Raj was about to close his eyes, something dragged his attention towards it....
He slowly walked towards the table where a orange colored envelope is kept....
Tearing it, he found few pink colored papers....and a letter...
" Daily stuff ke paise main kuch dinonmein dedungiii...."
He smiled reading it....wrote something ...and kept it on the table as it was before....
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Morning...
Naina was covering her face with a black colored stole leaving her beautifully kajaled naina, which was telling the stories of her nightmares......
Suddenly her eyes fell on the envelope she kept on the table.... in the same position as it was before....
She opened it to confirm if her doubt was true and found the pink colored papers without any touch of his long fingers...
But felt, something was written on the paper with a doctor handwriting....
" Naveen ne mujhe isase bhi kheemti waala cheese Diya he..."
She made a face as if someone threw Black pepper on her and was about to crush it....she felt his presence.....
Naina - " mujhe kisi ki ehsaan nii chahiye....
I don't wanna become your liability...." she said without turning, standing still.
Rajveer who was wearing his watch,
" Tum Meri liability nii....
Responsibility ho, Naina..."
Naina - " mujhe...." she was about to tell something in anger....the door bell rang....
Ting tong ting....
And Rajveer opened the door to find a delivery boy holding a big rectangular shaped box in hand....
DB - " wah, Capt. Sahab !!!!
Aap kab laute mission se???...." asked with a friendly tone...and gave a letter to him...
Raj - " parso..." bowing his head, he signed on the paper....and kept the box inside....
Locking the door, he pressed the lift button....and saw Naina through his peripheral vision who was checking her watch.... tapping her foot which was looking beautiful.... unconsciously....
DB who was waiting for the another flat owner to open the door,
" Capt. Sahab, ek baath kahu???..." said with a glow on face...
Raj raised his eyebrows..... fingers still on lifts door, so that it didn't get closed before she stepped in....
DB - " aapke flat ka naam ek dum solid he....Maine apne beti ka naam bhi same rakha he...
Madam Ji ko bolo, achcha choice he...
Aur bata bhi do ki unke gifts, jise unhone 4 ghante kadhe hokar banaya he,
maine aapko deliver kardiya he....
warna gusse see,
mere dukan ko phod daalegi...." saying this, he engrossed in delivering the things.....
Naina who was waiting Raj to go first, as she couldn't be able to bear his presence, as he reminds her the game destiny played with her without getting her consent to be an extra player.....
She took the stairs ignoring his presence once again.....
But, this time,
Rajveer's eyes were stuck on the name plate of his flat....
" Ranya "
And the lift door closed as his hold got loosened, along with his eyes filled with tears....
Naina reached the ground floor with stairs and Raj with lift,
unaware of the web which is woven by the God around them....
unaware of the fact that even though their way is different but, the destination is the same.... through out the life.... for remaining breaths....
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Hey guys,
Kaisa raha yeh ud???
Agar Naina ke Jabrela rag ko sun ke,
ub gaye ho toh,
sorry ha...
But, please try to understand her situation...
Bechari ka phehla pyar Tha...
And,
Confused ho, with the last scene,
then let me clear you,
Ranya = Raj + Ananya
So, comments daalo...
Gaaliyaa do...
Apne assumption batadooo....
Phehle vote toh karloo.....
Aapki,
Nandu...