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Chapter 20

I stopped immediately. I started remembering the three years I had spent with her before she went abroad, including the incident. Suddenly we heard Vaish's voice, talking on phone as she passed by my room. 

Vaish: Ha Arhaan sab thik hai. { Yes Arhaan everything is fine.}

I didn't hear anything further, my eyes filled with tears hearing his name after so many years, Arhaan. The person I hate so much, but used to love so much. I didn't realise I was crying until I felt Jai hug me. 

Jai: Avu, kya hua achanak? Ro kyu rahi hai? { Avu, what happened suddenly? Why are you crying?}

He pulled away and wiped my tears. 

Jai: Mujhe bata kya hua, kis baat par ro rahi hai? { Tell me what happened, why are you crying?}

Avu: Humara ek aur dost tha, Arhaan. Ab itne wakt baad uska naam suna hai, toh yaad aa gaya. { We had one more friend, Arhaan. Now I heard his name after so long so just remembered him.}

Jai: Abhi kidhar hai woh? Tu phone pe baat karle, Vaish bhi toh kar rahi hai. { Where is he now? You talk to him over call, Vaish is also doing.}

Avu: Woh dost tha, ab mujhe uska naam bhi nahi sunna, uski shakal toh mujhe waise bhi nahi pata hai. { He was a friend, now I don't even want to hear his name, I don't know how he looks anyways.}

Jai: Hua kya tum dono ke beech? { What happened between you both?}

Avu: Kabhi aur bataungi, abhi yeh sab chod tu. { I'll tell it some other day, now you leave all this.}

Just then someone knocked on the door and Jai opened it. It was Sid. 

Avu: Sid? 

Sid: Ha, mai bas yuhi aaya tha. Baad mein aa jaunga. { Yes, I had come for no reason. I'll come later.}

Jai: Nahi, tum dono baat karo, mai ja raha hu. { No, you both talk, I am going.}

Avu: Reem se milne? { To meet Reem?}

Sid: Aur kaha jayega? { Where else will he go?}

Jai: Tum dono band karonge? { Will you both stop?}

He was blushing badly causing me to laugh but stopped when I saw Sid staring at me. I also started staring at him unintentionally. Jai went away before we could tease him again, while we both were busy looking at each other. Our eye lock was broken when we heard a huge thud against the door. I went and opened it, to find Fais and Jaireem, Fais standing near the door meaning he had bumped into it. 

Avu: Tu gate se kaise takra gaya? { How did you collide with the gate?}

Fais: Reem ka dhyan nahi tha aur woh mujhse takra gayi, isliye mera balance bigar giya toh mai gate par gira. { Reem's attention wasn't here and she bumped into me, that's why I lost my balance and fell on the gate.}

Avu: Reem kaha tha tera dhyan? { Reem where was your attention?}

Reem: Jai mein. { On Jai.}

She said, but bit her tongue realising what she said. 

Fais: Kya? { What?}

Reem: Mera matlab Jai kuch bol raha tha, toh udhar dhyan tha mera. { I mean Jai was saying something, so my focus was over there.}

He nodded, while I and Sid gave Jaireem a teasing smile, causing both of them to turn red. Just then Vaish came there, and I turned to Sid and said in a low tone. 

Avu: Sid, khane ka time hone wala hai, mai jakar khana bana rahi hu. { Sid, its almost time for dinner, I am going to cook.}

Sid: Mai bhi chalta hu help karne. { I'll come to help you.}

I nodded and we went downstairs, before anyone could see us and ask where we were going as I didn't want to wait there. Luckily Sid didn't notice her coming, so didn't know I was avoiding her. Looking at her, the only thing I could think of was Arhaan after hearing her talking to him. We both started making the dinner, but I was lost in my thoughts not realising my hand was few inches away from the gas, burning. I felt Sid pull my hand and looked at him as he pulled me to the sink, still not realising I had burned my hand. I felt something cold on my hand, bringing me back to my senses, and tears immediately flowed down my cheeks due to pain. I immediately pulled my hand away, shaking it. 

Sid: Dimaag kharab hua hai, mai barf laga raha hu na. Itni der kaha dhyan tha, yeh tak pata nahi chala ki haat jal gaya hai, woh bhi itni buri tarah se. { Have you gone mad, I am applying ice no. Where was your focus all this time, you didn't even realise that your hand is burning, that too so badly.}

He pulled my hand again, applying the ice, while I just looked at him. That's when I saw, tears were rolling down his cheeks also. I wiped them with the thumb of my free hand. 

Avu: Tum kyu ro rahe ho? { Why are you crying?}

Sid: Dikhta nahi hai kitna jal gaya hai haath, tujhe kitna dard ho raha hoga. { Can't you see how much your hand got burnt, it must be paining so much.}

I smiled looking at his concern for me. Just then Jaan came there. 

Jaan: Baaki sab kaha hai? { Where are everyone else?}

Avu: Mere kamre ke aage. { In front of my room.} 

Jaan: Tere haath ko kya hua? { What happened to your hand?}

Sid: Gas ke upar haath rakh rakha tha, jal gaya. { She had kept her hand on the gas, it got burnt.}

Avu: Yeh sab chodo na, khana banate hai. { Leave all that no, let's prepare the dinner.}

Sid: Jaan, tu continue kar, mai iske haath pe pati baandh kar lata hu. { Jaan, you continue, I'll tie bandage on her hand and come.}

She nodded, and he dragged me to his room, and got the first aid. He soon finished bandaging my hand, which was luckily the left one, but it was burning badly, though I didn't show it. 

Sid: Dard chupane se chala nahi jayega. { Pain won't disappear by hiding.}

Avu: Huh? 

Sid: Mujhse dard chupake tera haath thik nahi ho jayega. Khudko kya samjha hai, ki kuch bhi kar sakti hai? Ab tu kaam nahi karegi. Tu counter par baithna, mai aur Jaan khana bana lenge. { Your hand won't be healed by you hiding your pain from me. What have you thought of yourself, that you can do anything? Now you won't do any work. You sit on the counter, I and Jaan will cook the food.}

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