Part 135- Neil and Sukh's bond

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This is for you Adiba ☺️

Neil: Waise, aaj kuch special hai kya? I mean, tum roz itni jaldi uth jaati ho yaa..

Sukh: Special.. toh nahi.. but yes itni jaldi nahi uthti mai roz... Woh actually.. dad passed away this day, some years back. Neend toh aa nahi rahi thi, obviously, aur phir thodi der mein mom se bhi baat karungi. India mein hote toh mai mil ke aati unse, but abhi phone call se hi kaam chalana padega.

Neil: Oh.. I'm.. I'm sorry.. I had no idea about this.

Sukh: No no it's fine.

Neil: Kya hua tha Uncle ko?

Sukh: Accident. Injuries itni severe thi ki woh bach hi nahi paaye. Though the doctors tried a lot, but.. (sigh) maybe it wasn't meant to be. You know, bahot kuch seekha maine unke jaane ke baad, unki absence se, but memories... They are something that I'll always hold on to, and cherish forever.

Neil: I'm sure woh jahan kahin bhi hain, he'll be very happy and most importantly, he'll be proud of you.

Sukh: Yeah, I hope for the same. By the way, thanks for listening. I literally wanted to talk to someone at this time. Kabhi kabhi mujhe aisa lagta hai ki agar mera koi bhai hota toh woh bilkul tumhare jaisa hota.

Neil (to make her feel better): Really? Ab mai hoon hi itna acha, you see.

Sukh: Yeh Tashan apni Mini Madam ke saamne dikhana.

And they laughed together.

Neil: Honestly, agar meri koi sister hoti toh I'm sure woh bhi kind of tumhare jaisi hoti.

Sukh (imitating him): Really? Ab mai hoon hi itni achi, you see.

And they again laughed.

Sukh: Thank you. I'm actually feeling better.

Neil: Yeh thanks wanks kehne ki zaroorat nahi hai. Tum bas mera key card de do taaki mai chain ki neend so saku thodi der.

Sukh: Oh yeah. Mai toh bhool hi gayi. Ek minute... And yeah one more thing, yeh jo Aryan hai naa, isse thodi duri bana ke rakhna please. Mujhe bilkul sahi nahi laga.

Neil: Sahi toh woh kisi ko bbi nahi laga, lekin Mini was saying ki uska past aisa hai....

Sukh: Past kaisa bhi ho Neil, you also know insaan ki nature kabhi change nahi hoti. Past toh hum sabka bhi hai but just think, ki hum jaise pehle the, aur jaise ab hain, usme bahot zyada fark nahi hai. So it would be better to maintain distance from him before he creates the same between any of us.

Neil: You are... Right actually. Waise aaj Mini apna project submit karne wali hai so I don't think aaj ke baad use koi khaas kaam hoga humse.

Sukh: That's better.

Bobby came out rubbing his eyes.

Bobby: Sukh woh ... Arrey Neil Bhai aap? Sab theek hai naa?

Neil: Yeah, everything is fine.

Bobby: Sukh, mom se baat ki tune?

Sukh: Nahi, wohi kar rahi thi.

Bobby: Saath mein karte hain, aaja.

Neil smiled at him. After a few hours, they all left the hotel. Bobby, Sukh, Preet and Arya went to roam around the city and Mini went to submit her project, taking Neil along. As they reached the office...

Mini: You'll have to wait here kyunki aise kisi ko bhi andar jaana allowed nahi hai.

Neil: Yeah that's not an issue.... (Looks around the place which seemed to be very boring) ... But...

Mini: But?

Neil: Nahi... I wanted to ask... Yahan aas paas koi book store hai?

Mini: Book Store... No.. dur dur tak koi nahi.

Neil: 🤦🏻

Mini: 😐 What?

Neil: Tum mujhe pehle bata deti ki yeh jagah itni boring hai. Atleast mai koi book hi le aata. Ab mai yahan bahar baith ke kya karunga, woh bhi akela?

Mini: What do you mean by "akela"? Bachhe ho kya tum chhote se? Mai bas thodi der mein aa rahi hoon and ho sakta hai mere aane se pehle Bobby, Sukh, Arya aur Preet yahan aa jaayein.

Neil: Okay fine, I'm sitting here. Tum jaldi jao and come back.

Mini: Yeah yeah...

Aryan: HI MINI!!

Mini: Hi!

Aryan: Oh Neil bhi hai tumhare saath. Hi Neil.

Neil: 👋🏻😒

Aryan: Kya hua? Mood kharab hai kya tumhara?

Mini (ignoring him clearly): Neil, I'll be back...

Neil: Yeah ☺️

She went inside and Aryan also went behind her...

Neil: Who is he? I'm sure I've seen him somewhere...

After sometime, Mini came back and saw him sitting with his head on his knees.

Mini (getting tensed all of sudden): Isko kya hua? Neil!

He didn't respond..

Mini: Neil, what happened?

Again, no response...

Mini: Oh hello, Neil Oberoi!

She shook him a bit and realised that he was sleeping.

Mini: Kitna aalsi hai yeh aadmi. Aise bahar kaise so sakta hai? Crazy!

She again shook him, but he held her hand and pulled her towards him..

Mini: NEIL OBEROI! GET UP!!

And at once he got up.

Neil: Tumhara kaam ho gaya?

Mini: Ji haan! And tum aise kaise so sakte ho bench pe baithe huye?

Neil: Jaise sab sote hain. What's wrong in it? Waise bhi raat ko toh neend naseeb huyi nahi mujhe, thanks to you...

Mini: How mean of you Neil Oberoi!

Arya: Yahan bhi lad rahe ho tum dono.

Mini: Chhutanki! Tum kab aayi.

Arya: Jab tum dono ladayi kar rahe the.

Preet: Kam se kam yahan toh rukk jao.

Mini: Mai nahi lad rahi, woh toh yeh...

Neil: Excuse me!

Mini: I've already excused you and yeh baat hai, tum hi shuru ho gaye the..

Neil: Listen!

Mini: No you listen!

Sukh: Mohtarma aur Janab, agar aap dono ka ho gaya ho, toh kya hum yahan se chal sakte hain?

Arya: 🤭

Mini: Haan chalo chalo ...

At night, Mini woke up around 1:30 AM, due to some weird noises.

Mini: Yeh kaisi awaazein aa rhi hain? Aisa lag raha hai jaise crime film mein kisi ka murder ho raha ho. Knife sounds, yeh woh letter wala... No no. Check karu kya? Kar hi leti hoon..

Guess karoge?

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