TALES OF THE HEART

DIL NE YE KAHA HAI DIL SE🎻

"Nai Karishma... Please mat jaiye... Pleaseeeee!!!!" She cried but to no avail. Karishma had vanished already.

She stood up to hold her and again fell back helplessly.
"Karishma!!!!!"
She wiped her tears and took her phone, opened Karishma's picture.
Her cute pouty face drove her crazy...

"Karishma..." She began talking with her photograph in a painful voice, "Jaan, hume... Hume maaf kar dijiye na... Aap jo saza dengi hum maanenge... Aap jo kahengi vo karenge... Ek baar aap aa jaiye... Please... Dekhiye na aapki Haseena aapke bina reh nahi paa rahi hai...
Hum... Hum kashmakash mein thy... Hume iss baat ka ilm nai tha ki hum bhi... Hum bhi pyaar karte hain aapse... Haan Jaan, I love You!
... Hum tu nasamjh hain na... Vo aapki bhasha mein kehte hain na... Churan aur topa, vohi...magar aap... Aap tu samjhdaar hain na... Hume daant'ne aur ehsaas dilwane ki jagah aap tu chhod kar chali gayi humein...
Takleef ho rahi hai boht... Jab se aap gayi hain zinda laash ho gaye hain hum... Please aa jaiye... Please" She pleaded with most innocent yet painful voice sobbing with hiccups.

Upon talking with her Picture for some more time, she lied down on the floor itself still adoring her picture.

Meanwhile, at some other police station, a police officer was working on the files one after the other without even taking out the time to breath. A young man was watching her in amusement.
Out of curiosity, he asked "Karishma madam... Aap ghar nai jayengi?"

Karishma raised her head, looked at him once and replied him looking into the files, "Nahi Jay! Humare paas boht kaam hai"

"Madam jab se aap aayi hain mai dekh raha hoon aapko, ekdum robots ki tarah kaam kar rahi hain, na kisi se baat karna, na khana, dinbhar kisi na kisi kaam mein khud ko mashroof rakhti hain, kabhi saalon puraane cases ko study karne lagti hain, din tu din, night duty pe bhi har roz aap hi rehti hain, madam aise kaise??" He asked.

"Hmmm" she answered.

"Aapki personal life, aapki family nai hai madam?" He asked again.

"Hmm hai, lucknow mein hai" She replied.

"Tu aapko unhe time nai dena hota?? Khud ko time nai dena hota? Iss tarah tu aap boht jald beemar ho jayengi"

"Ama tumko hamara waqt barbaad karne ka paisa nai milta hai sarkaar se... Salary milta hai isliye kaam karte hain hum... Samjhiye!" She yelled at him.

"Aap...aapko thakawat mehsoos nai hoti??" He asked scared.

"Abhi tumne hi kaha na ki hum robot ki tarah kaam karte hain, tu hume robot hi samjh lo, jazbaat aur ehsaas nai hai hamare andar... Hum robot hi hain" She answered.

"Boht ajeeb hain.." he murmured and left the station while Karishma again drowned herself into work not giving a slightest chance to her heart and brain to think about Haseena.

Haseena was still adoring her Karishma when the alarm clock beeped signalling the morning.
She got up from the floor and kissed her phone with teary eyes. Upon doing her morning chores, she ran outside to her ammi who was sitting on the sofa, reading the news.

"Ammi" she said. Ammi found some sort of calmness in her voice.

"Haseena, aao" she said.
Haseena sat on the floor near her legs and held her hands
"Ammi, ammi, hume... Ammi aap sahi thi ammi.. Karishma, ammi vo hi hamari sacchi mohabbat hain, ammi hum... Hume ehsaas ho gaya hai ammi... Ammi meri Karishma mere paas laut kar aa jayengi na??" She told her in excitement and asked in innocent voice.

"Boliye na ammi, ab tu meri Karishma aa jayengi na..."

Ammi smiled through her tears and kissed her forehead lovingly. Haseena too smiled feeling the bliss.
"Humne tu pehle hi kaha tha ki tumhe usse hi mohabbat hai lekin tum zidd pe kayam rahi... Khair... Der aaye magar durust aaye... Ab sab thik ho jayega beta" Ammi said smiling ear to ear.