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Humsafar - E6.

Sana: Yeh aap ho?

Sana spoke as she pointed at the photo in the album.

Sidharth: Haan! Aur ye meri choti behan, Sneha. Ismein main 5 saal ka tha aur woh dedh saal ki. Maa ne mera purana tricycle usse de diya tha toh main bahut roya. Phir Babuji ne bahut samajhaya ki woh choti cycle hai aur woh mere koi kaam ka nahi hai. Par main nahi maana.

Sana: Phir kya hua?

Sidharth: Phir kya babuji mere liye nayi aur badi bicycle lekar aaye. (Gives brightest smile) Mera khushi ka bas thikana hi nahi tha.

Sana: Matlab bachpan se hi khadoos the aap.

Sidharth: Khadoos tha isiliye nayi cycle mili. Tum ek lauti bachchi thi toh tum nahi samajhogi ki ek dum se koi dusre bachche ke aane par pehle ko kaisa mehsoos hota hai. Har ek cheez share karni padti hai, daant jyada padti hai aur attention kam ho jaati hai.

Sana: Par wah toh puraani cycle thi na?

Sidharth: Toh? Thi toh meri na?

Sana: Ab bhi aap aise hi karte ho Sneha di ke saath?

Sidharth: Nahi, Aisa hota toh uski shaadi ke bajai apni shaadi kar leta. (Laughs)

Sana: Haaye, phir mera kya hota?

Sidharth: Hmmm.. Haan yaar, tumhara kya hota? (Acts like thinking)

Sana frowns at him. Sidharth laughs.

Sidharth: Par aisa nahi hua kyuki tumhare kismat mein toh bas yahi khadoos likha hai warna tum bhi 3 saal pehle kisi aur se shaadi kar chuki hoti.

Sana: Haan, yeh toh maine socha hi nahi.

Sidharth: Waise, was it an arranged marriage?

Sana: Hmmm, I don't know, we were best friends in college aur usne propose kiya toh I asked my parents and everyone was happy that they decided to get us hitched.

Sidharth: So he loved you?

Sana: I think so.

Sidharth: What about you?

Sana: Obviously no. I never thought about him that way until he proposed.

Sidharth: Where is he now? Is he married?

Sana: He wanted to wait for me but I had my own responsibilities, so I called off the wedding. Almost dedh saal baad, uski mom ne mujhe kaha ki usse samjhao ki wo move on kare. Maine usko samjhaya phir jaake he got married. Abhi woh Canada mein hain ek saal se.

Her phone starts vibrating. She looks at the screen, clenched her teeth and face palms.

Sidharth: Kya hua?

Sana: (Displays her phone screen to him) Tanu hai, maine usko kaha tha ki main breakfast ke baad call karti hoon. Abhi toh lunch time hone ko aaya. Daant padegi.

Sidharth: Wow!! Maza aayega.. speaker pe dalna, mujhe sunna hai. (She frowns) Okay tum baat karo, main 5 minute mein wapas aata hoon, kuch kaam hai. All the best.

He goes out.

Sana: Hello.. (says with a scared tone)

Tanu: Madam ka breakfast hua ki nahi abhi tak?

Sana: Sorry yaar. Ho gaya breakfast, main bhool gayi call karna.

Tanu: Ho kaha tum?

Sana: Main wo.. wo main.. main.. ghar par hi hoon..

Tanu: Achcha? Kiske ghar pe?

Sana: Kya matlab kiske? Me.. me.. mere apne ghar pe..

Tanu: Toh darwaaza kyu nahi khol rahi, itni der se door bell baja rahi hoon. Chal jaldi jaldi darwaaza khol.