Dooriyan diaries

Passing

At breakfast next day:-

Tej-Shaurya puttar! Woh makhan pass kar.

Shaurya was absent minded and didn't hear.

Tej-Shaurya!

Shaan pats him on the back. Shaurya comes back to the present.

Shaurya-Ji dad.

Shaan-Tej bhaisaab butter mang rhe the pass kar. Tu theekh toh hai?

Shaurya-Haan. Mujhe kya hua hai? Theekh hoon. In fact mera breakfast ho gya hai. Actually mein room se kuch papers lata hoon. Aaj ke liye zaroori hai woh. Excuse me.

Shaan-Shaurya!

Shaurya-Dad aata hoon.

Aastha-Usne toh kuch khaya hi nhi.
Mein usse samjhati hoon.

She gets up and goes to the room. Shaurya was sitting on the bed and scrolling through some old photos.

Aastha-Shaurya. I know tum usse miss kar rhe ho. But khana toh padega naa. Usse call karke bataoon?

Shaurya-Arre nhi. Bas aaj bhookh nhi hai.

Aastha-Chup! Mein tera khana lati hoon. Aur tujhe apne hathon se khilaungi.

It was taking her time. Shaurya thought she must be busy with something so he decided to leave. Just as he was leaving, Aastha came in with a plate of cheese omlette.

Aastha-Yaad hai yeh woh first item hai jo Anokhi ne banaya tumhare liye? Chalo mein khila deti hoon. Mooh kholo.

She lovingly feeds him.

Shaurya-Thanks maa.

He hugs Aastha.

Aastha-Tu kuch bhi share kar sakta hai mujhse. Theekh hai?

Shaurya-Haan maa.

Shaurya and Aastha then leave for their respective work places.

Anokhi on the other hand got late. She had to skip breakfast but more importantly her call with PS to get to class. The class schedule was hectic. 
Rest of the day Shaurya was impatient. It was a bit of a struggle to focus on things because this morning had not started with Anokhi's call. He had texted her but she had not seen it. Maybe she was in class.

Shaurya-Yeh Anokhi bhi naa. Pata nhi kab call karegi.

It was evening and now he was oscillating in the room looking at her Instagram page and checking whatsapp in every 5 min. Then he gets Anokhi's call.

Shaurya-Arre abhi tak call kyu nhi kia. Class ho gya tha naa do baje tak toh?

Anokhi-Arre woh kuch kaam tha.

Shaurya-Aisa kya kaam tha ki ek call nhi ho paya.

Anokhi-Shaurya mein busy thi yaar.

Shaurya-Achaa chodo. Chalo abhi bhi busy hi hogi. Yahan mein marr gya tha almost. Paglon jaise whatsapp dekh rha hoon aur tum busy thi. Ab toh sem start bhi nhi hua hai. Toh itni busy kyu thi tum?

Anokhi-Shaurya!

Shaurya-Ek second. Tum rone lagi ho. Sorry. Pata nhi mujhe kya ho jata hai. Tension mein kuch bhi kehta hoon. Sorry. I understand settle karne mein thoda time lagta hai. Chalo koi naa. Dinner kia yaa karne jaogi.

Anokhi-Haan ho gya hai.

Shaurya-Anokhi off sound kar rhi ho. Kya hua?

Anokhi-Kuch nhi bas thak gyi hoon.

Shaurya-Sach naa? You know what mujhe kuch tasli nhi mil rhi.

Anokhi-Sach Shaurya. It was a long day. Mujhe bohot tired feel ho rha hai.

Shaurya-Achaa dinner karke so jana.

Anokhi instead just quietly went on the bed and was lieing down recollecting the events of the day. She remembered the professor making fun of her wrong answer in the class. After which there was a surprise quiz meant to gauge average level of students in one subject. The paper was very hard. She felt she was not able to do well. She couldn't tell this to Shaurya. He would feel very bad as her professor. So she was very, very upset. She somehow went to sleep.

Next day morning she found Shaurya's text on her phone.

Shaurya-Jaan something was off yesterday. Kuch toh hua tha. Tum chupa rhi thi. It's ok. I am always there.

Anokhi was on one hand a bit cheered up by the message. On the other hand she wished he could be actually there.
She headed to class after texting him briefly. The teacher announced results of the quiz. It turned out everyone had done miserably. She was not the best but not the worst either. She gave a sigh of relief. She headed out after class. She wanted to eat something and headed for food. As she smelt the coffee she was reminded of Shaurya. It suddenly hit her very, very hard. She couldn't understand why. She started sobbing. She ran into the washroom and cried. But break time was over so she came out and went to class. Struggling to concentrate but somehow she managed and the day was done. After a while Shaurya called her. She couldn't pick it up. She knew his call would make her cry. And hearing her cry he would cry too. Later in the evening she picked up his call but words would not come out. She kept the phone down. Shaurya was tearing his hair apart. Had she moved on? But no this was Anokhi. She really loved him. Yes that was it! Anokhi always concealed her emotions. Maybe she was going through stuff. Maybe she was missing him. He texts her.

Shaurya-Missing me?

Anokhi-No.

Shaurya-Lie. You can't forget it all Anokhi. I understand its hard for you. But please talk to me. You aren't going to feel better by avoiding me. I know you are doing this so that I don't start crying. But jaan. Mein tumhare sath banta chahta hoon. I know tum bhi share karna chahti ho.

And just then Anokhi calls him. She was crying a lot.

Anokhi-I miss you so, so much.

Shaurya-I know. Mein bhi. Aur kuch toh baat nhi hai.

Anokhi-Nhi.

Shaurya-Sach bolo.

Anokhi-Shaurya darr lag rha hai. Woh class mein kuch pucha tha. Maine galat answer dia. Everyone made fun of me.

Shaurya-Ok. Question kya tha?

Anokhi-She tells the question.

Shaurya-Anokhi! I should not have let that Mrs.Bhigwankar take that class. Usse toh yeh sab tumhe padhana chahiye tha. But it's ok. Mein iska revision karwa dunga. Video call par.

Anokhi-Sach?

Shaurya-Haan. Arre it is easy. I will help you on Saturday ok. Don't worry.

Anokhi-I love you. I thought you will feel bad.

Shaurya-Arre! Anyways from next time no hiding!

Anokhi-Ok.

They make some small talk and heavy heartedly keep the phone down.

How is it guys? Hope you are liking it. Do comment. This maybe short. Mostly not more than 10 chapters or so. And then ciao for me maybe! So have fun till then.