Ek Ajnabee Haseena

chapter 22

Tarika, walked upto rajveer's ward, looking through the glass circle on the door, he seemed to be just lying there, like always. She smiled, looking at him, when she noticed, his eyes blink. She immediately, shocked, surprised, excited, she walked over to him. He opened his eyes after continuously blinking, as tarika was waiting for him to see her.

"shweta...." he blurted out, as tarika felt this pinch inside of her heart, when shweta entered the room, with a cup of coffee.

"tum! Tumhe kisne andar aane diya!" exclaimed shweta, as tarika attempted to stop her.

"woh, uth gaye the, uhhm, main.." attempted tarika to explain.

"tumhare kaaran hi uth nahi paa rahe the..." reminded shweta, as tarika felt like a salt was rubbed on her already hurting wound.

"shweta..." called rajveer, again, as she rushed over to him.

"raj..." she called happily, tears rolling down her eyes, as she immediately hugged him.

"main kahan hoon..." he asked, as tarika just left from there, realising she was never going to belong there.

She stood by the wall outside the wall, crying heavily, and screaming, as it started to sink in.

Ab koi aas na umeed bachi ho jaise
Ab koi aas na umeed bachi ho jaise
Teri fariyad magar mujhme dabi ho jaise

She saw the nurse come in front of her, as she unwantedly was asking her to leave, as tarika just wanted one second more, but it just wasn't allowed.

Jaagte jaagte ik umrr
Kati ho jaise
Jaagte jaagte ik umrr
Kati ho jaise

She walked outside the hospital, her feet felt so numb like never before, as she reached outside the hospital. She looked back again at the hospital, as it was the last time...

Ab koi aas na umeed
Bachi ho jaise.

She stopped an auto rickshaw, stating her address, as she got inside.

Raste chalte hain
Magar paaon thame lagte hain,

Hum bhi is barf ke manzar mein
Jame lagte hain,

Jaan baaki hai magar saans ruki ho jaise

Tarika walked to her appatment, unlocking the house, only for the key to not work this time....she stried again, very hard, but the key broke inside. She looked back, a name plate was there,

'rajveer& shweta'

She looked down and found her name plate, her name next to rajveer's. It was thrashed, looked like it fell down the garbage bag outside.

Waqt ke paas latife bhi hain
Marham bhi hai
Kya karoon main ke mere dil mein
Tera gham bhi hai.

She carried it along with her and walked down the stairs.

Meri har saans
Tere naam likhi ho jaise
Koi fariyad tere dil mein
Dabi ho jaise.

She sat outside the building, in a park bench. She took her bag, and coat, to cover herself, lying down on the bench, the name plate close to her chest. She closed her eyes, and it was too painful for even tears to come out.

Kis se khafa ho jaoon
Aks hain dono mere
Kis se judaa ho jaoon,

Mujhse kuch teri nazar pooch
Rahi ho jaise.

She was shaking, the chilly wind seemed to not leave her alone. Only the night's darkness all around her eyes, only the name plate kept warm, close to her chest.

Raat kuch aisi kati hai ke
Sehar hi na mili
Jism se jaan ke nikalne
Khabar hi naa mili.

Zindagi tez bohat tez chali ho jaise
Zindagi tez bohat tez chali ho jaise

She closed her eyes, letting sleep finding it's way back to her soon.

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She opened her eyes, finding a room unknown to her, as she saw abhijeet sitting on the foot of the bed, and immediately got up, he handed her a cup of warm tea.

"aur ek ghanta aap wahan letti na, toh aapko pneumonia toh hota hi, phepdhde bhi jam jaate..." remarked abhijeet, as tarika started to sip from the cup.

"kuch khaaya bhi nahi hoga aapne..." confirmed abhijeet, as tarika nodded in agreement.

"kya banaon?" asked abhijeet, as tarika just looked at him strangely.

"aapko toh vikram ne bhi sab bata hi diya hoga....aap phir bhi kyun kar rahe hain meri help?" questioned tarika.

"tarika ji, hum sabne aisa kuch na kuch kiya hi hota hai, jisse hum sharminda rehte hain hamesha...kaveri ke saath jab yeh sab hua, main hi uss din gaadi chala raha tha...ladai ho rahi thi hamari...aur maine bahaut kuch keh diya usse aisa, joh main nahi chahta tha ki main kahoon...par, maine phir apna paschatap bhi kiya...aap ko bhi toh mauka milna chahiye galti sudharne ka.." explained abhijeet, as tarika kept the cup of tea aside.

"maine bas ek galti nahi ki hai..." stated tarika, as it all started to come in front of her eyes.

Kaise bichdoon ke wo
Mujhme hi kahin rehta hai
Us se jab bachke guzarta hoon
Toh ye lagta hai,

Wo nazar chhupke mujhe dekh rahi ho jaise.

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Author's note: hey guys sorry for the late update, but now my exams are over, so i'll be more regular. Also, i have a question for you, for the sequel of two stories of marriage, kavi and ishyant both would be having two teenage daughter and son, so if their is a specific teenage Indian tv actor, who you would like to play them, you can tell me in the comments down below, and you can even suggest the name their character you would like to have...so let me know.