Shaurya- Anokhi tum change karlo. Mein handle kar lunga sab. Theekh hai?
Anokhi- Nhi. Mein rahungi jab baat hogi. It is happening to me Shaurya. I need to be the one to tell it.
Shaurya- I just didn't want you to feel drained.
Anokhi- I know. But if I feel drained I will have the conversation later. But its us who should be talking about it. It is happening to us. I know this has broken you as much as it did me. Which is why both of us need to be there when we share with the family.
Shaurya- Mumma ko kab bulana hai? Aaj bulaye ghar pe baat karne ke liye?
Anokhi- Hmmm. Let's get done with it.
As they step in, Devi and Gaytri were at the door.
Shaurya and Anokhi just walked upstairs without saying anything which shocked them. Shaurya called Anokhi's mom, Babli, Reema and Ahir to their house for dinner. He left downstairs to tell Devi that they would be joined by friends and family for dinner.
Devi- Koi good news hai?
Kanchan- Shaurya bhaiya thoda spoiler toh de do. Please. I deserve to know.
Shaurya- Nhi. Shaam ko bata dunga. Abhi kuch kaam hai. Bye.
He leaves.
Devi- Shaurya kitna pareshan lag rha hai. Kahin koi baat toh nhi.
Kanchan- Aisi kya baat hogi. Shayd kuch kaam kar rhe ho. Aap sochiye mat. Hum taiyari kar lete hai shaam ki.
Shaurya was standing in the balcony, staring at the sky. Everything that he did seemed futile, incorrect, insensitive, rough. What was the right way to respond?
Anokhi was on the bed contemplating everything. She was thinking about how long term is recovery going to be. Was there more to it than the doctor said? How long would she be an invalid? Did it mean Shaurya would have to stay at home too? Would that be fair on him? But life was not being fair. How was she going to tackle him? How can she get through this inexpressive person who was doing the logistics like calling people up so that she doesn'tstress?
Devi enters.
Devi- Anokhi tum free ho thoda hath bata sakti ho kitchen mein? I mean woh Rama ji aa rhi hai aur Babli bhi. Unki pasand napasand ka khayal rakhna hoga. Aur kuch special unko pasand ho toh uski recipe bhi hume samjha do.
Shaurya enters.
Shaurya- Anokhi kuch kaam nhi karegi. Abhi aayi hai. Aap firse usse bahu banane mein lag gye ho! Aapko samjh nhi aaya usko ghar ka kaam nhi karna chahiye iss haal mein.
Kanchan- Congratulations Anokhi! Maine guess kar liya hai. Anokhi pregnant hai. Isliye aapne sabko bulaya. Aur aap uske health ko leke pareshan ho. Kyu Shaurya bhaiya sahi pakda naa maine.
Shaurya- Kash yhi baat hoti. Kash.
He walks off from there for he didn't know how to evade the volley of questions that would be thrown at him. How would look at his badi maa who would look through her soft eyes into his for answers. He just wanted to sob in her arms but this was not the plan. They have to stick to the plan. The plan being the reveal will be once. He can't put Anokhi through the stress of having to conversation again and again.
Anokhi looks at him. She wanted him to be ok. She could not see him hurt. She wanted to put his pieces together.
Anokhi(In her mind)- Hell! I can't even fix myself how I am going to fix him up! But I got to try.
She rises from the bed. Before her feet could touch the floor, Shaurya stopped in his tracks.
Shaurya- Bed se utarna bhi mat. Mein kahi nhi jaa rha. Mein yhi hoon. Tum rest karo. Aur mein aapse baad mein baat karunga. Sab pohonch jayenge toh batana.
Devi and Kanchan at this point knew that some awful news lay in front of them. But they saw Shaurya putting up a strong front and so was Anokhi putting up. So Devi and Kanchan went back to making dinner. The kitchen was all about nervous energies. Meanwhile Anokhi and Shaurya were sitting in their own silence until Anokhi finally chose to say.
Anokhi- Sab ko pata chalega tab? Sab bikhar jaenge. Meri wajah se.
Shaurya- Nhi. Nhi. Kuch nhi hoga. Mein aisa kuch nhi hone dunga. Tum socho mat. Tumhe rest karna chahiye.
Anokhi- Mein thodasa freshen up hoke aati hoon.
Shaurya- Darwaza andar se mat band karna. Kuch bhi chahiye toh batana mein bahar hi hoon. Theekh hai?
Anokhi- Hmmm.
Anokhi starts to freshen up and change into some decent clothes for dinner. But she was struggling with wearing the anarkali she had selected. It exhausts her to try to wear it.
Shaurya- Jaan ho gya?
Anokhi- Kuch aur do. Yeh pasand nhi aa rha.
Shaurya- Theekh hai laal wali anarkali doon?
Anokhi- Nhi. Kuch aur. Koi salwar suit yaa phir woh jumpsuit de do naa.
Shaurya- Achaa.
He passes her the jumpsuit which is easier to slip on. She looks at herself in the mirror. How much is all of this going to change her? Is this going to change her inside out. What she is exactly going to tell her family. Should she just say breast cancer and keep it simple? Maybe she should. She takes a deep breath trying to still her mind. She comes out from the washroom.
Anokhi- Chalte hai.
Shaurya- Anokhi you will manage the stairs? Sorry I have not got started with research yet. I mean I don't know the dos and don'ts. I promise to learn them all soon. Until then please correct me ok. Bas ishara kar dena. Wait a second. Mein kya bole jaa rha hoon. I am sorry if I making this awkward. I mean. I don't know what to say. I don't know what's the right thing to say.
Anokhi- You always know. Don't break your back on research. Do it later. Today is a long day for both of us. And I need you by my side not on your phone making notes of things to say to a cancer patient. I am Anokhi. Not a cancer patient or even Anokhi, the cancer patient. Just Anokhi.
Shaurya- Hmm.
Shaurya and Anokhi walk downstairs.
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