The journey in the train (completed)

Ch-21

" Are you fine??? Should I call the doctor" sana said, ignoring his question?
" no, no need of a doctor I am just fine" he answered her with a long sigh.
" What happened to you??, it's a panic attack, koi baat hai jiski wajah se ye hua hai, do you want to share with me" she concerned, caressing his chicks softly and firmly.
" I love directing, I just love it" he confessed.
" then why do you leave it??" she asked, he made her turn as his front touched with her back hugging her from the back, his hand rested on her abdomen while her on his hands squeezing it on her hold.
"I, Rishabh and Sonali were best friends, we met in school then went together to University, we had different streams but we choose one extra curriculum activity that's theatre, we used to act, a dance representing our college in competitions, you know it became our life, we just love it, the graduation years passed in a blink when we had a time between a result, we think of making a short movie, me as a director , Rishabh and Neha as actor and Sonali as
writer ,it's all so good, I was doing what I like with my favourite people, my family was very supportive, they used to motivate me" he starts telling her the part of his life.
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" how was the night men?" Sonali teased him.
" it's must be good, awaze to achi aa rhi thi" Rishabh joined her, he gave both of them a hard look.
" looks like it was a disaster"
" disaster, it was a fiasco, men how the hell, she talks about his favourite actor when I am... Leave it" the silence is engulfed for some time before both of his friends laugh out loud.
" Assholes" he commented throwing cushions on their faces.
" nh seriously tell me, which actor does she talk about," Rishabh asked after a while controlling his laughter.
" kisse baat kr rhi hai ye?" sidharth asked Rishabh about Sonali.
" I don't know men she is not telling anything, khuch dino se she is behaving differently."
" What happened?? Is everything fine???" both of them asked her, she starts crying sitting on the sofa.
" Sonali babes ky hua, tell us we are here darling,"
" my family wants me to get married"
" tujhe nh karni hai to mana kar de, abhi teri age hi kya hai"
" you both know I belong to a small village, they sent me here, wahi bhut badi baat hai"
" they understand you baba, see tu unhe manaegi toh woh maan jayege, khuch saal or lele jab tak tu ready nh hoti" sidharth tried to make her understand.
" I will never be ready, I can't marry any men because I don't feel like that, I am a lesbian" she cried harder revealing about her secret.
" now you both will also stop talking to me right, I know aisa hi hoga, koi accept nh karta"
" Hey hey are you mad, no we didn't think like that, we are proud at least you know who you are and voiced it out, it's not at all easy to do that"
" they know but phir bhi woh cahte hai me shadi kar Lu, kaise karlu"
" tune mana Karne ki koshish nh ki"
" I did everything, yesterday he got a minor heart attack because I refused, I have no option left, I have to go tonight," she said wiping her face.
" Sonali" she looked at them.
"I love you guys so much, thank you for making my life this much beautiful, I came back soon fir hum apni movie complete range or shadi ka card dene zaroor aaungi" she said hugging them tightly.
" yrr pehle bata deti mera break up to na hota, my ex used to think we have something" Rishabh joked making her smile.
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It has been two weeks since Sonali went to her parent's house, she called them informing them about her father's health and assuring them that there will be no marriage shortly after abhi.
" I missed her" Rishabh expressed.
" me too, chal let's get back to work, edit karlete hai, last scene hi shoot hona rehta hai, ek din me ho jayega" sidharth said going back to his seat with the laptop.
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" she is not picking up the phone" Rishabh whispered, the result out today, as usually, Sonali topped the chart.
" why?? Let me try" they both tried umpteenth time.
" she denied us to call her, ab tak to use aa jana chiye tha yaar dedh mahina ho gya, sb thik to hai na" Rishabh voiced out, the fear gripped their heart, the next morning they decided to leave for her hometown Mulsi near Pune.
They reached her house after asking many people who gave them a suspicious look, her mom opened the door, she knows them as they talk to her several times.
" aunty woh Sonali kha hai," the word died in his mouth when his eyes stuck on a photo frame with garland, Rishabh followed his gaze and the next moment he lost his composure and fell on the floor.
" ye sb kese, kab hua" they asked after a while, crying their heart out.
" suicide kia usne" her brother informed them.
" no no we cant believe she is the strongest girl we always know"
" you are asking them sidharth you don't have to, ye sb inki hi galti hai they did this to her" Rishabh yelled, Rishabh and sonali are more closer than sidharth and sonali, they had a great bonding, they teased him together, they had same preferences in several things.
" nikal jao mere ghar se" her father roared.
" stop it papa, stop it, taai aaj humare bich aap logo ki wajah se nh hai, she told you nh kar skti woh ye saadi, aap logo ne zabardasti ki, aap logo ne aur..." her brother broke down in front of them, Nishant used to visit her sister when he gets close to both, they treat him as the younger brother," sidharth hug him tightly.
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" After that, we didn't talk about the film at all, the direction with Sonali that was also gone from our lives, me and Rishabh choose another path in our lives, and with time we lost each other, I don't know where he is, what he is doing, nothing... I don't know I like writing par I start loving it, woh mujhe peace dene Laga tha ek unknown sa" he completed, the tears flowing carelessly on his cheeks, sana turned her face towards him, wiping the tears on his face, pecking his lips.
" do you miss them??"
" I do, they were my life at one moment" he answered her with all honesty.
" you never tried to contact Rishabh"
" Kia tha, but he grew distant, and one day the he may be changed his number.
" I felt guilty too much, hum uske liye khuch nh kar paaye, nothing, she told us, she shared however humne khuch nh kia" he said hitting his head with his hand with force.
" sidharth stops it, stop it Baba, it's not your fault, it's not, stop blaming yourself," she said hugging him.
" tum teeno me se sbse zyada film making kisko achi lagti thi," she asked trying to distract his mind.
" sonali, she loved it usi ka idea tha, ye sb karna, she convinced us aur hum maan gye the"
" toh ye to simple hai, tum usko pura karo, woh uska dream tha, syd usko pura Karne se, you will get peace."
" I can't.....I can't, it's not possible" he screamed stepping out from the mattress towards the railing.
" I know it's difficult, aur me tumhe force nh karungi, lekin you get this panic attack jiska mtlb hai woh baat abhi bhi tumhe press kar rhi hai, tum dono ko closure nh mila, syd us story ko pura krke you will get, just think about that," she said patting on his shoulder, leaving him alone for some time to think.
He came after a while in the room, getting into the blanket he hugged her body, kissing her neck.
" Maharashtra the next, Rishabh used to live in Mumbai, let's just find out where he is, I can't do it alone" he voiced out in a low voice, she turned on his side facing him, a small smile playing on her lips, she nods taking his lips into her for a passionate kiss....

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