THERE'S ANOTHER SKY

Tanebaaz

"le aa gayi teri Rajdhani express" said sidhant as he saw Sarna entering his house...

"hey Bappa, kaha gayi thi re tu, meri to jaan hi nikal gayi thi, Raghu bataya sidhant or teri baate, tu thik hai na?" asked kaki holding sarna's hand as she was standing on her door... Sarna smiled at kaki, she felt happy after hearing her caring words...

"mai thik hu kaki" Sarna said... kaki led her inside the home holding her hand, she made her sit on a cot...

"dekh mai tere ko gussa nahi ho rhi to iska ye matlab nahi hai ki tu apni marji kare, tu mere ghar me reh rahi hai isliye tu meri jimmedari hai, agar tujhe kahi jana ho to bta kr jana mujhe" kaki said her ...

"mai to apke pass hi aa rahi thi kaki pr mujhe rasta nhi yaad tha waha ka jaha aap mujhe kal mile the or maine jab unko bola to unhone mujhe help karne se mana kr diya,isliye mai akeli hi chali gyi" Sarna explained to kaki gesturing towards sidhant...

"hmm thik hai, abhi ye bata kaha gayi thi tu? Koi jhamela to nhi kar rahi hai na tu?" asked kaki

"gayi hogi kisi filam wale ke pass role mangne, ye ladkiya ladke aate hi is liye hai yaha Mumbai, pr inko kya malum inke jaise lakho or bhi hai" sidhant spoke from the kitchen...

"kaki mai kaam ka pata karne gyi thi or mujhe ek ladki mili hai, sham ko use milne jaungi, shayad vo kuch kaam dilane me madad karde" Sarna said

"thik hai, acha hai kaam mil jaye tujhe" kaki said

"ji kaki or fir uske baad jitna jaldi ho sake mai rehne ki jagah bhi dhundh lugi" Sarna said in her sweet voice...

"eh kaki isko bop jaldi nahi turant dhundhle rehne ki jagah, ye koi dharamshala nahi hai ki jab marji tak rahe yaha" sidhant again spoke from the kitchen...

"aye shane, tu apna muh ka dhakan band rakh na, bhul matt tu bhi mere hi karan reh raha hai ghar me, khud to kuch kaam karta nahi hai, bas jab dekho chapar chapar" kaki said in an irritating tone...

"eh kaki faltu ka bakwas matt kar ha mere samne, tujhe teen time ka khana bana kr deta hu or ghar ka dhyan bhi rakhta hu" sidhant said coming out of the kitchen, he was holding a spatula in his hand and was pointing same at kaki...

"ghar ka dhyan rakhta hai to aise bol rha hai jaise koi raja maharaja yaha sona chandi chorh gaye ho jinhe chori hone se bacha rha hai, abhi tera bakar bakar ho gya ho to ja kr apne bete ko school se le aa, uska chuti ka time ho gya hai" kaki said in her kadak tone making sidhant shut his mouth...  He stomped his feet and went inside the kitchen... Sarna, who was looking at their Mahabharat was trying to control her smile after looking at sidhant's pissed face...

"Abhi tu bhi jyada dant mat nikal ha, ja jakr muh hath dho or khana khane ko aaja, bhuk lagi hogi na tujhe or tere chuhe ko jo tere pet me mast baitha hai" kaki said in a teasing tone but she didn't know how she had made Sarna go back in her past... Kaki stood and went inside the kitchen to look at what sidhant was preparing for lunch...

Sarna got up from the cot and was lost in her thoughts... She remembered how happy she was a few weeks ago when she didn't have any idea about her future... How much she was in love with that person... How her mom used to call her every evening to know her well-being ... she suddenly missed everything from her past life...

"are tu abhi tak yahi khadi hai? khana nahi kahne ka hai tujhe?" aksed kaki as she came out of the kitchen...

"Ji vo mera mann nahi kr rha hai, aap kha lijiye, mai fresh ho kr thodi der aaram kr leti hu, fir sham ko bahar bhi jana hoga mujhe" said Sarna coming out of her thoughts...

"dekh mai tere ko khana ko le kr jabardasti nahi karugi kyuki mere ko malum hai aise time me mann machalta hai, or tu apna sehat soch ka bhi soch or agar apna nahi to apne bhavishya ka soch" kaki tried to make her understand but sidhant came out of the kitchen and cut kaki's sentence in between...

"bhavishya ki baat to tu aise kar rahi hai jaise isne koi jang ladne jana hai or agar ye ek time kuch na khayi to behosh ho kr gir jayegi" he said in a taunting tone...

"aye halkat tere ko 100 baar boli hu ki muh band rakha kr pr nahi tujhe to bak bak Karna hai, ja jakr apna kam kr" kaki said in a bored tone... sidhant made an irritating face and left from the house...

"tu ja firesh ho kr aa" said to Sarna and this time she made sure Sarna went to loo ...

after 15 minutes sidhant came back home with vishwash in his hands and his bag on his (sidhant's) back... he saw kaki having her lunch sitting on the floor as usual and eating items were placed on the small table present there... looking around he didn't saw Sarna there... he made vishawash stand on the ground... vishawash immediately ran towards his kaki and hugged her...

"kaki, aaj malum kya hua" and as his daily habit, he started telling his grandma what happened the whole day... sidhant slowly went inside the kitchen and saw it empty too, he was getting curious to know where Sarna was... he didn't know why was he getting curious ... he slowly tried to look inside the room from kitchen as both were opposite of each other... but he didn't get any clue of Sarna... he slowly looked out of the window to see whether kaki or vishwash were looking in his direction or not, by his chance they both were busy in their daily talks... sidhant slowly walked towards room and finally saw Sarna laying on the bed with her one hand on her closed eyes...

sidhant's pov

lagta hai aaj jyada hi bol diya mai, khana bhi nhi khayi, pr mujhe kya, bhad me Jaye... soyi to aise hai jaise khudke ghar me ho, ye sab kaki ka kiya dhara hai, jyada hi iski sagi banti hai... ab Bappa ise jaldi se jaldi mere ghar se nikale warna ye kaki mujhe or mere laddu ko roj jamin pr sulayegi or ye maharani mere bistar pr soyegi...

"baba! khana khila" ye laddu ko bhi chain nahi hai...

"aaa rha hu, tere ghar me dalne wale kapdhe nikal lu"  (sidhant's pov end)

hearing sidhant's voice Sarna moved her hand from her eyes and saw him standing at the room's door, he was looking out of the room and as soon he turned his face, Sarna got up and sat properly on the bed with her dupatta neatly hanging on her neck... sidhant didn't glance at her, he just pulled out a dress for vishawash from old wooden almirah and went out of room...

Sarna pov :

I woke up after a good nap and saw the time, it was 5 pm... I realized that I had slept for more than 4 hours in the day, which means am got to stay awake at night... Hmmm what can I do now, I should get ready as I have to be outside that building by 6 pm and meet payal... I got up from the bed and walked out of the room after correcting my clothes... I saw him and vishwash sitting in the living room and they were doing something in notebooks, maybe vishwash's homework... Good, see this man doing something good... I went inside loo and after getting fresh, I combed my hair and came in the kitchen to drink water... I didn't see kaki at home so I thought to inform that heartless man in case kaki returned before me... So I came into the living room and spoke...

"mai kaam ke silsile me bahar ja rahi hu, shayad ek ghante me wapis aa jau, agar kaki mere aane se pahle aa gayi to unhe bata dena star building ke pass ke area me gayi hu mai" I said in once without waiting for his response...

"lagta hai logo ko khudse baat karne ki gandi adat hai tabhi hawa me hi bole ja rahe hai, huh" he again taunted me, ye samjhta kya hai khudko, TANE BAAZ aadmi kahi ka...

"mai hawa se nahi apse baat kar rahi hu, agar gardan hilani aati ho to use thoda hila kr upar dekhe taki apko nazar aaye mai apko hi bol rahi thi" I said taunting him... What? Pahle usne taunt mara...

He suddenly got up from his place and stood in front of me due to which I got shocked and stepped back...

"ek to mere ko tera samajh nhi aata, kabhi tu mujhe tu keh kr baat karti hai to kabhi aap keh kr, mere pass khadne me teri sitti pitti gul ho jati hai or fir bhi mujhe tu tana marti hai, tu chij kya hai be?" he said again in same taunting tone... Khotte kithe da!