Part-51

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Mimi- Mumma! Mumma!

Mimi came running with tears in her eyes.

Anokhi- Kya hua bacha?

Mimi- Mu...m...Mu...Maa woh.. woh gaplu!!!! Gaplu ki aankh nhi mil rhi mumma... Abhi Gaplu kaise dekhega mumma! Gaplu ko dard hoga mumma!

She started to cry.

Anokhi- Ohho Mimi! Achaa Gaplu ko lekar aao. Mein dekhti hoon.

Mimi runs and gets her gaplu.

Mimi- Aaram se mumma! Gaplu ko pain hoga.

Anokhi- Arre mumma Gaplu ko aankhen laga degi ok?

Mimi- Sach mumma?

Anokhi- Yes shona. Kal tak laga degi.
Abhi aap jao homework karo. Mumma tab tak Gaplu ko repair kar degi.

Anokhi goes to cupboard and finds a button which looked like gaplus eyes and starts to stitch it there. Shaurya sits by her side admiring her. When she notices this she starts to blush.

Anokhi- Aise kya dekh rhe ho? Hmmm.

Shaurya- Hmm. Pata nhi. Confused hoon.

Anokhi- Kya hua? Kis cheez ke baare mein confused hoon.

Shaurya- Pata nhi. I mean tum tumhare baare mein. Ki tum mein kya dekh rha hoon jo aankhen pher nhi paa rha. Kya tumhare aankhen sabse khoobsurat hai yaa tumhara yeh sweet seb jaise gaal. Tum best jo jaan. Tumhe dekhkar bas ek sukoon saa lagta hai.

Anokhi- Tum bhi naa! Always romantic....

Shaurya- Arre mein seriously bol rha hoon aur tum mazak samjh rhi ho isse.

Anokhi- Naa. Par fir bhi tum bhi naa. Sharm aa rhi hai. Aise mat dekha karo.

Shaurya- Toh kaise dekhoon? Bata do kyunki dekhna band nhi kar sakta?

Anokhi- Har din same face dekh kar bore nhi hote?

Shaurya- Tum nhi hoti?

Anokhi- Haan hoti hoon par tumhara sweetness kabhi kafi nhi hai. Jitne sweet rehte ho mere sath aur sweetness ki umeed ho jati hai. Aur bas dil nhi samjhta. Aur tum bhi expectations badhate rehte ho mere.

Shaurya- Matlab bas sweet hi reh gya? Hmmm.

Anokhi- Mera matlab woh nhi tha. I mean I love you. Sorry but shayd mein waise tumhe kabhi pyaar naa kar paun jaise tum karte ho par... Tumhare sath khush rehti hoon. Par kuch bhi kar loon I am emotionally rigid. I blossom in your protection and care. I feel so much better around you. But it is hard to love fully. I mean that way. It's not the same kind of mad love that a teenager falls into.

Shaurya- Hmmm. But this is no lesser love. To me that is the greatest compliment you can give me. Ki tum mere sath safe feel karti ho. Ki tum mere sath apne dil ki baatein, dard, khushi, khwaish share kar sakti ho. Bas itne mein hi khush hoon. Aur tum care karti ho meri. Waise nhi jaise mein care karta hoon. Par care karti ho. You get attracted to me. You enjoy my company. You like and respect me. That's enough I guess.

Shaurya quickly turns his face away to hide his tears.

Anokhi- Shaurya! Ro mat. Bilkul accha nhi lagta. Tum rote ho naa toh dil dukhta hai bohot.

Shaurya- Achaa? Par kyu? Kyunki tumne mujhe rulaya aur tum guilty feel kar rhi ho? Yaa phir tum mujhe takleef mein nhi dekh sakti.

Anokhi- Shaurya!

Shaurya- Kyunki? Tum mujhe takleef mein nhi dekh sakti. Ek alag fikar hai tumhe mere liye. Jis din late hota hoon bechain rehti ho. Toh? Shayd pyaar nhi, aashiqui nhi but best buddies hai.

Anokhi- Shaurya I carry your baby. And I am not passionate about you. I just enjoy you around me.

Shaurya- Are you regretting this? Now! That hum kareeb aaye? Huh!
Anokhi! I.... Har rishta ek jaisa nhi hota. Rishte same naa ho matlab yeh nhi ki kam zyada hai. Anokhi I... I was willing to wait forever. But you seem to have given up. On love and on healing..... On me....

Anokhi- How do I not give up! I can never lose my friendship with you. I find you incredibly attractive but love? Love is something that is... I always thought there will be this one grand day that I will fall head over heels some day. There was a point on the ship that I... I like you. You are funny, sweet, caring... But love? Not going to happen ever.... And I know what a loss it is to not be able to love. I know you thought I was moving forward. But we have moved miles close as friends but as lovers I have not taken any steps towards you. And that is just not fair.

Shaurya- On you? Yes. Being with you is my end return. But this! Trying to be in love with me is not working.  You know what we should separate..... You know hum dost ho hai.
His voice was trembling.

Anokhi- Ab shadi ho gyi hai humari aur sab kya! And that's not the point. The point is!!!! The point is....

Shaurya- I like you. Yehi kehna chahti ho naa. Tumhe aadat ho gyi hai naa meri?

Anokhi- Haan. Kaun rakhega mera khayal. But agar mein pyaar nhi karti toh bura kyu laga jab aap mujhse baat nhi kar rhe the.

Shaurya- Doston se bhi toh umeed hoti hai. Doston se bhi pyaar hota hai. Bas woh wala pyaar tum mujhse nhi kar paayi. Par yeh wala pyaar karti ho. Dosti wala pyaar.

Anokhi- Toh ab? I want this baby with you.

Shaurya- Me too! Maybe we should split on paper. Not be married to each other. We can still be roomies for the rest of our lives..... Be in like this live in forever......

Anokhi- Tumhare ghar wale samjhenge?

Shaurya- Nhi. Sochne do mujhe.

How was it? Do comment.... I know no one expected this track. But haan kuch naya concept hi ban gya mujhse.

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