The whole night Shaurya tossed and turned on his bed as he was sifting through his beliefs. More and more what Anokhi said started to make sense. There was no way to determine the unbiased sequence of events that had happened on that unfortunate day. Apart from that this was just a choice. A difficult decision that was more about what he wants then the situation in itself. And Anokhi firmly believed his decision if carried out with certain basic human respect would not define him or should not earn him a label except that he was a human, a feeling being. This was not an easy thought to accept. Moreover, when ever he looked at Junaid he felt like the child was carrying hurt on another level. And he just wished he could make it better. But he could not. The next day morning he woke the boy up and dropped him of at an orphanage and completed all the paperwork.
Junaid- Bhaiya aap dekhne aaoge naa mujhe?
Shaurya- Hmmm. Haan.
Shaurya knew this was not easy promise to keep. Whenever he met Junaid his intestines got twisted inside out but he had to do it. The child has asked him of so little.
Shaurya could not bring a smile on his face. The boy just hugged him out of sheer fear of what lay ahead in life for him. This was a world he didn't understand and the world he did understand which was his mother was robbed of him.
Shaurya- Sab khayal rakhenge tumhara yahan.
Junaid- Par maa toh nhi hai. Uske eliva mera koi nhi.
Shaurya- Arre! Aisi baat nhi hai. Sab acche log hai yahan, tumhe bohot pyaar aur khayal denge.
Junaid- Aap bhi bhaiya?
Shaurya- Mein tumse milne aaunga naa roz. I promise.
Junaid- OK bhaiya.
Junaid makes a sad face and leaves from there.
Shaurya didn't know what to do with a Sunday that would be sent on overthinking. Maybe go home? He went to the Sabbarwaal house.
Shaurya- Hello Kanchan!
Kanchan- Hi bhaiya!
Shaurya-Hey!
He gives her side ways hug.
Kanchan- Bhaiya ho gya aapka kaam?
Shaurya- Haan. Birthday acchese manyaya uska par. Khair usko sab padand aaya. Thanks for the help Kanchan.
Kanchan- My pleasure bhaiya!
Devi- Kal raat kahan the?
Shaurya- Bahar. Kuch kaam tha.
Devi- Puri raat aisa kya kaam tha?
Shaurya- Badi maa aap trust nhi karti mujhpe?
Devi- Dusron ki niyat pe nhi karti.
Shaurya- Aur mere kabiliyat pe?
Devi- Shaurya tum bhole ho.
Shaurya- Bas badi maa. Mujhe apni zindagi apni marzi se jinne ka hak hai yaa nhi.
Devi- Beta! Aisa kya kar dia maine...
Shaurya- Kuch nhi. Jab mann karega keh dunga.
Devi- Kahin tum uss Astha yaa Anokhi ke sathnhi the.
Shaurya- Nhi! Aur iss baat pe aapko khushi hai? Ki mein apni maa ke sath nhi hoon?
Devi- Shaurya Aastha ne kya kia tha bhul gye?
Shaurya- Nhi! Par mein kya kar sakta hoon samjh gya hoon. Aagey badh sakta hoon. Chun sakta hoon ki kya chahta hoon. Aur ab baat nhi karni ispe. Bohot mushkil se mood theekh karne ki koshish kar rha tha kyunki aapse milna tha par aapne hi mood bigad dia.
He leaves home. Devi thinks the situation may have been worse than she might have estimated it to be. Where was Shaurya getting all these new ideas from? Surely he hadn't met Aastha? When, where and how? If he had it was a tad too late. Urgent steps would have to be taken. If not who was this putting new ideas into his head? Was it a new love interest? But he was all the time in the college. She always asked Makhan about his details.
Devi- Makhan!!!
Makhan- Ji madam?
Devi- Shaurya kal kahan gya tha?
Makhan- Madam sir pehle kuch papers lene gye the college mein fir woh wahan se thodi der baad nikle, shop gye the aur kuch chips aur snacks le lia aur fir Shaan sir ke flat mein the.
Devi- Usse kal koi aur mila tha?
Makhan- Nhi madam. Koi bhi nhi. Kal chutti thi naa koi nhi tha college mein.
Devi- Aur Shaan ke flat mein?
Makhan- Unke flat mein? Mein upar tak jab gya unhone hi tala khola aur fir mujhe pani pilaya aur fir mein nikal gya. Aur toh nhi pata.
Devi- Abhi se tumhe puri nazar rakhni hai. Ki usse kaun milta hai. Uske flat ke bahar baithe rho I don't care.
Shaurya- Enough badi maa!!!! Woh mera caretaker nhi hai. Usko tankhwa driver ki deti hai aap aur kaam spy ka karwati hai. Aapko mere upar spy karne ki zaroorat padh gyi ab? Wow! This is epic!!!!
Devi- Shaurya beta mein ghabra gyi thi.
Shaurya- Bacha nhi hoon! Aur dusri baat aapko sab kyu jaana hota hai? Mujhe uncomfortable feel karwana accha lagta hai? Kis ladki ke sath raat bhar tha janna hai? Oh my god! Thank god mein ek ladki nhi hoon. Agar hota toh ghar se bina pallu ke nikalne nhi dete! I don't know what to say. But ab ek aisi lakeer paar ho chuki hai jiske baad mere mann mein aapke sahi hone ki koi gunjaish nhi nhi reh gyi! Why do have to make things harder for me always!!!! In fact abhi toh lagta hai ki agar aapne mujhe meri maa se milne jaane dia hota, uske paas jaane dia hota aaj sab theekh hota. Aapne maa ko manane ki koshish bhi nhi karne di. I know ideally I should not have been the one to convince my mom to stay back. But if I would have I would have had her with me.
Devi- Shaurya usne tumhe choda. Woh kaisi maa hai jo tumhe chodke gyi?
Shaurya- Mein kaisa insaan hoon jisne ek baar pata bhi nhi kia ki uski maa kaisi hai? She is ageing. Would she not want me to be close? She spent most of her life alone. And I don't think she chose that. Her eyes show an ache for companionship, for love. I thought I will like to see her the way I was but does this make any sense? Does this make any sense that 2 people ache for the rest of their lives for each other because they don't want to bend on their knees. I think mom would and I saw that on my birthday. So why can't I go some part of the way? Why!
Devi- Because woh kabhi Sabbarwaal ghar mein wapas nhi aa sakti.
Shaurya- Theekh hai. Dad ke flat mein toh reh sakti hai naa? Dad!!!! Dad!!!!!!! Dad!!!!
Shaan- Haan bolo Shaurya!
Shaurya- Mein jaa rha hoon aapke flat mein rehne. Aap bhi aa jana. And badi maa aaj tak mom se mila woh meri narazgi thi aapki marzi ki laaj nhi.
Shaan- Shaurya!
Shaurya- Dad chalenge aap? Badi maa ne hadh hi kar di hai aaj. Bolne mein bhi sharm aa rhi hai.
Shaurya doesn't want to say a word more. He quickly goes to his room and packs his bag to leave the Sabbarwaal house. Devi thinks she has to play her victim card now. Should she risk lying about Aastha? Till date ge allowed the taboo of not speaking about Aastha morph into a negative image in Shaurya's mind, would using direct tactics work? If Shaan called it out? Maybe the heart attack drama would be good.
Devi played her heart attack out in a deafening shrillness and the pitching of it irked Shaurya. Why was everyone entitled to a certain pitch? But he loved his badi maa.
Shaurya- Badi maa achaa mein nhi jaa rha. Par aaj hi doctor ke paas jayenge.
Within he was suffocated. He loved her but this decision felt like a demand on him, a decision not his truly. Devi felt she should play it longer to distance if from whatever elements had caused this shift in his personality.
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RomanceBasically this will be a continuation from where Anokhi meets Shaurya in Goa and there is no Babli to interrupt. They decide to be together but they have to keep this a secret. Will they be able to keep this to themselves? Read to find out.
