Aarvi glares at Akshu who is sitting on bed with biting her nails..
"Khud ke nails agar khatam ho jaye toh mujhe batana.. Main apne nails bhi de dungi chabane ke liye.."
Akshu aghastly looks at her.
"Aarvi di, Anita aunty ne bata toh diya hai music classes ke baare me. Par mujhe kuch thik nahi lag raha."
"Matlab?"
"Matlab excited toh hoon classes ke liye par -"
"Par kya Akshu? Dekh, tu chahti thi ki tujhe music ke baare accha guidance aur proper knowledge mil jaye. Lekin tujhe expensive classes join nahi karni thi. Ab agar koi tujhe tuitor karne ke liye taiyar hai woh bhi free of cost toh ab kya dikkat hai?"
"Yahi toh dikkat hai na Aarvi di. Koi kyu free cost apna knowledge kisi ke saath share karega? Woh bhi ek bilkul ajanabee ladki se?
Aarvi settles beside her and dabbing on her backhead -
" Paagal ladki! Tumhari train bass ek hi track pr chalti hai na. Akshu, duniya me aise bhi log hai jo bina kisi swaarth ke dusre ko help karna chahte hai. Aur aunty ne bataya toh tha, woh music teacher ek aache ghar ki aurat hai. Unka beta well known surgeon hai. Music unka passion hai just like you. Aur woh yeh sab paiso ke liye nahi kar rahi."
Akshara finally seems relaxed but somewhere inside her, she is still having an altogether different feeling about her classes.
Aarvi switches off the lights, "Chalo, ab so jao. Kal subah jaldi uthna hai. Good Night!!"
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Akshara gets ready for her classes.
"Akshu, tu college aur classes ek saath manage kar payegi na!"
"Haa di! Aur maine bataya tha na aapko, waise bhi next week se holidays hi start ho rahe hai. Bass yeh week balance karna hoga."
Aarvi asks carefully, "Toh tu chuttiyon me ghar -"
"Of course nahi Aarvi di!"
"Lekin tumhare Mom-Dad -"
"Di hum iss baare me phir kabhi baat karenge. Mujhe abhi late ho raha hai. Main chalti hoon. Bye!"
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Akshara reaches at her teacher's house. Before entering the house, she takes a deep breath.
"Come on Akshu. Ab se mann aur dil laga ke music ki bariki ko samjhna hai. Aur kuch bhi nahi sochna."
She enters in the house. She looks around the living room and cautiously calls -
"Ma'am. Ma'am."
A person come there with a glass of water in his hand.
"Madam bass aa hi rahi hai. Tab tak aap baithiye."
Akshu is gazing at everything in the hall. When her sight falls on a medically bizzare Showpiece, she gets up and goes to watch from near. She tries to touch it, meanwhile -
"Excuse me! "
Akshu startles and turns to look at the person. She gets tripped finding a man so close to her. She closes her eyes tightly in the sensation of falling down.
After a moment she opens up her eyes and slowly looks around. She hasn't fallen. Instead a strong hand around her was holding her in a fragile manner. It's Abhimanyu. They keeps looking at each other for few seconds.
Suddenly Akshara realises the situation and tries to get a rid from the cage of Abhimanyu's arm.
Abhimanyu makes Akshu stand properly. And hands over her guitar which he has caught up in his other hand while protecting her from falling.
Akshara winces a bit -
"Thank you!"
"It's okay. I'm Abhimanyu! And you -"
"I'm Akshara Goenka. Main Mrs. Manji-"
"Miss Manjiri. Meri Maa."
She gets awkward by his reply, "I'm sorry!"
"Fine! Woh aati hi hongi, (pointing towards sofa) tab tak aap.."
"Ha..(suddenly she remembers something and she asks ecstatically) Yeh ajeeb sa show-piece kya hai?"
Abhimanyu gets annoyed by the question.
"This is vintage microscope, something related to medical profession. You won't be able to understand."
Akshara feels hurt by his arrogant answer. But she determines to give him back -
"Agar samjhane wala thik se samjhaye toh sab kuch aasani se samjh me aata hai. Mujhe koi PhD nahi karni thi aapke iss microscope pe. I was asking just out of curiosity."
"Listen you -"
Meanwhile Manjiri comes there.
"Akshara.."
"Namste ma'am."
"Tum khadi kyu ho. Aao baitho. Aur Abhi, tum ab tak hospital nahi gaye?!"
"Haa Maa main bass nikal hi raha tha ki (Exasperately looking at Akshara)-"
"Accha hua tum bhi Akshara se mil liye..Ab toh tumhare dil me koi doubts nahi hai na?"
"Nahi Maa. Sab kuch thik hai, bass kahi par bhi inki curiousity bahar aa jati hai."
Akshara indignantly replies, "Curious hona human nature ka ek part hai. Aur aisi ajeeb-o-gareeb cheeze dekh kr toh koi bhi curious ho jayega. Anyways you won't be able to understand it!"
"Look miss -"
"Abhiii, yeh kya tarika hai ghar aaye mehman se baat karne ka?"
"Mehman? Maa yeh sirf aapki student hai."
"Acchha thik hai, tu jaa.. Tujhe late nahi ho raha ab?!"
Abhimanyu And Akshara looks at each other with feisty gaze. Abhimanyu leaves the place in exasperation.
"Akshara I'm sorry beta,agar tumhe Abhi ke kisi baat ka bura laga ho toh."
Akshara just nods head and smiles.
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Adhure Tum, Adhure Hum!!
FanfictionAkshara and Abhimanyu, who are alone in their respective lives, crave for the affection... Will their pasts allow them to believe in the love they long for??
