It was past midnight, Everyone in the bus were sleeping peacefully except one person who had her pillow stuck over her both ears forcefully to stopped her ears from listening the noise coming from outside.
Being the front seater her cabin was closed to the driver's cabin, To which HM's ear had to listened to the most boring playlist of driver. HM tried her best to avoid the music by keeping pillow over her ears, keeping cotton buds inside her ears but nothing helped her falling asleep.
"Iss juban kesari ka kuch karna padega!!", HM whispered to herself coming out of her cabin. Soon she jumped down between the gap her head collided with someone else jumped at the same time. "Ama kon churan hai?!!", KS whispered scratching her forehead.
It was all dark inside the bus, A headlight coming from front vehicle suddenly fell upon HM's face to which KS realized to whom she just bumped into. Her heart definitely took a note of how alluring the latter was looking in dim light with her scattered long messy hairs with wrinkled forehead due to irritation she didn't know the reason behind.
"Tumhari hone wali wife!!", HM whispered back. "Excuse me?!",KS replied confusingly. "Jiss tarah tumhari harkate hai tumhari wife hi churan ho sakti hai... Ham nahi hato samnese!!", HM answered back walking towards driver's cabin in anger. KS didn't get what just happened due to half disturbed sleep after listening to the most boring playlist in her life. She followed the latter behind her rubbing her sleepy eyes.
"Bhaisahab!! Aapki koi neeji dushmani hai hamse?!", HM asked the driver. "Areh madam ji ka hua? Yai ka keh rahi hai?", Driver answered back shocked with what the latter was saying. "Hantoh kyu yai jehrile gane sunake hame neend ki kami se upar pohchana chahte ho!!!", HM fired back in irritation. The driver definitely was hurt with such rude lines and hurting a driver during night that too on long journey wasn't a good sign for all the passengers. KS understood the point and stepped in instantly.
"Bhaiya!! Jane dijiye inko.. Wo neend sar pai chadh gayi hai inke nahi samaj pa rahi kya bakaiti kare ja rahi hai. Aap sunte rahe apna jeher.. Ha..mmaraa matlab hai sangeet!! Koi kuch nahi bolega. Aur meharbani karke gadi sahi chala lijiyega. Ka hai hamari puri family hai piche.. Nahitoh shivaji kare kuch galati ki aapne toh aap kal ka suraj nahi dekh payenge.. ka samje!?", KS said her words smiling whole time confusing the driver that should he take her words a way of apology or warning. But getting her point straight he nodded his head in yes and reduce some voice of ongoing songs.
"Baiketi kisse keh rahi hai aap?! Aur ek min aapse badme niptenge pehele iss juban kesari ko dekhle...", HM continued to speak further but before that got dragged inside away from driver's cabin by KS. KS held the latter with her both arms pinning her to the corner of gap between two compartments. Her eyes could be seen due to dim light coming in between along with upcoming vehicles from the other lane. They were definitely looking scary at the moment as if HM's one more rude behavior and KS will definitely take the latter somewhere she can't make a comeback. HM gulped down a lump not knowing she was holding in the latter's tightened grip on her arms.
"I won't repeat my words Ms Haseena!! I don't know who you are! and where you got this rude ass behavior. But next time if your rude words hurt any of my passengers or the one who's carrying them driving whole night and holding all the lives currently in this bus on his steering, I will personally make sure you regret doing it your entire life!! I can accept anything but not a single pointing finger on my father's reputation. Got it?!!", KS whispered but her words were definitely echoing inside HM's brain like a loud music.
"Finnneeee!!! Yai bat hame shanti se bhi bata sakti thi. Get your hands off me you Idiot!!", HM said shaking off the latter's hand from her arms with a jerk. "Maybe you forgot but I'm also traveling in same bus that too with my mother, My only family I have so off course I knew what was I doing. And by the way you are the reason he is more hurt.. Cmon! Didn't you see his scary face after you warned him in your evil tone?!", HM said shrugging her shoulder in obvious tone and walked back to driver's cabin.
"Juban kesari wale bhaisahab! Wo abhi jo aapko confusion mai ajeeb si dhamaki deke gayi uska bura na maniyega. (HM came closer to the driver and whispered) Wo thoda unke sar pai chot lagi thi bachpan mai isiliye gussa sar pai chadha rehta hai!!", HM said to which driver laughed along with her. "Ka madam aap bhi... Achha majak kar leti hai", Said the driver.
"Ji ab rahi bat hamari neend ki aur aapke jage rehne ke liye iss chalte rahe sangeet ki. Hamare pass ek Idea hai. Ek kam kariye yai lijiye", HM handed him a pendrive taking it out of her pocket. "Isme sare 90s 80s ke famous achhe wale gane hai wo bajaiye. Isse aapko kuch naya aur achha bhi sunne milega aur hame neend bhi aa jayegii". Driver agreed taking the pendrive from HM's hand happily.
"Yai kya fusur fusur ki aapne?!", KS asked grabbing the latter by her right arm. "Kahi sachme khudki biwi toh nahi samaj rahi aap hame?!", HM whispered coming closer to KS's ear. KS was again taken aback she replied, "What do you mean?". HM smirked whispering back, "Why your actions seeming like one then!?". KS realized that her moves were way too personal than the amount of time she met HM. HM removed her arm from statued KS leaving her at the spot as it is.
(Music started playing in background....
Wo achanak aa gayi
Yu nazar ke samne
Jaise nikal aaya
Ghata se chand
Chehare pe julfe
Bikhari huyi thi
Din me rat ho gayi
Ek ajnabi hasina se
Yu mulakat ho gayi
Ek ajnabi hasina se
Yu mulakat ho gayi....... )
"Phir kya hua yai na pucho kuch asi bat ho gayii.....", HM hummed the song in low voice while getting up inside her cabin. KS looked up towards HM before HM closed the door and whispered to herself, "Ek ajnabi haseena se yu mulakat ho gayiii...". KS smiled wholeheartedly after a very long time unknowingly going back to her place. Both enjoyed the song till end and soon slumber took over them.
Good night!!
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