20. Teri galiyon me na rakhenge kadam

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It was the fourth consecutive day of Yashi-Sreeya ka jhagda, and as usual Yashi didn't show up for the dinner.
She hadn't joined them for any meals since Friday and today's Tuesday. She did  come to check on them though-  mostly Sreeya (bandi 96 hours mai se gaming room se sirf 6 baar nikli hai khana, hagna milake)
And when they would ask her to join them she would excuse herself with a 'kha chuki hu' ya 'kamre mai kha lungi'.

"Yashi hai kaha? Aaj subah se hi woh bhi apne kamre se bahar nahi aayi hai?" Nischay anxiously questioned and the exact moment, Sreeya entered the dining hall, with the same clothes and same fake  expressions she had been wearing for 4 days

Her eyes showed deep signs of sleepiness. 

"Sreeya- bhen aakhri baar kab soyi thi tu-" Harsh stated worriedly, pulling the chair beside himself.

"uhm- raat ko?" her tired smile didn't manage to fool anyone, but no one questioned again. Mental breakdown se aadha kadam hi peeche lag rahi thi bichari bacchi.

"uhm mai mila tha Yashi se abhi neeche aate hue, keh rahi thi aaj jaldi sorahi hai- aur koi disturb na kare" Reyansh directed his response to Nischay who shared a nervous glance with Scout.

"bina khaye? bc woh kuch kha bhi rahi hai itne dino se? Maine toh dekha nahi ek baar bhi use na khana lejate hue, na bartan late hue" 

Everyone in the room agreed with Scout.

"par jis hisab se woh kal jhagad ke gayi thi chilla ke- bina khane ke itni energy....? Kitni anaerobic respiration kar le rhi bkl-" Harsh's eyes briefly met with Sreeya's who almost instantly dropped her spoon.

Without wasting another second she left the room, her food almost untouched.

"yeh bhi?"

"abe kha hi liya hoga Yashi ne. Ham sab se zyada samjhdar hai bc aisi harkat Sreeya ek baar ko kardeti par Yashi nahi karegi" no one dared disagree with Mortal.

Yashi mature hai bhay. Ho hi nahi sakta.


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Sreeya contemplated for about one-fourth of a second, whether to knock or call her out of the room, but ended up up violently pushing the door open.

The first thing that reached her senses was 'reek'...


OF A DEAD BODY!!?!


Her eyes searched for Yashi in the room but nothing except the mismanaged bedsheets and scattered clothes were seen. 

She looked in the bathroom, balcony, and even inside the closet (papad jitna toh pura shareer hi hai, kya pata galti se girke band hogayi ho)

MISS THAKUR was nowhere to be found until her eyes travelled to the foot of the bed. She went to the other side, and found her sitting on the ground.
Her head was buried in her knees which were folded and wrapped by her extremely thin hands.

She didn't move at all?


Sreeya crouched beside her, slightly touching her shoulders "Yashi?" 

"ja yaha se" her reply was stern yet the kuposhan in her voice was clearly audible.

"khana khane chal neeche"

"nahi chalungi"

"bakwas mat kar"

"puch nahi rahi bata rahi hu"

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