𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝑶𝒇 𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒆

•𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑻𝑬𝑹-23•

कोई चाँद से मोहब्बत करता है,
कोई सूरज से मोहब्बत करता है,
हम उनसे मोहब्बत करते हैं,
जो हमसे मोहब्बत करता है।

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AUTHOR'S POV

"Some men don't know how to accept rejection, they take it to heart and their male ego gets hurt."

After Khushi said this, both of them remained silent. Aviraj was silent because he knew that there was something more than this that Khushi wanted to say. He was just caressing her back to let her know that he was there for her. Khushi takes a deep breath and then starts telling.

"We were three friends, I, Adriti and Chaya. Chaya was my first best friend, my mentor, and my elder sister. Vo bachpan se hee mere aur adriti ke liye protective the. Shayad iss liye kyuki me unse choti the ya shayad iss liye kyuki uska koe sibling nhi tha. hum ek dusre se koe bhe baat nhi chupate the. Jab hum kuch 10-12 saal ke hue to humare sath adriti bhe shamil ho gye. Hum teeno ek hee college me the sabke maksad alag the par manjil ek hee the." she said looking towards the moon with a light smile on her face. 

(Chaya was protective of me and Adriti since childhood. Maybe it was because I was younger than her or maybe it was because she had no siblings. We never hide anything from each other. When we were about 10-12 years old, Adriti also joined us. All three of us were in the same college, we all had different objectives but the destination was the same) 

"Sab kuch acha chal raha tha par kahte hai na kee sab kuch jyada der tak acha nhi chalta. Vesa hee kuch humare sath bhe hua. Humara ek senior tha Anil Mehta,usne chaya ko ek din purpose kiya vo sabhi baate kahkar jo har koe kahta hai kee mai tumse bohot pyaar karta hu tumhare bina nhi rhe skta par Chaya ne mana kardiya. Par usko yeh baat samajh hee nhi aaye ke agar vo ladki mana kar rhe hai to uska matlab na hai. Aur usne chaya ka hath mod kar usse pucha kee kyu mana kiya usse aur uske sath batamizzi karne laga, yeh dekhkar adriti ne usko punch mara. Humne usse bola bhe kee agar ek ladke ne ek baar kah diya kee vo nhi pasand karti to uska matlab na hee hota hai." She said, staring at the moon, as if she was trying to control her emotion. 

(Everything was going well but it is said that everything does not go well for long. Something similar happened with us too. One of our seniors was Anil Mehta, he proposed Chaya one day by saying all the things that everyone wants that I love you very much, could not live without you but she refused. But he did not understand that if the girl is refusing then it means no. And he turned Chaya's hand and asked her why she refused and started joking with her, seeing this Adriti punched him. We told him that once a girl says she doesn't like him, it mean no.)

"Adriti ko suspend kar diya gaya college se marne ke liye ek hafte tak, to hum teeno he college nhi gye kyuki raj uncle humare sath the to. Vo bohot cool the aur aaj bhe vese hee cool hai, humare sath kuch bhe hota to hum unhe batate aur vo ek hee baat khte ke agar koe tumhare sath galat kare to tumhe galat ke khilaf awaj uthane chaheye, aur bake me samjhal lunga." Khushi said smiling and her eyes filled with tears but she shook her head and wiped the tears and continued her story with a sad smile.

(Adriti was suspended from college for a week for beating her, so all three of us did not go to college because Raj uncle was with us. He was very cool and even today he is very cool, if anything happened to us we would tell him and he would say only one thing, if someone does wrong to you then you should raise your voice against the wrong, and I will take care of the rest.) 

 "Humne socha ke aab to sab theek hai, na to anil hume dikha aur na hee aur kuch hua, hum enjoy kar rhe the. Chaya ka birthday bhe aane wala tha aur koe tha jo usse uske birthday par surprise dena chahta tha par hume kya pata tha ke surprise to hume milne wala hai." she said with a bitter laugh.