SaiYa : Jaan Ban gaye

Chapter 15

Sai and Satya reached home from the hospital. All had their food together. After the dinner when everyone retired to their respective rooms, Satya came to Sai's room and sat on the bed with the kids. It had become his and Sai's routine to tell bedtime stories to the kids and then have conversations on coffee made by him.

Satya - Hey baccho !

Savi - Sattu uncle aaj aap kon si kahani sunaoge ?

Satya - Umm...aaj kahani nhi...batein kartein hain.

Sai - Hmm... Vo bhi boht zaruri.

Vinu and Savi - Kya ?

Satya - Bada aap apne baba aur baki family se naraz kyu ho ? Aap unke sath kyu nhi rehna chahte ?

Vinu - Kyunki unhone meri Aai ko hurt kiya...unki vajah se mai meri Aai se dur hua. Isliye mai unhe maaf nhi karunga.

Savi - Hn. Unhone humari Aai ke sath boht galat kiya hai aur hum unke sath rehna nhi chahte.

Satya - To aapko nhi lagta ki unko punishment milni chahiye aur vo bhi aapki Aai se ?

Vinu and Savi nodded.

Satya - Hmm... Vo kya hai na bada.. unhe punish krne ke liye aapki Aai ko unke ghar jakar rehna hoga...lekin vo aapke bina vha kaise rhengi. Isliye maine socha ki mai aur aap dono bhi aapki Aai ke sath vha rehne jayenge. Aur....mai aapko promise krta hu hum log na unse duri bana kr rkhenge. Uss ghar ke ek portion mein mai aap dono aur aapki Aai rhenge aur doosre portion mein vo log... aur aapka interaction na unse boht kam hoga..I promise. Aap chaloge na humare sath vha ?

Vinu and Savi looked at eachother and stood silent for a few seconds.

Vinu - Promise... aap vha humare sath rhenge ?

Satya - Pinky promise.

Savi - Ok.. phir hum vha jane ke liye ready hai.

Sai - Thank you so much bada. Aap dono to boht samjhdar ho.

Satya - Hmm...ab story time.

After a few minutes Savi and Vinu slept listening to his story. Sai and Satya then came out of the room for their regular night coffee.

Sai took a sip from the coffee made by Satya and her mind relaxed instantly.

Sai - Tumhari coffee mein na jaadu hai. Mujhe iss coffee ki boht zarurat padne Vali hai Chavan Niwas mein.

Satya - Tumhara jab bhi coffee pine ka Mann kre bas bol dena mai turant bana kar hazir ho jaunga.

Sai - Umm... Ek baat puchu ?

Satya - Hmm go on.

Sai - Maine pehle bhi kai bar notice kiya ki jab bhi hospital mein koi suicide case aata hai to tum ghabra jate ho. Aaj bhi aisa hi hua. Kyu ? Tum vaise to sare cases attend krte ho bs suicide case kyu nhi ?

Satya sat silent for a few seconds. Sai saw tears forming in his eyes.

Sai - Itna to mujhe pata chal gaya hai ki koi baat hai. Agar tumhe share nhi karna to koi baat nhi. Jab comfortable ho to bata dena. Chalti hu. Good night.

Sai stood up to leave but Satya held her hand.

Satya - Mai share krna chahta hu. Plz baitho.

And he made her sit beside him.

Satya - Girija naam tha uska. Bilkul filmy thi. Sabse sundar aur sabse achi thi. Apni story ki heroine thi aur mai uska hero. Mere samne filmy dialogues mara karti thi. Kabhi achanak se bol padti thi "Satya mai tumhare bacche ki maa banne wali hu". Har samay hasti rehti thi aur apne charaon taraf khushiyan failati rehti thi.... Uske Aai baba ko humara rishta manzur nhi tha mere family background ki vajah se. Uske baba ne uska mujhse milna julna band karwa diya, uski shadi khi aur tay kar di. Usse mujhse dur hone ka dar bardasht nhi hua aur usne zeher kaha liya. Apni Girija kon apni aankhon ke samne marte huye dekha maine. Mai bhi mar jana chahta tha lekin apni family ke bare mein sochkar nhi kar paya mai. Shayad uske jitna pyar kiya hi nhi maine.

Sai - Just because tumne uske liye jaan nhi di iska matlab ye nahi ki tum usse pyar nhi karte. Mere aaba ki maut ke bad maine bhi suicide krne ki koshish kari thi lekin Virat ne mujhe bacha liya. Ab sochti hu to lagta hai kitni galat thi mai lekin uss samay vo rasta sabse sahi laga tha mujhe. Aise hi tumhe bhi uss samay lag rha tha ki mar jana sahi hai, aaj tumhe lag raha hai ki tumme himmat nhi hai lekin ek samay aisa bhi ayega jab tumhe lagega ki tum galat the. Aur rhi baat Girija ki to socho....kya usse accha lagta hoga tumhe aise ghut ghut kar jeete hue dekhkar ? Nhi na... isliye uski acchi yadon ko apne dil mein basakar aage badho, khush raho aur tumhe khush dekhkar vo bhi khush rahegi. Abhi kuch din pehle yhi par baithkar tum mujhe samjha rhe the. Aaj mai ye kahungi ki vo baat tum khud par bhi amal karo.

Satya smiled looking at her and nodded his head saying..

Satya - I promise I'll try.

Sai - Good. Ab chalein ?

Satya - Umm... thodi der yhi baithe... just a few minutes.

Sai - Sure.

They sat there silently seeing the night sky. A cool breeze blew making Sai rub her hands as she felt cold. Satya noticed this and shifted a little towards her. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder. Sai, instead of feeling uncomfortable, felt at peace in his arms. She leaned in a little and kept her head on his chest. No words just listening to their heartbeats.