Chapter 10

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Banglore
April 26 2011

Zayn apne office ke kamre mein baitha hua tha, Kagzaat zameen par idhar udhar bikhre hue the, files ulat pulat ho gayi thi, aur uska maamoolan saaf mez ab kaafi buri haalat mein tha. Zayn khud apne mez ke samne baitha, uspar rakhi ek report ko bina samjhe ghur raha tha.

Darwaza dheere se khula aur Afzal andar aaya. Usne pehle to idhar udhar ki halat dekhi, phir Zayn ke paas aakar ruka.

"Zayn, Tum ab tak Sarah ko bhool nahi paaye, hai na?"

Zayn ne gehri saans li aur apne uljhe hue baalon mein haath phera. Kuch kehne ki zarurat nahi thi. Uski aankhon mein dikhte gusse ne saare sawaalon ka jawab de diya.

Afzal, Zayn ke samne baitha. Halka agay jhuk kar kaha, "Maine tumhe Sarah ke baare mein warn kiya tha, yaad hai? Maine kaha tha, yeh sab kuch zyada meetha ho raha hai. Zyada jaldi. Aise rishte raaton raat nahi bante."

Zayn ne apna haath zor se mez par maara. "Chup ho jao, Afzal! Tumhe lagta hai mujhe ab yeh sab pata nahi? Tumhe lagta hai mujhe afsos nahi?"

"Main yeh sab sunane nahi aaya, Zayn. Main tumhara dost hoon, aur mujhe tumhari fikar hai. Apna haal dekho. Iss office ka haal dekho. Yeh tum nahi ho."

"Mujhe samajh nahi aata, Afzal, kaise aage badhoon. Baat yeh nahi hai ke woh kisi aur se mohabbat karti hai. Baat yeh hai ke usne mera istemal kiya. Mera. Zayn Akhtar ka. Aur woh uski dost. Woh sab janti hogi."

"Achha hai tumne qabool toh kiya."

"Kya?"

"Ke tum bewakoof ho. Aise rishte sirf ek ya do hafto mein bante toh aaj sari duniya shadi shuda hi hoti. In sab mein mahine lag jate hai, saal bhi."

"Sahi kaha tha." Woh sar jukaye betha tha. Usne hasi ki awaz suni. Afzal has raha tha.

"Afzal mein muh tod dunga tera." Woh aur zor se hasne laga. Zayn ko samajh aa gaya tha woh rukne wala nahi hai.

Zayn ne apne bikhre office par nazar daali. Usne ek gehri saans li.
"Chalo, ise saaf karte hain." usne Afzal ki taraf dekha.

Afzal muskuraya, hath malte hue bola. "Finally! Mujhe laga tha tum is jagah ko landfill banane ka irada rakhte ho. Chalo, kaam shuru karein, Mr. CEO."

Dono ne mil kar office ko saaf karna shuru kiya. Kagzaat uthaye, files ko theek se lagaya, aur coffee ke khali cups ko dustbin mein phenk diya. Ghanton tak woh dono saath kaam karte rahe.

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English Version

Banglore
April 26 2011

Zayn was sitting in his office,
Papers were scattered all over the floor, files were disorganized, and his usually neat desk was now in complete disarray. He sat in front of it, staring blankly at a report without actually reading it.

The door creaked open slowly, and Afzal stepped inside. He looked around at the mess before walking up to Zayn.

"Zayn, you still haven't forgotten Sarah, have you?"

Zayn took a deep breath and ran a hand through his already disheveled hair. There was no need for words. The anger in his eyes said everything.

Afzal sat down in front of him, leaning forward slightly. "I warned you about Sarah, remember? I told you things were moving too fast, too smoothly. Relationships like this don't form overnight."

Zayn slammed his hand on the desk. "Shut up, Afzal! You think I don't know that now? You think I don't regret it?"

"I didn't come here to rub it in, Zayn. I'm your friend, and I'm worried about you. Just look at yourself. Look at this office. This isn't you."

"I don't know how to move on, Afzal." Zayn admitted, his voice lower this time. "It's not that she loved someone else. It's the fact that she used me. Me. Zayn Akhtar. And her friend... she must have known everything."

"Well, at least you've finally admitted it."

"What?"

"That you were a fool. If relationships could be built in a week or two, the whole world would be married by now. These things take months, even years."

"You were right." Zayn muttered, lowering his head.

He suddenly heard laughter. Afzal was laughing.

"Afzal, I swear I'll break your face." But Afzal only laughed harder. Zayn realized there was no stopping him now.

Zayn looked around at his chaotic office.
He took a deep breath.
"Let's clean this up." he said, looking at Afzal.

Afzal grinned, rubbing his hands together.
"Finally! I thought you were planning to turn this place into a landfill. Alright, let's get to work, Mr. CEO."

Together, they started cleaning the office-picking up the scattered papers, organizing the files, and throwing away empty coffee cups. They worked side by side for hours.

 They worked side by side for hours

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