Mera kuch saman...

Chapter 13

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"So you are telling me that you haven't been on a date since 10 years now?", she asked chewing roasted peanuts.

He smiled a little  and shrugged in response.

"What the hell? Ladkiyon ki aakhon ko kuch ho gya hai Kya??", she exclaimed loudly.

He laughed over her expression.

"Are....i mean Han tu shy hai ...thoda bhag bhi jyada khata hai....ladkiyon ko dekh ke bhag jata hai....you know what ...now I know why are you still single", she said folding her hands looking at him seriously.

He smiled and looked away.

He took a long breath and looked at her, "pata nai kitne waqt bad aaj itna hasa hun mai. It's like I am back to those happy days".

She smiled indulgently at him, "thoda kam serious raha kar. Permanent lines ban jayengi face pe to jawani me budhapa aa jayega".

He chuckled and throws his paper cup of tea in dustbin.

"How do you do this?", he asked walking on a beautiful walking way created, filled with lush green trees.

"Do what?", she asked picking up a yellow flower from ground.

"Be like this...free ...happy...", she asked lightly without a preamble.

"No...I mean .....like so sorted", he wondered aloud.

"I mean life has been unfair with you too....it might have been difficult to go through the separation and still being so positive...how do you manage it?", he asked looking at her.

"Hmm...do you remember in college you were the sorted one", she said with a mischievous smile.

He laughed and leaned back on his seat, "I am just acting that way that time I guess".

"Really? I still think you were the sorted one then", she said bumping her elbow to his side. He smiled at her shaking his head.

"See I can't say it was easy. It's heartbreaking actually. You know how special Saurabh was for me. My first serious relationship. Although now I know ranking doesn't matter in love....it doesn't matter that first love is going to have the 1st rank in your life...tune realise kia hai mai conversations me side track bahut easily ho jati hun", she asked him sincerely and he laughed aloud.

That old infectious laugh of his with abandonment, Naina thought who is witnessing their conversation from afar.

She don't know what she is feel in seeing them together or why she is basically stalking them.

She is still not sure what he means to her now but his laughter is actually making her feel good. But when she witnessed her holding his arm or him leaning towards her a bit, it felt painful. She felt bad. Like something wrong is happening. But if he is happy then isn't it right?

What is she seeking exactly? His happiness or her love?

She is walking in deep thoughts towards the lake side when she stumbles and falls down.

"Oouch", she gasps in pain.

Some tears fell from her eyes. Not sure because of pain but because they finally found an outlet.

She cried holding her injured ankle.

There is no one around to hear her plea.

She cried and cried to let the anger out of herself. Her disappointment and her feeling of betrayal.

Her tears keep falling and she is wiping her tears every now and then.

So this is how it feels to be completely abandoned, she thought. When you feel there is no one for you.