BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

PAIN OF SEPARATION

{PLEASE IGNORE THE SPELLING AND THE GRAMMAR MISTAKES}

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"Kya hua? Aise chup kyun baithi hain aap?" Neil asks Karishma while driving the car and taking a bite of a pakora.

Karishma angrily roars at him, "Toh kya kare? Aarti utare aapki?"

"Nahi nahi! Uski koi zaroorat nahi hain. Hum unn backward uncles ki tarah nahi hai hain jo apni biwiyon se subah sham bas aarti karwaye?" Neil passes a sweet smile.

"Deemag kharab ho gaya kya aapka?" She almost shouts turning his smiling face into a scared one. She continues, "Aap naa ek number ke gadhe hain, Neil. Achchha khasa hum Haseena ko samjha rahe the. Woh samajh bhi gayi thi. Pighal gayi thi woh humare baaton mein. Phir aapne kahe usne aisa kaha ki unko uthake le jaayenge bhaiyya ke paas!?"

"Uthake nahi, humne kaha tha ki kidnap karke le jaayenge" He corrects her.

"Neil, hum kasam se bata rahe hain hum muh tod denge aapka!"

"Arey aap baar baar violent kyun ho jaati hain? Dekhiye humne bol diya jo muh mein aaya. Ab Haseena aise Anubhav se naraz ho rahi hain bina wajah toh hum chup baith-the kya? Aap dekh rahi hain naa Anu ki haalat?" Neil says with concern.

Karishma closes her eyes briefly and speaks softly, "Neil, hum bhaiyya ke prati aapke lagav ko samjhte hain. Aur kya lagta hain aapko? Hume bhaiyya ki fikr nahi hain. Woh bhaiyya hain humare. Unka dard humara dard. Hum bhi unhe aise nahi dekh sakte."

She takes a pause and adds, "Par Neil, aap ek baar Haseena ke nazariye se bhi toh sochiye. Woh bhi apne jagah galat nahi hain. Unhe bhi bahut gehra dhakka mila hain. Ek toh waise hi woh bahut vusoolo wali ladki hain. Upar se jisse woh pyaar karti hain ussi ke baare mein jab aisa sach pata chalega toh woh kaisa mehsoos karengi?"

Neil tries to speak, "Okay, I understand, Karishma. Par yaar woh ek baar Anu ki side bhi toh samjhe?"

"Woh samjhengi, Neil. Woh zaroor samjhengi. Unhe thoda time toh do. Hum unki aankhon mein dekh sakte hain. Yeh sach jaan-ne ke baad unhe dukh hua hain. Par usse bhi zyada dukh unhe iss baat ka hua hain ki yeh sach unhe kisi aur se pata chala hain. Hume yakeen hain ki apne pyaar ke izhaar karne ke baad agar bhaiyya khud unhe unke GARUD hone ka sach batate toh aaj haalat kuch aur hote" Karishma tries to make him understand.

"Haan... Aisa hota toh Wakeel sahiba ko kuch fark nahi padta naa...? Neil rolls his eyes.

Karishma sighs, "Humne aisa toh nahi kaha. Tab bhi shayad situation zyada achchhi nahi hoti par hume itna toh yakeen hain ki tab haalat itne bure toh nahi hote."

Neil stays silent for some minutes and replies, "Karishma, ho sakta hain ki iss maamle mein hum aapke jitna sahi nahi soch rahe ho ya phir ho sakta hain ki hum deemag ki jagah dil se kaam le rahe ho, jazbaati ho rahe ho. Hume nahi pata ki hum kya kar rahe hain! Par hum itna jaante hain ki Anu aur Haseena dono humare dost hain. Aur iss waqt dono hi dard mein jee rahe hain. Aur humse yeh dekha nahi jaa raha hain. Iss liye shayad humne wanha kuch bhi bol diya. I am sorry!"

Karishma smiles a little, "Aap sorry kyun bol rahe hain, Neil? Hum aapko samajhte hain. Hum bas itna kehna chahte hain ki yeh mamle ko khud Bhaiyya aur Haseena ko suljhaana padega. Hum beech mein padenge toh kuch hasil nahi hoga. Hum unhe salah de sakte hain par nirnay toh unka hi hoga naa..."