Second Chance (Vol.1) Squandered

20: Kahaan Milega Sukoon

PC: @_prayuu

Zoya sat with her eyes shut tight on the right side of the swing, her arms wrapped around herself.

In the last few days she had found herself often drawn to this swing, especially when her head went into a tailspin. For some unknown reason she calmed down within minutes when she sat here. Today she had an inkling why...

In his voice...

How she had missed his voice...
But he had never read the letter to her...
Yet... Today morning when she read the letter...
She had felt his presence...
As if he was directly speaking those words to her...

What had come over her...
What madness was this...

In his voice... the letter echoed in her head.

Zoya mein tumhe
yeh bataana chaahataa thaa ki
meri wish puri ho gayi
mujhe mera sukoon mil gaya hai
aur wo ho tum

This is where he had realized... what she was... to... to him...
On this swing!
Because... she had insisted... he make a wish...

And ever since he had returned from Paris...
he had been unable to refuse her... any whim or fancy...
he had always played along...
so he had made his wish and...

And the rest of the letter echoed in her head... in his voice...

ab tum hi mera safar ho
aur tum hi meri manzil
tumhi meri din ho
aur tum hi meri raat

jab bhi tumhaare saath hota hun
toh aisa lagtaa hai sab kuch sahi hai

jab bhi tumhe dekhtaa hun toh
aisa lagtaa hai tumhe dekhtaa rahu
aur koi dikhaayi nahin detaa

jab bhi tumhaari baatein suntaa hun
aisa lagtaa hai tumhe suntaa rahun

Actually Miss Zoya Siddiqui
mein tumse kehna chaahata tha ki
mujhe tumse pyaar ho gayaa hai
mohobbat ho gayi hai tumse
wo bhi Bepannaah

I love you

And she tried to lose herself in the last 3 words.

This is where it all started... no it started months ago... maybe even before they met... even before they... Predestined!

Is this... were they... predestined?

He had realized that she was his everything... sab kuch!

ab tum hi mera safar ho
aur tum hi meri manzil
tumhi meri din ho
aur tum hi meri raat

This is where his struggle with their conflicts had started. And she knew how he had suffered and avoided her the next two days. He had wished to be alone and she had refused to leave him alone.

He had tried to escape the dance practice but she had dragged him in...
He could not bear to see the choreographer touch her... so he had pushed him away... it had seemed comic then... sad now...
He had danced and twirled her... lost to this world...

jab bhi tumhe dekhtaa hun toh
aisa lagtaa hai tumhe dekhtaa rahun
aur koi dikhaayi nahin detaa

When he came to... he had been mortified with embarrassment...
And even more upset that she may have felt awkward...
She may have guessed...
Others may have guessed...

Outside Hooda House...
In his confusion... he had been short and rude to her...
But the very next moment with utmost remorse apologized to her...
afraid he had hurt her...
His fit of pique when she had laughed at him...