Manzilein

13. Rain of his city

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Amidst the pain and restlessness, a sudden wave of calmness passed through her veins. From last one weak she had kept herself locked in her room. But today, Anika felt like coming out.

She went downstairs, only to see the servants and decorators busy in their works. Some of their relatives were already there to enjoy the wedding. Her heart felt heavy as she thought about her marriage with someone else. The calmness flew away in a second and she ran upstairs. But then, she stopped in the corridor when she heard some voices.

She hid behind a curtain and looked downstairs where her second family was standing. She smiled faintly but it pained her that the one who could give her peace wasn't here.

She was about to leave from there but she stopped and looked towards the door and saw the person she was longing to see. He was here. She could see him infront of her eyes, she could hear his voice. The thought of the marriage was forgotten, what she remembered was his presence.

She left from there, jumping and twirling, sometimes playing with the flowing curtains, sometimes humming the beat of a song, sometimes picking and throwing up in the air the flower petals from the plate in the hands of any servant.

She went to the terrace garden, as usual and the peafowls gathered there. She was happy. She twirled and the peafowls opened their feathers, showing that they were also happy to see her smile. The wind touched her face, making her hair strands dance.

"It's the air of his city, he has brought it with him. He has brought me my calm back. He has brought this first rain of the monsoon for me." Anika spoke to herself and jumped looking up at the sky that was now full of clouds.

The rain started to pour slowly and then heavily, making her happier. The rain drops casted a spell of his name on her. She danced like never before, on the beat of the drops. Her smile kept growing wider as the peafowls encircled her and tried to match the beauty of her movements.

Anika was lost in herself that she failed to notice a person standing in the shed of the lawn infront of the palace. He thought, she was happy without him. He smiled sadly as he thought his decision to let her go was right, unknown to the fact that this smile, this happiness and this calmness has returned to her because of his presence.

Gauri, Bhavya and Arpita looked surprised, rather shocked seeing Anika so overjoyed. A few minutes ago, they had seen her crying in her room and now she was smiling like there is no tomorrow.

Anika saw them and dragged them into the rain and twirled them. Gauri, Bhavya and Arpita weren't kids to not guess that this happiness was sudden but not without reason. Arpita, deep down her heart, guessed the reason behind the chirping of her Bulbul and she was right.

"What happened, Di ? I know you love rain but I never saw you this happy ?" Bhavya asked as she was now drenched too.

"Yes, Di. You had not even talked to anyone till yesterday and now you are dragging us to dance with you. What's the matter ?" Gauri asked and Arpita waited for Anika’s answer.

"Because this rain has casted a spell on me, Gauri. He has brought this rain, for me and my happiness. This rain has brought his essence to me." Anika said and squealed in happiness as the rain became heavier with each passing second.

Arpita excused herself from the girls and left from there to meet her husband, not before capturibg her Bulbul's wide smile in the camera of her mobile whereas Gauri and Bhavya looked at Anika, stunned by her answer. They had failed to fathom the depth of her love until now. But after this moment they realised that their Di's world revolved around him and the things related to him.