he handed her a popcorn tray and his phone buzzed again....she glared at him..
usually she prefers to work on weekends but even robots and machines need a servicing break and she is indeed a human no matter how much she pretends to be the former .....she needs a break too..
she tries to spend weekends at aalekh's place ...she dosent like to be surrounded by rajveer whole day...
everyone else amongst her friends is either so caught up in their priorities or distant....she is sometimes almost thankful for aalekh not having many....
but now a days he too has strated to act pricey..
he gave thousand excuses like he is scheduled to take his pet hamster majnu to the vet last to last sunday...
on the last one he said he went out to take a whole body spa...
some weird habits he has been developing nowadays....and she hates that little mouse he has bought in...and as if that werent enough he named it majnu....who the hell names a hamster majnu....
he is certainly under some bad influence..
"phone silent kar mujhe movie dekne me disturb ho raha hai"she says.
his phone beeps again..
"haan ruk"he replies grinning....
she ceases his phone and it beeps again
..she sees the message...someone named paro..
"dhokhebaaz...bataya nai teri girlfriend hai"she looks at the screensaver of a feirce looking girl...could this guy get cornier....the uncivilized kaidi version of him was a little less cringeworthy....
"ae naina phone de apun ko.."he runs after her..
"pehle bata is paro ke sath tera kya chakkar hai.....iske chakkar me devdas sudhar raha hai...."he runs after her...
she climbs on the couch...he gets on top too...finally they both fall down and indulge in a punching knock down..
"phone de na yaar..apun sab batata hai"he says finally...
.
"apun ki friend hai"he says...
"jhoothe..sirf friend hai ya girlfriend .."she asks sharply.like interrogating a suspect..
"boleto ladki hai aur apun ki friend hai to girl friend hi hui na"he says...
she starts smacking him.with fists.and elbows..
"aah..mar mat na...naina.."he cries..
"puri story suna.."she demands..
he narrates whole story of how that girl made his life and his tummy a chaotic zoo full of butterflies and other animals..
he admits that hamster being gifted to him by her....
naina almost smiles...
"yedi hai ek dam...sorry bolne ko.aai aur chuha thama gai...."he says stroking majnu affectionately and feeding him popcorn....
"par mast hai.....apun ne jitna sikha ...utna sara english fat fat nikalne lagta hai uske samne...apunko gentle man samajhti hai wo yedi ....apun bhi ek dam vatt me rehta hai.uske samne.."he says....describing whole story of how they met...how she fainted at the base and how they became friends then on.
"wo terese pyar karti hai"naina softly asks....
"pata nai.shayad karti hai...par solid ijjat karti hai apun ka...pata hai..apun hamesha sochta tha ke chahe jitna bhi medal jeet lega...andar se wahi chindichor kaidi rahega...par paro jab apnunko dekhti hai na...esa lagta hai sala apun bohot bada gentleman hai...ek dam captain rajveer jaisa....bandi ne life badal di apun ki.."he says..
she is mesmerised at his friend's love story....he seems so into her..a constant smile playing on his lips while talking about her
"pata hai naina...bohot kam log hote hai..jo apne ko khud se pyar karna sikhate hai....jese tereko captain rajveer mila..apun ko bhi ye mili....apun ki maa ne hi setting ki hogi paro ke baba se...upar isliye to us jesi ladki apun se pat gayi"he says....
she tries so hard too feel happy for him.....
she often thought that aalekh is miserable and screwed up as she is....but turns out even he is capable of moving on...
and she goes in a deep introspection...
he talked about someone making you love yourself......and mentioned about captain rajveer...in her case...irony is ...she hasnt hated herself more than she does now...
each times she looks at him staring with that longing in his eyes...each time she gives him a rude shock to let him know how he has zero value in her life..how their relation is just an irtitating deal she needs to be a part of in order to achieve her goals...she wonders how much does she have to torment him in order to convince herself that she despises him...
why does her heart constantly question her on this
..she is meant to hate him..
.its a pre requisite for her to be a good sister...a good daughter ..she ought to hate the person who killed her brother....there is no other way round...
but only she knows how herculean the task is..
...she is tired now....of hating him....of being so cold .
..everyone in her circle of friends ....is growing and seeking happiness...while she is just exactly where she was a few years back...
she sometimes feels jealous of her friends who live with lesser obligations and simpler lives...now even as she sees aalekh move ahead past his past and everything...she feels a weird envy towards him ......she almost finds her struggle and her goals meaningless..
...will she feel this way even after the pursuit of proving her brother innocent ends one day....is all this angst that she put herself through ...even worth it....
that night she couldnt sleep.....
clock kept ticking and her thoughts travelled light years ahead of her as she stood in the gallery watching the vehicles rush fast and ahead of each other down the sea link while she us stuck exactly where she was...
"coffee "he asks timidly ..as if she hasnt got used too of his unlikely intrusions in her life....its 3:am for god sakes
he waits for her to ignore him and turn away....according to their routine....
but she takes it....and takes a sip...he looks at her....as if a moth staring at fire...in absolute awe...
her hair let loose...twirling along with the wind as if dancing to the tunes of some peppy song which has a melancholic feel to it...
"raat ke andhere me sawalon ki bheed badh jati hai..par jawab dhundne ke liye subha ki raushni ka intezaar karna padta hai...kuch waqt do apne aap ko..."he says...as if he knows exactly what she is thinking about....she looks at him amused....
his deep eyes exuding wisdom and giving away answers to the questions she stood seeking in the dark..
he looks enchanting and serene.....just like the night sky....
before his eyes start weaving a spell on her again...she has to pull down the shutter of defense upon hers...
she looks away with this realisation.....
"waqt sirf beet ta jata hai...wo na hi jawab deta hai na hi aapko aapke jawab ke bina jeena sikhata hai.....aap ne mujhse tab bhi jhoot kaha tha..aur aaj bhi jhoot hi keh rahe ho..."she says finishing her coffee and leaving him with a new accusation.....
He gave a sad smile and finished his black tea without sugar
"Tera lehja yad rakhne ko
Main chai bhi kadwi peeta hun"
Lehja - tone of voice
Written by heeba
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