Guddan and Akshat - Made for Each Other

Chapter 48 - The Dance Rehearsal

Next morning, Guddan wakes up with a heavy head. Akshat offers her black coffee for her headache and narrates what Saahil did last night.

Akshat (angrily) - Dekho Guddan! Tumhare dost ki shaadi hai, isiliye main chup hun, par agar woh Saahil tumhaare aas paas bhi dikha na, main haath pairr tod dunga uske. How dare he..................

Guddan smiles seeing the caring yet angry avatar of Akshat.

Akshat - Main serious baat kar raha hun. Aur tum muskura rahi ho?

Guddan (enacting a serious face) - Nahin nahin hum sab sun rahe hain............ Aap boliye na......... (after a pause) Ek baat bolen, Saahil ne jo kiya naa bahut galat thha par uske iraade bure nahi hain...........

Akshat gives her a stern look. How could she defend him after all he hid, he was almost shocked. But then he realised that she was Guddan, who could see the slightest good in the darkest of human beings. Still, it was difficult for Akshat to see her take Saahil's side like that.

Guddan (adjusting her words) - Matlab ki dil ka bura nahin hai woh, bas thoda pagal hai.......... Ab kaise samjhayen aapko........
Uske dimaag mein na koi baat atak jaati hai toh atak hi jaati hai........... Aisa hi hai woh bachpan se..........

At this point, Akshat had had enough. How much more was she going to support him? But what he failed to comprehend in his anger was Guddan's true nature, her ability to recognise and bring out even the dimmest light in the darkest of souls.

Guddan - Aap uski chinta mat kijiye, usko kaise sidha karna hai, humein pata hai...........

Akshat (loud and serious tone) - Kisiko sidha-tedha karne ki zaroorat nahin hai! Tum usse bilkul dur rahogi. Am I clear?

Guddan nods half-heartedly as she couldn't deny him.

Akshat (looking at the clock) - Aare abhi toh woh dance rehearsal thha na. Nahin jaana?

Guddan - Haan haan, hum toh bhul hi gaye! Hum jaldi se taiar ho jaate hain.

On their way to the Dance rehearsal, on the opposite end of the Haveli, Guddan and Akshat encounters Preeti's mother in the hallway.

Preeti's mother (worriedly) - Aare Guddan beta, sun zara. Aaj na tu woh apni allergy ki dawai mat lena. Main tere liye acha sa haldi-chandan ka lep bana dungi, usse chehre par laga lena, desi nuskha hai, bilkul thik ho jayega. Yeh angrezi dawai bhi na, kuch ka kuch ho jaata hai.

Guddan (confused look) - Allergy? Dawai? Kya bol rahi hain aap?

Akshat (faking a smile, looking at Guddan) - Allergy medicines Guddan! Aare woh kal medicine li thi na tumne!

Guddan (confused look) - Kaunsi medicine?

Akshat (helplessly turning towards Preeti's mother, faking a smile) - Isko toh kuch yaad nahin rehta........... Sab mujhe hi dekhna padta hai.......... Itni saari medicines leti hai ki kya bataun. Isiliye yaad hi nahi rehta..........

Preeti's mother - Yeh toh galat baat hai beta. Aise baat baat pe dawai nahi lete......... Tu ruk, main kadha bana laati hun, phir kisi dawai -shawai ki zaroorat nahin padegi tujhe.......... (and she walks towards the kitchen)

Guddan (loudly) - Par Aunty........... Suniye toh...........

Akshat (covering her mouth and pulling her to a corner, almost whispering) - Shhhhhh! Kya kar rahi ho?

Guddan (confused look) - Kya? Kyun roka humein? Kadha banane gayi hai Aunty. Subah apki kadwi "Black Coffee" aur ab kadwa kadha. Galti kare Saahil, jhuth bolen aap aur bhugte hum! Nahin, bilkul nahi. Aur kadha aap hi pi lena. Hum nahi pine waale. Waise allergy kyun bola aapne?