RAABTA : A collection of short stories

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"Rehaan" Mehek was shocked

"Rehaan kya........" Rehaan shouted
"Actually galti aap logon ki nahi hai.....jau ke sath ghun to pista hi hai....so pis gaya mai"

"Rehaan trust me maine bahut koshish thi nikaah rokne ki"

"Kaise ... apne bewafah aashiq ke jagah mera naam bata kar" Rehaan taunted looking for his shirt

"Maine tumhara naam nahin liya tha Rehaan "

"Toh unhe sapna aaya tha???.................Aap ke ek phone call par mai dauda chala aaya aur aapne kya kiya, mujhe hi halaal kar diya"

"Tum galat samajh rahe ho Rehaan.....jab us raat tum mujhe ghar chhodne aaye the toh  Dadajaan ne tumhe dekh liya tha...mera letter unke haath me tha.....unhone wahi socha jo koi bhi sochta"

"Aur isse pehle mai kuch bhi bata paati......unhone tumhare gharwaalon ko phone kar diya"

"Lekin phir bhi aap bata sakti thin......" Rehaan said closing the buttons of his shirt

"Maine Ammi ko bataya tha...lekin mujhe room me band kar diya gaya.....unhone baat daba di.....mere paas phone tha na kuch"
"Mana toh tum bhi kar sakte the na"

"Meri so called family ko lottery lag gayi thi...wo mujhe dekhte??...Shahon ki beti se rishta jud raha hai bhai...." Rehaan couldn't hide his bitterness.

"Ye jo aap kahaaniyaan gadh rahin hain na........mai nahi aane wala inke jhanse me........mai is nikaah ko nahin manta..aur na kabhi manunga"

"Aap fikra na karein Rani bana kar rakhenge aapko ye log" With that Rehaan threw the comforter and went inside the washroom.

Mehek was shocked...."Is this the same man who always used to have a smile on his face.........." She tried but she couldn't recall any event where she had seen him in a bad mood. And so much bitterness for his own family...what was with this guy....hiding so much behind his cute smiling face!!!!

When Mehek and Rehaan came downstairs, everybody was already seated at the dining table.

"Arre beta....tumne toh kuch nahin liya....chalo lo" Mehek hesitantly smiled at her mother in law who seemed a little extra sweet.

Mehek was surprised looking at the family who was least interested in each other's work. A girl was sitting silently and a boy was more focussed on his phone than his food. Her father in law was hidden behind a newspaper.

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Rehaan entered the room in the evening and straight away went to the washroom. For the whole day, he was not in the house.

Mehek was reading a magazine when his phone started ringing......

Mehek picked it up "Hello"

The phone was brutally snatched away from her "Meri cheezein na chhua karein aap"

"Rehaan mujhe laga koi important call hogi.....baar baar call aa raha tha"

"Haan important call hai...meri girlfriend ka call hai"

"Rehaan .. mujhe"

"Mai use nahi chhodne wala....agar aap ko kuch aisa lag raha hai...toh mai pehle hi bata dun"

"Mai janti hun.....meri wajah se jo bhi hua mai use badal toh nahi sakti....lekin sudhaar toh sakti hun" Mehek came forward

"Apna ye naatak na aap mere samne na kiya karein"

"Bas kuch mahine...phir tum mujhse chhutkara paloge"

The phone  rang again

"Haan..... "