Dk what to call it - Fanfic or Short Story or OS. U can choose whatever u like 😉
A kindof imagination on how the story will pan into the present, just after the current track of 100 years narration.
Its a lil long, so please bare with me.
Chappals welcome before hand itself.
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"Aur yeh vajah thi us shrap ki. Tumhe kuch toh yaad hoga Manu, kuch toh yaad hoga?" Devsena asked Radhika, shaking her a bit to bring her back to the present. Radhika was completely lost in her past.
With tears in her eyes, she collected herself.
"Aaj toh khud Yuvraj Madhav bhi yahan the Manu!"
She was shocked. A tear just slipped down her eye. She then pulled Smriti and Shridhar.
"Bahut raat ho chuki hai. Ab main chalti hoon." Radhika said.
"Par documentary ka kya Radhika?" her friends exclaimed while she pulled them away.
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They stood on the road.
"Yaar ab rehne ke liye jagah kahan dhunde?" Shridhar asked.
An old man came to them.
"Garudeshwar mandir ke paas hi ek ghar hai. Bandh pada hai 20 saalon se. Uski chabiyan padosiyon ke paas zaroor hogi. Aap chahe toh wahan ek raat ke liye reh sakte hain." He told them.
Radhika didn't want to go but because of her two mates, she decided to stay there the night.
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They opened the door and walked in the dark house. They switched on the lights. It was badly kept, but they decided to stay there for the night.
They entered one of the rooms, which was scattered with pieces of wooden furniture n glass pieces. Radhika was shocked to see a mirror with writing on it which read - Manu Kahan Ho Tum? She remembered the visual she had imagined - Madhav breaking the glass. But she couldn't believe it. Madhav of her visualisation looked like that arrogant guy who saved her at the cliff.
"Aisa nahi ho sakta!" she exclaimed.
"Yeh bilkul Radhika ke bachpan ki photo lagti hai." her friends were conversing.
She looked at the photo and said, "Meri bhi aisi hi photo hai. Bui maa usse hamesha apne paas rakhti hai." But then she realised what she was saying. She could feel herself related to Manu, but she didn't want to connect herself anymore.
"Par Radhika, tujhe woh dance kaise aata hai?" Smriti asked.
She was speechless.
"Aur waise, woh jo aadmi jisne tujhe girne se bachaya, woh kitna handsome tha."
"Kaun woh ameer shirt pant wala?" Shridhar asked.
"Haan. Kya mast dikhta hai woh banda. Kash uska naam, pata, kuch toh mil jata."
"Mujhe kisne girne se bachaya? Main theek toh thi?" Radhika pretended. She thought they had seen her with the man on the cliff.
"Oh madam. Aaj tera sar hi phoot gaya hota agar woh nahi aata sahi time par, tujhe behosh hokar girne se bachane.
Waise pata nahi woh aurat usse Yuvraj Madhav kyun bula rahi thi. Smriti asked.
Radhika's eyes widened. She turned and asked Smriti, "Kaun that woh? Kaisa dikhta tha?"
"Yaar tu toh chad hi rahi hai mujhpe?" Smriti said jokingly.
Radhika calmed.
"Acha dikhta hai. Choti ankhein, lambi height, daari bhi thi uski thodi si, aur woh ekdum fit banda tha."
All Radhika could imagine was the man who saved her from falling at the cliff. In front of her was the flashback, how Krissh saved her, and how they had an eyelock. She was puzzled. She wondered why she saw him as Madhav, and now him as the man who saved her in the temple. She had many questions in mind, and she was desperate to know their answers. Did she find her true love? Or did her past life actually exist?