chapter 2after 8 years
kya tum wakehi itni khubsurat ho ya fir ye hamara wahem hain?- uday said to the lil doll which was resting a lil after dancing for the whole night.. oviously it kept mum bt uday was nt to be put off by its insensitivity.. he said - aa..hum samajh gaye.. tum humse naraz ho.. isnt it? aur ho bhi kyun na?for these ten years i made u dance alone on the dance flor fo whole nights and u never complained except once..whereas i kept on sleeping and dreaming... so sad hain na?
he took the box in his hands and walked towards his bed where he laid down,placing the box carefully before him. then he said - kya kare princess, tum ho hi inti choti si.. aur hum itne bare.. hum us chote se dance floor pe fit nhi karenge yar... aur tumhare liye hamari ek ungli hi kafi hain.. he giggled to himself and turned on the music so that the girl started dancing agen and uday played with it by his finger..
suddenly a knock on the door made him turn around-kaun?
a servant replied- chote sab aapko malkin niche bula rahi hain.. sab apke liye dining table par wait kar rahe hain..
uday sighed as he said- thik hain hum ate hain.. tum jao...
he looked at his lil princess and said- sweetheart hume jana padega.. baad mein akar ye dance complete karte hain ok? love u.. he kissed it carefully,kept the box back in its place on the table and went out...
downstairs everyone was waiting for him with their breatfast laid in front of them.. uday quickly pulled a chair and apologises while sitting- sorry sorry hum late ho gaye...
his father,brijraj, who was a sulky looking fellow and a greatly disciplined person said quietly- ye kaunsi nayi baat hain... uday looked down without saying a word..
his aunt smiled sarcastically and said- chaliye bhaisab rajkumar aab aa gaya hain to nashta suru karte hain kyun?
uday just glanced at his granny who returned the look with a scorn. he murmered- sorrryyy..!! she smiled and signalled for him to start eating..
uday's mom had died wen he was just eight and it was his granny who brot him up like a son.. his father had always kept himself busy in business and stayed away from both uday and home as to get rid of uday's mom's memories bt sadly,never succeeded. uday understood this and he never complained as his dadisab had brot him up with so much care and tenderness that he had nvr got a scope to complain abt anything at all...
he quietly finished his breakfast and was abt to leave wen his father said- uday aaj tum hamare saath office chaloge.
uday- par papa aaj hamara bht important class hain hum miss nhi kar sakte...
brijraj- to thk hain.. mat aao.. ye business ye empire hum kisi aur ko de denge.. tab karna apni classes..
uday-par papa.. he was abt to say sumthing wen dadisa interrupted them- uday, brij, plzz tumlog firse suru mat ho jao.. brij.. agar wo keh raha hain ki uska class hain to aj rehne do na beta.. kal chala jayega woh..
brijraj wiped his hands in a napkin and got up- aap hi ne ise bigadke rakha hain amma.. with tht he walked off...
dadisa put her hand on uday's shoulders- beta dil chota mat kijiye..aap to jante hain apne pita ko.. uday smiled forcibly- haan dadisab,its okay... he picked up his bag and went slowly out...
uday had many frnds in college,bt mainly becoz of the fact that he was rich,handsome and popular.. almost none of his frnds knew how he was as a person or wat were his likes or dislikes.. everyone gave him importance and roamed abt him and always encircled him just for their own benefits and uday understood it pretty well.. so he was, in reality,very lonely..
but, he was extreamely mischievious. the things he cudnt do at home becoz of his dad,all he did in college to spend his time happily.. he was not all serious with his studies,nor his future.. he just lived in the moment. all the professors were actually fed up of his notorious behavior bt none cud take any action against it becoz of his status. this was the actual image of udayveer which was totally different from what he bore in frnt of his family members,especially dadisab. he did nt wish to hurt her bt that was the only way by which he got rid of his loneliness at least for the time that he spent in his college..
That day there was in reality no important class, bt a stupid basketball match which a boy frm the senior class had challeneged him in. Udayveer was the basketball champ bt the audacity of that guy akash made him accept the challenge. he liked competition.
He was changing in the locker room wen suddenly something caught his attention.. it was a voice of a girl,singing softly.. he put on his sports T and listened carefully. the voice came from the adjoining room. he took up his shirt,rolled it and dumped it inside his locker and then went out,following the voice. the class was empty but for a girl,sitting almost in the middle,her eyes closed,humming a song tune which seemed quite familiar to uday,though he cudnt remember where he heard it. from where he was, he cud only see her side face,that also covered by her long strands of golden brown hair.. he became very curious and was eager to see her face wen suddenly someone tapped on his shoulders. he turned around and saw that it was one of his frnds,vijay..
uday- kya?
vijay- tum abhi bhi yehi khade ho? bahar game ki sari preparations ho chuki hain.. woh akash bhi pahuch chuka hain... chalo..!!
uday- ek min bas us ladki ko.. he turned back again bt cudnt complete.. the class was empty.. there was no girl and no humming..
vijay followed his gaze but saw nothing as usual. he pulled uday by his hand- kya ladki kaun ladki? tum chalo na.. ladkiyan bhi bahar hain tumhe is hot avatar mein dekhne ke liye.. chalooo aab...
uday let himself be pulled away by vijay, his mind still full of confusions about the strange girl...
the game didnt turn out to be very interesting. uday was somewhat disturbed. he won it,undoubtedly bt only after suffering much disapointment. after the game, he headed straight for home,avoiding the cheer party wich was kept just for him as he felt deep down inside that something was wrong,very wrong.. on reaching home, he did nt go into his granny's room to meet her like always,nor did he went to the gym. he ran upstairs,opened the door of his room,and peeped inside. what he saw,gave him such a shock that for once he forgot breathing. the magic box(so he called it) lay overturned on the floor,with broken glass pieces everywhere... and the princess,the dancer's small crystal body had nothing left except for beautiful pieces of glittering blue and white crystals spreaded on the floor as if like tears..
uday's face became hot with anger first, then suddenly he burst into tears.. he had nvr cried twice in his life(the first one being after his mom's unfortunate death) bt he himself didnt know why he felt so much sorrow for just a simple toy that his heart almost burned. he slowly walked towards the remains of the box and knelt down beside the pieces,hot tears flowing down his eyes,blurring his vision.. slowly,he picked up a white crystal piece which seemed to him the dancer's face.. and cried like a baby, holding it within his fingers... he kept on crying the whole day,locking himself up in his room,so that noone finds out.. until his strangth gave up and he fell asleep...
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Edited by kasturika_kashu - 13 years ago