Gun and Guitar-a RANTARA ff(note at pg150) - Page 41

Chapter 19

Sitting on the edge of his balcony, supporting a pillar, raghu was looking at the kaul's resident in front. The little glow of night lamp was coming through the glass of the windows. He didn't knew why but he was feeling like antara was in that room. Whenever she was nearby he could feel her. He didn't know how, but he could feel her vibe, her scent! But it actually felt good! He felt satisfied when he could feel her nearby. He kept his left hand beneath his head and bended his on the pillar looking at the balcony of antara's room. Was she still awake or sleeping? He was still holding the mouth organ which he was playing before some moment. It had became his daily habit to play mouth organ before going to sleep. Looking towards the glow of that dim light, he was lost in his own world when he heard the footstep coming towards him. Raghu looked towards the stairs of balcony. Machmach came up stair with a bottle. Looking at his huge grin, stumbled feet and intoxicated eyes he understood that the alcohol has got into him. "gggood mmmorning bbbhai!!!..." mach mach said in his stumbled words. "S***e raat ka 12 baje hain aur abhi teri good morning gain?!!" raghu asked with an irritated face. "bhai apun ke liye toh tabhi goodmorning hain jab hath mein bottle aur bottle mein Bubbly Aunty ho..." mach mach said in same stumbled but ecstatic tone. "haan tere ko toh bas bubbly aunty ki pari hain!!" raghu said with that same irritating tone. "arey apun ki baat choro na bhai... par ye tune kya kiya.. hayeee?!! Uss kaluyeee ki aankhe hi phor dali!! Usneeyy.. itni bari kaunsi galti ki thi?!!" he asked in confused tone. "har baat adha adhura jaan ke comment mat kiya kar!!..." his voice suddenly raised a bit. He felt like his each and every fiber burned in that creep kaluya's name. "tere ko pata hain wo girgit uske sath kya karne ja raha tha... Wo toh bappa ka sukar hain ki sahi time pe mere pass pauch gayi aur maine samhal liya warna..." He resisted himself. He was feeling like crushing that kaluya and cut him into thousand pieces whenever he was reminding about the moment. Antara's scary eyes and kaluaya's greedy gaze on her. "kis ki ki baat kar raha hain tu bhai?!! Kaluya kis ke sath kya karne wala tha?!!" mach mach asked in questioning voice. Raghu didn't said a single word and looked back to kaul's house. Mach mach followed his eyes. He was a bit confused at first but suddenly he let out a huge grin. "gayaa kaam se fir tu!! Kaluya ko bhi aur koi nahi sidhe govind uncle ki pyari bhanji antara kaul hi mil!!!..." mach mach said in that same saint like look. Raghu's eyes widened and he looked back to machmach. "ankhein pharr phaarr ke kya dekh raha hain bhai!!... main bahut handsome lag raha hoon kya?!!" machmach asked with that same wide grin. "abey tere ko antara ki barein mein kaise pata?!!" he couldn't resist the question. Machmach's grin widened, "bhai... jab bhi apun bubbly aunty maar ta hain apun ka dimag ekdum rajdhani express ke mafik daurne lagta hain... maine aaj saam ko hi jashan mein saroj aunty aur antara ko sath mein dekha tha...apun pata bhi laga liya pakiya se ki antara govind uncle ki bhanji hain..aur bas bolr to apne superfast dimag kaam karne laga... waisey bhi daya mai ke baad ek wo hi hain jis ke liye tu kisi ko marne maar ne par uth jata hain!! kyun?!!" mach mach said grinning more widely. "bas bas ab kuch jyada hi bhagne lag gaya hain tera dimag... Ab usey break laga..." raghu said with irritated as well as a bit embarrassed voice. "arey bhai ab toh break lagane ka sawal hi nahi uthgta..." MM said sipping some more alcohol from bottle. "pure ek saal tak uss larki ke liye tu bina sharab ka devdass bane baitha huya hain! tereko kya lagta hain ki mere ko kuch dikhayi nahi deta...HICKKK!!" he scowled. "bhai tension nahi lene ka... Jab larki Kashmir se mumbai taka a gaya hain to pat bhi jayegi. Tu bhi ek sip le le aur sari sirdard khatam kar de..." mach mach said. "mach mach mere ko in sab se door rakh!!" raghu said a bit stubbornly. "arey bhai pi na..." mach mach almost forced him to drink. After just few min, both raghu and mach mach were intoxicated and hovering in the balcony floor. A huge grin was playing in raghu's face. "mach mach tera bubbly aunty to solid hain re..." raghu said in stumbled voice. Alcohol was totally took him off guard. "maine kaha than a bhai, chal ek aur ghoot pi le... ek sath..." Mach mach said. "okkk cherrss!!!... ready one... two.. bole to three..." both raghu and mach mach sipped from bottle together and burst into laughter like mad. "ee mach mach tune antara ka kya naam kaha tha... ANTARA KAUL?!" he asked in stumbled voice. "haan re bhai...!!! Dekh tera bhi memory card strong ho gaya hain bubbly aunty se!!.." machmah said. "hmmm!!! ANTARA KAUL... Yani... MISSS KAUL!!... miscall..." raghu again burst out into unusual laughter. "bhai tu to solid hain abhi tu ussey miscall den eke barein mein soch raha hain.." mach mach said. "abey ghonchu..." raghu stroke mach mach's head hardly. "miscall lagan eke liye number jaan na parta hain... mere ko uska number kaise pata lagega...?!! Hawa mein koi ake mere kaan mein fusur fusur kar ke bata degaa..." He finished. "arey bhai tu fikar mat kar... apun abhi jata hain number dhoondne... Tu ab aram se so ja... Goodbye bhai..." Mach mach said and went with stumbled feet. Raghu also crushed on his bed. His eyesight was becoming a bit blurred due to the alcohol effect. Something caught into raghu's hand. He lifted that thing to his eyes. Antara's ear ring!! He looked back to antara's room's balcony. A huge grin escaped from his lip.

Someone's cold hand touched her temple. Antara shivered in her sleep. She was coming back to reality from the dream world slowly. Now she could feel the rough touches of fingers gently caressing over her forehead and removing her hair strands from her face. She slowly opened her pebbles. The light of night lamp glowing above her, made her eyesight blur for sometimes but as her visions got clear, she found a pair of black intense eyes some mere inches away from her. she felt like a huge electric shock in her whole body. her eyes widened in both shock and fear. Raghu grinned widely looking at antara's wide eyes. "ankhein phar ke kya dekh rahi hain hn?! Apun hain... koi chor chakara nahin..." he said keeping that wide grin in his face. Antara jumped up in the bed keeping her eyes on him. What was going on?! What was he doing here?!! She sensed the smell of alcohol also his stumbled words informed her that he was drunk. It caused to increase the doze of her fear. she could even think properly. On the other hand, raghu was sitting on his knees beside the bed and looking to her with some mesmerized expression in his eyes. That huge grin was intact to his face. "arey miscall tu fir se dar gayi?!!..." he laughed a little. Antara looked here and there to find an way to escape. She had to get away from the room. He was not in his sence! In that moment he could do anything!! She slowly backed off slidding over the bed and tried to reach to other side. she could even scream and call mama-mumy. Like her voice was lost. Only she could see the man standing in front him! Who came there to crush her world. Even intoxicated by the alcohols, raghu was keeping his eyes on her each and every move. When he saw antara sliding away he jumped on the bed like a lion and locked her hand to the bed. Antara froze at the spot. Just some one inch above her face raghu's eyes were fixed on her fear full orbs. She couldn't even run away cause raghu generally locked her in his arms cage. Neither a single movement, nor a single sound they made. But their eyes seemed to be enough to interact with each other. Raghu's black eyes, like a ruthless hunter, were looking straight into antara's hazels, helpless like a poor prey! They didn't know how much silent moment they spent looking towards each other's eyes. Antara's fear was slowly going away. But another feeling was rising in her. In some unknown excitement, her heart was racing like a mad. Even her breaths were deep and uneven. It seemed like raghu had some hypnotizing power in his eyes. How much antara was trying, she couldn't shift her eyes from him. That intensity in his eyes and the tenderness!! It seemed like he was savoring each and every part of her face. Her hazel warm eyes, her beautifully curved eyebrows, her thick but tender lips everything was looking like some devine creation to him. Her innocent pure beauty, making him more intoxicated over the doze of alcohols and he was verge in losing his last ounce of control. He moved closer to her face. Her heart bit rose even faster!! Her breath hitched! God why he was coming close? What was his intention? Kaluya's incident was flashing in her mind again and again. she knew how much dangerous this raghunath naik could be! And also he was drunk!! It was almost impossible for her to stop him. He would literally crush her!! she couldn't even call mama-mumy cause she knew how much they were helpless in front of her. antara's whole feature burned with despise. She squeezed her eyes shut and moved her face to other side. raghu stooped his movement. There was some half inches distant between their face. Raghu was facing her tender chicks. Antara was having bad time in his closeness. His breath mingled up with alcoholic scent making her head spine and almost taking away her every strength. After some long moment when she didn't felt any other movement from his side, she got the courage to open her eyes and looked back to his face. He was looking towards her with a unreadable gaze and his hand which was stretched towards her, holding a ear ring in palm!! Her ear ring!! Antara's eyes widened again. she was searching for this from the evening. He came all over just to return that!? Antara looked back to him with a bit amused eyes. "dekh kya rahi hain?! tera hi hain... ab le le!!..." raghu said in same stumbled voice. Antara felt a little embarrassed. She lowered her gaze and took the earings back with shaky hands. "ab... Hath... kyun kanp... rahe hain tere?!!" he asked. she was again amused. Even in that state he could still detect her tension. Then suddenly raghu moved his hand upward and took her face in his palm. Antara literally shivered badly in his touch. Her face was feeling like a rag ball in his rough hard palms around her chicks. He made her look straight into his eyes. He gazed deeply into her eyes. Antara was surprised to find the sadness in his expression. Each and every moment passed like it was unending! Finally antara got the courage to spoke up, "tum... Yahan kyun..." but she couldn't finish her word and he spoke up, "tu humesha... aisa kyun karti hain mere sath?!" he asked suddenly. Antara was confused. What was he talking about? "kyun... bhag rahi thi mere se?! apun ne to tere sath kuch galat nahi kiya... fir bhi..." his voice chocked for a while. Antara felt shiver in her spine. His words were making her heart flutter. The intensity in his eyes, seemed like burning her soul and making her numb. "tu mere se itna darti kyun hain re?!!" he asked looking straight into her hazels. Antara suddenly couldn't give any answer. "bol na..!!" he asked again, with that same eager tone. She couldn't take it anymore. Just some few moments and she were sure that if that continues, she would surely loose her last ounce of strength. "jao yahan se..." she said feebly. He seemed hurt by her words. He squeezed her chicks a little with her rough hand which made her shiver again. "mere se dar mat!! Apun tere ko kuch nahi karega... Sachii... promise!!..." his said like an innocent child who was trying to convince someone. Antara slowly lifted her face and looked back to him. His face was looking so innocent at that moment. Like a little kid!! On the other hand, the alcohol had reached to raghu's head and it had totally took away his all sences. As she moved his face towards him, his lips got into his notice. Trembling a bit in fear and anticipation, tender and soft, just like two rose petals. A gentle pleasant small smile appeared in his face which confused antara again. Suddenly he moved closer to her. Her eyes popped out in fear. No, not again!! She was afraid of the thing from beginning. His face was coming closer!! She tried to flinch back but she couldn't. his strong hands were rooting her to the place. He was nearer than before. So near that she could see the reflection of her white bloodless face in his orbs. No no please!! She almost screamed in her mind. she closed her eyes and stiffened in his arms. She felt his nose touched her. His alcohol smelled breath almost spinning her head. Her heart was almost coming out from her cage in fear. she heard a quite laughter escaped from his mouth and he said. "teri... khoosbo... bahut achi hain... tere ko kisi ne... bataya kabhi?!!" he said in his slow intense voice. Antara felt that unknown doze of excitement again. what was that?! Why it was feeling good when he said those words. She should be despised of her. "miscall...apun tere ko..." before he could finish the word, his vision got blurred and he collapsed on the bed. At first antara was startled. Her brain was not working and her muscles were stiff for a whole long second. After some moment she looked back to raghu who was lying on his chest and sleeping soundly. He was fainted due to the doze of alcohol. Antara suddenly got back her loosed sence. She jumped from the bed and was about to open the door but suddenly her hand resisted. If she went to mama-mumy it would help nothing but creating the mess bigger. She had to give the excuses that why raghu was in her room and that's also so late night. But what she could do?! How she could stay in the same room with that ruffian?!! Antara helplessly moved back to bed. The good luck seemed left her side. she could do nothing before morning! she looked towards raghu's face. He was looking like an innocent kid in sleep. Antara suddenly felt a twinge of tenderness in her heart. She remembered about those days in Kashmir. No doubt she always enjoyed while she was with raghu back then. His broken, wrong English accent, his antiques and mostly his appearance always made her smile. he was like a friend with whom she could smile freely, crack jokes on him, and even share her heart. But each and everything was changed after revealing of raghu's real identity. Antara sighed heavily. It was useless. Those moments were nothing but an illusion. He ditched her hiding his real face. Antara sat on a chair and looked at raghu's sleeping posture. The hairs falling over his forehead somehow making him look adorable. Anatara continued to gaze on his face. She was determined to stay allert all the night but eventually her eyelids became heavy!

Precap: "bye!!!" antara cheerfully waved her hand towards the car. The car went outside of basti and suddenly she felt a burning gaze on her. antara looked back and find raghu standing at the other side of road with his burning gaze fixed on her.