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Chapter 5
May this drenched atmosphere continues forever
This life will drown in color
This Dark Night won't end ever
Let our eyes whisper together
Part one
With a soft moan I opened my eyes. At first I was all startled finding myself in the middle of that dark cottage. I wanted to wake up quickly but my wounded foot ached. "Ouch!!" the painfull sound came out from my lips reminding me about my situation. Rubbing my dizzy forehead I slowly changed my position from lying to seating. Slowly I dragged my wounded foot closer and checked it in the dim light. It seemed in better condition than before. I saw Raghu's hanky still wrapped around my wound. I forwarded my hand to untie the hanky but something stopped me inside. I looked towards the hanky hesitantly and thought what to do with that. After thinking for a while I finally decided to keep that. Slowly I took my hand back and looked towards raghu lying at the same position. His one hand was stretched parallel to the floor and other hand was kept on his tummy. His mouth was wide open and I could hear the loud sound of snoring coming from his side. "Loo ab kaun kharrate maar raha hain!!" I said and couldn't stop my giggle. Somehow his lying position looked so funny to me. Just the way his mouth was wide open, it wouldn't be surprising if some of the insects moved inside his mouth. I laughed for a while and felt so surprised. I didn't remember when was the last time I laughed like that, without any worry and hesitation. I was so engrossed in the problem of my own life that I literally forgot to smile. Strange, the guy who irritated me most on those days was the reason for my smile after ages. I took a deep breath to compose myself. I looked at raghu again. Thank god he was sleeping and he couldn't witness my laugh. He would surely don't like to see me laughing on him. But seriously, that akru gave me a good time of humor.
Looking at his deep snores I suddenly get a naughty idea. She was teasing me about some snoring thing before. What if I caught a video of raghu along with his snores? I giggled again on my childish thought. "Come on it's so lame!!" I convinced myself. But I didn't know why the mischief was growing on me. I took my mobile and was about to shift towards raghu. "No I shouldn't do this." One part of my mind said but another part provoked me. "If he could tease me all the time, make my ear paining with his continuous irritation blabbers then why couldn't I do a single prank? It is not that much big thing. Otherwise I could keep it as a precaution. After that whenever he will try to irritate me I will just show this awesome video to him and shut him up.." The sudden mischief appeared in my mind pushed me. So at last I slowly shifted towards him. Without waking him up I sat at the side of his lying feature. I again giggled looking at his face. "Raghunath Naik!! Now you are going to get ur own doze." I said in mind and forwarded my mobile turning on the night mode I was just about to start the video when suddenly raghu took a deep breath. I jerked away from him thinking that he was awake. I saw his lips stammering. God!! if he caught me making his special video segment then he wouldn't spare me. I got ready to run back to my place. His hand which was kept on the floor suddenly came to life and grabbed my wrist making me froze and grounded to the spot.
"ANTARA!!" his slow but clear whisper hit my ear.
My heart jumped and was almost about to come out from my cage. I gulped badly looking away from his face. I was caught red handed. His hand gripped on my wrist and squeezed gently. I shut my eyes tightly in fear and anticipation. I prayed hard to god to show me some way to escape. "Antara!!.." again that slow whisper hit my ear and his grip became tighter on my wrist. Taking a deep hitching breath I at last decided to face him. gathering my all courage I twitched my face back to him. And the scene startled me again.
His eyes were still close. But his lips were stammering a bit. My wrist was as usual imprisoned in his palm. I stood there quietly for a moment without making a sound or further movement. Raghu didn't open his eyes. Neither had he said any other words nor he move from his position. Just his lips were trembling and sometimes he was taking frequent breaths. My doubts got clearer. Gathering a little more courage I leaned over him and waved my palm near his face. He didn't respond. I was right, he was sleep talking. I sighed in great relief. Thank god!! "ANTARA!!" Again he took my name and it was so clear. My heart jumped again and I looked at his face. To my relief he was not awake. I quickly shifted a bit from his face. I looked at his hand which was gripping my wrist tightly. How would I be able to free my wrist from him? slowly I tried to slip out my wrist from him but it was almost impossible. I slowly touched his fingers with my other hand. Again I heard his deep breath and cautiously looked at his sleeping face. Keeping intact my gaze on his face I slowly removed his fingers one by one from my skin. While I removed the last finger I stopped for a moment. Though his fingers were rough and hard but still they were so little, even smaller than mine. It looked really kid like for him. slowly I kept his hand back on the floor and sighed holding my free wrist. The warmth which was still intact to my wrist's skin felt so odd. Surprisingly I was shocked as I thought about him taking my name in sleep just a moment ago. According to my knowledge I knew that sleep talking was related to someone's dream and desire. A person took someone's or something's name which he or she desired and was dreaming for it. My heart thudded loudly in the sudden question that rose in my head.
Was he dreaming of me?!!
The question literally stopped my breath for a while and then I shoved away that utterly stupid question from my head. Raghunath Naik was dreaming about Antara Kaul?!! One of the most impossible things in earth I guess. And even if he dreamed of me, I was sure he was dreaming to invent new way to irritate me! HUH!! What happened to me?!! Why I was having such weird thoughts. I had become such a dumb!! Convincing my mind I was about to shift back to my place leaving my idea to make raghu's special mms when suddenly the shiny thing peeping out from his jean's pocket got into my notice. Even in the small light my eyes didn't take a minute to recognize the thing. My breath stopped again and slowly I I stretched my hand at let out my earring from his jeans pocket which I lost some months ago.
I still remembered that day when I lost my earring in Falginu's house. I was searching for that earring madly because it was so precious to me. My momma's gifted it before coming to Mumbai.
"Mili kya?!!" I asked falguni searching on the sofa thoroughly where I was seating just some moment ago. I was sure that the earring had dropped somewhere in the visitors room cause it was dangling to my ear before that. Ajji was asking me about the pretty earring before I came to visitor's room and was discussing our collage project.
"Nahin Antu yaar... Kahin nahin mil rahi hain..." falginu said looking at the corners of the room.
"Ohh god!!" I said in worried voice holding the other earring in my hand. I was feeling so sad and low. It was not even made of gold, silver or anything. Just a simple cheap in coast earring but it was more than any valuables for me, my momma's gift! I sat on the sofa silently holding that earring. "Arey antu tension mat le mil jayegi!" Falguni said shaking my shoulder. I shot a small smile to her. Still it was pinching inside me. Suddenly we heard heavy footstep and we looked up to find raghu stomping along the corridor keeping his hands inside his pocket as usual. "Arey bhai too kuch der pahele yahin tha.. sayad unhone dekha hoga.." Falguni said and called for him. "Bhai zara suno!!". Her voice made him stop and raghu looked towards us leaning on pillar. "Bhai woo aap to kuch der pahele yahin the. Aap ne yaahan koi earring dekhi hain." as falguni asked I looked towards him expectantly. "Kya?!! Earring?!!.." he asked scratching his head. "Haan woo..." I showed him the other one in the pair, "Aise dikhta hain woo... aap ne dekha kahin pe?!" I asked hoping for answer. His eyes slightly widened a bit looking at the earring. But instantly the hard line covered his face. "Eee apun tere koo ladies dikhta hain kya joo yee jhumka pahenkar thumka laga ke road p chalega... Nahin hain apun ke pass!!" he said and stormed out of the place. I stood there wide eyes and shattered. He just crashed me more with his utter rudeness at that moment.
So it was always with him. Then why didn't he return my thing to me?! Was it some kind of joke of him?! But why did he keep my earring with him?! why?!! I felt angry but more confused. At first that sleep talking and after that the earring, what was going on his mind? I again observed him thoroughly when his mobile got into my notice. I didn't know why I felt some unknown pull and my hnd automatically moved towards it. I couldn't stop myself. Grabbing that cautiously in my hand I stood there for a long and was clueless what to do. I was feeling like odd to sneaking in someone's mobile like that. Even I wouldn't like that if someone sneaked in my mobile like that. so I decided to keep that back but before that I thought to check out the wedding pictures. I saw raghu taking pictures while we all were giving giving group pose with Nandini (my friend whose marriage took place). So I switched on the screen. And again I left their spell bounded.
There was a face of girl in his mobile wallpaper. She was smiling letting out her total 32 teeth. She looked so cheerful. Her gleaming eyes shifted towards a side slightly. The girl looked so happy and full of life.
The girl was none other than but me!!
I eyes froze on the screen seeing my own picture there. literally I never felt such a shock in my whole life. My picture on raghu's mobile screen?!! How was it possible?!! When did he took my snap?! Or did falguni... no!! it couldn't be possible. Cause I never saw her using raghu'ss mobile and perhaps why should she use when she had her latest favorite i-phone collection?! So what was that?!!
Stunned and clueless I kept my trembling hand on the screen and swept the wallpaper. I know the use of that smartphone model. My roommate used that so it was not difficult for me to find the picture gallery from menu. I didn't know why my heart was racing. It was some kind of odd anticipation. It was some mixed feeling of fear and excitement which I never felt before. With a deep sigh, at last I opened the picture gallery.
The first picture was again mine and it was from the marriage. I didn't know when he took the picture. I was talking to Falguni at that moment. Starnge!! I still remembered his taunts about my get up before party. Then why the heck he bothered to take my snap and also secretly?! I checked out the other photos and as I swept the screen my fingers froze on every snaps that left me dumb and caused me to skip my heartbeat one by one. Didn't he take any other photos in wedding rather than mine?!! I could see only my photo allover in the wedding hall in different postures and he took every snap to my unconscious. Even in that group pose, while nandini me and falguni all were on the frame his zoom was all fixed towards mine and he totally scraped nandini and falguni from the frame. I felt my breath was chocking with each snap. I continued to look at the screen with wide eyes as my fingers moved mechanically on the screen revealing each and every snap.
Not just from the evening, his gallery was full with only my photos only and those were taken in Falguni's house and obviously unknown to me. Somewhere I was talking cheerfully with ajji, somewhere I was discussing studies with falguni, somewhere I was singing and falguni and ajji were listening, somewhere I was in kitchen and giving listens about kashmiri dishes to ajji and falguni and our joint masti, somewhere I was standing near the window looking towards outside with my empty eyes, my happy smile, my cheerful laugh, my gleaming eyes, my merriness, my sadness, my thoughtful face, my each and every posture was captured and hidden secretly there.
As I checked the last snap of raghu's mobile, I switched off the screen with shaking hand and looked towards the wall with wide eyes. My whole feature was shaking in some unknown jerk. Everything seemed changed, my every thoughts, every prediction about that so called ruffian guy was shaken heavily just by some mere snaps of mine which was kept hidden in his secret place. I didn't know what should I react? I should be angry because he took my snap without my permission. But I couldn't have a single bitter feeling towards him! Why?!! I t was totally out of my nature. I heavy thunder flash hit the ground outside but I couldn't move a single bit from the place. A heavy wind came inside the room and shook the lamp. I looked towards the lamp with dumb gaze. The lamp trembled from one side to another for some moment and again it became steal. I thought the flame would extinguish but surprisingly it seemed brighter than before. I closed my eyes and recalled everything from my memory. Starting from raghu and my first encounter to the day, each and every time I picked new things. His utterly rude behavior and dialogues gave me new meanings at that moment. Whenever I visited Falguni's house I felt like some piercing gaze was watching me from some secret place. I couldn't found anyone nearby but the gaze was so intense that I could feel the chill running down my spine. I thought it was just my wild imagination but the feeling and goosebump didn't left me ever. I felt that at each and every corner of Falguni's house especially whenever I was alone. Sometimes I felt someone's presence so close but whenever I moved back to search for someone I didn't find anyone. But sometimes I saw a shadow hushing out from the place. I rushed to catch that but I never could. I never told falguni and ajji about that. They would surely think of me as possessed. But at last everything made sense. His utterly rude behavior to mine always, keeping my earrings to him and taking my snaps secretly, everything lead my brain to the most impossible conclusion. The conclusion which me myself couldn't believe at all!! My heart thudded so loudly that I hold my chest tightly in fear that he would listen to that. I took some heavy deep frequent breaths holding my chest with both hands. How could that be possible? Was it all my imagination?! How?!! When and where?!!! All those questions hit my head together and jumbled my thought. I felt restless, impatient, excited and also afraid at the same time. Was it always like that?!
Ajji and Falguni always used to say that raghu was not such a bad guy I think of him. I never took that seriously because of his utter rude behavior towards mine. I was always confused that why they always try to detect raghu's other side to me. But everything was making sense at that moment. I hesitantly looked towards raghu's sleeping face once again and suddenly I felt bad. A twinge of pain pinched in me. I knew that guy for almost a year but I never even looked to him or talked to him properly. I always considered him as a goon, a ruffian but never tried to look beyond that. He was rude, arrogant but it didn't mean that he was an inhuman. The life he chose was almost forced to him by his situations. Falguni said that her bhai was like the protective shield to their family, just for him their rivals couldn't lay a single hand on them. the whole basti people respect him and obviously they didn't do that just out of fear. I never thought those things before. Might be I didn't want to think.
I looked towards his sleeping face thoroughly observing for the first time. Despite for his hard lines of face and rough stubbles there was something tender in his face. The ruffled hair strands falling on his little forehead. his little face on his broad shoulder looked so childish while sleeping. Honestly I never saw him so nave. The perfect mixture of maturity and innocence in his face and I never admit that he really possessed a handsome look! I recalled each and every moment from the evening. I was just considering his rude words and taunts all the time, never saw how much he helped me all the time. I was leaving all alone for my hostel; he came to pick me up. He had no need to do such things because I knew that no one could force him against his will. Still he came for me, the girl who didn't even bother to look at him. Not just that, he could leave me on the road alone to my wish and left alone but he forced me to come with him. I never thought that he could be worried for me. He irritated me all the way to here but he also took care of me when I was wounded. He even helped me in every possible way even I rejected his helps and burst my anger on him every time. He made me feel light after ages forcing me to let out my frustration. I remembered his wide grin when I just thanked him some hours ago. That grin was so vibrant and innocent.
Another flashed appeared and caressed raghu's sleeping face on which my silent eyes were roaming for more than half an hour. I didn't know why I my heart was fluttering while I was checking each and every feature of him. I didn't know why my mind was thinking on that way. It might be all my wild imagination, just like a dream of night which would be broken with the first rays of sun. A deep sigh escaped from my chest. Was I longing for too much?! Might be! I know I might get shattered but my heart was not listening to me. It had already started to spare vibrant colors on the empty canvass of my life. I knew the colors could get fade again but still I couldn't hold that anymore. I felt a slight pinch of pain inside me. If everything turned out wrong?! I didn't know if I would be able to take that or not. I was feeling, blank confused, clueless about those sudden arousal and excitement which wanted to ran through my blood wildly and I was trying hard to hold them back. I badly needed answer of my questions and I didn't know how I would manage to get. I didn't have courage to ask him directly. If he denied I really didn't know how I was going to take that.
Keeping my chin over my joint knees I was drove into my jumbled thoughts. I didn't know how the time flew. My trance was broken listening to the slow sound of chirping bird. I looked at outside and saw the fade light of approaching dawn. Raghu was steal sleeping peacefully with his calm face. But my sleep was long gone. I tucked his phone and my earing back to his jeans pocket and slowly stood up. I tried to walk. My foot was not aching anymore. I slowly moved towards the door and stood there leaning to the wooden arch. The rain was toning down slowly as the daylight was spreading the rainbow's color on the dark canvass of night. I observed silently that how the daylight was taking over slowly and the dark night was bidding adieu with its wet fragrance leaving a weary feeling. I didn't know what that new dawn would bring for me a new hope or again left me on the shore alone just like an empty shell again. I was feeling so blank and anticipated, just like the dull cloudy dawn outside preventing the sunlight to hit the ground fully.
I heard a yank and twitched my neck behind. I saw movement on raghu's body. my eyes glued to his every moment observing carefully. His face automatically moved at the side where I was sleeping and he shot his eyes open. His feature seemed frozen for a while and suddenly he jumped up on the floor. His eyes moved at each and every corner of the room searching for something impatiently. His eyes stopped when he found me standing near the door. From that half lying position he shot a glance to me which I never forgot through my whole life. His eager eyes with all shorts off tender emotion flowing at same time! My silent eyes observed him all the while. Gulping a bit he slowly stood up on his feet and scratched his head like usual shooting that confused look. His eyes were still gauzing my expression trying to find out the meaning of my odd silence. Definitely he would find something in my behavior. I never used to look at him straightly before and also for that long period. "woo tu kab uthi?!!" he asked confusingly. "Nind nahin aa rahi thi." I just answered in single sentence. "Kyun?! Payar mein dard hoo rahaa hain kya fir se?!" he asked looking worried. I sighed and slowly removed my gaze from him, "main thik hoon." I answered simply. He didn't seem convinced by my answered and took slow but firm step to me. My heart beat rose with his every step and still I managed to stood there keeping myself as normal as possible. He neared me and observed me thoroughly with his narrow eyes. "Kuch too garbar hain.." he commented, "Tujhe bukhar too nahin hoo gaya.." he said and suddenly touched my forehead gently with the back of his palm. His touch did some odd things to me. A strange jerking wave moved across all around my nervous system. It was so strong for me to take. Gulping my saliva I backed off a bit from his hand. "Nahin!! Sab thik hain!!" I felt my voice was shaking. Why it happened with me?! Why all off a sudden destiny revealed something to me about his some secret. There were so many questions roaming on my mind which I wanted to burst out. But my throat seemed dry and I couldn't dare to ask those questions to his face. I looked up to him gathering my all courage again. his eyes seemed a bit confused and as well as a bit sadness was there. It pinched me inside. "Tu sach mein thik hain naa?!" his sadness changed into concern. I just nodded in agreement silently. He sighed and let out his mobile and a happy grin spread on his face. "Network aa gaya..." he said cheerfully and me also felt relieved. I observed how cautiously he was hiding his mobile screen from my eyes. little did he know that I already saw everything. He called someone. "Yee s**a machmach phone kyun nahin utha raha hain..." he was calling his friend machmach. He cut the call impatiently after some moment and said, "Eee misscall.. chal abhi nikalte hain idhar se... Road tak kaa rasta bhi dhoondna parega... jate jate aagar phone lag jayega..." he offered. As usual I nodded silently to him. Again startled by my odd silence he shot a confused glance to me. We both came outside of cottage together. The rain was gone but the stairs were still slippery. He again offered me his hands and I took that without any argue leaving him dumb stuck again. However I came downstairs carefully. Whenever his strong hands were wrapping around me to give support honestly, I was getting hard time to catch my breath.
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Part 2
I was standing near the jeep while raghu was talking at the other corner of road to MM via phone. I couldn't listen to what he was talking. I was lost in my own thoughts, jumbled, puzzled, feeling suffocated. The questions were hitting me bad inside but my lips didn't dare to ask anything.
"Come on just ask him for once. You have that much right!" someone said from my inside.
"No! I don't have. What would he left me shattered?!" another voice said from inside.
The inner conflict was getting hard on me making me numb and frozen. I heard raghu's footsteps approaching to me. "Eee misscall.." he came and stood at my front, "woo apun ne machmach se baat kar re la hain... woo dusra jeep leke kuch ghante mein idhar tapak raha hain! Tabtak idhar rukna parega!" he informed. I blinked my eyes and nodded my head. "Misscall... Huya kya hain tujhe?!! Subha se dekh rahi hoon... gimsum baithi hain!! Tu aisi too nahin hain..." he asked cautiously. I sighed closing my eyes and said, "Kuch nahin!!" and scratched my nails on the iron rod of jeep. "Kuch naii?!!" he seemed a bit frustrated, "Kya hain yaar... Sidhe sidhe pooch raha hoon... wwo bole too ekdum gentleman ki taraa ki payar mein dard ward hoo raha hain kii nahin... par tune too jaise mooh mein cello tape chipka liya hoo... dekh yaar baad mein kuch hoo too mere sar pe mat naach na...Mat bolna ki apun ne kuch nahin kaha." He said in slightly harsh voice. I looked towards him with blank gaze which stopped him immediately. "Tum chinta mat karo... aur pareshan nahin karungi main tumhe.." I said genuinely and his jaw dropped keeping his face open widely. "Kya boli tu?!" he asked in unbelievable voice. I turned back from him and said, "Please kuch der ke liye mujhe akela chor do.." I said almost begging. "Hayee! Kya matlab hain tera? I heard his confused voice from my back. I rested my forehead on the body of jeep and closed my eyes, "Matlab.. yahin kii please mujhse abhi baat mat karo... sachmein main abhi baat nahin kar sakti kissi se... kaal raat ki tufan ne bahut kuch ulat fulat kar diya hain... bahut sare sawal khara kar diya hain.. bas ussi ka jawab dhoond rahi hoon..." I said calmly without looking towards him. "Haan tere dimag mein too humesha ulat fulat sawal ate rahete hain... falguni kaheti hain.. class mein teacher bhi tere sawal se pareshan hoo jate hain!! Apun koo kya... soch le.." he said. I glanced towards him silently through the corner of my eyes. I saw him lying on the car's bonnet and looking upwards with a bit irritated but deep eyes. he didn't know that he had the answer of my all question but I was too nave to ask him everything clearly. Someone was holding me inside. MM took such a long time to approach there. thank god the study leave was going on before midterm exam. So I didn't have collage on that day. We waited long on that empty road at the side of jungle. Each and every min seemed like ages. The silence between us was really killing. At last we heard the horn of jeep and we saw MM approaching. A smile crept on our face. MM was raghu's friend and he had his garage on basti. He was totally opposite to raaghu. Fun loving, chirpy and such a person who made u smile just with his presence. He used to call me his yedi behena. I never forget to meet him whenever I went in the falguni's house and their basti. MM grinned and jumped out of the jeep. "Loo bhai... aa gaya apna fatfatiya... tum log iss mein abhi chale jao.. apun iss jeep koo hospital lee ja kee operation karne ka bandobast karta hain!!" I as usual giggled to his nonsense but sweet blabbers. "Eee yedi behena... kaisi hain tu?!!" he asked me shooting his huge grin. "Main thik hoon machmach... thanks yahan aneke liye.." I said. "Eee yedi.. behen kabhi bhai koo thank you nahin bolta... aur tu trnsion mat le... tere collage mein woo sab set hoo gaya..." he suddenly said something in flow which made me confused. "Machmach!!" I heard raghu said something gritting his teeth and machmach stopped imeadiatelty. I was well known about that posture. They were trying to hide something from me. "Mere collage mein?!! Matlab?!!" I asked instantly. "Woo kuch nahin yedi behena... woo tere collage kee gate kee bahar joo jhanda kaa danda tuta huya tha naa... wohich fixed hoo gaya... ab chal tu..." MM said quickly. I nodded my head in disappointment and moved towards the other jeep. Raghu took the driving seat and start the jeep. We were silent all the time. I was glancing towards him sometimes but he had again moved inside his protective shell and silently gazing towards the road.
As the jeep parked near my hostel's gate, I understood that it was over finally. "chal utar!! Aa gaya tera hostel." Raghu said from my side. I looked towards the silent road with blank eyes. I could feel the chink of pain in me as I understood that we were going to get parted for that moment. Strange!! Last night all I wanted to get away from him but at that moment when I was finally getting away from him it seemed toughest work in the world for me. For such a prolonged moment, my feet didn't move. I gazed back towards Raghu who was observing me with silent eyes. Neither he tell me to get off, nor he said anything else. Our silent eyes continued to gaze each other trying hard to detect each other thoughts. Finally, I sighed and looked away from him. I also heard his deep sigh along with me. I moved to get out from the jeep. "Oye ruk!!" his dominating voice stopped me immediately. He jumped out from his seat and rushed at my front. "lee apun kaa hath pakar." He said offering me his hand. I gazed towards him again silently and looked towards him. He was gazing me with expectant eyes. Silently I took his hand and he held my shoulder for support. Again that jerk passed through my body by his touch and made me breathless for a while. Carefully he helped me out of the jeep taking care of my wounded foot. Why he was showing such concerns and making that hard for me?! I looked towards his silent piercing gaze and slowly took back my hand from his firm grip. Both of us seemed so reluctant to let go each other. "Antaara please ask him..." someone pleaded from my inside. Still I kept my mouth shut. The fear and hesitation of being rejected was full inside me. I was a girl who was habituated with the grief and sorrows of life. How all of a sudden my destiny could be so merciful to me to give such happiness? And whom I was expecting all those things. Raghu?!! the person with wjom I shared the most complicated and jumbled relation ever! I sighed and moved away from him. "Thank you!!" giving a dry great full comment I reluctantly turned away from him and was stepping towards the hostel building. my feet seemed so heavy and unable to move. I heard the sound of engine starting at behind. I looked back and saw raghu turning the car. His face was again hard and full of irritation. I literally forced myself to look away from me and continue my steps when suddenly my mobile rang. It was anita mam from the account department from our collage. "Hello mam?!!" I asked in worry. I didn't clear all the fees of the semester. Probably she had called me for the reason. "hello antara. yeah, I just called u to tell that ur all fees had been cleared out and u have to collect the approbation bill form the collage administrative block tomorroe." Anita mam said. "what?!!! My fees had been cleared?!!!" the news left me in shock that I was almost rooted to the spot. "yeah!! Why are u so shocked?!! Your brother merchinder came just soe hours ago and cleared all the money. I just called u to inform u about the bills wwhicch you had to show during the collection of exam admit card. So collect it by tomorrow okk?!!" Anita mam said an cut the phone. I stood there rooted to the spot. I remembered the odd conversation of MM just a moment ago. So he was talking about my collage fees and I knew who told him to do so. That's why he was talking to MM at some far distance from mine so that I couldn't hear their conversation. I heard the sound off jeep and saw it going away from me. Enough!!! Someone screamed from my inside. he couldn't go like that. he had to answer my all questions before he went!! He had done something which was beyond everything and he owed me some answers. Gathering all my strength for the first time in that whole one year I addressed him with that name which I never took, "RAGHU!!!!" I screamed loud out of my breath. the jeep engine stopped immediately. I took some heavy breaths while I saw raghu peeping from the side of driving seat towards me. His eyes were full of amusement. Ignoring my pain, I moved towards him with heavy steeps. He was all startled when I stood at his front. "Niche utroo..Baat karni hain.." I said flatly. "hayee?!!" he asked in confusion. "ek baar mein sunayi nahin deta kya kahe rahi hoon... niche utroo.. mere kuch sawal hain jiska jawab tumhe dena parega.. warna main tumhe jane nahin doongi!!" I said stubbornly as if I had full right to stop him. He looked towards me dumbly for a while and suddenly a small smirk spread on his face. he jumped out from the seat folding his sleeves. "Suru kar tera kaun banega crorepati!!" he said with such a playful voice but my next question left him dumb stuck. "Tumne machmach sse kahan tha mere fees bharne ke liye?!" I asked straightly. His eyes froze on mine. Gazing my face for a while with utter confusion he looked away. "kaunsi fees kaisi fees?!!" he tried to avoid. I pulled his collar and made him look to me straightly. No doubt my move left him with another shock. "Chupane ki koushis mat karo.. Anita mam ne mujhe sab bata diya... unhe too jaante hi honge.." I asked with a frown. He bit his tongue but didn't answered. "achaa too tum jawab nahin doge... par iska kya?!!" I snatched out the earring from his pocket making his jaw fall. "Meri earring tumhare pass kya kar rahi hain?!!" I asked again. "woo woo.. misscall!!" I saw him stammering for the first time in his life. "sirf yahin nahin... Tunharii mobile ki wallpaper mein meri picture kyun hain?!!... tumhari puri picture gallery mere photo se bhari huyi hain... kiss hak se tumne meri photo li raghu? woo bhi mujhe bin batayein?!!" I hold his collar and jerked him bombarding my questions. He stood their frozen looking at my eyes. he couldn't even asked me that how did I came to know all those things. I lowered my gaze and suddenly felt moist in my eyes, "Kabhi tane marte hoo.. kabhi irritate karte hoo, pareshan kar rakha hain tumne mujhe... fir bhi kabhi kabhi bahut parwa karte hoo... jaise main tumhari koi apni hoon... akhir kyun raghu?! kaun lgti hoon main tumhaari?! Kiss hak se meri madad ki tumne.." I burst out my all frustration when raghu suddenly held my shoulder tightly shutting me up. "TOO KYA KARTA BATA?!!!" his firm voice made me shut, his cold gaze made me shiver from top to bottom. My voice dried. "Kya bata tat ere koo... Aur bata bhi deta too kya tuu yakeen kiarti... Agar apun bata taa kii apun nee jab paheli baar tujhe dekha tha tab hi apun koojhatka lag gaya tha... sirf uss din nahin... jab bhi dekhta hoon... wohich jhatka lagta hain... andar khalbali mach jata hain... kaal bhi huya tha jab paheliwaar tere koo aise dekha tha.. iss sarre mein..." his admiring gaze moved all over me and I stood their frozen to the spot gluing my wide eyes to him. My hand slid down from his collar. A mocking smile crept on his lips. "Par tune kabhi thik se baat bhi nahin ki merese... Baat karna too door, tune kabhi thik se dekha bhi hain mere ko..." he sighed still with that mocking laugh intact to his face. I stood there frozen within his strong hold unable to meet his gaze. "Gunda!! Bas ek yahich samajhti hain naa tu apun ko... Falguni-Ajji sab se bas yahich kaheti thi, woo ek gunda hain... apun ke barein mein tujhe kuch nahin sun na hain... koi baat nahin karni hain... matlab raste mein do char logon koo maar te pit te dekh liya tun too ussi time full and final hoo gaya... yee gunda hain, mere koo iss sey baat nahin karna hain.. iss sey door rahena hain... Uskey agey kabhi dekhne yaa sochne ki try ki tune?!" His question hit my ear and shook my soul heavily. I felt my eyes getting moist. I heard his chuckle. "Haan hain apun gunda!!... Maar ta pit ta raheta hain logon ko.. Aisahich hain apun aur kabhi nahin badlega..." he said those words stubbornly, "Par tere ko kya haan?! Tujhe parwa hain?! Tere liye too gunde insaan nahin hote.. unse too door rahena chahiye... baat bhi ki to jaise woo tere ko bhi bukhar lag jayega..." as he said those words I lifted my eyes with guilt. His burning gaze added more fuel to my guilt. He silently gauzed my expression and chuckled, "Apun nee jab paheli baar tere koo dekha tha tune mere se nazar chura li thi. Apun dekhta rahe gaya tujhe udhar par tune ek baar bhi nahin wapas nahin dekha... apun koo tab hi samajh gaya tha ki yee larki mere koo bhao bhi nahin dene wali..." He chuckled again and continued, "Jane de raghu... Woo larki tere liye nahin hain... Kahan woo aur kahan tu... bhool jaa... yahich samjha liya tha apne aap ko... par locha yahich hoo gaya... s**a bahut koshis kii par bhool nahin paya...nahin huya mere se.." he paused again and I was really in bad state. I felt like breaking on the spot. Never felt such guilt in my whole life when I understood the fact that how much I hurt him. "Jane anjanee mein apun hamesha tera wait karta raheta tha jab bhi falguni collage se laut ke ati thi... Kash tu bhi uske sath aaa jayein...Jab falguni akeli ati thi pata naii sine mein ajib sa dard hota tha... Jab tu kabhi kabar aa jati thi too tere koo dekh te hii pata naii kyun apne andar jaise pressure cooker ki city bajne lagti thi... Humesha tujhe taank ta raheta tha kissi kone se..saamne too nahin aa sakta tha.. tu too missile ban ke mere upar toot parti!!.." he scratched his head in frustration,"S**a kabhi kabhi bahut gussa atta tha apne harkatoon pe.. Kyun apun aisa kar re la hain.. Kyun uss larki ke piche bhag raha hain joo kabhi mere koo samajh hii nahin pati... Bas khalli pilli akar dikhati raheti hain...Tu akar ti thi too apun kaa bhi bheja satak jata tha... gusse mein suna diya kuch karwi batein... Tujhe kya lagta hain jab meri baton se tujhe chot lagti thi too apun koo bahut maza atta tha... Too roti thi too apun lungi dance karta tha.. NAIII ANTARA!! chot mere koo bhi lagta hain... teri tarah ro ro ke apun apna dard pure duniya koo dikha nahin sakta hain.. asoon bahana nahin atta mere ko... par lagti hain yaar.. andar bahut zorro se dhakka lagta hain.. Tujhe pata bhi hain inn baton ki.. nahin naa?!!..." he asked strightly looking towards my eyes. His grip became stronger on my shoulder. My throat seemed dried and couldn't find any other words. Looking at my silent again the frustration rose in his eyes, "Kabhi mauka hii nahin diya tune mere koo ye sab bata nee ki...iss pure ek saal mein ek baar bhi nahin... kitna koshis karta tha tujhse dor rahene kii... Par jab bhi ghar pe kahin se bhi teri hasi ki awaz atii thi pata nahin apun kaa tang jaise bhagen lagta tha uss awaz ki taraf... Darwaze ke bahar khara raheke bas tujhe dekhta raeta tha jab tu ajji yaa falguni se batein karti thi.. hasti thii unke saamne... apun kii akhein bas tujhe dhoond ta raheta hian... Raat koo sone se pahele bas iss mobile me teri photo dekhta rajeta tha joo apun nee chupke se liya... Bina dekhe jaise nind hii nahin atti thi.. Kabhi kabhi gussa bhi aa jata tha... Joo kabhi apun kaa nahin hoo sakta tha kyun woo itni mazboor kar de raha hain.. Woo too aaj yaa kaal chali jayegi.. agey bar jayegi life mein.. Apun ki barein mein yaad bhi nahin rakhegi... Apun hii bas piche para rahega... Apun koo koi pagla ashiq bewra nahin ban na hain... Dekh mere koo pata hain apun joo yee sab bak bak kar re la hain.. yee tere dimag mein bhi nahin guus re laa hain aur tere koo koi parwa bhi nahin... apun kii baton kaakuch asar bhi nahin parne wala hain tere pe... arey mere koo bhi farak nahin parta tu mere koo bhao de yaa..." at that moment my hand moved in a flash and clamped on his lips stopping his blabbers. His eyes widened at that moment looking at my face. My eyes were totally blur at that moment so when I looked straight towards him the moisture was clearly visible in my eyes. "Chup raho ab... Aur kitna rulaoge..." I said in chocking voice and removed my hand from his lips. "Misscall!!.." he uttered slowly. "Bahut maza atta hain naa tumhe mujhe rulake..." I could say only those things when tears streamed down my eyes blurring everything. I hid my face in my palms unable to meet his gaze out of guilt. He didn't answer. Why should he?! He didn't owe me anything after my stupid negligence which hurt him up to that point. Why I never thought deeply and considered those facts? Perhaps it wouldn't be so late. But everything was finished just for my utter dumbness. I couldn't even say that I... my thought stopped at the moment when raghu's powerful arms wrapped around my feature pulling me near to his chest. His face buried on my neck, "Naii!!!... Bahut bura lagta hain!!" he whispered in my ear. I just melted by that voice. It was so soothing and gentle that it wiped out all dirt from my heart. I shank myself in his rock hard chest, in his warmness. My tears soaked his shirt. Suddenly a light rain appeared and we stood there in the shower listening to our heat's sound. I wrapped my trembling feeble arms around him trying to soothe each and every pain I caused him before. His grip became tighter around mine just like an unbreakable shackle. I felt hiss warm lips placing a gentle kiss on my shoulder and I didn't resist him a bit. My eyes get closed in some wonderful feeling when his rough lips touched my skin. It was not any excitement. It was a calm soothing feeling that pierced through your heart and captured your soul forever. "Antara!" I heard his husky voice again while his warm breath raced through my wet skin. "Ab mere koo dekh ke bhage gi too nahin naa?!" his voice asked eagerly. I still didn't find my voice so just nodded in no. I felt his smile against my skin and he brushed my earlobes with his lips and literally shivered by his actions at that moment. I looked up from his chest and and his eyes looked down to mine. His deep intense black eyes met mine and I saw the hidden feelings surfacing in them which he never showed. We gaze to each other for such a long moment and at last grinned widely to our utter foolishness for all the time. He laughed and joined his forehead with mine. seriously,I never saw him like that... so full of life. The rain had drenched us and his shabby hairs scattered on his forehead looked so handsome as well as childish. His gleaming eyes was full of light. A light that could endeavor all darkness! I closed my eyes and sighed. His hand tucked my wet hairs behind my ears and asked me, "Tujhe uss photo ke barein mein kaise pata chala?!! Aur iss jhumke ke barein mein?!" he asked. "maine kaal raat koo dekha tha... " I told him everything happened last night. "Too iss liye mooh pe ddahi jam gayi thiii aaj subha..." he chuckled. "Chup raho!!..." I said with a bit annoyed voice. "Pahele nahin kahe sakte the?! Tumhe main itni na samajh lagti hoon kya?!" I asked pouting a bit. "Samajh ta nahin hoon...tu hain!!" he said with a chuckle, "Par mere koo iss na samajh larki se hi pyar huya hain!!" he said with such an intense love filled voice that melted my heart. god!! why didn't I understood before?! I might not lose some precious one year. "Sorry!!" I said with a low saddened voice. How could I express that how much sorry I was for my utter stupidity and dumbness, sorry for each and everything I did which hurt her. he chuckled and said, "Sorry sey kaam nahin chalega..bharpayi karni paregi!!" he said with a naughty glint in his eyes. "Matlab?!!" I asked in confusion. He forwarded his chicks to mine. my chicks suddenly became warm understanding his indication. "jaldi kar.. apun kee pass time nahin hain!!" he said. "yahan?!!" I looked everywhere on the empty road. "Koi nahin hain!!... maidan saaf hain! Jaldi se kaam khatam kar!" he insisted. I smiled and moved forward and placed my lips on his chick. His rough stubble pinched me a bit but I ignored them. a deep hot breath escaped from his chest which almost burned my skin. I was about to move back when raghu's hand stopped me immediately holding my head. I felt my breath chocked and a tight knot on my belly. I looked towards him with anticipated eyes and his intense eyes oozed with some unknown desire which made my throat dry. The rain became heavier and he moved forward and at last joined my lips with him. It was so sudden that I stood there dumb stuck unable to move or react. The rain got heavier but the cold water worked like a fuel to the fire which was running down my blood, my nerves. His rough lips were gentle on mine. It was so soft and just felt like the whisper. Though I felt the huge emotion it conveyed and I get drenched allover in the rain, in his love. When finally he left my lips, I was not that girl anymore. I was totally changed, a new antara who was possessed and totally captured in raghunath naik's unbreakable shackle. He hold me in my arms for some few moments and I handed over the earring to him. he was so startled at first. "Par yee too teri hain naa?!" he asked. "nahin!! Ab yee tumhara hain!! aur humesha tumhara hi rahegi!!" I assured him. he smiled and tucked it in his jeans pocket. Though it felt so tough for us to get apart at that moment but we had to let go. He also had his own life and mine too. But still our paths were joined together from the moment. Promising each other to meet soon and call each other every night, he finally jumped inside the jeep. Waving his hand he bid me good bye. I waved back to him. as his jeep went far away out of my eyesight. I looked up and closed my eyes feeling the shower on me. I stretched my hands enjoying the season. From the moment, I love rain much more than before. A random dark night of monsoon which gifted me a beautiful dream, a dream which I would cherish forever.!!
THE END
Ps: so guys heres end the story!! Sorry if it looks long and dragged.. I just came through it all of a sudden when I was watching the rain some days ago... hope you enjoyed it... and if wanna throw chappals on me for this I am ready to face that...😆
Lots of love... muahh..😳
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