Chapter 17
Shravan gets up hearing some noise outside, he goes there & sees a girl going outside hurried. He catches her wrist & makes her look at him. As he doubted, its Suman! She gulps & looks down.
"Abh bhi kuch kehna hai? Sumo...", he breaks the silence.
Finally she bursts into tears & hugs him. He hugs her back.
"I am...I am sorry, Shravan!", she manages to say between sobbing.
He sighs, caressing her hair. He calms her down, makes her sit & brings water for her. He sits in front of her, on the floor. She drinks the water & looks at him. They have an eyelock.
Pal, do pal, ki hi kyun hai zindagi
Iss, pyar, ko hai sadiyaan kaafi nahi
Toh khuda se maang lun
Mohalat main ik nayi
Rehna hai bas yahaan
Ab door tujhse jaana nahi
Shravan caresses Suman's face lovingly, she cries.
"Kuch bhi nehi badla hai, sab wese ke ka waisa hi hai...", she says looking around.
"Jaisa tumhare jaane se pehl tha", he says.
They smile sadly. She gets up. He takes her to the kitchen, She stares.
"Kitchen waisa hi hai jaisa tum chhor gayi thi, jaha tum subha uthke sabke liye breakfast banati thi, aur jis din tumhe complicated paratha banana parta tha, us din tum Gujrati bolti thi.", he giggles.
He looks at her, she smiles.
"Yaha, tum mere aur baccho ko saare favourite dishes banati thi. Raat ko baccho ko sulake tum baki kaam khatam karti thi kitchen ka.."
"Aur tum impatient ho jaate the, aur mujhe godi mein uthake kamre mein le jaate the roz!", she completes his sentence.
They recall the moments, their silly conversations, romantic encounters. She smiles. He stares at her lovingly.
Teri muskurahatein hain taaqat meri
Mujhko inhi se ummeed mili
Chaahe kare koi sitam ye jahaan
Inme hi hai sadaa hifaazat meri
Zindagani badi khoobsurat hui
Jannat ab aur kya hogi kahin
He takes her to their living room. The couch, where he used to sit making her sit on his lap, teasing her while watching movie on holidays and ended up not wasting the romantic leisure by concentrating on movies.
-Flashback
"Stop", Suman claims while Shravan is not in mood to leave his beautiful hot wifey.
Its been one hour, she trying to concentrate on the movie, "Leap Year", her favourite movie, which is being played on the screen. He keeps nuzzling in her neck, rubbing his stable against there, which he knows sensitive. She whispers to him to stop, unable to coherent sentence, due to what her husband was doing. He smirks seeing his effects on her. Finally he takes her in arms in bridal style, to their room, shutting the door behind.
Flashback ends-
They go to their kids' room. The paint, toys and everything which Shravan & Suman had set up while she was pregnant with his twins, are there as same before. This is the room where they spent the most beautiful moments of their life, they never thought they would enjoy parenthood so much.
Suman, who missed her parents throughout her whole childhood & Shravan who always craved for his mom's love, they never let their child feel the way the felt & spent their childhood. They cherished each and every moments of their kids' childhood. Seemed like they lived their childhood once again.
This is the room, where Kriya uttered her first word ever "mum-mum", Shravan still remembers that day, Suman cried all the day long hearing that word, He was surprised, where this Sumo came from? He never thought his bindass outspoken Sumo is so emotional.
This is the room where Krish stepped for the first time, falling & rising up from Shravan's arms. Shravan didn't go office that day & saw his son walking with those tiny legs all the day long.
The moments have been captured, kept on the album. Suman kisses on the photo frame with teary eyes.
Teri dhadkano se hai zindagi meri
Khwahishein teri ab duaaein meri
Kitna anokha bandhan hai ye
Teri meri jaan jo ek hui
Lotunga yahaan tere paas main haan
Waada hai mera mar bhi jaaun kahin
Shravan & Suman go to their bedroom, recalling all moments, their endless nights ending up in each other's arms, waking up in each other's embrace, their pillow fights, sweet nothings.
Suman runs into Shravan's arms, they hug each other so tightly that none can separate them ever.
Jo tu mera humdard hai
Jo tu mera humdard hai
Suhaana har dard hai
Jo tu mera humdard hai
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Pallavi throws her phone away in anger. Leela enters hearing noise, Pallavi tells her to leave.
All family members are sitting in the living room when they hear someone screaming from the terrance. They rush to there.
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"Sumo, I can't believe this, tumhe kisi ne baccho ko leke threaten kiya aur iss liye tum ghar wapis nehi ayi?"
"Don't be silly, Shravan. Sirf dhamki ki wajeh se nehi, jab bhi maine tumse ya baccho se milne ki koshish ki usne baccho ko nuksaan pohchaya. Har bar ghar mein kuch hadsa hua, jo ke actually mujhe darane ke liye tha, mujhe nehi pataa woh kaun hai par usse meri saare movement ki khabar hoti hai"
"I don't know anything else, tumhare bina ek saal kaisa jiya I can't tell you! Ab aur nehi, mere hote huye mere baccho ko ya tumhe koi harm nehi kar sagta. Hum phirse saath rahenge, thats final"
She looks up sadly.Shravan's phone rings, he picks it up.
"Haan chotey bol"
"Bhaiya kaha ho aap, please jaldi ghar aajao"
"Haan chotey main aa raha hoon par tu ro kyun raha hai, kya baat hai"
"Bhaiya please aa jaao, Kriya ko hum hospital le jaa rahe hai, usse bohot chot pohchi hai, terrance se gid gayi hai woh"
And the phone drops from Shravan's hand, Suman listened everything & she falls on the floor losing balance.
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Aami Daakini
