Entwined to Eternity;Update on page 74 (3rd Dec) - Page 48

The unexpected invitation from Rachu has brought an awkward silence with it... Rachu has accepted that she like Romi and want to know more about him while Romi was still justifying himself that he is here just for the sake of his mission... The denial mode was not helping him at all as unaware of his own feelings he was enjoying the thought of spending some more time with Rachu though one part of his brain was judging her constantly for letting him stay at his place despite having a boy friend. He looks at her closely.. Her perfect figure was hidden in that baby pink suit and with that innocence on her face, she was looking like some school going kid. The hair which were tied up were threatening to fall down and giving her a messy look... the strains of bun coming on her face and neck were disturbing his view and somewhat inside him was forcing him to move it away from her face... The thought of touching her cheeks shivered his body with excitement but the scary thought of being misunderstood stops him from doing anything...

"Movie??" Rachu finally finds a way to break the silence. He nods his head in affirmative... "In my room" She added with hesitation as there is not tv in the common room. One she and Adi fought on dining table for some particular channel and hence their parents decided to remove the tv from there. From that day everyone has their own tv in their respective room... She moves her hand to show the direction of her room but to her surprise Romi had already entered the room... She rushes behind him with shock.

"U r coming here for the first time, right??" She asked Romi in an interrogative tone.

"Hmm..." Romi nods while biting his lip on realizing his mistake. "N I saw u in the balcony few minutes back so I guessed ur room's location." He added without letting her ask the question.

"Hmmm" Rachu replied in confusion as she doesn't remember going to the balcony. Romi notices her expression and realizes that she is having tough time in buying the excuse he had give.

"Careful Romi... U have to behave as if u r coming here for the first time... Now divert her attention quickly." He said to himself in a low tone.

"U said something??" Rachu asked on seeing him murmuring.

"Ohh yes...Where is ur granny and ur Bruno?? U used to talk a lot about them and I am excited to meet them."

"They have gone to a family friend's place. Actually they are going to stay there for some more day."

"My bad luck... Neway will meet them some other day." Romi said loudly. "My biscuit got wasted." He said in mind while watching at the biscuits he brought for Bruno.

Rachu offers him to sit while picking up the icecream bowl which she was eating...

"Would u like to eat some... Err...I mean drink some icecream??" She said laughingly while showing him the molten icecream. Romi refuses politely and looks at the big bowl she was holding.

"I just love icecream..." She says on realizing that he is wondering about the quantity of icecream. "Neways would u like to have coffee??"

"I do not like coffee n icecream" Romi replied.

"Haww... How can someone not like coffee or icecream?? U know, it is the best way to relax urself amid all the tensions." Rachu said, "He is so different from me" She thought in disappointment.

"N how about Adrak wali chai(Giner tea)??" He asked. "A strong adrak tea in night helps u a lot after the exhausting day." He added.

"Adrak tea?? Sometimes I have to drink it with Granny as she loves it but sorry I don't know how to make it." She said with a sad face.

"May I??" He offered to make the tea for her on seeing her face falling down.

"Will u??" She asked in surprise as she was not expecting him to know cooking... he looks like some macho man who have never stepped in kitchen.. "Do u know how to make it??"

"Yes... I know cooking very well... Madam I stay alone at my place and sometimes I cook at home only." He said excitedly...

Rachu was pleasantly surprised to see this side of his... He was speaking so freely with her for the first time... Though he wanted to guard himself but the room did some magic on him and he forgot the mission for once and became the Romi whose existence was unknown to him n the world.

"Show me the kitchen... I will bring tea for u and till than u decide the movie u want to watch."

"I will come with u..." Rachu almost jumped from bed and hold his hand... He was surprised on her behavior but before he can think something he drags him to the kitchen... On the way he notices a locked door and wonders what's behind it and it is being locked.

Rachu gives him all the items which he asked for making the tea and sits on the kitchen platform with both her legs folded, trying to learn the process.

"Why that room is locked??" Romi asked while pointing to the locked door. Rachu remembers the day when she locked all her parent's memories in the room just for Adi. She remembers all her good memories with them and Adi.. Though Granny told her to open the room after Adi slipped into coma but she denied saying... "The house will remain the way Adi left it so that he doesn't feel odd on returning back."

Romi looks at her lost and realizes that he asked the wrong question... He notices the tear in her eye which was threatening her to roll.. "It's ok, if u do not want to tell." He said quickly.

"No.. it's ok." She replied with courage. She wipes that tear from her eye before letting it come down and smiled... Romi gets surprise on seeing her strength and the way she composed herself and brought back the smile.

" It's my parents room... They died in an accident and my brother was not able to come out of the loss and hence we decided to lock all their belongings in the room. From that day the room is being locked."

"I am sorry..."

"No need to be... Though I have locked their belongings in the room but they are still alive in my heart...in my memories... They are still my strength. Whenever I do something good, I feel them praising me and on mistakes I hear them scolding me."

Rachu looks lost in her parent's memories... The smile on her face was enough to tell him that they were pleasant memories and there was a strong bond between them.

"Tea is ready." He said to change the topic as he doesn't know what to say on such occasions...

Rachu takes the cup from her hand they sits on her bed. She tells him to be comfortable and takes out the dvds of movie and gives it to him to select one...

"I have watched all of it... so u decided" He said while handing the dvds back to her.

"What?? All of them?? Romi.. They are about 100 movies int hose dvds... How can u watch all of them??" She asked shockingly.

"I used to black the movie tickets and hence watched almost all movies with my frnz." Romi replied casually.

She was shocked to hear it but doesn't respond.. just switches on the radio and takes him to the balcony with their tea.. Without any argument he follows her. Some soft music playing on the radio to give a romantic atmosphere but none of them paid attention as they were too lost in each other's company.

"So tell me something about ur life..." She asked him.

"What can I tell u?? I wish life would have been as easy as drinking this tea.."

"Life is as simple as making this tea Romi... It's us who complexes it by adding our problems.."

"As simple as making tea?? R u kidding??"

"No m not... See what u did... U added tea leaves to the milk to give it color... Just like we add fun to our life to make it interesting and colorful... Then u added sugar... just like we add love and relationships to sweeten our life and in the end masala/Ginger to spice it up a bit... Just the way the problems are added in our life to make it little difficult... But we can always filter it in the end and can have the things we wanted... Just like, we got this awesome cup of tea. Sometimes we may not be able to make it tasty but with practice we can improve the taste and stay happy with it. "

"But what's the guarantee that everyone will have all the ingredients to make a tasty tea?? Some might miss the sugar or ginger or the tea leaves... N some might not get the milk.."

"But then he will get the water... Have u ever heard of black tea or green tea?? If u do not have milk or tea leaves than try one of this... in absence of sugar u can have tea without it just like the diabetes patient does. It's all about how we enjoy it... It's our way of looking at life... u must have heard... "Har kisi ko mukkamal jahan nahin milta... Kisi ko zamin ni milti kisi ko jahan nahi milta..." But life is all about being happy in whatever we got."

"It's easy to say all this but tough to follow... u know I lost my family and home in some riots but then I got a reason to smile and I lost her too... To search her, I lost my everything and landed at a place which took me to the crime world. I completed my schooling coz my so called guardian wanted me to be perfect while dealing with my so called illegal business...To pay my fees, I had to black movie tickets after the school. I never went to college n I do not know why. I live among so called friends who can kill me without blinking their eyes once. In this world it's not easy to survive.. smiling is the farfetched concept. No one is trust worthy here... u will not even know what the next person wants from u... He can be a solf in skin of ship and want to kill..." He stops on realizing what all he said... He never wanted to say all this to anyone but her thoughts and her innocence forced him to tell the cruelty of world. He turns his face away from her to hide his emotions...

Rachu places her palm on his and with other hand turns his face towards her...

"The day I saw u.. I understood that u had lots of pain hidden inside u... but Romi this pain is not going to give u anything... Everyone has their share of problems... I had mine too. My life was never smooth... I do not remember much about my initial years but after losing my parents my life had come to hault... I sacrificed my dream of being a fashion photographer and joined Dad's business... I was never interested in that business but I had no other option than learning it. With that I was trying my best to never let my brother feel alone but I failed as a sister too... I never realized how he... He just went away from me and I do nto know when he will return... I too feel lonely... My life is at threat and I do not know when someone will kill but m still smiling coz I know that my tears won't help me in solving my problems... Instead they will make my closed ones sad...Sometimes I become weak but I can't cry coz I had promised someone to not cry.. Sometimes I feel suffocated for not sharing my pain but the next moment I gathe courage and smiles genuinely coz I want to enjoy each moment of my life." She said with a smile while tears were formed in her eyes... He looks deep into her eyes... Her tears were true but her smile was genuine too... She was happy with the pain and she had accepted her life the way it was... Unknowingly he pulls her and hugs her tightly... At first she was surprised but then she hugs him back...tears sytart rolling on her cheeks... but they were of happiness...She closes her eyes and feels his warmness... All of a sudden she feels something wet on her nape.. She breaks the hug and looks at his face... It was engulfed with tears.. She wipes them and takes him inside... While sitting on the bed she tells him not to feel sad for her... He wonders why he cried... The so called macho man was crying like a baby...

"No.. I can't cry... I can't feel for her. She is no one to me... I have to fulfill Baba's mission.. but I can't kill her. I have to talk to baba. I will convince him that she is a good girl and I will take all data from her and will convince her to not reveal anything to anyone... Baba will understand it. I know he doesn't love me but he needs me and he will do this much for me." He said to himself.

Rachu looks him emerged in deep thoughts and picks her cell.. Laughs loudly!!!

"What an awesome message... Listen... No just answer,!! "

"What two things u can never have for breakfast??" She asked

"Hmm... No idea!!" He replied.

"Lucnk and breakfast.." She said laughingly...

Okay one more..."Why can't Chinese shot a gun with this finger.." She asked while showing her index finger...

"This finger... why can't he... He can shoot... Why??" He asked in confusion..

"Because, it's my finger. He can't use my finger to shoot." She replied while laughing loudly now.

He too smiles on her reply... She looks at him and ponders how handsome he looks while laughing... She picks her camera kept on the side..

"Click... The perfect picture of a smiling hunk" She says while showing him the pic.

He looks at it and wonders that he can smile too... He tries to smile once again while looking at the camera but fails... She takes her camera back and sits beside him...

"Just look at me... N now stretch ur lips gently while thinking about the good moments... it's not that tough to smile. Just close ur eyes and remember the best moments of ur life..."

He closes his eyes and remembers his moments with Rani.. Her smile and then his first metting with Rahcu... her playing in rain... her tattoo... Their first touch and finally the hug.. A smile appears on his face.. Rachu glances his sexy smiles and can't help herself from touching his cheeks.. She comes closer to him while his eyes were closed but he can feel her moving towards him... He can feel hr intense breaths on his lips.. Unknowingly he too moves his face closer to her...Their lips touch.. they share a small peck and distances their lips a bit but the desire of kiss was too strong in them and without thinking twice.. They came closer... This time tasting each other's lips gently.. They kept on giving the smooth kiss without hurting each other... Their heart full of love and arms around each other.