art 21
In my Heart
Mahal roof top
Sia kept wondering that what was she doing here and why did Dharam bring her here? She saw how he kept giving her these lovable glances and his eyes expressed a strange sensation. Something she had never noticed since tonight. A soft breeze flowed making her shudder slightly and it was hard for her to decide, was it due to the wind or simply by his proximity.
Sia: Aap…Aap hame yaha kyu laaye hai?
Dharam: Hame aapko kuch dikhaana hai, per osse pehle aap apni aakhe band kijye
Sia: (surprised) Ji?
Dharam: Aap kijye to sahi. (saw she was still hesitant) Ham pe bharosa rakhye Sia ham aapke saath kuch aisa waisa nahi karenge
she closed her eyes showing that she did trust him and he held her gently and moved her along with her somewhere. She kept wondering where he was taking her but soon they halted and she died out of curiosity.
Dharam: ab dhirese apni aakhe kholye
She opened her eyes and was exhalted. The view in front of her was simply out of this world. She saw the whole Aryanagar lit up with diyas and lamps and it just didn't allow her eyes to look away.
Sia: Itnee khoobsurat jaga hamne aaj tak nahi dekhee
Dharam: (kept staring at her lit up face and his heart fluttered) sach me bohat khoobsurat hai (she turned towards him and saw him staring. He quickly tunred away hiding his flushed face) hamara matlab hai ke…yeh jaga sach me bohat khoobsurat hai. (turns towards the view) Jaanti hai Sia yahee wo jage hai jahase pura Aryanagar dikhta hai. Yeh jage khaas oske liye hee banaee gayee hai taake yaha ke jitney bhi Raja ho wo pure Aryanager ke upar nazar rakh sakhe. Bachpan se hame pita ji ne yehi sab sikhaaya tha or ham yaha kai raato beetaa chuke hai, yeh saabit karne ke liye ke ham bhi ek kaabil Raja ban sakte hai. Tab to ham bare chote the Sia lekin pitaji ko tab bhi hamper bara gaurav tha. Yaha pe aake hame ek alag hee sukoon milta hai.
She doesn't say anything but keeps staring at him. His talks really make her wonder if she is with the same Dharam of which she had thought so many negative things about. Is this the same Dharam for which she had vowed will never stand next to him ever again? She soon snapped out by him calling her.
Dharam: kaha khogayee aap?
Sia: Huh? (feels a bit embarrassed) ji ham to bus…hamara matlab hai ke kahi nahi. Bus is haseen nazaare se nazar haata hee nahi paarahe the.
Dharam: ham samajh sakte hai. Aap jaanti hai yaha kee sabse khoob baat kya hai?
Sia: (nods her head) Ji nahi, kya hai?
Dharam: yaha pe jo bhi awaaz deta hai oskee goonj pure Aryanagar me phel jaati hai.
Sia: ham samjhe nahi
Dharam: ham abhi dikhaate hai (he paused and in took some breath and then he raised his voice) SIA!
Echo: SIA! SIA! SIA! SIA!
She looks on in amazement as her name keeps ringing in the far corners of the land. Her name didn't appear any beautiful than now.
Dharam: Ab aap bhi pukaar ke khud dekh lijye (she gives him a hesitant look) Kijyena bara maza aaehga
Sia: (closes her eyes and also in takes some breath. Then opens her eyes and raises her voice) DHARAM!
Echo: DHARAM! DHARAM! DHARAM! DHARAM!
Both smiled at each other and decided to do it again.
Dharam: SIA!
Echo: SIA! SIA! SIA! SIA!
Sia: DHARAM!
Echo: DHARAM! DHARAM! DHARAM! DHARAM!
The loud noise made Veer jerk up and he fell off his bed. It was too alarming for him so he quickly went to the window to find out who was shouting at that hour of the night. And he sure was surprised.
Dharam: SIA!
Echo: SIA! SIA! SIA! SIA!
Sia: DHARAM!
Echo: DHARAM! DHARAM! DHARAM! DHARAM!
Dharam: SIA!
Echo: SIA! SIA! SIA! SIA!
Sia: DHARAM!
Echo: DHARAM! DHARAM! DHARAM! DHARAM!
Veer: yeh dono ko kya hogaya? (wonders) Lagta hai Dharam ka bukhaar kuch ziada hee char gaya hai
Dharam: SIA!
Echo: SIA! SIA! SIA! SIA!
Sia: DHARAM!
Echo: DHARAM! DHARAM! DHARAM! DHARAM!
Veer: (pops head out of the window and raises his voice) Are Aryanagar me aaj raat kuch shaanti mile gee bhi ke nahi?
After hearing his voice both Dharam and Sia became alert and looked at each other
Veer: maana ke kuch log aaj bohat khush hai per dusro kee khushi me kyu apatti laarahe ho
Dharam: (shakes his head) yeh Veer bhi na…jab dekho anaab shanaab boleta rehta hai (looks down towards Veer's room) Veer chup chaap jaake sojao
Veer: aap log sone de to na. Wese mujhe koi shoke nahi hai aap logo ke beech baadha daalne ka. Aap karte rahee ye me hee kaano me rooi daal ke sojaata hu. (laughs) me kya lagta hai Aryanagar me sab ke kaano me daaldete hai
Dharam: VEER!!!!!!
Veer: theek hai theek hai jaaraha hu (he just shook his head and laughed)
Then Dharam gave Sia a sorry look as he saw how embarrassed she had become after hearing Veer's comments. He didn't want to hurt her again with all that but somehow this time he knew that things had changed. She had changed but he still hesitated in popping that big question again.
She also kept looking at him wondering what he was thinking about. She knew that surely there was a big reason for him bringing her here so why was he holding back?
Slowly she could feel his hand extending towards hers and before she could even protest he held her hand and held it quite tight. She didn't feel like pulling her hand away and on the contrary was quite enjoying the soft warm touch of his palm in hers.
Gradually they came closer as if it was happening automatically and they didn't take their eyes off each other. Were afraid that if they'll look away then this would disappear.
Dharam: Sia wo ham…
Sia: (wide eyes with shock after seeing something) Dharam wo waha…
He becomes alert and turns around to see what happened and was surprised himself too. Far in the distance he saw this huge fire blowing and it didn't look like a small one at all. It looked huge.
Dharam: yeh kya horaha hai?
This was serious so he left Sia's hand and went down to find out and she also followed. When he reached his room again he saw the mahal was bustling about.
Sainik: Maharaj, bohat buri khabar hai sainiko kee basti me aag lag gayee hai
Dharam: Kya? (shocked) lekin yeh kese huwa?
Sainik: puri baat pata nahi maharaj lekin kuch dair pehle hee is aag ke bare me khabar milee hai
Just then Veer enters really hyper about this.
Veer: mujhe lagta hai ke mujhe waha jaake dekhna chaaheeye. On logo ko hamaree zaroorat parsakti hai
Dharam: ha sahi kehte ho tum Veer. Ham bhi saath chalte hai
Veer was surprised to hear that as usually he would refuse to such an act and wouldn't even allow him to go but here not only did he agree with him but was also going along with him. Something was definitely wrong with him but Veer knew this was not the time to think about this.
All of them reached the Sainik Basti and saw everyone running around saving themselves. The fire had caught on real bad and it had destroyed many houses and many people had been injured or had even lost their lives. Veer went about helping everyone and Dharam also did the same. He actually went into the awkward places to take people out without thinking twice.
The mahal
Sumaina's maharaj had arrived as he was getting worried about Sia not having had returned back and plus she didn't even send any message. When he came he found her in her room.
Sia: Pitaji (gets up with surprise and go to him) aap yaha?
S.M: Sia aap itne dino tak yahi reh gayee or aapne hame koi sandesh bhi nahi bheja. To ham chintit hogaye
Sia: wo darasal kya huwa pitaji ke jab ham yaha aaye to Maharaj Dharam kee tabiyat bohat kharaab hogayee to ham yahee ruk gaye or phir onhe bukhaar bhi hogaya to ham…Or abhi to or anarth hogaya
S.M: kya huwa hai?
Sia: (really tensed) Pitaji sainiko kee basti me aag lagayee hai or maharaj or Rajkumar Veer bhi gaye hai (holds him) hame bohat darr lagraha hai pitaji ke kahi onhe kuch…
S.M: aise chinta nahi karte. Bhagwaan onhe surikchit rakhenge. (after consoling he kept thinking about how Sia looked so worried for both of them. She seemed rather too keen about Dharam. Something was definitely up which he didn't know and he would have to find out.)
Sainik's basti
They were still at it helping everyone and helping the injured to get to a safer place. There was this house in which the fire had spread but a mother was crying as her child was left inside. She kept crying for help but no one was listening. Dharam heard her loud and clear and he went over to her amongst the commotion. She requested him to save her child so without thinking twice he dared to enter the house full of fire.
Veer saw this and tried stopping Dharam as it was too risky but he didn't listen to anything and jumped inside barely saving himself. Veer got really worried and tried going in after him but the sainiks came and stopped him.
After five ten minutes Dharam came running out with the child wrapped in his arms and he was successful in saving through the fire. Veer was relieved as well as unhappy with him.
Veer: yeh kya harkat thi Dharam. Aise bina soche samjhe kuud pare aag me
Dharam: ham kya karte Veer? Wo aurat apne bacche ke liye ro rahi thi to hamse dekha nahi gaya. Or wese bhi yeh sab hamaree zimmedaari hai to hame hee onkee madad karnee hai na
Veer couldn't say anything further as he was just dumbstruck after hearing Dharam's words. He couldn't believe he was actually saying all this.
Veer thought: kya yeh wohi Dharam hai jo inkee madad to dhoore onse seedhee mooh tak baat nahi karta tha? Yeh kya hogaya hai ise? Kya sach me wo badal gaya hai?
They all returned back to the mahal and Sia was really hysterical seeing them and when she saw Dharam at an impulse she went and hugged him without thinking twice. Dharam was surprised and so were others.
Sia: aapne to hame darra hee diya tha (she realizes what she did and slowly pulls out) wo…darasal ham kuch ziada hee pareshaan hogaye the isliye…wo hame maaf kardijye
Dharam: nahi aap maafi kyu maang rahee hai? Wo……
S.M: ab sab kesa hai Maharaj Dharam?
Dharam: (gets a good surprise) maharaj aap yaha?
S.M: ha wo Sia itne din tak lautee nahi to ham chintit hokar yaha pe pohoche or yaha pe aake khabar milee ke aag lagaayee hai
Dharam: ji ha wo Sainiko kee basti me aag laggayee thee lekin ab sab kuch theek hogaya hai
Sia: (looks at his hand) yeh kya huwa? (unhappy) aap ka haath to jalgaya hai (holds his hand and examines it) idhar aaye mere saath
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