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Part 4 :
Nupur was from a small town where her Bauji, Bui, her sister and her some other distant relatives lived. She was basically a dreamer. Her reason to come to Mumbai City was to fulfill one of those dreams, the one where she accomplished success by working hard and having a name to proudly call out her own. Her other dreams nevertheless, included living upto the expectations of her family in every deed she did and also the same dream as each and every girl possessed as her own special one, to later settle down with a life partner whom she would love to fall in love with every day.
Apart from having hopes and desires rightly prioritised to choose to come to this city, there was another reason which had made her take this decision. She knew, that mattered too, but not just yet and all needed to understand it some way or the other. She knew she was in her right frame of her mind when she had decided to choose what she had chosen, though she didn't knew for how long she had posponed the inevitable, but at present she had far more petty issues to worry about and get those settled than to consider the lager ones and so she tried burying those in deep corners of her mind and tried to leave it for later when it demanded attention.
She had come down to live with an acquantaince in the city, which her Bui had arranged for her. Her present guardians were the sweetest pair of an old couple she had come across. They were humble, still strict but almost casual with her all the time. They had lost their son in an accident or something likely, she was told, but never felt like pressing the issue for she loved how they smiled always like there was no tomorrow.
She had talked them into paying rent appropriately inspite of their several denials, afterall she knew their age demanded proper health and care, if only she could add to it. She had also denied the Uncle and Aunty, as she called them, about their care for her food, but could deny their much affectionate offer for her and gave in to them oblidgeing in their gratitude. It had been almost a month she had been staying with them, but only recently she had found a job for her own well. And at present, she was worrying for her to be on time, which she missed out mostly, sometimes due to her inability to sabotage the time constraint that came with dealing with the local transport here and sometimes due to her Aunty making her wait to get herself the breakfast made so lovingly by her. She was yet again 15 minutes late already today, when she left impatient in her mind.
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It had been 1 hectic day for Mayank at work, but was still contented with the fact that he was done with his work in time and had finally managed tricky things quite smoothly somehow. He was on his way back to his home sitting in the auto he had hired when he saw a familiar face of a person soon receding back along with the road that he left behind.
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Nupur was sitting on the steps in front of a local bank so that she had shade over her head in the heavy showers from above. She had left her office on time but soon she found out that her shoe had given up on her as the only strap it had, was now upside down flapping itself on the ground, making its way into the puddle which was a byproduct of the continous rains that day. She had quit looking for a ride to the station directly and had dragged herself to the place she was at present resting her mind to think of a solution while she looked in almost every direction in search of a cobbler.
Nupur had suddenly thought of an idea, as bizzare as it sounded, when she searched in her bag looking for a 'safety-pin' in order to tuck the strap of her shoe for the time being so that she may search for a cobbler who could mend it and free her from developing anymore dis-pleasure for the evening than she already had now. She frowned sitting, under the shade, in front of her favourite weather as she failed to pay more attention towards it, yet again.
Knowing the fact that she would soon be in the same problem, once again, she tried to get to her feet wearing a poorly arranged shoe and got down a few steps when she found her foot breaking free from her shoe's grip and making her trip inspite of her attempts to hold onto herself when she soon found herself being supported by a strong pair of arms belonging to a person whose face showed a bit of dis-appointment and aversion as he took care of her balance.
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Mayank at an impulse asked the auto driver to stop on the spot and paying his share of fare, he went out in the rain wearing his wind sheeter to prevent him from getting wet.
He presented himself with a reason, for his this take, being his Ma's earlier lessons to him the other day and also the fact that he was after all 'good-at-heart' before he decided to shut his brain so that it didn't think of anymore of those. He had to admit, the scenario seemed unimaginable as he noticed that Nupur looked very cute glaring at her shoe as she tried to mend it in the most weirdest way possible she could think of. He took a few quick and larger steps towards her when he saw her getting ready to fall on her own. By the time he realised his next actions, she was already in his arms as he saved her from falling while she looked at him agape and her eyes wide open.
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She didn't realise when and where Mayank had suddenly come from, but she was glad he did stop her from falling. She somehow felt relieved seeing him, not that he was someone her very own, but still she felt the determination in his eyes to have washed off over her as she finally smiled to him when he made her stand.
Just when she was about to say a 'Thanks' to him, she was subjected to 'reality' once again as she heard him say, "Kya tum thoda samajhdari se kaam nahi le sakti Nupur?...auto rok leti aur usme baithkar koi cobbler dhund leti...jisse iski thodi jyaada knowledge ho..." narrowing his eyes at her and intensely looking at her for an answer he moved a few inched away to stand with his hand folded on his chest.
Nupur couldn't understand a zilch of what this Man was made of, to have helped her and vexed her at the same time. Now she replaced her smile with a casual indifferent attitude but still said what she wanted to but as if a formality, "Thanks ...by the way tumhare mobile pe kya Nupur alert message aaya tha jo tum achanak yahaan mujhe...yun gyaan dene chale aaye?"
Mayank was taken aback at Nupur's question a bit, firstly he didn't seem to exactly understand his own logic to have come to help her, secondly he didn't even understand why her frown looked cute to him when it was a usual expression for everyone who wanted to express a dis-comfort, thirdly, why did she have to ask THIS question to him when he clearly tried to skip it himself and lastly, why was she in his arms a few moments back that made him look deep in her eyes and be 'not-in-peace' with himself...why?...he decided to change the way his mind was working when he told himself 'how-did-she-even-matter' to give such a simple situation so much of a thought and he finally spoke the evident truth, "Miss Nupur...right?" he spoke as if trying to remember her name which he was sure of was the same and he continued with the same stern expression, "Toh...maine dekha ki tumhe help chahiye thi toh...socha help kar doon...afterall tumne bhi toh Ma ki uss din help hi ki thi naa..." he was quick to have thought of the last part.
Nupur learnt that however he disliked the person, his Ma's wish mattered more than that, which was actually true but in a twisted manner here.
Nupur finally thought of giving up analysing him for a while and announced the help needed, "Mayank...woh...tum yahaan koi mochi-wala pata hai aas paas...mujhe apne joote banvane hain... " she finally said with a hesitant tone, in the sense that she did not want to ask for help but still did.
Mayank gave a soft laugh when he repeated her words, "Mochi?" he somehow was out of his irritation in a blink of a second. surprising himself but stern still. Considering the task he had come for, that is to make her life hassle free for a while, he said, "Yahaan toh nahi hai...station ke paas hi milega...par tum chaho toh opposite road pe ek shoe ki shop hai...wahaan se new buy kar lo..." and he pointed in the direction of the shop across the road.
Nupur brightened at the idea but frowned again almost instantly when Mayank asked, "Kya hua...paise nahi hain toh abhi mujhse le lo"
Nupur nodded her head in a 'no' and said, "Arrey nahi, paise toh hain...par yahaan itna paani bhara hai...main wahaan tak aise bina chappal ke kaise jaaoungi?"
Mayank asked with a straight face, "Toh kya tumhe utha kar le chaloon?"
Nupur couldn't think of a better option but was it as inconsiderable as it was simple and she plainly removed her shoe and took it in her hand as she took the steps downwards and closing her one eye, she was about to put her feet in the dirty water ahead when Mayank called her and she looked back immediately when she heard him say, "Ruko!" and she was amazed when he walked upto her with a determined look on his face but still having a trace of 'I-can't-believe-i-am-doing-this-for-her'.
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