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Part 7
"Aur kya aapko pata hai?"
He looked back instantly and was shocked to see Heer standing there in her night pyjamas.
She sat down besides him. He looked away.
"Staircase par switch kahaan hai, kya aapko pata hai? Woh mujhe neeche kitchen se paani lane jaana tha.. lekin wahaan bohot andhera hai.."
Virat sighed with relief.. Oh.. maybe I wasn't talking out loud.. its just a coincidence.
"Haan chalo, main chalta hoon tumhare saath."
Soo, I was right.. Bhaiya aur iss Manvi ka zaroor koi chakkar hai.. Aur Bhaiya ko samajhne ke liye, mujhe pehle iss chakkar ko samajhna hoga.. She thought as they made their way down the stairs.
"Kya main aapse kuch pooch sakti hoon?" He nodded his head.
"Maa keh rahi thi ki aap gaate aur paint karte hai.." He looked at her confused.. Maa?? And that's when she realized, "Aapki Maa.. Vanshika aunty keh rahi thi.." Mujhe bhi painting ka bohot shauk hai.. Vaise aap kya paint karte hain? Portraits, still life, nature??"
No one had spoken to him about his paintings. And he hadn't painted for a while now.. Portraits.. portraits paint karta hoon main.. aur tum?
"Main.. main toh kuch bhi paint kar leti hoon.. mere liye apni feelings ko express karne ka ek zariya hai.. Waise, maine suna hai ki Chandigarh mein kuch hi dinon mein ek exhibition cum competition hone wala hai.. Kya aap usmein hissa lenge?"
What?? Paint again.. and that too for a competition? "Maine painting karna chod diya hai.." He sighed.. "Ohh.. that's sad, because jab aap ki Maa ne mujhe bataya toh maine socha ki mujhe ek partner mil jayega.. Aur woh bhi kaafi khush thi iss baat se.. Lekin afsos, main unhe bata dungi.." PARTNER?? Was all he heard.. "Tumhe partner ki kya zaroorat?"
"Woh kya hai na, iss competition mein sirf teams participate kar sakti hain.. Mera bohot mann tha.. khair chodiye.. Main chalti hoon.. Goodnight!"
She turned around to face him again and he stood there looking at her.. "Lekin main aapse ek baat kehna chahungi..Please bura mat maniyega.. Meri Maa kehti thi, ki humein zindagi mein humesha aage badhna chahiye..Agar hum aisa nahi karte, toh hum sirf apne aap ko hi nahi, humse judey hue kayi logon ko bhi takleef pohonchate hai.. Hum sab ke past mein kayi chotein, kayi dard hotey hain.. Lekin humein unhe humare aaj ka hissa nahi banana chahiye.. balki unse aaj mein ladhna chahiye.. Aur yakeen maniye, agar aap apna 100% denge, toh aapko jeetne se koi nahi rok sakta.. Kyunki aapne himmat dikhai.. Haar ya jeet kabhi maaine nahi rakhte..agar kuch important hai toh woh hoti hai koshish..Aur waise bhi, humein kisi yaad ko itna haq nahi dena chahiye ki woh humare aaj ko barbaad kar sake.. There's a reason why past is called past.. and why it shouldn't be a part of our present.. Khair yeh meri soch hai.. Bye!
He felt bad for the poor girl. She had relied on him and he had broken her trust, though unknowingly.. But he barely knew her, how could he make her his partner.. Lekin Virat!! Woh galat bhi toh nahi thi.. pehle Maya aur ab Manvi.. Inn dono se hi tumhe chot mili.. Toh kya hua agar Manvi ne khud tumhe directly chot nahi pohonchayi.. Dil toh tumhara dobara toota hai na.. But enough!! You HAVE to move past everything.. It was time.. He had to do it..for his mother, who loved and believed in him unconditionally, for his brother, who had always supported him through thick and thin, for himself.. and now, for this strange girl, who called him Bhaiya.. He felt a sort of emotional attachment to her. Weird..
"Ruko Heer, kahaan jaa rahi ho? Practise sessions ke baare mein discuss nahi karna hai kya?", he said with a smile on his face..
She turned back..Yesss!! maine kar dikhaya.. Maa maine kar dikhaya.. maine aapko niraash nahi hone diya..
"Of course karni hai Bhaiya.. Toh deal??"
"Yupp deal.. Lekin you know main humesha apne partners ko ek special naam deta hoon.. You know something unique.. kyunki woh mere partners hotey hai.. Tumhe kya bulao?"
He racked his brain and smiled when something popped up.. "Tumhara naam Heer hai, right? Toh aaj se main tumhe 'Heeriye' bulaunga.. Lekin haan yeh haq sirf mujhe hoga, manzoor?"
She felt tears wanting to escape her eyes. She felt belonged.. "Toh aap honge mere Raanjha..manzoor??"
"Done!!" and they shook hands..
The next couple of weeks passed by with Virat and Heer joking around, poking fun at each other and practicing for the painting competition.. Virat was quite impressed with Heer's skills and she was floored.. He worked magic with the paintbrush, she thought.
The family was very happy to see Virat getting back to normal. Swamini Bua wasn't still talking to Heer properly. She merely exchanged smiles. Vanshika and Viren were the happiest.. Toh aakhir mere Bhai ko ek nayi partner mil hi gayi.. Main jaanta hoon Virat ke teri life mein Manvi ki jagah koi nahi le sakta, lekin mujhe khushi hai ki tu zindagi mein aage badh raha hai, Viren thought as he saw Virat painting on Heer's ankle when she wasn't looking..
But alas! Only two weeks were left for the competition and they hadn't yet decided on the topic.. Heer had insisted that Virat choose the topic coz she felt that brought out one innermost feelings.. He had definitely opened up to her. She had managed to break down huge walls built around his heart effortlessly. There was some progress, but she had seen him engrossed in his thoughts while sketching, often caught him daydreaming.. She wanted to get to the root of the cause that was bothering him.
One such night after dinner, Heer was waiting for Virat in the garden. After getting back from work, he used to have dinner and spend time with Heer till late in the night chatting away. But tonight, he was late. Heer checked her watch for the 5th time.. "Yaar, yeh Virat Bhaiya kahaan reh gaye. Main khud hi chalke dekh leti hoon", and she made her way to his room..
She was about to knock when she found the door open. She peeped in and found the room nearly empty. She also saw that contents of a drawer of his desk had been strewn across the room. She walked in and saw Virat sitting on the Window frame, with his eyes shut and clutching a photograph to his heart. She walked upto him and placed a hand on his shoulder. He was at first shocked to see Heer there. But then he gestured her to join him and she perched up on the window opposite him. "Heeriye, sorry, tumhe aaj raat dhoka dene ke liye. Lekin aaj mujhse control hi nahi ho raha.. Tum hi ne kaha tha na ki humein kissi yaad ko humein takleef pohonchane ka haq nahi dena chahiye.." She nodded her head.. "Lekin agar humne woh haq kissi insaan ko diya ho toh? Toh humein kya karna chahiye?" "Bhaiya, agar woh insaan humare dil ke bohot kareeb ho toh humein unhe apni safaai dene ka ek aur mauka zaroor dena chahiye. Waise agar aap bura na maane, toh kya main pooch sakti hoon ki aap kis ke baare mein baat kar rahein hai?
He showed her the frame. It was a sketch of Virat and Manvi made by him months ago when they were just friends.. That was the first and the last time that he had sketched his Partner..
Manvi.. meri partner.. meri dost.. aur.. Mera Pyaar..She looked up shocked.. Yes, she had known that Virat and Manvi were friends, great friends., Partners in crime.. Par Pyaar?? That explains a lot, she thought..
"Toh problem kya hai mere Raanjhe, aise Devdas Mukherji types baat kyun kar rahe hai aap, Meri Paro!!"
Manvi aur Paro!! Crazy? He chuckled and then told her everything.. Right from how Manvi brought back happiness into his life with their nok-jhoks to Maya re-entering his life; how he dumped Maya and was convinced by Viren to propose to Manvi.. And what had followed, how he had irresponsibly let Chachu's shop on fire.. Manvi's cold attitude towards him and then them patching up to resolve Viren and Jeevika's fake fight..
"haan toh, iss mein tension kya hai? Mere Romeo and Juliet alag alag kyun hai?"
"Issi sawal ka jawaab toh main bhi jaanna chahta hoon.. Humare Chandigarh lautne tak sab kuch theek tha.. Uske kuch hi dinon baad, jab hamesha ki tarah uska phone milaya, toh laga nahi.. Isliye maine ghar pe phone kiya..Beeji se pata chala ki Maanvi apne Mamaji ke yahaan gayi hui hai.. Aur kab lautegi.. iska koi pata nahi.. Maine Jeevika Bhabhi se bhi poocha.. lekin unhone bhi theek se kuch nahi bataya.. Aur tab mujhe shaq hua.. Manvi Bhabhi se kabhi koi baat nahi chupati.. Jaroor woh Bhabhi se touch mein thi.. Iska toh ek hi matlab nikalta tha.. That my Partner was and is still ignoring me.. Usne aaj tak mujhse koi contact nahi kiya."
She heard his story and felt sorry for him. Though she had never experienced love before, she still felt Virat's pain.. Only a heartless fool couldn't feel it.
"Bhaiya.. kuch toh baat zaroor hai.. jitna maine sab gharwalon se aur ab aapse Manvi ke baare mein suna hai, mujhe nahi lagta ki woh bewajah aapke saath aisa behave karegi.."
"Haan, meri detective team ne pata lagaya hai ki Swamini bua aur Manvi ke beech kuch kaha-suni hui hai Hrishikesh mein.. Aur Bhai-Bhabhi iss baare mein jaante hai.. Lekin kissi ne mujhe batana zaroori nahi samjha.."
"Toh theek hai, main bhi aapki detective team mein shamil ho jati hoon.. Yakeen kijiye, aapko aur aapki Juliet ko milana ab meri bhi zimmedari hai.."
He smiled at the crazy girl who called him Romeo.. "Accha toh meri Heeriye, mujhe bata, tu karne kya wali hai.. plan kya hai?"
She gave him a disapproving look.. "Plan-shan baad mein.. pehle humara competition.. Waise, mujhe nahi lagta ki ab humein apne painting ke liye kahiin aur subject dhoondhne ki zaroorat hai.. Mujhe toh ek perfect sketch abhi se dikhai de raha hai.."
He looked at her clueless..
She got down on the floor and smirked at him..
For the first time in life, Virat Singh Vadhera had seen hope.. and to him, it was called Heer..
Mission Romeo and Juliet officially begins!
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