Chapter-15
Mayank stands still at the shop, as Nupur runs towards the farm house without turning back. The shop owner who is looking all this from corner of his eyes keeps silence but raises his voice when Nupur leaves her selected bangles on the table. Shop owner "madam ji aapne bangles yahepa bulgai, sir do you want to take or-"
Mayank looks towards shop keeper "how much?"
shop keeper "200/- sir."
Mayank gives the money and takes the bangles and turns to leave but the bangles which Nupur is checking before the tiff caught his attention. The bangles are the perfect match for the lehnga, Mayank closes his eyes as he can still remember Nupur wearing that lehnga thinks 'you gone mad Mayank'. Mayank turns to the shop keeper points to the bangles "oh, bangles…"
Shop keeper laughs and comes out to show Mayank the bangles. Mayank hesitatingly asks the shop keeper to pack them, shopkeeper packs the bangles and gives to Mayank saying "tiff between wife and husband increases the love, so donot worry sir. Your wife will gets cool down if she see these bangles. I think she really likes the bangles a lot and-" the shop keepers continues his chat but 'your wife' word caught Mayank's attention and he did not hear any more what the shop keeper said to him. He simply paid the money and left the shop still thinking how much trill and happy he felt when the shop keeper said Nupur as his wife… unknowingly a smile forms to his lips.
Mayank reached the farm house goes near Nupur's room to see the door is closed. Mayank want to knock the door but decides against it and goes to his room. He places the bangles at the table and thinks about Nupur looking at the bangles on his table. Nupur's imagine in the mirror with red lehnga made him buy the dress for her and today her look on her face while seeing the bangles made him buy the bangles for her.
Mayank takes a deep breath thinking 'this is not right Mayank, Nupur has a boyfriend Sam-' he donot even want to take Samrat's name because he unknowingly feels jealous of Samrat for having Nupur as his girlfriend. Mayank decides to keep his distance from Nupur as much as he can but donot know how, 3 days alone with Nupur in the farm house. Knowing that the object of his dreams which gave him sleepless nights for a week, is sleeping just a wall away from him making him insane. Mayank used all his self-control to keep himself away from Nupur not to create any unwanted scene between them which he may regret later. On other side Nupur is lying on her bed thinking about her own reaction to Mayank's nearness and did not able to understand why she is so much affected by Mayank, what all these new feels. She never felt like this with any guy. Why she felt so right in his arms and why she felt very angry and hurt when Mayank left her, she felt so secure in his arms and felt insecure when he left her. She closed her eyes as she knows she is little rude with Mayank but she couldnot understand Mayank's sudden change of actions. It is making her confused and not allowing her to know what she is really feeling about Mayank.
Mayank hears a knock at his door thinks it might be Nupur and immediately goes to open the door, gets disappointed to see the housekeeper.
"Sir, food is read will you and madam come out. As it is beautiful in the garden I have arranged everything in garden under the moon light." Mayank and his parents use to come to Nainital for holidays. So Mayank loves this place, his mother loves this place and always dreamed to have a farm house in Nainital. So as a token of remembrance Mayank bought this farm house. Mayank rarely visits this place and never bought any girl to the farm house, the house keeper is a old man who donot know about Mayank getting engaged to Natasha because Mayank never mentioned his personal life with old man. Whenever he comes to farm house, he gives respect to the old man and makes a polite conversation whenever required about his health not more than that. So the old man thought Nupur is a special lady in Mayank's life, he arranged dinner under the romantic moon light to impress his boss thought not required but the old man felt, for the first time he got some chance to impress his boss and his lady. So he arranged everything very romantically and beautifully under moon light, left the farm house with satisfaction of doing something useful for his boss in his sense.
Mayank donot know how to invite Nupur for dinner. After their tiff he hesitates to knock at her door but thinks he cannot hide like a collage boy and avoid Nupur, so decides to invite her for dinner as gentleman. If she come ok, otherwise her wish. On other side the old man first went to Nupur's room to tell her about dinner arrangements and asks her to come down, so Nupur is ready to go down for dinner preparing herself to face Mayank. With determination Mayank goes to Nupur's room to knock the door, he rises his hand to knock the door at the same time Nupur opens the door both stops on their tracks, Both stands on either side of the room looking into each other's eyes donot know what to say and what not to say with each other...
[Here is the song from Is raat ki subah nahin film: Chup tum raho chup hum rahein]
Nupur silently looks into Mayank's eyes: chup tum raho chup ham rahen
chup tum raho chup ham rahen
khamoshi ko khamoshi se zindagi ko zindagi se baat karne do
Mayank slowly moves aside as giving Nupur space to come out of the room and flows her to the garden, while Nupur walks infront of him
Mayank walking behind Nupur: chup tum raho chup ham rahen
chup tum raho chup ham rahen
khamoshi ko khamoshi se zindagi ko zindagi se baat karne do
Mayank and Nupur goes to the garden and see the arrangement of dinner made in the center of the garden, camp fire is lighten in the garden and food is placed on a table at a distance beside the fire with two chairs either side of the table. The whole arrangement is really romance which is making both Mayank and Nupur nervous.
Nupur looks at Mayank when he is not looking at her and turns otherside when she feels he is about to turn his face:
chup tum raho chup ham rahen
Mayank looks at Nupur : chup tum raho chup ham rahen
Nupur did not dare to turn her eyes and look at Mayank, she knows he is standing beside her looking at her as she is watching him with her corner of eyes. She has to feel angry on Mayank for behaving rudely with her but she remembers the scene where she is in his arms. She feels a shiver due to his nearness but to hide that she goes near the wood placed beside the camp fire area. Slowly takes it into her hand and puts into the fire.
Nupur looking toward Mayank through fire: aankhon mein kho jaaye aankhen bole haathon se haath
aankhon mein kho jaaye aankhen bole haathon se haath
Mayank slowly comes near the Nupur he thinks to cross her and go near the pool but Nupur gets nervous seeing him coming towards her and messily turn to go towards food but almost bangs to Mayank sideways. Mayank puts his arms around Nupur shoulder to make her straight:
baahon mein chupkar saanson se jaise dole raat…
Nupur slowly says sorry without looking into Mayank's eyes turn and puts her hand to take some heat from fire and smoothing her heart beat which beating double the rate, but in her nervousness she burns her fingers , seeing Nupur's hurt reaction, Mayank immediately goes near Nupur taking her fingers into his hand, Mayank is blowing air on Nupur's fingers…
ungaliyo ko ungaliyo se mausamon ko shokhiyon se baat karne do...
Both Mayank and Nupur has an eye lock, Mayank stands with Nupur's hand in his hand…
Nupur - chup tum raho chup ham rahen
Mayank - khamoshi ko khamoshi se zindagi ko zindagi se baat karne do...
chup tum raho chup ham rahen
Nupur - chup tum raho chup ham rahen
Nupur takes her hand and goes near the table where food is placed and puts the food in her plate, about to sit on her chair.. Mayank comes and hugs her from her back. He puts his one hand around her waist pulls her near, Nupur puts her head on his shoulder and lean back. Mayank puts his other hand on her cheek making her turn her face towards him still hugging her from back and traces her lips with his fingers making her shiver…
Mayank - honthon par honthon se likhe bin shabdon ke geet
honthon par honthon se likhe bin shabdon ke geet
Mayank starts kissing Nupur on cheek, Nupur turns her face with shy smile. Mayank removes the hair on Nupur's shoulder and kisses on her neck. Nupur shivers keeping her hand tight on Mayank's hand on her waist and slowly turns completely towards him, Nupur puts her hands around Mayank's neck
Nupur : dharati se ambar tak guunje jismon kaa sangeet...
bekhudi ko bekhudi se aashiqui ko aashiqui se baat karne do
and Nupur puts her lips on Mayank's lips.
Mayank suddenly comes out of his trans and searches for Nupur and finds her sitting on the chair eating her dinner.
Mayank turns his head towards the pool closes his eyes and smiling to himself for his imagination:
chup tum raho chup ham rahen
Nupur observes Mayank's every move from her corner of eyes but did not understand his sudden turning towards her and then again turning otherside…
Nupur - chup tum raho chup ham rahen
Mayank - chup tum raho chup ham rahen
Nupur - chup tum raho chup ham rahen
Mayank - chup tum raho chup ham rahen
Nupur - chup tum raho chup ham rahen
The silence between them speaks volumes for both Nupur and Mayank revealing a lot about their feelings for each other, where Mayank started acknowledging his feels for Nupur but couldnot come to the conclusion whether his feels for Nupur is love or lust and otherside Nupur is still not ready to acknowledge that she has developing some sort of feelings in her for Mayank… Both are still unaware that they are falls in love with each other.
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