Poetic love
"Taani didi, dekho na! Mujhe vo rahul bahot pareshaan kar raha hai." A girl pulled her pallu while taani was completely engrossed in looking at rey.
"Huh?!" She said not at all listening to the poor girl and still concentrating on Rey.
"Taani didi!! Suno na!" She gasped at her shriek and looked at her.
"Kya hua pari?" She said while taking her in her arms.
"Vo rahul mujhe pareshaan kar raha hai." She said making a cute pout.
"Aww!! Kya kiya uss shaitan ne ab?" She asked making a sad face hereslf. Rey giggled looking at their cute antics.
"Usne mera balloon le liya." She pouted.
"Achha.. abhi dekhte hai uss badmaash ko." Rey took pari in his arms and walked to a guy who was dancing with the balloons in his hand. Taani looked at three of them as Rey got the precious possession back to pari and made pari and rahul friends. While initially they started out with two kids, they end up being three. Rey joined the two as they started playing and soon he forget everything. Taani laughed to the core seeing him. While rey, pari and rahul were becoming boggies of train and moving in a chain with pari being the engine, rey noticed a sweet voiced laughter coming from his back. He turned around leaving the two to play on their own.
He smiled seeing her smile from the heart and he being the luckiest person behind that smile felt extremely proud of himself. Taani became conscious of herself as she saw him adoring her with a smile. She turned around and started walking away trying hard to hide her blush.
"Arz kiya hai..." Rey said a little louder grasping everyone's attention. Taani turned to face him.
"waah..waah..." Neil said while rey mentally stabbed him.
"Arre! Bolne to de! Phir waah waah bolna!" Rey told him sarcastically.
"Oops! Sorry! I mean Irshaad.." Neil corrected.
" Kabhi Mudkar bhi dekha karo
tere aashiq ek nazar ko taraste hai
arre koi bataye iss hoor ki pari ko
inki ek aahh pe hazaro ghayal hua karte hai" Rey said while eyeing taani. Swayam noticed it.
"Waah...Waah.." Swayam said loudly while winking at sharon. Sharon understood what he was trying to tell her and followed the lead.
"Kya baat hai rey! Tum to bade aashiq ban gaye ho!" Sharon exclaimed while Rey bowed down in front of the girls lead by taani and sharon.
"How cute!!" A girl exclaimed. Rey smirked at taani. Taani smiled back.
"Arz kiya hai.." Taani said while the girls cheered her.
"Irshaad..Irshaad.." Sharon encouraged her.
"Kabhi takluf kijiye humse do lavz farmane ka,
Kabhi takluf kijiye humse do lavz farmane ka,
Aise dil phenk aashiq humne bhi bahot dekhe hai..." Taani as though challenging him.
"Waah...waah.." The girls cheered her.
"Two can play this game. It's a challenge then." Rey thought.
"Chal mere sher, dikha de in ladkiyon ko ki pyaar karna koi humse seekhe." Vicky patted Rey on his shoulder.
"Kehne ko to kai baatein hai
Par kambakht waqt daga de deta hai
vo aae to kuch baat bane...
vo aae to kuch baat bane
varna chandni bhari tanha raatein to humne bhi bahot gujari hai."
The boys cheered him while Rey was continuously looking at taani and smiling.
"Jise dil diya ussi se dil ki fariyad kar dali
Ae diwane tu raah bhool aaya hai
Yaha insaaf nahi mila karte." Taani smirked at rey.
"Waah..Waah..." Sharon clapped. "Ab isse match karke batao to maane!!" Girls showed them the thumbs down. Everybody looked at rey but he was watching her victory smile. Boys became astonished as Rey had nothing to speak. Taani turned to leave.
"Insaaf ki fariyad to humein kabhi na thi,
bas do lavz chahiye mohabbat ke
ho sake to bas ye khwaish puri kar dijiye
varna aapke husn ki kaid mein rehne mein humein koi shikva nahi."
Taani turned only to see him smirking as he marked his victory, she had nothing to say. The boys cheered Rey while girls made faces to annoy them. Facing her defeat she turned to move away. She smiled as she realised the meanings of all the shayari he said. She so loved to lose this time. She moved out of the chaos while the girls v/s boys continued. Rey looked at her retreating back and somehow felt happy as he saw that ring in her hand. In the midst of all the noise, he could still her the jingling voice of her anklets going away from him. She stopped and turned to take a glance at him. Least surprisingly he was also looking at her. Their eyes talked and the lips curved into a smile as she turned and move out to see the preparations of wedding. After all, she was the incharge.
"Chalo na taani!! Bahot maza aayega!" Neha pulled her in the sharon's room.
"PARTY!!!" Simmi shouted while Sharon kept her earplugs to save her ears.
"Sshhh..sab so rahe hai." Taani calmed them down.
"Taani, you've become so boring. Jabse uncle-aunty ne tujhe ye shaadi ka incharge banaya hai tum kaam mein itna busy ho gayi ho ki maze ka time hi nahi hai tumhare paas." Neha complained.
"Aaj saari tension out of the window and sirf FUN!!!" Simmi shouted again.
"Ok! Fine." Taani smiled. "Bolo kya karna hai?"
"Karna kya hai...PAJAMA PARTY!!!"
"But guys, kal subah mujhe shopping ke liye jaana hai. Agar late night party ki to subah kaise uthungi." Sharon said finally.
"Its ok sharon. I'll manage." Taani assured her.
"Thank God taani, tum yaha ho. Varna pata nahi mera kya hota." Sharon pouted.
"Just look at us. Kitne pyaar se sharon ke last bachelorette days ko beautiful bana rahe hai. And those boys !! I am sure ya to takiya sar pe rakh ke so rahe honge ya phir beer ki bottle khali kar rahe honge!" Simmi said.
"These boys! Kuch nahi ho sakta inka!" Neha joined her.
"PARTY!!" Neil shouted and opened the champagne with a jerk. While Vicky joined him swayam kept a safe distance from the two. Tomorrow was his wedding shopping day and he won't allow anything to ruin it. Rey was sitting quietly near the edge of the window adoring the night sky and the moon.
"Hey guys! Wassup!! May I join!" Rithvik entered. Everyone's gaze moved to him.
"C'mon in. Nothing in particular bas Neil and Vicky ki as usual pagalpanti chal rahi hai." Swayam invited him.
"Tu humein badnaam kar raha hai swayam. Arre hum jaise dost tu badi wali torch lekar dhoondega to bhi nahi milenge! Arre teri shaadi ke liye Neha already mera 15000 ka bill katva chuki hai. Kya meine tujhe kuch bola???" Vicky said in full dramatic mode.
"Aur simmi jo mere 2 mahine se peeche padi hai, har din nayi shopping karti hai TERI SHAADI ke liye!" Neil joined him.
"Arre teri shaadi mein hum dono ka band baj raha hai. Humara bank balance ka balance hila ke rakh diya hai! Kya humne tujhse kabhi complaint ki?" Vicky said.
"Teri shaadi mein hazaro baar vo moti moti aunties mere gaal khinchke nikal gayi! Kya meine tujhe kabhi complaint kiya?" Neil said caressing his cheek
"Aur tu!! Ja dekh li teri dosti! Neil chal yaha se! Is khudgarz duniya mein humare liye ek dost nahi hai." Vicky wiped his nose.
"Ho gaya tum dono ka. Dramebazon!! Chalo ab over acting band karo aur snacks paas karo." Swayam said holding his head which was paining because of Neil and Vicky's jugalbandi.
"Taani was so right! You guys are so full of life!!" Rithvik said while Rey's head turned in the direction listening to her name in the conversation he was least interested before.
"Rithvik, tell us about yours and taani friendship! Tum dono kaise mile the." Swayam asked. Rey slowly came to this chatting group and settle there.
"Well! 3 years ago, she came with her dad to Delhi. My dad and uncle were school friends. As my dad got to knew about his ill health, he decided to help him and taani in managing the business and looking for his health. We collaborated our companies and started working together. During this time we came close to each other. Actually she used to miss you guys a lot. But she wanted to manage everything by herself. Humein khud pata nahi chala how we ended up becoming best friends in all this." Rithvik smiled. Rey had tears in his eyes. He always knew she needed him but he was up there fulfilling THEIR dreams. While he always used to worry about taani since she never share her problems with others, he was happy that she found a best friend in Rithvik.
Taani flipped her side again. It felt like tonight sleep had no connection with her. She looked around and found Neha and sharon sleeping on the bed while Simmi was having her beauty sleep on one of the sofa. Here she was flipping herself again and again on this small couch. After a nice girlish party all of them retired to bed but she was the only one not getting enough sleep. Her mind wandered to the events that happened earlier the day. Meeting him...he gifting her a ring and then those shayaris. She smiled as her fingertips touched the cold metallic ring in her finger. She felt a sensation as her fingers traced the inscription on the ring.
Rey couldn't control himself. He met after 3 freaking years. And to add on this, he just couldn't spend enough time with her. In all this marriage chaos everybody was looking for taani. It looked like the wedding would fail miserably without her. Though she was handling everything efficiently, he didn't liked the fact that in all these 2 weeks she would be horribly busy and he might not get a chance to talk to her properly.
Taani closed her eyes and tried to breathe long as she took the fresh manali air in her. No matter what, no city can take manali's place in her heart. In all these years she had missed manali like hell. As her hands were clutching the railing of the balcony, her hairs flew with wind. She felt the caress of cold and soft wind on her. Getting that feeling back after 3 years a smile came to her lips. But soon her smiling face turned to a shocked one as she saw in front of her, the most unbelievable scene.
"You.." She said in utter most shock.
p.s. Bare with my crazy shayari
Edited by deepkriti - 11 years ago
Kumkum Bhagya
Arjun
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