They both were sitting on a rock.
Bhaiya...yaar koi toh lift dedo , said Geet while trying to kill a mosquito that has been roaming around her and biting her from last few minutes
Geet mujhe nahi lagta ki humein koi lift dega ,Yeh bereham ,zaalim duniya!! Kisi ke paas hamaare liye time hi nahi hai , said Maan while roaming on the road
Maan ab kya karein? Paisa bhi toh nahi hai na hamaare paas!!!.
Chalte bano...chalte jaayenge ,ab yah ape baithne se toh maachar ke alawa koi aur hamaari taraf dekhega bhi nahi!!
Pcch...kab tak challenge ,my feet are hurting like hell..I'm quite tired!!
*********Few hours ago**********
He was neatly dressed in his white shirt and black trousers. He looked at himself in the mirror ...tightened his tie and wore his coat.
He took his suitcase and left for the airport.
She was dressed elegantly in her professional attire ,tied her hair into a ponytail ,took her bag and left for the airport.
Maan Khurana and Geet Handa young and owners of two small but successful companies ,they both recently got tied in a joint venture to construct a 7star hotel in a town near Chennai.
They both were ready to leave for Chennai for a meeting with their clients.
They know each other only professionally ,about each other's business sense or way of handling things and nothing more than that.
****At the airport****
Maan and Geet ,two perfectly punctual people , as usual they both were on time as they have nothing to do in their boring lives except for their work and their meetings which according them is the most important thing.
They met each other at the decided time and shook hands with each other with a fake and forced smile on their faces.
They travelled together to Chennai and were all set to reach the nearby town but poor them who knew that few things were about to go wrong , they took a taxi and fortunately or unfortunately they stopped near a dhaba and not a five star hotel ,only after getting down they came to know that the taxi driver was a fraud and he ran away with their luggage ,as soon as they saw the car moving Maan's eyes popped out and he started to run behind the car.
Taxi...Taxi...!!!
Oh !! what the hell!!!
OH GOSH!!!!
Bloody hell!!
Ab kya hoga!!
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***Present****
Geet was sitting on the rock .
They both were highly irritated with their situation ...they moved a bit forward.
While moving forward they saw a boy coming towards them running ,he was about to fall just then Maan held his hand and stopped him from falling.
Why are you running??
Leave me ,let me go!!
Geet's eyes fell on the bruises on the small boy's body.
Maan ...look at him ,it seems like he was badly beaten.
Haan..!!
Maan sat down on his knees and tried to talk to that boy.
Aapko kya hua beta?? Kisne maara aapko??
The boy remained quiet ,like his mouth was zipped.
He looked at Maan and then Geet...he tried to speak but his words came till his mouth and stopped before taking the form of words.
They both couldn't understand the reason behind his silence...the fear in his eyes was visible to both of them.
Geet gently kept her hand on his cheek and asked him .
Kya hua beta..aap kuch bataana chahto ho to bata do..aapko darnek i koi zaroorat nahi hai.
Tears were formed in his eyes within seconds.
He slowly opened his mouth ...mujhe jeena hai ,mujhe yaha se bhaagne do.
Maan and Geet both were confused with his words.
Kya??
Woh mujhe roz maarte hai ...my parents send me there so that I can have proper food instead of providing that they beat me every day.
The boy was totally scared.
Beta aap pehle rona band karo aur haemin bataao ki aap kaha se aa rahe ho??
The boy sat with them and talked to them for a while.
They got to know that he was sent to that place by their parents to the orphanage because they couldn't afford the expenses even for his food ,but he was physically abused every other day after so many trails he finally managed to escape from the hell .
The boy slept on Geet's lap while narrating his experience
Geet gently stroked her fingers through his hair to make him feel comfortable while he slept peacefully on her lap.
Maan stood up and sat near a tree.
He saw a leaf falling ,all those memories came back to hunt his mind again.
***********
He remembered those words ,the cost of him , him being sold.
A tear rolled down Maan's cheeks.
He was so small that he didn't even knew the meaning of selling a human being.The only thing he knew was his mother was no more with him.He silently agreed to accompany his saab.
He became a silent lifeless boy. All those dreams to study were crashed , he used to work in the construction site till the evening and after completing his work he used to stand behind a door to watch his saab's daughter studying , her hands playing with those colourful pencils and lots of notebooks.He could do nothing but stare at those just wishing that even he could get those for himself one day.
He still remembers those brown eyes of his bhaiya who looked at him with love ,only eyes after his mother which were filled with life , everyone around him told him that he was a loyal servant of Maan's saab .He was ten years older that Maan.
He used to feed him everyday ,one day he came near him after his work
Maan ,tujhe padhna hai na.
Maan still looked at him while fluttering his lashes.
He could barely speak .
Maan meri baat dhyaan se sun ,yeh le kuch kapde aur paise ...kal I'm going to the city and I'll take you with me from there I'll send you in a bus to the city take these clothes and money and go to the city ,from tomorrow you will be free , there's no need to work ...maine ek dost se baat kiya hai ,woh tujhe ek anaathalay me e jaayenge ,tu waha rehke khoob padhai karna.
Ek baat hamesha yaad rakhna , Khoob mehnat karna ,acche se padhai karna ,this life is so small ,he are so tiny in this world so try and use this life for other's too ,so that your life gets a meaning.
He kissed his forehead.
It was the last time he saw those love filled eyes ,he sent Maan to the city from then Maan never looked back ,all those injuries of him made him strong and tough enough to forget everything and achieve success and reach heights.
Geet's call brought him back from his thoughts.
It was sighty raining ouside.
He went near her ,Maan humein kahi chana chahiye ...he is very hungry I guess ,let's walk ,we might find a dhaba nearby .
Maan simply nodded , he became completely silent he could see himself in the small boy ,the helpless Maan.
They soon reached a dhaba ,the boy ate food like he was hungry from years.
After eating food Geet again made him sleep as it was getting dark .
They both thought of leaving the place early in the morning with the boy.
Maan still sat near the dhaba silently ,lost in his own thoughts.
Geet came near him with a plate filled with food.
Maan ,tumne subah se kuch nahi khaaya ,have something...
No Geet I'm not feeling hungry.
Maan what happened ??
Have it na!!
NAHI GEET MAINE KAHA NA!!!
Maan what happened why are you so angry??
Tumhe Aakash se koi problem hai kya?? Asked Geet angrily.
Are you mad?? Why would I have a problem with him??
I don't know maan ,if not why are you behaving so strangely?
That boy needs some love Maan ,just a little affection from us ,wh y can't you just give him that?
What do you think Geet ?? Taking to him lovingly will heal his wounds?? It will make him foget everything he has faced?? You'll never understand his feelings Geet ,you can only act like you have understood but you will never understand in real ,never!!
Maan's eyes were suddenly filled with tears...even though Geet dodn't knew the reason behind his sudden outburst ,she could somehow understand something ,some harsh experience of him which is making him talk like this.
Maan left that place and stood in the rain.
Those words of his bhaiya rang in his ears
Khoob mehnat karna ,acche se padhai karna ,this life is so small ,he are so tiny in this world so try and use this life for other's too ,so that your life gets a meaning.
If he would have not helped him that day ,he wouldn't have survived till now...How badly he missed his lovely hands which fed him.
Geet wasn't abe to see his tears ,some unknown bonding was binding them together at them moment.
She slowly walked towards him.
He was completey drowned in his past memories which always reminds him of his lifelessness many times.
Geet placed her hand on his shoulder ,Maan turned and looked at her .
He closed his eyes and hugged her tight and his tears were flowing along with the raindrops, Geet placed her hands on his back ,he hugged her like a child and cried in the rain , all those pressed and locked emotions of all these years which made him The Maan Singh Khurana broke out in few minutes ,he poured out all of them in front of her.
Few years ago ,even he wanted those simple words of love and affection ,but his life was deserted ...but while hugging her he felt that there is still some life remaining in him.
They both hugged each other , he felt each and every bit of care he got in her arms , everything else was stopped at that moment .
He poured his heart infront of her, they hardly knew each other but many times it takes many years to feel comfortable in a relationship but few bondings carry such magic with them which make them feel happy and pour their heart out in just few moments.
This was one such unknow bonding .
The whole night Maan sat beside Geet and narrated his experiences , it was the first time he opened up after these long ,lifeless years .
Morning Maan found himself resting his head on Geet's shoulder and Geet's head resting on a nearby wall where thay sat.
Soon everyone woke up and washed their faces and decided to walk together and reach the city .
Geet went near the boy ,Aakash.
Aakash jaldi chalo !
He stood there watching at her ...
Kya hua Aakash??
He didn't speak anything ,it was quite obvious that he was a bit scared to go with them.
Geet kissed his forehead and smiled ,,,Aakash tumhe darna ki koi zaroorat nahi hai , just have fath in us ..ok
She again kissed his cheeks.
Aakash smiled and kissed her cheeks , you know what didi mu dad always tells one thing
"Khoob mehnat karna ,acche se padhai karna ,this life is so small ,he are so tiny in this world so try and use this life for other's too ,so that your life gets a meaning."
Now I'll study and work hard to make my father happy ,he smiled.
A small Journey which was a roller coaster ride of their emotions ,who knew that a simple , planned business meeting would turn into such, that a locked room of emotions would broke and all the feelings would be poured out...a bonding which became strong overnight , a day out of their hectic and robotic lives which filled life in them once again.
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So this was the OS...I know you must have found it boring when comapred to other OS's in GF...but this was something I just wanted to write so wrote it down ,this didn't have a sad maaneet ending or a romantic maaneet !!
Fingers crossed ,I'm waiting for your response!
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