PART 40
The noise of door crackling made maan aware of someone's presence. He looked up as he parted himself from that girl and was stunned to see geet standing there. How come she came here that too on this day, doesn't she despise the very day so much, then why???
Geet saw the look in maan eyes, that confusion yet the coldness was still visible. But she was busy in absorbing his face in her heart; so long it had been that she had seen him. His stubble had grown up a little; his face has few dark circles now and his muscles, it had built up more strong and was stretching against the white shirt he wore. But still he looked handsome, or rather more handsome than before.
Maan too saw the changes in geet, she had grown up a little in height, may be few inch approx., and her weight had gone down a more, giving her sunken cheeks instead of those fluffy ones, but still she looked beautiful to him. She had grown up in her femininity too; her curves had grown up in more girlish way, becoming more prominent in the rest anarkali she wore, as well as her other cuts and curves looked more beautiful, he looked away cursing himself for looking at her such pervert way, but only his soul knew it wasn't with the lusty gaze, but in the more loving way, way of a lover who was appreciating the beauty of his love. Sigh!!! His brain was overworking nowadays.
The girl in his arms turned too and saw a teenager standing there. She smiled at her, showing her beautiful smile that could make anyone swoon over her, as she stood up and welcomed her, "hey you must be geet right, see I recognized you, but how come you here, aj to you all have class tests right???"
geet's dreamy world broke as she turned to look at the girl, and wondered how do she knows me?? Maan too looked at the girl and got shocked hearing she skipped her tests. He looked at her in anger, his insides wanted to shout at her and scold her for the carelessness she is showing toward her life, but then he somehow cooled down himself as he had did in past few months.
Geet too looked at maan, expecting him to shout on her, show that he cared for her still, but he just looked away, not showing a single sign that he cared. She looked at the girl who was again sitting beside him and didn't liked it even a tad-bit.
"Aap???" Geet asked as she bent down to pick up her flowers. "oh am sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, I am Sameera Kapoor, your friend, Meera's elder sister and maan's best friend" she said as she introduced herself again with the smile.
Geet tried to smile back in return, but then she didn't like the girl. Sameera kapoor, HR head in the same bank maan worked, a tall 5'6'' girl, her body slim and perfect, clearly showing the perfect curves, and the shirt she wore with those straight denims, clearly proved her to be the girl of dreams of millions of men. Her hair was tied in a bun, clearly showing off her white neck. She wore little diamond stud and a thin strapped watch as the only accessories, clearly showing the charisma she carries with her every step.
"meera had told me about you, but how come you are here darling, your tests would have missed by now and these were going to count to give you a hall ticket for your boards"
"woh' I''' i'" geet fumbled to explain but then looked away. She saw maan was still in bed, and asked, "aap ready nhi hue, aren't you going office today" she just hoped to hear no and looked at him waiting for his answer, but before he could say anything, sameera replied, "actually maan was having high fever and was week since last few days, thus he is on leave"
Geet immediately got tensed, as she immediately reached near him and perching beside him on bed, she immediately kept her palm on his forehead checking his temperature, "aap theek to ho naa and why didn't you told me before." After feeling temperature normal, "thank god fever had gone, but still aap yhi ruko, I will make some breakfast for you".
"geet!!! Geet!!! No need to worry yaar, I had already served him breakfast, ha but I hadn't made for you, so you could cook for you while I am here, waise bhi aj holiday hai bank me, that's why I came here early morning to spend my day with maanu"
"sam stop calling me that" maan said as he removed geet's hand that was still on his forehead. Geet's insides were now burning with an unknown anger, firstly this girl comes out of nowhere to take care of my maan, and secondly she cooks for him too and thirdly calls him maanu. Not fair!!! Not at all fair and above of all, he is calling her sam. "Mujhe to ab geet bi nhi bulate and isse huh!!!!"
He was about to stood up when geet again held his arm, "please aap rest karo, tell me if you need anything". Maan looked at her and said, "I am ok now, stop being worried" he dropped her hand and stood up and moved out in washroom.
Geet too stood up as she arranged flowers in the vase. Sameers was a silent spectator of all this. sameera had been with maan since school times. Both of them had been together in school as well as in college and luckily had got job together in the same bank too. she knows him inside-out and also know that he had been angry with geet since last few months. He had always shared everything with her, except about his wife.
Sameera had been in Mumbai since last 4 yrs while maan was in delhi at that time and thus she had heard about his marriage being fixed and him going gaga over his mishty, but then he never told her about the marriage, whether it even happened or not, but the way he had been after coming to Mumbai initially, she was sure his marriage had been cancelled. After that day he never mentioned about his mishty, and he had clearly dropped the topic whenever she had tried to lift it.
She looked at geet and thought to ask her, "umm, geet, can I ask you something" geet well didn't wanted to talk to her, but well she wasn't that bad, it's just if we forego the three points, then sh eisnt bad at all. "umm, ya" "do you know anything about maan's mishty???"
"mishty kaun???"
"umm lagta hai he even didn't told her about mishty!!! I shouldn't tell too, as it will only anger him if he comes to know about that" sameera thought as she let it go. "umm kuch nhi."
"how many girls did he really know ha!!! Mujhe to kabhi kisi ke bare me nhi bataya. And she said maan's mishty. It means she was really close to him. Ab mai kaise pata karu"
Waise geet did you had anything since morning. Meera was saying you didn't care about your meals." Geet just refused, "umm am not hungry now, I will eat it later" "darling breakfasts are for morning not evening, ok you sit here I will bring something for you and you will eat it samjhi" saying so she moved out in kitchen.
Maan come out after a while only to see geet arranging the room. She was keeping back everything where it originally belongs, but seeing him she stopped her work. He came and again lay on bed and geet came and sat beside him on the bed. He didn't said anything to her, just turned showing his back to her pretending to sleep.
"I know you are angry with me aur hona bhi chahiye. But that doesn't mean ki you won't even tell me that you are unwell. Itne weak the, stil you didn't told me. It's ok if you don't call me, but mere call hi receive kar lete. Itna it'. Na juda kar' di.. dia mujhe k' khud se'" her voice broke at the end as she looked down.
He immediately turned around as he heard her light sobbing voice. He had been aware of her pain, her aloofness yet he didn't wanted to succumb this time but then seeing her sobbing isn't a thing he could tolerate even now, even after all that happened. He immediately opened his arms for her, seeing that she immediately bent down as she hugged him tightly to her, crying out, letting out all that pain all the agony, all the anguish that had filled her heart in past few months.
She laid down beside him as she wailed like a baby while he just took it all, patting her back, cocooning her in his embrace. "shhh!!! That's ok, calm down geet" he said as he threaded her open hair which covered his entire chest as she kept her head on his left chest while her hands hugged his waist.
"I hate you for doing this, how can you do that ha, six months you didn't pick my call. Six months now turning 7 precisely, you didn't see me. You don't know how it had been for me, each day seemed a punishment, I hate you for doing this to me" she said as she held him more tightly wiping her tears on his chest as they got replaced by fresh ones.
"isn't that's what you wanted, maine to sirf tumhari wish mani thi na" he said as he lifted her face and saw those eyes which were swollen a little. He wiped her tears with his thumb as he cupped her face. "I didn't asked that, I just wanted you to be happy, that's all" "do you even know where my happiness lies??" he asked his eyes boring into hers, not letting her look away this time.
She would have probably bared her heart to him if they hadn't heard the crackling of the door. He immediately left her as she stood up straightening herself and wiping her face.
Sameera came and felt the tension in environment, "did I missed something", she asked as she kept the tray on the table and gave geet sandwiches and served herself and maan juice. Her presence broke the spell that was casted on maan as he immediately looked away from geet, why do I always loose infront of her, god damnit. No not this time,not this time he reminded his heart.
Geet saw maan's expression turning back to cold and wondered has she really lost him that far, she looked at sameera with whom maan was talking and was smiling even, well I won't loose that easily.
I know that wasn't what you all expected but I am down with health. Will give you a nice one next time for sure.
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