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Having a quick glance at the clock I stop stirring the soup I was preparing for the dinner tonight n lid it... There's still time for my sister's family to arrive and dad's not home yet... which means I've got right amount of time for a quick adventure. ..
Wearing my footwear on I cover myself with a thick shawl not bothering about tieing up my hair which would take all the time in hand I step out of the house through the back door of our kitchen. .. and lock it behind. .
Winters are strange here it gets too dark much earlier than any other part of the country. .. not that I've been anywhere else... walking through our fields I remember the days I used to run around the fields with my sister in tow giving a hard time to my mother... who would be ever behind to feed us... Come on now, we were not that young who needed feeding. . We were in our early teens then...
I was more attached to my mom than my dad... we used to share everything with each other. .. from Radha aunties gossips to my bad days at school. .. and it took me real long to recover from her loss... touching the slight moist layer on the leaves I kept walking on the roads which were just as much easy as the way to my bedroom... the left turn ahead would take me to Suraj kaka's market...
I rarely visited this market as it never gave me a good feeling... it was of of those areas which only the upper class of our society visited... n much to my annoyance Suraj kaka had a huge supermarket here... now that I was here I thought would it be good if I visited him for a while or would that be a bad idea to let my father know my night adventures. .. Tucking the hair strands behind my ears I try n feel the watch to look at the time under my full sleeved kurti... N suddenly it occurs to me that I've placed it on the kitchen counter while cooking n haven't even carried my mobile while stepping out!!
Panic washes over me as I look around the deserted market n the only light coming from the hardly working streetlights. .. there are only few odd people who were also on their way back to their home... taking babaji's name
I turn around to go back home... cursing myself to be so lost...
Out of nowhere I see a bike in its full speed skid n stop few yards away from me... n I see him again... wearing light blue shirt which was folded till his elbows paired with faded jeans... I gulp down to stop my overexcited heart for making it so obvious that his mere presence effects me beyond the levels of my understanding!
I quickly avert my gaze from his... n start walk past him in a hurry. .. I somehow felt his gaze on me all the while... n it somehow took me back to my first encounter with him...
Maan khurana!
I clearly remember that day which was just a month back ... I was at komal's place for combine studies along with few of my other friends. .. it was quite sunny out side... n the elder ladies were having kitty party in the backyard. .. being weekend everyone was quite relaxed. .. n I walked out of the room to fetch us some cool water. .. humming some random song n chatting with babaji in between. ..
That was the first time I saw him... dressed in white shirt n black trousers. .. he seemed to be in a hurry n was busy instructing someone on phone. .. he didn't even notice me well that was what I thought until he stopped a few steps ahead n turned back... the look in his eyes was so frozen like... I can't even explain. ..
That was a day n from that day on I've seen those eyes follow me everywhere in the dark... initially I was scared of those dark chocolate brown eyes but now they speak to me more often. .. their loneliness. .. their fear... n their strength too
Reaching back home I quickly climb up the stairs to my room n peek out of the window I know he has seen me... I just wanted to let him know I'm home n safe!
Something wasn't right tonight as I couldn't find him in his usual place. .. through out the dinner my thoughts wandered around him n his presence after dinner unable to stop my curiosity I stepped into the terrace to locate him in the darkness. .. it was way too much dark tonight. ..
Wish there was some kind of light out there in the field. .. I tried to concentrate on the roads which were the only source of lighting with the passing vehicles now n then. .. it was getting colder too...
Wrapping my dupatta a little more tightly around myself I look beyond the fields to find some movements. ..
With a truck passing by I see something sitting in his usual place n with the bright light in that direction I gasp at what I see my heart beat picks up with all the thoughts suddenly hitting me...
I make a dash out of the back door with only one thought in my mind whatever may happen to me just keep him safe. ...
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