kesar looked down at talli as she hugged him tightly 'kab se tera intezaar kar rahi hoon', she said letting go of him and grinning at him,
'pata hai na main kyun ayee hoon'
kesar looked at her confused 'um hum sab se milne ke liye' thinking she must have found out about him and gulaal by now and wondered why she was not mentioning it,
'arrey buddhu nahi, tujhe yaad nahi, kal hamare college ka reunion hai, kitna maza ayega' she said prancing around.
'oh haan main toh bhooll hi gaya tha' and he thought of all his old friends who he had not met in a long time.
gulaal who was still standing at the kitchen door smiled to see kesar so happy.
'mujhse bhi aa kar mil le kesar'
'arrey jamna kaki aap kaisi hai and he went and touched her feet
'acchi hoon, tu bata kaisa hai'
kesar looked up and saw gulaal standing near the kitchen doorway, 'gulaal yaha aa na, waha kya akele khari hai', gulaal was about to make her way over to them, when paanba suddenly called out to her 'khana ban gaya beta'
'bas baa, abhi thoda reh gaya hai' and gulaal made her way back into the kichen
paanba suddeny let out a big sigh 'main ja kar bechari ki madat kar deti, lekin mere sar mein bohot dard hoh raha hai', kesar just smiled at her and looked towards the kitchen concerned, gulaal had never handled such a big kitchen all by herself.
'moataba kaha hai, paanba,'
'voh toh subha subha hi chale gaye, tu dekh kitna late utha hai, rewa aur devika college bhi chali gayi hai'
kesar looked at his watch and realised it actually was quite late 'mujhe bhi jaana chahye,mein jaa kar khud hi apni chai bana leta hoon, gulaal itna kuch nahi manage karegi', he was about to rise when talli pulled him back,
'kaha jaa raha hai, aaj kaam se choti, maine aate hi motaba sey keh kar teri chooti kara li thi, tu aaj mujhe gumane ke liye karega'.
'kaha jaana hai, kuch chahiye'
'tu bhi na pagal hai' and jamna kaki and paanba started laughing, 'aise hi tere saath ghumne nahi jaa sakti, itna toh haq hai na mera', she said rolling her eyes.
kesar sat thinking about what she had said 'khana lag gaya' he looked up and saw gulaal stading there looking extremly proud of herself.
they made there way towards the dining table, they all sat and ate the wondeful cooked by her, she stood on the side and watched happily.
'khana theek hi bana tha' jamna kaki said looking at her 'rasoi ko bhi saaf kar liya'
'jee sirf bartan reh gaye hai' gulaal said smiling 'main abhi jaa kar doh deti hoon'
kesar looked up and said' nahi tu pehle kaa leh', gulaal looked over at paanba who was staring at her with anger 'nahi kesar main pehle jaa kar bartan doh deti hoon'. and she left
talli who was the only one still eating, with a single plate infront of her suddenly choked on a spice, she started coughing and spluttering 'main paani le aata hoon', he went into the kitchen and saw her from the back, washing dishes and gently humming a soulful tune
he gently went behind her and put his arms around her, she panicked slightly and then gasped
'kesar, meri jaan lene ka irada hai kya', he put his head into her hair and said 'nahi, jaan toh tum meri leh logi, apne beautiful look's ke saath',
'chup kar baten mat bana, aur yeh bata khana kaise bana tha',
'delicious,par kuch meetha hojata toh'
'kesar please jaa na, abhi koi aa jay ga aur phir tu dekhna',
he gently turned her round and looked at her
'hey, main apni biwi ke saath hoon, next door neighbour ki biwi ke saath nahi, aur ek baat kahoon, tere chehre par atta laga hua hai'
'kaha' and she started moving her hand around her face,
'yaha' and he gently kissed her neck, she stood there staring into his eyes, memerised by the feeling of his lips on her skin , he moved towards her and talli came in,
they both lept apart, talli looked warily at gulaal and said 'kesar mere liye paani lene aaya tha,lekin lagta hai ke tune usse baton mein laga diya aur voh bhool gaya'
gulaal stared at her and kesar just went on smiling, talli came in and got kesar by the arm 'chal mere saath, upar chal ke decide karte hai kaha jaana hai' and she started draggng him out, paanba came and stood in the doorway 'gulaal motaba ke liye bhi tiffin bana deh main kisi ko bejh deti hoon'
gulaal looked down and said 'jee main bana deti hoon'.
and talli dragged kesar out. whilest paanba gave gulaal a very dirty look and followed them out.
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Gulaal finally finished all the work and went out of the kitchen, she had still not eaten but now did not have enough strength to, she felt very weak and tired, although she did help her mother in the house chores she had never done this much.
paanba and jamna kaki were getting ready to go somewhere 'gulaal hume kahi bahir jaana hai, talli aur kesar upar hai. thodi der baad rewa aur devika college se aajayengi unko khuch khane ke liye de dena' and then they left, muttering among themselves.
as she made her way upstairs she thought about that morning, when talli and jamna kaki had come they did not greet her properly nor say anything about her and kesar, infact they completely ignored her, panba was not behaving any better and motaba although nice still had a sort of pained look in his eyes as he looked at her, she suddenly felt very dizzy and clutched the railing, thodi dher ke liye let jaati hoon, thoda behter feel hoga' and she made her way into her and kesar's room. as she opened the door talli and kesar were laughing about something, they both looked u as she entered 'voh mere sar mein kaafi dard hoh raha hai, main thodi dher ke liye yaha let jaoon, ya agar aap dono disturb hoh rahe hai, toh main next door chali jao' she suddeny felt dizzy again and held the door, kesar jumped up and held her
'yeh kya hogaya tujhe, chal let jaa, aur tu pagal hai kya ab toh yeh tera hi kamra hai, mujse pooch ke kya, tu jab aana chahi hai aa sakti hai' she tried to walk again and did not manage, he gently lifted her off the ground and placed her on the bed.
'main doctor ko bula du kya' he said worried,
'nahi main thodi der let jaongi toh theek hojaongi' she looked at where talli was sitting staring at them angrily,
'tu ja kesar, jaa kar jo kar raha tha voh kar le'
talli said in a very loud voice 'haan hum dono movie dekhne ke liye jaa rahe the, par ab' and she looked at gulaal,
'koi baat nahi tum dono chale jao, main theek hon'
'chup karke let jaa gulaal, movie ka baad mein dekha jayga' and he put his hand over eyes.
after a few minutes she fell into a light sleep.
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kesar looked at her worried, he did not understand whether he should have been doing something, talli sat on the sofa sulking, suddenly kesar had an idea, 'tu jaa kar tayaar hoh jaa talli hum aadhe gante baad chalte hain, saath mein rewa, devika aur gulaal ko bhi le chalte hai'.
talli looked at gulaal irratably 'yeh kaise jaa sakti hai, iski toh tabiyat hi theek nahi hai'
kesar looked at talli stunned 'iska naam bhi hai talli, aur gulaal ko main utha kar poochta hoon, tu jaa kar tayaar hoh' and talli left sulking.
kesar gently went and sat next to her on the bed 'guaal, gulaal',
she opened her eyes and smiled up at him
'ab kaisa feel kar rahi hoh'
'pehle se much better, mujhe lagata hai sirf neend ki zuroorat thi, voh bhi teri galti hai' and she arched her eyebrows giggling at him 'mujhe aadhi raat tak jaga ke nahi rakta toh sab theek hojata'.
'lekin ab toh teri neend puri hogayi hai na, matlab aaj raat tu mere saath late tak jag sakti hai' he said smiling mischivously, she looked at him fondly 'pagal ladka'.
'accha sun gulaal hamre saath chelegi na mvie dekhne ke liye' he asked.
gulaal thought about talli and how she did not seem happy with her, she did not want to create trouble for no reason
'nahi tum dono jao'
'kyun gulaal tum bh chalo na' and then he added 'tali ko main akele kaise jhelon ga, nahi baba tu bhi chal'
she protested for quite a while until he gave her a dangerous look
'soch leh, nahi chalegi'
kesar maine kaha na'. he lept into the blanket with her and tightly pressed himself againt her 'theek hai, waise bhi mujhe bhi neend aa rahi hai' and he closed his eyes and put his arms around her, she struggled for a few minutes and then finally said
'theek hai, main chalti hoon'
'good girl, jaldi se tayar hoh jaa, main aur talli gari mein intezaar karte hai aur haan jaldi karna i think rewa and devika ko bhi college se pick karna hoga'.
as he was leaving, she called out
'kesar saree pehna kya zaroori hai, mujse toh chala hi nahi jaata'
'nahi, tum toh joh bhi pehno sunder lagti hoh, joh pehna hai, pehen loh' and he smiled and walked out.
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As they walked into the cinema hall and sat in there seats, kesar in the middle with talli and gulaal on either side, rewa and devika had refused to come for they were going to there friend's house and therefore it was just the three of them.
kesar could not help but stare at gulaal she looked stunning in a light blue salwar suit and tiny diamond earrings, as the lights went down, he removed the armrest from between them and she snuggled up to him, talli immidiately didt he same 'muhe scary movies se bohot dar lagta hai', kesar knew for a fact she was lying but decided to stay quite.
as the movie went on gulaal became more and more restless, until she finally got up and said softly to kesar 'main thodi dher ke liye bahir jaa kar wait karti hoon'
he got up too 'main bhi chalta hoon',
'nahi kesar tu baith, movie kahatam kar ke hi bahir aana, talli dekh rahi hai'. and she walked out.
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gulaal walked out into the main entrance where the tickets were being sold but still did not feel any better, main bahir jaa kar car park main baithi hoon, shayad kuch better feel karoon.
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kesar came out of the movie shouting at talli 'saari movie dekhna zaroori tha kya?, pata nahi bechari gulaal ki kya halat hoh gi'.
he looked around the entrance and could not see her anywhere 'jaa jake ladies washroom mein check kar aa talli' he instructed her, she was about to reply but he had a look of fierceness in his eyes, she went without replying.
kesar became more and more worried as he searched for her, it was coming to 8 o clock in the evening and they had been looking for her, for a pretty long time.
'chal na kesar shayad gulaal ghar chali gayi ',
'gulaal mujhe bole bina kabhi nahi jaati, he said looking fiercely at talli,
'main toh taxi se ghar jaa rahi hoon, agar aana hua, toh aajana, waise bhi kal kitna impotant din hai' and she left.
kesar looked around, gulaal kaha chali gayee hai tu.
by the way im new aur mera naam kesar hai dont worry im a girl pyar se mujhe sab kesuda bula te hai also res ka matlab kya hai aur aap meri tara kyun nahi hon bare bare comments mein deti hoon aur aap sirf res wah bey wah kya kamaal haii 😉
