'haan maa, jaanti hoon, there going to be waiting at the far end of the airport', Gulaal switched of her mobile and continued walking, she craned her neck looking around.
It had been 6 months since she had seen her baapji and the reason was he was gone to collect her cousins form India, those cousins she had never seen before or spoken to but they had been living in India with there mother, there father, Gulaal's uncle having passed away when they were much younger. She had been searching throughout the airport and could not see them...
'shit' ...gulaal looked at the figure that bashed past her, it was a boy with floppy black hair, 'um excuse me, aap ke paas manners nahi hai', the boy hurried away without asking, gulaal looked behind him in anger, 'batameez'...she continued walking and then suddenly spotted her father...
'Baapji aap kaise hoh' and she rushed over and hugged him tightly,
'accha hoon beta, tu kaisi hai'...
'main theek hoon, apki bohot bohot yaad ayee,'
Gulaal suddenly remembered her cousions, she looked behind her father where a shy looking girl was standing, with a small smile on her face..
Revji also turned, 'gulaal beta yeh rewa hai, paanba aur motaba ki beti'..
Gulaal looked at her for a second and then rushed over to her and hugged her tightly...rewa sighed in relief and hugged her back...
Gulaal pulled away and looked at her smiling brightly, 'hi main Gulaal, hum hai toh cousions lekin bilkool friends jaise rahenge..She looked at rewa intently. 'tum theek hoh toh hoh na, i mean main samajhti hoon itni door apni maa se... lekin tum chinta mat karo bohot jald unka bhi visa lag jayega'...Rewa nodded and smiled..
Gulaal looked behind her, 'tumhare saath ek aur nahi hai, i mean koi aur bhi aane wala tha na'...
'Haan ,mera bhai bhi hai, lekin woh um thoda sa alag hai gulaal, voh mera matlab hai usse gussa bohot aata hai' and she glance anxiously behind gulaal at revji..'sorry uncle'...
'koi baat nahi beta woh dheere dheere samajh jaayega ke yeh sab uski balayee ke liye kiya hai humne' and revji smiled at Rewa with an encouraging look...
Gulaal looked at her father, 'kis taraf gaya hai baapji, main jaa kar usse le aati hoon',
Rewa's face again turned anxious, 'woh keh raha tha ke main washroom jaa raha hoon' she said...
'aap gari mein jayee, woh bahir wait kar rahi hai, main usse laati hoon,' and she began to walk away and then turned back, 'arrey naam kya hai uska'..
'Kesar' rewa said smiling'...
'hmm Kesar... ab Gulaal tera sara gussa utar thi hai aur tujhe pata bhi nahi chalega ke kab tu mere rang mein rang gaya' she said to herself grinning...