VIDHA OS
Hi guys, been a long time...
Remember me?? Pratiti??
Well it's hard to forget me, isn't it?? Lol...
Okay...okay...no tamatars please...
This is another os for whom???
Obviously you guys...
And specially for my NL team...
This is a half century gift to all safedians and my team members...congrats on putting up such a beautiful NL...
For you guys, you deserve this...
The girl sat quitely by the river bank...
This ghat is far away from the city...
So there's no one to see her, rather no one to see her tears...
This suits her...she and her likes are considered outcasts, forbidden...
So it's better if she's left alone, with all her troubles, grief, tears...
She didn't even know why was she crying...
She didn't even deserve to shed tears...for anyone...for him...
She couldn't even comprehend when and how fate played this game with her...
Did she not deserve happiness? Not deserve to be with someone??
How badly her heart ached to cry on someone's shoulder...
How she wished someone...well...he...was here to hug her tight and comfort her...
Just like old times...
How she wished she could again run away with his chocolates, and he would run after her...running and rushing...
At the end both of them would fall again in the pit...and get smeared by dirt!!!
Just like old times, when he would suddenly pull her hair and remove the ribbons and run away with them...
She would shout and run after him trying hard to manage her waist length hair...
Finally she would be so angry and sit down on the stairs...
He would come back after a while and slowly would again try to do a ponytail and fail miserably...
Ultimately making her laugh like a maniac in his endeavor...
She still remembered the day...
He pinched her cheeks just to irritate her...
And she really would get irritated...
But then, raj would suddenly pinch her cheeks...
And my goodness, one should have seen him then...
He just punched raj...so hard...
Raj's nose bleed...
He just said, " don't you ever dare to touch her..."
She never made it to college...
After her high school, her parents decided to marry her off...
She cried...he tried...
He tried everything in his power to stop tbis...
To enable her to study further...
To see her smile...
But as destiny would have it...
She was to be married soon...
On the day of her marriage,
Everyone said she was looking like a fairy out of the tales...
But no one noticed the glistening drops of pearls at the corner of her eyes...
She was alone in the make up room, when he appeared out of nowhere...
They looked at each other through the mirror...
His eyes, reflected her pain...
Why did it pain so much/?
Why was her throat aching so much,??
She couldn't even swallow...
She just stared...
At her bff...
Best friend??? Or something more??
He said, " chal katti...door ja rahi hai na mujhse?? Main maroonga kise?? Jhagra kisse karoonga?? Choti kiski khichunga??
Baat nahi karni tujhse...katti..."
She stared...the pain in the throat became intolerable...she bit her lips to control her tears...she got up...spun around...
And hugged him... tightly...as if her life depended on him...as if that was the last hug...the last hug, the last touch from your best friend...never wanting to let go...
He held her tightly too...tried to absorb all her pain...and then whispered in her ears,
" chlal, bhaga le jaate hai tujhe...bas ha bol tu, abhi bhaga ke le jaunga, phir tu college ja payegi...aur kya kehti thi tu, woh handsome ladko ko line mar payegi...chal bhaag chalte hai..."
She laughed...loud...for the last time...
He did not wait even for a second when she said that's not possible...
He just said, " hamesha khush rehna...aur kabhi rona mat...teri ek aansu giregi, aur hum hawa ki jhoke ki tarah chale ayenge...bus muskurate rehna..."
He never saw her getting married...he never saw her partition being filled with vermillion..he just left..
She got married...she got claimed...
She never cried...
Three months later, her husband died...
She didn't cry...but a lone tear escaped her eyes...
ANd there he was right in front of her eyes...she stared at him...the pain in the throat growing intolerable again...
He looked at her...at her disheveled state...
He came... stood in front of her...and hugged her tight...
" don't you shut up on me...chal, jaldi kar bhaag jaate hai yahan se...warna ye log tere saath bahut bura karenge...they will make you wear white saree, break your bangles...
Teri khusiyaan, teri sari rang mita denge...chal bhaag jaate hai..."
She pushed him back...rejected his pleas...
He looked at her" main ye sab nahi dekh skta...main tujhe force bhi nahin karunga...bas kabhi man kare, toh ek baar pukar lena, aa jaunga...akhir best friend hoon tera...
Take care..."
He left...he did not see her in a white saree, did not see her bangles getting broken...
He did not see her world getting crashed..
He did not see the rainbow turn into white snow...he just left...
Now, she sat at the ghat...
Feeling helpless and broken...
He is getting married today..
With Taniya...
In Delhi...
And here she was in Varanasi...
Crying her heart out...
She just wished he was here...
One last hug, one last touch...
He had said, he would come of she called him...
She lowered her head and uttered, "viplab..."
No one came...
She smiled bitterly...how is that possible??
He couldn't come...he wouldn't...
" dhani..."
She was shocked...
She turned back in a jerk...
Viplab??
Yeah, it was indeed him...
But how is he here??
He is supposed to be in Delhi right now...supposed to be getting married...to Taniya...
Viplab smiled reading her confusion..
" maine kaha tha na, bas pukaar lena aur main aa jayunga..."
Dhani stared at him...she is going to loose him today...for ever...to Taniya...
Tha pain in the throat again grew intolerable...
Viplab came forward rushing... and hugged her tight...unable to resist any longer, dhani hugged back too...
Viplab took in the scent of her... how he missed the fragrance...her fragrance...
She is so fragile...perfectly fitting into his arms...
He sighed...and then whispered in her long hair...
" please yaar dhani, chal bhaag chalte hai...
Aur kitni baar bolun tujhe...mujhse nahi hota aur ye sab... main taniya se shaadi nahi kar sakta...tujhe...tujhe iss safed saree mein dekhra hoon toh mera duniya ujar jatah hai...please yaar, chal bhaag jate hai..."
Dhani smiled weakly...how could she do this to Taniya...she couldn't possibly destroy her life...specially when she understood so well how it feels if your life is shattered...
She mustered her courage and said" it's wrong..."
Viplab stiffened and pulled back from the hug...," wrong?? After all that happened with you, you're saying THIS is wrong?? Your parents forcibly marr you off, dat was not wrong? Your husband died three months later...that was not wrong?? And suddenly this became wrong??"
Dhani kept silent...tears rolling down her face...just go away viplab...
Viplab said," okay...fine...if that's what you want...I'll leave...and this time, i won't return..
Goodbye dhani..."
Pain and agony replete in his voice...
Looked at dhani for the last time and turned back to leave...
Viplab...
He stopped...
Dhani came to him...hugged him tight..." don't say anything viplab...just let me get lost in this last hug...let me memorise your fragrance for the last time...I'll live the rest of my love with this...
Just hug me one last time...
This birth is not meant for us,
We'll be together in another life...
Just come find me, viplab..."
Come find me,
When this ends,
I'll be there,
Where the river bends,
I'll be waiting for a new life,
Will be waiting for you,
Just make it soon
And find me over there...
Come find me,
In a new life,
I'll stop the time...
Just breath in my scent...
And search for me...
Call me from your heart...
Just make it soon,
And find me over there...
Come find me,
When you feel down,
I'll be at your side,
Together we'll drown...
Till then,
I need a last hug,
Just hug me tight and never let go,
In the next life...
Just make it soon,
And find me over there...
Come find me,
When this ends...
Okay so guys, lemme know your opinions...
And do drop in comments...i love reading them...
I know it's a bit long...but half century gift hai...thoda lamba update toh banta hai...
Anyways, worked a lot on this...
So comments anticipated...
Puppy face...
Love,
Pratiti...
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