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prerna found prem lying unconscious on mukti's lap, with blood gushing out fitfully from his forehead.....
mukti didn't answer her for a couple of minutes...it looked as though she was too stunned to speak...it seemed as though she was looking at something distant, something unreachable, but something she couldn't take her eyes off of...she was completely speechless. bajaj came running to prem and tried to lift him up from mukti's arms. as soon as he laid his hands on him, mukti roughly pushed his hand away...she was holding on to the unconsious body with all her might...eventually prerna slapped her back to her senses...her gaze became focused and she looked around her dreamily...what was happening to her? she got up atlast and let the others help prem....
slowly, and unconsiously she left the place. she could no longer hear prerna calling her to help them...she no longer knew where she was headed...she was no longer aware of any feeling inside her now except for a sudden emptiness and meaninglessness...in the distance, she could hear those unfaltering words repeat themselves, "I love you, Basanti" over and over again, until they engraved themselves permanently in her memory and senses...
Morning:
the doctor had paid a visit during the night and had instructed the whole family to take good care of prem...he would gain consciousness in a couple of hours, but he won't be able to walk or do anything much....he just needs a week of rest for his head bruise, the doctor concluded, and apart from that, he should try to control his drinking, or it may cause some serious problems in the future.
mukti reached the house and decided, reluctantly, to help and console prerna after the accident last night. afterall, she hadn't really been herself during that time....she hadn't listened to prerna when she was calling her.....anyway, it all seemed like a horrid dream now, she realized. she would go and pay due respects, as long as she was not made to go near 'prem'
she realized prerna wasn't in her room or anywhere else downstairs....realizing that the only probable place she could be in was the place she, herself, wanted to avoid at all costs. unfortunately for her, prerna, at that very moment, came out of prem's room, and saw her from above.
prerna: mukti,to? come on up. i need a few words with u.
mukti sighed: coming chooti ma.
she entered the room. the first thing she saw was prem lying unconsious on the bed. prerna was gently applying medicine on his bruised head and bandaging it..... the bruises reminded her of last night, when she had seen all that blood flowing out contimuously from each and every one of them. she looked away.
prerna saw mukti by the door and asked her to help her. reluctantly, mukti stepped forward. prerna asked her to lift prem's head and back a little. she did so with a little difficulty.....asking her to touch him again was the worst she could have been asked to do....she felt guilty about yesterday, however, so this was the least she could do for her chooti maa at the moment....while mukti hoisted up prem a little, prerna fetched another medicine from a cabinet, took off prem's last night shirt, and applied it to the bruises on his upper arm and chest. mukti could see the growing blue bruise on his chest on which he had fallen so painfully last night..... as prerna, silently, massaged his bruises, prem gace a sudden grunt of pain, and his body stiffened...prerna stopped, with tears forming in her eyes.
prerna: why does he have to do this to us every time mukti? he's always either creating problems for us or for himself...why doesn't he understand that we love him and want him to get over his past life...all he cared about last night was drinking and look where that's got him!
after a moment of silence in which mukti was struggling to find words of comfort, prerna said, "maybe he doesn't want to understand anything....all we can hope for is that he realizes the importance of things before it gets too late."
sighing dejectedly, she got up and cleaned her hands in the bathroom. she looked more like herself when she came out and smiled at mukti.
prerna: mukti, i'm glad u're here now. you seemed so far-off yesterday for some reason. i kept on calling u but u just walked away.
mukti: i'm really sorry chooti ma. i don't know what got into me, to be honest.
prerna: its ok. maybe u were in shock. it happens.
"no, it was more than that...." mukti thought absently.
prerna: i have to go for an interview about the case on our channel, mukti. kuki, sneha, and tushar are out and won't be back until the evening. kuki's trying to take sneha to a couple of places she hasn't seen yet, just to get her mind off things. mr bajaj might come in for lunch but i think he has a meeting today. the interview might take a couple of hours. i'll be back at about 4. i know i shouldn't be leaving u here alone, but someone needs to be with prem in case he wakes up and needs anything...
mukti: but chooti maa, you know that i can't....
prerna: i know mukti....(sighs)....but do this just this once for me. i know it's hard for u to even be in the same place with him, but try to understand his condition...i need to get this case over and done with in the media so that we can move on and this interview is the last thing that needs to be done....they wanted to interview u too but i refused...i don't want u to go through all the pain again. for u its over and done with. i can take of the media people now. besides, theres nothing to fear anymore.
mukti: thanx chooti maa...i do want to forget everything that happened...i know its not possible but i will try to move on with life.
prerna: i'm really proud of you, mukti. always remember that. for now, just help me with prem....he needs to get better soon.
mukti: ok, chooti ma. don't worry. just go to the interview. i'll take care of everything.
it seemed as though she had said that easily, but those words had pained her immensely. she had to help chooti ma, no matter what now. if chooti maa had been by her side this whole time, the least she could do was to do the same....even if that meant having to do this...
prerna: ok, i'm leaving then. take care and don't forget to apply the medicines again after an hour or so, ok?
she left, leaving mukti speechless and dreading every single moment in that room.
she walked back in the room....the least she could do was not look at him....she picked up a magazine lying carelessly on the floor and started reading. it was filled with articles about the success of prem's company...she picked up another one....it was an editorial about the rape case.....feeling frustrated, she walked up to the window....she saw the pavement around her house in the distance, and noticed the huge pool of red on one side of it, where he had fallen the night before.....she looked away, and her eyes rested on his sleeping figure....he looked so peaceful and composed right then...unlike what he's ever like when awake, she thought, despite herself...she smiled, and immediately checked herself....this won't do, she thought...she has to get her mind off of him.....slowly, she walked away from the window, went to sneha's room, and came back, holding a novel....she sat as far away from the bed as possible, and began reading....however, in the midst of it all, she couldn't help but unconsiously pass a sideways glance at prem every now and then....why she kept on doing that, she didn't want to know.....
after about an hour, she suddenly heard a groan from the other side of the room. she glanced up sharply from her novel, and much to her utter apprehension, he was awake....she felt relieved deep inside for him having gained consiousness, but she dreaded what she was going to or was supposed to do next.....
he tried to move, but as soon as he did that, he felt a piercing pain going through his head, and he grasped at it, only to discover that it was heavily wrapped up in bandages...he coiled his face in intense pain and tried to unwrap the bandage with his weak hand....it wouldn't budge....he opened his eyes and was astonished and confused to see himself alone in his room....memories from last night distinctly flashed through his disturbed mind....oh God! what had he done.....
trying his best to speak up, he stammered to what-seemed-like-nobody "w-water...someone, please....water"
In a jolt, mukti came up with a glass of water and stood infront of him...he looked at her as though in a trance..."you??" he finally managed to say out loud....
his eyes were fixed on her, all pain and thirst forgotten.
without saying a single word, mukti sat next to prem on the bed, hoisted him up a little, and made him drink a few gulps of water....he choked the last sip out, and water from the glass drenched his bandages and mukti's skirt...she got up, took a few paper towels, and began wiping the water off of his body and face....she did not dare look at him....she could feel his burning gaze on her every second, she could sense his breathing growing fitful every time she touched one of his bruises with the wet towel....she got up, without giving him another glance and took the medicine out of the cabinet....he was watching her silent ventures intently, expecting her speak up.... but she never did.....
she came back with a bottle of medicine and new bandages...
sitting next to him again, she looked at him staring at her....their eyes locked for a second and for a moment, she forgot what she supposed to be doing...
she moved her fingers to his forehead, and gently, began to unwrap his wet bandages....he moved his head forward, so that she could get her hands at the back of his head easily....his face moved closer to hers and she could almost feel his calm breath on her face....
As he came closer, he could sense that she was trying to avoid his gaze....he never gave up, but kept on staring...he could see her eyes fixed on the task on his head, her lips partly open, letting out a series of fitful breathing, indicating her discomfort and apprehension....he took in every feature on her face, every detail that made her look so perfect to him... her hair was blowing in gentle waves around her face owing to the fan nearby...he longed to be nearer....he longed to touch her every feature....he wanted her to look at him before this moment disappeared, but all she was doing was getting his bandage ready.....she placed the new one on his head and started applying medicine to the bruises on his chest.....she wasn't looking at the bruise while she worked....neither was she looking at him.....the feel of her fingers on his skin soothed his pain....their power over him was incredible.....she kept massaging the bruise for a long while, and he just kept looking at her searchingly and intently.....he couldn't take her silence anymore....using all the strength that he could muster in his arms at that moment, he pulled her closer to his face....at first she looked taken aback....he locked his left hand around her body so she couldn't move anymore.....lifting her face with his other hand, he looked deeply into her confused eyes.....all she could see in his eyes was burning desire and growing passion....he was moving closer and closer every second....she couldn't move, she couldn't speak.....for what seemed like an eternity, they kept looking at each other, feeling the growing closeness between them....he stroked her cheek gently, and in a tone which shivered the entirety of her soul, whispered:
"why do u keep doing this to me??"
his question showed his anger and madness, it showed his feeling of hopelessness and emptiness, it showed his pain and discomfort, but looking into the depth of his eyes, mukti realized that it also reflected.......his love.....
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