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Kismet
Part 15
"Arey bhaiyya kaha ja rahe aap, ghar tho iss taraf hai waha tho dead end hai." Sukruthi did not understand where her brother was going. A moment after he realizes that he was going in the wrong way. He faces Sukruthi "arey , kayi khogaya tha mein ne", he hits his head with his hand and heads towards the direction of the house. Sukruthi and Prachi gets engrossed in their studies after reaching the house. Milind also resumes his office work . His mind was not allowing him to concentrate on his work. His mind was full of Prachi, and the happenings which had happened a few moments ago. He could not get out of it, his mind was telling him that he was in love, but he did not believe in love. He thought this so called distraction is called love, he thought that was a mere attraction towards her. He saw her for the first time in his best friends 's marriage, he even knew her family very well, he treated her as a friend but he did not feel that it was not friendship, that was there between them. He and Ayesha were best friends for many years, he thought that he didn't once also feel like now he was feeling with Prachi. His head was breaking thinking this. The more he thought , the more he was getting into it, he didn't find any way out of this matter. He thought he alone was having this feeling, getting distracted and thinking about her or even Prachi was going through the same trauma. He also thought whether she was also getting attracted to him. The incident that happened few minutes ago shaked him so much. The way he grabbed her hand, he saw her blushing and was very comfortable when he held her hand…………… was she also in love with him……………….or a mere attraction towards him? These questions were swirling in his mind which are making him distracted from time to time.
In Sukruthi's room, Prachi was also not able to concentrate on her studies. She was thinking about the incident that took place. She did not understand why did he suddenly grabbed her hand , like that. Her books were front of her, but she was not interested in taking a glance and study. Sukruthi saw the sudden change in the behaviour of Prachi, she saw her staring at something blankly and smiling. She tried to get her back to her senses but her attempts failed. She just searched something in her room so that she could wake up Prachi. She slowly gets out from the bed where she sat for a long time seeing at Prachi's condition. She gets a jug of water that was placed on the nearby table, walks towards Prachi and just splashes all the water from the jug on her face. "pagal hogayi kya tumne, pani kyuon meri muh par dalithi", Prachi screams at her, feeling cold water suddenly splashing on her face, and coming back to her senses. "mein pagal nahi hoon. Aise nahi karthi tho tum pagal hogayegi isse bachane ko ye sab karni padegi mujhe, tum aise kya dekhrahi ho itni dher se", she asked in concern and continued "tum teri dimag par zyaada zor mat de, terrace par jaakar, todhi der fresh air le lo sab theek hogayegi" Sukruthi did not want to ask her about that, as she knew from the starting and did not want to embarrse her friend on asking her on that issue. Taking Sukruthi's advice Prachi leaves for the terrace.
Milind was staing at the laptop screen blankly. An hour has passed but he was staring at the laptop, without blinking his eyes. His fingers were on the keyboard but were still, not moving an inch. The screen was flashing with the screensavers of Prachi's pictures. How much he tried to forget her the double he was getting attracted towards her. He get back to his senses when he hears a knock at the door. He immediately closes his laptop, seeing is father standing in the entrance of the room. "baba aap yeha", his father moves towards him pat him on his back. "aage kya socha hai tumne, beta", he asks him. "kuch nahi baba, ek naya project aaya tha wahi pe kaam kar raha hoon", his father nods his heads and continues, "array mein tho teri shaadi ki baat kar raha hoon".
"baba phele tho Sukruthi ki shaadi hojane do, usske baad mein isske baare mein sochunga", Milind says burshing his hair. "tum bhool gaye, ek din Sukruthi kya batharahithi," "ha baba mujhe yaad hai. Usse aage padna chahtiye", "issliye tum phele shaadi karo aur ghar bassavo", he continues before Milind could finishes his sentence. Milind slowly gets up and started walking towards the door. "kaha jaarahe ho itni raat mein", "kuch nahi baba mein tho terrace par jaaraha hu",Milind assured him that everything was right.
He moves towards the terrace, but stands in the entrance. He could see someone standing there far from the entrance near the pharaphet wall, looking at the night sky. "yeh tho Prachi hai", he thinks in his mind. He wonders that why Prachi would be in the terrace at this late hour. He thought he was dreaming. He goes to the washroom and splashes water on his face , thinking he was wide awake and was not imagining things he goes back to the terrace. He finds her still standing there, he thinks this time he was not imagining things, and walk towards her. "tum iss waqt yaha"Prachi gets startled by the voice and turns back and finds Milind there. She simply smiles at him and goes on staring at the night skies. "kya dhund rahi ho waha pe" continued Milind leaning his back on the pharaphet wall. "kuch nahi thoothe uhe taare ko" , replies Prachi still staring at the sky, she continues, "ussko dekh kar jho wish karthe hai na woh wish poori hoothi hai". Hearing this Milind laughs at her. "kyuon aap yeh sab nahi maanthe hai kya" asks Prachi in puzzled tone. "yeh sab bakwaas hai, thothe taare yeh sab filmo mein acha lagthe ahi par asli zindagi mein bakwaas hai, wish karna hai tho sachi dil se wish karo, woh wish zarror poori hogi", he turns and lifts his head up the sky.
"ab aap kya dhund rahe ho", she laughs at him. He catches the glimpse of her laugh and starts staring at her. She turns towards him and she also starts staring at him, her eyes starts showing the expressions of blushing and his eyes becomes wide with the smile indicating likeness towards her blushing, slowly their eyes starts talking ,
A slow music starts in the background
Ek ajnabi sa ehsaas dil ko sataye
shayad yahi to pyaar hai
betabiyon mein dhadkan meri chal paye
shayad yahi to pyaar hai
Prachi bends her head down feeling shy, starts to leave the place. But Milind catches her hand tightly preventing her to move futher. He pulls her towards him, her head is still bent , he lifts her by holding her chin, his hand was still catching hers tightly. The night air was cold and breeze was heavy. Shivers were running through her whole body, the breeze was making her hair fall on her face, his hand was on her face brushing of the hair strands that were falling on her, she closes her eyes with her face slightly turned the other side. His hand was now totally on onside of her face, he slightly caresses it, then his hand slowly moves near her eye, he picks the eyelash that was under her eye. He shows her the eyelash and winks his eyes, she smiles and blows it. Slowly his lips are near hers, her breathe and heart beat becomes faster.
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