Part -19
She sees him staring at her. She was surprised seeing him there at the late hour. "Milind aap yaha, iss samay, aapko koi dekletha tho kya hoga", "Prachi, calm down I just want to see you, how are you doing, by the way, kisiko nahi patha hai ki mein yeha hoon aur patha bhi nahi chelega."says Milind ignoring her words. "from where did you come in, all the doors are closed………..", " mein teri room ki window se andhar aagaya hoon. I wanted to talk to about something but you diverted the topic, anyways after hearing to that doctor, I feel something is there between us Prachi", "what something……….", Milind could see Prachi's puzzled expression on her face. "something other than friendship……….", Milind contiues while still staring at her changing expressions. " maybe so, why do you think so….", "it's a long story…….", "we were strangers even though we know each other before", "ha Prachi, you are right. But why are you telling all this." " I don't know, but something is surely there between us." " what is that something……..Prachi", "what is that something…………Milind, you know it but why can't you put it out, I'm waiting to hear it from you". "I think…….Prachi, I …………" "what you………", "I…………", before he could say anything further, his cell starts vibrating. Taking it out, he answers the phone. But suddenly hearing the voice from other side he was almost about to drop the cell. Regaining it's balance, he starts answering it.
"hello, Karan bhai, kaise hai, aap. Kaise yaad kiya aapne itni raat,mein", Prachi widens her eyes. "Milind kaha ho tum", Milind got suspicion that did Karan had seen him while coming into Prachi's bedroom. He signals Prachi to close the door with the latch so that no one could enter the roon without knocking it. "kaha honge iss waqt, mere ghar pe, aise doubt kyuon aaye the aapko, phone kar ke patha karrae the", "kuch nahi bas aise hi. Are sure na tum, ab tumhare ghar mein hain. Kuch doubts aarahe the, kyuon ki aise lagrahathe ki, jab tum bathkar rahetho,lagtha hai kit um kayi paas tho ho", Milind got tensed by this words, he thought he would be caught by this. Sweat started on his forhead. "why do you think…………… like that……………………. I am in my house…………want to talk with Baba, shall I call him", Miind gave a quick covering. "it's ok Milind don't wake him up. I just called you to invite you ,Sukruthi and uncle for tomorrow's breakfast", "anything special tomorrow", "na, just casually. Ok then bye and goodnight. Don't be late tomorrow."
Milind took a deep breath of sigh after disconnecting the phone. He searched for Prachi in the room and found her standing near the window, facing towards him with the folded hands. "agar phone pe baathe hogaye tho ab ghar jaane ka waqt bhi aagaya hai." "itni kya jaldi hai, subah jaaunga mein, sirf 5 hours bache hue subah hone ka", "are you gone crazy, what will they think of us", "ok, cool I'm leaving, but", she saw him staring at her, "but what?", she was bit serious. "what's there between us………………you know and I know, so it's better if I tell you now at this moment." "it's not the right time, anyone will come here at any moment plz go". "as your wish. Meet you tomorrow at the breakfast table, bye…. Take care". She sees him going towards the door, sensing that something is wrong, she runs towards him and stops him by catching his hand.
"did you change your mind", "no, what! You will be caught", "for, what?", "anyone sees you going this way…………. Will create a problem." "what problem……….", Milind sees in the direction where Prachi was seeing. "oh no…,anyways thanks for saving me from being caught." Both moves towards the window. "ok then bye. But I need to talk to you alone. When will we meet………", "a week later", "not so late, I can't wait anymore…………………………….", "tomorrow you'll be coming na", "not in the get togethers like this, I want you to meet me all alone…………it's not the matter we discuss infront of others……………", "then I'll tell you afterwards, now bye, take care………..", "k. your wish then,bye……..". She sees him getting down and through the window. Giving a deep sigh of relief she goes to sleep, switching the light off.
The next day morning everyone had gathered at the breakfast table. Milind and Prachi were sitting opposite to each other. Sukruthi was sitting beside Prachi looking suspiciously at MICHI. She didn't understand why both were ignoring each other, suddenly. As Prachi's bandage on the hand was removed that morning she was able to move her hand easily. "acha Prachi kal raat, koi chor teri kamre mein aayethe kya", "nahi tho", "par mein tho kisiko…………….", "arey koi saaya tho hogi na Karan bhai", Milind said without hesistatingly. Karan saw Milind suspiciously, "tumhe kaise patha hai ki who sirf saaya hai". Milind thought he had made a mistake, by unnessacarily poking his nose, and he thought he was caught by Karan. He sees towards Prachi and Sukruthi who were giggling for the reply that Milind had given ,with a serious grin on his face, feeling like fool infront of them. "Prachi pass me that salad na," , Milind tried to change the topic as he feared that he may be caught. But Prachi ignored him, and Sukruthi had passed salad to him instead Prachi. He did not understand why all of sudden Prachi started to ignore him. He made up his, to talk to Prachi as soon as possible. But he did not know that talking to her alone was a difficult to him as she was ignoring him day by day.
Next update- the much awaited MICHI"S confession.
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