Here you are guys i managed to write a quick update in my spare time..its only a short one but hope you like it. Chapter 20
Dutta having spent his time talking to guests and business associates, scatters his eyes round the colorful surroundings, his eyes searching for Nakusha he happens to see her walking towards their bedroom. Dutta taking a glance around for a second scatters his eyes around the surroundings seeing everybody busy in the festivities he heads in the same direction.
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Entering their bedroom Dutta takes a glance around, hearing the shower running Dutta takes Nakusha to be in the washroom, turning around he takes a look into the hall way before he closes the doors to the room and locks the door.
As Nakusha leaves the washroom dressed in a ivory shade of saari, drying her wet hair with a towel she walking towards the dressing table. Standing in front of the mirror nakusha looks at her reflection and notices dutta standing behind her watching her. Stood with his arms crossed against his chest his head angled slightly watching her with a vivid glow in his eyes. Nakusha seeing his constant watch upon her looks into the mirror. "
Kya hua saab kya dekh rahe ho..?"Dutta shaking his head lightly parts his arms from his chest and lowers them to his side. "
Us laadki ko dekh raha hoon jiske aane se meri zindagi mein itne saare rang bhar gayey" Nakusha feeling a little embarrassed with duttas words drops her eyes under his watch.
Walking towards her dutta stops close behind her and looks into the mirror at her. Nakusha feeling his proximity as ever a certain feeling of butterflies fills her with his closeness. Dropping her eyes for a moment dutta notices the way nakusha finds it hard..to look up to his reflection.
"Tu abhi tak us baat ko nahin bhuli naku?" dutta wondered if nakusha was still upset after his streak of anger that night. Nakusha instantly looking up into the mirror at his reflection nodds a no. Dutta watches as nakusha meaningfully, respectfully and lovingly explains. Dutta intrigued to know what it was watches nakusha with a certain calm on his expression, admiring her as he listens.
"Woh baat nahin hai saab .. nakusha jaanti hai ke aap uski ankhen pad sakte ho. Uska pyaar, uska daar, uski takleef sab kuch pad sakte ho aap…
Us din jaab aayi sahib ne aapke rishte ki baat ki us vakt bhi aapne meri ankhonon mein woh udaasi dekhi thi naa saab..?"Dutta watching nakusha through the mirror notices the way nakushas eyes take an emotional shape. Instead on answering that question of hers dutta steps that little closer towards nakusha and moves her wet strands of her that were out of place on her neck to the side gently. Nakusha feeling dutta hover over her shoulder..the warmth of his words hitting the back of her neck nakusha begins to form goosebumps as she hears a firmness to his words. he wasn't serious yet there was something very authoritative yet playful about the way his words were spoken.
"Toe tu mujse yey sab chupana chahti hai nakusha?" Nakusha takes a glance up into the mirror to see dutta for a moment and then nodds a "no" dutta watches her with a very content expression, his eyes watching her as if he could see what was going in that mind of hers.
"Jaanti hai nahin chupasakti..abhi bhi aap meri ankhen paad rehe ho naa saab kya dikhta hai aapko unmein?"Dutta angles his head slightly for a second, and watches nakusha through the mirror. Straightening his posture he hovers over nakushas shoulder for a moment ..and looks closer into the mirror at nakusha as he speaks..his eyes watching her playfully. His tone of voice very defined dutta could sense the anticpation in nakushas as he takes a pause before speaking.
"Bohot saara pyaar, todi si hitkitchahat… aur…" Dutta stopping there doesn't quite finish his last words which provoke curiosity in nakusha. Looking at him in question nakusha wants to know why dutta had stopped there.
"Aur kya saab..? bolo naa..bohot saara pyaar, todi si hitchihat aur..aur kya?"nakusha watches at dutta has this very expressive glow in his eyes yet doesn't say what the third element was that he saw in her eyes. Passing a stuble smile dutta looks at nakusha rather intmaitly through the reflection..passing his words slowly.. "
Aur ek gusarish.."
"Ghusarish..??" nakusha looking confused, pulls an confused face at dutta through the mirror.. "kaisi ghusarish saab??"Dutta looking at nakusha with a playful glow in those eyes of his..lowers his face closer to nakusha. Putting his lips to her ear he wispers sweet nothings which seem to make nakusha blush, protesting silently for a moment or two
"koi aa jayeyga saab" dutta taking no notice of it continues his intimacy. Nakusha feels dutta trail his lips down her neck his stubble against her skin.. His arms encircling her waist she begins to melt to his touch.
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Later on in the evening as nakusha walks past duttas office she hears something that gets her attention. The door of the office partially open she watches dutta dressed in his black attire pace up and down the room impatiently whilst baaji is busy dialing some numbers. Dutta turning to baaji in a very serious expression, his tone of voice stuble yet demanding.
"Meri ticket book karva baaji..in logo se kuch nahin ho raha hai mein khud jaaunga." Baaji look towards dutta shocked couldn't beive that dutta is wanting to take up the trouble of traveling overseas.
"Bhau!? Lekin tu.. tu itne kaam ke leigyey Singapore tak jayeyga is ki kya saroorat hai bhau??"Duttas lifting his expression his eyes a glare he raises his voice to make it clear that he had made his mind up."SAROORAT HAI BAAJI!" Baaji not wanting to question him further simply does as is asked of him. "
Jaisa aap bolo bhau, mein abhi hein book karta hai."Nakusha watching from a distance is disheartened by hearing that dutta is planning to go abroad. As nakusha walks away silently dutta happens to catch a glance of her walking past the room and gathers that she had overheard the conversation.
As Dutta walks into his room later on he sees nakusha with his suitcase open on the bed. she neatly puts his clothes into the suitcase however dutta notices an upset on her face.
Approaching the bedside dutta watches as nakusha turns from the cupboard with one of duttas shirts and put it on the bed.
Glancing up to see dutta nakusha forms a smile on her face
… "saab..meine aapka saamaan rakh diya hai, aap kal kya phenege?"Dutta seeing how nakusha did nothing but support him in all of his decisions appreciating the fact that she didn't take his rash decisions to heart. Leaving the country without really informing her wasn't the thing an ideal husband would do but she still put up with it. Dutta stepping closer to nakusha..watching her smile contently, dutta could see a certain sadness in her eyes that lingered vividly to him. Cupping her face in his hands duttas eyes filled with affection as he speaks.
"Ek hafte ki hein baat hai nakusha..jaldi lotunga.."Nakusha nodding in a smile..dutta sees her eyes film in tears. Kissing her forehead gently dutta pulls nakusha into his chest and puts his arm around her softly.
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Early next morning in Patil Niwas the family gathered to see dutta off. As dutta walks down the staircase dressed in a deep blue suit and pink shirt. Baaji carries his compact suitcase behind him.
As dutta steps down from the staircase, the likes of aayi sahib, kishore, madhu, roops and the rest of the family wish dutta a safe journey. Sending him off with hugs and best wishes as each member of the family finishes saying there good byes dutta turns to look for nakusha but just as he does he sees nakusha walking towards him with bapas aarti thali to hand. Dressed an shade of orange and red her hair tied back nakusha..stops before dutta and brings the plate up to him. dutta watches nakusha for a second who seems to smile yet dutta could see that his going away upset her. Encircling his hands over the flame dutta brushes the palms of his hands over his forehead. Dutta watches nakusha dip into some wet sindhoor, raising her hand to his forehead dutta bows his head that little so nakusha could place the tilak on his forehead with ease.
Before dutta could say anything to nakusha or she could say anything to him baaji had prompted that they due to leave if they didn't want to be late. Dutta placing the palm of his right hand on her check..passes a reassuring smile. nakusha touching upon that hand for a second..smiles back with affection as he softly takes his hand away and leaves.
At a distance in the lounge madhu watches dutta and baaji both leave and decides that she would leave too. her flight was scedulled for two days from now on but now dutta had left there was no hope baaji speaking to him.Walking out of the lounge madhu, walks up to her room pulls her black suitcase from ontop of the cupboard opening she turns to her waldrobe and beggins filling with her clothes.
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Late evening baaji returns from having dropped dutta to the airport and having attended a few meetings along the way. Walking into patil niwas he finds aayi sahib and Nakusha sat in the lounge with tense expressions.
"Kya hua reh aayi sahib, naku aap done aise kyun bethte ho..?"
nakusha who sits by aayi sahib answers his question, "Baaji woh madhu waspas london chali gayi.." baajis reaction almost of a panic his frantic "
Kya?!!",
kya uski flight toe doe din ke baat thi naa toe abhi se kyun!!?Baajis impatience and anxiousness clearly seen on his face aayi sahib intervenes wanting to know just what had happened that made madhu leave this way.
"Yehi toe ham tumse phuch naa chahte hai baaji ,kya tumare beech koi jagra hua tha kya baaji???Baaji looks from aayi sahib to nakusha.. not wanting to say anything in front of nakusha he stops but aayi sahib tells baaji that nakusha was now aware of everything.
"Naku ko sab pata hai baaji hamne sab batayay hai ise.. bol naa kya kuch hua hai kya baaji!??."
Baaji recalling there argument on holi realies that madhu had left for good, his voice become frantic.
"aayi sahib madhu ki flight kab hai???!"Aayi sahib and nakusha now more worried to see baaji this way, aayi sahib tells baaji that her flight Is soon. "
doe ghante mein hai..yey saab kya ho raha hai baaj!!?Baaji rantically running his hands through his hair scatters his eyes around nervously..
"Aayisahib muje madhu ko rokhna hoga.. !! woh bol ke gayi thi ke agar meine bhau ko hamare bare mein nahin batayay toe woh hamesha ke leiyey london chali jayeygi aayi shahib..muje rokhna hoga use!!!"As aayi sahib and nakusha watch baaji leave the house in a rush they look at one another in concern.
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An hour or so later baaji running through the terminals at the airport stops in a loss of breath when he sees madu sitting in the waiting area for her flight to leave.
Sighing heavely baaji takes a few deeps breaths and then approches madu..
Sitting down next to her, madhu who hadn't realized turns to the seat next to her and is shocked to see baaji. turning her face away she doesn't want to listen to what he has to say.
"Ghar chal naa madhu!! Aise mat jaa..!
Tu aise jaayeygi toe mein mar jayeyga reh!! Kya chahti hai tu ke mein bhau ko bolu..bolta hai na mein, Abhi bolta hai tu bas mat jaa."Taking his phone out of his pocket baaji begins to dial duttas number..
Madhu hears from beside him pretending not be bothered.
On the other end of the phonecall as dutta who is at another airport picks up baaji finds himself lost for words.
Dutta: "Bol baaji kya hai?"Madu squeezes her eyes shut as she hears baaji struggle for words "
Bhau woh …bhau mein kya bol raha tha ke.. madhu.."
Dutta: "hmm bol madhu ka kya, theekh hai naa woh?" baaji stumbling upon his words finds himself talking around the matter.
"Kuch nahin bhau ekdam tip top hai reh..mere ko bolne ka tha ke…mein aur madu." Dutta who also seems to be getting impatient on the other side of the phone asks for clarity.
Dutta: "Kya bol raha hai tu baaji jo bolna hai saaf saaf bol!"Baaji unable to pluck up the courage looks towards madhu for a second who seems dishearted and tries one last time.. but again he is unable to say his peace.
"Bhau woh… Kuch nahin.." baaji putting the phone down drops his expression, no matter how hard he tried this was something he found almost impossible to do.
A silence between the two of them is broken when the tanoy for madus flight is sounded.
Without turning to baaji madu having lost all hope.. tears carried in those eyes of hers as she speaks
"thujse nahin hoga baaji." getting up to attend her flight madu grabs hold of her portable suitcase and is just about to walk away when baaji stops her.
"Abhi isi vakt shaadhi karne ko taayar hoon thujse bas chor ke mat jaa!" Madu turns to baaji who is stood with tears in his eyes but a determination on his face.
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Late night in Patil Niwas, Nakusha, Aayi sahib, Kishore, Roops, all impatiently worried about there whereabouts of baaji and madu spend there time clock watching and repeatedly glancing towards the phone. As the doorbell sounds all eyes upon the entrance of the house, uneasy eyes look at one and other. Nakusha heading towards the entrance opens the doors and is shocked by what she sees.
Standing at the entrance are baaji and madhu yet the mangalsutra around madhus neck and sindhoor in her hairline is what shocks nakusha. Aayi sahib coming approaching from behind nakusha looks upon the sight and has the same shocked reaction yet aayi sahib seems more pleased see both of them safe and sound. Just as baaji is about to put a foot into the house and try and explain aay sahib stops him with a firm hand gesture. Looking towards nakusha who looks a little unsure the look on aayi sahibs face tells nakusha that they would have a proper grah pravesh. Madhu and baaji look at one an other a little unsure.
Nakusha a few minutes later brings a plate carrying a kalash, dia, rice, sindoor. As the rest of the family watch from a distance all shocked, aayi sahibs eyes nakusha to carry out the ritual.
Circling the aarti around the two of them, nakusha still looking a little concerned at the happenings. Places a tika on first baajis forehead and then madhus. Placing the kalash on the floor before madu. Nakusha instructs her to tip it over with her right foot as she enters.
Completing the ritual all eyes on baaji and madhu who walk into the house and at first approach aayi sahib.
Both madu and baaji looking a little unsure, baaji is just about to say his peace when aayi sahib intervenes.
"Muje koi safaayi nahin chahiyey tum dono se, tum dono jaante ho ke phele se hien mere arshiwad tum dono ke saath hein hai. main nahin chahti thi ke yey rishta is tare se jude magar saayad yahin bappa ki marsi hai. "as both Madhu and Baaji take aayi sahibs blessings, aayi sahib passes a faint smile through her watery eyes. Placing the palm of her right hand on baajis head and her left hand on madus left cheek aayi sahib wishes them all the best.
Turning to nakusha baaji and madhu stop before her and take her blessings too, nakusha stopping them part way passes an smile wishing them all the best.
As aayi sahib watches from beside them she looks towards nakusha.
"Naku..in dono ka kamra.." Just as aayi sahib begins to mention the matter baaji is quick to intervene moving his eyes from aayi sahib to nakusha.
"Nahin aayi sahib, meine aur madhu ne faisla kiya hai ke jab tak hame bhau ka arshiwad na mile ham dono pati patni ki tara nahin rahenge."Nakusha forming tears in those eyes of hers is touched by the sense of respect they both had for Dutta. Nodding in a gentle smile both Aayi sahib and Nakusha approve of their decision yet the concern at the circumstances lingers within there eyes.
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Later into the night almost midnight, the house silent Nakusha walks through corridors of the house with a empty water jug to hand. Noticing the light of aayi sahibs room still on nakusha walks towards it. The door of the room partially open she sees aayi sahib sitting at the edge of her bed blankly staring at the small wooden temple of ganpati at the far corner of the room. Nakusha standing at the entrance of the room softly interrupts the silence.
"Aap abhi tak soyi nahin aayi sahib?" aayi sahib a little lost in thought brings her eyes to entrance and smiles seeing nakusha. Aayi sahib pats the right hand of side of the bed beside her, asking nakusha to come and sit with her. nakusha walks the short distance and takes a seat beside Aayi sahib.
"Shayad hamne galti kardi naku, agar ham pehle se kuch karte toe Baaji aur madhu koi yey kadam nahin uthana padta".Blaming herself, she seemed to blevie that she had failed them as a mother.
Nakusha putting her hand over aayi sahibs sholder takes a sympathic look towards aayi sahibs guilt.
"Aap aisa mat sochyey aayi sahib..yey baaji aur saab ke beech ki baat hai ismein nahin aap ya mein kuch kar paate aayi sahib. Aur phir aapne hein toe kaha tha shayad isme bappa ki hein marsi hai."As ever nakushas words seem to ease the most difficult situations, aayi sahib now looking at the brighter side of things seems to drop her worries passing a faint smile in response to Nakushas reassurance.
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Overlooking the night sky, baaji stood at the rooftop of the house, thinking about what had gone on today feels a sense of disappointment for the way things had turned out. Feeling a certain familiar touch at his his arm baaji turns to his side to see madhu standing alongside him. Dressed in a red and green churidar baaji eyes seem fall upon the sindhoor at her parting and the managalsutra around her neck. Sighing silently baajis eyes film as he looks towards madhu and those small symbols remind him that they are now husband and wife. Feeling a lingering discontent baaj found himself happy for a moment, an expressive smile took shape on his face at seeing madhu as his wife but the next moment all that seemed to fade away. The reality of the circumstances was still very much an obstacle for them. Madhu reading all this in baajis expression takes a moment to think before she puts her words forward.
"I'm sorry baaji…Shaayad meri vajese..meri zid ki vaajese aaj ham is mod par khade hai." Baaji turns his face towards madhu and nodds an expressive
"no" Putting his arm around her back baaji looks out into the night sky alongside madhu and reassures her.
"Sabkuch theekh ho jayeyga madhu..tum dekhna"…..
Walking into the bedroom Nakusha puts down the jug of water at the side table and scatters her eyes around the room. Ever since he had left this morning nakusha had this very empty feeling within. She couldn't help but think of him in every moment of her day. She expected to bump into him whilst doing her chores, she began making his afternoon tea without even realizing he was not around and now her eyes searched for him expecting him to walk out of the restroom. Smiling to herself a little amused Nakusha shakes her head gently thinking of how silly it was of her to keep forgetting he wasn't around.
Walking out into the porch of the room nakushas eyes fall on duttas armchair, seeing it empty..she pictures dutta rested in his chair a smiles comes to face. Dressed in his white attire, his head rested back comfortably, eyes shut. A moment or two later as a gush of wind passes through the porch the chair rocks abruptly shaking nakusha from her thoughts. Bringing her back to reality she sees the empty chair and finds herself dishearted again amused at her mind playing games.
Turning back into the room nakusha looks around the surrounding feeling that little more lonely now she glances towards the mobile phone at the bed side in the hope that it would ring and dutta would be at the other end of the call but that wasn't the case.
Nakusha heading towards her cupboard is just about to open it when she pauses for a second. Looking over to dutta's cupboard beside hers nakusha pulls open the left hand side of the cupboard looking at the contents that reminds her of him. A faint smile forming on her face as she looks over his attire that is hung neatly, running her hand through his suits nakusha takes the sleeve to one of duttas black attires into her hand brining it up to her face…nakusha holds It against herself tighly..that musky sent of duttas aftershave on the clothing, the feeling of being close to him leaves her eyes moist.
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A week later and dutta due to return any moment now nakusha repeatedly eying the entrance of the house while conducting her morning puja couldn't help being distracted. Finally hearing the engine of a car stopping to a halt outside the house, nakusha instantly turns her eyes to the entrance..seeing dutta walk into the house. Dressed a deep blue suit and white shirt his appearance as ever perfected. , Guards following him into the house an expressive smile forms on nakushas lips as her eyes watch him step into the house.
The likes of aayi sahib, kishore and roops greeting him nakusha watches from a distance as his eyes trail around the house and stop at her. The family noticing dutta look at somebody in particular turn to see nakusha stood at a distance and smile.
As dutta watches nakusha walking towards him his eyes fixed on her face he watches her stop infront of him, her eyes carrying a few cupped tears dutta shakes his head gently in a smile.
"Ab toe mein aaagaya hoon naku..ab kyun roh rahin hai?"Nakusha looking up into duttas eyes for a second smiles..as dutta holds his arms out for her. falling into his chest..nakusha feels dutta wrap his arms around her.
Parting from her gently dutta cups her face into his hands and smiles. His eyes searching the house he looks back towards nakusha.
"Baaji aur madhu kaha hai. ..aur woh baaji mujhe lene kyun nahin aayay?"The family surrounding them look at each other nervously but before nakusha could say anything duttas eyes happen to fall upon baaji and madhu who stand at a distance beside each other. Dutta's eyes fixated on them both a tense silence falls into the room each and every member of the family anxious of what was to come.
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Thank you very much for reading do tell me what you made of it and o yes for those of you who read my last ff would remember a number of whisper sequences that were thrown into the dutta and nakusha moments. I couldnt help but throw on in here too..addat se majboor and all that😉. It used to be quite a topic of conversation in the last ff, trying to work out just what dutta said to her...so anybody have any takes on what it was??. i guess it was for her ears only because even i don't know!!!!😉😆 - anyways thanks guys have a lovely week.
jag Edited by jagrutid - 13 years ago
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