Hey! Main hoon gunjan urf samrat ki chashmish! Isse pehle ki aap sab meri kahani suno, main apne baare mein kuch batana chahti hoon. Main hoon gunjan bhushan'main ek doctor hoon, mera bachpan ka sapna tha ki main ek doctor banu and mera yeh sapna pura hone vala hai and aaj mere mummy papa mujh par bohot naaz karte hai. Meri ek di hai nupur, unse main sabse sabse zyaad pyaar karti hoon. Meri best friend ka naam dia hai, hum teeno school tak saath the, hum milkar bohot saari masti karte hai. Hum hai Best Friends Forever :D hum teeno ke beech koi nai aa sakta hai, hum ek dusre se bohot zyaada pyaar karte hai. Mere liye mera parivaar, di aur dia se bhadkar koi aur na tha, par ek din mujhe ehsaas hua ki inn logo ke alawa bhi main kissi se behad pyaar karti hoon' beetey kal mein main use apna best friend maanti thi par aaj voh mera pyaar ban gaya- mera pyaar mera samrat'
Gunjan a girl aged 23, just completed her degree in medicine and is now waiting to do her post graduation. A really chirpy girl who lives each moment to the fullest, a total melo dramatic girl, and her friends called her a drama queen. She loved everyone and was loved. She was a pure soul, somebody who everybody would like to be with. She was the jaan of her family and not to forget samrat' samrat loved her truly; even in those days when she didn't like him, never reciprocated his love for her.
Mujhe samrat se pyaar hoga, yeh sab kuch ek sapna lagta hai. Kisne socha hoga ki mujhe uss langur se pyaar hoga, hamesha apna colgate add jaise danth leke mere saamne aa jaata tha, mujhse chipakne lagta tha, mujhe ghoorta rehta tha. Maine use apna best friend mana tha par usne mujhe ek dost se bhadkar mana. Samrat' kaha se shuru karu, voh mera padosi tha, bachpan se leke hum saath rahe hai; saath mein ghumna, school jaana, khelna, sab kuch milke karte the. Samrat mujhe chashmish bulata tha, mujhe voh bohot pasand tha. Voh ek aisa dost tha jiske saath main sab kuch share kar sakti thi, di se ladai hoti toh samrat ko jake shikayat kar deti thi, dia mere bina ice cream khaati toh main jab rone lagti samrat mere liye daud kar ice cream le aata tha. Jaise jaise hum bade hote gaye samrat bohot ajeeb bartav karne laga, mujhe uske saath rehna ab acha nai lagta tha. Pata nahi kyu par mera best friend waqt ke saath kahi kho gaya tha. Main use kam milne lagi, main use miss karti thi, par jitna bhi koshish karu mujhe mera best friend kahi bhi nazar nahi aata tha. Jab bhi uske ghar jaati thi, use dur rehne ki koshish ki maine, samrat ke mummy papa bhi mujhse unki beti ki tarah hi pyaar karte the, mere aur samrat ke ghar mein mujhe koi fark nazar nahi aata tha. Ek din jab main college se lauti toh samrat ne mera vishwaas kho diya tha, uss din' main aaj tak nahi bhul payi, uss din samrat ne mujhe sabse gehri chot pohonchayi. Mujhe bina bataye usne meri sagai uske saath mere mummy papa ke saath milke fix kar diya. Mujhse bola gaya ki samrat mujhse pyaar karta hai, mere saath apni puri zindagi bitana chahta hai. Usne apne mummy papa ko bataya aur phir mere mummy papa ke saath baat hui and sab kuch mujhse bina puche, bina meri ijazat ke sab ne sab kuch mere liye tai kar diya. Main kuch bol bhi nai payi, maine chup chap sagai kar li. Samrat uss din bohot khush tha, par usne mere ansoon nai dekhe.
G: tumne aisa kyu kiya samrat? Kyu samrat? Aisa kyu kiya tumne, ek baar toh mujhse puchte ki kya main iss rishtey ke liye taiyaar hoon, itni bhi kya jaldi thi, abhi toh mujhe aur padna hai, kuch banna hai, par tumhe apne alawa kuch aur nahi sujta.
S: chashmish main tumse pyaar karta hoon, tum bhi mujhse pyaar karti hona, toh problem hi kya hai?
G: tumhe aisa kyu laga ki main bhi tumse pyaar karti hoon? mujhe bata toh dete, mujhse puch toh lete, shayad main iske baare mein sochti
S: chashmish main tumse bohot pyaar karta hoon, main tumhe kissi aur ka hote hue nai dekh sakta, mujh pe vishwaas karo chashmish main tumhe bohot khush rakhunga, saari khushiyaan dunga'
G: mere liye yeh sab bohot alag hai samrat, maine inke baare mein kabhi bhi nai socha, mere liye meri padhai hi sab kuch thi' mujhe nai pata agar main iss rishtey ko apna paungi, par tumse ek cheez maangna chahti hoon
S: bolo na chashmish, tumhare liye main kuch bhi kar sakta hoon
G: meri ek baat please manoge?
S: haan bolo na
G: jab tak meri padhai khatam nahi ho jaati, tum shaadi ke liye mujhse zabardasti nahi karoge,meri itni si request hai tumse.
S: par chashmish'
G: please samrat, main tumhare saath yeh rishta jodne ke liye taiyaar hoon, par abhi main iss rishtey ko nibhane ke kabil nahi hoon
S: teekh hai chashmish, jaise tumhari marzi, par tumhe bhi mujhse vada karna hoga ki tum mujhse padhai khatam hone ke baad shaadi karogi
G: main vada karti hoon'
Samrat comes forward to hug her, but gunjan runs away from that place.
After that day i lost my best friend for ever, I could never confide into him, I felt uncomfortable around him. All this was so new to me, I wasn't ready for any relationship, I was still so immature, I couldn't even handle myself and handling the responsibilities of a relationship was just too much for me. When ever I was around samrat, I used to find him staring at me, when I looked at him he would flash his million dollar smile showing all his 32 teeth. It annoyed me at times. His public display of affection for me irritated me.
I liked spending time with him in the past but now with our changing relationship it was becoming difficult for me. He dropped me to college in the morning and kept talking, kept asking me if I was comfortable. While driving he used to steal glances at me, and I used to stare outside the window all the while. He used to take me out fir dinner, long drives with my parents permission. Sometimes I used to feel he's forcing everything on me and I was hurt from within.
One fine morning samrat came home for breakfast and my mother pampered him a lot. She always does, samrat was her pet since childhood.
S: maa aapke haath ke aloo parathe, kitne yummy hai'
Gm: ek aur lo na beta
S: haan dijiye.. and he grabbed it.
Vaise maa aap iss chashmish ko bhi kuch seekha do, shaadi ke baad roz isse aloo parathe banvaunga.
G: ji nahi mujhe koi interest nahi hai, aur maa tum please iski baton mein mat aao, jab dekho mujhe chidata rehta hai
Gm: arre sahi toh bol raha hai, ab tumhe bhi ghar ke kaam seekh lene chahiye
G: maa aap please iski tarah shuru mat ho jao varna main pagal ho jaungi. Urghhh
She gets up from the dining table and walks towards her room.
G: ek toh pehle se hi padhai ka tension hota hai and upar se iss langur ke demands' yeh kafi nai tha kya ki maine use sagai kar li'
Days passed by and samrat's love never decreased. He used to buy me gifts every now and then; I had to accept them forcefully. Sometimes I did feel sad for him that he fell in love with a girl like me, who couldn't love him, who wasn't reciprocating his feelings, but this is called destiny. But something I'd like to appreciate about samrat was he never forced me into anything, he never asked me to tell him "I love you too" whenever he would confess his love for me, he never tried getting close, he knew his limits. I wasn't sure if I could ever love him, I had left everything to god, and he knew what would be best for me.
Few years later:
Samrat was going abroad for his further studies, I was somehow happy that I wouldn't see him for 2 years. But he was sad, his life centered around me, he wanted to get married to me, but being a true gentlemen like he was he kept his promise and never spoke about marriage until I was comfortable. He asked me to call him everyday, asked me to keep in touch with him, I was nodding a yes to everything he said just waitng for his departure. Finally he left. I was so happy, now I could concentrate on my studies properly. Things were different after he left, surpsingly I missed him, his irritating and annoying actions, his stares, his smile upon seeing me, his voice calling me chashmish. I grew closer to him in this distance, I never showed it to him in any of our emails or video chats. One day I realized I was falling in love with him. When ever I missed him I used to end up recalling our days, used to sit with his gifts, read his messages. I was in love with that langur, this distance of 2 years between us made me realize his importance; he made me fall in love with him. In these 2 years I never saw his love change, it was stable and strong, he was loyal to me, his love for me deepened and it was visible through his actions. I had graduated medicine by now; I decided to tell him that I was ready to get married to him, to be tied up in a relationship with him' I still had to do my masters but I had realized I could continue my studies even after my marriage; samrat would definitely support me in this decision.
He was going to come back tonight. I had decided to confess to him, I told everyone at home that I was going to pick him up at the airport' everybody insisted that they would accompany me but I managed to convince them. I got dressed up; I went to the airport and was waiting for him. I saw him waving at me and the glow on his face upon seeing me. It was so evident that he wanted to hug me but resisted doing so because he loved me and respected my feelings. I was proud to have fallen for the right guy.
He didn't change, he still had his charm, he grew more handsome, his chocolate brown eyes' I was lost in them'
S: kaisi ho chashmish?
G: kaisi lag rahi hoon?
S: mujhe dekh ke bohot dukhi, ki tumhe tang karne vala vapas aa gaya
G (to herself): dukhi toh tab thi jab tum chale gaye the aur yeh ehsaas mujhe tumhare jaane ke baad pata chala hai samrat
S: kya?
G: kuch nai, chalo ghar chalte hai'
S: haan chalo, vaise baaki sab nahi aaye?
G: sab bohot busy the toh nahi aa paye
To herself: (maine hi sabko nahi aane diya :P)
They sit in the car and they keep talking, samrat stares at her; her smile which he missed in the past 2 years. Gunajn could feel samrat's gaze on her and blushed and samrat noticed that she blushed for the 1st time when he was around. His happiness knew no boundaries. He was dancing from within but tried to stay normal so that gunjan wouldn't feel embarrassed. The car stopped near a restaurant.
S: chashmish hum yaha kyu aaye hai? Ghar kyu nahi ja rahe?
G: tum chalo toh, mujhe tumhe kuch dikhana hai
S: arre par
G: chup koi par var nahi' meri ek baar bhi nahi maan sakte kya, chalo mere saath.
Samrat followed her. Samrat saw gunjan talking to someone and then she asked him to follow her and they were seated on a table near the pool side. It was a little private there, apart from them nobody was there; gunjan had booked that area for them.
S: chashmish yeh sab kya hai?
G: tum mujhe kitni baar dinner pe leke gaye ho, maine socha aaj main tumhe lekar aao.
S: sachi?
G: haan. Mujhe pata hai tum tak gaye ho, par isse perfect mauka mujhe nai mila tumhe bahar le jaane ka
S: no chashmish not at all, tumhare liye main kabhi bhi nahi tak sakta hoon and he gives her his wide smile, which she was missing in his absence.
Gunjan also smiled back surprising samrat and she was staring at him' this was a little too much happiness for samrat to take, gunjan was finally reciprocating his feelings, emotions.
S: not bad chashmish, 2 saal mein tum mein itna badlav' im impressed.
Gunjan blushed
They ordered the dinner and it was the first time that gunjan kept talking during their dinner dates. Samrat's happiness was flowing in the form of his smile. Suddenly he saw gunjan get up from her seat and she stood in front of him with a rose in her hand.
G: samrat tumhe pata hai tum mere life mein kya ho?
S: tumhara mangetar'
G: nahi
S: what? Par chashimish hamari toh sagai hui thi na
G: tum mere best friend the samrat
S: tha?
G: mujhe meri baat pura toh karne do
S: okay
G: tum mere sabse ache dost the, par ek din tumhe mujhse pyaar hogaya, meri marzi kee khilaf mujhse sagai kar liya, mujhetumse chid hone lagi, tumhari harkathon se, tumhara mujhe dekhna, muskuraana, baar baar yeh kehna ki tum mujhse pyaar karte ho, zabardasti mujhe bahar le jaana, mere liye gifts laana, tumse dur bhaagna chahti thi. Tumhare jaane ki khabar se sabse zyaada khush main thi, par jab tum dur the toh pata hai kya hua?
S: kya tumhe kissi aur se pyaar hogaya?
G: pyaar toh hogaya tha mujhe
Samrat had tears in his eyes; he got up and turned his bacj towards gunjan
S: kaun hai chashmish? Nai mujhe mat batana main sun nai paunga
He started to leave
G: I love you samrat' I love you
Samrat froze; he turned back with a shocked expression on his face
S: kya kaha tumne?
G: I love you, main tumse bohot bohot pyaar karti hoon. Jab tum chale gaye the mujhe ehsaas hua ki main tumhe kitna yaad karti hoon, tumhe tumhari harkaton ko har dam yaad kiya hai maine. Main tumse bohot pyaar karti hoon, Maine hamare rishtey ko apna liya hai samrat, main apni puri zindagi tumhare saath guzarna chahti hoon, tumhare saath mere sapne pura karna chahti hoon, jeena chahti hoon. Kya tum apni chashimish se shaadi karoge samrat?
Samrat was speechless, it was all a dream come true for him. Samrat went and hugged gunjan, gunjan hugged him back. Tears of joy flew from both their eyes.
S: I love you chashmish.
Gunjan broke the hug and said;
G: but meri ek condition hai?
S: bolo kya condition hai? Tumhare liye kuch bhi kar sakta hoon, bas tumhe chod nahi sakta, tumhare bina je nahi sakta
G: hamari shaadi ke baad tum mujhe apni padhai pura karne doge? Mujhe mera sapna pura karna hai samrat, mujhe ek kabil doctor banna hai, kya tum mera saath doge?
S: yeh bhi koi puchne vali baat hai chashmish, sabse pehle tumhari padhai, hum milke apne sapne pura karenge chashmish.
And they hug each other.
S: I love you chahshimish
G: I love you too.
Every love story may not have perfect beginning but it always has a happy ending if the couple is happy, accepts each other the way they are, always supports the other and tries to keep the love alive in their relation.
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