Avni Neil were on the way for their home. There was complete silence in car actually one can hear only the RJ voice. But not theirs. Loud Song were playing which was dislike by both. Finally Avni took the step to break the silence.
A - can you change the song please. Its too loud for ears.
Neil looked at her with his big almond eyes.
A - what ? aise kyun dhekh rahe ho.
N - tumne abhi kuch bola kya ? woo awaaz tumharii thi kya ?
A - haa kyun aise ajeebogarib sawaal kar rahe ho ?
N - nhi mujhe lagaa ki meri wifey ne honeymoon jaane ki excitement mein apni awaaz kho di. And he laughed.
A - ha ha ha ha very funny. now will you change the song please.
N - no
A - y ?
N - are, ye gaadi meri, meri ya main, main kaun? tumhara dashing sa hushband hun, toh jo mera wo tumhara v hua naa. toh tum v toh song change karsakti ho na.
A - tumhe koi baat seedhe tareeke se bolne nhi aati.
N - nhi training period mein ye mujhe sikhaya nhi gaya tha.
Avni smiled at his words and nodded her head saying ''tumhara kuch nhi ho sakta' and she smiled back.
Avni scrolled down, through her music gallery. she was confused which song to play.
N - koi v play kardo, i know you have good collection.
A - tumne mera...
and he stopped her in between.
N - play the song wifey. Itna sanataa sehat ke liye achaa nhi hotaa.
finally avni plaed the song
''Hum jo chalne lage
Chalne lage haii ye raaste
aaahaaa Manzil se behtar lagne lage hai ye raaste''
N - hey ! mera favorite. Nice wifey.
Avni smiled back to him.
Neil was singing the song trying to match with the lyrics which was playing in stereo. But he failed most of the time to which avni made fun of him.
A - Mumma ka super cop lyrics v yaad nhi isko and she giggled.
N - atleast i m trying toh. Tumhare tarah chup toh nhi baitha hun na.
A - Mujhe ye sab nhi aata.
N - ya ya ya, kyunki as per neela maa jab saari ladkiyaan ye sab seekh rahi thi toh meri wifey toh badle ki aag mein jal rahii thi. And he burst out into laughter.
Avni gave a anger look to him. He looked at her and he was serious that moment which made avni laugh.
A - Super cop Tillu Apni sweet si biwi se dar gaya.
N - ohh! Hello sweet and you what a joke. You are Hanikarak Wife.
A - what ?
N - toh, humesha ruins my plan of romance. Koi romantic bone hai hi nhi tumme.
A - neil hosh mein toh ho na tum.
N - aree, tum toh serious hogayi and he giggled.
As Avni looked outside from the window, she felt as if the nature was calling her. It seemed to Avni that even the nature was very happy about something.
Suddenly she looked up at the sky and smiled.
A - " Neil !! Neil!!" He looked.
N - " Kya?"
A -" Baarish!"
N - " Kya?" He looked surprised as a downpour began.
A - stop the car. Stop the car.
N - ok yahh chilaa kyun rahi rahi.
The moment he sopped the car she got down of the car
N - avni avni wait rooko
She pretended not to hear as she spread her arms and welcomed the droplets.
He rushed out to the rain rather unwillingly and took his umbrella out of the car.
N - " Kya kar rahi ho..." He held it on her head and his own. "Bimaarr..."
A - " Hush! Boring pati Pehli Baarish. Ahh the smell!" She stepped out of his umbrella and in to the rain as he smiled.
N - Avni , kya kar rahi ho
A - Dikh nahi raha? Bheeg rahi hoon. She came up and threw away his umbrella. Abh tum bhi. She giggled.
She was going on rounds, in the open, their car headlights being the only light, and they the only people.
A - I so love dancing in the rain.
N- what ?
the Avni he knew, the Avni he had met, the Avni he had got to know over these past months, she was always silent, reserved, caring, mature, helping others, taking care of everyone. To be honest, there were a few rare times when he had seen her truly smiling. This Avni the one in front of him, was careless, happy, free, enjoying herself without thinking about anybody else in the world, dancing in open without caring if anyone was watching her, laughing her heart out, jumping around and playing and getting wet in the rain as if it was the most fun thing to do in the world, no worries of the past, no burden of the present, no fear of the future...she...the child inside her was showing. It was as if...she had never been like this...she had never got a chance to be a careless and innocent kid. She had struggled all the way, all through her life...today, it was today that the child in here had got a chance to become alive again.
A - Kya hua ? kaha kho gaye. She snapped her fingers infront his face,
N - aaa nhii. Is that so, you love dancing in rain.
A - yeah. Kyun nhi kar sakti. I know tum mere baare mein kya sochte ho neil khanna, but abb change your mind.
N - fine. Lets dance then.
He turned on the volume of stereo.
Yeh mausam ki barish
Yeh baarish ka paani
Yeh paani ki boondein
Tujhe hi toh dhundein
Yeh milne ki khwaahish
Yeh khwaahish purani
Ho puri tujhi se meri ye kahani''
Neil held her hand and pulled her close to him, holding her bare waist with his hands. Then resumed the only dance he could do well, waltz.
'Kabhi tujhme uttru
Toh saanson se guzrun
Toh aaye dil ko raahat
Main hoon bethikana
Panaah mujhko paana
Hai tujhme de ijazat''
The empty road was their dance floor, they were like kids without a care in the rain. Smiling Laughing and dancing without a care.
Neil stepped back watching her dance carefree in the rain, the raindrops dripping from her bare arms and waist. Neil stared with intense eyes as his mouth went dry. His eyes fed in her beauty.He couldn't look away as her wide smile made him stare at her, waist to face and down. She pulled him to the dance. His hand held her bare waist. She smiled at him to realize his gaze was different. It had Love. His fingers made a tinkling sensation as his hands moved from waist upwards, bringing her closer to him, their noses almost touched as she heard him breath heavily in the drenching rain, her hands were on his collar.
" We should leave!" She turned as he held her pallu and dragged her closer.
He was just staring at her as if never ever saw this avni. He removed the the strands of hair from her face, to have more clear view of her. He caressed her cheecks. It was making her blush and her beats raised fast.
''Neil'' she whisper.
N - suussh!! He put his finger on her lips.
' Hawaon se tera pata puchta hoon
Ab toh aaja tu kahi se
Parindon ki tarah
Yeh dil hai safar mein
Tu mila de zindagi se
Bas itni iltja
Tu aake ik dafa
Jo dil ne na kaha
Jaan le.''
He slowly removed his finger from her lips. He stared at her pink lips.
She got his intentions. He slowly bend down towards her to kiss. On that very moment.
SPLASH!!!
Avni threw the water in her hand straight at Neil face. Neil was surprised. He stood rooted to the spot for sometime at the sudden happening. Avni started laughing.
Neil came back into his sense. He thought what the hell he was going to do. He thought that he made avni upset.
But no to his thought. Avni was laughing at his face. Which made him emabaraased and they both burst out into laughter.
The rain had turned to a drizzle when they returned to the car and started off. Wet, Avni opened her locks of hair, he couldn't help stare. She opened the window to feel the rain, more to stop him from looking at her like that, it made her heart beat faster. She sneezed.
N- Bola tha maine.. Bola tha maat bhigo.
A - Toh kya hua tum honaa mera khyal rakhne ke liye.
They shared a eyelock with a carefree smile on face.
After all those months of pain and separation and agony and sacrifice,the first rain brought them more closer by heart. And yeah it was a new journey for neil and avni to start a new phase of life together.
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Fan Fictions
Anupamaa
