bonus part//epilogue
Her eyes got saturated with tears, she looked at him in awe, she loved how patiently he had answered her question, short yet deep, she continued as she said, "voh to mai hu...achha ek aur question puchu?", Shiva rolled his eyes, and said, "yahan aake tujhe mere sath KBC khelna hai?", she chuckled saying, "crore ka toh pata nahi pan pati toh tu hai toh batana puchu?", "haan puch" he said, a little annoyed; "Shiva voh...ek baar yaad hai hum Krish ke college gaye they toh maine voh...matlab jaanbuchke nahi pan mai vahan khadi thi toh maine voh suna tha..toh mujhe voh..", "yeh kya unniso chlis ke scooter ki tarah atak atak ke bol rahi hai seedha seedha bol gadhedi", cutting her in middle, she took a deep breathe and said, "Voh maine suna tha ki tu padhai mai bohot achha tha aur tujhe engineer banna tha aur toh aur voh khiskoli jesi dikhne vali Priti ne tere liye hi engineering liya tha toh tune padhai kyun chodh di?", Shiva's eyes widened, as he felt all of his secrets coming up loud, all the questions whose answers were buried deep down in him but no one had asked him and years bygone, it had forgotten not to him but others, he closed his eyes, he opened it and looked away, Raavi sensed him getting uncomfortable, she put her palm on his hand and said, "Koi baat nahi Shiva maine toh ese hi pucha tha curiosity ke maare aur tujhe toh pata hai mai kitni dobi hu kuch bhi kabhi bhi boldeti hu", she said jokingly, and looked away, he looked at her astonished, thinking how can she be so innocent and caring and why had he not noticed it before, she would always keep joking and being funny with everyone, he realized that all the things of her which seemed annoying to him, all that was her hiding her insecurities with big smile and sunshine personality of her, maybe more than him, she needed to be understood and all these years where she had understood him and now wants to know all the reasons and causes, he had not realized it until now; she snapped her fingers making him break the thinking and pulling him out of thoughts she said, "Kya hua Shiva?It's okay if tujhe nahi batana, sorry".
He shook his head and continued, "Nahi voh kabhi kisine yeh sawal pucha nahi na isiliye...voh baat yeh hai ki baba ke jaane ke baad pandya store girvi rakhna pada tha gaumbi aur bhabhi ko aur jab hum teen school se aate they toh mai roz dekhta tha Gaumbi ko anaaj ki boriya uthate hue unke back pe nishan hojate they, raat raat jaag kar store pe mehnat karte they toh maine socha ki kyun na mai Gaumbi ko madat karu...zaroori nahi har koi galle par baithe, kisi ko toh yeh kaam bhi karna padta, toh maine hi le liya, mai roz zid karne laga school na jaane ki, dekhte hi dekhte mai Gaumbi ke sath store pe boriyan uthane laga aur bas vahi dhanche mein dhal gaya",
she kept looking him in astonishment as a tear rolled down her cheek, she had no words to say, she had always considered him very rude and mannerless, the one who would never fit in the definition of 'gentleman', but he was truly a gentleman and he had never flexed about it, nor had he mentioned it to anyone, she felt guilt boiling up in her, all these years she had used words like 'junglee, gawar, unpadh' for him and oh, how low she had been, she bursted out sobbing and he looked perplexed having no idea of why she started crying, he patted her back and said,
"Arre chipkali yeh achanak kya hua yun phut phut ke kyu ro rahi hai?", she sobbed even more putting her head on his chest, he again patted her back and said,
"Arre meri ma bata toh kya hua achanak teri aankhon ka nal leak kyun hogaya?", she said nothing, continuing loud whimpers, he cupped her face and gently started rubbing tears with his thumb and said, "Raavi tu ab mujhe dara rahi hai bata kya hua...tu ese phut phut ke kyun ro rahi hai bata",
she gulped colossively and said, "Mai bohot buri hu Shiva ek number ki dobi,gadhedi,stupid, fool...hu mai bohot buri hu itnii buri itni buri...itna bura toh mogambo bhi nahi tha", Shiva raised his eye brow and replied, "Voh sab toh thik hai pan itna sach ek sath kyun bolrahi, itna realisation achanak se?",
she hit his elbow and said, "Tu aaj tak chup kyun raha huh?Gadheda idiot stupid fool vandro!!!, itne saalon se mai toh dobi banke tujhe yeh gawar,unpadh,jungli bulati rahi aur tune ittu sa zaruri nahi samjha ke sach bolde,ittu sa bhi nahi?!", she pinched her index finger and thumb, narrowing her eyes, a smile crept on his face and he said, "Raavi mujhe apne aap ko na mahanta ka tag nahi dena tha,mujhe jo sahi laga maine kiya, aur maine yeh batane ke liye toh kiya nahi tha ke poster leke khada reh jaun", she chuckled, he held her hand and continued, "ab ghar chalein?", she nodded, as he helped her get down, after straightening her dupatta, she went and hugged him tightly, he stumbled a few steps backwards, he said, "maine tujhe kitni baar kaha hai ke chipkalio vali harkatein karke khud ko chipkali prove mat kiya kar", she turned her head to his ears and said, "Teri hi chipkali hu toh tujhse nahi toh kisse chipkungi?", he gently hugged her back and said, "matlab tu meri izzat loot ke hi maanegi haina?", she hit his back and replied, "Apni patni ko lipatne mein kesi sharam, teri hi biwi hu,kanta kaki ke bete ki biwi thodina?", she kissed him on cheeks and separated, his face reddened as he grazed his cheek saying, "Humare paas kamra bhi hai bhul mat jaaya kar, ab chup chap ghar chal", to which she held his arms and started walking.
the end.
just because kagaz had publicly demanded this, here i am;))