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That evening, before Kunal can knock on Pooja's door, she throws the door open and hugs him "Oy hero.." "Pooja tune London se aane se pehle bataya kyun nahin?" Kunal asks as way of greeting. "Pehle andar toh aa" and Pooja closes the door and leads him into the living room.
"Tera yahan aana kaise hua.?" "Sawaal pe sawaal my lord' baith toh jaa phir sawaal pooch lena!" They both sit and chit chat for a while catching up, when Pooja suddenly asks "Anand kaisa hai? Ussne toh waqlat shuru kardi na'"
Kunal's eyes tear up and he tells Pooja about Anand death, and how he ended up marrying Anand's fianc. Pooja listens to everything carefully, then smiles sadly and remarks "Jaate jaate hi sahi' Anand woh kar gaya jo woh hamesha kehta tha' " "Kya" Kunal asks confused.
"Anand kehta tha' ki Ritcha tere liye theek nahin hai' kyunki zindagi mein agar pyaar ho toh jeevan aabad hota hai' aur tera jeevan toh almost barbaad ho gaya tha, Ritcha ke karan " Kunal frowns "Anand ne aisa kaha' par usse toh Ritcha achi lagti thi'"
"Nahin' bas tere liye usne apni pasand thodi badal di.. aur Kunal kehte hai na' pyaar dena ka naam hota hai lena ka nahin' Ritcha ne terese teri zindagi ke 5 saal le liye' toh yeh pyaar kaise hua? Ritcha aur apni wife' kya naam bataya tune.. haan Siddhi ko hi le le' Ritcha ne teri zindagi ke 5 saal liye.. tere saath sab chod ke aane se inkaar kar diya.. aur Siddhi ne apni poori zindagi apne pyaar ke liye de di .. toh pyaar ki definition ke hisaab se toh Siddhi hi Anand se pyaar karti thi'"
"Thi nahin hai.. aaj bhi karti hai'" Kunal interjects. " Karti hogi.. par waise nahin' jo tab tha.. ab toh woh tujhse pyaar karti hai'" "Nahin hamare beech mein aisa kuch nahin hai.. hum bas dost hain'." Pooja who is drinking coke, almost chokes' "Dost?"
"Haan hamare beech pati-patni jaise kuch nahin hai.. bas hum ache dost hai'" "Oh I see.. aur tum logon ka kya program hai? Kab tak dost rehne wale ho tum? 2 mahine, 5 mahine' 5 saal?" "Matlab?" "Matlab ki waqueel sahib' ek ladka aur ladki kabhi dost nahin hote' "
"Arey tu woh 1980's ki picture ka dialogue mat maar'. Hum dono dost hain na'" "Haan par maine toh bahut try kiya ki kuch aur ho.. par tu mana hi nahin" "Hey bhagwan, tu abhi tak nahin badli" "Kya main kya mausam hoon jo badal jaaon? Acha topic mat badal' haan toh abhi tu aur Siddhi dost ho.. aur tujhe yeh kaise pata ki Siddhi ko tujhse pyaar nahin'."
"Kyunki Siddhi ka sacha pyaar Anand tha.. aur mera Ritcha.." "Hmm.. Kunal bura mat maana' par Siddhi ka pyaar ab iss duniya mein nahin, toh tera kehne ka yeh matlab hai ki usse ab kabhi bhi kisse aur se pyaar nahin hoga? Aur kya kaha tune.. Ritcha tera sacha pyaar hai.. agar aisa hai.. toh tu apne sache pyaar ki khatir apni zindagi kharab kar sakta hain' par ek sorry nahin bol sakta' ek sorry jiske karan tera pyaar teri zindagi mein rahe? Dekha jaaye toh ek chota sa shabd hai sorry' agar tu tab sorry bol deta.. toh kya hota tere asoolon ko? Tere asoolon ka aur Sorry bolna ka koi connection hi nahin' Sorry bolne se asool choot thoda jaate tere.. bas Thakral ki ego satisfy hoti.. aur tu woh nahi kar saka apne so called sache pyaar ke liye."
"Pooja aisi baat nahin hai.. tu galat soch rahi hai'." "Acha main galat soch rahi hoon, toh ek baat bata.. ' aaj tak ghar mein kabhi aisa nahin hua ki tu uncle ke kisi faasle se khush na ho kyunki woh tere asoolon ke khilaaf hai par phir bhi tune kuch na bola ho? Bol?" and Kunal immediately remembers the incident during Raveena's wedding when he wanted to tell Seema and Vikram the whole truth but his father forbade him from doing so. "Shayaad'."
"Toh apne family members ke liye tu asoolon ke khilaaf ja sakta hai.. apne pyaar ke liye nahin? Kunal apni aankhen khol..na Ritcha tera pyaar hai aur na tu uska...' Siddhi teri zindagi mein kya ahmiyat rakhti hai.. woh tujhe pata ho.. par jitna tune mujhe bataya hai uske bare mein.. ladki toh achi lagti hain'" "Haan ladki toh achi hai.. meri family ke liye bahut kiya hai ussne.. unhe apni family manti hai'. "
"Aur tujhe aisi ladki se pyaar nahin ho sakta'" "Woh Anand ki amant hai'" "Anand ki amant ek jeeti jaati insaan hai... koi jewellery piece nahin jise locker mein sambhal ke rakhdo...jab amant insaan ho...toh usse sambhal ne ke liya..usse pyaar karna chahiye.. " Feeling uncomfortable with the direction of the conversation, Kunal says "Hey bhagwan Pooja tu bhi na.. peeche hi pad gayi hai mere!"
"Peech toh tere main college mein thi.. Acha ek baat bata.. jab Siddhi roti hai toh kaisa lagta hai? " "Of course bura lagega'. " "Aur kabhi aisa kiya hai.. ki Siddhi ko daant se bachane ke liye jhooth bola ho?" "Haan ek aadhi baar bola hai' kyun?" "Aur kabhi agar Siddhi ne kisi ladke ko zyada attention di ho toh jealousy hui hai?" and Kunal doesn't answer'
"Kunal maine kuch poocha'." "Kyun pooch rahe ho yeh sab'." "Tu jawab de pehle' " "Nahin mujhe nahin dena.. yahan main apna aur Siddhi ka relationship discuss karne nahin aaya"
"Iska matlab tujhe Siddhi achi lagti hai.. deny nahin kar sakte tu'. " "Pooja tune mujhe khane pe bulaya hai na.. toh khana nahi khilayegi kya?" "Topic mat badal Kunal." "Pooja.. "
"Kunal tu jaanta hai.. jab tak tu jawab nahin dega.. main tujhe khana nahin doongi'. " "Theek hai toh mat de.. main jaa raha hoon'. " and gets up to go. "Acha baba.. akdoo.. topic over' ruk kahan lagvati hoon" and leaves for the kitchen.
Kunal sits back and mulls over his discussion with Pooja and the recent Bipin incident comes to his mind' "Kya main Siddhi ko pasand karne laga hoon? Agar haan toh kya woh mujhe pasand karti hai? Aur agar karti hain toh kaise pata chalega mujhe?" and is deep in thoughts when Pooja calls him for dinner.
On his way back home, Kunal is still thinking about this discussion with Pooja, now feeling very unsure of his feelings for Siddhi and Ritcha. "Kya main ab bhi Ritcha se pyaar karta hoon? Ya Siddhi se? Aur agar Siddhi se karta hoon, toh kya woh bhi karti hain mujhse pyaar? Kaise pata chale? Bipin se kya main jealous hoon? Kya isliye maine Siddhi ko usse milne ke liye mana kiya.. kyunki mujhe bura lagta hai ki Siddhi usse zyada attention deti hai? Par agar aisa hai toh phir Siddhi ne bhi toh kaha tha ki usse acha nahin lagta ki main Ritcha se milta hoon! Uff.. yeh Pooja ne toh mujhe kashmakash mein dal diya'.Mujhe Siddhi pasand hai ya Ritcha se pyaar hai.. iss se toh zyada aasan neta chunna hota hai!"
Once back home, Kunal enters his room, to see Siddhi sleeping peacefully. Quitely he sits on the chair, gazing at her... his thoughts in a turmoil. Looking at her.. he thinks to himself..."Kya isliye maine Siddhi ko Bipin se milne ke liye roka.. kyunki mujhe jalan hui? Ritcha ko Vineet ke saath dekh kar jalan toh nahi hoti mujhe... thodi chinta karta hoon Vineet ke past ko lekar.. par Siddhi aur Bipin ko ikatha dekh kar aisa kyun laga ki kaash main Bipin hota.. jaise woh masti se baatein kar rahi thi uske saath... khush thi... " Still trying to make sense of his feelings, he changes into his orange kurta and goes to bed...
Continued...on pg 21
p.s. Sorry thoda zyada lamba ho gaya...đ
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