Part 7
Madhu waited for RK a little more anxiously than usual. She had to tell him this. Every 5 minutes she would look at the door or the clock. As soon as she heard the click of the door her face brightened. RK entered the door. He looked tired so Madhu thought it best not to jump at him with her blabbering. RK saw her and gave a bright smile.
"How come you are early these days?" He asked pleased at the fact that he is able to see Madhu daily after the hectic drive. He felt all his tiredness vapourize seeing the smile on her face.
"Ohh.. nothing big... you come sit..." she said as she handed him a glass if water.
He drank water and saw the coffee kept ready for him along with snacks. He was very hungry for sure. He helped himself and ate while Madhu watched him restlessly to finish. RK noticed the anxious expression on her face.
"What?" He asked confused.
"nothing" she shrugged.
"Do you want to say something?" He asked.
"You eat first.. you are tired.." Madhu said in a tone that totally contradicted her own words.
"No tell me. I can hear while i eat..." he said smiling at the his childish wife.
"Okay so listen" she said as her eyes went wide. "I met that bitch today..."
"Whoah... which bitch?" He asked amused at her..
"Arey that bitch... That Dipali Bhatia..." she said making a disgusted face. "ewww... saying the name just makes me feel like pests crawling over me" she said almost shivering which made RK break into a laugh.
"Ohh really... where did you meet her..?" He asked amused at her behaviour.
"She came to my jewellery store... To order WEDDING RING" she rolled her eyes.
"Ohh great... she is getting married.." RK said taking a bite of the toast.
"Hah! great.." Madhu said frustrated. "Anyways... you know my boss called me to design her ring. And i swear when she saw me her face went pale..." Madhu recollected Dipali's reaction on seeing her.
"She looked dreaded man... i loved it... she must have remembered that punch on her nose..." Madhu said laughing proudly.
RK shook his head at her silliness as he laughed.
"So you are designing her ring...?" He asked her while biting the toast.
"No way... I refused my boss..." Madhu said as if it was something obvious.
"Why?" He asked confused as wedding rings were Madhu's favourite to work on.
"Of course i would have done something to spoil her ring and I dont want my personal affair to get between my profession. And jewellery designing is my passion... i enjoy doing that... And i wouldnt have enjoyed it doing for her..." Madhu explained now seriously.
"I dont know what that poor soul did to offend you" he said mirthfully.
"What did she do you ask?" She said not believing her ears.
"Yeah... i have always thought... why do u hate her so much...?" He asked confused.
"Comeon RK, you loved her.. why wouldnt I hate her" she said as if stating the obvious.
"Ohh wait!! When did I love her?" He said suddenly getting serious.
"Hah! Kundra... you were the love sick puppy behind her.." Madhu rolled her eyes.
"Holy shit!! When the hell did that happen?" RK was agitated now and he stood up. He didnt like his name being associated with anyone other than his Madhu.
"Ohh really then why did you go out with her after that prom night?" Madhu replied as she stood up with him hands at her waist.
"Because thanks to you she was humiliated in her prom and I just took her for a lunch as a courtesy to compensate what YOU did..." he replied baffled at what Madhu took it as. RK walked towards her while Madhu stepped backwards because she was confused. What RK said now was totally different what she had seen then.
"And those phonecalls?" She asked now lost in thoughts with the new found information.
"That was like all other normal college mates used to call me..." RK was now getting frustrated even more seeing how she connected all the wrong dots.
"Then why were you upset the whole day like a devdas when she got involved with Mukund?" She asked him totally confused.
"Because you had went and fought with her for that..." he was almost in a scream now.
"Yes.. because I had thought she betrayed you to be with Mukund... so?" Madhu was baffled.
"Because I thought that you want me to be with her while all the time I was thinking of you. I was feeling betrayed that I was the one thinking about our life together while you were trying to get me off with her... and it hurt me..." RK now screamed as he held her by her arms against the wall. The feelings that he had locked up all these years were to pour out. She was dumbstruck, and just stared in his eyes which were now red. The shock was little about his feelings for Dipali but more for what she was seeing in him.
"Madhubala... How could you even think of me with someone else...? How could you even think I would have loved someone else... It was just you whom I had ever allowed to be a part of my life. Since the day I remember myself, I remember you. It was you who never considered me more than a friend. You are the one who I have felt as my soulmate always. Its only you whom I gave this much right to love me or to hurt me... I have always considered YOU my wife. Even when our parents never told me about their plans but I had felt it because I couldnt see my life without you. Couldnt see a single day without you. I have ONLY. AND. ONLY. LOVED. YOU. all my life..." he said as all his feelings pour out in the open.
Madhu's eyes were now red with tears reflecting the agony in RK's eyes. A tear fell through Madhu's eyes and suddenly RK was brought out of the trance. He looked at her and her eyes and her tear and Her trembling lips. He backed off suddenly. And everted his gaze from Madhu as guilt took over him.
"I am sorry Madhu.. I didnt mean to hurt you or make you uncomfortable." he said guiltily. Suddenly his words did hurt Madhu. She hadnt felt bad when he had screamed at her. But now she was feeling a thorn pricking her heart as she saw RK stepping away and not making an eye contact with her. She stared at him as another tear fell down.
" I am sorry Madhu.." he said as he went to the other room not able to say anything else.
After a few minutes RK came out of the room to find Madhu sitting on a chair lost in thoughts. He felt guilty over himself. How could he do this to her. He had promised her that he would stay as a friend. He had promised her what she wanted would be done but here he just lost his temper and gave way to his emotions and hurt her.
"Madhu" he called in a dull tone.
"Hmm" Madhu jerked at his voice and turned to look at him.
"Bittuji has called.. I need to go for some work... i will be back soon..." he said still not meeting her eyes.
"Yeah..." she nodded her head not able to say anything more.
He walked towards the door and Madhu followed him to close the door.
"Madhu..." he turned back before leaving. "I didnt want to hurt you.. I am sorry..." again a thorn prick her heart. "Please try to cheer up."
"we will cheer up together when you come back." Madhu said in a low tone.
RK nodded his head and went away.
Madhu closed the door and turned back. But she felt weak suddenly. She slouched on the floor with her back leaned on the door. Tears fell from her eyes freely. She cried her heart out. Not because she was hurt because of RK's love declaration but because she was hurt on seeing RK's pain. The hurt and the pain and the fury she saw in his eyes today, she never had. She cried on behalf of him, who never showed his pain. He gave her all the happiness in the world. Understood her before she could even say that but he himself had a whole storm locked in him. And the reason for it was her. She was the one who made RK suffer all these years. He was keeping his promise. The promise that they had made when they were 5 year old kids. Madhu remembered how they both had been lying beneath the sky counting the stars in their baby voices when they had noticed the falling star. And with that as their signatory they had promised each other to stay together all their lives. RK had kept his promise and done everything to live it. Now it was her turn. She wont let him suffer anymore. She has been the reason enough for his pain but she wont be that anymore.
After an hour RK came back. He knocked at the door but there was no answer.
'Madhu is still angry with me' he thought to himself... 'how stupid am I'
He took out his key and opened the door. The house was quite dark inside. He looked around and saw a dim light coming from their bedroom.
"Madhu.." he called out dreading what the matter might be.
He entered the room only to find it lit with candles and Madhu standing in the middle looking like a goddess in that red saree he had got for her. He was confused but at the same time he was mesmerized seeing her. He wasnt in a condition to think much as all his mind was clouded with was Madhu and her beauty.
He stepped towards her and Madhu too came closer.
"Madhu...?" He could barely come up with just that in an attempt to ask her.
"I know RK I had always been this idiot who has just troubled you all your life. I have been the one dancing over your head and making you do the wierdest things. And you have always been my support and my gaurdian... I still remember those days when I would fight with Mom-Dad for my stupid demands and they would look at you for help. And i dont know what magic you used to do that I would happily forget what I had been adamant at. You have always been the one who made me take the right decisions and no doubt i was the one making life difficult for both of us.. " she laughed through the tears while RK too smiled at the last part though emotional hearing all this from her..
"And look at me..." she said gesturing to herslef as a tear fell through her eyes... "I was fighting with all those whom i supposed that hurt you while it was me who had hurt you the most all this time..." she said sniffing while RK came closer to her and held her hand.
"No Madhu.. you have never hurt me... and even if you did.. don't you remember.. only you have the right to hit me as you said that day.." he said trying to divert her mind and make her laugh. He couldnt see her crying even if it was for his benefit.
" But RK I swear I had never wanted to do this to you... I had never wished to hurt you... and make you suffer.. I have always wanted you to be the happiest person in the world... And I have always wanted to stay around you, stay with you... but i dont know what took over me, what curtain covered my eyes that i couldnt see what i was supposed to do..." she said helplessly.
" You have always been like that..." RK said laughing through the tears seeing her.
"Yeah... I guess you are right" she said smiling. "And you have always solved my problems like you have done now."
"You are bad at expressing emotions... you know that right?" RK intervened as he was getting restless now if Madhu really wanted to say that she loves him or he is thinking a bit too much.
"Yup I know that... And I know that you have been the one who comes to know about my emotions even when I dont show them, you read my eyes on what I want.. like this saree... then RK why didnt you read that one emotion which I have been trying to say since long now...?" She asked teary eyed. "You knew that I am bad at expressing na? Then why didnt you decipher that which has been the most difficult for me to say..?"
RK's smile had now vanished as he looked at her with tears in his eyes too. He wanted to hug her and kiss her but something was still holding him back.
"Yes RK... I love you... and even when I may not have realised it in all those years.. But I know now that I had loved you when Mom told me about our marriage... loved you when you used to sneak quitely at midnight on my birthday to wish me.. loved you when had gone to prom with Dipali.. thatsy i had hurt her.. i had loved you when I used to compare all the guys to you and the refuted them not fit enough... I had loved you when you had brought me those boxing gloves even when Mom Dad had thought it inappropriate for me to play with those... When you used to shoo away the guys from coming close to me... When you used to eat those karelas on my behalf so I dont get scolded from mom... and when we laid on the rooftop and had promised each other on that shooting star that we would stay together.. RK.. I have loved you... Since Always... it just took me a while to realise" both Madhu and RK had by now tears rolling down their eyes. RK pulled her towards himself as he hugged her tightly and they both cried in each other's arms.
As RK pacified down he was really amazed himself at the thought. "Madhu.." he said while still hugging her...
"Hmmm" she asked with her eyes closed in content as she enjoyed the satisfaction that she got being in his arms.
"You really did say all of your feelings... you have really improved han?" He said with a naughty smile as he tried to cheer her up.
"Yup... I had practised a lot..." she grinned cheekily.
RK laughed hearing her... "stupid..." he said holding her tighter and closer to his chest.
"RK..." she called softly.
"Hmmm..." he said.
"Even i never regretted our kiss... its just that I thought that I was being bad thinking like that about you and having all wrong images and dreams with you..." she tried clarifying herself.
"What..." he suddenly came out of the hug to face Madhu who looked at him confused.
"You had imagined and dreamt about me...? That too something wrong..?" He was shocked and delighted and horny at the same time.
Madhu suddenly realised what her blabber box had just uttered. She grew pink with embarassment not knowing where to look.
RK realised that she was not gonna say anymore. He smirked seeing her shy state. "Never seen Madhubala so lost of words..." he said naughtily.
"Are you just gonna talk?" Madhu said trying to act irritated in her attempt to have the last word.
"No babe... I might not talk to you for a few days now.." he said as he pulled her towards himself and almost devoured her neck.
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So guys.. this was the last part... I dont know if the end seems abrupt but i couldnt think of what to write next.
Dont know if i would write an epilogue or not.. i jave written something but not sure about it.
And Madhu's profession is inspired from shasha1989 😃
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