TaaRey FF- Away from you updt 29/4 - Page 45

Next evening- swayams place,

reywalked to the house his mind running mujhe swayam ko batadena chahiye

taani knows ya nahin batana chahiye???

And kaka opened the door said rey beta, swayam baba ghar pe hain nahin

Abhi tak nahin aaya ? Ok kaka thanks main baad mein...

Rey! He heard swayams dad call him sitting on the sofa smiling , rey walked in with

a smile sit sit..kaise ho?

Fine sir...swayam ne kahaan tha ki aap kal aanewaale ho

Ya but i just happened to have extra time and socha ki jaldi aajao so that I can go

to taani s apartment as well...she stays seperately, tumhe pata hoga na..

Rey nodded, tauji looked at him trying to gauge his expressions and then asked

kya horahaan hain? Hows everything?

Ek musical ki rehersals chal rahaan hain , swayam aur taani actually kuch props ke

liye gaye the

Tum logon ki team ka plans ka ...?

Academy ke liye sponsors abhi tak mile nahin hain uncle but we have more chances

NDC ke baad and we had some smaller performances ...

Umm...you guys should take a startup help humse Rey smiled and tauji shaking his

head tum sab ek jaise ho, swayam tum ...parents ki help lene se tum logon ki self

respect kam nahin hojaayegi . Now see taani, she ll never refuse- na help lene se

takraathi hain na help dene se uski agenda complete karne keliye. ..

rey smiled at the affection in tauji s voice Im just waiting for her to finish her further

studies and join me bas .And stopped as rey frowned slightly thinking she still hadnt

told him , kya hua? Tum..koi problem hain? rey hesitated

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Swayams place,ittle while later

swayam sitting on the sofa looking thro a book, taani walked in her night dress

from inside and sat down in front of him hands on her chin

Yeh tauji hain kahaan bhai

Aajayenge, hes messaged saying he had to go out to meet some friends ...and then

sitting up straight said okay listen ,mujhe tumse kuch kehna tha and i guess tumhe

bhi kuch batana tha ...u want to...

No thats ok, aap hi pehle bolo, subah se kehrahe ho aur saara din kaam mein hi lag gaya

Swayam took a deep breath and said ive been wanting to tell ...ummm...mere aur

sharon ke baare mein...we...we ...we are together and stopped.It was different telling

rey but this was really awkward, with rey he knew he had been blushing like hell

but with her...he was ...he didnt know... he was feeling so embarrassed

Taani looked at him and couldnt respond immediately and then smiled, got up put

her hands around him and said congrats bhai! Im really happy aap dono ke liye

and moving back sat down in her place

Swayam frownedok this was the last thing he expected- taani? Tum teek ho? she nodded

Sure? I mean itna ...pheeka sa reaction? I thought atleast paanch che baar tho jump

karogi, kuch glass wass thodogi excitement mein ya aisa kuch...are you ok?

Taani laughed and said, jab first pata chala tab aisa hi laga tha bhai! Abh bhi aap chaho

tho yeh vase thodsakthi hoon excitement mein

U ...knew? Kaise? I mean kabse? Tho tumne poocha kyun nahin? Swayam surprised

Mujhe laga ki jab aapko batana hoga aap batadoge.im sure aapki reasons hain na

batane ka but i guess rey ki wajah se aapko mujhe abhi batana pada

Swayam frowned utterly confused rey ki wajah se? Wait wait...he told you? He s been

after us from ages - taani ko batado, wo khush hogi taani ko batado but he told you? When?

Nahin..she frowned now..aapko lagtha hain ki wo apna promise thodenge? but rey

ne aapko nahin bataya ki mujhe kal pata chalgaya tha??...isiliye aap mujhe aaj

batarahe ho na ?

He shook his head no rey se baat nahin hui hain kal se...maine aur sharon ne decide

kiya ki we ll tell you this weekend

Swayam saw her fidgeting with her hands , placing the pillows here there few times

eyes dull and hardly any reaction and understood - there was disappointment in her

and he said, sorry taani

No bhai kyun? Aap sorry...taani tried hiding her hurt...im happy for you bas tired

hoon aur shayad isiliye ...

No taani ab jhoot mat bolo, i know you are upset i hadnt told you but...and closing

his book leaned towards her and said its been...itna kuch hua hain and when we were

actually sure i mean when sharon was actually sure ...NDC chal rahaan tha and

both of us didnt want to...

taani s eyes filled up, she rubbed her nose not knowing why she wanted to cry now.

Its okay bhai aapko batana important nahin laga tho aapne nahin bataya

He leaned more and said its not like you are not important,i didnt ...

and then stopped helplessly ...she had started crying , he got up sat next to her

and put his arm around her shoulder and kept saying sorry now please rona band

karo....and after a few minutes of crying , she stopped and wiped her eyes and

turning sideways to him in a scolding tone

sorry bhai i cant help it but mujhe sach mein...pata nahin gussa aana chahiye ya

bura lagna hain ki ... Aapko yaad hain ? Jab aapne bas socha ki maine rey ke baare

mein aapse hide kiya tab aapko Kitna gussa aaya tha ? aasmaan utaliya tha sar pe

aur aapki baari aayi tho itne mahino se akele hi chupaake baithe ho...kaise ? How can you?

Swayam knew she had a right to be complaining and just held her letting her scold away

all her disappointment in him. He could sense the hurt feelings hidden inside her

anger and disappointment

Like the way you hid your feelings rey ke baare mein ...her face fell...it wasnt easy.

Its never easy..taani And removed his hands from around her and clenched his fist

getting a quick glimpse of trial relation and then sharons asthma and everything

else itna kuch samajhna, itna samjhaana ...itna confusions

Pyaar hain tho itna confusion kyun hotha hain bhai? She asked understanding he

had his struggles continuously

He shrugged i dont know shayad hum darr the hain pyaar ko accept karne se. Because

jab hum pyaar karthe hain tab hum kisi aur ko humein hurt karne ka right dethe hain

and maybe we are just saving ourselves from getting hurt...and both of them got lost

in their own thoughts for a moment

Swayam remembering the number of times either he or sharon or both had hurt

eachother or got hurt and taani remembering telling rey the day before- i dont want

to be hurt anymore- was she right? Or wrong in pushing away his love again and

again or was she just plain scared? Or as rey said long time ago was she selfish?

Swayam recovered faster from his thoughts and catching her serious tear stained

thoughtful expressions said but finally darr ke aage ...pyaar hain he said in an

attempt to be funny. She laughed slightly at his lame attempt , he smiled too

i kept thinking ki jab sab teek hoga tab batadoonga but sab teek kabhi tha hi

nahin, kabhi hamara kuch chalrahaan tha, kabhi tum upset thi, kabhi rey ...

bhai agar sab kuch teek hone ka wait hi karna tha tho rey ko kyun bataya?

Swayam looked stumped, she continued frustrated ...mera khayal aapko kabhi hain

hi nahin bhai. rey ko batasakthe ho, mujhe nahin! Rey ko sab pata hoga mujhe nahin

Ab kya tum rey se jealous ho taani ?

Hona nahin chahiye? Bhai mere ho, side unka lete ho...bhai mere ho secrets unko

pata hotha hain... breakup mera but unke saath hothe ho aasoon pochne ... I mean

teek hain friend hain, best friend hi hain but main bhi aapki best sister hoon ki nahin?

He smiled inspite of himself as she wiped her nose and eyes and ran her hands

all over hitting him as he held her sideways,shaking her head, punching the pillow

on her lap reminding him of a small girl

...ab aapko hasin aarahin hain? Catching his small grin

he shook his head immediately and stopped his smile tum isiliye upset ho ki rey

ko humne bataya ya isiliye ki humne tumhe nahin bataya

She met his eyes warm and affectionate and apologetic and sighed sach kahoon

tho dono ke liye nahin...mujhe nahin pata main bas upset hoon but main ...khush hoon

He smiled and she continued thoughtfully

pata nahin bhai, bachpan hi achha tha. Aapke baare mein mujhe sabkuch pata hotha

tha aur main aapko bina soche samjhe sab kuch batasakthi thi aur aap mujhe jitna

chahe daanto, mera side hamesha lethe the, hamesha khudh tauji se daant khaathe

the but mujhe bachathe the

His face went soft as he remembered , he really had forgotten so many things

Aur ab...she sighed...aisa kya hua hain ki aap mujhse kuch share nahin karthe aur

mujhe hamesha darr laga rehtha hain aapse kuch bhi kehne se??

Her eyes meeting his searching for the lost friendship and sibling support between them. He sighed and said

i dont know taani, maybe we just...grew up differently ...maybe we just became

selfish hamare lives mein but ...im sorry . waise kitni baar maafi maangni hogi?

She smiled and wiping her eyes completely said hazaar baar bhi bologe tho kam hi hoga

Then main sorry nahin boloonga instead from now i promise main tumhe sab kuch

No bhai...she softened and laughed slightly interrupting him ...aisa promise mat karo

jo hum dono nahin nibhaapaayenge.

He smiled thinking she had really grown up ok..then i promise ki i ll try my best to

keep you smiling..She smiled broadly feeling nice and he smiled back... like this

Umm... Yeh smile ke liye aapko abhi mujhe detail mein batana hoga ki kya hua kaise hua

and putting up both her legs on the sofa, pulled a pillow into her lap and looked

ready for a long questioning session,smile on her face and excitement creeping in

her voice

Swayams mobile on the table rang, stopped and then msg- SHaron- hi! What did

she say? He grinned showed taani the message, taani s face breaking into a huge

smile, she pulled the mobile from his hand and typed

Shes really upset

Shit mujhe pata tha...ab kya karein?

Taani smiling, swayam looking curious - usse permission dedijiye sach mein ,Sab

ke samne bhi...officially bhabhi bhulaane ka

Swayam hit his forehead, she was going to remain weird taani grinned and waited for reply

Uskeliye pehle swayam ko propose karna hoga taani

Swayam and taani looked at each other - how did she guess? and then again

Taani?

Propose bhi kardenge sharon bhabhi, aapki haan ki intezar hain bas ...Im really

really happy sharon bhabhi

Sharon smiled at her end happily me too , sorry we didnt tell you pehle

Its fine i understand really

then cu later , Gn

GN sharon bhabhi...bhai ke baare mein dream karna

As she went offline taani smiling gave swayam the mobile back and said dreamily,

wo kitni sweet haina bhai?

He laughed , moved back to his place on the sofa relaxed and said but yeh batao

agar rey ne nahin bataya tumhe tho how did you get to know?

Wo maine aapko aur bhabhi ko kal college store room mein dekha tha and then

stopped embarrassed her face going red matlab nahin dekha addded unhelpfully

KYA? Swayam s smile replaced by embarrassment, his face turning redder tum

store room mein us time pe kya karrahin thi?

Arre aapko storeroom mein nahin hona chahiye tha us waqt..taani retorted when

luckily for them

Hello hello both of you - taani swayam kaise ho??

And tauji/swayams dad walked in just then. Both turned to door , got up and hugged

one by one grinning

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Dinner table- all three sitting down comfortably and talking eating

Aapko musical ke baare mein kisne bataya papa?

Rey! Shaam ko he was here jab tum dono nahin the... Waise taani im surprised that

tum bhi inke saath involved ho but ...and stopped, taani/swayam looked not

understanding ...but i guess if you arent interested in continuing studies ya MBA

ya management mein kuch bhi , it makes sense

Taani looked confused tauji, aap kya kehrahe ho?

Musical se in sabka kya connection hain papa?

no swayam i meant as taani isnt interested in applying for new colleges , she can

manage to be involved in all the ...extra stuff like musical sab

But tauji yeh maine kab kahaan ki im not ...

Thats what i want to ask you beta...he said suddenly a little serious...agar tumhe

meri ya koi bhi business join karne mein ineterst nahin hain tho tumne mujhe

bataya kyun nahin? I mean jaisa swyam hain waise hi tum bhi ho, agar swayam

apni choice ki career choose karsaktha hain tho tumhe main kyun mana karoonga

Im disappointed in you taani , ek baar phir se tumne mujhe understand karne ka

mauka nahin diya ...first jab rey ki dancing baari aayi thi tab bhi...

Tauji...taani uncharacteristically cut his sentence....aapko kya maine kabhi yeh

kahaan hain ki main aapki business nahin join karna chahthi?

Wahin main poochrahaan hoon...kya tumhaare baare mein mujhe rey se pata

chalna chahiye hamesha?

Kaun rey tauji?

Swayam and tauji stared in shock at her blunt controlled statement, she was looking

at her plate, no sign of moist eyes or anything, spoon held in one hand slightly

clenched and the other hand placed next to her plate fisted face expressionless

but still both swayam and tauji recognised the underlying anger in her

Taani swayam whats wrong

I mean tauji, rey ... jo bhi unhe lagtha hain wo unhe lagtha hain...iska matlab yeh

nahin ki wo sab kuch sach hain. haan maine abroad colleges mein apply nahin

kiya because mujhe yahaan se door nahin jaana tha and mujhe yahaan bhi meri

choice ka subjects nahin mila hain ...she said in continuous sentences...rey ne

No he didnt say that, he just said ...

And maine, she cut him again making swayam look worried at her anger aapko isiliye nahin bataya kyunki main wait karrahin thi...mera kuch aur plans tha

What?

Tauji, main...main meri ek friend hain jiske saath main likhna chahthi hoon

and main yeh poochna chahthi thi ki ...kya aapki business ke liye further studies

main online karsakthi hoon? I dont want regular college

Kaun friend? Anjali? Swayam asked frowning , taani nodded her expression clearly

stopping him from making any unwanted comments about anjali ...But taani if you

want to write and not get into business..

Bhai i said i wnat to write , not i dont want to get into business

For a second everyone was quiet- tauji thinking about pro s and cons, swayam somehow

not convinced about taani s interest in business and taani - one part of her hoping

tauji would be convinced while another slowly seething with anger at rey and she

said Sorry tauji...

He looked at her worried face and shaking his head smiled and said no no beta

sorry kyun? Im just thinking what you can do and im relieved tum mere saath hogi

business mein but im tired now, let me think and get back to you ki tum kya

karsakthi ho online or maybe you can just join office

Her face broke into a relieved smile and she muttered thanks tauji...main aapko

kabhi disappoint nahin karna chahthi hoon

Taani ...itna mat socho..jo mann mein hain wo karo...iske saath ( pointing to swayam)

itne saalon se rehke bhi tumne kya yeh nahin seekha hain ki you can be stubborn

ziddi if you are sure you are right??

Yeh meri baat kaahaan se aagyai abhi? Swayam grinned

Appreciate karrahaan hoon tauji

For once swayam smiled back, tauji got up hit the back of his head ,moved to taani

patted her on her head and said but mujhe pata nahin tha ki tumhe likhne mein

shauk hain

Swayam smiled haan papa wo fairy tales likthi thi but i thought you had given it

up school mein hi and smiled at her

She smiled at both of them forcibly and then tauji left.

The moment he was out of sight, she threw the spoon on the plate and picked her

mobile and dialled REY

Haan rey aap kahaan ho? Ok...and cut the call, got up and walked briskly to her

room ignoring swayam saying in a concerned tone Taani aaram se