CHAPTER: 4
As soon as Ananya ran out of their home, Kabir's mother furiously went to Kabir's room that was locked... He did not even listen to what Ananya had to say... And Kabir's mother banged on his door... "Darwaza khol tu Kabir..." there was no response... She banged the door for another two times and then shouted- "Tu agar darwaaza nahi kholega, toh main waapas Chandigarh chali jaaungi..." just then the landline rang... His mother turned to pick that up, and on the other side of the phone was Anita, Ananya's mother... "Behenji, maine ye bataane ke liye phone kiya hai aapko, ke jab humari kal raat rishta pakke hone ki baat hui, toh humne apne pandit ji se baat ki... Agar aap logon ko aitraaz na ho toh, kal sagaai ka muhurat nikaala hai unhone..." Kabir's mother thought for a moment before answering... She had a lovely smile on her face, as if she had decided out something, and then spoke- "Anita ji... Kal ki sagaai rakhna bohot achha rahega... Bas ek request hai... Can we keep it a close affair? I mean just your family and ours? Wo kya hai na, Kabir ke divorce ke baad hum Kabir ke shaadi ke baare mein zyada discuss karte nahi hain... Kabir is still a bit sensitive about it... And bohot logon ko invite karna abhi theek nahi lagta mujhe..." Ananya's mother readily agreed upon this, deciding to meet the next evening for the engagement... Before they hung up the call, Kabir's mother updated her about the fight between both the bride and the groom... And Ananya's mother just laughed at it, asking her to leave the issue on the two of them- Kabir and Ananya, and would intervene only if required... The engagement will serve the purpose... And that concluded the call...
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Ananya came home half an hour later, eyes all swollen up... She sat dejectedly on her bed, and her mother joined her with a glass of cold water... A consoling hand on her daughter's hand, made her pain unfold- "Maa! Unhone meri ek nahi suni... Unhe doubts hain ke rishta karna chahiye ke nahi..."... Ananya's mother caressed her shoulders and said-" Ananya, yahi wajah thi jo main nahi chaahti thi ke tum for the matter kisi bhi divorcee, let alone, Kabir se shaadi ke liye raazi ho... They have lots of insecurities and fears... The bitterness of their previous marriage, the pains of the past... Par maine Kabir ke liye sirf isliye haan nahi ki hai beta ke tum unhe pasand karti ho, par isliye, ke wo tumhe tumse kahin zyada chaahte hain... Tumhari haan ke baad bhi woh meri permission maang rahe they... This is the reason I agreed... his honesty and sincerity..." Ananya still huffed in anger and began- "Toh? Isse kya hota hai? Wo mujhe kuch bhi keh denge? Huh! Unhe sazaa milegi mujhe aise rulaane ke liye..." and Ananya walked off towards the bathroom to take a shower, but was stopped in her tracks... With her back still towards her mother Ananya heard her mother's decision- "Tum dono ko jo karna hai karo... I don't care... Maine Kabir ki maa aur Pandit ji se baat kar li hai... Kal shaam tum dono ki sagaai hai..." and her mother went off... Ananya was stunned... She looked at herself in the mirror, musing over the irony of life... Half an hour back this man says we should think about moving in this relationship, and half an hour later, his mother has confirmed their engagement... She wondered what Kabir's reaction would be...
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Kabir's mother picked up the landline again, and dialled to her elder son... "Rajveer, beta maine ye kehne ke liye phone kiya hai ke humne Kabir ka rishta fix kar diya hai... Haan beta Delhi ki hai... Journalist hai KKN mein hi... Haan beta kal sagaai hai shaam ko unn logon ke ghar... sirf hum family members hi jaayenge... Tum aur Sandhya aane ki koshish karo... Haan pohoch jaana beta time se..." Kabir's mother talked loud and clear for Kabir to hear... And certainly, by the time she finished the call, Kabir came out of his room and was standing hands crossed on his chest- "kiski sagai hai kal?" "teri aur Ananya ki... Tujhe jo marzi aaye kar... Kal teri sagaai hai, bas!" and the mother was off to her room, grabbing her purse, and asked the house keeper to come along, was off to the market for the shopping for the engagement... Kabir had the same stunned look, as Ananya had at her place... Here he has shaken up all the roots of the bond they made, and there both the mothers have conspired their engagement... Kabir heaved out a tired breath... Life certainly is not an easy cake...
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Next day morning at KKN, Kabir sat in his cabin and peeked towards Ananya's desk... She had come today also... Concentrating strictly towards her monitor screen... Her friends too were looking at her strangely, her no-nonsense mood told them loud and clear that she's in a bad mood today... Kabir huffed a tired breath... Just like her, he too was in a bad mood... She brings worry the hell out of him, and still doesn't understand it... In the conference room too, they behaved as if just Mr. Sharma and Miss Kashyap existed... Neither looking at each other...
And soon, it was evening... Today she went to Malvika and asked her leave that was sanctioned, without Ananya mentioning about her engagement...
Ananya was ready, and sitting in her room clad in the Bright yellow-magenta coloured saree fussing over her self-thought about how arrogant is the man whom she is going to get engaged to this evening... He didn't even apologise once after meeting her in the office... Neither were his eyes speaking to her they always do... They were simple plain eyes that said nothing to her, and she felt angrier...
There on the other hand Kabir while getting ready tied his tie knot tight around his neck in anger, thinking about the girl he's going to be engaged after sometime... She doesn't even talk to him clearing the issues, and apologising for her carelessness, and yet showing off that stubborn look to him...
His fight with the tie knots stopped just then when he was about to choke with the tight knot, and his brother loosening up the tie- "Kya kar raha hai Kabir... Gala ghunt jaayega tumhara... Kahan khoye hue ho?" he helped his brother in getting ready, and all were off to Nidhi's apartment, carrying the shagun...
Half an hour later, they were at the bride's flat, where an elegant and beautiful looking Ananya was brought... Kabir looked mesmerised for a millisecond towards his to-be-bride, and immediately averted them, Ananya did the same... Black made him look really hot and handsome, and that black three pieces coat with a magenta-red silk-satin hanky in the front pocket, making him all the more handsome... She quickly averted her eyes, remembering they were angry at each other...
Kabir's mother placed a shagun ki chunni over Ananya's head, and after a small pooja, the engagement began, where both shared a small eye lock, exchanged the rings, and again averted their eyes... Both of them kept looking at their ring fingers smiling heart in heart, yet hurt over each other's behaviour...
The dinner was getting arranged in sometime, and Ananya and Kabir sat on the two-seater sofa, looking everywhere but at each other... Kabir excused himself and went to Ananya's room's washroom... Looking at his face in the mirror, he as if was looking in his own eyes, trying to read the want to be back to everything normal with Ananya, yet the anger of her carelessness swam in his eyes... Suddenly feeling suffocated of his own feelings; he came out of the restroom to calm down his nerves...
Ananya was right there in the room pacing up and down, looking the same agitated, worried and yet that little angry... And as if on reflex they looked in each other's eyes and both spoke up together- "Mujhe aapse kuch kehna hai..." as soon as Ananya realised he too spoke the same thing, she averted back her eyes again, and looked down at her entwined fingers... Both of them walked slow steps towards the balcony... The place where their hearts melted like wax and sealed together forever... Where Kabir unleashed the heavy burden of his past, and breathed the fragrance of the present and the future...
Ananya stood next to him quietly looking at the diamonds of the glistening ring on her ring finger under the full-moon sky... Kabir sensing her silence breathed another sigh and then begun- "I know Ananya, you are as angry at me as I am on you..." Ananya looked at him with partially hurt and partially melted eyes... At least he understood her anger. She patiently waited for him to continue... And Kabir heart in heart decided to speak out before it gets too late... The only thought running at the speed of a mile per second was, if his wife, who married him for years, broke away the marriage because of a misunderstanding; this engagement can certainly be called off... He has already survived one heart break, but he wouldn't be able to sail through another one... Not this time... (Oh! Avantika di... I loved this line of yours in your post, and with some plus-minus here and there, I have used it...) As much as anyone would deny, he has already given his heart to this girl, and no silly misunderstanding and anger shall not let it break at such a petty cost... He continued what he had begun- "Tum mujhse kyu naraaz ho Ananya? Mera ghussa iski wajah hai ya jo maine bola tha kal shaam, usse tum hurt ho?" He looked straight in her eyes, with a slight sorry, slight anger and slightly questioning... Ananya felt her anger dissolving some milligrams, with the still lingering love in his voice... her mother said it correct- His politeness humbles a person... And she kept looking at him, with her eyes slightly grim with the obvious pain of his words he spoke yesterday, and then spoke- "Dono se... Aapko mujhpe trust nahi tha na? Main aapko bina bataaye aapki mummy se milne chali gayi thi... Par ismein suspense ki kya baat thi? Kya aapne meri maa se akele mein baat nahi ki thi? Did I doubt on you? Aapko yaqeen nahi hai na mujhpe?" Ananya looked hurt towards him... And Kabir immediately shook his head in a vehement NO... When she looked nowhere in particular brooding over her hurt, Kabir held her by her shoulders, and turned her facing towards him, and holding her shoulders firm, he muttered a soft- "Meri taraf dekho Ananya... meri aankhon mein..." and then slowly began- "Ananya, mujhe agar tum par yaqeen nahi hota, toh aaj yahan hum sagaai ke bandhan mein na bandhe hote... Baat yaqeen ki nahi hai... Tumne apna phone check kiya tha na? 13 missed calls from a person obviously don't mean he called you casually... Does it?" on her slight shake of head in no he continued- "Did you realise, tumhari sick leave ka application milne par, and tumhara 6 ghanto tak ek bhi call receive nahi hone par, what would have been my state?" Ananya looked up in his eyes now understanding what he meant... Not only did he say he was worried for her, also it said the unsaid love he feels for her... He continued- "Bhaaga-bhaaga tumhare ghar pohcha toh pata chala ke tum toh kisi se milne gayi ho... Ananya, maine tumhe roka toh nahi hai... Tum meri maa se bhi milne jaa rahi hoti toh bhi kya hua... Lekin sick leave application ki jagah personal reason likhke bhej sakti thi, mujhe ek text hi kar deti ke you are busy somewhere and won't come to the office... Main koi tumse details toh nahi maangta... Wo bhi nahi toh agar ek bhi call receive kar leti toh I would have been at peace... But none of that happened... Don't I have the right to even take out my frustration when you have killed me already with worry? Bolo haqq nahi hai mera?" ... And Ananya nodded her head negatively telling him he has the right, but Kabir chose to tease her, and he made a hurt and shocked face and said- "Nahi hai haqq?", Ananya vehemently tried correcting- "Hai na! Aapka hi toh haqq hai..." and Kabir started laughing, and her blushing face, turned to smiling and then laughing along with him... And Kabir smiled a satisfied smile, he had finally brought a smile on her face... But she continued immediately- "Par iska matlab ye nahi hai ke aap iss rishte ko todne ke baare mein soch sakte hain ya mujhe sochne ke liye bol sakte hain!" she indicated towards her ring finger and said- "Ab aap bandh gaye hain mere saath... And there is no scope to escape..." and he apologetically nodded while holding his ears- "I'm sorry Ananya!" and she too held her ears out- "I'm sorry too sir... Eh! I mean Kabir... Abse dhyaan rakhungi, aur kabhi aisi ghalti repeat nahi karungi..." Kabir took her hands off her ears and hugged her to himself, both dissolving their anger with the magic of their budding love and fond likeness towards each other...
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