Mantu utho... amayas heart skipped a beat she tapped lightly on his cheeks to wake him... she looked around in the van thrre was a small water bottle on the back seat... she removed her seat belt and sprinkled some water on his face still no response now she was in tears she pleaded mantu
And sprinkled water mantu plz utho...
There he shook his face a bit in agony... and shifted a bit...in his seat...amaya breadth a sigh of relief... on seeing him awake...
Before he cud open his eyes she wiped her tears..
Kaha hai hum ??pohoch gaye kya??
Hhmm!! Ha ... pohoch gye... vo dekho kuch auto khadi hai vaha pe...
Thik hai chalo.. he was opening his seat belt and a sharp pain ran across his shoulder...he hissed a whisper in pain... amaya noticed and quickly made him sit and told him to relax she opend the seat belt and as he was trying to get up she held him back firmly...in a commanding way to remain seated... she got out of van and reached his side and opened the door held him and made him come out.. slowly..
Amaya hum theek hai,,is sab ki zarurat nahi hai...
Tum apna mu band rakho aur chup chap chalo... this time she wasnt telling it to argue with him or for picking up a fight...she just made it clear by her tone...
Mantu and her walked over to the autos and amaya saw one of them awake
Bhaiya aap... inko kisi pas k hospital me le jayenge...
Arey hum ghar jayenge... chiklu akela hai.. aur hum theek hai thodi davai laga denge toa thik ho jyenge...
Amaya just stared at him angrily...
Kya hua bhaiiya kono panga ho gaya ka... koi kand kar diye ka ...ki itna maar kha k aye ho... kisi gunde vunde se pala pad gaya kya..??
Dekhiye ye vaqt chit chat karne ka nahi hai inki halat bhot kharab hai inko plz hospital le jayiye...
Par amaya...
Par var kuch nahi mantu bhot ho gaya.. agar me tmhari jaisi situation me hoti toa kya tum muje aise hi ghar chale jane ko kehte... ek pehle hi tumne un gundo se meri vjah se... she was about to open up how troubled and hurt she was seeing him in this condition... but controlld
Anyways agar tum hospital nahi jaoge toa me bhi dusre auto se ghar nahi jaungi...
Thik hai.. bhaiya vo dusre auto vale ko jagao aur inko bas wali gali chhodne ko kaho..
Both leave in different directions in their autos... mantu in pain confusion sadness
Amaya worrying about him...will he reach hospital safely..will he get his treatment done properly...and tears were not stopping...she herself wiped tears firmly and surprised that why is she crying so much... she never cried so much anytime before on anything... then why are her tears not stopping...
She reached home both jazz and rachi ran towards her ..uma stood up...
Amu are u ok??
Kaha thi tum
We were so worried
Mantu kaha hai...btao jaldi dekho me janti hu vo tmhare sath hi hai bta do kaha hai vo. . ???!!!
Jazz snapped uma tum chup raho.. dekh nahi rahi amu akeli ayi hai... koi nahi hai uske sath...ab tum ghar jao apne...
Amaya spoke up...
Vo me rasta bhul gayu thi and rickshaw kharab ho gyi thi...isliye late hua... me bhot thak gyi hu plz subah baat karenge muje sona hai... uma mantu mere sath nahi tha...tum ghar jaakar dekho shayad aa gaya ho...
Uma rushed out of the house...
Amu started walkin towards her room jazz was about to ask her something but rachi stopped her..
Amaya changed and got in bed under the blanket... while bringin her hand for covering the blanket she found a spot of blood on her palm...
It was his blood... she rememberd how frighten she was when he was not opening his eyes in van .. how she tapped his cheeks...to wake him up...
And drifted to sleep thinkin about him...
Next morning... she checkd her phone... no msg or call from him...
Vo ghar toa pohoch gaya hoga na thik se..
She called him... but no one pickd up... she calld again but no response...
Amaya got ready headed out... midway she thought wat wud she tell him... why did she came so early in the morning...
Bhaiiya rickshaw roko...
Kya hua Madam.. adress galat hai kya?
Nhi nhi ... aap rickshaw ghuma lo..
Madam final batao jana kaha hai...??
Mantu ko msg kar deti hu... ki jaise uthe muje inform kare...
Bas wali gali k pas jo mandir hai vaha chalo...
She reached the temple...
And started talkin with her bhagwanji...bas ek bar bata do mantu thik hai... kisi tarah usse contact kara do... ki vo ghar pohoch gaya...plZz
She sat near the steps of the temple beside the waters.. there were diyas floating... people reciting bhajans and mantras... birds chirping it was early in the morning so... temple was a bit less crowded... people wud just rush out in next few mins ,, probably after 8...that was the time she used to come everyday... today was diffrnt...it was still 7:25...people were greeting each other...by mahadev.. she smiled remeberin how he included god in any type of sentence he spoke...in their meetings... she wondered why did she fight a lot with him... there was no reason to fight stil they argued like small children ... she cud never imagine some1 wud do anything like what he did yestrday for a stranger... like her... was she really a stranger... they shook hands on being friends... but just a few days had gone by... it was like a few moments ago she was in paris taking a drive in her convertible...how life changdd drastically... her attention was grabbd by a small child playing.. around the steps... her mother was scoldin him and trying to stop him to go near waters.. ...mantu ne apni jaan ki parva nahi ki us bache ko bachane k liye ... muje bachane k liye... koi itna selfless kaise ho sakta hai... jab se banaras me ayi hu tab se help ki hai usne meri...
Agar vo nahi hota toa dad ki tervi ki puja fail ho jati... usne mom ki tabiyat kharab hui tab support kiya... aur kal kal toa mantu kya kar diya tumne... mantu tum aise kyu ho!!!...
Her self talk was interrupted by... frequent ringin of her phone...
Amu tum kaha ho... pata hai me yaha kitni pareshan hu...ek tao kal tum late ayi.. yaha hum kitni tension me the aur kal tumne thik ze batay bhi nhi kya hua tha... aur abhi itni subah nikal gayi... vo bhi bina bataye...
Sorry rachi di... me abhi ati hu...
Amaya replied silently...
Rachu thought ye amu ko kya ho gaya...!!
...
After takin the rickshaw...mantu headed towrdz the hospital but suddenly he remembrd he dosent have much money to undergo a treatment and get checked up he would come tommorrw...
Bhaiya auto ghuma lo...
Kya hua bhaya aspatal nahi jana ka??
Ha bhaiya auto ghuma lo...
Vo chori ko acha nahi lagega jab use pata chalego ki tu bina ilaj karai... auto mod liyo...
ap auto chaliye Bhaiya ,,, aur aap ko kya farak padta hai...
Mare ko farak pade na pade us chori ne ghano farak pade hai... uski aankho me dikhe hai taaare liye fikar... aur chinta...bhot pareshan thi vo tari tabiyat ko lekar koi...khaas lage hai tu uska...
Bhaiya humari niji zindagi ke bare me aapse raii lene ki zarurat nahi hai.. aap auto chaliye na ek toa pehle hi halat kharab hai upar se aap !!!
Bhaiyo mane jo dikhe hai vo me bolu hu..baki aap ki marji...
Mantu reached home and went in to boil water to take a bath... he watched the water runnin from tap makin as low sound as possible so that chiklu wont wake up... he started driftin towards his thoughts...years back...___________________________________________________________________________
...kya naam bataya tune... SLAPPP..
Aap log muje mar kyu rahe ho...
PUNCH...
Chup reh... chor saale.. ... and they kicked him...beat him... on any part of body that was possible... till he cud not even stand up...only breadth was left to keep him alive...after some time...gaining some conciousness...he dragged himself towards the bank... and jumnped... waters of ganga as if healing his wounds... filling in the blood that has drained out... his tears were merged in the waters or probably dried... coming out he lay on the bank steps... leaning on the wall... no one to bother a look at him...
He got a snap out of his thoughts as hot water touched His feet and the it was overflowing... he closed the tap... poured hot water on his body over his clothes and felt same experience as he used to feel while allowing the waters of ganga to heal him...
After a while he changed and uma...sprinted in...
Kaha the tum... ha?? Pata hai hum kitne pareshan the... tumharae chakkar me hum...us amaya k ghar gaye pohoch gaye the!!!!
Tum amaya k ghar gayi thi par kyu.???
Kya zarurat thi shaadi me jo kiya vo kaafi nahi tha kya???
Thats when she noticed his injuries...on lips and cheeks... a little faded due to bath...
Ye kya hai??
Kuch nahi hai...mantu faced the other side...
Uma turned him towards her...and asked with concern ye chote kaise laagi... kisi se jhagda hua kya??
Kuch nahi vo bas raste me kuch gundo se ladai ho gayi..
Kya ??kya zarurat thi tumko un gundo se panga leni ki??kya shaukh chadha hai hero banne ka??she draged him towrds bed and brought the first aid kit while scolding him??
Vo ek bacche ko gundo se bacha rahe the...usme ye sab hua??
Toa kya tumne hatho me chudiyan pehan rakhi hai...kya ?? Tum nahi mar sakte the unko... aisi kya naubat aa gyi ki tumko itni mar khani padi...
Uma vo... he stopped as the scene flashed before him... amayas terrified face..in his grip and the knife over her neck...she was so trembling and vulnerable...helpless...and he rememberd how she asked him to leave so that he cud save himself... how brave she was.!!!... itni buri situation me aa ke... jab jaan khatre me ho... koi kaise itni himmat dikha sakta hai..use pata bhi nahi tha ki uske sath kya hota fir bhi usne muje apni jan bachane ko kaha...how cud she even think that he wud leave... how !!! Itne saalo bad usko itna gussa aya tha.. the anger he felt to rip that goons body apart...the fear he felt of losing her...even a scratch on her wud hav killed him... he had lost every1 near and dear to him... it felt that he cannot loose her.. but she was just a girl whom he met few days back...why did he felt all these...
Kaha khk gaye...
Hath pau k sath dimag me bhi chot ayi hai kya??batate kyu nhi tum nahi maar sakte the unko...
Nahi!!!...
Kya !!kyu??!!
Hhmm!!?arey uma tum malam lagao na muje sona hai bohot thakan hai aur dard bhi ho raha hai...
Aur tu unke ghar gayi thi??kyu gayi thi??
Vo muje laga ki tum us amaya k sath ho ..hum hi pagal hai ki aisa soch liya...tum uske sath kaise ho sakte the!!!..
Toa tum vapas kyu aa gayi??
Vo amaya aayi ghar pe...vo akeli thi toa.. hume laga tum shayad yaha ho aur hum tmhara vaha intezaar kar rahe ho...aur dekho tum yahi the!!!
Dhanyavad mahadev amaya thik thak ghar pohoch gayi!! He prayed...
Lo ho gaya ab so jao . Aur khabardar jo subah jaldi uth gaye toa.. hum chiklu ko tayar kar lenge tumhe sirf aram karna hai ..
He went towards his room and laid down.. and went back to his thoughts...mahadev ka lakh lakh shukar hai ki vo thik hai.. !!
Par muje uski itni fikar kyu ho rahi hai...
So jaa mantu.. ye sab samajna tere bas ki baat nahi hai...
Next morning he woke up.. pain was still there but he still adjustin and adapting to the pain got up.. and moved towards bathroom.. uma shouted and stopped him ..
Tum uth kyu gaye. ..Jao vapas so jao.. hum badme nashta late hai.. pehle badi amma ko deke aate hai...
Mantu went towards his room and plugged in his charger..
Amaya k itne miss calls!!...aur msg?
A- "Jaise hi ghar pohocho muje inform karna"
...
B-"Me ghar par hu.. kal raat ko pohoch gaya tha but fir late ho gaya tha aur so gaya isliye call nahi kiya tha "
.. he heard uma coming... and quickly deletd chat history and...slept.
..._______________________________________________________________________________Amaya reached..home and rachi and jazz started to target her with questions...
Amaya in her own thoughts cud not answer them properly...
Amu muje lagta hai tumhari tabiyat thik nahi hai...
arey tumko toa bukhar hai... tum chalo aaram karo aur jab tak thik nahi ho jati.. tab tak...bahar nahi niklogi...okay...!!
Rachi di me thik hu...
No amu me kuch nahi sunnevali mamma bhi yaha nahi hai... tum bas aram karogi..
They dragged her towards the room tucked her in.. jazz snatched her mobile..
Jazz kya kar rahi ho... phone do mera...
Tmko aram karna hai na toa phone ki kya zarurat hai... tumhe phone nahi milega..
But jazz
No means no..
Okay kamse kam chargin pe toa laga do...
As they moved out... amaya ran towards the phone to check it... but he hadnt called or texted...
Her face fell and... again she got tensdd...agar vo gunde uske samne vapis aa gaye ho toa.. vo hospital gaya tha kuch serious toa nahi hua hai na...!! Ohh god ..
Uske bare me sochte hi tears kyu aa jate hai... muje...pehle toa kabhi aisa nahi hua..
And the phone beeped .. she quickly checkd...
M-" Me ghar par hu.. kal raat ko pohoch gaya tha but fir late ho gaya tha aur so gaya isliye call nahi kiya tha "
...her face lit up... and she started smiling... still the tears were intact... ab kyu ansu aa rahe hai ab toa uska msg bhi aa gaya aur me smile bhi kar rahi hu...!!
And she started pondering over what should she reply...
Edited by joe10 - 10 years ago