The phone is continuously ringing...
It was almost half past 1.. Amaya was sleeping in her room and got irritated in the middle of the night ,even after hearing her favourite ringtone.. Slowly she picked up the phone and replied in a sluggish voice..
Amaya - Hello..
Mantu - Hello amaya.. hum mantu.. 1k baar necche aao na..
Amaya - Neeche?? kyon? pagal ho gaye ho raat k 1k baje.. necche kyon jaun mein?
Mantu - arre kyonki hum neeche khare hain darwaje k bahar.. itni raat ko sab jaag jayenge toh darwaza khatkhata nehi pa rahe hain..
Amaya - Kya???? R u out of ur mind? itne raat ko achanak kya hua ? chikloo thik to hain na?? kahi phir se ghar se to nehi bhaag gaya?
Mantu - He mahadev,, arre meri maa pehle neche toh aa.. phir batayunga na..
Amaya - Ok ok.. rukho..
Amaya hurriedly went downstairs and opened the door... She saw Mantu standing outside with a plastic bag in his hand... Mantu glimpsed at her in the mild glare of the moonlight.. She was wearing her usual sleeping shorts.. Her hair is dishelved and eyes are red.. God.. she is looking like a princess even in this attire too.. Mantu thought.. he liked her this look of messy hair and innocent question like appearance in the face.. everytime he sees her like this he cant control himself of getting addicted to her..
Suddenly he got back from his dreams by amaya's voice..
Amaya - Mantuu.. mantu.. kya hua?
Khud ko samhal bewakoof.. Mantu thought..
Amaya - Kya hua??? sab theek to hain na?
Mantu - (hesitatingly) haan.. sab thik hi hain.. kya hoga.. woh hum.. kuch zaruri baat karna tha..
Amaya - ha toh bolo na.. chup kyon ho tabse..
Mantu - Kuch nehi woh.. ghar pe sab so rahe hain na??
Amaya - Nehi toh.. hum sab baith k ludo khel rahe the mantu.. woh kya hain na.. adhi raat ko ludo khel ne mein bara mazza aata hain... stupid.. raat ko 1:30 baje obviously sab soyenge hi na..
Mantu - Haan haan .. thik hain pata hain hume.. kuch kehna tha.. matlab actually kuch dena tha..
Amaya - Kya??
Mantu opened the plastic bag and took out the material from it..
Amaya - Yeh kya hain?? kiss cheez ke papers hain yeh??
Mantu - khud h dekh lo..
Amaya opened the papers and got shocked for a second..
Amaya - Mantu.. yeh toh.. ye toh humare ghar k papers hain.. tum.. yeh.. kaise???
Mantu - Dekho amaya promise karo k tum aunty ko nehi bataogi aur tum khud bhi mana nehi karoge.. Hume jab tumne uss din sab kuch bataya tha hum tab hi samaj gaye the k tumahara sakh sahi tha.. uss kamene rudra ne yeh sab kuch kiya tha.. tum logo ne loan chuka diya phir bhi tum logo ko faltu mein yeh sab bawal kar rahe the.. Isi liye hum.. Amaya.. kya hua??
Amaya was already on the verge of crying.. She was controlling herself to her best...
Amaya - lekin mantu mein kaise yeh.. nehi le sakti..
Mantu - Hum ne pehle hi kaha ki mana maat karna.. dekho humare khud k aama bauji toh hain nehi.. aunty ko jab bhi dekhte hain ek apnapan sa lagta hain.. aisa lagta hain ki saayd koi hain iss duniya mein hain apna.. kisi ka haat saar pe hain.. hume pata hain ki tumari family mein hume iss tarah beech mein interfare nehi karna chahiye.. bhale hi syaad aunty ji hume kuch maane ya na maane.. hum unko aur taklef mein nehi dekh sakte amaya.. sar se jab chad chale jaate hain.. sab kuch khatam ho jaata hain toh kaisa lagta hain yeh hum se behtaar aur kaun samaj sakta hain.. aur kuch nehi toh hum dono ki dosti ka pehla taufa samaj k hi raakh lo..
Amaya was finding no words to say anything.. She was so touched that even it was getting difficult for her to open her mouth to say something to mantu..
Mantu - Accha toh hum chalte hain amaya.. itni raat ko tumhe takleef di isi liye sorry.. mahadev..
Mantu was going towards his bike... Amaya was silently watching him.. Is he the same guy whom she fighted all along in her initial days in benaras?? The guy who has always helped her without demanding anything from her till now.. Whether its her superman's funeral, or her job, or gas cylinder or jazz's admission.. Each and everytime whenever wherever she needed someone he was always there.. Even if she lost all her hope he was always there behind her like a rock solid.. ever did'nt let her fall... She tried to control herself to a great extent but could'nt help herself from falling in love with him.. Yes amaya mathur who always dreamt of a rich NRI guy, is in love with this stupid benarasi guy...
Mantu went away in the bike waving amaya.. Amaya stood there still.. tears are rolling down from her eyes.. She looked up in the sky and thought.. Thank you superman.. I always knew that u had stored something best for me.. But did'nt expect that he will be the bestest,. Thank you for gifting me the most special person of my life.. u r really my hero... I actually found my destiny after coming to our city...