Mahadev... Please make Mantu realise that I don't deserve him... Being with me will only give him pain... I am happy that he is finally shifting to Mumbai... It will only make things right for both of us... He seems do dejected all the time... I can't see him like this Mahadev... I can't...
She started crying fiercely as she remembered all the moments spent with Mantu...
Paas aaye...
Dooriyaan fir bhi kam na hui...
Ek adhuri si hamari kahani rahi...
Aasmaan ko zameen yeh zaroori nahi...
Jaa mile... Jaa mile...
Ishq saccha wahi jisko milti nahi manzilein... Manzilein
~~~
Mantu had decided to leave Benaras forever but he had also decided something else...
Mahadev I don't know why you did this to me but I am not complaining. You did it, fine but I want to know the reason from Amaya... Why she broke my trust? No... I am not speaking about her marrying Rama. I want to know why she didn't trust me. I know she doesn't love Rama but doesn't she trust me. Why can't she tell me why she married Rama? I'll ask her. I will surely do. She will have to tell me Mahadev.
rang thay, noor tha
jab kareeb tu tha
ek jannat sa tha, ye jahaan
waqt ki ret pe kuch mere naam sa
likh ke chhod gaya tu kahaan
~~~
Mantu quickly got ready and rode off to the Ghats. He knew Amaya will come. His heart knew she will do.
hamari adhoori kahani..
hamari adhoori kahani..
~~~
Amaya had been waiting for long already. Why hadn't Mantu come? She was getting restless. It was early morning. God... If Sumitra woke up and found her missing she'll surely get hell angry... She decided to wait...
After what seemed like eternity, Amaya felt as if the winds stopped blowing. She knew he was somewhere nearby. She started searching for him. Finally she found him... Mantu was coming slowly towards her. Each step of his was making her heart beat faster. But before she could make a move he came and hugged her tightly. Amaya was shocked. She did not know what to do.
khushbuon se teri yoon hi Takra gaye
chalte chalte dekho hum kahaan aa gaye
~~~
She pulled apart from the hug and glared at him, love and weakness clearly visible. She turned to leave from there, leave before her weakness could take over but as she proceeded to go Mantu's hand caught her wrist and pulled her back. She tumbled and was about to fall when his arms snaked around her waist and caught her. She looked at him. Straight in his eyes. She felt herself falling for him, again.
jannatein agar yaheen
tu dikhe kyon nahi
chaand suraj sabhi hai yahaan
intezaar tera sadiyon se kar raha
pyaasi baiThi hai kab se yahaan
hamari adhoori kahaani
~~~
She straightened herself. Mantu motioned her to come with him.
They started walking and reached a narrow lane. Amaya looked at Mantu with confusion. He just smiled and led her through the long pathway. Every now and then Amaya would look at Mantu and would find him looking at her. She would feel blush creeping up her cheeks and would turn.
pyaas ka ye safar khatam ho jaayega
kuch adhoora sa jo tha poora ho jaayega
~~~
When they finally reached Amaya gasped. What she saw was breathtaking. Simple yet elegant view of the Ganga. The Ganga water shining due to the early morning Sun. She opened her mouth to speak but before she could complete her sentence Mantu put a finger on her lips. She felt sparks running up her spine. Mantu smiled at her and caught her hand as he lead her to a roofed area.
jhuk gaya aasmaan
mil gaye do jahaan
har taraf hai milan ka samaa
Doliyaan hain saji, khushbuein har kaheen
paDhne aaya khuda khud yahaan..
~~~
A fire lit there, dancing as the wind blew. Mantu brought a cloth and made Amaya tie one end to her finger. She looked at him in confusion. He nodded his head in assurance and held the other end of the cloth. He started moving around the fire. Amaya was forced to do the same. She did. Mantu stopped after seven rounds. Amaya stared at him. What did he just do? And she did it too! They had taken seven holy rounds around the holy fire!
hamari adhuri kahaani
hamari adhuri kahaani..
~~~
"Amaya I know you have understood by now what just happened. I would have been very happy if it would have happened in mutual agreement but I did what I felt was right. Now that we share a husband-wife relationship I have all the rights to know what happened. I can't see you like this. You have changed so much Amaya. I want my old Amaya back. You are Amaya Gupta who is... I don't know what. But I know that Amaya Mathur, my Amaya is hidden inside you and I want her back. Do you make it clear? Give me my Amaya back. Amaya who trusted me. Amaya who confided in me. Amaya who considered me as her best-friend and the Amaya who loved me..."
"Mantu you are crazy! See what results I got when I trusted you! You married me! And you want me to trust you..." Amaya finally let her guard down. She broke down.
Mantu held her by the shoulder and led her to the steps, "Amaya please tell me what happened. I know you love me. I can see it in your eyes. Don't worry this... This marriage isn't important. You can forget it once you leave this place. But till then you are my wife. I know you don't wear the Mangalsutra or vermillion of my name but you love me, I love you and we have taken seven holy rounds of this fire... Please tell me Amaya. I.. I promise I would move on... I would leave Benaras forever... But before that you need to tell me why you married Rama. Amaya I just can't understand what made you do so."
"Why? Why do you want to know Mantu? That isn't going to change anything... I am married to Rama. The truth doesn't matter now..." After a long silence Amaya finally calmed herself down... She broke down and continued with anger "Ok you want to know the truth... Well then hear it... Rachi Di is not my real sister and your Sumitra aunty... Whom you consider great... She did not want to accept Rachi Di... Naanaji is in the hospital because of her... She placed two conditions in front of Naanaji... First - She wanted Dad's Haveli and the second one... Mantu the second one was that she wanted a real Mathur as a Daughter-In-Law... I mean we all consider Rachi Di as a real Mathur right? She doesn't... Mantu I love you but I love my family too... My family's honour was at stake... I couldn't be selfish Mantu... I couldn't... But I still decided to tell everything to mom... But when U saw her tensed... I couldn't..." She bit her lower lip as she controlled herself...
Mantu was shell-shocked... What was Amaya speaking? Sumitra aunty did this? He looked at her... She was crying... Her face buried in her hands... He didn't know what to do... He felt defeated... Why? He didn't know but seeing Amaya cry he felt devastated... He hugged her tightly. Amaya reciprocated it with equal passion... She felt heavenly. It had been long since she had been embraced by someone. She had no one with her till now... Now she knew Mantu was with her... She pulled back from the hug and looked at him as if she was lost. Lost in this whole world... All alone... Her eyes showed how much pain and burden she had carried in the past few weeks...
"Amaya... I could have helped you earlier... But now... Amaya if I now enter this battle you'll surely loose Amaya... And I can't see that happening... Amaya I'll go away... I won't come back until you have won... I want my old Amaya back... Amaya you have to promise me you'll fight and win... I would have loved helping you but in this process you'll loose your loved ones even more... I don't want that to happen Amaya... I don't want to see this Amaya anymore... Promise me that whenever I return I will find my old Amaya back... A happy Amaya who will love me like the older one... And in return I promise that we will complete our incomplete Love Story..."
Amaya nodded in a yes with a slight smile and hugged him... He hugged her back...
Ishq sachcha wahi
jisko milti nahi manzilein.. manzilein...