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Adiya OS : Haldi
Zoya was sitting in her room wearing a light yellowish lahenge with pink dupatta. It was the very first ritual of her wedding, the Haldi. She looked at the mirror and saw a very gloomy face staring back at her.
She remembered her haldi with Yash...''kitni ajeeb baat hai na hum taab khush nahi the kyunki abbu khush nahi the aur aaj jab abbu khush hai phir bhi hum...'' And drop of tear fell from her eye. She wiped her face and forced a smile. Noor was watching all this standing at the door holding the bowl of haldi in her hands.
'Appi yeh kaunsa zidd hai jo apki khushiyon ko hi mar daal raha hain'' she said
Zoya turned back and saw her sister.
'Yeh Zidd nahi hain noor''
Noor smirked. 'Aur kis kis se jhoot bolengi aap? Abbu se ammi se Aditya se khud se aur ab hum se bhi''
'Hum Aditya se pyaar nahi karte Noor!'' snapped Zoya
'Appi humne toh ek baar bhi yeh nahi kaha ki aap Aditya se pyaar karte hain humne sirf bola ki aap apni khushiyon ko maar rahi hain...toh kya Aditya hi apki khushi hain?'' asked Noor
Zoya went silent and lowered her gaze, she didn't have the answer to this.
'Acha appi chaliye saab apko bula raahe hain''
She and Zoya left the room and then they reached the corridor which was pretty empty.
'Appi ap zara yeh pakar ei yeh hum ek cheez bhul aye kamre mein'' and before zoya could ask anything Noor ran away but she stopped a bit and looked back, she saw how Zoya was looking at the Haldi bowl.
'Appi kaash apko pata hota ki yeh Arshad ki layi huyi haldi nahi hai Aditya ki layi huyi haldi hai'' she thought to herself and went away from there.
Zoya was standing all alone in the corridor surrounded with long thin white and yellow curtains hanging from the ceilings. She was staring at the bowl when she heard her own name called out by a familiar voice. She looked around but the only thing she could see were the curtains, she tried to move them to find the source of the voice but she couldn't. The voice called her again and this time she became desperate to find the source and finally she did.
A tall figure was walking amidst the curtains, she was not able to see his face because of the curtains but she could see his yellow pathani Kurta and white dhoti. Slowly he moved the curtain away, revealing his face. Aditya Hooda was standing at a two hand distance from Zoya Siddique. Chill ran down her spine, this time she didn't get angry or turned around to go away, this time she stayed. Slowly he kept moving towards her, as he took a step forward, she took a step backward and this continued until her back got pinned against the wall and he was standing just in front of her. They were so close that they could hear each other's heartbeat. Aditya was still staring at her, but she had lowered her gaze because she didn't have the guts to look into those eyes.
'Aap yaha kya kar rahe hain'' she wanted to say sternly but it came out very softly.
He kept quite
'Aap yaha kya kaar rahe hain!!'' she asked again this time a bit sternly.
And looked up and met his eyes..
'Bohut sundar lag rahi ho Zoya''
'Kyun Aditya? Kyun aap Zidd kar rahe hain?''
Aditya smirked 'Zidd main kar raha hoon Zoya,galat insaan se shaadi tum kar rahi ho, aur Zidd main kaar raha hoo?'' he stepped a bit closer and this time he touched her forehead with his.
'Yakeen karo Zoya tumse Bepannah Mohabbat ki hai maine aur mere iss Mohabbat mein itni takat hai ki tumhari khushi kiliye main tumse dur ja sakta hoon lekin jab inn saab mein tumhari khushi hi nahi hain toh main kaise tumhe yeh galti karne dunga Zoya?''
She looked directly into his eyes..'Apko kaise pata yeh galti hai'' her eyes were red and filled with tears.
He slid his hand on her neck and brought her face closer to his lips and slowly he whispered in her ears,
She inhaled and looked the other way. Aditya moved his hand from her neck to her chin, and very gently made her look at him...''nazrein churane se haaqeeqat nahi badal jati''. She looked at him. His eyes were the reflection of his heart, it was so deep that she got lost in it and unknowingly touched his cheek but then she realized she had haldi on her hand which now she had applied on his cheek.
She gasped and suddenly became restless but adi shushed her by placing his index finger on her lips. She became quite and was looking at him only. Aditya slowly brought his cheek closer to hers and very gently applied the haldi on her cheek with his cheek. Zoya gasped. Her entire body was numb now and the only thing she could feel was him. He slowly moved away his index finger from her lips and with his thumb rubbed her lower lip. Zoya closed her eyes.
'Zoya, I love you'' he whispered in her ears.
'Zoyaaa, zoyaa'''
She abruptly opened her eyes and looked around, no one was there. She moved the curtains and tried to find him but he was nowhere.
'Zoya app yaha kya kar rahi hain beta'' finally Roshna found her.
'Ammi hum woh'' she was still looking here and there.
'Aur yeh apke gaal par haldi kaise lag gayi?'' Roshna was confused.
Zoya touched her cheek and saw the haldi, so he was actually here... it was not a delusion, she thought.
'Ammi yeh haldi ki katori main woh yaha'' she was stammering
'Yeh kisne diya apko beta? Arshad ki ghar se toh koi haldi abhi taak ayi hi naahi'' said Roshna
Zoya was surprised and couldn't say anything.
'Acha beta aap na yeh haldi dho lo Arshad ki ammi dekhe gi toh bura mane gi..kyunki dulhan ki upar toh sabse pehle dulhe ka hi haldi lagti hain na, toh aap isko dho ke neeche aajao, woh log atein hi honge'' and saying that Roshna left.
Zoya cleaned the haldi and went downstairs. Soon she found Noor,
'Noor woh kaunsi haldi thi jo apne hum mein di thi'' she asked her.
'woh saahi haldi thi appi ab jo lagne wala hain woh galat haldi hain'' said Noor
Zoya frowned but didn't say anything further. Soon her ceremony started and everyone got busy in it, she saw Akanksha doing some work and she went to her,
'Akanksha Aditya kaha hain?'' she asked her
'Ma'am adi sir toh aaj ayein hi nahi'' said Akanksha and left.
Zoya was taken aback, she was puzzled about what had just happened few minutes ago?? Was he actually there or was she thinking about him??
'Jaab main tumhare paas nahi hota tabbhi faraq nahi parta'' his words echoed in her ears.
She placed her hand on her heart, closed her eyes and said softly 'Nahi parta'' and there she lied again, and this time to her heart.
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Arjun
Anupamaa
