Originally posted by: IAdoreYou
Navrangvan? Ye naam shayad maine pehle kahi suna hai. Ye kaunsi jagah hai? Aur maine ye kab rather kyun search ki thi?
"Ye woh jagah hai jiski wajah se aap hume mile, Chikitsak Dr. Dhruv," she murmured in a barely audible voice, standing near the door of his room as she caught him scratching his head while staring at his laptop screen.
"Tara? Tum yaha?" He shut his laptop screen and kept it aside after he realized her presence. He reached her in three long strides. Snapping his fingers in front of her, he made another attempt to break her trance.
"J-ji... ji." Startled by seeing him right in front of her, she pulled herself a step backward, wondering when he made it to there from his bed. Was she really that lost?
"Where are you lost?"
"Ji?"
"Ah, sorry! Mera matlab hai kaha khoyi ho? Tum thik ho? Mom ne fir kuch kaha? Kisi aur ne kuch kaha?"
Despite how hard she tried, resisting her smile was beyond her. He might not remember her but forgetting to protect her seemed beyond him.
"Hum bas aapko ye dene aaye the. Aaj ka din humare liye khaas hai to humne ye… ca-ke banaya tha. Bilkul waise hi jaise aapne apne uss yantra ki sahayta se hume sikhaya tha." She pulled the plate that she was hiding behind her back to the front as she held it in front of him. "Hum aapke liye laaye the. Aap… khaayenge?"
"Kyun nahi khaaunga? Bilkul khaaunga!" Cutting a small piece of the cake, he put the spoon in his mouth. "Aaj khaas kya hai waise? Tumhara birthday hai?"
"Ji kya hai?"
"Birth- janmdin. Aaj tumhara janmdin hai?"
"Ji nahi. Ek mahine pahle isi din humne kisi ko… I love you kaha tha."
"What? Tumhara boyfriend hai? Tumne kabhi... bataya nahi "
The tinge of sadness that she heard in his voice by the time he reached his last word made her look into his eyes that held the question that she knew wouldn't be able to find his voice. She didn't need it to hear that either.
She stayed quiet even after knowing what his unsettled self was Impatient to know.
His visibly disappointed figure didn't move an inch, still waiting for the answer that she seemed to be taking forever to give.
"Kaun hai wo? Accha hai? Tumhe khush to rakhta hai na?"
"Unse zada khush hume pehle kabhi kisine nahi rakha!"
"Kaha rehta hai?"
"Humare bohot qareeb hokar bhi bohot dur."
"Tumse kabhi milne nahi aaya wo yaha. Use tumhari yaad nahi aati?"
"Bas usi kshan ki pratiksha kar rahe hai… jab unhe hum yaad aa jaye."
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