SS Ankahee: For Kanta(Divan) the end part 15-pg40 - Page 17

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Part 9 a

Dhananjai opened the door to his room and saw it was empty. He thought for a whilebefore he remembered that she wanted to see Iqbal. Most probably Niru would have taken her to meet him. With deft steps he walked towards the door, a bit further in the hallway. He knocked and entered the room when he saw Bani on her knees, next to Iqbal's bed, with a green paste on her hands. Niru was standing besides her, watching her intently. Niru heard the knock and turned towards him. Bani was stll concentrating on her task. It wasn't until she felt his presence and she felt that someone was watching her, that she turned around and tentively smiled at him. It startled Dhananjai, he was thrown aback but somewhere, somehow a smile broke through like a ray of sunlight, seeping through dark clouds. The dark clouds that were hovering above him ever since Pushkar was kidnapped. He wondered how it could be that this girl could bring a smile on his face, be it in the morning asking him to have breakfast with her, or now, smiling at him even thought she was scared of him.
Bani turned and continued with her job. With just a slight movement of his head and a slightly raising eyebrow, Dhananjai showed Nirali that he wanted to know what Bani was doing.

'Boss, Iqbal ko bukhar lag raha hai. She is trying to bring it down.' Nirali answered, almost choking on her withheld tears.

Dhanajai walked over to Nirali and pulled her in an embrace. He will be all right Nirali.

He stood there with Nirali crying on his shoulder, but when she looked up she had wiped her tears and was the cool and confident girl she always was.

What is she doing?' Dhananjai asked again, this time with words.
'Neem ke patte hai. I think it is supposed to have a cooling effect.' Nirali answered.

'where the h*ll did she get those from?'

'Durga ma ke mandir se' Nirali informed him and walked away towards bani to help her, but Dhananjai held her elbow and turned her around, forcefully.
'Who went outside?!!!' He yelled at her. Niru was startled for a while. Dhananjai repeated his question.' Who went outside??!!!!'

' Maine….maine….Shaam ko poocha….tha.' She stuttered.

Dhananajai let go of her elbow and tubbed his temple with his fingers.
'Bina mujh se pooche tum, Iqbal aur yeh larki, Bani, kahan nahin jaaoge. Understood?!' Dhananjai said slowly with his deep voice underlining the importance of every syllable he uttered.

Nirali could do nothing else but just nod her head.

By the time Dhananjai was done screaming, Bani had made the tea, mixed with the powder of cloves and made an unconscious drink it, drop by drop. Bani was busy making a paste of the neemleaves which now had put on Iqbal's forehead. A few leaves were put on his chest and his throat. Dhananjai walked towards the headrest of Iqbal's bed. Looking at Iqbal's unconscious face he stroke his hair and whispered. 'Jaldi se theek ho jaa beta. I need your support.' Dhananjai didn't notice the pair of eyes fixed on him, because Bani averted her gaze as soon as he looked her way. He tapped her on her shoulder and she looked at him.

' Are you done here?' Dhananjai asked her.

Bani shook her head. Her lips moved and she was signing something when she noticed a blot of the green past on her hands, flying across the room and ending on the white wall. She looked shocked., her eyes grew wide and she looked at the floor murmuring something that could be understood as 'sorry'.

Dhananjai tapped her on her shoulder again, his eyes twinkeling in amusement. 'It's okay.'

Bani took a bit of the paste and rubbed it on the palms of Iqbal's hand and under his feet. The strong scent of the leaves made Bani sneeze several times but she continued.

She was done and stood up. She showed Nirali her hands who understood what Bani wanted to know. Nirali opened a door in the room. It was the door to an attached bathroom. Nirali helped Bani wash her hands. When they came back, Dhananjai noticed green spots on his white shirt, the shirt Bani was wearing. He grinned but the thought of Salim and Kashif brought him out of his thoughts. He asked Bani to come with him and he led her to his bedroom. With her speech computer in his hand. Nirali stayed behind to take care of Iqbal.

Dhananjai asked Bani to sit on the bed. He grabbed a chair and sat across them.

'Kashif came right now. He is Salim's brother, the man who kidnapped my brother and who wants you. He is going to attack. I don't know when and I don't know how, but he will attack. You have to make sure you are either in this room, or in Iqbal's room. Kahin aur mat jaana!. Samjhi.'

Bani nodded her head.

'Besides me, Niru or Iqbal, when he get better, kisi ke liye darwaaze mat kholna, chaahe jitna bhi kahe!'

Bani shook her head again.

Dhananjai continued. 'Is darwaaze me, aur doosre kamre ke darwaaze me taalein hai jisme chaawi hai. Close the door when you are in a room and take the key out. Only open it when we ask you!'
This time bani didn't nod. She was thinking and then switched on her speech computer. 'How will I hear anyone knocking?'

'Ow God,' he completely forgot about that. She made it so easy to forget that she couldn't hear. Dhananjai stood up and opened the door to his walk in closet. Several minutes later he returned and sat down in front of Bani again.

'I have a set of spare keys. Mere paas aur Niru ke paas yeh chaabhiyan rahegi.'

This time Bani did shake her head in agreement.

A few minutes passed. Dhananjai didn't knew how to ask this, how to broach the topic. It wasn't like he met people with visions every day. The more he thought about it, the more difficult it became for him to start the conversation.

Suddenly the air filled with the computervoice he now associated with Bani.

'What is your name?'
It took him a moment to realize that Bani wanted to know something.

'Dhananjai Walia.' He said. Then he realized that it might not be the smartest thing he ever did. Telling his name to the person he abducted, but at this time it didn't matter. He needed her help.

The look on Bani's face told him that she didn't quite get his name. he repeated it again. He saw her type something on her computer but she had not hit the enter button yet. The voice of the computer was still confined in the device.

Dhananjai Wa

The small rectangular screen showed. Bani's fingers were resting on the keys of the board and she looked at his face, wondering what the next letters should be.

He took the small computer from her in his hands and finished his name.

Dhananjai Walia

Dhananjai gave Bani her computer back. She pressed the enterbutton and looked at him again. The computer ruined the sound of his name, the fluid sound his mother was so proud of when she carefully chose his name out of thousands of other names.

'It sounds awfull.' Dhananjai told Bani.

She smiled, started typing and his the enter button. 'Sorry, this computer only knows english words. I haven't found one that can be used for Hindi.'

Dhananjai shrugged his shoulders to indicate that he didn't mind how this computer spoiled his name.

'How does this sound?' He heard the computer.

Bani typed something and Dhananjai was sure it had to sound like his last name 'Walia',but this computer made his name sound like a wallet or wall.

'Awful.' Dhananjai said again.

' And this?' A while later he heard something else. 'jai.'

Bani looked up to him, expecting him to say something,

' Much better.' Dhananjai smiled at her.

'Mujhe…..mujhe….I need a favour from you.' Dhananjai finally managed to say.

Bani nodded and urged him to go on.
'Can you see what is happening, where Pushkar is?'

' Do you have something of him?' Bani asked. 'Something I can touch?'

Dhananjai reached for his pocket, took out the chain and the locket Iqbal gave him yesterday and handed it to Bani. She took it and enclosed it in her fist. She then closed her eyes and waited....

Dhananjai stared at her face. It wasn't like the time she saw Pushkar and Salim. The time when they got to know that Salim knew about Bani's powers. He saw her open her eyes.

Bani shook her head with an apologetic look on her face.

'You haven't done this before, have you?' Dhananjai asked.

Bani shook her head. 'It came to naturally, I never wanted it.' She typed. 'But I'll try.' She typed hasitly when she saw the disappointed look on his face.

'keep it with you.' Dhananjai said and stood up.
'Main neeche jaa raha hoon. I need to take care of some things. Dhananjai told her. Bani just nodded, looked at the chain and the locket in her hand and closed her fist and her eyes simultaneously. He stood there watching her, but eventually turned around and walked away.

i want long one then i will give you long comment...par abhi ki laye...great part....only JB....yeh kiya bani started seeing things and jai left....

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well good thing to see that Jai knows how to smile.............

was thinking he lost that ability a long time ago with the job he has.....

love how Bani could involuntarily make him smile like that.........

was a great update and hate that she could not see anything of Pushkar again but well, leave the story teller to do her magic!!

waiting on you then, and don't worry about the mistakes...we were too happy reading the update to care!!!😉

loved the way she was typing his name n finally made jai his mane as it sounded the most better..

dats cute

waiting to read more

do continue soon

excellent part..

aww concern is builing for her..

and he is also coming around abt her powers..

wonder what will happen next..

hopeu continue soon!