PART 18
SAJAN
Gunjan was petrified. She did not know what to do. Samrat had fainted and she could get no help, and to top all that, they were in an absolutely unknown place with nobody around.
She tried to wake him up, patting his cheeks slightly. He moved a little but it was not much of help. Then she looked around, hoping to find something helpful. Their mobiles had no charge and there was no other way of communication. That was enough to add to her worries. She ran here and there, and finally something caught her eye. There was a cave-like structure around where they had found shelter. She went inside and there was total darkness.
She was about to step inside but then she thought of changing her mind. She turned back and started retracing her steps to Samrat when she was reminded of how he had fainted in front of her. She turned back to the cave and closed her eyes.
She started getting flashbacks of how they came into the jungle and how she had blushed after sleeping on his shoulder, and how he had suddenly fainted. She opened her eyes to find herself in a more confident condition.
She was ready, she had to go inside or it would be too late.
MAYUR
"So Mayank……. What are you going to do? I am so bored ! Don't you have any entertainment or anything here? Everyone was right. You are very boring", she said teasing him to get the irritated look on his face.
"Nupur, there is the TV na, or…..". He was stopped midway when Nupur caught hold of the remote from the table. She had just switched on the TV when the electricity went off. She uttered an almost-scream.
"What happened Nupur? Its just the TV, there is no danger here. The electricity here is always going on and off ;) So don't scream so much, the neighbours will wake up !!! ", he winked at her.
"You… you are thinking of neighbours and I am going to miss my favourite TV show !!! ", she definitely did not like his sense of humour this time !
"Arre baba I am sorry. I was just joking. Its just a serial Nupur. Life can be so much more interesting you see", he smiled at her.
"Ya I would surely see, but Mr Mayank Sharma, THERE IS NO LIGHT FOR ME TO SEE !!! ", she screamed suddenly.
Mayank giggled at his own stupidity and offered to get a candle. "No wait, I will only get it, you leave it to me. Just tell me where it is kept", she told him a bit irritated.
"Well it is in the …….. " ………….. *THUD*……..
Before Mayank told her, she had already broken a vase by stepping into a table ! "Nupur, you…..", Mayank was about to scold her when something heavy was upon him. He fell to the floor rolling with none other than Nupur ! They rolled on till they reached the edge of the wall, Nupur on top of Mayank.
Mayank got totally lost in her eyes as they glittered in the dark. They kept staring at each other through the darkness, with Mayank having a firm grip across her waist. She quickly broke the eye-lock and managed to get up.
"Actually I tripped over some water and I …… um", she blushed at the thought of falling on him. "You don't need to explain", he smiled. He kept staring at her when the lights came on again. Her deep pink blush was visible and this made Mayank smile even more. He came near her taking slow, gradual steps, as she kept backing away.
When she had reached the wall, she closed her eyes. Mayank went closer to her and whispered in her ear ,"You look very cute when you blush".
Nupur opened her eyes to find Mayank staring at her with hardly an inch distance between them. They stared into each others eyes and got lost in them.
SAJAN
Gunjan got into the cave. There was a trickle of water from a corner. She ran to that corner and tried to cup some of the water into her hands. But that did not work.
She went back to Samrat and looked at him. He was lying there, with an innocent face that Gunjan could keep admiring but she had no time for that. She looked around and found a small pebble.
Taking her purse with her and a pebble too, she ran back to the cave without a second thought.
She started using all her force to let some water gush out. She kept pushing the pebble through the crack in the rocks but in vain. Then she took a bigger rock and threw it at the corner. At once, water started gushing out of the big crack which was once small.
She then searched in her purse for something to hold the water in. She had a small container in her purse and she quickly loosened the top. She collected some of the water in the container and closed it slightly as she ran back to Samrat.
Dipping a few fingers in the water and sprinkling them onto Samrat, she begged him to wake up. She was literally pleading. Just then, Samrat began to move his eyes. He slightly opened his eyes and saw a faded figure. He tried harder to open his eyes totally and there he could see his Chashmish crying.
He at once got up, still sitting on the ground, but facing Gunjan. "Chashmish, what happened? Why are you crying sweetie?", he asked with lot of concern for her.
"I……. SAMRAT ", she burst into more tears and hugged him tightly. He was taken aback by the sudden hug and hugged her back. She was weeping bitterly and Samrat kept patting her head to make her stop crying.
MAYUR
This time too, Nupur broke the eye-lock and looked at the ground, trying not to let Mayank see her blush. Mayank realized what he was doing and went backwards apologizing.
They were both quite embarrassed……
Pls reply. Views and comments will be appreciated and kindly hit the "like" button 😉
1.6k