As he saw her moving away, his heart sank! All the most cherished memories of the past few days began to revolve in front of his eyes just like some unshuffled clips of a film…a story…story that had been left incomplete. There was something that still hooked his heart to hers…some telepathic connection his instincts were unable let go off. With each step she took away from him his heart pounded harder against his chest…as if it was trying to break free of him n run to her…its true owner!
"AAAAAROOHIIIIIIII…………" arjun cried!...as he saw her moving out of his vision. His voice resonated behind filling the air with her name and connected straight to her heart. Arohi's feet froze at the very spot they stood, two innocent tears rolling down her cheeks. She closed her eyes in painful gratefulness, if he hadn't called, she wud have broken!
Arohi turned towards him in a flash…her tears brushing the corners of her faintly smiling lips. The crave of her eyes finally came to peace as her eyes met with his. Arjun looked deep into her eyes. Her heart thumped harder as a reflex…as if just thru one glance of his, he cud pierce into her like a wave of current. At the same time, an uncanny fear engulfed arjun's eyes…arohi cud see n sense it easily. It was the same fear she felt going away from him. His vulnerability broke all the chains arohi had entangled upon herself …the chains of fear, of ego and of stubbornness…she just wanted to embrace him forever and make a promise to him that she will never leave his side…that she will never leave him like this….and he will never be alone!
Arohi ran towards arjun with as much force left in her legs and halted just an inch away from him. Some fresh tears were clearly visible in their eyes. Their eyes met and lips almost touched. Now they cud almost feel their warm breaths mixing into each other…both of them melting in the passion of the moment, as if time had stopped for them there and then only for this moment to last for an eternity.
"kya tum mere saath sarhal chalogi" arjun said w/o a single break from her eyelock.
Arohi 's heart skipped a beat as soon as her mind registered what arjun just said…it seemed to her as if an unspoken prayer of hers god had answered so generously! Without a thought of the result…w/o any concerns about the past or the future…arohi nodded her head in approval. Her action brought a bright smile on arjun's lips. He held her hand and made her sit in the jeep. He too sat himself into the driver's seat and ran the jeep down the road….
Sitting in the jeep, for nearly a few minutes neither of them uttered a single word. An upheaval of fears and confusions was rising within both of them. Arjun's mind cudnt comprehend why he did so…he had promised kartar singh that he will leave arohi by evening…then why cudnt he let her go?
In a quest to find the answers for his inner queries…arjun looked towards arohi secretively. She had an unexplained spark in her eyes and enjoyed the scenic beauty of the nature around just like a li'l kid. Seeing her like this, a smile shined on arjun's lips. Now he knew why he did so…why he didn't let her go. He just wanted to live his whole life in this one day with her…so that when she wud be gone he cud survive with the warmth of her memories in his heart.
"waise monster tumse ek baat poochun"…finally arohi interrupted the silence between the two.
"kya??" arjun replied in his similar angry tone
"tum mujhe sarhal kyun le jaana chahte ho???"
"woh main…" arjun hesitated…"woh…woh isliye kyunki…kyunki mere dad kahte hain…kabhi bhi kisi ka ehsaan apne paas nahin rakhna chahiye. Tumne meri jaan bachai…to…to maine socha ki mujhe bhi tumhare liye kuch karna chahiye…isiliye socha ki tumse pooch loon if u wanna go there. Par mujhe kya pata tha ki tum itni besharam niklo gi ki ek baar mein hi taiyar ho jaogi!!"
"Kya!! Kya kaha tumne!!…main aur besharam!! To tum kya ho hunn ?? Sadiyal !! angry young man..MONSTER!!!" hunnn jayoo mujhe koi baat waat nahin karni tumse…tum sab ladke ek jaise hote hai so mean!!!" arohi becomes upset making a cute innocent face.
"to mujhe bhi koi shaunk nahin hai tumse baat karne ka"
Now both of them faced against each other but time n again they secretly look at each other and again turned aside in anger!
Suddenly arjun starts feeling pain in his wound. Arohi notices him pressing his hand against his bandaged chest again n again. She feels worried.
"dard ho raha h kya?" arohi asks him in a mild tone still facing away.
"nahin to" arjun replies with double attitude
Arohi feels irritated at him…why does he always try to be a superhero??
" jeep roko" arohi orders arjun to stop the jeep.
"par kyun???" arjun was confused why she wanted him to stop the jeep…
"tum koi baat bina 'kya kyun kaise' ke nahin maan sakte??maine kaha jeep roko to roko!! Aur woh bhi abhi isi waqt!
Arjun applies the breaks seein her desperation.
"lo rok di…ab khush!!! Ab batao kya problem h tumhein???jeep kyun roknwai h???"
"mujhe dikhao apni chot" arohi tries to remove arjun's shirt carefully to check upon his wound.
But he stops her midway…"Tumhein sharam nahin aati ek ladke ki izzat pe haath dalte hue…woh bhi yahan…sadak ke beechon beech"
"shut up arjun and let me see it" Arohi gets annoyed at arjun w/o realizing that in an attempt to check his wound she had moved too closer to him and her palm now touched his bare chest. She feels embarrassed at what she did and moves away.
"plz arjun mujhe ek baar dekhne do….tumhari chot abhi bhi taazi h aur bahut gahri bhi"
Arjun cud sense the concern n worry in her voice. So w/o revolting any further he himself unbuttoned his shirt. Finally arohi took a breath of relief and moved closer to him. She cudnt understand why his proximity always had the same effect on her and that too with the same intensity….as if her heart wud burst out of her. Very carefully arohi removed his shirt from the bandaged area of his chest. She is left shocked to see that his wound had started to bleed again. Arohi turns all terrified seeing his blood ooze like that.
"OMGGG arjun tumhari chot mein se phir se blood aa raha hai! dekha abb aur karo apni zidd!!…kisi ki baat to tum kabhi maan nahin sakte naa!! Baat na maan nein ki to kasam khayi hai tumne." arohi scolded him while being equally worried. She had almost begin to cry with a film of tears already visible in her eyes…she cudnt see him in pain at all. But all this while…arjun seemed completely oblivious to what all arohi said to him …he was just lost into her eyes…the way she scolded him…her anger…her care…her smile…her tears…her love…rather her every feature left arjun mesmerized!
Scolding him arohi took out the first aid box from the dash board of the jeep and soaked a cotton swab into the antiseptic.
"thoda sa dard hoga…par tum…tum ghabrana mat…main do minute mein finish kar doongi" arohi says to arjun with concern, leaving him with a smile on her innocence. Arohi starts dressing his wound very carefully so as to cause him the least pain while blowing it constantly. While arohi is busy dressing his wound Arjun still looked at her in awe. The wind blew some of the strands of her hair constantly into her beautiful eyes which she tried to brush away again n again. Arjun moves his hand closer to her face and slides her hair behind her ear so that they no longer irritate her. Arohi is left spellbound with his gesture and both of them are lost in an eyelock.
"ek baat poochon tumse" arjun's words suddenly shook arohi to reality
"haan poocho…"
"ab tumhein khoon se darr nahin lagta??" arjun asked with the same depth n passion in his eyes.
"nahin!" arohi had a firmness in her tone…her eyes unblinked! she still busy in fastening his bandage..
"yaad hai tumne hi kaha tha…kuch aisa dhoondho jo tumhare darr se bhi badhkar ho…shayad mujhe woh mil gaya h arjun…isliye mujhe ab kisi se bhi darr nahin lagta…"
Arohi's words left nothing unsaid…arjun cud easily understand from where she was coming…but he didn't want her to live in any false dreams. So he tries to change the topic.
"achcha theek h ab bahut bade bade dialoges maar liye…ab chalein??"
"maine kab roka h??chalo!"
Arjun turned the ignition on and began to drive again. They stopped in between to have some food and after half an hour began their journey again. Now it had started becoming dark and gradually arohi fell asleep on the seat only. After hrs of his drive arjun finally reached the spot where arohi wanted to go. He parked his car a few metres away from the cliff and he too went to sleep.
A few hrs later…the chirpings of the morning birds woke arohi out of her peaceful slumber. She looked around with rubbing eyes. It was the time of the breaking dawn…the sun was just abt to rise. Arohi was left enthralled seein the blissful beauty around her…everything seemed so heavenly…slight mist hovered over the cliff while the trees swayed in the fragrant breeze of spring and the sonorous voice of the birds struck the perfect chords…just like a soulful song for her ears. As arohi was living the captivating scenery of nature…her eyes got stuck on arjun! He slept peacefully on the driver's seat just like a small kid. Arohi was left totally mesmerized by his innocence. She moved closer to him n kissed him gently on his forehead. Arjun made a face as a reflex to her gesture…as if he didn't like getting disturbed from his sleep making arohi smile at his cuteness.
Everything seemed perfect to arohi…her heart swole up with pain. This was a moment she wanted to live forever…she didn't want to go back…she cud just pray for a life like this forever…where the first person whom she sees every morning…is him…her arjun!
While shez lost in her thoughts…arohi suddenly feels an embrace of warmth on her body…it was the first ray of the sun! arohi cudnt believe what she was abt to see. Within no time she shakes arjun out of his sleep leaving him all annoyed.
"arjun uthoo….arjun jaldi utho plsssssssssssssssss…arjuuuuun"
"arohiii ye kya drama laga ke rakha h??? tumhari himmat kaise hui meri neend kharab karne ki??
"arey jis moment ko dekhne aaye ho use dekh to lo…ya phir ab bhi sote rahoge…monster kanhin ke!!!"
"mujhe nahin dekhna koi moment….tumhein itna shaunk hai to jao dekho na…kisne roka h…par mujhe sone do"
"Shut up arjun…chup chap chalo" arohi wakes him up from half sleep n pushes him out of the car .
As they reach the end of the cliff…both arjun and arohi are left stunned with what their eyes were seein…the most perfect moment of their lives. The sun rose softly from behind the clouds and enlightened the whole valley with its brightness and warmth…while arjun and arohi still tryied to lock in their eyes the grandeaur of this very moment…n lock in their hearts this feeling of a lyftime. It felt just perfect…both of them together…their fingers intertwined into each other since the first ray of the sun hit them. For a few minutes no one out of them said anything.
Coz for once the words seemed less.
But breaking the stillness b/w them…arjun softly turns arohi towards him holding her shoulders. He keeps his hand onto hers and is looking deeply into her eyes….
"arohi ye jo lamha aaj meri lyf mein tumhari wajah se aaya hai….ye jo umeed tumhare hone se meri zindagi mein aayi hai… main uske liye aur har us muskuraahat ke liye jo tumse meri sooni zindagi mein aayi h…har us anjaane ehsaas ke liye jis se sirf aur sirf tumne mujhe roobaru karwaya h…in sabke liye main…tumse ye wada karta hoon…ki jis tarah har roz ye suraj bina kisi shart ke…bina kisi umeed ke…bina kisi rok ke rozzz is subah ko roshan karta h…main bhi tumhein hamesha isi tarah pyaar karoonga…bina kisi shart ke…bina kisi umeed ke….har lamha…har roz…phir chahe koi rahe ya na rahe…in sooraj ki kirnon ki tarah…mera pyaar hamesha sirf aur sirf tumhare liye rahega…meri aakhri saans tak..aur uske baad bhi"
Arjun's words left arohi broken…"how cud he love her so much"…she was unable to understand. Every word he spoke engraved itself forever into her heart n soul. She just looked at him in awe with swollen eyes…teardrops dripping down her cheeks. They looked at each other as if they had found all for what they have lived till date…They just wished to melt themselves in each other's arms. n within a spur of the moment both of them were lost into a passionate hug.
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