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And How They Fell In Love - II
"Gaadi toh kharab ho gayi, aab kya karenge sir?", Taani worriedly asked Anurag. "Well, raat hone wali hai aur weather bhi cloudy hai, so I think, we need to stay in a nearby hotel for tonight. Aur koi option nahi hain." replied Anurag and cursed the engine of his car in his mind. "Okay sir." Taani obediently said. Anurag locked the car and then they made their way to the hotel.
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Anurag and Taani entered inside a hotel and headed towards the reception. "Excuse me, we need 2 single rooms please." Anurag said to the receptionist politely. "Sorry sir but we have only 1 room left." The receptionist replied. "DAMN!" Anurag exclaimed in frustration.
"Aab kya karenge sir? Yaha aas paas aur koi hotel bhi nahi hai.", Taani, who was standing behind Anurag, said to him sadly. Hearing what Taani said, Anurag told the receptionist, "Aap woh 1 kamra hi de dijiye. Aur haan humari gaadi kharab ho gayi hai so can you please call a mechanic by tomorrow morning?" "Sure sir!", the receptionist replied and handed Anurag the key of the room. Then she ordered someone to take them to the room.
Anurag turned his face to face Taani and saw her dumbfounded and nervous. "Taani, tum kamre mein rest karo, main yaha reception pe hi hoon." He told her with a sweet smile. "Par sir aap?", Taani confusedly asked him. "Arey don't worry about me. Main yehi theek hoon. Tum befikar hokar room mein jaao." Anurag replied her in a friendly manner. "Aap bhi chaliye. Mujhe accha nahi lagega ki aap meri vajah se theek se rest bhi nahi le paaye." said Taani to Anurag firmly. "Okay fine!" Anurag finally agreed and they went to the room.
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Splashing some water, Anurag wiped his face with the towel. "Kal sham ko meeting hai. I really hope ki usse pehele hum pohoch jayenge." He said to himself tensely. He came out of the washroom and there he saw the most beautiful sight.
Taani was standing in front of the open window keeping her eyes closed and chin tilted up. Her lips crept an angelic smile as the rains touched her face in the loveliest way possible. Overall, it looked like two soul companions were having fun with each other.
"Tumhe barish bohot pasand hai, haina?" Anurag's words jerked Taani out of her dreamy world. She opened her eyes and looked at his face. "Sir.. woh.. main.." she fumbled with words and unaware of what Anurag would say next, she extended her hands to close the window but stopped as Anurag held her wrist which made her shiver.
"Rehene do, accha lag raha-" Anurag stopped as he felt Taani's intense gaze on him. Slowly they were drowned in the deepness of the eyes of each other, and could not even understand when they got so attracted to each other that there was an inch distance between them.
Feeling Anurag's warm breath on her skin, Taani's breaths got heavy. "S-s-" she tried to say something in the midst of her displaced breaths but failed as Anurag's closeness was effecting her to a great extent. "Tum bohot khubsurat ho!" Anurag said huskily and Taani felt her heart would stop any moment.
Anurag took his hand upwards slowly and placed his thumb over Taani's trembling lips, making her close her eyes and feel a burning sensation inside her body. Caressing her lips with his thumb in the most sensuous manner, Anurag proceeded forward. Suddenly a loud sound of the thunder made them sprang apart from each other.
Embarrassed, Anurag and Taani kept their eyes lowered. Silence took place in between them. After a while, Taani said in a low tone, "Main fresh hokar aati hoon." Saying that, she ran to the washroom. Anurag passed his hand through his hairs and said to himself guiltily, "I should not have done that. Nahi karna chahiye tha."
Taani kept on throwing water on her face. The cozy moment she shared with Anurag flashed in her mind and a shy smile curved on her lips. "Kuch alag feel hua tha, pata nahi kya! Par jo bhi tha, bohot khubsurat tha." She said to herself in a breathless voice as the feeling of Anurag's intense caress on her lips was still doing something to her.
Finally when Taani felt normal, she wiped her face and came out. "Taani, I'm sor-" Anurag was interrupted as she said sweetly, "Sir, aap bed par so jaaiye, main couch par soti hoon." Seeing Taani behaving as usual, Anurag sighed in relief. "Nahi, tum bed par so jao, main couch par sota hoon and I want no arguments." He ordered her. "Theek hai," Taani said and nodded.
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Hugging the pillow close to her heart, Taani was peacefully sleeping, and Anurag, standing beside the bed, could not take his eyes off from her. "Kal raat jo bhi hua, uske baad pehele jaisa kuch nahi raha, lekin phir bhi, mujhe khud par kaabu rakhna padhega." He said to himself sternly and turning around, he headed towards the window.
"Maa, mujhe coffee do!", Taani muttered in her sleepy voice. Anurag turned back and smiled at her cuteness. He went near her and said softly, "Taani!" Getting no response from her, Anurag placed his palm on her forehead. "Taani ko toh tez bukhar hai." He said to himself, shocked.
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"Mr. Mehra, we need to postpone our meeting for tomorrow.", Anurag told someone over his phone. "But Mr. Ganguly, we need to finalize the design today, or else the clients may back off." The man on the other line said. Anurag stared at Taani and then said firmly, "I don't care. We can't just have the meeting today, that's it!" Saying that, he hung up the phone.
"Barish abhi bhi ho rahi hai! DAMN!" Anurag said irritatedly and called to the room service by the hotel landline and said, "Room service, we need two blankets, a bowl full of water and a piece of cloth, and yep! We need a doctor on emergency, too." Saying that, he kept down the receiver.
"Th-a-a-n-n-d!" Taani stammered and shivered constantly. Without wasting a single moment, Anurag adjusted himself in the sitting position and made her turn towards him. "Taani, are you alright? Taani! Speak up." He said worriedly and kept on rubbing her palms. It seemed like even he was suffering with her. No improvement sign was being seen in her and at last, Anurag enveloped her trembling body in his arms.
Just then, he heard a knock at the door and the words "Room Service!" Anurag kept Taani delicately on her position and got up from the bed. Then he opened the door and taking the trey from the guy, he said gratefully, "Thanks! Waise, doctor kab aayenge?" "Sorry sir but mausam kharab hone ki vajah se saare raaste bandh padhe hai, naa doctor aa paya aur naa mechanic." The guy replied keeping his head lowered. "It's okay!" said Anurag and frowning, he closed the door.
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Anurag devotedly took care of Taani by rubbing her forehead continuously with the wet cloth, sometimes sitting on the chair and sometimes laying beside her.
The whole day passed in this way. Anurag touched Taani's forehead and finally after a long time, a broad smile came on his face. He said, "Bukhar toh kafi kam ho gaya hai. Thank god!"
Taani was fine now but still she was in a deep slumber. Anurag decided not to disturb her. So he quietly laid on the couch, and because of tiredness and exhaustion, he slept in a short time.
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Taani's angelic face glowed with the bright sunrays of the morning. Slowly she opened her eyes and yawningly, she adjusted herself in a sitting position. Her eyes immediately landed upon Anurag who was in a deep sleep on the couch. Seeing him, she blushingly smiled. Getting up from the bed, she walked up to him and knelt on the floor. Gazing him intently, she said in a whisper, "Thank you!" Anurag opened his eyes and with a warm smile, he replied, "You are most welcome!"
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"Uss incident ke baad hum dono emotionally ek dusre ke saath jur gaye, boss aur PA ke ilaava kuch aur ban gaye ek dusre ke liye, par kya, yeh samajh nahi aa raha tha. Dheere dheere main toh samajhne lagi thi aur shayad woh bhi, par tab tak kuch aisa hua tha jo maine kalpana bhi nahi kiya tha.", Taani said with teary eyes.
"Aisa kya hua tha?", Mauli asked seriously. Taani wiped off her tears and said, "Mujhe Anurag ki ek letter mili aur uss par likha tha -"
Dear Taani,
Uss raat hum dono ke beech jo kuch bhi hua, uske baad nothing remained like before, yeh tum bhi jaanti ho aur main bhi. Pehele toh samajh mein nahi aa raha tha ki tumhara saath mujhe itna accha kyun lagta hai, kyun tumhare saath ghanto baatein karne ka maan karta hai, kyun meri aakhein sirf tumhe dhundhti hai, kyun tumhare chuna mujhe ek alag si khushi deti hai par aab inn sab ki vajah jaanta hoon. Taani, I have fallen in love with you. Pyaar karta hoon tumse. Bohot koshish ki khud ko rokne ki par nahi rok paya. Aakhir dil par kab tak bas chalta hai!
Inn sab mein ek sach aur hai aur woh yeh hai ki hum dono kabhi ek nahi ho sakte! Main janta hoon ki tum bhi mujhse pyaar karti ho, iss liye tumhare bhalaai ke liye tumse dur jaa raha hoon. Mujhe dhundne ki koshish mat karta.
Waise main janta hoon ki tumhe barish bohot pasand hai but please barish mein mat bhigna, warna phir se bukhar ho jayega aur tum toh janti ho ki tum taqleef mein hogi toh dard mujhe hoga. So mere khaatir apna khayal rakhna. Main tumhare liye humesha pray karunga.
Keep smiling cuz that suits the best on your beautiful face! Just remember that when you smile, a smile curves on my lips too! Stay happy! Love ya!😊
Tumhara,
Anurag!
Taani knelt on the floor and cried her heart out. Her pink cheeks were wet due to her ocean of tears. "Vapas aa jao Anurag!" she said while sniffing and hiccupping. Slowly she felt weak and laid on the floor numbly. "Main mar jayungi!" she muttered and closed her eyes as she felt something painful in her heart.
Preview of the next chapter:
"Taani, Anurag sir aaj raat 12am ki flight se London jaa rahe hai."
"Okay thanks!"
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