He placed his shirt on her covering her ripped clothes. He slowly pecked her delicate forhead and placed the blanket on her and made his way to sleep on the sofa bed to avoid further confusion in the morning...
PART 2
She was unable to 'sleep' as she winced in pain as she moved... Her face looked uneasy and a tear involuntarily creeped down her delicate angelic face. Maan heard her moving with pain and was not able to sleep properly as her pain made him feel uncomfortable... and just then the seasonal monsoon rain plummeted down. The thunder roared within the Mehal and the sound was audible and echoed in the halls which made Geetanjali wake up drenched in sweat. She moaned in pain which was not unavoidable to Maan. She looked around the room and was not aware where she was, so tried to make a breakthrough... but then Maan held her by her shoulders softly, not touching her wounds...
"Ruko! Aap ki halath teek nahi nahi to aap idhar araam kariye" he told her, almost like an hukum (order)."Nahi! Hume jaana hai! Hum idhar nahi ter sakte... I need to go warna Rani aheba hume maar dale ge, please let me go!" She pleaded. "CHUP! Bilkul CHUP!... He placed his finger on her lips to quiten her down. Nothing will happen... Trust me! Ab aap ko humara hukum maana pade ga! You stay here, I will sleep on the sofa bed. You cannot go to your room at this time... you will get drenched. Agar aap mera hukum nahi mano ge to phir sazaa mile gi" This time he inwardly smirked towards her... almost reminding her of the 'sazaa' he gave her... He automatically lay her down on the bed and covered her with the blanket.She blushed vigorously trying to avoid his deep eyes. She awkwardly checked her clothes and saw that they were not hers... "Chhote Nawab Sahib, ye humare kapde ko kya huwa hai? Aur humne ye kapde kyu pehne hai? Hum ne to aapne kapde pehne huwe te na? Ek kaam karti hu, hum humare kamre mein ja te hai.." She tried to confused him on the inside so she could leave the room. She tried but remained unsucceeded, afterall she cannot troll the Chhote Nawab Maan! "Geetanjali! Hum ne aap ko mana kiya hai! Humara hukum mano, warna..!" He almost threatened Geet so he could get her stuck in her words... "Warna kya Chhote Nawab Sahib???! Boliye?..." He knew his SHAIRNI would ask that question, so decided to play along... "Hum Chachiji ko bulai ge aur aap ki shikayat karwai ge! Samji!" as soon as she heard Chachiji her eyes welled up and she ran from there as fast as she could in to the veranda where it was raining heavily... she wanted to drench herself and get rid of her pain and pointless emotions.She cried endlessly and the rain hid her oblivious emotions from the rest of the world. "Geet!! Yaar idhar aana!! Udhar kya kar ri hai? Hum baarish mein khelte hai na!! Waise Maa aur Chachiji nahi khelne deti... chal na!!" Anvesha whispered across to her. Anvesha had no problem whatsoever with Geet. She was more like her Maan Bhai... innocent at heart. They played for a long time... Geet did not want to play but acted along not to upset Anvesha. Soon the rain became heavier and Anvesha ran inside, forgetting Geet. Geet could not see through the heavy rain... the electricity went which left everything pitch black... She became scared and made out a black figure walking towards her in the rain. "Kaun he wahan? Hum ne pucha kaun he wahan? Please dur ho jaiye humse! Hum.. wo... ha Chhote Nawab Sahib ko bulai ge aur phir aap ki kher nahi hai!! The figure held her hand and Geet almost screamed at the top of her voice but the hand came crashing down onto her mouth to mute her scream... "Geetanjali, aap sach much main pagal ho ya ye koi new avatar hai? Yahan kya kar ri ho... aur itni baarish ho ri hai! Hum ne aap ko mushkil se dunda hai... agar aap ko kuch ho jata to main kya karta?! Hum bi sach main pagal ho jaiye ge, aur wo SIRF tumari wajase!" Was he scolding her or was her showering more love on her? Ghusse main bi itne caring? She cribbed to Babaji... She remembered what he said in the room Chachiji ko bulai ge! Maan touched her arm to see if she was ok... She automatically declined his touched which seemed like 1000 needles piercing into his heart... He became angry with her response so automatically picked her up making one half of her body tipped over his shoulder... She pounded her tiny fists in his back, but that had no effect... he could not see the Mehal's corridor so settled for the nearest room... Geetanjali's room."Chhote Nawab Sahib! Please hume neeche utariye na! Abhi!!" She said sternly... Maan could not reject his 'lady-love' so put her down immediately and Geet ran to get changed behind the wooden curtain barrier they had and wore her white night clothes and Maan removed his white T-Shirt leaving his black vest and tracks on.She came out of the wooden curtain looking heavenly... Maan was just millimetres away from her... admiring her natural beauty and nothing else... He held onto her wrist... making her hyperventilated.Kaise magar koi dil ko samjhaaye
Roop tera mastaana pyaar mera diwaana
Bhool koi hamse naa ho jaaye...!!!
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