PART 18
Next day morning...
Mrinalini woke up and went into Vishakas room to see her face which is Mrinalinis daily routine, but Vishaka was already woke up and much to Mrinalini's surprise Vishaka was wearing a salwaar.
Vishaka:Good mng didi.
Mrinalini:Good mng Vishaka, kaha jaa rahi ho. (Where are u going)
Vishaka:Ghar mein chachi, subah ki aarthi karegi na, vusko help karne ke liye soch rhai hun. kyun(Chachi will do, mng aarthi na, going to help her)
Mrinalini:Kya... Vishaka u wanna prepare for Aarthi.
Vishaka:Haan... kyun nahi kar sakhti ho kya. (Why? Can't I do)
Radhika who came there :Kyun nahi...
Vishaka:Acha Radhika main neeche chalti hun. (ell I will go down)
Radhika:Haan didi, main abhi abhi mandir se aaya tha, aaj aarthi bahut achi tarah hua hain. (Yeah dear, I came from temple now. that aarthi went well)
Vishak:Really. that's so good to listen. I will go down, tum bhi jaldi aao. (Come soon.)
Radhika nodded and Vishaka smiling to Mirnalini went down.
Mrinalini moved to Radhika and asked'Radhu... ye sach mein humara Vishaka hi hain" (Is it truly out Vishaka only??)
Radhika:Haan dear, she's our Vishaka. Di apne aap badal gayi, vo kal raat mujhse bhi bahut achi tarah baat ki (She her sl;ef changed a lot, and she talked to me very nicely yesterday night), aur she even asked me sorry, for being bad to me all these days.
Mrinalini:Jaanti ho, she called me didi...
Radhika:haan di, ab se har din vo tumhe aisa hi kahegi.(Yeah, from today every day she wll call u that only)
Mrinalini:sach mein, I feel very happy, just like I am on the top of world.
Radhika:Hain na. toh jaldi tayar ho jayiye, neeche jaayenge. (Then get ready soon and come down)
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Ammaji was making garlands when Vishaka came there in a salwaar kameez and said "Gud mng Ammaji"
Ammaji looked at Vishaka and shocked ...
Vishaka smiling " Kya hua ammaji, mujhe mein aapko koi bhooth dikh raha hain kya"(What happened do u see any bhooth in me)
Ammaji:Nahi chori, tum mujhse itni tameez se baat kar rahi toh...(U are talking to me in such a good way)
Vishaka:Kyun nahi baat karungi. Aakhir aap is ghar ki badi jo hain. (Why not? U are the elder and head of this house)
Ammaji watched Radhika and asked "Radhika, Vishaka was saying."
Radhika:Haan ammaji... what u heard was right.. any how abhi pooja ka time jo hua hain, maa kaha hain, vo aarthi nahi dengi?(Its time for pooja, where's maa, won't she do pooja)
Devki:No, aaj main nahi dungi. (No I won't do today)
Vishaka and Radhika looked at each other "Toh."
Devki: Vishaka dengi. Kyun Vishaka...
Vishaka:Of course...
Ammaji: Rukho rukh ye kaise aarthi de sakhti hain. (How can she give the aarthi)
Vishaka:Kyun?
Ammaji: U don't know any bhajan right.
Vishaka's face fell and she stepped back.
Mrinalini:Ismein kitni badi baat hain(What's big matter in that?), Radhika will sing and Vishaka will give the aarthi.
Radhika:Haan.
Vishaka took the aarthi plate and Radhika wrapped Vishakas dupatta on her bed and showed her how it will be circled, Vishaka nodded and Radhika started to sing the song "Aarthi kung bihaari ki"
Dev stopped his car in front of Sharma nivas and got into the house.
Dev felt himself lost in that beautiful voice...
Dev went in and the servant said "Beta sab log, pooja mandir ki waha hain(Every one was at pooja place), if u wish go in "
Dev smiled and he rushed there...
Radhika was wearing a pink colour chudidaar having the dupatta on her head and was closing her eyes singing the bhajan. every one there were having their eyes closed and beside Radhika Vishaka was doing the aarthi.
Dev leaned to a pillar and was seeing Radhika's face, her face has that smile radiating when she was singing the bhajan and the smile was adding much to her already existing beauty which Dev wondered that Kanha himself might get lost if ever he saw her.
Dev who was lost took his flute and started to play in accordance...
Radhika smiled more as she heard the music she felt her self singing the song becoming Radha and Kanha playing the flute...
Mohan,Devki,Mrinalini , Vishaka and Ammaji opened their eyes and turned back to see Dev playing the flute while Radhika was singing and Vishaka signaled to Devki that whether she should stop. Devki whispered to Vishaka "No Vishaka u shouldn't stop the aarthi in middle, u continue ur self. "
Vishaka nodded and Mrinalini thought to her self " Ye kya, Kanha looks like history is repeating it self warna ye kya hain. "
Mohan looked at Ammaji who had a frown on her face, the previous day incident only disturbed them a lot about Radev and this incident was much more disturbing, but still they kept quiet.
Radhika finally completed her song and Dev then completed his flute too and opened his eyes, he then realized what he did, " Uncle sorry, wo actually, the bhajan was so good that I can't resist my self from playing ,y flute."
Devki:Koi baat nahi Dev, aao Prasad lo... radhika ki ghana mein magic hain,(Nothing Dev, Come and take prasad , Radhika had Magic in her voice) she will make us all lost...
Radhika looked at Kanhas statue it was like smiling.. she thought to her self reminding their first meeting 15 years back "Kanha this is the day when I met my Kishan Kannaya 15 years back. and today I wished he would have played his flute along with me as we used to do every year through phones. Thank u Kanha. thanks a lot.From last two years u didn't bless me, but this year u indeed made it possible un knowingly. thank u Kanha"
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9 year old Radhika sat in front of her computer and opened her chat box , Dev was online...
Kishan kannayya:Hey u remember what today's special was.
Radhika rocking:Of course Kishan kannaya, today is the day we met for the first time last year
Kishankannayya: Exactly, come into voice mail I wanna listen the song.
Radhika rocking:But that song, I will sing in front of Kanha ji only.
Kishankannayya:Budhu, u had one in ur room right ..
Radhikarocking:But ...
Kishankannayya:Please radhu.. please..
Radhikarocking:Okay. wait a minute..
Radhika activated her voice mailing and she adjusted her ear phones...
Kishankannayya;Abhi ghao na
Radhika started to sing "Aarti kunj bihari ki..."
Radhika in turn started to get Dev's flute voice...
Radhika continued the song as he played the flute and later said "U did play the flute, I am planning to ask u after I complete the song."
Kishankannayya:Dost, we first met in this way right... so every year on this day we will do this as a thanking to kanha.
Radhika:Pakka.
Kishankannayya:Okay Radhu, abhi mujhe jana hain, main na raat par I mean urs tomorrow mng aavungi.
Radhika:If u didn't come tomorrow by time na, I will kill u waise bhi mujhe exam hain, jaldi nikhalna hain. tum jaldi aaoge. (Tomorrow I had exam, u will come soon, becoz I have to go early)
Kishankannayya:For sure dear. bye bye.
Kishankannayya off line.
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"radhika! Radhika!"
Radhika came out of memory to see Vishaka standing in front of her with pooja thali.
Vishaka:Where did u get lost... any way, aarthi lo.
Radhika took aarthi and Vishaka gave her prasad.
Vishaka smiled and said "radhika, small problem"
Radhika:What di
Vishaka:Ur boss, that Dev he will not take from me, at least u give him
Radhika:Why won' t he take from u.
Vishaka:I don't know, he even won't talk to me properly
Radhika smiled and said "Come with me, he will take prasad from u. "
Vishaka:No rey. no...
Radhika dragged Vishaka along with her and went near to Dev.
Dev looked at Radhika. Radhika gestured Vishaka and Vishaka forwarded the aarthi plate.
Dev took aarthi but he refused to take prasad.
Radhika:We should never refuse the prasad, even if our enemy gives it to us.
Dev:I won't take food items from unknown people
Radhika:She's ur would be Bhabhis own sister, and she's not unknown to u.
Dev:U can give me right.
Radhika rolled her eyes and said "Prasad will be give by those who did the aarthi, so only Vishaka didi should give prasad."
Dev:Oh...
Vishaka:Dev ji, please take some, its the prasad of Kanha.
Dev looked at Radhika who was looking at him as if she was about to eat him off and took the prasad silently.
Vishaka:Dev ji, I am sorry if I caused any problem to u knowingly or unknwoingly.I doesn't intend to do so.
Dev:Nothing like that, thank u for prasad, and u can ask ur younger sister, why I am behaving in this way.
Radhika smield and said "Didi, chodo, kuch log aise hi hote hain, aapki koi galati nah hain. Chaliye."(Leave him, some people are ike that, there's nothing like ur wrong)
Vishaka nodded and she left...
Radhika too was about to leave when Dev called her "radhika!
Radhika turned back and said "Ji"
Dev:U did sing beautifully.
Radhika:Thank u and u too did ur flute in a good way.
Dev:I am sorry, I don't know why, but I does it as sooon as I listen some beautiful song.
Radhika smiled remembering to her self 'Not beautiful song Kishankannayya, when u listen my song"
Dev:Kaha kho gayi ho.
Radhika:Nothing, by the way itni subah tum yaha. koi jaroori kaam hain kya(U are here this early any urgent work)
Dev:haan, wo engagement ke liye wo saaman ka list ammaji dene wali hain, vuske liye aaya tha/(I came here to take list of things required for engagemtn from ammaji)
Radhika:Oh... I will say to ammaji
Dev:I already said her and she was preparing it.
Radhika:Fine...
Dev:can we sit and talk.
Radhika:Yeah come I had some work in garden u sit and talk while I do my work.
Dev:Okay
Radhika went out and connected the tube to the tap and started to water the plants, Dev laughed.
Radhika:Why are u laughing.
Dev:Radhika, I dont understand, doesn't ur house have any workers, whats necessary to u do thid stupid works,
Radhika:This isn't stupid work Dev, I love to do this, u know what trees are what that keep us alive and I can't neglect the very trees. so...
Dev: But this is the work done by workers.
Radhika;But this is work which I love to do, they give me the peace of mind which I want.
Dev: Okay fine... today we are not leaving to office.
Radhika:Then...
Dev: Actually today u had no work to do with me, u can rest at home becoz day after tomorrow is our flight.
Radhika:Its okay, did u ask Vivek jeeju, abt the keys for ur flat.
Dev:Actually not yet, but may be I need ur help as I wanna convince him with ur help
Radhika smiled and said "After all I am ur assistant, I will be at ur service when ever u require"
Dev smiled and said "I said u already, u are my friend"
Radhika smiled and she said :Why are u that anger on Vishaka didi
Dev:Oh. common, don't start it again.
Radhika: No Dev. actually she's good girl and she's not the type u think indeed most of the Indian girls are not of that type. so please be friendly to her. and u knwo what my friend always say me that, if u open up ur self to the peoples infronf ot u then u can find what their real character was. be upto ur self.
Dev:Radhika, ur words looks like they are very familiar to me...
Radhika mumbled underneath "Kyun nahi hoga, when it is u who said these words..."
Dev:Did u say something
Radhika:No...
Vishaka who came there then only "Radhu, Ammaji is calling u "
Radhika:Acha didi, I will go, u stay here and accompany our guest.
Vishaka looked at Radhika and whishpered "radhu, he won't even talk to me yaar. why?"
Radhika smiled and said Dev , I am sorry... but I am sure Vishaka didi would give u a good company
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The next two days completed with full swing of work both in office and house, though Radhika didn't go for office much, Dev gave her some good amnt of work from house only. But Radhika who her self a work holic didn't mind to do much of work and indeed now she had her new help Vishaka, who was being friendly to Radhika and all others leaving every one stunned. Dev was also starting to speak up to Vishaka slowly, but the most disturbing thing to him was the call from the girl who claim to be his friend, every day mng and evening she calls once and wish him good morning and good nyt, but Dev at a side have mixed feelings for her. Dev was developing a good friendship with Radh becoz of the account of their secret mission regarding the flat in which indeed Dev succeded in getting the keys from Vivek, but now there was a problem...
Dev: Secret code, wat it might be yaar.
Radhika:Dev, let me think yaar...
Dev: Me na, Some times do biggest stupid things.
Radhika:Why do u think of ur self in that way, may be becoz of the code only ur thigns were left untouched by others,
Dev: But now what shall we do..
Radhika's phone beeped...
Radhika:Dev one minute, I need to attend the call of mom.
Dev:Haan
Radhika left to side...
Dev was thinkign to get the code in his mind and was checking all his compy files, but was hitting a blank wall.
Radhika:Dev, I need to go home... Mom says some Pandit ji came, I need to leave. I will be back in half an hour.
Dev:No.. U come online.
Radhika:Kya...
Dev:Haan, i will chat wiht u, its already night, and whats different even if we chat.
Radhika's mind had an idea, her face glowed at an instant, but she hide it from Dev immediately and said 'Okay Dev"
Dev nodded and Radhika started her scooty coming out.
Radhika was thinking "I remember Dev telling me the clue for the code of his flat. I had it in my chat files that I stored even now. If I check the clue which I left then and break it, I can get the flat code, whcih I can say him through my other sim card."
Radhika rushed in as she reached home leaving scooty infront of main door.
Devki:Chill... chill... what happened.
Radhika:Maa, Pandit ji...
Devki:Haan sorry radhu, he didn't come for u, he came for ur Papa
Radhika:Then why did u call me.
Devki:warna, its already night 8:00, how much time did u work. shut up and go eat soem food and sleep, tomorrow u had ur flight.
To Devki's surprise Radhika didn't yell at her, but indeed calmly she nodded and went near table and ate some food quickly and left into her room saying she wanna sleep, so don't disturb her.
Devki:What happened to her.
Ammaji:I don't understand.
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Radhika opened her mail id keeping it offline and went through all the old chat files of Dev which she stored. If ever it was normal day, she would have read each and every file, but today she have no time so she went through particular files which she marked under important, the files which had their discussions about the tasks and some promises they made. there are upto 50 files in them.
Radhika opened the first file which was the last convo she had with Dev and it was not the file.
she remember it to be one of the last conversations she have with Dev so was going through the latest convo files and then she got the right file.
She was going through the convo and was smiling as she read it...
Radhikarocking... 'Hey budhu, why did u keep the security code, if u forget it"
K.K : I will never forget it, becoz its the most important date in my life.
Radhikarocking...:Woo.. see our k.K got some important dates which he will never forget..
Umm...
let me guess.
Ur birthday
K.K:Hahahah, funny, not at all. its easily accessible.
Radhikarocking:Urs death day (Wink)
K.K:Radhu ki bachi, if u don't stop this funny things, today will be ur death date.
Radhikarocking:Sorry sorry, at least u can give me some clue right.
K.K:Okay.. actually the clue was " That was the day, when I met my rock star, my Devil, who makes me smile with her sweet words and remembers me that she was a shadow of me"
Radhikarocking:K.K I am really sleepy. gud nyt.. meet u tomorrow.
K.K:Bye, but try to guess now at least.
Radhikarocking was offline.
Radhika was now thinking of the clue she smiled as she got the number...
She thought to herself "Waah Dev, why isn't that obvious to me, such a number which was my computers password. I am really a shadow man"
Radhika called to Dev from her second sim...
Dev who was waiting for Radhika to come online looked at his phone as he got call from the number which makes him surprised with one thing or another.
Dev lifted his phone and said "Now what..."
Radhika in her changed voice leaning on to the comfy "What happened D.P, sounding disturbed,Didn't get the code to ur flat till now"
Dev in his mind "How hell does she knwo it?"
Radhika:Don't think much of How I know it, I am ur shadow, I will know every thing about u, either u remember me or not.
Dev:If u know, ateast u can tell me the code right.
Radhika smiled and said :I will help u for sure Dev, but u has to promise me that, u won't take that Radhika along with u when u are reading ur dairies, kisi aur teri personel matters padey, its a thing u won't like.
Dev:I know and I will not let her, indeed she herself won't offer me any help in reading my diaries, it will be better if u tell me the code now.
Radhika smiled and said "Its 8th seed on 8th branch of tree number 1997"
Dev:What does it mean.
Radhika:Think think, u said this to me by a clue, so I am also saying it to u in the form of a clue.
Dev:Thanks a lot...
Radhika:No need to Thank me D.P , becoz u are doing this to remember ur past, in which I am there. so I will help u in all the possible ways I can.
Dev smiled...
Radhika:Good nyt Dev..
Radhika cut the call.
Dev ;Hello... hello...
Dev listened nothing but beep on other side. So he went back infront of hsi computer to see Radhika online.
Radhika sat infront of ehr personal laptop.
Chat box peeped up from dev.
DevPurohith:Hey radhika.
Radhikarocking:Yeah Dev.
Devpurohith:I got the code but in the form of a clue.
Radhikarocking:Who gave u?
DevPurohith:That girl.
Radhikarocking:Oh...
Devpurohith:She said "Its 8th seed on 8th branch of tree number 1997"
Radhika trying to control her smile said "Dev this is a date"
Devpurohith:Oh...then did u get what it was.
Radhikarockign :Yeah,its nothing but 8-8-1997
Devpurohith:What date was it, its not even my birthday.
Radhikarocking:How can I know, but if ever she was saying, may be it was right, after all upto now what ever she said was right.
DevPurohith:wait bro came to me, I will ask him now only how many characters are there in code, if it matches na then it will be perfect.
Radhikarocking:All the best
Dev:Vivek Bhaiyya,
Vivek who came to Dev'sroom for a file "haan Dev"
Dev:Bro, wo U.S ki flat jo hain na, vuski vo code mein kitni characters hain
Vivek:Haan it had some 6 characters.
Dev:Thank u bro
Vivek;Any luck
Dev:I am trying to remember, going through my database
Vivek:Why are u hell bent on going to the flat now.
Dev:I just wanna redact my material from there.
Vivek:Its ur wish, but don't be upset if u didn't
Dev:I know, don't worry.
Vivek smiled and Dev rushed back to his laptop..
Dev;Hey its right, 6 characters.
Radhikarocking:Its good, finally ur friend helped u.
Devpurohith:Yeah,but how did she know..
Radhikarocking:How can I know abt that, any way gud nyt bye bye Dev.. tomorrow we should leave early at 4:00 so that we can reach by time.
Devpurohith:Gud nyt.
Radhika smiled and went offline.
Radhika went and sat in the balcony's swing holding the pillow tight to her lookign at the moon.
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Radhika and Dev in Flight...
Radhika was feeling comfortable and having her ipod ear phones connected to her ear.
Dev who was sitting at window seat "Radhika, what is the music u listening"
Radhika:Old time classics, my favourite.
Dev:Acha truly.. let me hear once.
Radhika gave one side two him and he too started to listen ...
Radhika: U know what in this song Kishorekumar did magic.
Dev thought the words to be listened some where already...
Radhika:What happened.
Dev:Nothign much, I heard these words some where else too...
Radhika thought to herself "From no where, u heard it from me only Dev"
Dev:Don't knwo why feels ur words and behaviour very familiar some time.
Radhika:Now don't make me mysterious okay, if u wish listen from this Ipod, I am really sleepy, woke up at 2:00
Dev:Oh. why did u wake up that early
Radhika:What to do, I had to pray for kanha so...
Dev:U did bring one small statue in ur bag na.
Radhika:Haan, other wise, never even think of Radhika with out her kanha.
Dev:U and ur obsession to Kanha,
By then Radhika was a sleep having her head on his shoulder.
Dev smiled to her observing her features ...
Dev was thinking to himself "Whats so special with this girl, always feel drawn to her. God knows..."
Dev took a magazine feeling bored, careful not to disturb Radhika and started to read it
Dev was generally not interested in magzines, but today he was bored and listening to music was making him to read magzine, which he thought to himself was a perfect combination.
Dev opened through the first page and there was a column called "Are u in love? "
Dev felt Radhika moving he looked to his side to see her clenching his arm tightly and sleeping. Dev smiled and again looked at the article, he had an idea and started to read it...
As he continued to read it he was finding many interesting things, finally he completed reading it and closed the magazine and stared at the sky beside him...
He was thinking to himself "From day one I met Radhika, I am questioning myself, What is love."
"If love was trust, I trust Radhika to the core that I didn't trusted any oen in this world till to day."
"Means I lvoe radhika?"
"But how can I express it, I had a past which was unknown to me, what if she didn't accept me."
"I know she scolds me for the ways I am , a girl who scold me, how can she love me."
"And also that girl... what about her, I has to clear whats my relation ship was with her."
"But it will be good if ever that girl was Radhika, It feels to me that I know Radhika completely, but never does I meet her, how can I know her, I see that longing in her eyes, why that longing for... God, please make my this one wish true that the girl was Radhika only"
Dev looked at Radhika who was sleeping on his side arms comfortably.She had a beautiful smile tucked near her lips even though she was sleeping.Dev smiled as he adjusted the whiskers of hair falling on her face beside her ear .
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Radhika woke up and saw Dev was sleeping withhis head on her and she was on his shoulder, she immediately adjusted her self and made Dev too woke up becoz of her moving.
Radhika:I am so sorry, u sleep.
Dev:Its okay, looks like we slept for a long time,
Radhika smiled.
Dev:Ur Ipod, thank u
Radhika took it back, and Dev opened his latop..
Radhika went out to wash her face when dev smiled thinking of the way they slept.
Radhika came back and sat beside Dev...
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PRECAP
Dev was getting remembrance of Radhika's longing look at him when he first met her in her room and swirled her thinking her to be Mrinalini, and later the way she spoke to him at that kanhas statue where she used to sing, later the way he found her eyes longing on him, and the way she talk to him.
Dev went to Radhika room through the connection door and he didn't find Radhika in room, but there were some water sounds were coming from wash room. Dev took Radhika's phone and came to his room, he saw there were two sim signals on Radhika's phone. Dev frowned to himself "Radhika uses two sims?"
Dev dialed that girls number and then he felt his left hand vibrating. The vibration was becoz Radhikas phone was ringing, the id has a photo of him with name flashing Kishankannayya.
Dev was shocked, but he controlled himself he kept Radhikas phone back on her bed removing his dialed call and he came back to his room immediately.
Dev shut the door tight and he was sitting on his bed...
O Humnava Tum Dena Saath Mera
Anupamaa
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