an hour before all this happened Arohi after finishing her dinner, upon insistance from her mother, sat in her room in the chair by the window, fiddling with the phone in her hand. She was wearing the same pink dress. All she was doing was looking out and clicking on arjun's name look for a while and cancelling it. Her mind had stopped thinking. The chilly air didnot bother her. Her mother came in once saw her and left. She too could not sleep.
few minutes to 12 it started to drizzle in a min there was loud thunder shaking her. The wind roared and she could see the trees violently moving raining heavily. Her heartbeat just raced. Her hands shook vigorously as it showed few seconds to 12. 'Arjun' she whispered clicking on his name while tears started rolling down her cheeks. next second she fell. her phone hit the bed frame and chair hit the window. Her face facing the floor. She tried to get up, could not. she wanted to get up what if arjun calls. something white spread in front of her. oh no wait he is here, Arjun, he came, he came right when she wanted to call him. he was wearing the same white shirt. She looked at him with tearful eyes. Same tears in his eyes too, he kneeled next to her, gave her his hand, made her stand up. 'tum aa gaye?' 'kaise nahi aata' he wiped her eyes. 'mujhe lene aaye ho?' 'haan, abhi, chalogi?''haan'.
They walked out hand in hand. out the door. As they stepped they were awed by the sight. 'yeh kaha aa gaye hum' she asked him. He put his hand over her houlder
pulled her closer 'wahi jagah jaha hamesha milte the lekin aaj aur bhi haseen lag rahi hai'. It was their favourite place, Durgam Cheruvu. But there was snow
everywhere. It was frozen, like the Lake Michigan, the manitou island was not there because the waiting bear had found its cubs. There were creepers everywhere with pink and white flowers. Swans majestically swam around. The sky was clear and dark with countless stars and a huge bright moon. It was beautiful in a divine way. they were amazed by the purity of it. they walked over it slowly. A swan just circled around them and swam away. 'yeah kaisi duniya hai arjun' she asked, 'humari duniya' 'sirf humari' 'haan humari, jaha se hume koi judaa nahi kar sakta' 'koi nahi?' 'koi nahi' 'kabhi bhi nahi?' 'kabhi bhi nahi, ek saal kya ek pal ke liye bhi nahi'. He pulled her in his embrace, looked into her eyes, they had a glow about them. he saw that a lotus had emerged from the ice. he recalled she had once asked for it, it was far away in the middle of the lake that time unreachable. but now it was not so far. he asked her 'humesha ke liye meri banogi' 'haan'. they kissed as symbol of getting wed. he plucked the lotus it and gave it to her, 'meri nishaan' he said. she kissed his hands, 'aur yeh meri'
he kissed her now, his bride, she gave in for the long kiss winding her hands around his neck. they pressed their foreheads together and laughed. they were happy to the extent that the whole place appeared to lit up.
'chalo' he said taking her hand and walking ahead. suddenly they saw their parents waving at them as a blessing, they waved back, they too were smiling. then they
faded. she underwent a wave of emotion, she hugged him, to make sure they were still together. 'arohi khuda bhi hume judaa nahi kar sakta' he said. 'ek baat puchu?' she asked him. 'haan' 'kitni mohabbat karte ho mujhse?' 'batana zaroori hai?' 'nahi' 'jitna gehra tumhara dil hai, utna' 'sach?''aur tumhara dil kitna gehra hai?'he asked her. 'tumhare ankh jitna'. He touched her cheeks followed down her She ran her hands in his hair, outlined his face stopped at his heart and rested there. arm. He wound his fingers with hers put his hand around her and embraced. ice started to melt symbolising their union. They walked ahead in the same pose. The ice was all gone the water was warm but they could still walk. There were lot of lotus petals everywhere. she playfully stepped on the leaves, jumped from one to another. A deer ran past, she asked him to get it. before he could it came to arohi by itself, she petted it, then it jumped away and ran. Suddenly they heard melodious laughter, one that fills the heart with love. A little girl was splashing
around in the water. 'Yeh kaun hai bilkul tumhare jaise dikh rahi hai' arohi said. Arjun picked up the little girl. she laughed some more and jumped down and went
away playing. They could not move from there. They heard a baby cry that distracted them. It was a boy who looked like arohi. she picked him up. he moved his legs happily. then he too crawled away. They saw both the girl and the boy playing swing with the creepers, then they too vanished. Arjun arohi remained. They looked at each other.they just kept looking. and they smiled. She wound her hands around his neck and said something, it sent a warm rush in him, he replied to what she said. She smiled beautifully.
Arjun was smiling where he lay down, arohi was smiling where she lay down.
Tanhaa insaan hota hai ruh nahi, aur jab humsafar mil gaya hai toh dharti ho ya jannat kya fark padta hai.
agar dard hota toh asun nikalti armaan nahi
yaha dikhayi di gulaabi rang toh waha safed
yaha sunayi di naati charami toh waha kubul hai
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