Yukta [Yuvraj Mukta ] AT# 5 - Page 9

Chapter 7 part b

Yuvi's room. After 1 hour

Yuvi slowly came near mukta who was sitting on the bed hiding her face between the knees. With great difficulty, finally he collects strength to speak to her.

Yuvi: mukta are you ok? I had called up in the hospital, choti ma and dadi will stay there overnight and I also parceled them food from the restaurant. So don't worry about them! See I brought soup for you, please have it. [But she remained as quiet as dead] Mukta..mukta ..[He shrugs her shoulder, but she pushes him away angrily! ]

Mukta: stay away from me, don't you dare to even touch me.

Yuvi: mukta it's me! Yuvi! Tej ran away.. Don't worry! Even if he comes back I will not allow the shadow of that danger man to come near you. [Saying this yuvi wiped mukta's tears and cupped her face with his hands, while leaning forward to place peck on her forehead only to be slapped hard by mukta. ]

Mukta: What do you think? hun! What do you think of yourself mr yuvraj singh bundela? That I will be tricked again! Just because I was the one who bailed you out, doesn't mean that I have forgotten and forgiven you! I m here ,smelling this air in the room polluted by you only because of iccha ma ! so she does not lose her daughter to a demon at any cost. I won't let this happen even if it means I have to stay with a demon. so Stop your drama, I know you must have planned all this with your dadu chacha right!! [She gets up from the bed and starts walking outside, but yuvi comes in front of her and tries to clear her doubt]

Yuvi: no mukta ...no.. no [slap'mukta slaps him again, not allowing him to utter any words]

Mukta: today again you stomped on my dignity, you butchered my happiness and confidence![she slaps him harder again] ' till today you blame me for your punishment ,you don't regret at all for what you have done in past!! Have you ever thought what I felt that time? [She holds yuvi's collar with her hands and looks directly into his eyes.] Tell me yuvi , what was my fault? Tell me? [yuvi remains silent , and continues to stare at mukta with teary eyes]

Mukta: you don't have an answer? I will tell you! My biggest fault was to consider you as my best friend! You know I never shared my secrets or trusted anyone else like the way I trusted you. My fault was to ask help from you for every silly problem which I came across, because I believed that when yuvi is there with me I should not fear of anything .yuvi can take me out any kind of mess! Yes I was heartbroken due to aman and insecure due to meethi and that's why I wanted to keep meethi away from my life. But I was wrong yuvi , I realized it when my dad came! I was confused ,worried and regretting for what I have done, and that day I came to you in hope that I can rest my head on your shoulder and share my all worries and pain ! But you gave me more pain , because of you I can't trust any other man in this world. I hate you hate you [she slaps him again]

Mukta: what did you say that I can't be in danger because you are there for me?, I m sorry to say you're the biggest threat to me !

'' That tej asked me what the difference between you and him ! Well there is a difference!'

'I don't care about him, he is disgusting and characterless and I m least bothered about what he feels about me as long as his miles away from me! but you , what you did is worse than him , you back stabbed me yuvi .I felt really lonely , when there no was to help me and my best friend was eager to ruin my life . I felt like I m having some nightmare, why this has to happen always to me! I could not believe that my only support my pillar my protector my adviser my best friend was actually my enemy who was planning revenge all this time against me.

I hate you yuvi , I hate you and now that I have slapped you again! You can go ahead and plan more to take revenge! what is your next plan 'my murder? Kill me yuvi ! You and me will be free of this cycle !' [And she slaps him left and right till she is tired while yuvi stood like a statue. Finally she is exhausted and falls on the ground on her knees, and cries out louder. Yuvi holds her arms and lifts her up and tries to make her sit on the bed and mukta continues to punch and push him away but she had not enough of strength left to oppose him. ]

Mukta: I said .. stay away . Please go away'

Yuvi: stop !...stop! and listen to me.[he holds her firmly and makes her quiet ]

you should punish me more mukta' this is not enough for me. What happened? You are tired! you can slap me again after some time ... and ..tomorrow! You can slap me every day, and continue to slap me in my lifetime. I will be happy! it's better than your silent hatred! I know you can't trust me any longer and I don't force you , but the fact is I had no contact with tej since I had been inside the jail and I myself can't stand him . as far I m concerned don't worry! You don't have to feel suffocated because of me, I will always maintain distance between us and after our divorce I will go abroad and will never come in front of you! [Saying this yuvi leaves the room]

Balcony of bundela house

Yuvi stood at one corner, crying silently. Mukta rathore ! what exactly he feels for her? He hates when his mom supports her over him. He hates mukta when she ignores him for others; he gets angry when she slaps him in the party. But when today she slapped him, he was not angry ! he felt relieved to see her taking out all her frustration and anger on him. He planned to take revenge so she should cry entire of her life for hurting his pride. But at the same time he would get affected by her tears, he could not think of any other person trying to even touch her with evil intention for even second ! He would forget his revenge plan when she would be around him giving him all her attention, he would be jealous if she would speak about her ex.

''love is really mess, and I m in that mess. No mukta I do regret , I regret because when u needed my arms to comfort you and my shoulder for you support all what I did was imagined you crushing in my arms! My lust my anger blinded me, so much that I could not see your feelings and failed to realize my love ! ya I felt jealous of aman , but frankly speaking he was never between us, it was my ego and anger which came between our bond. For past 5-6 months in the jail, not a single day passed without thinking about you mukta! I would be angry on you ,curse you, yearn for you, miss you ..There was tsunami of different emotions which came in mind, but you never left my mind nor my'heart! Mukta I know I can't get you back in my life , but don't know why I still feel you will come back to me ,don't know why I feel we are meant to be together, don't know why I feel there is something between us which is still connects us! I don't mind taking all abuses, your slaps whole of my life mukta, if it will wipe our bitter memories, I don't want lose you again! I don't want to lose you...Because I love! I always did!!''