CHAPTER 16
virat, viren n jeevika reached chandigarh n faced the age of swamini bua n dadaji who were furious with this attitude of these people who left the house without even any single person about anything. viren handled the situation n apologised from their behalf. virat went to his room without talking to anyone and this scared viren even more. jeevika saw this n thought of giving viren n virat time with each other.
viren entered virat's room n saw him talking to somebody.
viren : who was it...??
virat : maya...
viren : maya...?? but why...??
virat : because i dont want anything to go wrong...
viren : matlab...
virat : sab pehle jaisa hai... me n maya are back together...
viren : excuse me... u are in love with manvi but u are back with maya... does that make any sense...???
virat : yes it does... i have to be with maya so that i intentionally or unintentionally come between manvi n kabir... i do need a distraction...
viren : distraction... sorry to disappoint u kido... but it wouldnt help bcos u loved her with all your heart n soul...
virat : so does she loves him... manvi loves kabir... n i cant deny this fact... i cant... as much as it is hurting me, i am left with no option other than accepting it bhai...
viren : dont spoil your life... maya will not let u live peacefully...
virat : trust me bhai... i will handle everything... i am not going to lose to her this time...
viren : think about it again...
virat : i am sure...
jeevika : virat..
viren turned around and saw jeevika standing at the door with a tray in her hands.
virat : aao na bhabhi...
jeevika : wo main.. coffee...
virat : thank you...
virika n virat were sitting there sipping their coffee when jeevika said " main kuch kehna chahti hoon "
virat : kahiye na bhabhi...
jeevika : hum school mein the, jab kabir aur uski family rishikesh shift hue... they were not that rich that time but i would say they were well off... kabir n me were almost of the same age group n manvi was a little younger. we all used to go to school together n come back together... we were an inseparable trio but with the time i grew out of kabir n i somehow started disliking the bond kabir n manvi shared... because of kabir, my mannu changed... first i was her prriority, but after kabir came, he became number one for manvi... my mannu would care for kabir so much n this fact used to upset me... thats the only reason i began disliking kabir... it was so obvious for me who had all the time n love from her younger sister... we all grew up n now i was sure that something was surely between manvi n kabir... the way they looked at each other, the way they sometimes held each other's hand, spoke volumes... beeji also noticed it n asked manvi to distance herself from kabir. by this time, kabir's dad was a well known businessman n he shifted to delhi... so does kabir... i thought now manvi would get over him n i got my mannu back. it was manvi's 18 th birthday, when kabir came back to rishikesh again and all of it started agai. kabir n manvi used to meet each other, chat for long hours n go out together. after an year or so i heard something that was nothing less than a shocker for me, manvi was in love iwth kabir n she wanted to marry him. i was unable to believe that mannu grew up that fast n i told manvi not to think about all this as she is very young. but it didnt had an effect on manvi... she had only one thing on her mind n that was her n kabir together, they getting maried n stuff. beeji found out about this n in her anger she called kabir at our place. i knew something was coming n it might turn bad. so i tried to keep manvi away from all this but it didnt work. manvi beeji n kabir had a word with each other n after few days kabir left rishikesh without even telling anyone. manvi broke into million pieces, she felt as if she was disowned n lost her reason of existence. my mannu changed virat... she used to sit alone n all day long she used to be lost in her thoughts, ate less food... all in all her condition was not good n it was becoming bad day by day. we tried a lot to bring her back to her normal self but it didnt do any good. one day, i gathered all my courage n brought manvi in front of all the family members n asked her the reason for her behaviour. i literally scolded her n said stuff to her just to get a reacton from her... just a single reaction and yes she gave it. she bursted into tears n blamed all of us for spoiling her life n most of all blamed beeji for snatching away kabir from her n killing her hard. that day i somehow realised that my manvi wasnt the same anymore... the girl standing in front of us, was not manvi chaudhary, she was kabir's lover... his mani... days passed by but nothing chnaged.. manvi used to crave more n more for kabir n she did nothing other than waiting for his call or letter. after an year, i was seeing mannu getting back to normal n i thought she has forgotten about him. just few months back, we all met n manvi was back to her chirpiness... u brought a smile on her face virat... you literally gave me my mannu back... aftet apple sharing incident, i asked manvi n got to know that she was still waiting for kabir to return n she still loves him... trust me i knew this... i never knew that kabir came back... please trust me.. please... "
viren n virat were quiet after listening to all this n then virat spoke " i trust you bhabhi... so does bhai... right bhai..?? "
viren : right... jeevika i am sorry...
jeevika : please viren ji...
viren : please jeevika... i am sorry.. sorry for talking to u in thta manner n blaming you...i was just too worried for virat...
jeevika : i understand viren ji... but virat i will make manvi understand taht kabir is not right for her...
virat : no bhabhi... kabir se jyada pyaar manvi ko koi nahi kar sakta... i have seen him missing his mani all day n he used to tell me stories about his mani n her sister... i never knew that it was about you two. kabir has worked really hard only to stand on his feet n become the right guy for his love... manvi n kabir are meant to be... main toh naa jaane kaise in dono ke beech aa gaaya... par meri bhi kya galti hai... apki mannu hai hi aisi... anyone would fall for her but its my bad luck that she already loves somebody... bhai bhabhi promise me one thing... no one will ever get to know about this... no one will will ever get to know that i had something for manvi... because if it does, it would spoil my friendship with manvi n i cant afford to lose her friendship... thats the only thing i can hold upto now...
jeevika : i promise... kaash... kaash meri mannu samajh pati ki tumse jyada pyaar usse koi nahi kar sakta... kabir bhi nahi... pyaar toh woh hai jo tumne kiya hai meri behen se... i wish you two end up together...
virat looked down trying to hold on to his tears which were threatening to fall any moment.
viren put his hand on virat's shoulder n signalled jeevika to leave him alone...
virat was all alone now... the only light was of his life was also not his now... his partner wasnt his any longer... she was kabir's now... she belonged to kabir other than him. but the lover in virat was dying to get his love n the friend in him was forcing him to be happy for manvi n kabir... but is this all so easy... letting go the thing u desired the most is not that easy... it is heart breakening n soul piercing... but he has to do it... wish he had another option but destiny... this cruel destiny left him with only one option n that was " letting her go ".
" letting her go " these three words turned his life upside down n hurted him like anything. he went near the iwndow n stared at the sky wishing for some miracle to happen... a mere miracle which could give him all his happiness back. to his luck he saw a shooting star and he unintentionally uttered one thing " wish she was mine "
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Edited by naina927 - 12 years ago
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