Os: love behind guilt
He was there...again in the same bench. He always sit there...didn't know why??!
Nidhi was looking outside from her window. . Observing him...his every action. She saw him every day sitting in the same bench opposite her house holding a bunch of rose. Sometimes they were yellow...sometimes white...sometimes pink...but not red. Initially she thought he waited for his girlfriend. But she was puzzled to see no one coming there. The man sat there for two hours...and then left keeping the rose on the bench. And the most surprising thing was that she received a blank call everyday after his leaving. May be it's a coincident...but feels very strange to her. But more than the phone call...she was more interested in that misterious man!
"what's he doing?"-she wonder. "you know anji! There is a strange kind of hope in his eyes...everyday. As if he waits for his life to enter in his life. Kya wo chese hoga jo koi insaan ko intejar karne Mai majboor kare,anji?" "I don't know nidhi. Ajeeb Log..ajeeb khayal! Ab tuhi dekhna.. Jo insaan Teri iss halat ka jimmedar hai wo aaya tha uncle se Milne...wo bhi tujse shadi ka rishte leke!" " chod na anji. Waise Bhi jo bhi hua usme meri hi galti thi. Maine hi dekha nehi..." anji hugged her friend . Her eyes were moist...pain was visible for her only best friend! They were so happy in their life...but that night...that man...that accident changed all things of their life. That man...
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nidhi was feeling very restless...she was waiting for the man to come. But he was no where to seen. Instead of him she saw a old man with a bunch of blue rose. He kept it on the bench...and left. Nidhi clutched the curtain of the window and shouted loudly"Anji..Anji!!!"
Anji rushed to her room finding a sobing nidhi.."Kya hua? Nidhi..kya hua tujhe? Dard Horahi hain kya? Bol to sahi?"""anji he...he didn't come today. He..why he...he didn't?" "Who..who didn't come,nidhi?" " wo..woh admi..jo roj aata hain!" tears rolled down from his eyes. "kya hua hoga anji..ku nehi aaya wo? Kahin meri tarha koi accident...!!"" anji jerked her a little seeing her like that. "Nidhi..nidhi! Kuch nehi hua. I'm telling you kuch nehin hua hoga. He will be ok. Kal aayenge dekhlena..!"" though not convinced fully...she started to wait eagerly for the next morning.
Next morning came...with the repeatation of previous day. It's raining heavily though that old man again come with rose. "Anji..go and ask him where is he?" Though anji was confused but followed her wish.
Nidhi was waiting eagerly for her to come. She didn't know why she felt like that for someone who was simply strange for her. And neither she care...!
" anji..anji what happened? Bolna kya hua? Wo ku nehin aaye?" --she threw her rapid questions on her as soon as she come.
" relax nidhi..relax! He is alright...buss bukhar hain...wo uss din bukhar leke thand Mai yaha aaye the to bukhar aur bhi badhgaya!"
" I wanna see him..anji!"
Anji was surprised. "Nidhi..pagal maat ban. Ku jayegi tu usse Milne? Tu unko janti tak nehin..."
" I don't know anything...mujhe buss unhe dekhna hai. Please anji...akwar!"
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..."kaka!kaka"-ashu was lying in his bed. He was too weak to sit in the bed let alone go anywhere. HK rushed to his room hearing his voice. " kya hua beta!? U need something?"
"kaka..apne ful rakh aaya na??""
" haan beta..haan! Aur waha ak ladki tumhare warein Mai puch rahi thi."
" kaun? Nidhi..."--as if the question automatically escaped from his mouth.
Before he could reply the door bell rang. He rushed to open the door finding two girl at the door. "arre beti tum? Tumhe address kaha Mila?"
" namaste kaka. Wo apne kaha tha k wo kgh ka dean hai. To main waha se address..""
" wo kaha hain kaka?"-- nidhi asked him suddenly.
" kamre main...aayo na beti. Andar aao!"
Anji pulled the wheelchair in which she was sitting. They enter into the room where he was.
"kaun hain ka..."-he stopped in middle as his eyes met with her. She smiled to see him...making his heart beat faster than before. Here she was...before him. For whome he waited didn't know how many days. That smile ...that eyes...that charm! But all that ruined because of him...only him! He wish ...so wish that he was inspite of her under the wheel of his car...but...!!
"How are you"--she asked him breaking his trance. "umm..i...I'm fine! How..how R U, nidhi?"
She ws surprised to hear her name..." U know me?? I mean...how?" he lowered his eyes...that guilty eyes.
" Yes...i know you!"--he whisper as if dare to reveal the truth."nidhi...I'm the man who is responsible for that accident. I..I'm the man who...who ruined your life...i.."
"And that's why you used to come everyday in front my home...and that's the reason of that bunch of flower...and that's the reason U wanted to marry me...to lessen your guilt. Am I right??"" tears were flowing uncontrollably from her eyes. She was confined in that wheelchair...but for the first time she felt like a handicapped. Seeing pity in his eyes...for her.
" Nidhi.."
" please...please don't need to say anything. I'm making you free from your guilt. You don't need to sit their again."
She turned her wheelchair to go...anji was there...observing all that happened. Just now she realise that her friend was in love...and that too a person reason for her miserable condition.
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The whole sky was overcast with cloud. Howling air making her shiver. There was no indication of stopping her tears. Even she didn't know why was she crying. With a slash of roar...it started to raining. She went near the window...and what her eyes met was all that strange man reason for her tears...Ashutosh holding a bunch of red rose. just when her phone flashed with that unknown number. She picked it...and said "hello"...after the usual silence she heard someone whispering"nidhi...i love you!"
And when she realized that it was none but his number.
Without acknowledgment of her...she started to shouting for anji!
Anji rushed here..a little bit panic. "Anji..i ...i want to go there!"--she pointed to him.
" to him...!!""
Kumkum Bhagya
Cricket
Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani
