CHAPTER-8
KHWAAHISHON KA CHEHRA KYON DHUNDHLAA SA LAGTA HAI
KYON ANN GINAT KHWAAHISHEN HAI
KHWAAHISHON KA PEHRA KYON THEHRA SA LAGTA HAI
KYON YE GALAT KHWAAHISHEN HAI...
dev- anushka shastri u r one of the most cunning, mean and selfish human being I have come across😡
anu- pls dev u cannot force me into something I really don't want to do!!!😭
alka- stop it both of u😡
dev- haa haa it always ends up being about what anu wants to do, what she needs, and what matters for her and blah blah blah...😡
anu is continuously weeping, alka trying to comfort her, dev stomps her foot and walks out of the room...
DOWNSTAIRS...
rajat- neil, what exactly is going on here, dev is upset and even u r stressed!😲
neil- bhai actually we need a dancer for a performance at the inter college fest, the one who had to perform backed out at the last moment, dev ne bola anu is a trained classical dancer, I asked her toh she said no phir she had an argument with dev and since then we r trying to think what exactly to do next!!!
rajat-(POV)- anu se baat karni padegi...🤔
anu is banging her head in books...
rajat- anu neil ne mujhe sab bataya and I think u should perform😊
anu- rajat for once and for all Its personal and that is it!!!😡
rajat- u know it that u can share it with me ryt, hum dost hai😃
anu- pls rajat let me study!!!😡
anu is sweeping the terrace...
rajat- anu pls mujhe bataao what exactly is going on😡
anu- rajat humme kisise koi baat nahi karni 😡
rajat- I thought I did not come in the category of "kisise"😡
anu- rajat aap pls jaaiye yahaa se😡
rajat- FINE!!!!😡😡😡
seeing her puppy sore red eyes, rajat figured out that something or the other is definitely wrong, and now he was on a mission to know exactly what
alka-rajat I say stay out of our family matter, we don't like interference😡
rajat- look at anu alka, she is crying, not eating anything, not speaking anything, not even behaving properly, I don't know about u par main usse aise nahi dekh sakta!!!😡
alka- what do u think rajat mujhe anu ko aise dekhkar khushi milti hai??? but the reason behind her this behavior is such that it makes me helpless😔
rajat- and will u pls let me know what is it?????😡
alka- u know anu performed last when she was 12, uske baad she never danced...😒
FLASHBACK...
"u know rajat my maa passed away when I was 12"
rajat- now I get it!!! she did not dance after your mother passed away!💔
alka- haa but how do u know???😲
but before she could even finish the question rajat left the place...
anu at the vegetable market...she walked carrying her bag in her right hand but suddenly felt a tight grip on her left wrist...
rajat- anu, we need to talk😡
anu- r u stalking me????😡
rajat- tumne aur koi option chhodda hi nahi😡
anu- pls rajat humme akela chhod dijiye😡
rajat-(cupping her face)- I know u r hurt, I know u need to talk abhi I need to go for some work but main raatko terrace par tumhara wait karungaa😊
as rajat left anu stood numb not knowing how to react on rajat's such gestures, such care...😭
anu-(POV)- kya rajat ko sachme fark padtaa hai that m hurt, that there are certain things that cause me pain!!!😭😭😭
NIGHTIME... TERRACE PE...
anu lost herself back in time thinking about neil's offer to perform at the fest, then dev's harsh words and finally rajat's concern forced her to walk down the memory lane and think about that particular night 9 years back... & she suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder...
rajat- anu tum theek ho???😊
anu- na...na... nahi😭
rajat- baat karni hai???😊
and as he sat down beside her only silence prevailed in the full moon night
anu- my mom slipped down the staircase and got a head injury, it was a hemorrhage, u know she died within a few minutes even the doctor was not able to reach there on time...😭
rajat was shell shocked to hear such words but he just knelt down in front of her, held her hand...
rajat- just let your heart out anu...😊
anu- she was calling for me, I went there but she lost her balance and tumbled down, I saw her injury, her flesh, her blood, she was dying right in front of me and I did not know what to do, I shouted, called alka didi, papa, my uncles, my aunts everyone but till the time they came my mom was surviving on her last breathe, they called the doctor but it was too late, to late...😭
and she cried her heart out digging her face into his chest...
anu- u know rajat that scene killed me, my dreams, my emotions, my life in every way and they are still killing me from inside I really don't know what to do, u know my dance was my first love, my passion, my dream come true...😭
rajat- then???
anu- I still remember my uncle's slap when I asked him about one of my competition, I did not realize what and when was I wrong and even papa was not in the state to answer me, aapko pata hai all my extended family members, my aunt, uncle and cousins have been so cruel to me, they never liked that I perform and after maa's death nobody seemed to care of wether I smile, cry, live or die, I never existed in front of alka didi's pain and dev's tears and today dev said that m cunning but rajat hum sach keh rahe hai the memories of how my uncle had manhandled me still haunt me, that slap, the dark room where he locked me for one night the way my aunt took away my ghungroos ab humme waapas stage par jaane ki himmat nahi hai, hum nahi kar sakte...😭
rajat-(wiping her tears)- shhh... bohot ho gaya ab no tears abhi tum jaake so jaao, hum kal baat karenge😊
that night anu actually felt relief in confessing something to someone about which she had always preferred to keep mum, again a tear rolled down her eye thinking about how easily she can trust rajat for anything and everything😊
NEXT MORNING...
peeya- rajat bhai thank u very much😃
rajat- for????😲
peeya- anu didu k saath rehne k liye, u know she has suffered a lot because she has acted mature but u r one of the very few with whom she can share her feelings😃
rajat- OK princess now pls let me know about anu's dance performances 😉
peeya- I don't know much but come I will show u something...
she took him to the storeroom and showed him some of anu's old photographs of her dresses, her postures, her performances
rajat- she was so pretty, so perfect...😳
peeya- she is perfect...😎
rajat took the albums and went to anu's room where she was busy patting her hair, he threw the photographs on the bed...
anu- aap ye kya kar rahe hai rajat aur kyon kar rahe hai😡
rajat- because this is important anu, main chahhtaa hu k tum apne saare dard ko peechhe chhodkar who karo jo tumhe khushi de...😊
anu- kya fark padta hai rajat u know I struggled a lot to express my self but nobody cares!!!
rajat-(tightly holding her shoulder)- I do anu mujhe fark padta hai jab tum muskuraati nahi ho, mujhe fark padta hai when u r in so much pain, main tumhe aise nahi dekh saktaa please understand u need to get over all of this and now tumhaare paas chance bhi hai...😔
his mind had completely gone blank seeing her frozen when he left the room but the only thought coming to her mind was that why does rajat care, why is he so concerned????🤔
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