~For Shaveerkti~
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#32: Your eyes are red...were your crying?
Socializing was something Twinkle generally thought of as fun. It was a chance to get to know other people and make new friends. Middle aged aunties however knew how to suck the fun out of that too.
Arey good news kab de rahi ho?' Tumhara pati kya karta hai, naukri vaukri sab theek toh hai na?' Yeh dress ke sleeves thode short nahi hai?'
She was one second away from emptying the bowl of chili chutney on the scandalously dressed, sari, clad aunty, when Twinkle's phone rang. Now, she has always liked her phone but today, today she is exceptionally in love with it. It was her hero, her knight in shining armor!
She quickly excuses her herself to attend the call, mentally noting to let Mummyji know they never again would host a kitty party. She swipes the green answer button and places the cell against her ear. "Hello?"
She uttered another hello and receives no answer. She quickly checks the screen to see if it was a known number. Lo and behold, it was Kunj. But why was he acting so strange? She decided to call him back.
He didn't answer.
Twinkle sighed heavily, Kunj and his weird antics. But then again, she can now ditch that pity kitty party. Maybe they can even watch a movie together! With these thoughts in mind, she happily skipped down the hall, past the gossiping ladies and to the comfort of her room and husband.
Her phone buzzed in her hand. It was a message from Kunj.
Kunj: Ishaan ke kamre mein, please.
He hadn't ended the message with a smiley face and that slightly worried her a bit. But then again, he must be in a naughty mood and didn't want to waste any time using emojis. But again, Ishaan's room? She gave herself a small smack in the head before agreeing that she was thinking too much. Either way she gets to get away from the party downstairs, so she supposes that she should be happy.
She walked to Ishaan's room and as she neared the bedroom she could hear soft sniffles coming from the inside. "Kunj?" she called out, poking her head inside the room.
She sees him quickly turning his back to her and his hands going to his face.
She wonders if he had arose clenches between his lips and that he if he was going to pull her in for Salsa dance. She honestly wouldn't be surprised if he did, he was weird like that. But she isn't complaining. It was cute!
She calls him again. He doesn't respond.
Playing tough to get, are we?' she thinks. Theek hai, Kunj Sarna. Aaj mein tumhe maska maarti hoon. Tum bhi kya yaad rakhogey!' she thinks to herself before sliding over to where he was.
She traces her fingers up his back, then slides them down his chiseled chest before turning him around to face her. She laces her fingers with his, smiles at their intertwined hands. They fit perfectly. Her heart skips a beat when he tightens his grip. She raises his eyes to meet his chocolaty ones.
And she is shocked!
"Your eyes are red...were you crying?"
In any other circumstance he would have denied it. He would have told her off with the over used excuse that there was something in his eye. But today, he puts his lips slightly and nods his head in affirmation.
She does the only thing she knows to at the moment and gathers him in, in a bone crushing hug. His tightening grip around her only further worries her. And now he is hiccupping, trying to hold in the sob. "Kya hua Kunj?" her voice dripping in concern as she rubs soothing patterns on his back.
His voice breaks horribly but Twinkle manages to stitch the sentence together and make sense of it. "Ellie. Ellie mar gayi!"
She sucks in a breath. Losing a friend was always painful and from how Kunj was reacting she deducts that Ellie must have been a really close friend of his.
"I am sorry Kunj. Sunn kar bura laga." She tells him softly and guides him to sit down on the chair, while she kneels before him.
"Carl kitna dukhi tha!" he cries and this time the tears cascade down his cheeks. "Apni patni ko aise-"he can't continue. Twinkle hugs him again.
"It's okay Kunj. Shayad Ellie ka time humare saath bas itna hi tha."
"But it's not fair! Ache logo ke saath aisa kyu hota hai!"
It takes him 30 minutes to calm down, 30 minutes before the tears had tried and the sniffles and hiccups had stopped. But he yet had his hands grasped in hers. "Tu mujhe kabhi aise chod kar nahi jayegi na?" he asks.
She breathes in deeply. That's something she can't promise him. She can promise to love him forever but to stay with him-well that was something in the Lord's hand. "Kunj." she tries but he hugs her again and she can't speak further.
Its two days later when Twinkle thinks it's appropriate to ask Kunj about who Ellie and Carl are. And if anything they should go meet Carl, see how he is coping and all.
She was just about to make her way to their room to meet Kunj when she hears Ishaan sniffling in his room. Upon further investigations he found that he was watching the emotionally provoking animation called Up'.
But that's not what caught her attention.
"Seriously Kunj!" she yelled once in their room. Kunj dropped the newspaper from his hand in surprise. He wonders what he did now. "Up? Tum Up' ke Ellie aur Carl ke baare mein ro rahe the?!"
His cheeks instantly flush. This was not something he ever wanted Twinkle to find out about. He supposed he would keep Ellie and Carl as some friends. This was highly embarrassing!
Kunj prepared himself for the ruthless round of teasing but instead Twinkle smiles and pinches his cheek-after yelling at him for worrying her so.
They cry over Ellie and Carl that night again.
THE END.
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