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Hey there all the lovely people!!!
It's a Sunday and I thought to revive the tradition. It's weird and equally nonsensical. Read at your own risk. It's a stupid take on the recent events. I have been obsessed with this song lately... it's so soul consuming...Enough of my blabbering...
OS : Main phir bhi tumko chahunga!!
"Is this a joke? Uma asked looking up from the papers in his hand. "No, I want a divorce Kanak replied straight to his face and while he bent his head back to the papers to get hold of reality Kanak winked at Massi.
His eyes fluttered anxiously on the words written, different sections and under alimony was 5crore... he took a deep breath and asked with a certain silence in his tone "you want a divorce, you will get it he walked out...
Uma didn't come home rest of the day, Kanak didn't hear about him, her day spent in agony, anxious to tell him her plan. Her head reeling with Massi's condition of Uma remarrying, his acceptance to give her up nonetheless... yet she couldn't find him anywhere.
He returned to their room next morning while she was still in the bathroom, he opened the cupboard and packed her bag, all her belongings placed carefully in it. The anklets he had given her fell out of its box and landed on the floor with a soft thud, he picked it up and remembered them as chain she had called them, he kept one in the box and other under his clothes in the cupboard, the one thing he would keep back. He kept one dress out with all its matching accessories, so that she wouldn't open the cupboard and find the contents gone.
He walked in back to the room when she was in front of the mirror getting ready, she was happy, after everything she was happy, his heart wrung but he held his head and walked behind her.. he reflected in the mirror behind her, their gaze met and Kanak twirled around to hug him, but he stepped back, her happiness from him selecting a dress for her drained out of her. "Uma she said her hand reaching out to him, he stopped it and said "Get ready, we are going out, unable to stand anymore he walked in the bathroom to wash off his misery.
"Uma listen, I have something to say, Kanak said while he drove.
"But I don't want to talk to you, whatever you have done is enough, I don't need anymore of your words he shut her down bitterly.
"But Uma listen, she tried to argue but he held up his hand to silence her.
"But where are we going? She asked as got silence as an answer. She stared at him but he didn't blink, she gave up and fiddled with the radio button till music channels came up, the RJ announced the next song a love anthem, Uma flicked the radio off and Kanak turned it on and kept her hand on it.
...Tum mere ho iss pal mere ho
Kal shayad ye alam naa rahe
Kuch aisa ho tum tum naa raho
Kuch aisa ho hum hum naa rahe
Yeh raaste alag ho jaaye
Chalte chalte hum kho jaaye
Main phir bhi tumko chahunga
Main phir bhi tumko chahunga
Is chahat mein marr jaunga
Main phir bhi tumko chahunga
Meri jaan mein har khamoshi hain
Tere pyaar ke nagme gaunga
Main phir bhi tumko chahunga...
He stopped the car suddenly at the side of the road, and hunched on his knees. Kanak looked left and right, it was a secluded place, she jumped out and ran to Uma, thinking he was sick. She kept her hand on his shoulder and he got back up and she saw the tears rolling down his face. "Leave me he said and fell on his knees. "But Uma what happened? She was starting to freak out seeing him break down. "It's rightly said that music connects deeper than words, that song could express more than I could ever speak with you... it was all a mistake to begin with, my fault to have married you, to try to change you, but you grew on me. You changed me, you became a part of me, my life. You asked me to promise you trust you, I did, and I still do...
"What are you saying Uma, Kanak asked cupping his face, crying herself.
"I know you are not a gold digger, you love me, yet you asked for a divorce, you sold me off to remarry, you auctioned our relationship... I won't question you why, but how could you... your reason was above us, more important than me, divorce was one thing but you agreed for me to remarry, you had no right to do that... he pulled out the papers and gave it to her, here is your divorce and the alimony you asked for.
Kanak sat still on her knees, unable to understand what was happening, shocked into silence... with trembling hand she took the papers and saw his signature, her hand curled around her dress, scrunching it in a ball.
"Happy now, you are free of me, and you have the property too but let me make one thing clear... I won't remarry ever again... it's my decision to always love you and keep you alive in my memories and life. You can go away right now, I would never stop you, but don't ever try to play for my greater good ever again he said and got up and wiped his face and walked a few steps away from her.
Realization dawned on her, that he had kept his part of the promise of trusting her...he was angry and upset and broken because of her... she wouldn't let him suffer anymore, she walked up to him and stood on front of him, "you think I would have given you up, a piece of paper could break up apart, we are a match made by Mahadev and nobody can break it. Just to be clear I wouldn't have let you remarry anyway, I would have haunted you and killed you with my own hands if such a thought even crossed your mind. You are mine and mine only she held his collar and rattled him "I am your wife and its the best you can get... "... as for the divorce this can go to hell, I don't want percentages in life, I just want you.. for you are my world... but whatever!! when we are together we can build our own world together...
His head reeled with her confession, he pulled her into a crushing hug... "I would have died before I let you go... I died a thousand times since yesterday, you are my life and my life was asking to go away, I wouldn't have refused you or questioned you, but I would have loved you no matter what he sang the lines he had heard earlier ~ main phir bhi tumko chahunga Aise zaroori ho mujhko tum
Jaise hawa ye saanson ko
Aise talashun main tumko
Jaise ke pair zameeno ko
Hasna yaa rona ho mujhe
Paagal sa dhoondhun main tumhe
Kal mujhse mohabbat ho naa ho
Kal mujhko ijazat ho naa ho
Tutte dil ke tukde lekar
Tere darr pe hi reh jaaunga...
"I love you Uma Kanak said while crushing him back...
Rocks and chappals are always welcome. 🤗
Do let me know how it was.
