“Tum thik ho? Itni raat ko… aise achanak bulaya?”
“Jab tak aap thik nahi hai… main thik kaise ho sakti hoon?”
“Main samjha nahi.”
“Aapne kabhi bataya nahi…”
“Kis baare me?”
“Aap abhi tak khud ko… blame karte hai..” she paused, her gaze involuntarily falling to the ground, “aapki Maa ne jo kiya uske liye…” Her voice faltered as something sharply twisted in her heart while touching the most intimate suffering in his life.
“Tumse kisne kaha? Aisa kuch nahi hai.” He looked away, leaving no hint to her that she was triggering his worst trauma.
“You fell asleep when we were talking last night. Maine phone rakha hi nahi kafi der tak. Tab suna. You had a nightmare. Aap neend me apni family se aapki Maa ne jo kiya uske liye maafi maang rahe the.”
If his eyes could pop out of their sockets, they would have. What on the earth his woman was made of? She was listening to his silence on the phone even after he fell asleep? Only his crazy woman could do that!
“I think you got it wrong. Aise hi kuch bola hoga maine neend me.”
“Meri taraf dekhke kahiye main galat samajh rahi hoon.”
Silence lengthened between them once he failed in the test that she had put up for him.
“Agar aap nahi baat karna chahte to I promise, main kabhi nahi puchungi,” she shifted closer, leaning her head on his shoulder, “bas aapse itna kehna tha… mujhe nahi lagta jo bhi hua usme aap kuch bhi kar sakte the, AVM. Har cheez humare bas me nahi hoti na? I am not asking you to get over it. Main jaanti hoon aasaan nahi hai aur main nahi chahti ke aap apne aap ko force kare. Mujhe to bas itna kehna tha ke… kabhi bhi… kabhi bhi aapko agar lage ke cheeze zada ho rahi hai… aap nahi handle kar paa rahe hain to… main hoon. Saalon pehle main nahi thi par ab hoon aur humesha rahungi. Aap bas itna yaad rakhiyega ke cheeze kitni bhi mushkil ho jaaye… main aapko fir kabhi bikharne nahi doongi! Kabhi nahi!”
Kabhi
Nahi!
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This is a random piece of fiction. Absolute imagination. Kind of a random mini tale based on the picture on the characters named Ishqi and Aahan from the show Ishk Par Zor Nahi.Â
Lovely!
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