Part 6-

Nupur was standing in front of him, water dripping down her hair, wearing a bathrobe. Her face looked fresh, and really gorgeous. She was looking absolutely stunning. Nupur was shocked to see Mayank standing there. She stared at him, her back against the wall. Mayank slowly approached her, while Nupur stood there, her heart pounding hard. Mayank went closer to her, until he was just inches away from her. He moved one step forward, and they were really close to each other. They could feel each other's breath. Mayank slowly raised his hand, and placed it lightly on Nupur's cheek. Nupur instantly closed her eyes. And Mayank brought his face a little closer. He was lost into Nupur, and so was Nupur. She didn't want Mayank to back away. She didn't know why, but she liked being so close to him. And so did Mayank. They were lost into each other, the pull of unknown feelings getting stronger between them. Mayank slowly caressed Nupur's cheek, and brought his face an inch closer to her. Nupur had her eyes tightly closed, nervous and in a way, happy. Her lips were trembling. What if he kissed her? How was she to react to that? Mayank was unable to gain control over himself this time. He placed his other hand on her waist, and caught hold of her tightly. Nupur could feel a chill run down her spine. Mayank was still unaware of what was going on. He was losing control. He gently pressed his lips against hers. That sent  a wave of emotions through them. That was enough to ignite the fire within them. The fire of passion. Mayank got carried away. He kissed Nupur with full passion. Nupur was shocked for a minute, but she kissed him back, with a lot of passion. The passion, the fire, their feelings of lust taking control over them. These feelings seemed to be controlling their every move. Their kiss slowly deepened, and Nupur didn't object it. She was kissing him back with full enthusiasm. Suddenly, the door knob moved, indicating that someone was trying to open it from the outside. Mayank realized what he was doing. He was kissing her? He actually kissed her? What had he done? Now she would hate him. She would never trust him. She would, she would…. Mayank was the first to break out of the kiss. He cursed himself like anything. He looked in the other direction, while Nupur's eyes were still closed. She kept cherishing the moment, until she realized what had just happened. She was kissing him. She had never kissed anyone before. And she kissed him? Mayank could feel guilt flush through him. Nupur felt really embarrassed to even look at him in the eyes. The door knob again moved. Mayank quickly went towards the door  and unlocked it. He then opened the door, only to see Sumi standing there, smiling at him.

S- I'm really sorry ki maine tumhe disturb kiya, lekin khaana tayyar hai.

M- Ji, wo main…

S- Arey, tumne abhi tak apne kapde nahi badle? Jaldi karo beta, warna tum bimaar pad jaaoge. Main tumhaara hall mein wait kar rahi hoo.

Sumi then left from there. Nupur stood there awkwardly, wondering what to do. Mayank slowly picked up his clothes which were on the bed, and took the towel, and went near Nupur.

M- I'm really very sorry.

Nupur looked up at him. She could see the guilt in his eyes. She felt sorry for him. She was also partially at fault. If she hadn't kissed him back, maybe things wouldn't have been so intense. She shook her head.

N- Galti sirf tumhaari nahi thi. Galti meri bhi thi. So please don't blame yourself alone.

Its okay. Kabhi kabhi aisa ho jaata hai. I still trust you.

Mayank was shocked at Nupur's words. She still trusted him? He had expected her to be crying, and cursing him from the bottom of her heart. But this reaction of hers took him totally by surprise. It was as if she had solved all his problems. He managed a faint smile.

M- Mein bathroom mein change kar leta hoo, tab tak tum bhi change kar lo. Don't worry, I won't come out till you are not done.

Nupur smiled back at him. He wasn't bad. He just lost control. And she didn't blame him. Even she had lost control. That didn't change her feelings for him in any way. There was definitely something different she felt about him. Mayank quickly went inside the bathroom, while Nupur changed her clothes. She didn't have any fear at all. She wasn't afraid that she was sharing a room with a guy. She trusted him blindly. He wouldn't harm her in any way. Nupur was finally done, and she could hear Mayank call out to her.

M- Are you done changing? Can I come out?

Nupur smiled to herself.

N- Yeah, I'm done. I'm waiting outside the room. Come soon.

Nupur quickly went out of the room, while Mayank slowly came out of the bathroom. He quickly changed into his clothes and came outside into the living room. He looked really smart. He hard worn a black shirt, and faded blue jeans. He looked really hot. Nupur couldn't help but just stare at him. Even Nupur looked gorgeous. She had worn a skin fit faded blue jeans, and had worn a white kurti over it. She had left her hair open, which was still wet, and had no make up on. She looked really pretty. It was natural beauty. Even Mayank kept staring at her. Sumi noticed that the two were completely lost into each other.

S- Young love.

She sighed. Nupur came back to her senses and looked down at the dining table. Mayank also looked in all the other directions, pretending to admire the house. Sumi chuckled at this.

S- Its okay. You don't need to be embarrassed. I understand.

Mayank and Nupur flushed at this. Suddenly, Nupur noticed that Mayank's hair was still wet.

N- Tum par to towel ek total waste hai.

Mayank looked at her, confused.

M- Kya matlab?

N- Matlab, tumhaare baal to abhi bhi bheege hai. Unhe saaf to kar do.

M- Tumhaare baal bhi to bheege hai. Tum unhe saaf kyon nahi karti?

N- Sukhne ko time lagega. Lambe hai na, isiliye. Tum ek minute rukho.

She went inside and came back with a towel in her hand. She gently made Mayank sit down on the chair, and she began drying his hair for him. Mayank felt really good. He closed his eyes, enjoying the moment completely. Sumi saw this, and to avoid making them feel uncomfortable, she quickly went inside the kitchen, giving them privacy.

Nupur finally stopped, and looked at Mayank. His eyes were still closed.

Mayank suddenly opened his eyes when he realized that Nupur had stopped.

M- Thanks.

He said, looking awkwardly at her.

N- Its okay. Tum mere liye itna kar sakte ho, to mera bhi farz banta hai ki main tumhaareliye kuch karu, right?

Mayank smiled back at her. Sumi came out of the kitchen, hoping she hadn't disturbed them.

S- Beta, tumlog ab jaldi se khaana kha lo. Okay? Uske baad thodi der aaraam kar sakte ho.

Mayank and Nupur looked at Sumi and nodded at her.

They went to sit down at the dining table. Sumi was already done with her eating. She looked at Mayank and Nupur. They were lost into each other.

S- Uh, agar kuch chahiye ho to main baaju ke kamre main hi hoo.

Nupur quickly broke from the awkwad eye lock, to look at Sumi.

N- Nahi aunty, thanks. Aap ne hamareliye waise bhi bohot kuch kiya hai. Mujhe to yeh bhi nahi pata ki main aap ka shukriaada kaise karu!

S- Koi baat nahi, tum to bilkul meri beti jaisi ho. Sumi then went from there. Nupur looked upset. Mayank noticed that she was sad. He slowly went and sat down closer to her.

M- Kya hua?

N- Maa ki yaad aa rahi hai.

Mayank knew he couldn't stop her from missing her family. He could see tears brimming up inside her eyes.

N- Pata hai Arjun, Sumi aunty bilkul maa jaisi hai.

Mayank smiled.

M- Har maa ka dil ek jaisa hi hota hai.

Nupur looked up at him.

N- Tumhe tumhaari family ki yaad nahi aa rahi? Ya tum us yaad ko chupaane ki koshish kar rahe ho?

M- Matlab?

N- Matlab yeh hai ki, maine tumhe aaj jungle mein rote huye dekha tha. Tumhe apne feelings ko chupaane ki koi zaroorat nahi thi Arjun. Tum bhi to ek insaan hi ho.

Mayank looked at her in awe. She was so understanding. She wasn't the type of girl who would laugh at him if he cried because he was missing his maa.

M- Thanks so much.

N- Thanks kisliye?

M- Mujhe samajhne ke liye.

Nupur gave him a wide smile. Suddenly her expression changed to that of confusion.

N- Waise, mujhe yaad hai ki aakhri baar hum jungle mein the…wo waterfall…

And she quickly paused as she recollected what happened under the waterfall. Her face flushed. She turned red on thinking about it. Mayank could sense her discomfort. He felt so ashamed of himself, that he could not control himself, and even a few minutes back he had kissed her. He didn't know what had gotten into him.

Nupur suddenly shook off her embarrassment and looked at Mayank with a sincere expression.

N- Waise Arjun, hum yahaa pohoche kaise?

M- Oh ha. Wo actually, jab tum so gayi thi na, tab mujhe door se ek aadmi dikhaayi de raha tha. Jab main unke paas gaya, to usne kahaa ki agar hum kuch mile aur chalte rahe, to hum shehar jaldi pohoch jaayenge. Isiliye mainemaine… socha ki shehar jaakar hi aaram kar lete hai. To isiliye

N- Tum pura raasta mujhe utha rahe the?
Nupur looked at him in disbelief. Mayank didn't know how to react. He nodded awkwardly.

N- By god, tum to bohot thak gaye hoge na!

Nupur then began to chuckle. Mayank couldn't help but smile at her. She was so innocent.

N- Lekin tum mujhe jagaa bhi to sakte the na?

M- Wo main, tum itni upset thi, aur finally relax kar rahi thi, isiliye main tumhe jagaana nahi chahta tha.

N- Achcha, lekin fir hum shed main kaise pohoche?

M- Wo, itna chalne ke baad main kaafi thak gaya tha, aur mujhe ek shed nazar aa rahi thi, to maine socha ki thodi der main bhi so leta hoo.
Mayank smiled as he recollected how he carried Nupur up till the shed. She had buried her head into his chest and was hugging him tightly. Mayank had also felt so contented to have her in his arms.

N- Arjun, kahaa kho gaye?

M- K-kuch nahi.

Nupur looked at Mayank and smiled sweetly.

N- Thanks a lot. I'm really lucky to have met you.

Mayank smiled back to her.

But Nupur couldn't help but just think to herself- Agar maa ki baat sunkar uss Mayank se shaadi kar leti, to main tumse kaise milti Arjun? Shaayad mere naseeb mein hi tumse milna likha tha. Maybe we are meant to….

And Nupur was shocked at her own thoughts. Meant to be? Did she just say that? Or was about to say it?

M- Chalo, tum andar jaakar room mein so jaao. Main hall mein so jaaonga.

N- N-nahi.

M- Kya hua?

N- Tum bhi room main hi soge. I have no problems with that. I told you na, I still trust you.

Mayank smiled adoringly at Nupur, who gave him back her ever-so-sweet smile in return.

 

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D- Maa, I'm back.

Dia came running into the house, dropping her bags on the sofa in a hurry to meet her mom and her brother.

Shilpa came outside the kitchen, trying to flash a smile on her face. Every moment she had to keep pretending to have that fake smile on her face.

Dia hugged her mom tightly.

D- Maa!

S- Dia beti, kaisi ho?

D- Mein bilkul theek hoo. Maine aapko aur bro ko bohot miss kiya.

Shilpa flinched at the mention of Mayank. What would she tell Dia? That Mayank ran away? He wasn't coming back? Dia would be heartbroken. Afterall, she came flying all the way from US to India only for his marriage.

D- Maa, bro kahaa hai?

Shilpa looked up at Dia.

S- Wo actually, wo, usse kuch kaam aa gaya tha, isliye wo do hafte ke liye bahar gaya hai.

Dia had a frown on her face.

D- I was so eagerly waiting to meet him!

Shilpa couldn't control her tears any longer, so she quickly excused herself from there and went into the kitchen.

D- Maa, mein Bhushans' ke ghar jaa rahi hoo.

Shilpa got scared. She couldn't face the Bhushans. Not now atleast.

S- K-kyon?

D- Maa, meri bhaabhi wahaa hai. Unse to milna hai na mujhe!

Before Shilpa could stop Dia, she was already outside the house.

 

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At the Bhushan house, Gunjan was really nervous. She didn't know how her parents would react to this. Samrat noticed her nervousness and simply smiled.

S- Come on chashmish, nervous kyon ho? Pyaar kiya to darna kya..

G- Offho Samrat. Di ka sacchi mein tumpar bohot asar hua hai.

Gunjan did feel her heart ache on the mention of her sister, but she didn't want to upset Samrat, so she continued to smile.

Samrat admired Gunjan for her courage to keep smiling and hugged her tightly.

S- I'm so proud of you. Love you chashmish.

Gunjan smiled at this.

Just then Mr. and Mrs. Bhushan came into the living room. They saw Samrat and Gunjan hugging tightly and smiled looking at each other.

(Gunur's dad=GD, Gunur's mom= GM)

GM- ahem ahem.

Samrat and Gunjan quickly broke out from their hug. Gunjan looked really embarrassed.

GD- kuch baat hai jo tumlog humse kehna chahte ho?

Samrat immediately nodded. Without wasting a single minute, he blurted out everything.

S- Main aur Gunjan shaadi karna chahte hai.

GM and GD looked at each other, shocked but happy at the same time. GM walked up to both of them, and blessed them. It was now official. They were getting married. Gunjan and Samrat were really happy. It was the happiest day of their life.

 

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Gunjan and Samrat were sitting in the lawn, when someone came walking upto them.

D- Hi, I'm Dia, mayank's sister.

Gunjan looked at Samrat. What would she answer Dia now? They didn't want the Sharmas to be upset. What would they do?

G- Hi, mein Gunjan. Nupur ki behen.

S- Aur mein Samrat, iska fianc.

Gunjan blushed while Samrat grinned. Dia smiled looking at both of them.

D- Uh, Nupur kahaa hai?

G- Uh wo di….

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N- Pata nahi Arjun, theek nahi lag raha.

M- Dekho, tumhi ne to abhi abhi kahaa tha na ki tumhe tumhaari behen ki bohot yaad aa rahi hai? To ab phone kar lo. Atleast wo chinta to nahi karegi. Usse ye to pata chal jaayega kit um safe ho.

Nupur had been desperately wanting to talk to Gunjan. Mayank had handed over Nupur the phone receiver in Sumi's house the moment she said she felt like talking to Gunjan.

N- Lekin, agar wo mujhse naaraaz hogi to? Agar wo maa ya papa ko phone de degi to? Tab main kya karungi?

M- Relax. Take a deep breath, and call your sister. Okay? Atleast you'll also be satisfied that you spoke to her.

Nupur slowly took the phone from reciever Mayank's hand. Her fingers were trembling as she dialed the number. She suddenly realized that she was dialing her residence number. What if her dad would answer it? She couldn't do this. Suddenly a thought struck her. She decided to call up Samrat. Gunjan would definitely be with Samrat, now that she wasn't there for her sister. Nupur slowly began dialing Samrat's number.

 

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D- What! But why!

Dia was shocked. Gunjan had narrated her the entire story. Dia stared at the two in disbelief. She didn't know what to say. Just then, her cell phone rang. It was her mom.

D- maa.

S- Dia bete, mujhe tumse kuch kehna hai.

D- Kya hua maa? Pareshaan ho?

S- Wo, Mayank waapas nahi aane waala.

Dia stood frozen for a minute. She heard her mom break down into tears on the other line.

D- M-matlab?

S- Matlab ki, Mayank ko yeh shaadi nahi karni thi, isiliye wo bhaag gaya. Waapas nahi aane waala.

Dia was shocked. She just hung up then and there. Her bro had run away? How could this be? She sat down on the bench.

Gunjan and Samrat looked worried. Gunjan kept her hand on Dia's shoulder.

G- Kya hua Dia?

D- Bro bhi ghar se bhaag gaye.

This was news to Samrat and Gunjan. They were shocked. Just then Samrat's cell phone rang. An unknown number flashed on the screen.

S- ye kiska number hai?

Gunjan also peeped into the phone to get a look at the number, but didn't find it familiar.

G- Samrat phone to uthaao. Shaayad important hoga.

Samrat quickly answered the phone.

S- hello?

The voice on the other end let out a huge sigh.

She slowly spoke.

N- S-samrat?

Samrat was frozen for a second. He was then back to normal. He had a huge smile on his face.

S- Nupur!

The moment Samrat took out Nupur's name, Gunjan looked at him in disbelief. Even Dia stared at him.

S- Nupur, tum kaisi ho? Tum…..

But Gunjan had snatched the phone from him.

N- Samrat main theek….

G- Di!

Nupur could feel her tears rolling down her cheeks. Mayank was sitting in a corner, giving Nupur her privacy.

N- Gunjan!

Nupur's voice was shaky.

Gunjan started crying on the phone.

G- Di, tum kahaa chali gayi?

Nupur tried to control herself, since Gunjan was unable to do so. She broke down.

N- Dekh Gunjan, chuimui, please rona band kar. Please.

G- Ek hi shart par.

N- Dekh Gunjan, main waapas nahi aa rahi. Mujhe sirf tujhse baat karne ka bohot man kar raha tha, isiliye maine call kiya tha.

Gunjan started crying all the more. Samrat took the phone from Gunjan, while Gunjan rested her head on  Samrat's shoulder and began crying.

S- Nupur, tum theek to ho na?

N- Ha Samrat, I'm fine. Gunjan ko please bolo ki wo rona band kare.

S- Nupur, tum to usse jaanti ho na. Wo aise nahi mangei. Wo chahti hai ki tum ghar waapas aa jaao.

N- M-main, nahi aa sakti Samrat. Maa aur papa mujhe kabhi maaf nahi karenge. Arey, main to khud ko hi maaf nahi kar paa rahi hoo, wo kya mujhe maaf karenge!
S- Pata hai Nupsi, main aur chashmish shaadi kar rahe hai.

Nupur was shocked for a minute. Mayank suddenly saw a bright smile light up on her face. He automatically felt himself smiling.

N- Kya? By god Samrat, itna rona dhona kyon kar rahe the fir! Main tum dono ke liye bohot khush hoo.

Gunjan had stopped crying by now. She asked Samrat for the phone.

G- Di, tumhe meri shaadi par zaroor aana hoga.

N- Gunjan, main wo..

G- Di please, meri zindagi ka sabse bada aur sundar din, mein chahti hoo ki tum wahaa aakar mujhe tayyar karo. Di, mujhe aur Samrat ko shaadi ki koi jaldi nahi hai. Lekin tumhe hamaare shaadi tak waapas zaroor aana hoga. Warna mein tumse kabhi baat nahi karungi.

N- Arey Gunjan, agar tu bhi mujhse khafa rahegi, to mein baat kisse karungi?

Both could feel tears brimming up in their eyes.

G- I miss you so much di.

N- I miss you too Gunjan.

G- Di, waise tum ho kaha? Akeli ho?

N- Arey nahi, mere saath ek ladka hai. Bohot hi zyaada nek aur achche khandan ka ladka hai. Aur maze ki baat bataoo? Wo bhi ghar se bhaagkar aaya hai. Aur uski wajah bhi bilkul meri wajah thi. Uski mom uski arrange marriage karwa rahi thi, jo wo karna nahi chahta tha.

G- Di, uska naam kya hai?

N- Arjun.

Gunjan smiled. She was happy that her di wasn't alone.

N- Achcha Gunjan, mujhe ab phone rakhna padega. Bye. I love you Gunjan.

G- Bye, love you too di.

Nupur was about to hang up when Gunjan called out on the phone.

G- Di!
N- Ha bol.

G- Call karti rehna.

N- Koshish karungi. Bye Gunjan. Samrat ko de.

Gunjan handed over the phone back to Samrat.

N- Samrat?

S- Ha nupur, bolo.

N- Dekho Samrat, please Gunjan ko khush rakhna. Tum to jaante ho ki wo mere bageir kabhi nahi rahi hai. So please take care of her. And always keep her happy. Mein jaanti hoo ki mere alawa sirf tum hi yeh kaam kar sakte ho. Hai na? Aur ha, tum dono ko meri taraf se congrats. Shaayad mein shaadi par nahi aa paaongi. Bye Samrat. Gunjan ko bhi bye bol dena. Aur ha, if possible, mein definitely waapas call karoongi. Lekin please tum Gunjan ke saath hi rehna, kyonki mein ghar pe phone nahi kar sakti hoo. Achcha ab bye.

S- Bye Nupur.

Nupur finally hung up. Samrat looked at Gunjan. Dia was still standing over there. She still looked upset. Gunjan noticed how upset Dia was.

G- Dia, don't worry. I'm sure Mayank bhi tumhe call kar dega.

D- Nahi Gunjan, wo baat nahi hai. Main to yeh nahi samajh paa rahi hoo ki maa ne bro ko force hi kyon kiya. Yaar, logon ko arrange marriages mein kya dikhta hai? Jab maa ne mujhe shaadi ke baare mein bataaya tha, tab mujhe lagaa tha ki finally bro ko pyaar ho gaya. Lekin yeh to kuch different hi nikla.
G- I know. Mujhe bhi ek bohot bada shock laga tha. Lekin di bhi sahi hai. Kisiko shaadi ke liye force nahi kiya jaa sakta. Ummeed hai ki di aur Mayank, dono ko apne jaise log mil jaaye.

D- But I'm happy, atleast tumne apni di se baat to ki. Yahaa to saalo baad lautkar mujhe pata chala ki Bro to bhaag gaya.

 

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Nupur looked at Mayank with a huge smile.

N- Thank you so much Arjun!

M- Tum khush ho na? Mein bas yahi chahta tha.

Nupur suddenly handed over the phone receiver to Mayank.

N- Chalo, phone lagaao.

M- Kya?

N- Kya nahi. Phone lagaao.

M- Lekin kisse?

N- Kisse matlab? Apni maa ko. Tumhe unki yaad aa rahi thi na, to call karo.

M- Par main…

N- Arjun, tumne mujhe bhi to force kiya tha, Gunjan ko call karne ke liye. Ab meri baari. Tumhe call karna hi hoga.

Mayank looked at the phone and then at Nupur, having a confused look on his face.

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