Phir Se?

4 years ago

Trisha

@Trisha49

Surprise! I'm back❤️ and this one's for all TaaReyians here on IF. Dher saara pyaar to everyone reading this and special hugs to Mrunmayee and Shweta! This one's for y'all for dealing with me basically disappearing off IF. Aapki updates pe bhi hopefully jald hi comment karungi😂😂

So, jis jis ne D3 ke webisodes dekhe hai know the update on TaaRey (nahi dekhe hai toh abhi jaake dekho, nostalgia ❤️❤️) As soon as I heard about Taani's divorce and usme dance by the D3 team I wanted to see this happen and well, here goes my version of it all!

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She exhaled as she left the court after they passed the final motion of her divorce. The six months were up, she was finally single! "divorced, you mean", a voice in her head rang. And glaring at it she picked up her phone and dialled his number, knowing his voice could overpower it all.

"Taanii!! Hogaya na?"

"Ji bhai!" She exclaimed catching his infectious joy.

"Finally! Great great! Chalo icecream khaane chalte hai, tum kab pohoch rahi ho?"

"Mujhe icecream nahi khaani"

"Kya?"

"Mujhe party karni hai!"

"Kya?"

"Divorce party! Log breakup party rakhte hai toh mai ye kyu nahi?"

"What? Divorce party?"

"Bhai aapne meri shaadi celebrate kyu ki thi?"

"I know ye sawaal repetitive hote jaa raha hai, but, KYA?"

"Arey bhai, shaadi kyu celebrate karte hai? New stage of life, new beginnings wagera wagera na?"

"Ha I mean.."

"Toh ye bhi toh wahi hai, nayi zindagi, nayi shuruwat!"

"Divorce party?"

"Yesss! Divorce party is on!!"

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"Aye Twayam, wo toh laana hi padega!" Amar exclaimed,

"Kya stripper?" Vicky asked

"Arey O, Taani ki divorce party hai, bachelorette nahi! Amar, Vicky tum dono kya.." Simmi reprimands them

"Aley tlipal nahi, dalt boald, dalt boald!" Amar answers.

"Kya?" Everyone questions.

"Ay bhalat, wo kal humne thlee idiots dekhi, usme wo vilus ka banate haina aisa maarne waala" Amar does the aim and throw gesture and Bharat adds,

"Arey ha wo, arey bhai log wo virus ka 3 idiots me kiya tha na, puthe pe aadmi ka thobda lagake phir uspe chote chote teer maarna" he joins Amar in the gesture,

"Dalt boald, dalt boald" Amar says again and everyone follows their gesture trying to figure out what he was saying.

"Oh I got it, give me the beat guys!" Nil starts, and everyone boom boom chucks while throwing imaginary things in the air,

"Taani, apni friend, ka hua hai divorce,
She'll move on from her ex, with full force,
Nikaalenge anger, bhadas hogi fold,
With Vishesh ka face on a dalt boald!"

"Hain?" Swayam asks again

"I mean dart board, dart board guys!" Nil points all around as the action of throwing makes more sense to everyone.

"Oh dart board!" Swayam exclaims but then sees his arm throw an imaginary dart, and making a face at his own self stops to announce,

"Guys kya dart board, bachi hai kya Taani!"

"Ha yaar, Ye tujhe yaad na meri aayi waala scene nahi hai!" Neha elaborated

"Ha, kisi se ab kya types kehna!" Aashi added making them look at them with a yaar-chup-kar-na expression.

"Guys she doesn't hate Vishesh, na hi use koi anger hai." Sharon clarified.

"So she Vishesh him well?" Nil says and clapping at his own humour laughs out loud. The others roll their eyes and ignore his pun. (Vishesh him = wishes him😂)

"Ye sab chodo, Taani typical khaana peena, some good music and dance waali party enjoy karegi." Rey suggests.

"Acha, fir dart board cancel.." Vicky says sadly,

"Aur Stripper?" Rinni asks as everyone slaps their heads.

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Rey shows up at the Shekhawat's place the next evening, bored and wanting to just chill when he sees Taani walk around the building.

"Hi! What's up?"

"Just out for a walk..uh bhai cycle pe ghoomne gaye hai."

"Kabtak aayega?"

"Kaafi time hogaya, I think he should be here in 15 minutes"

"Ok cool.. um, may I.. join?"

"Sure!"

They take a round of the society silently. Taani seemed to be in a pensive mood making Rey ask her,
"Kya soch rahi ho?"

"Yehi ki bachpan me lagta tha badi hojaungi tab life ek fixed pattern follow karegi, sab simple aur perfect hoga, kitni bhi gadbad ho happy ending toh jo hi jayegi. Vishesh mere liye meri yehi happy ending tha aur ab meri shaadi khatam ho chuki hai, extended family mujhse naaraaz hai, sab unclear hai, future ka koi idea nahi hai!" She sighs, "Ye sab na scam hai. Just realise karrahi hu ki zindagi kabhi fully sorted nahi hoti, har kadam pe life badal sakti hai aur badle ya na badle, zindagi bhar tangled earphones jaisi alag mushkilo ko sort karte rehna padega." Over whelmed by the weight of her words, she covers her face with her palms and continues,

"I don't know how our parents seem so sure of the things they do, are they really that sure? ye acting wagera toh nahi karrahe na? And if it's acting fir toh Oscar bhejo koi, Leonardo DiCaprio se ye performance better hai kaafi!"

She sighs and looking up, starts again,
"Wow, 23 ki umar me midlife crisis horahi hai, more like quarter life crisis, itni jaldi nahi marna mujhe abhi toh bohot kuch haasil karna hai, earn karna hai, prove karna hai
Ye shaadi ke keede se toh thoda bach ke rahungi ab. Atleast I'm still young while this happened, abhi toh poori life baaki hai. I'm so glad though ki ye nayi shuruvaat Mumbai me hi horahi hai, ab toh aadat hogayi hai is sheher ki, Jodhpur ke taane sunne ki taakat nahi hai mujhme aur yaha itne options bhi hai. Ye kaafi acha hua ki Vishesh ki job yaha lagi, us hi ki saath Mumbai ko firse mauka diya tha, ab Mumbai mujhe mauka derahi hai."

She takes a breath, smiles and looking at Rey's face realises he was lost in thoughts. His mind had a graph of this conversation with Taani, more like her rant as a monologue, it started with worry, then climbed up to hope, and had a staggering word count. She snapped him out of his reverie and repeated his question curiously,

"Ab aap kya soch rahe hai?"

"Yehi ki speed is distance upon time and force is mass into acceleration and maths me operations ka order is BODMAS which is bracket open - division - multiplication - addition - substraction but ye sab me mujhe kisi ne ye nahi sikhaya ki tum ek minute me kitne words bolti ho ye kaise calculate karna hai!" and he bursts out laughing at his own words.

She slaps his arm but smiles nonetheless.

"Sorry aap pe itna unload kardiya.."

"My pleasure! I understand tum kya bolrahi ho, jab mera breakup hua, I felt so lost and ye adulthood toh poora dhong hai, 10th pass karlo fir aish hi aish hai, 12th pass karlo fir aish hi aish hai, college khatam karlo, academy khol lo, shows karna shuru kardo, shaadi karlo... ye aish ka quota baad keliye chhod ke kuch nahi hoga, jo aish karni hai sab ye sort karte karte hi karni hai!" He smiles.

Their subconscious walking brought them to the gate just as Swayam cycled in, in his 'headphones on - world off' mode. Taani waved and Rey called out his name but both of them failed to catch his attention. They looked at each other and walking up to him, chuckled as he parked and took off the earphones.

"Bhai!" Taani exclaimed dramatically,

"Dekhli teri dosti!" Rey sighed, "Na itni der se wait karrahe bechare best friend ko, na abhi abhi vidhwa hui behen ko bhaav diya!"

"Vidhwa?" Taayam asked together,

"Arey charcater me tha yaar, divorced ko hindi me kya bolte hai mujhe nahi pata. Tu point pe aa." He shrugged their concern off making them both laugh out loud.

"Kya? Has kya rahe ho? Tumlogo ko pata hai divorced ko hindi me kya kehte hai?"

"Um.. Talaaq?" Swayam volunteered.

"To Taani kya talaaqi?" Rey responded,

"Kya? Nahi Talaaq-something hoga.." Taani said thinking,

"Waah jiska word hi nahi maalum uski itni kya chinta karti ho, don't worry, aadhe log tumhaare baare me kuch nahi bol paayenge, kyunki unke paas words hi nahi honge! Yet again, you'll leave them speechless.."

Taken aback by his simple words, the sensitivity behind them encased in a flirty cover, she smiles at him heartily, conveying a thanks that he gladly accepted. Looking from one to another, Swayam decides to interrupt.

"Uhm uhm! Taani, tumhaari na logo ki bakwaas ko faltu ki importance dene ki aadat gayi nahi." He lightly hits her forehead and smiles,

"Jab tumhaari shaadi me random logo ko mere dance se problem hui thi tab yaad hai na paapa ne kya kaha tha?"

She giggled and responded in his authoritative voice,
"Lions do not concern themselves with the opinion of sheep!"

"Chalo ab! Garmi horahi hai." Swayam pulls the two along, singing kuch toh log kahenge...

They had dinner together and chatted, before realising that night had fallen and retreated to their own beds. Taani and Rey were in different houses, but their thoughts weren't too far away..

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"Taani.. phir se?" Rey asks himself as his mind takes him down the road of what was, them getting together, then falling apart,
"I mean I don't have a great experience with love, or second love or second chance with first love or... but third time's charm, right? Ugh kya bakwaas hai, so jaata hu."

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"Rey, phir se?" Taani asks herself as images from the past flash in front of her eyes, the joy of love, the pain of heartbreak..
"Kuch bhi sochti hai!" She sighed and shut her eyes tight, switching on the radio to cloud out her thoughts.

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She entered the party, grooving to the tunes, stuffing herself with her favourite desserts. The gang then performed to some really special music, that very song whose words defined a great part of her life – Love will find a way.. jaaniye... heeriye..

Rey had told them it was her favourite song, something she associated with hope and they weren't gonna leave any chance of giving her something as precious as that! She looked at them with a wide smile and they smiled back. She looked at him specifically with a wider smile and Rey looked back at her like she was made of stars, stuff that the city's pollution had hidden for long but had suddenly come in sight one particularly clear night.

Swayam's eyes were stuck on this episode, turning away only to see the boys do their trademark chemistry. "Rey aur Taani, Taani aur Rey.. ye dono kahi phir se..?" he sighs, "God! Give me strength!"