2:Tum aaoge mujhe milne, khabar ye bhi tum hi lana

4 years ago

Dipika

@BeingFoodie

"Tum aaoge mujhe milne, khabar ye bhi tum hi lana."

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~Rey

I walked in the corridor absentmindedly, looking at my phone which was showing Calling Taani. She never ever ignored me like this. It was 10th call to her and she did not answer. This made me wonder what she is up to. Here vp sir is calling her for some urgent work and she is nowhere to be seen. Why is she taking everything so lightly? Was she serious about just getting married to me and doing nothing else? No, I’ll not let this happen. She can’t be just a housewife. Her future is not in the kitchen forever. I have to do something to make her realize the importance of her career. But what should I do? I think going away from her will make her strong, without me she will take all her responsibilities on her own. Yes, this is the way. For your betterment I can do anything Taani. I know it will hurt you but I am sure it will make you strong as an individual. And after that I will win you again. For sure.

Rey was walking, thinking about taani when he collided with someone. “damnn” he cursed and looked at the person in front of him. He was swayam. He looked at him and said sorry, making him smile. He scratched his nose bridge and bent down to take his bag.

“ Pagal hai kya?” rey said , then asked about taani.

“pata nahi. Phone utha nahi rahi hai.” Swayam said, now making him more worried. Swayam sensed his concern and asked him not to worry much. “Ab taani yaha hai nahi to tujhe hi jana hoga VP sir se milne.” Swayam said to rey.

"Ha , Bas vahi ja raha hu." Rey said "Chal see you later."

"Okay" said Rey and both shared a quick hug before parting their ways.

**

Taani was lying on her bed, beside her was tauji. His face was full of worry because taani wasn’t opening her eyes. Slowly he caressed her forehead as Shekhawat family doctor checked her. He measured her temperature which showed 104 F. “She is having a high fever and her pulse is a little weak. “ Doctor said to him, making him worry more about her. His eyes settled on her pale yellow face as he thought about what could disturb her this much. His always so cheerful taani was lost somewhere.

“But don’t worry. I am giving her injection. She will be alright soon, but make sure to feed her properly and take complete rest for at least two-three days.” Doctor said , while he took a syringe, filled it with medicine and gave her injection. “Also I am prescribing some medicines. Do give it to her.” He said as he wrote down a few medicine names and timing on a notepad. While doing so he looked at Mr. Shekhawat and sensed that he was too worried for her. “Don’t worry mr. Shekhawat. She will be alright soon.” He assured him. Mr. Shekhawat smiled at him a little.

“Thanks.” Said tauji as he dropped the doctor outside of his home.

**

Taani felt someone caressing her forehead. She opened her eyes only to find her tauji sitting beside her. He was looking at the floor, lost in some thoughts while his palm continuously caressed her forehead. Soon she remembered ShaRey conversation. But as tauji was sitting beside her, she controlled her tears.

“tauji..” she called him , disturbing his thoughts.

“bachaa… how are you feeling now?” he asked , while taani sat up. She felt a little dizzy but after few seconds everything was good. She looked at tauji who was waiting for her answer.

“I am fine tauji.” She replied, with a smile which was obviously fake. She could not make eye contact with him. Her fingers kept playing with each other as she avoided his gaze. He sensed something is wrong but he decided to talk about it later.

“I had called kaka. He is preparing soup for you. I’ll just be back with it.” Tauji said and turned to go. Before going out he turned to look at taani who was busy on her mobile. Closing the door silently, he went out.          

Taani got a mini heart attack as she checked her phone. There were 15 missed calls from swayam and 12 missed calls from rey. Also texts from both of them. “Hey krishnaji.” She said as usual, out of habbit. “Itne sare missed calls.” She wishpered and dialled swayam’s number.

Here all were gathered in rehersal hall after rey came back from VP sir’s office. They asked him about the work VP sir gave him. It was some new formality for NDC which they have to fulfil, or we can say taani have to fulfil as she is the GS.

“Where is Taani man?” Simmi said as Rey informed them about it. “How can she ignore her work like this. She is the main in charge for NDC. She must be present her.”

“hey, guys…chill. I am sure kuch urgent hoga isi liye taani phone nahi utha rahi. Otherwise vo kabhi bhi esa nahi karti hai.” Swayam said, trying to make them understand.

“Whatever” Vicky said, as he was already annoyed with taani’s decision of rey not performing because of her tauji.

Soon swayam’s phone rang  and it displayed “Taani Calling.”

“hey guys, Taani ka phone” Swayam said, making rey jerk up from his place. Before swayam could receive, rey snatched his phone from his hands. “Let me talk to her.” He said and received it.

“Where the hell are you? Inform kar ke nahi ja sakti thi?” Rey scolded her.

“Hey, rey….easy.” Swayam said, making him calm a little bit. He told him to put phone on speaker and rey did the same. On Other side taani felt good as rey was so concerned about her. But soon her smile vanished as she remembered Sharon and his conversation.

Taani was on phone when tauji entered with soup. He looked at her and sighed. He noticed her smile vanishing away. He went near her and before she could answer he took her phone and replied, "Taani is ill and won't come to college for three days. If you want to talk to her then come home." And he disconnected it, making taani frown cutely.

"What tauji, Three days !!!" She said as tauji disconnected the call. He sat beside her and  offered her soup.

“Yes , doctor has advised you to take rest for 2-3 days.” He said as taani started sipping soup. “And I am not listening to anything. You are staying at home for three days. And if you are concerned about your duties than your assistant can do that for you. After all why are assistants appointed?”

“Okay Tauji.”Taani obeyed.

**

Here in rehersal hall, Rey could not believe what tauji said. He looked at swayam worriedly. He may be angry on taani due to her actions but don’t want something bad happen to her. Even gang felt bad when they heard about taani being sick. Its not her fault that she fell ill.

“We are sorry swayam. Pata nahi tha taani bimar hai.” Vicky said. “yeah Swayam, Sorry.” Joined everyone.

“Swayam lets go to your home.” Rey said to which Swayam agreed.

“Guys, I am also coming.” Sharon said and three of them went out of rehersal hall.

**

Rey was driving, Swayam was beside him and Sharon on the back seat. She kept looking at Rey who was silent all the time. The fact that Taani fell ill was disturbing him.  She remembered him saying I don’t know iss new taani se me kitna pyar karta hu. She smiled, looking at him and thought how important taani is to him. She wondered how rey would stay away from her when she matters to him a lot. May be he need to talk to her directly about his opinion. After all a relationship is a lifetime investment and he alone should not take any decision.

**

“Arey, Rey tum yaha? And Sharon you too?” Tauji said as he opened the door.

“Haan sir vo taani se milna hai.” Rey said, looking at him and then lowering his gaze. Please don’t ask anything which may reveal I am aslo a dancer.

“oh yes, BOSS. But your boss is resting.” Tauji said as they came in. “How about we sit here and talk till Taani comes down?”

Damn. Agar yaha bethe to pakka Swayam ke dad ese questions karege ki unhe pata chal jayega about me being a dancer. Taani , why to hide this from him. What should I do now? Agar jane ki zid ki to he may question me about why I am so eager to meet taani. Oh god, what should I do? Please help.

Swayam looked at him and found him lost in his thought. He understood about his dilemma and thought to help him.

“vo papa, actually hume taani se kuch important baat karni hai.” Swayam said, helping rey. “ Hum zyada disturb nahi karege as we know she is ill. But its important to talk now.”

“No means no. If you want to talk wait till she comes down. And I had applied for three days leave. So she won’t come to college for three days.” Tauji said as he sat on sofa. ShaReYam too sat with him as no other option was available. 

"Aur rey, batao beta. Hows life going on? Aur kya plan hai future ka?" Tauji asked rey. 

Damn. Ab kya karu. Why he asks this question always? Agar bataya to bhi problem , nahi bataya to bhi problem. Kaha fas gaya hu.

"Reyy??" Tauji called him when he did not answered his question.

"Vo...vo sir me... Actually...Dance-"

"Dance??" Tauji asked a bit confused.

"Rey AGS hai na, to abhi vo NDC me busy hai. He was saying about Dance team." Tauji heard a female voice. 

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