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Chapter 7 - Wanderer
NOTE - PLEASE READ THE SONG LYRICS IN BETWEEN, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND BETTER! I've given translations as well for this who wouldn't understand! Please! PLEASE!!
"Astha?! Where are you going? Come here, right now!"
But Astha refused to listen to him. It was still pouring, and the waves of the sea were too high.
"What does he think of himself? Come in front of me whenever he wants, leave whenever he wants, in this state!" She fumed, but then she thought 'Why?'... She had lived 9 years without him anyway...
Astha, thinking too much, never realized when she reached near the water, so close, that a wave could swallow her in the sea.
Suddenly, Shlok held her hand and pulled her towards him.
"Are you out of your mind?" He shouted "You didn't even know the wave was going to eat you up!"
She looked at him, then the sea, and back at him, releases her hand herself, ignores him, and starts walking back to the cottage.
"Stop ignoring me Astha! You know I cannot come with you back, I'm not supposed to... I'm not allowed to. Please try to understand, you don't leave me like others did. Please." He said, anger turning into tears, but not falling.
Astha stopped right where she was. She couldn't believe, how he was before, and now what he'd become. She went back to him, took his hand and asked "If you don't tell me, how will I understand?" She asked him softly. "You need sleep right now. Can we talk about this some other day? I'll tell you everything, but when everything's right...please let's go back".
She nodded her head a yes, still holding his hand, and went to the cottage.
It was going to be a long, yet another sleepless night for her. Her mind wasn't at peace. She forced herself to sleep that night, or else she would go mad, literally.
She got up the next morning, but she didn't know what time was it actually. All her things, all were left in that moron Aakash's car. She hated that guy so much, that she didn't even know what to compare it to.
Then Astha's eyes fell on Shlok. He had become a man. A very strong man, but was still unaware of the reason. But he had changed a lot. Didn't take care of himself, his food, she wondered how many nights has he slept without food since there was hardly anything to eat in his cottage and the fact that he was very skinny now... And oh god his cottage, it was a MESS. And she wanted to change all of it. She knows her best friend...or whatever that he would never do this to himself, unless he had a very strong reason to do so, since she didn't know any person, who loved himself a lot, none like how much Shlok loved himself! 'Ill know what the reason is behind this when the right time comes, I'm not going to force him at all now. He will come to me, himself, and tell what really happened. But first I'll make something to eat, and clean up this cottage' she thought to herself. She thought to change his life, him, until she was with him.
She got up, left to the washroom to freshen up, came back, and went to the little corner where there was a little stove top, a match box and kerosene. She looked around and found a few packets of Maggi and cooked those. She then moved on to cleaning the cottage. It was pretty small, and she would be able to clean it within an hour or so. She worked, carefully, trying not to wake him up. But she didn't know that someone was watching her quietly. Shlok opened his one eye halfway, and saw her do all those things.
Jise zindagi dhoondh rahi hai (For whom life is seeking for)
Kya ye woh makaam mera hai ( That is the place which is mine?)
Yahaan chain se bas ruk jaaun ( I should stop here in peace..)
Kyun dil ye mujhe kehta hai ( Why is my heart saying so?)
Jazbaat naye se mile hain ( I've found new emotions/feelings)
Jaane kya asar ye huaa hai ( Don't know what effect it has)
Ik aas mili phir mujhko ( I've found a single hope once again)
Jo qubool kisi ne kiya hai ( That Someone has accepted)
He opened his eyes, he was wide awake, sitting up, he was looking at her, affection in his eyes. She saw him get up, she looked at him and gave him a 'Good Morning' smile, he smiled back at her instantly. She got back to her work after asking him to go and fresh up and said that she'd prepared some food for them both. She used the word "us" and he loved it, he was happy.
When he returned, he saw her serving their food, but since he lived alone, he had only one plate. "Astha, I'm sorry, I don't have an extra plate. I live alone, so..." He said. "Let's share the plate, like how we did before" she said, with a genuine smile on her face.
Kisi shaayar ki ghazal ( Like how the tune of a sweet song)
Jo de rooh ko sukoon ke pal ( Gives you some time of relaxation)
Koi mujhko yun mila hai ( I've found someone like that)
Jaise banjaare ko ghar ( Like a wanderer finds a house)
Main mausam ki sehar (Like mornings of a new season)
Yaa sard mein dopahar ( or a afternoon in winter )
Koi mujhko yun mila hai ( I've found someone like that)
Jaise banjare ko ghar ( Like a wanderer finds a house)
They both sat together, having Maggi from the same plate, and Astha was talking about all the good memories they shared. Both laughing at some good , yet funny times they had. He talked to her about how she had helped him out every time from the mess he had fallen into and thanked her.
Jaise koi kinaara ( Similar to a edge of a river)
Deta ho sahaara ( which gives support)
Mujhe wo mila kisi mod par (I got her in my life)
Koi raat ka taara (Some starts at night)
Karta ho ujaala ( Lightens up the Night)
Waise hi roshan kare woh shehar ( like that, she has lightened up the city)
They're food was over long time ago, but they continued chatting for a long time now, that he'd forgot where he was, what he did, what his condition was, everything. She was like a storm in his life. She came and quickly started to change him. She saw him staring at her intently, but with a serious expression.
"Caveman, you should learn to smile, learn to live life!" With that she forcefully made him smile putting her index finger to the corner of his lips and dragged them upwards. " That's more like it!" She winked at him and took the empty plate to the sink to wash.
Dard mere woh bhula hi gayaa ( All my pains were forgotten)
Kuch aisa asar huaa ( that was the effect she had )
Jeena mujhe woh phir se woh sikha raha ( she is teaching me to live life again)
Hmm.. Jaise baarish kar de tar ( Like the rain drenches everything)
Yaa marham dard par ( or the satisfaction when ointment is put on the wound)
Koi mujhko yun mila hai ( I've found someone, as if)
Jaise banjare ko ghar ( a wanderer finds a house)
Main mausam ki sehar ( Like mornings of a new season)
Yaa sard mein dopahar ( or an afternoon in winter)
Koi mujhko yun mila hai ( I've found someone, as if)
Jaise banjaare ko ghar ( a wanderer finds a house)
After doing the dishes, and she had finished cleaning up the cottage, she took a round of it, and was satisfied. She went to change into her own clothes with the hope of them being dry, and they were, so she quickly changed and came back.
She was quite happy with her work "Well done Astha! You should be proud of tourself for cleaning this up. I think I should clean my room with such dedication from next time onwards" and she patted her back mentally and pulled up her imaginary collar and gave her widest smile ever. She saw him looking at her and realized that she was doing all that in front of him! 'He must be thinking I'm mad or something' she thought to herself, and gave him a sheepish smile and ran from there saying she had to dry his clothes she had worn last night, that she had already washed. He just couldn't stop himself from smiling. He didn't remember when did he smile like that last time. It felt like years, and his jaw was paining, thinking how long it was since he made a face expression like that. He forgot how to smile. She returned but refused to look at him.
"Come let's change the cloth on your wound, or else it'll start hurting again" and she stood in front of him, still not looking at him. Shlok took his shirt off slowly, trying to not hurt himself. She went close to him, removed his old bandage and started wrapping a new one, and she realized how thin his arms had become. "When was the last time you actually ate food?" She asked him to which he just giggled. But his giggling was replaced with an Ouch when he felt a stinging pain in his shoulder "I'm sorry, I'm so so so so sorry!" She quickly tied up his arm with utmost care. She felt a pang of guilt, and sadness from heart, for him. "It's okay... Thank you"he said with a small smile.
"Shlok, I'm going to take a walk on the beach, want to join in?". "I'll come in sometime, you carry on, but be careful, see that no one is around" he warned her, she nodded a yes, and left.
Muskaata yeh chehra ( this smiling face)
Deta hai jo pehraa ( that's giving me looks)
Jaane chhupata kya dil ka samandar ( wonder what it hides in the sea of hearts)
Auron ko toh hardam saaya deta hai ( it gives others support)
Woh dhoop mein hai khada khud magar ( but stands in the sunshine itself)
Chot lagi hai usey phir kyun ( He has been hurt but why)
Mehsoos mujhe ho raha hai ( am I feeling it)
Dil tu bata de kya hai iraada tera ( Heart tell me what is your intention)
Shlok put on fresh clothes and walked out. He saw her looking at something very happily. She saw him and motioned him to come towards her. He reached where she was and she excitedly held looked at something in the sand, and it was a baby starfish. "Shlok...look at this! Oh my god this is so cute! But what is that..." And she looked at a slimy thing dug in the sand, and shriked when she realized it was a jelly fish. "Eww! Oh God... I almost touched it!" She was literally shouting, and Shlok could not conteol his laughter. 'She was still the same!' He thought and continued to laugh. In between her blabber, she heard him laugh and was satuspfied, that her efforts are paying off. " come let's move from here before you could continue shouting" and he dragged her from there.
Main parinda besabar (I'm an impatient bird)
Tha uda jo darbadar ( that flew around displaced)
Koi mujhko yun mila hai ( I've found someone as if)
Jaise banjarey ko ghar ( a wanderer finds home)
Main mausam ki sehar (I'm the morning of a new season)
Yaa sard mein dopahar ( or an afternoon in the winter)
Koi mujhko yun mila hai ( I've found someone as if )
Jaise banjarey ko ghar ( a wanderer finds home)
Walking on the sand, she was wondering how her parents were. She wanted to talk to her Aai and so she asked Shlok whether he carried a phone, but he didn't have one."Do we have any phone Booths around?". He nodded a yes and took her somewhere a little far, but hiding her, taking her from behind the trees and the reached a Pan shop. She quickly dialed her house very happily, waiting for her mother to answer it, so she could be in peace.
She waited when someone answered the call. "Aai! It's me Astha! Don't get worried, I'm safe here, I'll come back..." But she stopped. Shlok looked at her in confusion. Her happy face was now shocked, like someone had died. Her face on which now lay her tears, she dropped the phone and sat down. "Astha, what happened? Tell me!". "Aai..Baba...killed...". Hearing this, Shlok was shocked! How was this possible! He had sent his bodyguards to them! She suddenly got up and started walking back... When she suddenly turned around and said "You said they were fine! You said they were taken care of! How did this happen? Why did you lie to me...why did I believe you" she said crying out loud..and continued to walk away.
Shlok couldn't understand what was happening. She trusted him so much, and now... "I'm in safe hands now" her words echoing in his mind.
He went behind her, literally running to stop her. She was out of sight by then. He went behind the trees searching for her "Astha!" Coming back to the road, far away from the phone booth now, but did not find her anywhere. He ran to the cottage, but didn't see her there as well. He went out once again, towards the nearest road, looking around, but the road was dead. Out of no where, he heard a gun shot, and that was targeted to him. He was shot. He was shot at his back. He fell down then and there, instantly, and was now unconscious.
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Precap - Shlok opened his eyes halfway. He could see something coming his way ... Or someone, someone in white, a girl, an angel? Was I dead already? He thought. "Shlok! Are you alright! Speak to me!" She said crying. Astha? He thought. "Leave...now...danger...go..home. Your parents...waiting for you..." he said slowly, in a mere whisper. "But you..." She said . "Leave me..go now...I'm not going to stay for long...your parents... Go." And he slowly pushed her "Go.." And he saw her walking away...looking at him, at least 10 times before she vanished out of his site.
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Note - Second Last paragraph of the song, is half from Astha's POV as well.
Song - Banjaara ( Ek Villain)
Lyrics translations - Youtube
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Edited by .Farah. - 11 years ago
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