NOTE
Sorry sorry sorry sorry…big sorry…itne din part nahi post kar paayi, kya karti I had Durga puja naa so was busy. But don't worry, ab se I will be regular. Khatam hua intezaar ye hai part aapke lie. Enjoy.
Part 25
Its Monday, the start of the week.
The day he would expect to see her standing at the bus stop.
Waiting…..for him? Or the bus?
Whatever, but she was not there today.
He just walks to the bus stop sipping his drink lazily & sits on the bench.
He looks at his side & touches the place she would usually occupy on that bench.
He was just blankly looking at the place.
Some moments pass & her bus passes him but she is not there to take the bus or too get worried if she missed her bus or not.
He smirks thinking this. His life was again back to square one, back to his usual loneliness & deathly silence engulfing his soul.
He hairs a dog coo.
He looks down to see the frail dog sitting near his leg
He moves his hand around the animal's head.
The dog wages his tail & tongue seeing him.
It was expecting him to give another biscuit to it.
s-whah?..huh?..whah do u wan..? a viscuir..? sorry don have…she had…[he smirks]..but see..ze iz not here..
the dog again wages its tail in expectation.
s-i do..have..i told..u…u wan zese?
He pours some whiskey on the floor.
The dog goes towards it but goes away from it after smelling it.
Sujal laughs drunkly at this, but a hue of melonchaly is surrounding his eyes.
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Few days pass like this.
He doesn't know why is he feeling so lonely.
Was he actually missing her?
But they just knew each other for some days.
He doesn't even miss his so called family with whom he spent his childhood.
But even if he was missing her? Was she missing her?
Why does everything seems so dull, why had he lost interest in everything?
Was she a drug he was addicted to?
He is sitting in the bar & thinking to himself.
He had been sipping the same drink for over 15 minutes now.
The waiter comes to him.
Waiter-sir anything else?
s-no..i..emm..i am over..just make the bill.
He didn't believe he said that, neither the waiter he knew because by the look the man gave to him it seemed he had just witnessed a miracle.
Actually he was also unable to believe that he said that, he actually refused drinking; but what can he do? He didn't even feel drinking nowadays, he didn't feel like doing anything.
Something was seriously wrong with him he thought.
He would just go crazy thinking & analyzing whats wrong, he thinks of going to Pratham. He always thought Pratham was some relationship hero, he was married happily had a great relationship with his in laws & his family. On the the other side, he just had tangled relationships everywhere & now also he successfully made a mess of it & was eating his own mind to analyse whats so wrong.
He gets up & heads to Prathams home.
He knows its rude to go to someone's place at such a wee hour, but he was actually getting mad & needs to talk.
Yeah, he could easily call Kashish & speak to her, but speaking to her would baffle & tangle his mind in one go & will make a nice knot in his head.
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He reaches Prathams's place.
He calls him.
Pr-hey sujal kaisa hai?
s-darwaza khol tere ghar ke bahar hoon.
Pr-kya? Ok
Pratham gets up & opens the door.
Pr-arre kaisa hai? Aaj yahan ka rasta kaise bhool gaya. andar aa.
Sujal walks in.
Gauri , Pratham's wife comes in.
g-hi [she smiles]
s-hi
Gauri was a sweet girl who turned into his sweet wife from his sweet girlfriend.
Pr comes & sits.
Pr-aur bol kya lega?
s-tera sarr. Mujhe tujse baat karni hai. Main bohot tension mein hoon.
Pr-kya hua? Wo Malhotra wali deal..
Sujal gives a look to pratham.
s-wo baat nahi hai !
he actually looks confused.
Pratham & Gauri both give each other a worried look.
s-emm..wo..mujhe lagta hai main pagal ho gaya hoon !
pr-kya?
s-main bohot pareshaan hoon !
pr-par kyun?
s-wo…wo..main..Kashish….
pr-Kashish?
s-haan Kashish use main pure 3 din se nahi mila
both Gauri & pratham keep looking at sujal with their eyes wide open.
Gauri suppresses her laughter.
Pr-haan to?
s-TO???? To kya??
Gauri interrupts.
g-to islie tum pareshaan ho?
s-aur kya
g-oh [gauri suppresses her smile]
sujal is getting irritated as to why are they failing to understand the gravity of the situation.
Pr-hai kaun ye kashish.
s-wohi..wo..main aaya tha naa tere office mein uss employ ko…
G-ek min, ek min ; please puri baat shuru se aur saaf saaf batao
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Sujal puri baat batata hai about kashish & him.
Pr-haan to milne wala problem hai naa jaake mil le
Gauri pinches him.
g-shh
sujal who was getting irritated clicks his toungue.
s-yaar main bevkuf hoon jo yahan aaya. Tu samajhta hi nahi hai naa kya baat hai. Aur main kitna pareshaan hoon. Kitni badi baat hai ye !
pr-par tu…
s-just leave it, & leave me alone.
Sujal gusse aur irritation mein walks out.
Pr-arre sujal !
Gauri holds pratham.
g-ruko
pr-kya hua?
g-tum sach much kuch nahi samajhte ho. Tumhe samajh nahi aayi kya baat hai?
Pr-kya?
She signals him from her eyes.
g-kashish..aur…
pr-oh. To sujal ko bol dena chahie.
g-haan. Kal parso baat kar lena aaram se jab dimag thanda hoga.
Pr-hmm
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