[Part 03]
It took Malhar a few seconds to actually understand that getting the admission of a London based university means that Kalyani has to shift to London in order to pursue her further education from there. For a moment, he felt as if his mind has gone totally blank. He didn’t know how to react and what to say.
Kalyani on the other hand didn’t feel any sort of happiness, and isn’t it obvious? I mean the thought of getting detached from her family can make her feel anything but happy.
They crossed their way till the jeep silently, both lost in their thoughts.
Kalyani closed her eyes thinking about the sudden disclosure. Malhar too drived with open eyes but lost mind.
Sarthak as well as many of her friends were continuously calling her to congratulate. Aaosaheb did the same after they reached home and Anupriya was also happily chirping with Moksh but both KalMa didn’t seem to be as excited anymore.
They thanked aaosaheb lovingly and departed towards their room. The family members found it unusual but ignored it thinking it’s a personal matter even though Anupriya found it fishy.
Malhar entered into the room first. Kalyani followed him, locked the door, looked back at him and started
“Dekhiye Malharji, aap iss scholarship ke bareme zyada mat sochiye. Aur humare section ke saare students ko bola gaya tha apply karne ke liye to maine bhi apply kar diya tha. Maine do baar socha bhi nehi ki mujhe admission ka chance aur scholarship mil jayega! Aap ab bhool jaiye iss baat ko. Dekhiye result kitna badiy…”
“Kalyani tumhe itni badi opportunity mili hain aur tum keh rahi ho ki main bhool jau? Maan leta hoon ki tumne utna sochke nehi kiya hoga apply par kitne logo ko milta hain ye mauka?
Tumhe scholarship mili hain iska matlab tum iske kaabil ho. Tumhare andar wo kabiliyat hain. Aur tum chahti ho ki main aisa bartav karu jaise kuch hua hi nehi?”
“Par Malharji London padhne jaane mein interest to dur ki baat, khayal bhi mujhe nehi aayega kyunki mujhe ghar se dur kahin nehi jaana.”
“Par Kalyani itni badi opportunity zindagi mein kitni baar milti hain? Log taraste hain aise mouke ke liye.”
“Mujhe nehi chahiye koyi aisi opportunity. Main kuch jobs ke liye apply kar sakhti hoon jaise ki humne discuss kiya tha. Toh further uss university ke admission ke bareme main nehi sochna chahti.”
“Haan I know humne discuss kiya tha but jab tum mein qualifications aur bada kuch karne ka hain toh ab hum kyun unn jobs ke liye apply kare? Kalyani tumhare numbers jaise hain, uss hisab se you deserve far better!”
“Har cheeze mein better dekhna zaroori nehi hota Malharji. Mujhe better job zaroor chahiye I know but wo mere family ke betterment se zyada zaroori nehi hain.”
“Kalyani poori zindagi London mein nehi rehna hain. Bas kuch dino ki baat hain!”
“Bas kuch dino ki baat hain?! Arreh aapke liye kuch dino ki baat hogi par mere pillu aur mere baaki family members ke liye badi baat hain ye. And most importantly, mere liye bohot zyada badi baat hain.”
“Tum meri baat samajhne ki koshish to karo Kalyani.”
“Mujhe na kuch sunna hain aur na kuch samajhna. Iss bareme mujhe please koyi baat nehi karni.”
Malhar too realised that it was a big revelation for them and just the thought of Kalyani moving to another country is too much to digest for both of them. He decided to talk about it later during the night.
“Kuch kha lo tum, bhook lagi hain tumhe.” He turned to leave.
“Mujhe bhook lagi hain ye mujhe realise hone se pehle aapko andaza ho jaata hain. Aur aapko lagta hain aise doosre desh mein padhne jaake main akele reh paungi?”
Malhar’s feet which were still the whole time she spoke, now moved forward without him looking behind. He simply didn’t know how to answer her.
It was almost showing 11 on the clock when Malhar entered the room. Malhar saw Kalyani and Moksh sleeping and went to the bathroom for getting freshen up.
“I am sorry” Kalyani hugged his naked upper body from behind and rubbed her nose there after Malhar stepped out of the bathroom.
Malhar held her wrist and brought her in the front to enfold her in his embrace.
They kept still, quite, clinging to each other.
Kalyani could sense how tired he is, seeing his figure leaning against hers putting all a lot of weight on her which he usually doesn’t do. He was only tightening the hug more.
They had their dinner silently and Malhar now seemed to be finer than before. He was about to say something when Kalyani said,
“Maathe pe jo ye silvate hain aapki ye mujhe bilkul acchi nehi lag rahi.” She sat behind him on his side of the bed and slowly massaged his forehead.
“Aap bohot thake huye lag rahe hain Malharji, please itna mat sochiye. College se hi police station jaane wale the aap, wahan bhi ek ghante late ho gaye the, aur pressure bhi kaam ka itna hain. Please itni fikar mat kijiye.”
“Par Kalyani hum kal zaroor baat karenge.” He said strictly.
“Please zidd mat kariye Malharji.”
“Kalya…”
“Theek hain abhi so jaiye.”
Malhar gave it up and closed his eyes to sleep along with her.
Anupriya knocked the door of Kalyani’s bedroom before Kalyani opened it.
“Kalyani ye tum teeno ke kapde, istree hoke aagaye.”
“Chair pe rakhdo please aai”
Anupriya looked back at Kalyani who was combing her hair in front of the mirror after keeping the clothes.
“Kalyani waise kuch baat huyi hain kya? Mera matlab…. Tum bhi kal kuch khoyi Khoyi si udaas si lag rahi thi. Aur Malhar ko to college mein dekhke lag raha tha ki poore Aurangabaad mein mithayi baatega, tum dono ke ghar aane ke baad se wo bhi sehma hua hain… Shayad tum dono ka neeji maamla hain par… pata nehi kyun mujhse pooche bina raha nehi gaya kyunki tumhare result ke baad aise sehma rahe, Malhar to aisa hain hi nehi”
“Nehi aayi wo…”
“Kalyani ke London university of economics mein bheja hua application accept hua hain aur scholarship bhi mili hain. Par wo jaana nehi chahti aai” Malhar said from behind.
“Kalyani!” Anupriya looked at her shocked.
“Ye tumne hume bataya kyun nehi?!”
“Aai isme batane jaisa kya hain. Mila hain scholarship Ye bohot acchi baat hain par mujhe nehi jaana!!”
Anupriya gave Kalyani full fledged lecture on how she should seriously think about this opportunity and Kalyani had to stay shut as she didn’t want to argue with her mother anymore. She was really irritated with Malhar about him telling it.
“Kalyani meri baat suno” he said after Anupriya left the room.
Kalyani had told Anupriya also that she would still prefer not giving this opportunity a second thought.
“Malharji ab mujhe iss bareme aur koyi baat nehi karni. Aur na hi kuch sunna hain!”
“Ek baar sun to lo ki mai…”
“Arreh ye to hadh hi ho gayi! Aap toh sarasar force kar rahe hain mujhe! Ab kya mujhe apne faisle khud lene ka bhi hak nahi hain? Maine bola na ki mujhe nehi jaana kisi London fundon. Jahan hoon acchi hoon aur khush hoon. Kyun ye khamakha ki uljhan mein aap khud padh rahe ho aur mujhe bhi laa rahe ho? Rehne dijiye mujhe shaanti se!!” She stopped for a second, huffed and continued-
“Maine bataya na ki randomly Aise fanciful hoke college mein kar diya tha maine apply. Ab scholarship mili hain iska ye matlab to nehi hain ki main na jau wahan to koyi pahad toot padega? Bhool jaiye iss baat ko aur normal tareeke se zindagi jeene dijiye mujhe!”
“Par kya mujhe tumhare matters mein bolne ka koyi hak nehi hain? Please ek baar suno aur samjhne ki atleast koshish karo ki main kya bol raha hoon”
Malhar’s voice came out softer than she expected. She accepted the defeat and looked at him with eyes still stating slight irritation. He continued following her still reaction.
“Agar main kal kahu ki mujhe Do saal ke liye mission pe jaana hain to tum kya kahogi. Sach sach batao Kalyani.”
“I know Malharji aap ab inn Do cheezo ko interconnect karoge aur mujhe bologe k…”
“Kalyani tum bas mere sawal ka jawab Do.”
“Isme mere bolne jaisa kya hain Malharji? Ye aapka aapki job ki taraf responsibility hain. Aapka ye farz hain. Isme mujhe dard hoga I know, Main shayad crib karungi mann hi mann but at the end of the day, main bhi samajhti hoon ki desh ke taraf aapki ek accountability hain, aapne humesha desh ko sabse pehle rakhne ka promise kiya hain and I respect that”
“Fir Kalyani bas mujhe batao ki tum kyun nahi? Agar main jaa sakhu aur tum yahan rehke sab sambhal sakhti ho fir tum kyun nehi ja sakhti?”
“Kyunki main khud nehi chahti Malharji aise sab chodhke wahan jaake padhna.”
“Par tum humari wajah se nehi chahti- ye baat main bhool nehi sakhta.
Agar ye Kalyani Pune mein rehne wali wo Kalyani hoti jiske paas sambhalne ke liye grahasthi, kheyal rakhne ke liye baccha aur pati nehi tha, kya wo Kalyani mana karti iss scholarship ko? Ya ab tak wo celebration mein busy hoti? Kya papa aur Madhuri iss baat ko aise hi jaane dete? Fir tum mujhse kaise expect kar rahi ho? Batao mujhe Kalyani!”
Kalyani felt numb listening to his last few sentences.
Did she actually know that she herself was running from her thoughts? She kept herself away from thinking about the whole thing with the fear of building even 1% of liking about this opportunity she has got. Did she know that somewhere in her heart she is extremely enthusiastic about it but just the consequences it will bring to her family specially the fact that her son has to spend a good time of his childhood without his mother- has made her take all her interests away from this direction.
“I know Kalyani ki tumhare liye ye easy nehi hoga. Kisike liye bhi nehi hoga. But hum sambhal lenge. Dur rehke bhi saath mein theek kar denge sab kuch Kalyani…” his voice got heavy while saying the last line.
“Tum hi to bolti ho ki main tumhe Tumse Accha samajhta hoon. To ab main kaise ye baat accept karlu ki apne aapko tum bas apne apno ki wajah se rok rahi ho?
Agar main kahin jau to kya Moksh ko meri zaroorat nehi hogi? Iss family ko meri zaroorat nehi hogi? Hogi but har cheeze ka sirf ek hi sahi tareek nehi hota. Waise hi tumhare bina hum kabhi tumhari kami iss ghar mein aur kisike bhi Zindagi mein nehi poora kar sakhte. But hum atleast tumhare aane tak iss situation ko handle to kar sakhte hain…”
“Par Malharji main kaise rahungi aap sabke bina?!”
Malhar took her hand in his.
Agar kabhi aaspaas na reh pau,
to mujhe dil mein rakh lena.
Jab aankhon ke saamne na dikhu
to uss dil mein jhank lena - said Malhar after keeping their intertwined hands on her heart.
A moment of silence filled the room.
Malhar asked “zyada filmy ho gaya kya?” And she just cried out loudly hugging his neck tightly. Malhar doesn’t remember how much time it took him to make her stop crying where his own tears were coming freely without her knowledge.
Chapter ends
Happy (very belated) birthday to you Alifya di. Because of my exams main Tab update nehi kar payi but believe me, I genuinely wanted to do it for you. Thank you for all the love you shower me with. Lots of love and prayers for you😘
👏👏👏 What an update!!!! Eagerly waiting for the next chapter. And the last paragraph brought a smile on my face😄😄. Very very nice update. Thanks for updating. Please write more and update your other stories also😉😉.
I am planning to update this only next. Iska ek hi chapter baaki hain. Thank you Shruti for the pyaara comment😘😘😘
This sensible discussion is what makes this whole update so heartwarming emotional.
Both their feelings about this opportunity were so natural...
Kallu will naturally think about family first and Malhar would definitely think that she shouldn't lose out such a good offer just because of him and Moksh.
The way Malhar dealt with her so patiently, made her understand what an opportunity she's got...and how she shouldn't ever regret it later that she'd missed it out was just so amazing.
Malhar ke muh se filmy dialogue sunke Kalyani toh ro padi...uska Sapna Pura ho gaya...aakhir Mallu me bhi Kuch seekh liya apne biwi se...
Thank you so much for writing Jara. It's was truly amazing.. and waiting to read what's next.
Why would you want to end this story..
Thank you di for the lovely comment.
aur ye story finite hi thi. Ye two shots Matlab bas two chapters ka hone wala tha but I had to stretch it till 4 because story likhne ke time I couldn’t cut much. Jo particular story maine decide ki thi that will end by next chapter. But agar aap logo ke paas se ek bhi suggestion aaye after you read the next chapter, then I will think about continuing🤗
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