After somedays...

Agastya was now totally fit. He recovered from that accident completely. Now he could leave if he wanted. But whenever he was thinking of leaving, he was feeling empty. In these days, he got very much attached to this old age home and the people living here, especially Sukoon. He didn't know what the girl had done to him. Only one glimpse of her was enough to make his day. If he would leave, maybe he would never be able to see her again. And that mere thought was scaring him like hell.

One day, Sukoon was leaving when she saw Agastya packing the sweets. He was really helping them a lot in these kind of hardwork.

"Agastya Ji!" She called him and Agastya looked at her.

"Idhar aaiye." She said and Agastya went to her.

"Main Gurdwara jaa rahi thi. Aap chalenge mere saath?"

"Main?" Asked Agastya.

"Bohut dino se aap kahi bahar nahi gaye isliye puchha. Aap chahe toh mere saath chal sakte hai. Aap ko accha lagega." Said Sukoon.

Agastya thought for a while and then said, "Thik hai main ready ho ke aata hoon."

Saying that Agastya went to his room and came back after getting ready.

"Chalo." He said to which Sukoon nodded. They left together.

At first they went to the gurdwara and prayed together. After coming out of the gurdwara, they started walking on the road.

They both were walking silently but Agastya broke the ice saying, "Waise ek baat kahu? Tumne apne baare mein kabhi kuch baataya nahi mujhe."

"Mere baare mein kya jaan na hai aap ko?" Asked Sukoon.

"I mean jaise mujhe humare villa of love ke sab hi logo ke baare mein almost sab kuch paata hai except you. So I want to know the story of you life as well, only if you want to share."

Sukoon smiled and said, "Meri life khuli kitaab ki tarah hai. Bachpan mein Mummy Papa ek hadse se guzar gaye. Papa ke PA ne paal posh ke mujhe bada kiya. Phir 18 saal ki hone ke baad mere naam pe jo property thi woh mujhe mili aur uss se maine Villa Of Love ko banaya. Aur tab se yeh hi mera sab kuch hai. So.... This is the story of my life."

"And it's beautiful." Said Agastya.

Sukoon nodded in no and said, "It was broken. I made it beautiful in my own way."

Agastya smiled sadly and said, "I wish I also knew how to turn a broken life into a beautiful one. Par kya kare, har kisi ke paas tumhari tarah talent nahi hai."

"But if you want, you can also make your life beautiful. Broken life ko beautiful bana ne ke liye zyada kuch nahi karna padhta. Bas apni life mein jitne bhi beautiful chize hai, unhe dhund nikalo. Jaise sochiye yaaha aane se pehle aap ki life mein kya kuch bhi beautiful nahi tha? Anything which was there to make you happy but aap apne gham mein itne khoye hue the ki aap ne unn par dhyan hi nahi diya."

Agastya became lost in a deep thought.

After sometime he uttered with a smile, "The. Farah aur Rishabh, mere dost."

He looked at Sukoon and said, "Tumhe paata hai, woh dono bhi na bilkool meri family jaise hai. Jab main bilkool tut chuka tha, woh dono mere saath khade the mera support system ban ke. Mera gussa, mera pagalpan sab kuch saha hai unhone. I really miss them."

"Delhi aane ke baad unse kabhi bhi baat hui?" Asked Sukoon.

Agastya nodded in no and said, "I never contacted them. Now I feel, I really don't deserve them. Unhone mera itna saath diya lekin maine kya kiya? Main unhe chhor ke chala aaya. I only thought of myself. I became selfish."

Sukoon suddenly noticed tears in the corner of Agastya's eyes. She understood that he became emotional. She moved her hand but stopped as she hesitated at first. But then she kept her hand on his shoulder to console him.

Feeling her touch, Agastya immediately wiped his tears and said smiling, "Wait! Let me show you something."

He took out his phone and opened his gallery.

"Yeh hai mere pagal dost. Yeh Farah aur yeh Rishabh." Said Agastya showing their pics to Sukoon.

Sukoon smiled. In all the pics, they were doing some kind of fun or pulling legs of each other. The pics were describing the beautiful bond they shared.

"Aap ke dost toh bilkool mast lag rahe hai. Aap ki tarah khadoos nahi hai." Said Sukoon.

Agastya sighed and said, "Okay. This time I agree with you. They are the best."

While scrolling, Agastya suddenly stopped when a picture of him and Rumi came on the screen where they both were looking like a perfect couple who were madly in love.

Agastya's face turned pale seeing the pic. All of a sudden he remembered the memories which was connected to Rumi. Their first meet, their close moments and at the end Rumi's betrayal. His hand started shaking. Teardrops fell on the phone's screen.

Sukoon looked at his face and understood everything. She could see the depth of his love in his eyes. She felt bad for him.

"So this is the reason behind your broken state." She said.

Agastya immediately deleted the photo and kept his phone inside his pocket.

"Pic delete karne se, unn yaadon ko bhul nahi jaayenge aap." She said.

"Mujhe baat nahi karni iss baare mein." He said and started walking fast. Sukoon started going after him.

"Agastya aap ek baar phir se sacchai se bhag rahe hai. Kabhi toh usko accept kariye. Woh nahi hai aap ki zindagi mein and this is the fact. Aap ka dard tab tak kam nahi hoga jab tak aap iss sach ko accept nahi karte."

"Oh just shut up!" Said Agastya dangerously coming towards Sukoon. "Dard mera hai and I know how to deal with it."

Sukoon looked through at his red eyes and found only pain.

Agastya again started walking while Sukoon kept looking at him sadly.

At Night...

Agastya was sitting on the stairs and looking at the night sky. He was remembering his beautiful moments with Rumi. It was true that he still couldn't move on. It was not easy. He truly loved her. Yeah, there was no love from her side, but his feelings were genuine. He imagined his future with her. But everything destroyed in few seconds. She became someone else's leaving his heart broken.

Agastya took his phone and opened his contact. He saw Rumi's name. Without thinking anything, he called her.

After ringing for sometime, Rumi picked up his call. She didn't know that it was Agastya as he changed his SIM.

"Hello! Who's there?" Asked Rumi.

Agastya closed his eyes and tears rolled down his cheeks. He felt something else after hearing her voice. There was a time when his day would remain incomplete without hearing her voice, without seeing her face, without feeling her touch. But now he was living without her in his life.

"Hello! Can you hear me? Hello!"

Agastya's thought broke by Rumi's words. He smiled. He was about to speak when he heard Ishaan's voice.

"Kaun hai Baby?" Asked Ishaan hugging Rumi from behind.

"Paata nahi. Koi kuch bol hi nahi raha." Replied Rumi and again said, "Hello!"

Ishaan suddenly started kissing Rumi's neck.

"Ishaan what are you doing? I'm talking to someone." Said Rumi in a low voice but Agastya heard it.

"Wrong number hoga." Said Ishaan continuing his work.

Agastya understood what was going there. He felt a pinch on his heart and immediately hanged up. He started imagining them getting close and it gave him pain. He started crying silently and tears flowed non-stop from his eyes.

Suddenly he felt a soft hand on his shoulder. He looked beside and saw Sukoon sitting. He was about to wipe his tears when Sukoon hold his hand stopping him.

"Beh jaane di jiye. Roiye jitna rona hai. Aap ke dil ke andar jitna bhi dard bhara hua hai aaj usse bahar nikaal di jiye. Lekin waada ki jiye aaj uske liye aap ka yeh rona akhri baar hai. Aaj ke baad aap uske liye nahi royenge. Woh aap ki zindagi mein aayi thi, aap ko sayad kuch pal ki khushi di aur chali gayi. Lekin aap agar udhar hi atke rahoge toh aap ki zindagi aage nahi badhegi. Ro lo, chilla lo, apna sir pit lo, lekin isko khatam karo."

Agastya fisted his palm and started screaming loudly to let out his pain. Sukoon was rubbing his back when he was crying and screaming. Today he didn't hide his emotions. He expressed what he was exactly feeling through his painful screams.

After doing that for sometime, he hugged Sukoon tightly to which she startled. It was the first time when a guy hugged her like this. She was not understanding what to do. She couldn't push him as he was not in the right state. He needed her consolation.

She took a deep breath and hugged him back providing him her warmth.

"Nahi bhul paa raha..... Main Rumi ko...... Bohut pyaar karta hoon.... main uss se...... Paata nahi kya kami thi mujh mein jo woh..... mujhe chhor ke..... Kisi aur ke paas chali gayi..... Jaate jaate yeh tak nahi bol gayi ki..... main usse bhulu kaise..... kaise usse aapne dil se nikaalu..... Woh aaj apne husband ke saath khush hai lekin.....Mera dil aaj bhi uske liye dhadak ta hai...... Aaj bhi main uske liye tadapta hoon...... Mujhe uski yaad aati hai.... Maine uss din.... jhut kaha tha tumse Sukoon ki mujhe.... kisi ki zaroorat nahi hai.... Mujhe zaroorat hai.....Mujhe ek sahare ki zaroorat hai....Koi aisa....jo mujhe iss dard se.... bahar nikaal sake.... Main akele yeh....nahi kar paaunga.....Kya tum.... Mera sahara banogi?" He said while sobbing.

Sukoon's eyes also became teary seeing him in pain.

"Agastya Ji aap ko puchne ki zaroorat nahi hai. Main hoon aap ke saath. Aap iss dard se bahar niklenge. Aap phir kabhi uske liye nahi royenge. Main jitna ho sake aap ko iss mein madat karungi....ek dost banke. Aap ko paata hai, Villa Of Love ke logo ke alawa mera aur koi dost nahi hai. Isliye kya aap mere dost banenge?"

Hearing that Agastya broke the hug and looked at Sukoon's innocent face. He noticed that she was also crying with him. He hold her hands tightly and nodded in yes giving a painful smile. Sukoon also smiled with tears and they joined foreheads.

Tukdo mein tum the
Tukdo mein main bhi
Tukde mile toh hum bane

Inspite of being in so much pain, Agastya felt blessed that God sent Sukoon in his life. In a few days, she became his solace.

Yeh dil zindagi se khafa ho chala tha
Jise phir se jeene ke bahane tum bane

Hmm..mmm...
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Will Agastya be able to move on from Rumi?

Will Sukoon be able to help him?

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