Sameer was waiting for Naina in the parking and he was leaned on his car. Sameer wondered why she was not coming, did she not want to meet him. He was impatiently looking at the entrance to the parking but he saw no sign of her coming, so he closed his eyes and recalled the moment when he saw her in the corridor today. His heartbeat raced as his eyes caught her first glimpse. He saw his love years later.

When she came to near him, he felt that the wind had become cool and fragrant, which scattered around, and he felt close to her by the touch of the wind. He slowly opened his eyes and looked into her brown eyes. They shared a intense eyelock when his eyes met her. He felt some enchantment in her deep eyes which pulled him into those ocean. He saw the same care and love in her eyes when he was in college. He was started drowning into her beautiful eyes. After hearing to the horn of the car, their eyelock was broken and he come back to his sensed.

He stared at her for a few minutes, she stood quietly in front of him. He could not understand how to start the conversation with her. Naina was also nervous as how she proceeded to talk to him. They stood like this for some time, and their was a awkwardness between them. Sameer then broke the silence.

"Naina baitho". He said to her while opening the passenger seat door.

Naina sat on the seat without questioned him. She did not understand what to ask him so she followed his command.

After Naina settled down, he too sat on the driver's seat and once glanced at her, who was looking out of the window. Naina saw his charming face when he started the car, then she turned her face and looked out of the window again. She could not dare to see him.

Just then they come out of the college Naina got curious as to know that where they was going, so she gathered little courage asked him "Sameer hum kahan ja rahe hai". But Sameer did not answered, his eyes only on the road.

Naina said in her mind "Sameer aap kuch bol kyo nahi rahe? aap aise behave kyo kar kare hai? milna to aap hi chah rahe the na to phir ye chuppi kyo aur hum kahan ja rahe hai?" She was confused when he looked at her after leaving college.

Sameer too said in his mind "Naina tumhe mujh pe bharosha to hai na...Naina tumhare baare me janna hai, hamare beech jo panch saalon ki duri hai, vahi mitana chahata hu". As reading her mind.

Naina in her mind " Sameer aap par to sabse jyada bharosha hai... aap kabhi bhi kuch galat nahi karenge... isliye to aapse bina kuch kahe aap ke saath baith gayi." She gave him answered in her mind as sensed his question while looking at him nervous.

There was a distance of five years between them which could not be erased by a few words. It may have taken some time to erase the gap of five years, which was visible in the form of silence among them.

After few minutes, Sameer tuned the radio to break the silence. A voice boomed on the radio, that voice was of RJ.

"To dosto aaj ka dusra khat hai Delhi se hai, kya baat hai doston ye to hamare hi shahar hai, ye khat Aman ne likha hai... Aman ek song apne uss pyaar ko dedicat karna chahate hai, jo unki humsafar nahi ban payi par aaj bhi uske liye unke dil me pyaar hai.

Kitni ajeeb baat hai doston hum sab life me ek baar pyaar zarur karte hai, par aise bahut kam log hote hai jinko unka pyaar naseeb hota hai aur unke saath wo apni puri life jeete hai. Aaj bhi bahut sari love story ko unka anjaam nahi mil pata aur ye pyaar un do logon ke dilo me hamesha ke liye ek khwahish ban kar hi rah jati ki, jiski koi manzil nahi hoti. Lekin iska matlab ye nahi ki unka pyaar sachha nahi tha, kuch halaton ke aage kamzor zarur ho jata hai par un do dilo me pyaar hamesha zinda rahata hai.... to doston iss ek khubsurat ehsaas ke liye aaj ka dusra gaana."

Tere bina jindagi se koi, shikawa to nahin Shikawa nahin, shikawa nahin, shikawa nahin Tere bina jindagi bhi lekin jindagi to nahin Jindagi nahin, jindagi nahin, jindagi nahin
Tere bina zindagi se koi, shikwa to nahin

Kaash aisa ho tere kadamon se chun ke manzil chale
Aur kahin, dur kahin
Tum gar saath ho, manzilon ki kami to nahin

Naina thought to listening the song "Sameer ye song kitna related hai na hamari zindagi se, aapke bina zindagi bhale hi kat to rahi hai, par kahi na kahi ye dil aaj bhi aap ka saath chahata hai, aap ke saath kadam milana chahata hai... ye jante huye bhi ki aisa kabhi possible nahi hai. Par ye to dil hai dimag ki kahan sunta hai aur aaj bhi dimag, dil se haar gaya tabhi to abhi aap ke saath hun... Mai jaanti hu Sameer aap mere nahi hai aap Sunaina ke hai, phir aaj kyo aap mujhse milna chahate hai". And she looked at him and found him lost.

Ji mein aata hai, tere daaman mein sar chhupa ke ham
Rote rahein, rote rahein
Teri bhi ankhon mein aansuon ki nami to nahin

Tum jo kah do to, aaj ki raat chaand dubega nahin
Raat ko rok lo
Raat ki baat hai aur jindagi baaki to nahin

Sameer too deciphered song and found his condition similar to that song. His life somehow proceeded without her but his heart always carved her love and support when he passed his weak phase of his life. Sameer took a glimpse of her and saw her sad face and his heart clenched. He mumbled to himself " Naina kash mai uss din tumhe apni dil ki baat share kar paya hota, to shayad aaj hum saath hote. Hum dono ek saath apne achchhe, bure pal share kar rahe hote. Lekin shayad bhagwaan ji ko ye manzoor nahi tha.
Naina aaj jab bhi tumhari aankho me dekha hai, wo pahli wali khushi nahi dikhai deti, ek khalipan mahsoos hota hai. Mujhe har ek baat janni hai aur tumhari aankhon me vahi chamak vapas dekhana chahata hun...
Kash Naina, mai uss sham ko rok pata to aaj condition change hoti."

Tere bina zindagi se koi shikwa to nahin
Shikwa nahin, shikwa nahin, shikwa nahin
Tere bina zindagi bhi lekin zindagi to nahin
Zindagi nahin, zindagi nahin, zindagi nahin
Tere bina zindagi se shikwa to nahin

As the song ended Sameer stopped the car near a restaurant, Naina come out of her thoughts and turned to see him as why he stopped the car suddenly. At the same time Sameer saw her and found her with a surprised face. Sameer mumbled in a slow voice "chale" and he come out of the car after opening seat belt. Naina followed him like a obedient child who was listening to her parents without complaining.

They were standing in front of a lavish five star restaurant. Sameer once scanned the whole sitting area, when they entered inside the restaurant, then he headed towards a corner vacant seat, Naina moved her steps with him.

First, Sameer pulled the chair and asked Naina to sit on the chair, then Sameer also sat opposite to her. After sitting they looked each other's and  both were quite. They both wanted to know about each other's life as he wanted about her marriage alliance and she wanted about his Delhi shifting. There was still hesitation between them. No one did not initiated the conversation. The silence was broken by waiter who had come to take their orders.

"Sir... your order.." he asked with polite smile.

"Naina... batao kya order karna hai.." he asked her while looking on the menu card.

"Sameer... mujhe kuch nahi khana, aap apne liye order kar lijiye." She replied to him as she was not interest in eating anything.

Sameer seeing her disagreement to order, he ordered himself for both.

"Ek coffee, ek tea and two plate sandwich... Please.." he ordered while looking at her with smiling face.

"Ok Sir"  waiter left their table after receiving the order.

"Sameer... mujhe sach me kuch nahi..." she wanted to refuse him but he cut her in the middle and spoke with genuine concern.. "Tum hamesha aise hi apne health ke saath karti ho... pahle bhi college me aise hi karti thi... College ke time bahut baar dekha hai".
He looked at her eyes and they again became silent. Naina felt a satisfaction in her heart as he still remembered her small things and inadvertently spread a smile on her face.

After a while he tried to start the conversation with her as know about her and her marriage alliance.

"Naina... tumne apni study kyo chhod di?... aur teaching me kaise aa gayi." He asked with a bit hesitation and her eyes went straight at him.

"Padhai nahi chhoda hai... abhi M. Sc. final me hu... wo school walon ko meri padhai se koi problem nahi hai..." She informed and paused for a while then continued  "lekin ye job Papa ki jid thi... taki...." she  stopped again.

"Taki... kya Naina?..." he asked politely seeing her hesitation and he confused.

"Papa nahi chahate the ki meri vajah se unhe ghar par koi sunaye... aur mai bhi apne pairon par khada hona chahati thi... kab tak chachaji ke sahare rahati.." she replied in a low voice.

Sameer was listening to her information and felt bad for her as how she suffered a lot of pain, her life had not changed even in so many years.

"Sameer... aap to nanaji ka business join karne wale the...phir ye college... kaise?.." she questioned him with surprisingly while looked at his face as knowing about him.

But Samir did not say anything and looked down. A gloominess covered on his face to heard name of Nanaji from Naina's mouth. He was fighting back some of his unknown emotions.

Naina eyes fixed on his face and observed his facial expression. She sensed that something bad had happened to him. She gently placed her hand on his hand and asked. "Sameer... Nanaji thik to hai na..." and she did not averted her gaze on him.

"Naina... Nanu nahi rahe..." He replied in heavy voice while still head down. He did not dare to see her as he could not control his tears when he looked at her eyes. He recalled the worst moment again.

Naina was numbed to know about Nanaji's passed away. Her face faded, her heart sank, and she wanted to cry from heart out. She thought how Sameer would have handled himself as his Nanaji was his whole life. She felt her heart pricked as someone stabbed her with a knife.

"Kya?..." Only one word escaped from her mouth, after hearing Nanaji's demises and which he would have been unable to hear if he had not sat near her. She could not understand what to say to Sameer, how to consol him. After a while she asked him in a weak tone  "Sa...Sameer, Nanaji...ye sab kab hua" . And her eyes got moist.

Sameer raised up his face and answered at looking her " Naina...5 saal pahle jis din farewell tha, nanu ko heart attack aaya aur primary treatment ke bad doctor ke consult par mai unhe delhi le aaya... Yanha ke doctor ne operation suggest kiya, phir operation ke bad recover hone par dusre operation ka consult kiya, daily checkup ke liya jana aur nanaji ki health travel karne ki condition me nahi thi to mai aur nanu delhi me hi ruk gaye... ek saal baad nanu ke complete recover hone par... Doctor ne second operation karne ko kaha... aur nanu ka second operation hua....jo successful nahi hua... aur nanu mujhe chhod kar chale gaye....Naina, nanu apne Sameer ko hamesha ke liye akela chhod ke chale gaye..".

He explained the Nanaji condition and his demises in a choked voice. A few tears rolled down his eyes and he carelessly wiped it.

Naina also cried quietly after knowing the whole matter, few tears escaped her eyes and she wanted to hug him as soothing to his pain. She offered him a glass of water and he sipped a few sip then put the glass down on the table.

"Sameer sambhaliye khud ko, aap ko aise tuta hua dekh ke nanaji ko bhi bahut taklif hogi... wo aap ko kabhi aise nahi dekhana chahate... please Sameer apne aur nanaji ke liye.." She squeezed his hand as consoled him and gave some strength.

Sameer looked at her deep ocean - like eyes and got lost. He said to his heart "kaise sambhalu Naina, tum jo nahi thi mere paas, mujhe iss dard se bahar nikalane ke liye..".

"Aap ne kuch kaha." She asked, but he nodded his head in no. He glanced all around him except to her. The silence again between them. They both looked around except each other's eyes.

Then a waiter came to bring their order and left after arranging their orders on the table.

"Naina chai lo na". Sameer insisted her to take tea while taking his coffee.

"Nahi, Sameer mujhe bhook nahi hai... aap coffee lijiye na, meri chinta mat kijiye". She denied to his offer.

Hearing her rejection he put down his coffee on the table and said. "Naina tum nahi logi to mai bhi nahi peene wala". And he shut down his eyes.

"Please Sameer aap mere karan mana mat kijiye... ".

"To meri bhi jid hai, jab tak tum nahi logi mai bhi nahi". He demanded while opening his eyes.

Then Naina took her tea as Sameer was constantly insisting to her, and Sameer also took his coffee with a smiling face.

Sameer glanced her and tried to find out of his question.
"Naina tumhari to shaadi fix ho gayi thi, to.. phir ye tum..." He said hesitantly while sipping his coffee and looked at her. He did not how know to bring this topic in front of her.

"Aa..aapko... kaise pata?." She replied with stuttering and her eyes widened with shocked.

She wondered how he knew that her marriage was fixed and thought who told him.

" Umm... tum wo chhodo.." He again asked as breaking her thoughts.

" Wo..wo.. mai unhe pasand nahi thi aur unhe mera... she answered with hesitation and stopped in the middle without met his eye.

"Naina, aur kya?.. please bolo". He asked very impatiently and panicked.

Naina remembered the day after that her life became hell.

Flashback

Naina had just returned from the library and felt that the atmosphere at home was very tense. As soon as she entered the house, she saw taiji sitting on the swing. She found that her father and tauji were sitting on the sofa with a worried face. Taiji glared at her in a dangerous way, like a lion who is sitting to see his prey and immediately catches him as he comes in front of him. Naina started going straight to her room to escape Taiji's taunts but halted outside her chachaji room as she heard her chachiji talk.

"Lekin suniye ji, iss se kahi hamari Preeti ki shadishuda zindagi me problem hui to". Bela said to Anand, fear was clearly reflect from her voice.

"Bela Naina bhi hamari bachchi hai, hum kaise ek bachhe ki khushi ke liye dusre ki zindagi barbad kar sakte hai. Kya tum khud ko iss baat ke liye maf kar paogi?.... Aur jaha tak Preeti ki baat hai, uski married life me koi problem nahi hogi, mai Pandit se baat karunga wo samajhdar hai aur meri baat zarur samajh jayega. Preeti ko bhi jab ye baat pata chalegi to uska bhi yahi decision hoga".  Aanand assured to her as calming her fear.

"Aap thik kah rahe hai Preeti ke papa, mai kuch der ke liye swarthi ho gayi thi. Apne hi bachchi ki khushiyon ki dushman ban gai thi. Thanku Preeti kr papa aapne mujhe rok liya ye pap karne se... mai meri Naina ko dukh kaise de sakti hu". Bela cried and felt guilty that she was snatching her daughter's happiness.

Aanand wiped her tears and taking her in his embraced.

"To phir jaisa maine socha hai wo thik hai na, mai apna phaisala sab ko batane ja raha hu, par pahle Naina se baat karni hai... ab tak to aa gai hogi na". He asked while broke of the hug.

Naina immediately ran to her room before chachaji knew that she listened to them.

Naina was sitting on her bed and she immersed in her thought as to what was the matter that related to her. Then she heard the knock and looked at the door.

"Aaiye na chachaji, aap kab se aisi formality karne lage". she said with small smile.

Aanand said in a sweet voice after sat on the bed. "Beta aaj dopahar me Sharad ki maa ka phone aaya tha, wo chahate hai ki tum shaadi ke baad apni padhai chhod do. Unka kahna hai unhe ek sirf ghar sambhalne wali bahu chahiye... aur is baare me bahut sochne par mujhe lagta hai hame iss rishte ko yahi khatam kar dena chahiye, lekin mai tumhari bhi decision janna chahata hu ". He looked at Naina and saw uneasiness on her face after hearing his decision. He felt his decision was right and his elders did not agree with him.

He noticed the expression of her face and asked with caress to her hair. "Naina tum kya chahati ho, kya tumhe ye rishta ab bhi rakhana hai."

"Sharad kya chahate hai" she wanted to know his point of view.

"Sharad ki bhi yahi rai hai, wo apni maa ke phaisale ke saath hai." He informed Sharad's opinion for her. Naina face dropped as her expectation was shattered.

"Par rishta todne par ghar me sab...papa, taiji aur tauji gussa ho jayenge... aur Preeti ke sasural wale" She feared as her family would get angry with the decision.

"Naina, tum kya chahati ho wo baat mayne rakhati hai, baki kisi ki chinta mat karo mai sab sambhal lunga. Tum aage padhana chahati ho na." Aanand asked in a affectionately.

Naina nodded and said "Chacha ji aap jo bhi phaisala lenge mere bhale ke liye hi hoga, mai aap ke saath hun".

Aanand came out of the room and informed everyone about his decision. Upon hearing this, taiji became hyper, taunting Naina and blamed Aanand and Bela that they were ruining Preeti's married life.

"Are wo maharani kitna padhegi, ek achchha rishta hath se chala gaya aur tere karan kahi Preeti ka rishta bhi kharab na ho jaye". Taiji taunted to Naina.

"Aisa kuch nahi hoga bhabhiji, bas ab ye rishta aage nahi hoga, aise pariwar me Naina ki shaadi nahi hogi janha uski khushiyon aur ichchhaon ki kadra na ho... mai unhe phone karke bata raha hu". Aanand declared his decision to everyone.

"Tumhe jo karna hai karo, hamari to koi izazat hi nahi iss ghar me...chalo Bina". Tauji became furious after hearing to Aanand. Tauji got up and left the house in anger, Taiji too walked out of the house with taunting.

Rakesh did not say anything in this whole matter but anger visible on his face when he knew that Aanand was breaking the marriage alliance. As he wanted to get rid of her soon. But he could not do anything because Aanand took all the decisions relating to Naina.

Anand then called sharad's family to tell his decision. First, they objected and blamed him for breaking the relationship.

Flashback ends.

Sameer became fuming and he was clenching his fist and wanted to punch the man who devalued a girl. He wondered how they wanted a girl to do only household chores, how they could ignore the talent and capability of a girl. But he calmed down his raging anger.

"Naina" he softly called her name and she looked at him and she found some softness his eyes. Then he again spoke looking her eyes " Naina isme tumhari nahi, unki galti hai... jo unhe tum jaise heere ka mol samajh nahi aaya, to please uss baat ke liye kabhi  dukhi mat hona aur aise to bilkul bhi udas mat hona... tum par suit nahi karta hai."

Hearing his soothing voice and his concern towards her, her heart swelled up in happiness.

"Chaliye aapne mere bare me to jaan liya, ab apne bare me bataiye... Sameer aap Delhi kaise aa gaye? yanha kaha rahte hai?.. aap ne college kaise join kiya aur nanaji ka business?.." She questioned him in one breath.

"Shant Naina.. thoda saans to le lo, ek hi baar me sab jaan logi kya, mai kahi bhaga nahi ja raha hu, tumhare samne hi hu." He chuckled while took the sandwich.

Naina instantly lowered her eyes, she felt embarrassed and she cursed herself not to control her emotions in front of him.

"Mai yanha Delhi me mammy ki family ke saath rahta hu." He answered her question as breaking her trance. Naina lifted up her eyes and looked at him. He noticed confusion on her eyes.

He again replied as clearing her confusion "mai janta hu tum kya soch rahi ho, mai mammy ke saath kaise hai na...Naina mummy hi wo ek insaan hai, jinhone mujhe mere nanu ke jane ke bad sambhala... agar aaj mai tumhare samne hu to wo mammy ki vajah se... ha pahle unhone bahut galtiya ki, mera dil dukhaya, par ab wo badal chuki hai, apne bete le liye... pata hai Naina mujhe yanha ek pura pariwar bhi mila...Rohan aur Deepika ke rup me...un dono ne mujhe bahut strength diya.. meri family compete ho gayi, jiske liye mai tarasta tha, but dukh is baat ka hai ki ye sab nanu nahi dekh paye" His face playing a joyful smile as explained of his family.

Naina listened to Sameer in surprise as she know his new information. She silently thanked God for returning Sameer to his family. She saw a gloominess on his eyes when he was first time telling her about his family, but today his eyes sparkled while telling about his family.

"Aur rahi baat college join karne ki to, wo ek ittefaaq tha, aaj se karib 3 saal pahle ki baat hai. Jab bhi mai akela feel karta tha to ghar ke paas ek park me chala jata tha, aur ek sham aise hi park me baitha tha... tabhi.." he started remembering the incident which happened in the park.

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