Chapter 18
Soon they reach in front of Ananya's home. Ananya again feels that pain, the pain of leaving him yet again. He keeps staring at her, who is staring down, playing with her ring. When she doesn't move an inch, Kabeer says "Kya hua?"She doesn't say anything, just looks into his eyes, knowing that he knows it too well. Placing a tendril of her hair behind her ear, "bus kuch der ki baat hai na? Kal hum mil rahe hain",he assures her. Smiling she says "bye". He doesn't reply, just smiles. She gets out of the car and leaves.
As she was walking towards her home, her phone buzzes, she checks and finds a message alert from an unknown number. She halts and checks the message, in confusion for who has sent it
*Mujhe subh hone ka intezaar rahega. Pata nahi neend bhi ayegi ki nahi! *
As she completes reading the line, a smile comes to her face, when her mind admits that this kind of a message she can only expect from Kabeer, her Kabeer. Just to clarify if, she is thinking right or not, she turns back to find Kabeer, still waiting inside his car, for her to reach inside her home safely. He smiles, signaling her that it's his number. She smiles back and waves a 'bye' and gets inside her home. As he notices her closing the main door, he gets a message alert.
*Arey neend nahi ayegi apko? Fir to plan cancel!*
Ananya's message forces him to think, to what she is referring to? Then he texts back.
*Plan? Cancel?*
*Haan apke sapno mein aane ka! *
*Hmm... sapno mein? Such mein aao to manu!
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*Achaaa... itne demanding mat hoyiye!*
*Kyu na hun? Haq hai mera! Rokogi mujhey?*
*Hmmm... nahi HAQ HAI APKA (I am yawning)*
*Theek hai so jao. Acha suno...*
*Han ji*
*Chalo kuch nahi, bus ye ki kal kab tak pohnchogi office?*
*Kya baat hai, editor-in-chief ko apni mamuli si employee ka itni besabri si intezaar? Jazbaton ko sambhaliye Mr.Sharma *
*Miss Kashyap ajkal aap kuch zada hi nahi soch rahin? Yaad hai na kal important meeting hai main to ussi k barey mein baat kar raha tha! Ab hum kya karein agar har waqt apko befizul ki baatein hi dikhayi deti hon *
*Hmm... Rehne do aap. Chalo bye baad mein baat karte hain. Good night, sweet dreams take care :-* *
*Haan bus aise hi dena :-* such mein deni ki to himmat nahi hai!*
Kabeer waits for her reply for sometime when she doesn't reply, he ends his wait. Then getting up from his bed he walks towards the kitchen area to make a drink for himself. As he reaches the cupboard to select the glass he wants to pour the liquor into, he picks up a glass and starts remembering...
"Waah Kabeer roz jab main late aati hun to tum iss tarah se mujhe ignore karte ho jaise tumne mujhe dekha hi nahi. Aaj jab main jaldi aa gayi to ye pa rahi hun ki mere pati jo ki punctuality ki baatein karte rehte hain, wo ghar par hai hi nahi! Kahan gaye the tum?"
"Mera tumse behs karne ka koi mood nahi hai" "Mood hoga bhi kaise? Tarini ke khayalon se bahar aaoge tabhi to mujhse baat karne ka mann karega. You know what Kabeer kabhi kabhi to mujhe aisa lagta hai ki iss ghar ko, humare rishte ko tumse zada main time dene ki koshish kar rahi hun. Iss ghar ko main chala rahi hun." "Tumhara matlab kya hai, main kuch nahi karta?" "Nahi Kabeer, tum talented ho, acha kama lete ho but what I am saying is tum jitna kar sakte ho, jitna kama sakte ho, progress kar sakte ho, tum nahi kar rahe. Tumhe pata hai iske peeche reason kon hai? Tarini! Tumhare liye wo Tarini hi sub kuch hai. Uski life, uski family, uski khushi bus Tarini! Tarini! Tarini!"Throwing the glass on the floor hard, creating too much noise, Kabeer grabs his jacket and leaves his home. "Kahan ja rahe ho ab tum, khana to kha lo...Kabeer..." Shreya shouts from behind. Getting into his car Kabeer drives on the lonely road. When he reaches far away from his home, he brings out his mobile and dials Tarini's number.
Tarini was already fast asleep. But the ringing of the phone wakes her up. She checks the screen with sleepy eyes, Kabeer's name flashing on it succeeds in taking away all her sleep. "Hello Kabeer. Kya hua? Sub theek to hai na?" "Tarini..."his shaky voice, explains her everything. "Bus kuch mat bolo. Kya tum yahan aa sakte ho Kabeer?" He remains quiet. But she understands that his quietness means a 'yes'."Please jaldi aao, aur gadi dhyan se chalana" her voice, reflects her concern.
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