Chapter 63
Rajveer walks through the corridor, thinking about Naina, that Dr. Shalini crosses him, "a Captain!" Her voice brings him out of his daze. He looks towards her all serious, "Yes doctor?" he asks professionally.
"Apne Ritu ko dekha?" "Naina... a... nahi maine Naina ko nahi dekha"
answers Captain Rajveer.Smiling in shock, Dr. Shalini says, "Captain kahan khoye hue hain aap? Main Naina ke barey mein nahi Ritu ke barey mein baat kar rahi thi! Dr. Mishra, humari colleague, remember?", smiles Dr. Shalini. Suddenly he realizes how stupidly he has just behaved. "Oh... I...ahmm... I am sorry... wo main kuch... anyways nahi, maine Dr. Mishra ko nahi dekha"he replies, suddenly trying to show that he is fine and nothing out of the way has happened in his life. "Kya hua Captain aap theek to hai na?" asks Dr. Shalini, concerned. "Ji doctor, I am fine. Mujhey kya hoga? Anyways I'll talk to you later"."Right!"smiles Dr. Shalini. Smiling back at her, Captain Rajveer leaves.
Dr. Shalini turns to search Dr. Mishra, that an orderly reaches her with an envelope."Ma'am ye apke liye aya hai" "Thank you", smiles Dr. Shalini. Giving her a slight bow, the orderly leaves. Noticing that it's a letter from court she gets tensed. She quickly tears the top of the envelope, bringing out the letter, she reads the content.
As she starts to read the letter, her facial muscles tighten, gradually a mixture of nervousness and excitement starts building up inside her. At last a smile reaches her lips and eyes. A smile which is a mixture of happiness, sadness, anger, guilt, relief, joy.
Yudi notices her, standing at a corner. Somehow he feels she needs him right now and only him. Reaching her he holds her hand, taking her by surprise and almost drag her to her room. As they enter the room, Yudi locks the door behind them and asks her,"kya hua Ma'am?'' Unable to bear it anymore, Dr. Shalini hugs him tightly, taking him by surprise and cries hysterically.
At the same time Yudi pulls the letter out of her hand and reads it, while she is still hugging him and crying. Reading the letter behind her back, Yudi too gets emotional.Looking heavenwards he tries to control his emotions. Realizing that she needs him, the most, at this point of the hour, he hugs her tightly letting her to cry her heart out.
He doesn't make any effort to calm her down because he knows she needs to bring out her pent up feelings, frustration, anger, sorrow and this is the only way that she can. And he also knows, understands that right now his job is to comfort her rather than question her and that's exactly what he does.
At the mess Pooja asks Alekh,"Oye qaidi tu ne Naina ko dekha?""Apun abhi tujhse yahich puchne wala tha"."Yaar main to tabse Ali ke saath hi thi""Haan Alekh Bhai hum Pooja ji se kuch zaruri baat kar rahe the""Abey Usool hum jante hain ki tu Pooja se kuch 'zaruri' baat hi kar raha hoga. Waise bhi tujhey fizool mein waqt barbad karna nahi pasand, ye bhi hum sub jante hain", Huda winks Yudi.
Chaubey crosses by the counter of the mess,"Oye Putter sun!" calls Suriji. "Haan Suriji" "Tu mainu ae gal dus ki tu ne jo kal kheer banayi thi, kaise banayi?""Kyun kya hua Suriji pasand nahi aya kya kisi ko?""Pasand nahi aya hai?Oye khoteya sub ne kal itni baar kheer liya ki pura stock khatam ho gaya, mere liye kheer bacha hi nahi", says a disappointed Suriji."Ohho Suriji aap tension kyun lete ho, apke liye aur bana dunga special wala, sirf apke liye!"assures Bunty, with a smile. Putting an arm around Bunty's shoulder, Suriji says,"Putter kabhi kabar Suriji ke liye bhi extra sugar daal kar kheer bana diya kar", as he completed this line, Lolita Ma'am clears her throat, standing behind them. Recognizing the voice too well Suriji widens his eyes out of scare and embarrassment before turning to look at her. Then turning, he says,"ahmm... hello ji... Lolita ji..." "Hello Suriji!", greets Lolita Ma'am, in her strict tone with a fake smile on her face, before asking, "Suriji, kya main puch sakti hun ki aap inse kya baat kar rahe the?", she points towards Chaubey. Chaubey enjoys the scene very much, smiling throughout.
"Come on Dr. Shalini main kuch nahi janti bus ek cup coffee ki hi to baat hai" says Dr. Mishra, as he pulls her inside the mess. Her voice grabs Chaubey's attention. He turns to look at her and starts studying her, meanwhile Suriji gets busy with his work, leaving Chaubey alone.
Resting his elbow on Suriji's counter Chaubey notices Dr. Mishra and mummers to himself, "yaar ye Dr. Mishra bhi kamal cheez hain. Ajeeb lagta hai ki inhe aj tak koi nahi mila. Hairani to mujhey yahan ke teachers ke upar hoti hai, abhi tka koi inhe pata hi nahi paya!"
Suddenly Captain Rajveer reaches him from behind and places an arm around his shoulders. "Oh hello Sir!" "Hello Chaubey! Tum kuch keh rahe the?"asks Captain Rajveer, taking Chaubey by surprise. "Nahi main to bus Dr. Mishra ki tareef kar raha tha" Captain Rajveer gives Chaubey a stern look, but that doesn't scare Chaubey.Smiling, Captain Rajveer asks, "tumhe mujhse bilkul darr nahi lagta na?" Feeling embarrassed, Chaubey says, "Kaisi baat kar rahe hain Sir, apse nahi darunga to kya Suriji se darunga?" Captain Rajveer widens his eyes, with a blush on his face. Having heard that Suriji reaches him once again and pulls Chaubey's ear and scolds him, "abey khoteya agar Brigadier Chandok ke baad KMA mein log kisi se darte hain na, to wo Suriji hain. Samjha ke nahi?"asking that he pulls Chaubey's ear even more.Crying in pain, Chaubey replies, "Aa... haan...haan.. Suriji samajh gaya!" "Very good!" scolding him, Suriji let go of his ear.Captain Rajveer enjoys the whole scene, and laughs at them.
"Waise Chaubey tum free kaise ghum rahe ho?" asks Captain Rajveer creasing his brows, as they turn away from Suriji's counter, so that they are facing the cadets in the mess. "Sir wo bus abhi sub check karke hi aya hun" informs Chaubey.Smiling, Captain Rajveer says, "relax mujhey tum par pura bharosa hai, main to bus mazak kar raha tha. I am sure tum apna kaam bakhubi kar rahe ho"."Bilkul Sir, sub par nazar rehti hai humari. Kon kitna asli hai kitna nakli subka khabar rakhta hai apka ye rakhwala" tells Chaubey, scanning the area simultaneously. "Ahmm... kya baat hai Chaubey sahab, aj bohot jazbaati ho rahe hain aap?" asks Captain Rajveer, jokingly. "Ab kya kare Sirji, jab tak ki apki shadi nahi ho jati apka dhyan rakhna Chaubey ki zimmedari hai" replies Chaubey, casually. But his words succeeds in skipping Captain Rajveer heartbeat, taking him by surprise. Then Chaubey adds, "aur jaisa ki apne kaha tha ki apki shadi already ho gayi hai iss desh se, apne uniform se. Ab of course apka desh ya apka uniform apki choti-choti baat ka to khayal rakh nahi sakta ki kab apko coffee peeni hai, ya kuch khana hai, to socha iski zimmedari hum le le".Rajveer thinks about all this, connecting all these lines with Naina and suddenly dismisses the idea, feeling it too weird, but the thought, even it was for fraction of seconds succeeds in making him to blush. He feels thankful, that Chaubey didn't notice the turning of Rajveer's cheeks into crimson red.
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