" The mobile number you have dialled is currently busy...
Please try again lat...."

He ended the call and again dialled the same number, only to hear the same quoted words from a firm voice...

He was sitting on the edge of the bed, where he shared a lot of delightful memories with her....
where he lived every seconds of his cartoon life....

He just moved his hand on the right side of the bed, for which they always fought to have,
and finally end up sleeping over one another....
He dipped in her silky curly hairs and she on his well knit chest...

He moved towards their wardrobe, to get lost in her frangrance which he missed the most...these days....
He smiled remembering how she always admonished him to keep it in a collocated way especially away from his stinky clothes....

He slightly abuted her dupattas, which were asking him to take them along....as they are feeling suffocated to be in this alcove....
to free them from this prison and to let them fly freely, on his face to erase those dried pearls....

He was about to obey them,

" Veeru...." a soothing voice caught his attention and he quickly mouthed,

Raj - " Navu...." in reflex...

" Veeru, tu he waha....." again he the cooing voice danced near his ear drums and instantly came out of his hide out, to see the cuckoo betal.....

But he was welcomed by a devoid space and the voice of his soul which was calling with love.... as if to tranquilize his pain...

Raj - " Navu, kaha he tu???..." he asked like a small kid searching for his mom, feeling afraid of being alone at home...among the creepy monsters....

Navu - " ha baba...
Phone ke pass aaja...." he said in a low tone controlling his flowing emotions, to talk clamorously....

Raj swiftly moved towards the landline, and saw a speaker kept beside to make the voice loud and clear to him...

Navu - " Veeru, kyaa hua???
Tu Ganga ko kyu competition de raha he???...." asked in his usual teasing tone to see a small smile on his Veeru's face.... which didn't appear...

Raj - " hmm...
Woh call .... Aur Arman ne bhi...." pausing for few minutes, he took a deep breath,
" Main jaaraha hu Kashyap House...." and stood up.....

Navu - " Raj...
Tujhe meri kasam...." paused hearing Raj's chocked voice,

" tu waha kadam tak nii rakhega..." he said in a harsh tone which made Raj broke down, with silent cries....

He slowly leaned on the couch,
hand covering his mouth so that Naveen couldn't hear his sobs....

Navu - " video call pe aa..." he asked but he didn't receive any answer...

Navu - " Raj....Maine kaha Video call pe aaja...." he said illiberal tone, restraining Raj from thinking about agonizing stuffs....

Without further arguments, Raj opened his laptop and connected with his commanding officer of life....

Navu - " jaavo, phehle muh dholo... tumse zyada sunder woh tabele wale lagte he..." and Raj followed his words ...

Seeing his subtled face,
" Pet pooja ki???
Yaa sirf aankhonse dhool nikalne ka program chal raha Tha???...."

Raj - " man nii he..." he said not meeting his eyes, hands holding the laptop firmly...

Navu - " chal, waha table per coffee rakhi he...
Jaa, poora ka poora finish Kar..." he said stretching his neck, seeing a cup kept intentionally there....

Raj - " nii, Navu...woh..." he shooked his head in negative...

Navu - " main soch raha tha ki apna Col. Bindra ko, wahi yaar apna fattu Commanding officer ke kaan ke niche chaar bajakar, Mera bhi suspension order ko sawaru, apne haathonse...." he said in a dreamy tone...

Raj gave a look to him saying ' not again...' and got another look ' you will listen to me or....', Navu showed his rough hands...

Raj stood up and stomped his foot,
" Tu humesha mere saath zabardasti kyu karta he???..." he asked sipping the coffee which turned into a cold one...

Navu - " dheere bol, koyi sunega toh Teri izzat toh gutter mein beh jaana he..." again teased him...

Raj - " kitna achcha hota agar tu, straight na hota...." said playing along... getting into Naveen's weaved web of calming him down....

Navu - " haa yaar....
jaha bhi jaavo, thand nii lagti... Tu joh hota saath mein....
Personal heater mera..." saying this he hided behind the table...

Raj - " saale, Teri toh...." he threw a pillow on the laptop and it fell on the couch upside down...

Soon the hushed space filled with laughter which the every corner of the home craved to hear....from last few days....

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Yuva

Huda - " Naina, woh D'SOUZA ke baarein mein kuch pata chala...
Main Police Station jaaraha hu, us case ki...." stopped seeing her smile, which have become expensive these days,
" Are, kyaa hogaya..
itna danth kyu dikha rahi ho???
Colgate add pe audition dena he kyaa??..." sat beside her pulling a chair...

Naina who was busy in smiling looking at the files raised her head and saw him with confused eyes...
Huda asked her why she is smiling alone by stretching her cheeks....

Naina - " Kal raath us Capt. pe maine fevi quick ka war kiya he...
Hahaha..." she started her laughing session unaware of Huda admiring it....

Naina - " poore aadhe ghante chipka raha woh...
Aur na maine khujli..." stopped seeing Huda's eyes, which were on her,
" Kyaa hua???...."

Huda - " Tere mehenga muskan ko dekh raha tha.. " said keeping his hands on her...... pressing it slightly....

Hearing this, she changed her expressions immediately and frowned....
After all she don't have right to smile.... that too in this zigzag situations...

Huda - "bhool gayi thi kyaa tu...
Teri shadi bina marzi ke huyi he...hasne ka hak nii he tujhe....
Aansu baha....
Naina jise tu pyaar karti thi, woh tujhe laath maarke chala gaya..
aur tu....."

Naina - " stop it Huda...
Tune suna nii, parso kyaa kaha Ud ne...

Us Capt. Shekhawat aur Abhi ke beech kuch ladayi huyi thi aur Bhai ne bina kuch jaane, baath ko sune Abhi ko jaane kaha tha..." she said widening her eyes, cluching the file in her hand...as if she is going to kill Raj.... right now....

Huda - " haa yaar...
Baadmein usne tere kamre mein aake gidgidake roya hoga na ki tera Bhai ko samjhane...
Shaadi ke baad bhi bahot saare calls yaa messages aaye honge uske...tujhe uske pass aane ki offers share karke... yaa fir bhagake lejane ki, teri darinde pati se????

Aur shayad suicide ki koshish bhi ki hogi usne Teri taraf...." he asked to enrage her more... looking at her vaguely mutilated mark on her wrist....

He knew that normal talks won't go directly into her idiot squandered head...
He knew that she is still childish, naive, immature, impulsive and specially pyaar mein pagal types...still in a hangover of Jabrele's incognito devious zone...

So he was trying to use the reverse psychology...to show the right path to this nursery kid...

Naina - " nii....
baath nii ki usne..." said lowering her eyes... dropping some tears on files...

Huda - " busy hoga woh...
tu apna number math change kar...kyaa path 10 saal baad call aajaye..." said in a genuine tone slowly taking out the file which was going to drench in flood...

Naina - " tu kehna kyaa chahta he ki Abhi ne apni marzi se yeh sub kiya tha????...." said throwing some books on the floor.... along with some draggers on him....

Huda - " nii... Phoolan...
Abhi toh tujhse apne jaan see bhi jyada pyaar karta tha right....
Isiliye woh tumhe chodke chala gaya...
Tere Bhai ke izzat ko subke saamne ujhadke... " seeing her still high on flame,

" Aur uska naam kyaa he...
Haa...koyi Capt. Shekhawat use toh mauke ka faayda utana tha na...
Isiliye usne tujhse Shaadi ki, tere 1000 karod ki jaaydath ko lootne..." he paused to look at her face expressions changing towards polar zone,

" Nii...nii...shayad tujhe paane...
Usne Tere saath zabardasti karne ki koshish bhi ki hogi..." he ended his long recited speech, only to hear her shallow breath...

Naina - " nii... Woh itne bhi bure nii he .." she whispered...

Huda - " Phoolan yaar, usne Teri Zindagi barbaad ki Tere Jaan, Shona, baby ko door bhagakee...
Tune hi kaha tha na ki agar woh nii aata toh teri shadi us Jabr....Mera matlb us Abhi se hojaata....

Aur ab toh tu badla bhi le rahi he usase....dheere dheere uske jeena Haram karke...
Us kamine ka suspension bhi karwa diya tune.... Saala, badi patience ki goli khata hoga...

Agar main hota toh, tu ab tak bageeche mein dafan hoti...." he tried to divert her mind and heart from Jabrela's kinky hairs to Capt. Shekhawat's unalloyed soul...

Naina - " lekin aaj subhah woh ro rahe the....pata nii kyu???
Aur kisi ladki ka naam bhi le rahe the....." she said voluntarily...as if submitting her works to class teacher...

Huda - "phir tune kyaa kiya???
I'm sure ki tune ghee dala hoga...woh bhi Desi Wala...."

Naina - " itna bhi zaalim nii hu main...
Bhai ko phone karke speaker pe daala aur waha se chali aayi..." she said in a innocent tone...

Huda smiled seeing his long lost friend returning to their lane...

Naina - " kuch bhi ho...woh mere Bhai ke dost he....
Aur unhone Bhai ke samman bachane...." she stopped abruptly remembering something....

Huda - " ab phirse ise woh geet gata banjara yaad aagaya kyaa???...." murmurred...

Naina - " Shit...
Huda, main chalti hu..." saying this she walked out leaving her bag on the table....

Huda - " Phoolan...." he called from behind....
But something fell from the bag which caught his attention....

Huda - " ohhh, Teri...." he shouted... picking it up...

" Yeh kabhi nii sudregii...
Capt. Shekhawat aap toh gaye aaj kaam see...." murmuring, he called Naveen....

Huda - " Jamal gota....aaj ka naya waar aapke behan ka...." he said only to hear a chiming sound on the other end.....

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Hey guys,

Yeh raha next update...

Kaisa he???

Ek darkwast he ki kisi bhi character ko abhi math judge kare,
poore kahani, unke dard yaa pov ko jaane bager...

Subki ghav ek tarah se ni bharte...
Everyone have their unique med or magical ways to heal themselves....

Toh milte he,
kuch din ke baad,
Capt. Shekhawat ke saath...
( Agar zinda rahe toh )

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