Twinj were getting habitual to each other..
D “Hey, did u have dinner..? ” msgs changed to long late nyt chats..
D meetings for project changed to meetings for lunch..
D usual collisions changed into waiting for long for another..
D deadly fights changed into teasing each other..
But the things dat din’t change were-
D tripping of Twinkle n catching her up every moment by Kunj..
Getting lost in her eyes by Kunj..
Thinking to wee hours of him by Twinkle..
Getting goosebumps from her touch to Kunj..
Dose song dedications by Kunj to her..
Those 6 days of being together with each other turned their worlds upside down..
No1 other thn Twinkle wud know where Kunj is..
No1 other thn Kunj wud know wht’s running in her mind..
Just like d dusk dat creates an illusion dat either d sun is above d horizon or below it.. which means that day and night are linked in a way that few things are there cannot be one without the other yet they cannot exist at the same time.. Dey were dose shores for each other.. So CLOSE yet so FAR…
Something was stopping him for letting her know wht he really is.. He doesn’t want to know her his real side.. His DARK side.. His thoughts still wandered into his PAST.. Dat’s where his heart lies.. Dat’s where he lost his SOUL.. Dat’s where he dropped his SMILE.. Dat’s where he was living like a dead heart until she came into his life.. Twinkle.. Dat’s d name his heart wanted to mumble forever.. Dat’s what his heart needs to get over his nightmares of past memories…
“It’s okay.. I believe dat d miracles happen.. ” Kubj looked at d sky slightly smiling..
“Hey.. Kunj !!! Let’s go to d music class naa.. I really want to hearsome gud music now.. ” Twinkle said..
“Umm.. Ok.. If u say.. Infact.. I too want to listen to music dis tym.. ” Kunj smiled..
“Today’s class is over.. U all can continue ur practice.. ” Professor left d room announcing..
“It’s over!!! :/ It’s a long tym I attended music class.. V study engineering dat doesn’t mean we don’t have a taste for music.. ” Twinkle grimaced..
“It’s okay na.. What we can do now.. Let’s leave.. ” Kunj said..
“NO! I won’t go!! GUITAR!! Yayyy.. I really want to play Guitar now!! It’s a long tym I played it.. ” Twinkle said picking up a Guitar..
“U know how to play Guitar..?? ” Kunj looked at her in amazement..
“Ofcourse! I do.. I learnt it few years back… But dn’t know how much of it I remember now.. ” Twinkle sighed..
“So what..!! If u really learnt it passionately u can never forget it..!! Give it a try!! ” Kunj smiled..
Twinkle smiled n strummed d strings..
“Baatein kuch ankahi si,,
Kuch ansuni si hone lagi…
Kabu Dil Pe Raha Na
Hasti Humari Khone Lagi..
Wooh.. Woh ohh.. Woo… Wohhoohh.. ” Twinkle was singing strumming d strings..
[Song: Baatein kuch ankahi si from Life in a metro]
“Ohho.. No Twinkle.. Put d C-F-C-G chord for d last line.. U r playing it wrong.. ” Kunj said interrupting her..
“Like dis.. ” Twinkle asked changing d chord..
“No.. Twinkle.. Still wrong.. ” Kunj exasperated..
“Huhh.. U r wrong.. N saying dat m wrong!! ” Twinkle grimaced..
“Arree… Now leave it.. I dn’t like some1 playing d Guitar wrong in front of me.. ” Kunj said curtly..
“I m telling u! Even u dn’t know how to play it correctly.. ” Twinkle said..
“Ohh.. Really.. R u challenging me..??? ” Kunj asked in frustration..
“Ohh.. Yes!! Mr. Kunj m challenging u.. N I m sure u gonna lose! ” Twinkle chuckled..
“Achhaa.. Then juz wait n watch.. ” Kunj scowled snatching d Guitar from her hands..
“Keh De Mujhse Dil Mein Kya Hai
Aisa Bhi Kya Guroor
Tujhko Bhi To Ho Raha Hai
Thoda Asar Zaroor
Ho Yeh Khaamoshi Jeene Na De
Koi To Baat Ho
Woooh Woooh Wooo Woo Wooh
Shaayad Yehi Hai Pyaar..
Baatein kuch ankahi si..
Kuch ansuni si hone lagi.. ” Kunj sang it flawlessly wid d perfect chords..
“Woww.. I knew it!! I knew u can play Guitar!! It’s so awesum.. So magical.. So spell bounding.. ” Twinkle jumped stopping d recording on her fone..
“Wait.. Did u record..?? Did u just..?? ” Kunj asked quickly getting up..
“Yeahhh.. Idiot u forget dat u only told me dat u won d prize for playing Guitar in 11th.. Remember yesterday I asked u to take part in d contest n u refused saying dat u don’t remember Guitar.. ” Twinkle laughed..
“So..?? What u wanna say ..?? ” Kunj asked controlling his temper..
“I want to prove u dat u can still play.. N u know ur voice..? It’s actually very very very magical.. I wonder y din’t u tried in any reality show yet..! ” Twinkle said nodding her head..
“Coz I dn’t want to play Guitar! N it wud be gud for both of us if u delete dis recording n never ever ask me again to play Guitar.. ” Kunj shouted n stormed out of d room…
Twinkle ran to follow him.. But she was interrupted by a professor who asked her to take his notebooks to d 2nd floor.. She reluctantly agreed n helped him…
Kunj walked upstairs to d terrace.. It was d only place dat can give him tranquillity..
“Why.. Why.. Why did u do dis Twinkle.. I wanted to tell u dat I took a harsh decision of never touching d strings of d Guitar again.. But.. U ruined it.. U let me break my promised dat I did to myself.. ” Kunj was talking to himself pluging in his headphones..
“Pehle Kabhi Na Tune Mujhe Gam Diya, Fir Mujhe Kyu Tanha Kar Diya..
Guzare The Jo Lamhe Pyaar K, Humesha Tujhe Apna Maan K..
To Fir Tune Badli Kyu Ada..?? Ye Kyu Kiya..??
Kabhi Jo Badal Barse, Mai Dekhu Tujhe Aankhe Bhar K,
Tu Lage Mujhe Pehli Barish Ki Dua.. ”
[Song: Kabhi jo badal barse from Jackpot 2013]
Kunj was listening to song with tears flowing endlessly from his eyes.. He was thinking.. He was drowning again in d ocean of his past life.. D strings dat were broken a long ago but still somewhere connecting his heart to d memories..
The sky was growing darker and the moon was rising higher as the evening was wearing on…
“You are always here with me.. No matter what u did to me.. No matter u left me alone in d midst of my shattered life.. No matter u broke all d promises u did to me.. No matter how hard I try, there is somewhere something dat I can’t let go so easily.. I can’t forget u so easily.. Baby, u were my life.. N it doesn’t matters u stay in my life or not u r still in my heart.. ” Kunj was talking with his heart..
While Kunj was regretting some of d decisions of his life, some of tyms he always used to cherish, some eyes in which he can see his future.. A hand rested on his shoulder.. He din’t look back.. He knew it was Twinkle…Moreover, he din’t want to let her know dat he was crying..
“Kunj!!! ” Twinkle screamed pulling him to face her..
What she saw was beyond her expectations.. Kunj’s eyes were red n puffy.. His cheeks were drenched wid tears.. He was sniffing badly..
Twinkle wrap her hands around his waist burying her face in his chest.. “M sorry Kunj.. I din’t know dat it wud hurt u so badly.. I swear I din’t mean to do it.. ” Her eyes also welled up wid tears..
Kunj stood oblivious without any movement..
” Kunj !! Plz say something.. M sorryyyyy… ” Twinkle burst out in tears..
Kunj realised dat she was crying.. He wound his arms around her shoulders embracing her tightly..
“Twinkle.. Plz.. Plz leave me alone.. I dn’t want dat d darkness of my life affects ur happiness.. I just want to see u happy.. I dn’t want nybdy to cry for me.. ” Kunj said in his sniffles wiping off her tears..
“Just.. Shut Up.. Did u listen.. Just stay quiet.. Who said dat u r making me cry..?? Huhh..??? ” Twinkle said wiping off his tears n palming his face..
“Can’t I see..??? Before I met u, u were a happy-go-lively gal.. N see now, u r crying.. Nd d reason is me.. Just me… ” Kunj sobbed..
“NO!!! What u saw was what I wanted u to see.. We are frnds ..?? Ryt.. U can tell me what happened exactly.. ” Twinkle looked in his eyes..
“Twinkle.. I.. I dn’t want to say nythng.. ” Kunj held his head low..
“Plzz… If u really consider me ur frnd… Speak up.. ” Twinkle squeezed hishand..
“Fyn.. Twinkle.. I..I had a gal.. We were in relationship for two years.. She was my life, my dream, my reason to smile.. D beats of my music.. I.. I was a guitarist just coz of her.. I learnt it for her only..
But one fateful day.. She left me.. She dumped me for no reason at all.. I mean.. if she wud have fallen in love wid some1, or I wud have done something wrong, or I wud have ever let her down, I wud understand why she left me.. But instead she said.. Der wasn’t nythng between us.. Not a single thing.. It was just me.. She was more than nythng to me.. But she just din’t see the connection anymore.. I did each n evrythng what she wanted.. But still.. I was d only one who expected love from her n I was d only one who broke after d relation.. ” Kunj poured out his heart wid tears still in his eyes..
Twinkle looked at him in shock.. She never knew dat d reason behind d hidden soul in his dark eyes was a girl.. She just listened to him.. She din’t speak.. She din’t did anything.. She was just listening..
“N when she left me.. I vowed dat I wud never even touch d strings of Guitar.. N today.. Wen u provoked me I cudn’t resist but played it.. Twinkle.. Der is a weakness in me.. I get aggravated easily.. Dat day also I din’t want to come but u provoked me n it just happened den.. I can’t handle dares.. It just it was in my nature since birth, n I cn’t help it out.. ” Kunj sighed wid his head held low..
“Twinkle.. Twinkle… ” Kunj shook her seeing dat she was sitting on d floor wid tears pooled in her eyes.. Her cheeks damped with tears.. Her breathing ragged..
“Dat’s d reason u always stay alone.. Dat’s d reason u said u were afraid of relations.. Dat’s what ur eyes hide.. D storm of ur untold feelings… Kunj.. M sorry.. M really sorry for hurting u.. ” Twinkle cried..
“It’s okay.. U never did it intentionally.. ” Kunj said hugging her, placing his chin on her head..
“Now der’s nthng m afraid of.. U r wid me.. Der’s nthng I need to hide from u.. ” Kunj said smiling through his tears..
“Haan.. M always der with u.. I wud never ever let u feel alone.. ” Twinkle said hugging him back..
“U know my soul.. Promise me no matter what happens.. U’ll never leave me.. Twinkle.. If u leave me, I’d not be able to smile again.. ” Kunj said..
When she exhaled, d words that flowed wid her breath were.. “I promise.. I’d never ever leave u.. No matter where I gotta be, no matter d time favours our relation or not.. I’d always stay by ur side.. ”
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