She stormed out of there leaving behind a teary eyed Karthik who was heartbroken. He stood up cryingly and went to washroom and turned on the shower above the bathtub sitting inside. He sat there calmly with water running down him. He laid back in the bathtub facing the ceiling letting his eyes drool, Swarna’s words of finishing himself kept echoing in his ears and everything seemed to swim before his eyes as he laid there breathing from mouth forming bubbles in the bathtub. All the moments of his life spent with his mother and father appeared in front of his eyes.
He stared at the ceiling as he laid there and reached his hand towards his wrist and within sometime, his wrist started bleeding as he had a blade in his hand from which he slit his wrist, the water started to redden from his blood. He heard the continuous ringing of doorbell and sat up suddenly gasping for breathe.
K: Maa chali gai mujhe chhor k warna to vo humesha darwaza kholti hain.
He said to himself and turned off the shower above his bathtub getting out of it fully drenched and dripping wet. He called out for her.
K: Maa! Maa ap mujhe aise chhor kar nahi jasakti.
He said calling her but on getting no response, he went to the door in the same condition and opened it and saw her standing on the entrance. He couldn’t meet his gaze with hers as he felt ashamed after her rude words. He moved back to let her in and went outside the house.
S: Karthik
K: (showing his hand to stop her from speaking) Naira k pas jaraha hoon or main us ko kisi k liye bhi nahi chhorunga, na ap k liye, na us ghatiya insaan k liye,phir chahay mujhe yahan se usay le kar bohat door hi kiun na jana paray.
He went without waiting for her reply but she kept following him.
S: Karthik beta please aisay mujhse munh mat phero
K: Maa please, mujhe us se milna hai, apko jo sochna hai aap sochiye.
He went with her following him without him knowing. He went to the car and sat inside and she too did the same. He drove the car in fastest speed.
S: ruk jao please, gussa chhoro na beta, accident hojayega, please Karthik.
He slowed the car and smiled at her keeping his left hand on her arm trying to calm her as she panicked. As he moved away his hand and moved his eyes back to road, she felt something wet on her arm and checked to see what’s it and gasped seeing blood and looked at his bleeding hand.
S: Karthik, ye tumne kya kar diya beta? Car roko please.
She said panicking more and he stopped the car. She came out of the car and went to his side of car and took him out making him sit down.
S: kiun kata apna haath? Aise mein tum Naira k pas jarahay thay? Doctor ko bulati hoon main.
K: Maa aap to mujhe galat samajh gai, main apko khushi dena chahta tha, main Naira k pas isliye jaraha tha k us se baat kar ke mera dil halka hojaye
S: han beta main sab samajhti hoon lekin is me meri koi khushi nahi, I will call doctor.
She called the doctor by her phone and as she looked at Karthik, he had stood up.
S: beta baitho, doctor arahay hain, tumne ye kiyun kiya beta?
K: aap ne kaha tha na k mujhe Manish ki yaad ko mitanay k liye khud ko mitana hoga, agar apki khushi is me hai, to main kya yeh bhi nahi karsakta?
S: nahi beta Karthik, I m sorry mujhe maaf krdo, main mar jaungi bacha or unko naam se na bulao, papa hain vo tumharay.
K: hongay dunia ki nazro mein lekin mere liye nahi, aap ne yeh bhi kaha tha na k meri raggo’n mein ganda khoon behta hai, ye khoon mera nahi Manish ka hai.
She hugged him and a car came and stopped there. A man came out of the car who wore a lab coat and was a very elderly person. He carried a doctor’s kit in his hand so it was clear that he was a doctor. He sat near Karthik who felt dizzy and checked his wrist.
Dr: his vein didn’t cut, but he lost much blood, there’s nothing to get scared but he needs complete rest.
S: OK doctor thank you.
Doctor bandaged his wrist and went. She helped him stand but he moved away her hand and stumbled.
S: car main drive kar loongi.
K: nahi, apko main ghar chhor doonga, or Naira k pas jaunga.
She kept on pleading but he was adamant to drive and sat on driving seat.
K: andar baithiye please, thanks.
She sat beside him and he drove off and dropped her home. He drove to Naira’s house and rang the doorbell. Naitik opened the door and he took his blessings and was invited inside.
K: uncle Naira..
He was cut in between.
Nait: jag rahi hai, tumhara hi intezar kar rahi hai, jao, koi tumhe tease nahi karega.
He smiled at him and he went smiling back. He went to Naira’s room and saw her in a deep slumber on the couch hugging a pillow and was wearing loose one shoulder off top and shorts. Even though she got fat, she looked hot anyway. He sat down on his knees near the couch and admired her beautiful face and how her hair was on her face making her look like a cute little kid. He moved away the hair from her face and kissed her forehead. He carried her to the bed carefully and laid down next to her pulling the duvet above them and slept holding her hand. Naira stirred up in her sleep in midnight feeling uncomfortable and sat up switching on the bedside lamp. She looked at her tee shirt which was wet from her waist and got shocked seeing huge amount of blood there. She was damn sure that she wasn’t bleeding but it was him who was bleeding. His wrist rested on her waist the whole night and she had squeezed his wrist accidentally in sleep. She rolled up his sleeve a little and saw a bandage wrapped around his wrist that was drenched in blood. She got angry as he broke his promise of never doing it again but did it not caring about her. She tapped his cheeks to wake him up.
N: (angrily) Karthik! (She turned his face to other side trying to wake him up) Monster! Oye! (She was in mixed emotions) Karthik kya hua? Utho na please (she started crying by now and called her parents in panic) mumma! Papa! Jaldi aao, Karthik ko kuchh hogaya, jaldi aao please
She was crying hysterically and her parents came running there but till then she too fainted in shock.