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~REWINDING OF THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES~
Sanskar closed his eyes taking a deep breathe as he read a line in the book he was reading. “FIRST IMPRESSION!” a smile appeared on his face as he remembered his very first meet with swara…
FLASHBACK
Sujata and sharmishta were best friends, when swara was born, her father shekhar gadodia organized a party in which the maheshwaris invited. Sanskar was just six years that time…
GADODIA MANSION
Sujata and Ram carrying sanskar in his arms entered the mansion. As sujata and shomi hugged each other immediately, sanskar felt boring in the party. “papa! It’s so boring!” he said annoyed in his cute little voice. Ram gave him an angry glare as he said that before shekhar! Shekhar just smiled seeing the innocent boy and scooped his arms around him. “beta! Ok! Come I will give you some toys!”
After some time, sanskar started feeling really very comfortable with shekhar. They both were well bonded by now. Sanskar looked towards the corner of the hall, where many people were standing making a circle. “uncle! What is happening there?” he asked shekhar. Shekhar smiled and said, “they all are seeing my daughter! Come, you also meet her!” he took sanskar in his arms and walked towards the crowd. All gave him way, sanskar saw a small pink cradle. Sanskar went near the cradle and peeped in it. He was amazed seeing a beautiful baby, who was smiling at him right now without any teeth! Her smile filled his heart.
He bended inside to get a closer look at her. She raised both her hands and touched his face, he giggled feeling her touch. Her hands were very tiny and was as delicate and soft as a cotton. Sharmishta smiled and said, “she likes you sanskar! see! How she is smiling at you”. Sanskar smiled hearing this, he didn’t stop swara from touching his face. It was giving him immense happiness and a tickling sensation which he liked a lot. “what’s her name uncle?” he asked still playing with her. “we still didn’t decide beta!” shekhar said admiring his cute little daughter. “but did you at least think of some name?” sujata asked sharmishta. She smiled and replied, “we are thinking to keep a name that starts with ‘R’ because my elder daughter ragini’s name also starts with R” sharmishta patted ragini who was near to her and she was just five years old! “aunty! Keep a name that starts with ‘S’ because my name also starts with the same letter!” sanskar said, shekhar once again laughed at him. he liked him very much. “ok beta! As you wish!”…
WHEN THE PARTY WAS OVER…
“sanskar! come! Let’s go home!” sujata said to sanskar. sanskar whined and said, “but maa! See na! this baby is not leaving me!” he said pointing towards his one finger that was captured by her whole tiny palm. “sanskar! come now!” and after a lot of compulsion. Sanskar unwillingly released his finger from her grip and went with his mother looking back at her smiling innocent face again and again until he was out of the mansion!…
FLASHBACK ENDS
Sanskar’s smile grew wider. He looked at the line again, “FIRST IMPRESSION”….hmm.. first impression? “She was very cute and still is!” he whispered. He closed the book and went to the balcony. He was inhaling the fresh air, when he saw that moon was absent today! He smiled again as he remembered something…
FLASHBACK
Swara was 4 years old now while sanskar was 10 years!
GADODIA MANSION
“hi uncle!” sanskar said greeting shekhar as soon as he entered. Shekhar gave him a smile before kneeling to his height. “hi beta! How are you?” shekhar asked. “fine uncle!” sanskar said and earned an affectionate pinch on his cheek from shekhar. “where is swara, uncle?” shekhar smiled to his question and replied, “she is in the terrace with her mother!” sanskar immediately ran upstairs, “arey sanskar! but where are your mom and dad?” shekhar shouted curiously. “they are parking the car uncle!” sanskar shouted back as he ran fast. Shekhar smiled, this maheshwari family was just his wife’s friend before four years but now they meant more to him especially sanskar! they came here once in every month to meet them and he has no doubt about the fact that sanskar is compelling his parents to meet his little friend swara! “Namaste shekharji!” he turns back to find sujata and ram. He smiled and gave them a warm welcome…
TERRACE…
Sanskar entered the terrace excitedly, he saw swara and ran near her. He was amazed seeing his shomi aunty sitting worried. “what happened aunty?” shomi looked at him and smiled happily. She engulfed him in a hug, “how are you sanskar? where is your mom and dad?” “aunty! First tell me, why are you sad?” sanskar asked. Sharmishta sighed and said, “ask your friend sanskar! she is not eating food because moon is absent today! Arey! Today is new moon day, how will the moon come?” sanskar looked at swara and smiled seeing her. Every month he came, it looked as if she had become more innocent, more cute. He lifted her in his arms, “swara! Why don’t you have the food?” swara till now didn’t saw him, now she saw his face and clapped her hands happily. She was growing and has started identifying people! Sharmishta frowned and said irritated, “shona! See sanskar is also telling, have your food bacchha!” swara nodded a no and turned her face to not have food. Sanskar said, “swara! Moon went to sleep! And why do you care because you yourself is a moon!” swara’s eyes gleamed hearing him. “I am a moon?” she asked with her little baby voice in an enthusiastic way, sanskar nodded a yes. “you are very bright and as calm as moon! You are my moon!” he said and rubbed his nose with her. “now will you have your food?” shomi asked tired. Swara giggled and nodded. Sanskar gave swara to shomi and then she had her food….
FLASHBACK ENDS
Sanskar folded his hands feeling the cool. The phone rang, he saw the caller id and turned serious, he answered the call getting inside the room making sure no one sees him…
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SIGHANYA MANSION
Sharmishta, ragini, swara and uttara were welcomed by their relative. Neha, the bride came and hugged all of them. She asked about all of them and when she came to swara, she smiled and said, “hi devil!” swara tried hard to control her tears as she looked down. All went from there after sometime except swara and ragini. Ragini noticed her hardly controlling her tears and said, “swara!” “di! Make neha understand that only sanskar can call me devil!” swara said in one go not meeting her eyes and then ran to the guest room that was given to her as those endless tears flowed from her eyes, ragini looked at her helplessly…
IN THE GUEST ROOM
As soon as swara entered the room, she fall on the ground as she cried hard, even today he didn’t spoke a word with her! She will not be able to see him for the next ten days! He is not going to pick up the phone even if she calls him! he was never going to love her! Swara closed her eyes tightly as she shivered and cried aloud. ‘devil!’ she gulped her tears and smiled as she remembered the first time he called her devil!
FLASHBACK
Swara was 11 years old while sanskar was 17 years.
GADODIA MANSION
Sanskar took a spoonful of food, swara was looking at him biting her nails. And as soon as sanskar kept the food in his mouth, he started coughing. Swara laughed seeing him. sanskar spitted the food and drank the water. Swara stopped laughing as he looked at her angrily, she got up from her chair and started running while sanskar chased her. “you devil!” swara stopped hearing him and turned to him, “wait! What did you say?” she asked frowning. “a devil! you are a devil!” saying this he laughed and started running while she started to chase him…
FLASHBACK ENDS
Swara looked up and pressed her lips not able to bear this extreme pain. She just felt like dyeing now…
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Sanskar closed his eyes as tears flowed from his eyes seeing the anklet on the floor, it was swara’s and may be she left it here when came this morning. He knelt down and took the anklet in his hand. “your ignorance is killing me!” he shivered as he felt pain and anger consuming him remembering those words! How can she just talk like that… killing and all… she has always needed him, his presence has always been soothing to her. He remembered how swara pleaded him to stay even in the worst miserable condition of hers..
FLASHBACK
Swara was 16 years old while sanskar was 22 years.
Uttara was lying on her mother’s lap and crying while her mother was crying sujata’s embrace. Ragini being the elder managed all the guests controlling her tears and was avoiding all those sympathetic gazes. Swara was just sitting in front of her dead father not even reacting. Sanskar went to her teary eyed and sat beside her, “swara!” he whispered while she continued to be motionless. Sanskar suddenly felt like someone was staring them, he turned the other side to see if anyone was there but because of this swara thought he was going to leave and she immediately holded him. sanskar turned to her surprised, swara immediately hugged him dugging her face in his white shirt, that was the uniform to right now, ‘WHITE’ which she hated a lot. “stay with me!” she whispered as her voice choked. Sanskar felt her weeping and immediately hugged her back as they both cried in each other’s embrace because SHEKHAR GADODIA WAS NO MORE… sanskar hugged her more tightly as he saw the garland adoring his shekhar uncle’s photo, he closed his eyes crying more, this just can’t happen!… his shekhar uncle who was like his father just cannot leave all…
FLASHBACK ENDS
Sanskar closed his fist holding the anklet more tight as those awful memories came in his mind. He walked to his wardrobe to keep the anklet, and when he opened he saw a black formal coat. He smiled sadly seeing it, it was presented to him by swara on his last birthday. He caressed it, today she came here and confessed her love once again to him but today she was just demanding his words not anything more…NOTHING MORE… he suddenly cried as he tightened the grip on the wardrobe. Swara means to him a lot… her pain gives more pain to him but today she was crying because of him. he was the reason for her pain and this thought was suffocating him as he drowned in the guilt! He looked at the anklet in his palm and smiled sadly, “I admit that I can’t stay away from you my innocent devil!” he said. His smile grew wider as he thought something…NO…he can’t be away from his friend ANYMORE. He closed the wardrobe as he hurriedly started to go out of the room when his phone rang. He went to the bed and picked up the phone. The person from the other side said, “sir! You actually have to go to some place to finish the work….” Sanskar stopped him and said, “listen! I can’t go anywhere now, I have an important work, I have to go to PATNA!”
he said and the other person replied, “that’s great sir! Because the place you have to go is also Patna!” sanskar was surprised hearing him, “ok! Send me the details!” saying this he cutted the call. A work in Patna? He brushed those thoughts away and immediately ran to his mom’s room praying that she should be awake and surprisingly he found her in the hall itself! “mom?” sujata looked at him and asked, “sanskar? you didn’t sleep?” sanskar walked to her and said, “mom! I am going to Patna!” sujata was surprised hearing him. “I can’t be away from my friend, so I am going tomorrow itself! Ok! Now good night!” he said and ran back to his room. Sujata smiled looking at him. sanskar went to his room and lay on his bed closing his eyes hoping for the sunrise and he smiled as all those beautiful memories of their childhood played in his mind…his pranks, her pranks, his teasings and her innocence which he adore the most….
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Precap: ~Friends~
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A/N- hey guys! i know this chapter was just containing few scenes of their childhood and pain but hope it was not that much boring!
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