Night
“where are we going” ragini asked, walking after lucky.
“walk silently…’ lucky said, stuffing his hands in pockets.
“tell na…..’ ragini asked loudly, walks fast and start walking beside him.lucky looks at her side angrily then sighed.
“i want you eat ice cream with me.’ lucky said,pointing at ice cream parlor.
“ice cream?…..okay’ ragini asked not getting him then nodded and walks forward.lucky holds her hand and pull her back.
“one more thing….’
“what is that?’
“can you forger for one night that i am not man’
“what should i think of you…GIRL’ ragini laughed loudly.lucky pulls her close to him.
“the image you had made in your mind……can you please forget it for one night’
“i will think…’ragini said chuckling,push him back and walks toward ice cream parlor.lucky walks with her and puts hand around her waist.ragini looks down quickly then at him.
“what flavor you like?…’lucky asked ignoring her shocked expressions.
“huh…vanilla…’
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“mother!….’kavita cried and holds her leg.sahil looks back,shakes his head and walks back toward her.
“you can’t even walk properly…’
“from half an hour we are walking in this forest….and you are not telling me anything.i don’t want to go anywhere with you.’ kavita said angrily,gets up quickly,her anklet twisted and she again fell down.
“Aaaaa!…mother’
Sahil laughed lightly and picks her up in arms and starts walking again.kavita blinks twice.
“hold me…otherwise you will fall down.’
“what….’ kavita asked confusingly.
“put arms around my neck…’
“why????…’kavita asked with twitched nose.sahil loose his grip,kavita’s balance gets unstable.she screamed and put arms around his neck quickly.sahil laughed.
“you are jerk….’kavita said throwing daggers at him.
“we reached….’sahil said and put her down.kavita anklet was still paining therefore she holds his shoulder.sahil looks at her with raised eyebrow.
“its paining…’kavita said,shrugging her shoulder.then looks forward and her eyes widened.
‘wishing well..’kavita screamed with full force.sahil put fingers in ears quickly.
“i was reading about it yesterday….you know it is so famous.every wish comes true…wait a second.how you come to know i want to come here?’kavita blabbered continuously and looked at him with narrowed eyes.
“do you want to wish something or should we leave.”sahil said showing her eyes back.
“No…i have so many wishes…coins”kavita forward her hand.sahil takes out some coins.kavita throw one coins,joins hands and wish something.then picks drops another and again wish something then another and another.
“kavita so many…’ sahil asked.
“haan na……”kavita said,throwing another coin in well.sahil sits on near stone and starts looking at her.
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“swara please warm food for me….’sanskar said and fell down on couch.swara throw daggers at him then put her sketching book to side and walks toward kitchen.sanskar rubs his neck and looks at her sketching book.he picks it up and start seeing it. There were sketches,made from pencils and charcoal. sanskar stares at one sketch.
One old woman was sitting on arm chair and a small girl was sitting in her feet,keeping head in her lap.it was shown that light is coming out from old woman and girl was engulfed in darkness.
“sanskar!!!…”swara called him from kitchen.sanskar keeps book aside and walks toward kitchen.he sits on chair and swara sit on side chair.
“where are everyone…”sanskar asked during eating.
“went out…”swara snapped.
“everyone?…”sanskar asked in such way that her snapping is normal for him.
“yes…”she again snapped at him.
‘when is you exhibition…’
“after three days….’
‘your paintings are done…’
“yes..”
sanskar completes his food,swara picks up plates and walks wash basin and start washing them,making loud noise.in such way that she wanted to break them,murmuring continuously.
“what’s wrong?..”sanskar asked,back hugging her.swara ddin’t bugged a little.
“everyone went out..’swara snapped again.
“you are angry because they didn’t take you.”sanskar asked chuckling.swara looks at his face and push him.
“lakshaya was right about you….”swara said,murmured something again and start drying plates.sanskar takes plates from her hand,put it aside and holds her both hands.
“what did i do?”
“everyone went out….i am only at home,we came 1 hour late you made us sit outside,look time of your coming’swara said angrily,freed her hands and start drying plates again
‘she is like a mystery…”sanskar muttered,rubbing his forehead.sanskar thinks for a while then laughed loudly.
“if you want me to take you out then say it….”sanskar said, turning her toward him.
“i don’t want anything from you’swara said quickly.
“hmm….right”sanskar said nodding his head.he takes her hand in his and entangled their fingers and keeps it on his chest
“you know what…after marriage when i will come home like this then my wife will fight with me like this…..everyone went out.you only don’t take me anywhere.you are very boring……then do you know what i will do?.”sanskar said with naughty smile.
“i am not interested what will you do?…”
“i will holds her like this and will tell her that i will take her out on sunday….promise”sanskar whispered in her ear,his lips touched her ear shell.swara bites her inner cheek to hide her smile.
“okay?…”
“sanskar leave me….”swara said,blushing hard
“why?….”he kissed on her ear shell then on cheek.he cups her left cheek turns her face toward him and kiss her on lips softly with full love.swara closed her eyes and kissed him back.
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‘why we came here?….”kavya asked,looking at children orphanage.
“bhai told me to give these gifts….”
“why you brought me here?…”
“you give gifts to children…i am going to have kabadi match with my friends.”karan handover gifts packs to kavya and went toward one direction.
“karan these are heavy….”kavya cried,not able to hold them but karan left like he didn’t listen.
“stupid,idiot jerk..”kavya cursed him and walks forward.she gave these gifts to supervisor and went out to see karan.
‘karan..”kavya muttered in shocked voice,seeing him fully covered in mud,sleeves up and pent was also folded up till thighs.he was opponent area and was trying to touch someone.he touched one child and was going to run back when all children jumped on him.one small kid sit on his hand,so that he can’t touch line.kavya so loudly that all children their heads toward her.
“you like children….”kavya asked, still laughing.she was applying ointment on his small small wounds.
“yes i like them…..we brothers come here every week.”karan said throwing daggers at her.
“why?…”kavya said after controlling her laugh.
“sanskar bhai says…mom used to bring us here every week therefore he brings us.”
“your mother was great lady…’kavya said with smile.
“yeah but i was didn’t spend much time with her…..i was 1 to 2 years old when mom dad died in accident…..”karan said,sighing heavily
“loser…’one children stuck his tongue out at karan.
“my team didn’t come today therefore…we will see next week.”karan said.boy again stuck his tongue out.
“wait…i will tell you.”karan said and run after naught kid.kavya stares at him,running after kid with small smile on lips.
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