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“What are you saying?”,he said shocked.
“Leave her…..”,she said.
“Please……..Nahi reh paa rahi hoon……nahi reh paungi!…”,she cried.
Kunj calmed himself and chose to give a composed answer.
“Fine….”,he said and pushed her back.
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Kunj reached home after a tiring day. He was devastated. He was so shocked at her absurd behavior. He didn’t know what to do.
“Just don’t know anything!”,he said sitting broken on the bed.
“Chanda!….”,he said.
“Coming….”,she said emerging out of the bathroom in her pink nightgown.
“I want to talk”
“What is it?”
“Twinkle….met me….”
Chanda stopped in her tracks.
“What did she say?…..”
Chanda took the jug and poured the water down.
“She……said….She said…..she said to choose between her and you……”
Her grip around the glass loosened.
His words made her heart crack from within.
“Wha…..What?”,she blurted.
Tears pooled in her eyes.
“Wha…..What……..did you say?….Tum…ne Kya….kaha?”
“I said that I’ll think about it.”
“What to do you feel Kunj?….”,she said wiping her tears and sitting next to him.
“I don’t know…..I don’t know anything.”,he said blankly staring at the floor.
“Somewhere I love her ….somewhere I hate her…”
“Toh…..chod do….”,she said closing her eyes.
“Kya?”
“Chod do Kunj…. Chod do mujhe…..kyunki I know you love her…..Kunj you’re incomplete without her. You need her, with you. “,She said trying hard not to spill out the tears.
“You’re my wife!”
“But not your love…….Wife for namesake! Your heart still belongs to her. So choose her, give her a second chance…..”,she said.
“But…..”
“Kunj…..let’s sleep know……Kal baat Karen?……”,she said and arranged the pillows..
“Chanda, this is important…..”
“Yes….but not more important than your sleep….come….”
Kunj lay in the bed turning to the right side.
“Chanda!”
“Yes….”
“Would you please rub my head?”
“Umm….huh!?…. why not…..?”
She lay next to him and ran her fingers through his hair. He got relieved of his stress and soon sleep engulfed him. Chanda was completely broken. She wanted to scream and cry her heart out. Her world was shattered into peices. She was his wife , she used to get little joy by being with him but know she had to leave him. She knew Kunj was never hers. Tears from her eyes fell on his hair.
Confirming he had slept she left his hair and got down from the bed.
She sat on the swing in the balcony. She sobbed quietly.”I can’t even cry…..For him……. Roh bhi nahi sakti khul ke!….My life is in a mess……I can’t blame him either……because I had chosen this path for myself…….I…..should stop crying and make things right….I’ll leave him and go back to my house…..I’ll not stay here with him….I can’t see him becoming someone else’s.”,she thought.
She got up from the balcony and went to the bathroom.
She washed her face. Looking herself at the mirror her hand went to her holy thread and she took it out. “Huh……Looks like a filmy drama…..Feels pathetic!…..I love….him……But…..he’s not mine…..This was never suppose to be mine.”,she said laughing on her fate.
She had decided to leave Kunj.
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On the other hand, Twinkle was sad too because she had demanded Kunj. But somewhere she was happy that he will come back to her.
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Kunj got up early this time at almost four in the morning. Today was the day , he was suppose to decide everything and finish it all. He rubbed his eyes and saw Chanda sleeping next to him. Her face looked pale but she glowed like a moon.
“She looks so peaceful……Just like a moon…..My friend Chandu!”,he thought and smiled.
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At almost six Chanda woke up. It was Sunday , so she was surprised to see Kunj get up early.
He had probably got ready early.
“Why are you so early?”,she said.
“Thought to change my routine.”,he said wearing his shirt.
“Go….get ready Chanda… we’ll go to a temple. It’s Sunday na….”,he said.
Chanda smiled and went to get ready. Kunj remembers that she likes to visit Temple every Sunday.
She came out dressed and combed her hair. She didn’t apply Vermillion. She didn’t wear her holy thread.
She had to leave them.
She went downstairs covering her neck with shawl lest no one sees her neck.
She greeted everyone and made breakfast.
The family had breakfast. Kunj went outside to get out his car while Chanda completed her left work.
“Chanda? Where is your mangalsutra? And didn’t you apply sindoor today?”,said Bebe as she saw Chanda coming towards her.
“Bebe……Bebe…..woh…..My thread broke. And sindoor got finished. Sindoor mandir se le lungi…..”,She said.
“Oho! Dhaga toot gaya? Aisa Kya Kar rahi thi tu? Haan!”,Bebe said teasing her.
“Kuch nahi bebe….”
“Chal ja..”, bebe said.
Chanda quickly went out.
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“Chanda , where’s your sindoor and magalsutra. You never step out without them….”,asked Kunj as he took a turn to right to go to the temple.
She got consious of herself.
“What is it to you?”,she said frustrated. Her heart was already broken. Her heart was throbbing to scream that she loves him. But this man, was not her’s. Though her husband but not her’s.She was getting cranky because of her dilemma. She didn’t wish to do it. She wished Kunj could hear her inconstant heart.
“What?……”,he said surprised.
“Nothing….Kunj….sorry!….I didn’t wear it because I didn’t want to.…..”
“Why you didn’t want to…..?….”,he said little hurt.
“Neither that’s mine nor you…..”,she said.
Kunj was in absolute saturated state of emotions. He was unable to think.
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After praying,Chanda and Kunj went towards their car.
“Chanda, let’s go to the park nearby……We have to meet someone….”,Kunj said getting into the car.
“Huh!?….hmmmm..”,spoke Chanda.
She was totally pissed off. She didn’t want him to see or feel her emotions.
Soon, they reached the park.
“Let’s go….”,he said.
There was standing a woman and she was Twinkle. She was waiting for Kunj.
Kunj came there and placed a hand on her shoulder.
Twinkle was happy seeing him and hugged him.
“I thought you won’t come……Kunj!”,she said.
Chanda who saw this was in anger and tears of pain.
“Twinkle…..”,he said and slightly pushed her back.
“Twinkle…..You asked me to choose….I have chosen.”
“Whom do you want in your life Kunj?”
“You…..”,he said.
Chanda was in a state of paralysis. Her body seemed to rebel. She couldn’t take it now.He had chosen his past love,Twinkle So ,she ran away.
Twinkle was in a shock and smiled crying. She tried to hug him but Kunj held her arms.
“I want you…… I want you to leave my life.”,he said breaking eyes from her.
Twinkle felt sad and pathetic.
“Twinkle! Trust is what makes a relationship work. You broke my trust.
You lied to me. Agar bol deti toh chod deta tujhe, Haan dukh hota…..par……itna dard nahi hota!…..Tune mere peth……peche…….chod!…..I don’t want to make you feel guilty. I can’t leave my wife. I can’t leave a girl who left her house for me. Us ladki ne mere liye apna Ghar choda hai……Apni Maa ko chod Kar aayi hai woh! Sirf apne pati ke sahare……Usne bahut saath Diya hai Mera. I can’t leave her now, the way you left me. Shayad pyaar na ho abhi, lekin kabhi na kabhi ho jayega na…..Agar na bhi hua toh!….Dosti ke sahare zindagi bita dunga…..Kam se Kam dost toh hoga, jo tu nahi ban paayi……”
“Kunj?……You……”,spoke Twinkle crying.
“Ssh…..Twinkle…..”,he wiped her tears.
“Thanks a lot….Twinkle…..You taught me to love and live…… Thanks a lot……Tu Meri Zindagi ka khoobsurat hissa thi….Aur main yaadon ko acchi yadoon ki tarah rakhunga…..hm?”,he said with tears falling down.
“Kunj….. Kunj…..maaf kardo….”,she said crying.
“Maaf Kar Diya hai Twinkle…….Ab tu azaad hai….Kush rehna hamesha…..Bhula chuka hoon….Teri galatiya…..Bhula chuka hoon tujhe…..”,he said.
Twinkle was sad but happy. Happy because Kunj had forgiven her. She understood that they were not meant to be together. Even if they where,they were separated indirectly by Twinkle herself.
She nodded her head crying badly.
Kunj couldn’t control his tears now and they fell, displaying his feelings.
“Bye….. Twinkie…..”,he said and hugged her tight.He looked into her eyes once and left her.
He left her hand and moved away.
“Tujhe bhula diya oh…….
Tujhe bhula diya oh……….
Tujhe bhula diya oh…….
Phir kyun teri yaadon ne……..
Mujhe rula diya oh……..
Mujhe rula diya………….
Tujhe bhula diya oh…………
Tujhe bhula diya…….”
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Kunj controlled himself and looked for Chanda who was crying sitting on a bench.
He sat next to her and tapped her shoulder.
She turned and was shocked seeing him.
Kunj hugged her.
“Nahin…..chodunga tumhe…..Chanda…..”,he said.
“Kunj…..”,she said and hugged him back and cried.
Twinkle on the other hand smiled to herself and left.
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Hello! Hi! Wassup!?…..Well…..yes Chanda was suppose to be with Kunj ever since I began this story! ? I had decided that I won’t make TwiNj together. Tell me how you liked it. And don’t worry TwiNj toh hamesha saath hi rahenge…..?Agli story jald hi aayegi so stay tuned for it and yes….Thanks a lot for appreciation on the previous one!
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