CHAPTER 8
Shreya was angrily flipping the pages of the book. She was struggling a lot, because she had no idea from where to start and how to start. She closed her eyes and took a sigh, then she looked at daya and found him already staring at her with a smile. As shreya looked at him daya immediately hid his smile and looked away. Shreya closed the book and angrily marched towards him.
"Excuse me!" She called from behind.
Daya turned to her, "hmm?"
"May I know where is the brochure and the Syllabus?" She asked in a sarcastically polite way.
Daya bit his lips realizing that he had still not handed over the syllabus to her.
"Oh, I am sorry, ye raha brochure. I just forgot that!" He said and forwarded the brochure towards her.
She snatched it from his hand and turned to go when daya called her.
"Shreya listen"
Shreya cut him, "I don't have much time to waste, Jo bhi kehna hai baad me kahiyega. Mujhe bahut padhai karni hai, please do not disturb me!" She said looking into his eyes and left.
Daya remained stood there silently watching her.
Radha Masi arranged dinner and called daya on the dining table.
"Shreya kaha hai masi?" Daya asked grabbing his chair.
"Beta, shreya ko 2 baar bula chuki hu. Wo bol rahi hai use abhi bhookh nahi hai, baad me khayegi. Tumhari bato ko kuch jyada hi dil se laga liya usne. Padhai ke aage khane ka bhi dhyan nahi use" masi said sadly nodding her head.
Daya was shocked, "what? Ye shreya bhi na" he uttered and immediately moved to call shreya.
He went and saw her engrossed in the book. He moved near her.
"Shreya tum dinner ke liye kyun nahi aa rahi?"
"Aap log kha leejiye, main ek aur chapter finish kar lu, phir aati hu" she replied without moving her eyes away from her book.
Daya looked at her for a second and moved to her. He took the book from her hand and kept it on the table. Then he gentle grabbed her arm and made her to stand up. "Pehle khana kha lo, phir chapter khatam kar lena"
Shreya jerked him away, "Maine kaha na abhi nahi khana mujhe. Aapko har baat pe apna order chalana hota hai. Aapki marji se sona, aapki marji se jagna, aapki marji se khana, aapki marji se rehna, aapki marji se jeena!" She shouted on top of her voice, "Dad ne meri responsibility aapko di hai. Aapko mera khayal rakhne ko kaha. Lekin iska matlab ye nahi ki main sab kuch aapki marji se karungi. Dusro ki marji se kaam karne ki aadat nahi hai mujhe" she burst out on him.
Daya was confounded and hurt with her sudden burst out. He looked into her eyes and silently moved outside.
As he went out, shreya heard him saying,
"Masi, rehne deejiye, main bhi khana nahi khaunga. Bhookh nahi rahi ab"
Shreya heard him and realized that she didn't do good with him.
She was arguing with herself about her behavior with him when Masi came to her. Shreya looked at her through corners of her eyes.
Masi said in a soft voice, "Shreya, ghabrao mat main tumhe kuch bura bhala kehna nahi aayi hu. Beta main sirf itna kehne aayi hu ki, bas aakar khana kha lo. Main janti hu ki tum bahut gusse me ho. Lekin apna gussa thodi der ke liye pi jao, daya ki khatir. Kaam me busy hone ki wajeh se wo aaj lunch nahi kar paya tha. Din bhar kuch nahi khaya usne aur mujhe pata hai use bahut bhookh lagi hai. Tumhari kadwi baate sunkar shayad uska pet bhar gaya ho lekin main use bina khaye sote huye nahi dekh sakti." Masi said almost crying. She left from there without adding further.
Shreya felt a pinch in her heart knowing that daya had skipped his lunch and he is going to skip his dinner too because of her.
Shreya pulled her hair in frustration and sat down. "Ye kya kiya maine? Oh God! Phir se unhe hurt kiya? Sab kuch galat karne ke baad hi kyun realize hota hai mujhe? Ab kya karu? Kis muh se jakar sorry bolu?" She thought biting her nails.
She came outside to find daya. She spotted masi sitting on the dining table with a sad face. Shreya approached her.
"Masi, kaha hain wo?" She asked in a low voice.
Masi said nothing but signalled shreya towards their bedroom. Shreya looked at masi and placed her hand on her shoulder, "Masi aap khana lagaiye, main unhe lekar aati hu". Shreya said and moved towards their bedroom.
As she peeped inside, she found daya studying some file or say was pretending to do so. Shreya moved inside. Daya sensed her presence behind his back but he didn't turn to look at her. Shreya was standing there trying to find some words.
She stated in a low voice, "chapter baad me finish kar lungi main. Abhi mujhe bahut bhookh lagi hai. Chaliye na sath me khana khate hain."
Days turned and looked at her, "Radha masi ne bheja tumhe yaha?"
Shreya looked up at him, "nahi...main khud se aayi hu, par masi ne mujhe bataya ki aapne subeh se kuch nahi khaya hai. Maine kaha ki main bas aa rahi hu dinner ke liye, ye to nahi kaha ki nahi khaungi! Aap humesha meri baat ka galat matlab nikalte hain."
Daya kept the file aside and looked at her surprisingly, "What? Main galat matlab nikalta hu? Really?"
"Ab please arguments baad me kar lenge, kaun galat hai kaun sahi, lekin pehle chaliye, dinner ke liye, bhookh lagi hai mujhe" shreya said with a very innocent face.
Daya couldn't hide his smile. He moved to dining table followed by shreya. Masi became happy seeing both of them, she served the dinner lovingly.
After finishing the dinner daya wished Radha masi good night and moved to the bedroom for sleeping.
Shreya again became conscious as it was the time to go to bed. The most uncomfortable situation for her. She was sitting on the dining table even after finishing the meal. Daya looked at her.
"Kya hua shreya? Sona nahi hai?"
Shreya looked at him, "umm..wo..aap so jaiye, main ...main abhi thodi der aur padhna chahti hu."
Daya gave her a doubtful look.
"Don't worry, main gusse me nahi bol rahi hu, sach me mera man kar raha hai ki thoda aur padh lu." Shreya said finding daya's glances at her.
Daya nodded, "ok, par jyada der tak mat jagna! Main to sone ja raha hu. Bahut neend aa rahi hai." Daya said and moved to the bedroom.
Shreya sat in the hall with her books. She started studying only to avoid sleeping with him. She was tired and sleepy but she was not willing to go and sleep next to him, so she deliberately kept herself busy in her books. She didn't come to know when she fell on the sofa and slept there hugging her book near her chest.
At midnight daya woke up and found shreya was not on the bed beside him. He got up and found the lights were still on in the hall. He came out and found shreya sleeping on the sofa very comfortably.
He smiled because he knew that shreya did it on purpose to avoid sleeping with him. He moved to her and gently took the book from her hand and kept it aside. He brought a cover sheet and covered her.
He glanced at her cute innocent face. "Chalo sofe pe hi sahi, kam se kam chain se so to saki." He thought while staring at her. He turned off the lights and moved back to his bedroom.
Next morning, Masi woke up first and came into the hall. She became surprised seeing shreya sleeping on the sofa. Till then daya too came into the hall. Masi looked at him with questioning eyes.
"Daya, ye shreya yaha kyun so rahi hai? Kamre me kyun nahi gayi?"
Hearing her voice shreya woke up. She opened her eyes and looked at masi and then at daya. Daya was about to say something when shreya said.
"Radha masi wo...kal raat, main padh rahi thi, pata hi nahi chala kab aankh lag gayi aur main yahi so gayi." She said in a low voice lowering her head.
Masi looked at her in disbelief. Daya found masi staring at shreya.
"Shreya, tum bhi na, maine kaha tha na jyada der tak mat padhna." Daya was saying when masi left from there without saying anything.
Daya heard her murmurs, "bewkoof samajh rakha hai mujhe!"
Daya turned and looked at shreya who was sitting on the sofa clutching the cover sheet.
"Shreya, main morning walk pe ja raha hu? Tum aana chahogi sath me?" Daya asked her wearing his jogging shoes.
Shreya nodded in no, "Nahi, phir kabhi. Wo kal raat chapter beech me hi chodkar so gayi thi, ab itni jaldi uth gayi hu to, wo finish kar lu." She said and grabbed her books.
Daya shrugged and moved out for his jogging session.
When he returned he found shreya learning her lessons in a loud voice. Daya moved near her.
"Shreya, ye kya kar rahi ho? Aise jor jor se chilla kar padhne se kuch yaad nahi hota. Aur tumhe pata hai tum exam hall me jakar sab bhool kyun jati ho? Kyunki tum cheejo ko samajh kar nahi ratta maar kar padhti ho. Ratne se cheeje yaad nahi hoti. Dhyan se samajh kar padhogi to kabhi nahi bhoologi." Daya said sitting beside her.
Shreya looked at him, "but mujhe ratta marna jyada easy lagta hai. Ab dekhiye na main ye topic kab se padh rahi hu, par samajh me hi nahi aa raha."
"Dikhao mujhe!" Daya said looking at the book. She was reading a chapter of chemistry.
"Reversible and irreversible reactions? Its so simple? Kya nahi samajh me aa raha?" Daya asked her problem.
Shreya sighed and showed him her notebook, "ye reaction kaise complete hogi?"
Daya nodded his head, "shreya tumne to reaction hi galat likhi hai. Ye reaction one directional hai. It can not happen in backward direction. You can make Sodium chloride and water by the reaction of sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid, but you can not change the product back into the reactants. " daya explained.
Shreya was confused, "lekin kyun? in the formation of ammonia by Haber process we can get the reactants back. To phir is reaction me kyun nahi?" Shreya asked raising her eyebrows.
Daya again nodded his head, "Shreya because that reaction is reversible. It can happen in both the directions. Under certain conditions we can get the reactants back from the decomposition of the product. Lekin har reaction reversible nahi hoti." Daya emphasized on his sentence.
"Oh!" Shreya uttered and thought for a moment, "kash, humari life me bhi kuch reactions reversible hoti. Hum conditions ko control kar sakte aur jo kho diya use dobara pa sakte!" She said looking in blank.
Daya looked at her surprisingly, he took a sigh, "Nahi shreya, life ki sari reactions irreversible hoti hain. Hum kuch bhi reverse nahi kar sakte. Ek baar jo bonds toot gaye wo toot gaye aur... jo naye bonds jud gaye wo jud gaye!" He said placing his hand softly on her.
Shreya looked into his eyes, and first time she felt herself losing in those pair of eyes. They kept silently staring into each other's eyes. Daya broke the trance and moved his gaze away but shreya kept staring at him.
Some tears had dwelled up into shreya's eyes. To change her mood daya got up and said.
"I hope ab tumhe kabhi confusion nahi hogi is chapter me. Waise shreya mujhe tumse kuch baat karne thi. You know, mere colleagues aur friends hain na, wo sab tumse milna chahte hain. Kaam itna rehta hai ki time hi nahi milta, but aaj hum sab thoda free hain, agar tumhe koi problem na ho to kya main unhe lunch pe bula lu.?" Daya said and looked at her to see her reactions.
Shreya looked up at him.
"Dekho shreya, ghabrane ki koi jarurat nahi hai. Wo sab bahut hi friendly aur soft natured hain. They are just like a family. Tumhe unse milkar bahut achha lagega." Daya said smiling.
Shreya nodded, "yeah, please invite them. Mujhe kyun koi problem hogi. But...
Daya looked at her, "but?"
"But ye sab kahi waisa to nahi, I mean log new bride ko dekhne aate hain. To Jo bride hoti hai us bechari ko sab ki khatirdari karni padti hai, unke liye kuch achhi dishes banani padti hain and even guests ko welcome karte waqt bride ko unka pair dhona padta hai. I have watched in a TV show. Kya wo sab Karna padega?" Shreya asked with horrified expressions.
Daya could not resist and burst out in a laughter, "hahaha... Oh no shreya, aisa kuch bhi nahi hai. They are just coming to meet you. Aur lunch masi bana degi. Tumhe kuch bhi karne ki jarurat nahi hai, koi tension mat lo. They are not coming to see my bride they just want to meet... my best friend!" Daya said placing a hand on her shoulder.
Shreya was overwhelmed hearing best friend from his mouth. Circumstances had forced her to forget this beautiful bond between them. But daya just made her to realize that their sweet relation of friendship is still alive. She smiled at him through tears.
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...To be continued
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A/N: hey guys, the last passage was dedicated to the most beautiful bond in the world, that is friendship.
"Happy Friendship Day" to all in advance.
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