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ABHIJEET froze at his place at first, not expecting this...then slowly wrapped HIS arms around HIM...squeezing tightly...and shut HIS eyes...not even letting a single drop of tear falling down...when the other one separated and initiated sniffing...
FIGURE:(sobbing badly...)AB..ABHIJE...ABHIJEET...DA...DAYA ko ese nah...nahi ja..jana tha na...hu..hum sab ko ak...akela chod ke...
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but the later one didn't responded...and started stepping forward, towards a figure, wrapped up in a mat...and slept over on the pyres...waiting for HIS HALF SOUL to light up the same and bid a final goodbye one last time...as HE did in the hospital bed, freeing from all earthly pains...
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Though DAYA'S eyes were closed but still didn't had any appearance of sleep, because even in deep slumber there had been tiny movements and a healthy glow to the skin...BUTT this corpse, was so still on the earth, lifeless...
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the auburn hair scattered in multiple pieces...and strained with dried blood...
the emerald green eyes, closed...but jade irises depicting a strange sadness...
the giant strong body, slumped over...on the cold linoleum floor...
and most importantly the golden heart, inside the giant structure completely still...with no single throb...
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even though ABHIJEET knew HE'S gone, HE walked near him, kissed HIS head lightly stroking the ivory hairs one last time... because It was a part of bidding HIM farewell and making a wish that "we are together again in whatever comes next. I would follow you anywhere, protect any any way, and I know we would meet very soon..."
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"BOSS...TUM NA PLEASE MERE BAALON KO ESE SEHLATE RAHO...TUMHE PATA HAI NA, KI TUMHARE HATHON MEIN JAADO HAI..."
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all the people present, at the place " which always brings the joy of rebirth and renewal to spirit for the loved ones, on their voyage...sometimes claiming them as a tree in a park rather than the place of stony regimentation...graving for a new life...yeah...the GRAVEYARD..." were staring at ABHIJEET with wide eyes...as if HE had committed an offence...
and yet the reason for the same was the noxious smell coming from the body, which was the most disturbing element at the moment, that they were even wearing N95 masks to avoid sniffing...
BUT ABHIJEET didn't seem to be affected from all these stuffs, as the brotherly essence of his HALF-SOUL had completely mesmerized him, replacing with the foul-smell...coming from the same body, indicating the sad departure...
which again reminded the people present over there, regarding the most eternal bond...with some words ringing in their ears...
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"YE...YEH LAS..LASSH NAHI HAI DO..DOCTOR...DA..DAYA HAI...MERA DAYA...MERA BH..BHAI HAI...AA..AAPKO PATA HA..HAI LAA..LAASH KAISI HOTI H..HAI...KHO..KHOON SE LAT..LATPAT JO...HUM LOG DEKHTE HA...HAIN HAR RO..ROZ...(strongly...)YE..YEH DAYA HAI..SIRF AUR SIRF DAYA...
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ABHIJEET stealthily made himself comfortable near the pyres, because there was still something left...which was yet to be shared...and initiated in a composed tone...but breaking down badly with each proceeding ones...
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ABHI:(dreamily...)maine humesha se chaha ki, mere pass koi to ho, jo sune to bas sune meri nigahoon ko...kyunki zubaan par aksaar tale aur nazron par bohot sari kahaniyaan rakh ta tha main...
(continued frazzling a bit...)koi to ho, jo mujhse baat karne aye...aur phir ho yun ki, woh pucche, " kuch kehna cahte ho...kyunki jo tum nahi kehna cahte the...wo to mene sun liya..."
(words turning slowly into low sobs...)dil to har jagah se tuta tha mera, har diwar mein ched tha magar...koi to ho, jo jhank kar andar ane mein dil jashpi rakhe...jhank kar bhagne mein nahi..
(with a painful smile...)koi to ho, jo yeh kahe ki "yeh tumhari muskaan to sundar hai...magar khass nahi...kyunki khass to yeh jhakam hai, jo tune kamaye hein...pehne nahi..."...(tightening the grip over DAYA'S palm...)aur phir mujhe woh "koi" wala farishta mil gaya...jiska naam DAYA tha...
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(jerking the hands and wiping those dangling tears...)lekinn...aaj main tumhe yeh sab nahi kehne aya hun...balki kuch sawal liye...nahi nahi...bohot sare sawal liye betha hun...jo uss pal se lekar abhi tak mujhe satate aa rahe hain...
(asking strongly deeming for urgent answers...but dead ones, do not speak...)woh jo do-chaar files, tune mujhe complete karne ke liye diye the...woh aab mein puri zindagi kese sambhal ke rakhun...(tears were flowing uncontrollably through the eyes of every single soul present, hearing the broken tone...while HE continued...)akele DAD ko pareshan karne ke baad, kese manaun...bimaari se khud apne aap thik kese hun...hann...yeh sab to tune mujhe sikhaya hi nahi hai...
(got only silence from the later one, so continued...but this time obsecrating something...)jab tu kehta tha na...
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"JAB MAIN NAHI RAHUNGA NA BOSS...TAB MERI BAATEIN BOHOT YAAD AENGI..."
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(continuing...)sacchi mein yaar aaj bohot yaad aarhai hai...bohot jyaada aa rahi hai...khaskar ke wohi baatein jo mein humesha ek kaan mein ghusa kar dusre se nikaal deta tha...
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"ABHI...TUM ISS MISSION MEIN AKELE NAHI JAOGE..."
"YAAR...WOH MERA CHOCOLATE THA...TUMNE KYUN KHAYA..."
"BOSS...TUM PLEASE MERI BAAT MANKE THODA SA SOUP PILO...NAHI TO BEKAR MEIN TABIYAT AUR JYADA BIGAD JAEGI..."
"SENIOR INSPECTOR ABHIJEET...AGAR HOSPITAL SE NA BHAGE TO UNKI SHAAN NAHI GHAT JAEGI..."
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(hugging him and crying harshly...)unko hi yaad kar kar ke sale meri puri jindagi nikal jaegi...please yaar tu wapas aaja...aab bata aakar ki "BOSS...yeh mat karo...woh mat karo..." main sach mein sab sununga...promise...bass yaar tu aaja...
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"BOSS...JITNA RONA HAI AAJ MERE SAMNE RO LO...KYUNI KAL KO KOI DAYA NAHI HOGA...TUMHARE YEH ANSSON PONCH NE KE LIYE..."
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ABHIJEET remained in that position, for a long time...when felt a familiar touch on HIS back...so turned back and found ACP standing with puffed and swollen eyes...
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ACP:(tearfully...with much efforts...)AB..ABHI beta aa..abhi hume DA..DAYA ko jane den...(but stopped abruptly, unable to continue further...because it can be never easy for a father to see his own blood turning into ashes...)
ABHIJEET gave a slight nod and stood up because now HE didn't wanted to make his HALF-SOUL'S last journey more painful, with exaggerating sadness and tears...as till now HIS brain had not obliterated the last wish of DAYA, which HE had expressed in a crumbled piece of paper...just few moments before death...
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BOSS...ky..kya tum yeh padh r..rahe ho...ag..agr hann to main tumse bohot door, unn sitaaron main kahin chaal gaya hounga...(consoling...)lekin... thik hai na...koi baat nahi...jindagi aakhir hum sab ki mehman hi to hoti hai...
magar woh, jo itni nafraton ke baad bhi, itni khammiyon ke saath bhi, itni galatiyoon ke baad bhi hume kabool karti hai...dekho woh maut bhi to rehmaan hi hoti hai...suno...tum abb bhi agar mujhe mehsus karte ho to suno...
(pleading...)apni mehmaan se iss kadar ruthe mat rehna...areh jindagi taras gayi hogi... usse thoda baat kar lena...aur khuda ke wasste tum maut se pehle mat marna...
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mujhe malum hai, mushkil hai...bohot jyada mushkil hai...magar mere bina dil laga lena ya..yaar...(with a pause...)aur meri si..sirf ek choti si hasrat hai...puri karoge...please ya..yaar tum mere ka..kabr par aakar kabhi to muskura lena...
(giving an assurance...)tum nahi jante...main wahan thik hounga...bilkul thik...bas tumhe bata nahi pa raha hounga...aur udhar hi bethe puch raha hounga khuda se, khuda ke mansoobe tumhare liye...aur jab woh bolega, masarrat ab der talak tumse chupa nahi sakta...to yakeen mano...hum sath bethkar likh rahe honge...ek nayi subha tumhare liye...
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acha...woh sab chodo...tum bas yeh bhul mat jana ki, mein apni jaan, iss jahan se lekar nahi jaunga...to bas uska khayal rakhna...(surprisingly...)areh...ese kya dekh rahe ho...bhul gaye kya...tumm hi to jaan ho meri...to bass apna khayal rakhna, (proudly...)kyunki mitti ke uss taraf bhi...tum hi rahoge pehchan meri...
kabhi apne dil ke sandookon ko khol ke dekh lena...taki tumhe sukoon bhi yoon ro ro kar..meri kabr se lutna nahi padega...asmaan ke taaron ki taraf, dekh lena ek dafa...tumhe kabhi apne pankhoon se ruthna nahi padega...
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ABHIJEET held the small flare in his hands...and started walking round the pyres, 7 times, with stumbling steps...and then finally fiddled it with a massive ball of fire...
HE stood there, still at his place while the men around HIM tended the fire, turning DAYA'S body around and poking it with bamboo pole time to time, to make the burning process easier...when a loud "BOMMMMM" echoed in the whole domain...as the skull exploded with a big bang...
every individual present there, started praying loudly for the peace of the soul, with some words audible as "omm bhur bhuba swaha...tasya widur bare nyang...bhargo deva swa dhi mahin...dhiyo yono pracho dayat..."
BUTTTTTTTT...ABHIJEETTT...HE was completely shattered at his place...because its heart breaking to see the body of the man YOU loved, disintegrating before your eyes...
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it had been at least three hours since all the rituals started, but it seemed like three years for everybody...giving justice to a small term "RELATIVITY"...
WHENNNN...the priest stepped forward towards ABHIJEET...and handed over a brass jar, containing a handful of cooled ashes, with some white ivory particulates...making everyone publicized that it was the same skull which blasted with a loud clang...with an overwhelming smell of burning flesh on that dry, hot afternoon...
HE took it in his shivering hands, with a constant teary gaze, but immediately averted, as something played in his ears...
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"ABHII...TUM MUJHE ESE MAT GHURO...AGAR NAZAR LAG GAYI TO...HANN..."
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when HE felt a very familiar grip over HIS hands...on the same brass jar...which gave a small assurance to ABHIJEET, that...no...DAYA was not gone...HE was still there with HIM...as HE could hear and feel 'HIS' heart throbbing with the same rhythm as it used to be...
so just gave a small teary yet understanding smile to the 'figure' and made HIS way towards the car with his HALF-SOUL in the most secured shell...and ACP with the 'FIGURE' on the either sides...
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HOPE YOU GUYS LIKED IT...(flashbacks would be starting from the next chapter...)
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NEXT UPDATE WOULD BE OF "ABD"..
TILL THEN BYE...TC...
