CHAPTER 2 : NEXT NIGHT

Subah ka suraj kamre mein ghus aaya tha.

Woh khidki se aati roshni ke saath aankhen kholti hai, jaise zindagi usse fir ek din jeene ka hukm de rahi ho.

Mirror ke saamne khadi hoke usne apne chehre par wohi muskaan lagayi jo duniya dekhna chahti thi.

"Tum strong ho, tum perfect ho, tumhe kuch nahi hua..." - yeh shabd woh roz apne aapko kehti thi, jaise koi mantra.

College mein doston ke beech woh hamesha funny girl bani rehti thi.

Sabko lagta tha woh duniya ki sabse zyada khush insan hai.

Hansi, mazaak, selfies, insta stories... sab perfect.

Par har joke ke baad ek chup thi jo sirf usse sunayi deti thi.

Har selfie ke peeche ek aansu tha jo kabhi samne nahi aata.

"You are so lucky yaar, tumhari life kitni perfect hai!" - dost aksar kehte.

Aur woh sirf muskura kar kehti, "Haan, shayad..."

Lekin uske dil ke andar ek aawaaz roz fhoot padti-

"Kaash koi ho jo is mask ke peeche mujhe samajh sake... jo meri hansi ke andar छुपा dard dekh sake."

Aur har raat ki tarah, din ke beech bhi uska dil usi ek shaks ko yaad karta...

jo sirf uske sapno mein tha.

Us din college ke canteen mein sab dost hansi-mazaak kar rahe the.

Table par jokes chal rahe the, kahaniya, future ke plans... sab khush the.

Tabhi uski sabse achhi dost apne boyfriend ka haath pakad kar usse introduce karwaati hai.

Woh dono ki muskaan, unki chhoti chhoti nok-jhok, unke beech ki woh chhupi si chemistry... sabne uske dil par ek chot kar di.

Sab dost has rahe the, woh bhi hansi.

Par uski hansi mein ek khamosi thi jo sirf usne mehsoos ki.

Dil ke andar awaaz aayi-

"Mere paas aisa koi kyun nahi hai? Kya main itni buri hoon... ya meri kismat itni adhoori?"

Usne turant phone nikala, apna mask maintain karne ke liye ek aur selfie kheench li.

Filter lagaya, muskaan chipkai aur insta story mein post kar diya-

"Life is beautiful 💕✨"

Aur sabne reply kiya- "Wow queen!" ... "so pretty yaar!" ... "perfect smile 😍"

Par koi nahi samjha ki us smile ke peeche ek aisi khwahish thi jo kabhi poori nahi ho sakti.

Sham ko ghar aakar woh apne kamre mein gir gayi.

Diary kholi aur likha- uski diary ka name heart hai .

"Aaj fir ek din guzra... jisme sabko laga main strong hoon.

Par main strong nahi hoon... main sirf ek natak kar rahi hoon.

Mujhe sirf ek chehra chahiye jo meri khamosi ko samajh le.

Woh chehra jise main har raat apne sapno mein dekhti hoon...

Aur jaanti hoon, woh kabhi meri zindagi mein aayega hi nahi."

Uske haath diary par the, par aankhon se aansu beh kar pages geela kar gaye.

Aur us raat bhi usne dua ki-

"Ya Khuda, agar woh haqeeqat nahi hai... to meri khwahishon ka silsila kyun hai?

Rote Rote wo so gahi base zindagi se bhagkar uske pass jana chahti hai jo uska intezar kar raha hai.

Us raat neend aayi, par neend ke saath uski wahi duniya aayi-

sapno ki duniya, jahan woh sirf uska tha.

Chandni raat thi, hawa halka sa chal rahi thi.

Woh ek purani bench par baithi thi, jahan uske paas woh aaya.

Uski aankhon mein ek nasha tha, ek sukoon tha, jo usne duniya mein kahin mehsoos nahi kiya tha.

Woh uske paas aakar baitha, aur uski taraf dekh kar muskaraaya-

"Tumne mujhe yaad kiya... aur main aa gaya."

Uski aankhon se aansu beh gaye, par usne jaldi se palak jhuka li.

"Tum kyun aate ho har raat? Tum to meri zindagi mein ho hi nahi...", usne poocha.

Woh haans kar bola,

"Shayad isiliye, kyunki tumhe sabse zyada meri zarurat sapno mein hi hai.

Main tumhara sach nahi hoon... par tumhari tasalli zaroor hoon."

Usne uska haath thaama, aur uski aankhon mein seedha dekh kar bola-

"Par main tumhe chhod kar kahin nahi jaaunga. Jab tak tum chaho gi, main tumhara hoon."

Usne us dil se fir se ek sawal uthaya...

"Agar tum sirf mere imagination ho... to kya tum mujhe waise hi pyaar karte ho jaise main karti hoon?"

Aur uski aankhon mein ek chamak thi jab usne jawab diya-

"Pyaar insaan se hota hai ya rooh se? Agar rooh se hota hai... to tumhara pyaar sach hai.

Aur main tumhari rooh ka hissa hoon."tumhara hu sirf tumhara

Wo chup ho gayi... uske dil mein ek ajeeb sa sukoon tha.

Ek khayali sukoon.

Ek aisi mohabbat... jo asal mein thi hi nahi, par phir bhi sabse gehri thi.

Usne usko gale lagaya base ke wo uska kab se intzar kar rahi thi rohi itna ki usko ehsas nhi ki wo kaha hai bhut usko mehsos ho raha tha wo wahi hai uske pass.

Or fir usne uske kano me dheere se kaha me fir ahuga tumhe esa hi pyar karne sukoon se sulane jase hi sapne me uske jane ka ehsas hua tu wo dar kar jag gahi dekha ki subha ho gahi usne apne khuli diary dekhi or likha

"Kya mohabbat zaroori hai insaan se? Ya sirf ek tasavvur bhi zindagi chalane ke liye kaafi hai?"

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