Forbidden To Love

14. A Girl, Childish yet Mature!

His eyes widened as she balanced her frame on her toes, leaning over the railing. Muttering some incoherent words, she inclined further and further, oblivious of the bone breaks she was inviting from the fourth floor.

"Guddan??!!" He exclaimed, unable to soak in her idiocy.

"Aaahh!!!" She jumped out of her skin with his voice and lost her iota of balance, squeezing her eyes shut to give into the doom that awaited her.
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He wrapped his arms around her back, pulling her away while she stood like a rock. A few seconds passed by when she, finally gaining her lost breath, squinted her eyes at him.

"Dimag kharaab hai kya aap..."

"Dimaag kharaab hai kya tum..." The duo exclaimed in unison, their words dying midway.

"Dimaag bech aayi ho kya kahi pe? Abhi bhagwaan ko pyaari ho jati tum."

"Dimaag humara nehi aapka kharaab hai! Aise kaun chillata hai?! Hum na jaante hai, aap hume maarne ka intezaam kar rahe hai! Ya toh hume heart attack de kar maarna hai ya hume terrace se niche gira kar ya hume bhukhe..."

"Main gira raha tha tumhe terrace se?!"

"Haan toh aapki wajah se hi toh girne wale the. Aise bhayanak tareeke se chillaayenge toh darenge nehi kya?! Abhi girne wale the hum!"

"I didn't shout, you yourself invite mishaps. Waise kyun jhuk rahi thi neeche, gir jati toh?"

"Ek second, kya ha? Hum nehi girte! Woh toh aapne bhooton ki tarah chillaya, isliye achanak se dar gaye. Warna balance karna toh koi Guddan se seekhe! Sab humare paas aate the balance sikhne ke liye!"

"There is everything but balance in your idiotic movements."

"Kya bewakoofi? Phone gir gaya hai humara, wahi dekhne ki koshish kar rahe the ki kaha giri hai. Ek toh neeche kuch dikh nehi raha tha upar se humara naya phone tha, humne khud paise bacha ke khareeda tha."

"For a phone you could have.." He sighed unbelievably. It's my fault that I expected common sense from her.

"Ab kya hai?" He asked in irritation, as she grasped his wrist.

"Baat abhi tak khatam nehi huyi hai humari. Kismat mein bahot takat hoti hai, par itna bhi nehi ki do dilon mein dooriyaan laa dein, kyunki dooriyan toh bas shareer ke hote hai, dilon ke nehi. Dil ka rishta khud mein hi sabse anokha hota hain, toh phir is rishtey ko nehi manayenge kya?"

"Hum jaante hai aapne bhi vrat rakha hai, ab is vrat ko kholna bhi toh hoga na? Kya? Hum jhalle zaroor hai, par samajh aata hai hume... Ab aap soch rahe honge ki Antara ji aapka vrat kaise kholengi, haina? Hum haina, hum aapko Antara ji ki taraf se khila dete hain."

"Guddan..."

"Aap chup rahiye ek dam aur humari baat suniye. Hum yaha Antara ji ki jagah lene nehi aaye hain, hum toh bas unki ek khwaahish puri kar rahe hain. Antara ji ko kya man nehi karta hoga aapke saath karvachauth manane ka, ab woh toh aa nehi sakti, isliye unhone hume bheja hain. Aur kya haan, aapne abhi tak Antara ji ke saath humari baat nehi karwaya, hume bhi toh dosti karna hain unse. Aap akele hi aise kaise Antara ji ke saath wakt bitayenge?.... Aap karaayenge na unse humari baat?"

The honey-like innocence her demand was dripping with, managed to sweeten his heart. He was in absolute awe over the rarest purity she could have in her words. He looked at her doe eyes, nodding, to which those pools lit up in a selfless joy.

"Thank you so much! Aapko pata hai, aapki Antara ji na bari pyaari hai. Humari toh unse baat bhi nehi huyi aur hume abhi se achha lag raha hai...... Toh Antara ji, hum aapki taraf se khila de uncle ko khana? Aapko koi takleef toh nehi hai na?" She asked, smiling at the moon.