Friends but not friends

Chapter 9

Soon the day came when Mitra family along with Ravish has to board the flight for Mumbai. In flight, everyone was busy with their thoughts. Arnav was busy in thinking that how his life is going to change once again. He is going back to the place from where he started his life. He was remembering his past life from a child to cricketer and then to coach. After spending full day with Arnav, Ravish was sure that there is something which Arnav is still hiding from him. He decided to keep his curiosity to know about these ten years aside and wait for the time when Arnav is comfortable to share with him. He was thinking how Arnav kept them alive in his memories even after that awful day. He remembers their conversation when he asked about reason behind choosing such name for academy.

Ravish- "Arnav, mujhe abhi tak nahi smjh aaya ki tune academy ka naam ARCADM Academy kyu rakha. Isse acha hota ki tu academy ko mere naam par hi rakh leta. Kitna acha lagta na, "Ravish Academy". Ye faltu sa naam kya soch kar rakha?

Mitali- "Tumhe abhi tak ye naam smjh nahi aaya?"

Ravish- "Samajh aa jata to puchta thodi. Arnav, tu bata na aisa naam kyu rakha."

Arnav- "Bata raha hu. Hyper hona band kar. Mene 'ARNAV' se 'A' liya."

Ravish-"Haan, aur Mitali ka M le liya, par beech ke letters ka kya?
Arnav- "M Mitali se nahi 'MOHIT' se liya mene.

Ravish- Kya!

Arnav- "Haan, aur aise hi 'RAVISH' se 'R', 'CHETNAYA' se 'C', 'ABHIMANYU' se 'A' aur 'DEVANSH' se 'D'.

Ravish- "Mujhe laga tha ki tu in sab ka naam jindagi mein dubara kabhi nahi sunana chahega. Unhone jo kiya us sab ke karan tu nafrat karta hoga sab se."

Arnav- "Nafrat bahut bada shabd hai, Ravish. Un sab ne jo kiya usse mein bahut hurt hua. Unke vishwas na karne se mein toot gaya. Vapis kabhi vo Arnav ban hi nahi paya. Iska matlab ye to nahi ki mein sabke sath bitaye hue ache pal bhi bhul jau. Mein jaisa bhi player tha, in sab ki vajah se hi tha. Bas is baat ka dukh humesha rehega ki itne saal sath bitane ke baad bhi inka bharosa nahi jeet saka.

Ravish- "Shyad tujhe nahi pata par ye sab bahut guilty hai. Inki side nahi le raha par ye jarur kehunga ki sab ko tujh par bahut vishwas tha aur aaj bhi hai. Bas ek galti ho gayi. Kya hum sab kuch bhul kar nayi shuruaat nahi kar sakte?

Arnav- "Hum ye sab baatein baad mein kare."

Ravish-"theek hai, jab tu chahega tabhi karenge. Itna jarur kehunga ki tu bahut strong hai. Humesha yaad rakhna ki koi aur tere sath ho ya na, mein humesha tere sath hu."

Vishthanjana was thinking that how she was working with people who shared many memories with her father. She was planning to reconnect them. Mitali was thinking about Arnav that how he would react after meeting with everyone. After that awful day, she never wanted to meet team members once who were part of closed ones.

After reaching Mumbai, Vishthanjana rejoined her office. Arnav and Mitali decided to disclose about their arrival to Mumbai to team members at first. Ravish tried to call Chetnaya and Abhimanyu but he failed. He wanted to tell them about Arnav coming to Mumbai and ask them to wait for sometime more. He feared about the consequences what if Chetnaya and Abhimanyu came to know from somewhere else and appear suddenly before Arnav. After failing multiple times, he left it on god, praying for no more dramatic scenes.

It was past one week but Arnav was in denial mode to meet anyone. He knew that he need to face them today or tomorrow but he was not ready. With passage of time anger sided but hurt remained. One day, Mitali and Arnav were disussing same.