Chapter 10 – Pehli Mulaqat
Ania ne shaadi ke liye sirf apne Ammi-Baba ki khushi ki wajah se haan kahi thi.
Uske liye mohabbat, rishte aur sapne...
Ye sab bahut pehle hi khatam ho chuke the.
Ab uski ek hi dua thi...
"Bas Ammi-Baba khush rahein."
Kuch hi dino baad ek rishta aaya.
Ladke ka naam tha...
Aayan.
Aayan ek achhi company mein job karta tha.
Uske ghar mein uske Ammi, Baba aur ek bade bhai the, jinki shaadi ho chuki thi.
Mohalle mein har koi Aayan ki tareef karta tha.
Woh bahut shareef, samajhdar aur izzat karne wala insaan tha.
Log kehte the...
"Aayan jaisa ladka har kisi ki kismat mein nahi hota."
Jab Ania ke ghar walon ne uske baare mein sab kuch pata kiya, to sabko woh bahut pasand aaya.
Aakhir woh din bhi aa gaya...
Jab Aayan apne ghar walon ke saath Ania ko dekhne aaya.
Ania halka sa ghabra rahi thi.
Usne saadgi se ek suit pehna aur chup-chaap aakar sabke saamne baith gayi.
Jaise hi Aayan ki nazar Ania par padi...
Woh kuch pal ke liye bas usse dekhta hi reh gaya.
Usne apni zindagi mein bahut log dekhe the...
Lekin Ania ki saadgi aur masoomiyat ne uska dil ek hi nazar mein jeet liya.
Dil hi dil mein woh bas itna soch saka—
"Koi itna khoobsurat aur itna masoom bhi ho sakta hai?"
Thodi der baad dono ko akele baat karne ka mauka diya gaya.
Dono ek-doosre ke saamne baithe the.
Lekin kuch pal tak dono mein se koi kuch nahi bola.
Aakhir Aayan ne hi khamoshi todi.
Aayan: "Assalamu Alaikum."
Ania: "Wa Alaikum Assalam."
Aayan: "Aap ghabra rahi hain?"
Ania ne halka sa muskura kar sir hila diya.
Ania: "Thoda sa..."
Aayan bhi muskura diya.
Aayan: "Ghabraiye mat... main sirf aapse baat karna chahta hoon."
Ania chup rahi.
Aayan: "Mujhe zabardasti wale rishte pasand nahi hain. Agar aapko ye rishta pasand na ho, to aap bina dare mana kar sakti hain."
Ye baat sunkar Ania pehli baar kisi ki taraf dekhkar hairan hui.
Usne pehli baar kisi ladke ko itni izzat se baat karte dekha tha.
Ania: "Maine ye rishta sirf apne Ammi-Baba ki khushi ke liye qubool kiya hai."
Aayan kuch der tak uski baat sunta raha.
Phir muskura kar bola—
Aayan: "Kabhi-kabhi maa-baap ki khushi se shuru hua safar bhi zindagi ki sabse khoobsurat kahani ban jaata hai."
Ania ne koi jawab nahi diya.
Uske dil mein ab bhi sirf khamoshi thi.
Thodi der baad dono bahar aa gaye.
Dono parivaaron ne baat ki.
Aur aakhirkaar...
Ye rishta pakka ho gaya.
Us raat Aayan ke chehre par ek alag hi khushi thi.
Aur Ania...
Woh bas khamosh thi.
Usse nahi pata tha...
Ki jis insaan ko usne bina kisi ehsaas ke apni zindagi ka hissa banaya hai...
Wahi ek din uski zindagi ki sabse badi khushi banne wala hai.
To Be Continued...