Dillagi

Dillagi_Part 15

Ahad ko ghar dawat par bula kar Zaviyar ne dushman ko apne hi ilaqe mein bulane ka faisla kiya tha. Chalein dekhte hain ke shaam ko ghar par kya tamasha hota hai aur Zaviyar ki jalan kis hadd tak jati hai.

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Office se ghar wapas aate hue gaari mein bilkul khamoshi thi. Zaviyar steering wheel ko itni sakhti se pakre hue tha ke us ke haath ki ragen saaf nazar aa rahi thin. Meerab ne dharakte dil ke sath us ki taraf dekha aur thoda qareeb ho kar boli, "Zaviyar... aap gussa hain?" Zaviyar ne samne dekhte hue bohot hi thanday lehje mein kaha, "Gussa? Main bhala kyun gussa hoonga? Main to bohot khush hoon ke aaj tumhare us 'special' university wale dost se mulqat hui, jis ke qisse poore campus mein mashhoor the."

Meerab ne apna sir pakad liya, "Zaviyar, please! Ahad sirf mera ek bohot achha dost hai. Hum dono ne hamesha ek doosre ko sirf dost hi samjha hai." Zaviyar ne gaari ghar ke porch mein roki aur Meerab ki taraf ghuma, us ki aankhon mein is waqt jalan ki saaf aag thi. "Dost? Jo aate hi tumhein gale laga le? Aur jo tumhare haath ki chai peene ke liye is tarah mare ja raha ho? Meerab, main kisi bhee mard ko tumhare itna qareeb dekhna to kya, sochna bhee bardasht nahi kar sakta."

Meerab ne us ke is possessive andaz par andar hi andar ek ajeeb si khushi mehsoos ki, lekin bahar se us ne gusse ka natak kiya, "Aap bohot shakki hain, Mr. Zaviyar!" Wo gusse mein gaari se utri aur seedha kitchen mein chali gayi taake shaam ki chai aur snacks ka intezar kar sake. Thodi hi dair mein Ahad bhee pohnch gaya. Wo ghar mein dakhil hote hi har cheez ki tareef karne laga, "Wow Meerab! Tumhara ghar to bilkul tumhare taste jaisa hai, khoobsurat aur simple."

Zaviyar jo abhi abhi dreesing change kar ke niche aaya tha, us ne Ahad ki baat suni aur muskura kar Meerab ke kandhe par apna haath rakh diya, "Shukriya Ahad. Lekin ab is ghar par aur Meerab par sirf mera taste chalta hai." Ahad ne dono ko dekha aur halki si hansi ke sath sofe par baith gaya. Meerab jab chai lekar aayi, to Ahad ne pehla ghoot lete hi kaha, "Yaar Meerab! Tumhare haath ki chai ka taste aaj bhee bilkul waisa hi hai, university ke un thanday dinon mein jab tum canteen se mere liye chai lati thin."

Zaviyar ne jaise hi yeh suna, us ne apna cup table par thora zor se rakha. "Waqt badal jata hai, Ahad. Ab Meerab canteen se nahi, balki mere ghar ke kitchen se sirf mere liye chai banati hai. Aur waise bhee, thanday dinon mein dosto ki nahi, apne shohar ki zaroorat hoti hai," Zaviyar ne aisi baat ki ke Meerab ka chehra sharm se surkh ho gaya aur us ne aahista se table ke niche se Zaviyar ke paon par apna paon rakh kar use dabaya taake wo chup ho jaye.

Ahad ne mehsus kiya ke mahaul thoda tana hua ho raha hai, us ne baat badalne ke liye kaha, "By the way Meerab, hum sab university ke dost agle hafte ek reunion rakh rahe hain. Tumhein aur tumhare strict shohar ko zaroor aana hoga!" Zaviyar ne fauran Meerab ki taraf dekha, "Hum zaroor aayenge, Ahad. Mujhe bhee to dekhna hai ke mere ilawa kis kis ke qisse dunya mein chal rahe hain." Meerab ne thandi saans li, use saaf nazar aa raha hai ke is reunion mein koi bohot bara dhamaka hone wala hai.

*(To be continued...)*