WE ARE ENOUGH FOR EACH OTHER

C'MON, MOVE ON!

{PLEASE IGNORE THE SPELLING AND THE GRAMMAR MISTAKES}

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Smita comes with three cups of tea and puts it on the table in front of Haseena and Anubhav who comes here to meet her as she has requested them to come to her home. It's been more than a month since Smita has been doing therapy sessions for Haseena. Anubhav too joins them as Haseena doesn't want to stay alone with anyone. Though Anubhav has tried a lot to make her understand that she should go alone for counseling, Haseena never agreed. Defeating to Haseena's stubbornness, Anubhav comes with her but always tries to give excuses to give alone time to Smita and Haseena.

"Lijiye, special Smita ki special chaai" Smita offers in a jolly mood taking a cup for herself.

Haseena and Anubhav give her a small smile and Haseena say, "Thank you, Smita ji."

"Smita ji nahi, sirf Smita! Yeh 'ji' lagane se bahut buddho wali feeling aati hain" She makes a cute face making AnuSeena chuckle a little. 

They start drinking the tea. 

"Ati uttam. Aaj bhi aapke haaton ki chaai bilkul waisi hi lagti hain jaise vidyalay ke dino mein lagti thi" Anubhav praises her.

She smiles, "Thank you, Ani. Aapko aur Manav ko humari haath ki bani hui chaai bahut pasand thi naa..." she becomes a bit emotional. 

AnuSeena look at each other. 

Anubhav says with a slight smile on his face, "Aap aaj bhi Manav ko nahi bhooli naa, Simmu!?"

Smita's eyes get wet and says, "Bhoolna itna aasan nahi hain, Ani. Aur khas kar ki tab jab uss dukh ke liye aap khud zimmedaar ho."

Haseena becomes confused and asks her, "Hum... Hum kuch samjhe nahi."

Smita looks at her and replies, "Lagta hain aapko Ani ne iss baare mein kuch bataya nahi. Baat darasal yeh hain ki Manav ki death humare wajah se hui"

Haseena gets confused. Anubhav is about to say something but Smita says, "I know, Ani, aap kya kehna chahte ho. Aap hi yeh hi kahoge ki hume khud ko aise dosh nahi dena chahiye. Par sach toh yeh hi hain naa ki agar uss din humne Manav ko gaadi se utarne ko nahi bolte toh woh shayad humare saath hote."

Anubhav sighs, "Simmu, hum aapko kitni baar bataye ki usme aapki koi galti nahi thi. Aapko pyaas lagi thi. Aapne Manav se bola ki aapke liye paani laa de. Woh jab paani laane ke liye apne vahan se utarkar rasta paar kar rahe the tab ek sharabi apne tez gati ke vahan se Manav ko takkar maar di. Isme aapki kya galti, Simmu! Aapko kyun swayam ko dosh de rahi hain."

Haseena listens this carefully and says, "Anu thik keh rahe hain, Smita. Aapne thodi na chaha tha ki aisa kuch ho, chahna toh door aapne toh kabhi aisa socha bhi nahi hoga. Par ho gaya. Aapki wajah se nahi. Bewajah khud ko gunehgar samjhana bilkul sahi nahi!"

"Toh aapko bhi Ani ki tarah lagta hain ki jo kuch bhi hua woh meri wajah se nahi hua?" Smita asks Haseena. 

"Bilkul bhi nahi" Haseena replies and continues, "Agar aapko pata hota ki aisa kuch honewala hain toh kya aap unhe paani laane bhejti? Nahi naa... Toh phir yeh bina matlab ka guilt kis baat ka?"

Anubhav supports his wife's statement, "Aur nahi toh kya? Haseena bilkul sahi keh rahi hain."

Smita smirks, "Achchha... Phir aap dono Sonu ke death ke liye khud ko zimmedaar kyun maante ho?"

Her statement makes AnuSeena shocked. She continues, "Aap dono mein phir yeh bina matlab ka guilt kis liye hain. Jo baat aap dono hume samjha rahe ho, woh khud kyun nahi samajhte!"

AnuSeena bows their head down and Haseena replies after a while, "Aap mein aur hum mein fark hain, Smita. Aapko door door tak koi andaza nahi tha ki Manav ke saath aisa kuch ho sakta tha. Lekin hume... Hume yeh pata tha ki humare Abbu aur Anu ke Baba ko hum dono ka rishta na kabhi pasand tha aur na hi kabhi pasand aa sakta tha. Jab unhone humare saamne jhutha pyaar-dular dikhaya tha tab hi hume samajh jaana chahiye tha ki in sab mein inki koi saazish ho sakti hain."

Anubhav adds, "Parantu hum yeh baat samajh nahi paaye. Unke baaton mein aakar humne apna sab kuch kho diya jab ki unhone humse pehle bhi kaha tha ki woh log hum dono se keval aur keval ghrina karte hain. Hume samajhna chahiye tha..."

Smita looks them and says after taking a deep breath, "Ani, Haseena, insaan ko roti, kapda aur makan ke saath saath apno ka pyaar aur saath ki bhi bahut zaroorat hain. Aap dono ko bhi yeh pyaar aur saath chahiye tha. Apne bado ka! Aap dono chahte the ki aapki Sonu ko apne dada-dadi aur nana-nani ke pyaar aur ashirwad mile. Aap dono chahte the ki aapki Sonu bhi baki bachcho ke tarah apne dada-dadi aur nana-nani se zid kare, unke saamne apne ladle nakhre kare aur woh log unke nakhre jhelkar khush ho jaaye. Bhala kaun apne bachcho ka yeh roop nahi dekhna chahta. Aap apne mata pita ko apne gudiya ke liye ghoda bankar khush hone hue dekhna chahte the. Toh kya yeh aap dono ki galti thi?"

She gets up and goes near the window and says while looking outside of the window, "Zindagi kabhi khushiyon ka khazana nahi hoti. Isme mein dard ka itna bada ghana jungle hota hain ki insaan bahut baar rasta bhatak jaata hain. Lekin agar woh sahi raste ko dhundh ne ki koshish hi na karke uss jungle mein hi bhatakne ki than le toh kya yeh sahi hoga? Ek kadam mein toh usse jungle paar karna nahi ho paayega. Magar usko thoda thoda chalna hoga, girna hoga, phir chalna hoga."

She turns to them and continues, "Hum jaante hain ki aapke dard ko koi mita nahi sakta. Zindagi mein dard hote hain. Bina dard ki zindagi nahi exist karti. Lekin apni zindagi ko hi ek dard banakar baithna sabse badi galti aur bewakoofi hain. Aapne apni bachchi khoyi. Uski yaad mein aap dono khud ko saza de rahe hain. Lekin woh toh apni zindagi aaram se kaat raha hain jinki wajah se aap dono ko yeh din jhelne pad rahe hain. Kab tak...? Kab tak tum dono ussi gum mein ussi dard mein apni zindagi katoge. You have to face it and fight with it. And aslo you have to win it!"

AnuSeena are saying nothing but listing to her words making them realize them what they are doing is not correct. Yes, their pain is so big that they can't even think about something else. But if they can't do anything to give justice to their child, it's their biggest mistake. 

Smita says in a stern voice, "You both have to come out of this trauma. Sonu ki yaado se apni jeene ke liye ek nahi rah banao, apne dard ki wajah nahi. C'MON, MOVE ON! You guys have to move on. Hum yeh nahi keh rahe hain ki Sonu ke bhool jaao. Lekin unki yaado ko kis tarah se rakhna hain, yeh aap par depend karta hain. Khud ko har roz jeete ji maarkar, ya phir unhi yaado se apne liye jeene ki ek nayi wajah banakar."

"Hume jo kehna tha woh humne keh diya. Iske aage aapki marzi."

AnuSeena are saying nothing. They are just looking at the floor without even blinking. Smita's words hit them hard. Then, what will they do next?

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Sorry for the extremely late update.