~Sohbat~

~Chapter 63~

" Par.. Babasa, yeh humare Raaghav ke sath galat hoga. Babasa, aapki shayad galti nahi thi, par Raaghav ki bhi toh galti nahi thi na?
Phir bhi unko itne saalo tak saza mili.
Toh agar hum unko yeh sab kuch bhulane ke liye kahe toh yeh galat hoga na babasa!
Iss sab mei, agar kisine sabse jyada kuch khoya hai, agar kisine sabse jyada suffer kiya hai, toh woh humare Raaghav hai.
Aur kaise hum unhe yeh sab kuch bhulne ko kahe? Kaise yeh kahe unse ki biti baatein chod de, jab ki hum jaante hai, aaj bhi woh sab baatein unhe thes pohochati hai.

Babasa, aap galat nahi the. Par galti humare Raaghav ki bhi nahi thi. Unhone jo kuch bhi saha hai, usse kaise ek minute mei bhulne ko keh de hum bhala? ", Vaidehi questioned Randhir, with the drops of tears in her eyes.

" Babasa, woh na, apni takleefo ko, apne dard ko humesha se andar dabochte aaye hai. Woh apni takleefo ko ghut pite hai, kisiko andaza tak nahi lagne dete ki woh kin kin cheezo ka samna kar rahe hai.
Kitne saalo se woh yeh sab kuch apne andar hi rakte aah rahe hai, hum yeh soch bhi nahi sakte ki unhe yeh sab kitna pareshan karta hoga.
Phir kaise hum unhe apne dard ko nigalne ke liye keh de, babasa? ", Vaidehi further asked.

Randhir watched her. She was perfect for his son. His son truly deserved someone like her.
He freed his hand from hers, as he softly ran it over her head, caressing it softly.

("But babasa.. This will be wrong with my Raaghav.
Maybe you were not wrong, but neither was my Raaghav! But still he was punished for years.
Now if I tell him to forget everything, it will be wrong.
In all of this, the person who lost the most, who suffered the most was my Raaghav! How do I even ask him forget all?
How do I tell him to forget the past, when I very well know that the past still troubles him.
Babasa, you were not wrong. Neither was my Raaghav! So how do I ask him to forget everything in a flick of a second?
Babasa, he knows to hide his pain well. He never let's anyone know about what all he is going through.
For how long has all of this troubled him, for how long has he kept everything bottled inside him.We don't even have any idea. So how do I ask him to swallow all his pain? ")

" Humesha humare Raaghav se itna hi pyaar karti rehna Vaidu! ", he softly said.
(" Always love my sone like this, Vaidu! ")

Vaidehi looked at him with a sad smile. He too gave her a faint smile.

Vaidehi then made him sleep as she covered him with the blanket.
Switching the light off she started walking over to their room, unaware of the fact that Raaghav had heard their entire conversation.

Vaidehi entered their room.
She saw Raaghav standing. She could see his tensed muscles as his back faced her. She could make it out that he was angry. But why?

Vaidehi came and back hugged him. He didn't respond, but she felt him relax a bit.

"Kya huwa, Raaghav? ", she softly asked.
He didn't say anything. She just heard the deep breathing. He was trying hard to calm himself down.
(" What happened, Raaghav? ")

" Humne aapki aur unki baatein suni! Humne jaan bhuj kar nahi kiya.. It's just.. I heard! ", he said. Though he was soft, but it had the intensity.

(" I heard your conversation with him. I didn't do it intentionally. It's just.. I heard! ")

Vaidehi left him from behind as she walked to face him.
His eyes were red.

She took his big hand in hers as she held onto them softly and said, " Let it out! "

Raaghav looked at her for seconds as he started, " I heard everything, Vaidu... Its.. It's so difficult.. I just don't know what to react to it.
Vaidu.. I feel nothing. It's like my mind doesn't even want to think of it. Mhuje kuch samaj nahi aaj raha. Kuch bhi nahi..