Soul Mate (Ran away) Part 24

Shergil house

The wedding preparations is almost done, a few things only left. Everyone is busy but their happiness could be seen in their faces. But one person is super frustrated. And sitting in her chair she is getting more frustrated by each passing minute. Romi enters the room.

Romi: Di apne bulaiya?
Di did you called me?

Drishti: Ha, Romi tere bhai kaha hai?
Yeah, Romi where is your brother?

Romi: Apne ye janne k liye bulaiya? Wo apne kamre mein hai. Come on di kuch hi ghante mein shadi suru hogi. Aur waise ap Rashi k sath beauty parlor kiyun nehi gaye?
Did you called me to ask this? He is in his room. Come on di, the wedding will start in a few hours. And why didn’t you went to the beauty parlor with Rashi?

Drishti: Tu wo sab chor aur yaha pe baith. Bahut jaruri baat karni hai tujhse.
You forget all that and sit here. I have an important thing to talk to you.

Romi keeps talking while sitting down.

Romi: Kya? Mujhe apke taraf se bhai ko koi msg dena hai kya?
Why? Do you want to give any msg to bhai?

Drishti: Nehi wo sab kuch nehi. Tujhe mera kuch aur kaam karna hai.
No nothing like that. You have to do an important thing for me.

Romi: Hmm, bataiye.
Hmm, tell me.

Drishti looks at Pari who is sitting at the other side of the room, she is playing some game in a phone. Romi looks at her too.

Romi: Samajh gaya.
I understood.

Drishti: Dekh Romi, mujhe aur tere bhai ko chor k sref tujhe pata hai ki situation kaisa hai. Aur aj main aur Rakshit sir dono hi Pari k taraf dhiyan nehi rakh payenge. Isiliye aj tu ek second k liye bhi, ek second k liye bhi Pari ko apne se dur maat karna. Chahe kuch bhi ho jaye. Tujhe pata hai main kiyun bol rahi hu aisa.
Listen Romi, apart from me and your bhai, only you know about the situation. Today neither of us can pay attention towards Pari. So today you won’t let her get out of your sight for one second, not for one second at all. No matter what happens. You know why I am telling you this.

They looks at the bracelet on Romi’s hand.

Romi: Di hum ek kaam kiyun nehi karte? Hum ye bracelet Pari k hath mein kiyun nehi bandh dete? Aise apko tension bhi nehi hoga.
Di why don’t we do a thing? We should tie this bracelet on Pari’s hand. By this even you won’t have to take any tensions.

Drishti: Tu pagal hai kya? Pari ek choti bacchi hai. Itni power wo nehi handle kar payega. Ye teri haat pe hi rehega. Aur ajka pura din Pari teri jimmedari hai. Remember kuch bhi ho jaye…. .
Are you mad? Pari is a kid. She won’t able to handle such power. This bracelet will stay in your hand. And today the whole day Pari will be your responsibility. Remember no matter what happens…. .

Romi: Di, chill. Main sambhal lunga Pari ko bhi aur jo bhi khatra ho wo bhi. Hai mere pas super power. Ap to aise baat kar rahi ho ki aj shadi nehi koi yudh hone wala hai. Come on yaar apki shadi hai, aj apkai to din hai. Thora enjoy bhi karo. You know what, main Pari ko abhi lekar jaraha hu. Ap tension karna bandh kariye. OK? Relax.
Di, chill. I will take care of Pari and whatever the danger is. I have super powers. You are talking as if there is no marriage today, a war will happen instead. Come on yaar it’s your marriage. It’s your day. Enjoy it a bit. You know what, I will take Pari from here right now. You can stop worrying now. OK? Relax.

Romi stands up and goes to Pari.

Romi: Pari, chal. Aj shadi hai na teri mumma papa ki, hum jake decorations check karna hai.
Pari, let’s go. Today there is going to be marriage of your mumma and papa, let’s go we will check the decorations.

Romi takes Pari from there. Drishti holds her forehead.

Drishti: Aj shadi hai.
Today is the wedding.

Then she sits up.

Drishti: Aj shadi hai, Rakshit sir.
Today is the marriage, Rakshit sir.

Drishti disappears from there.
Rakshit was talking with someone on phone, that’s when Drishti appears there.

Drishti: Rakshit sir.

Rakshit looks at Drishti and cuts the call.

Drishti: Yaha kuch hi ghante mein humare shadi hone wala hai, aur ap yaha phone pe baate kar rahe hai?
We will be getting married in a few hours and you are talking on your phone here?

Rakshit: Mujhe aise kiyun lag raha hai ki ye sab iske pehle bhi hua hai? Ki main, apni room mein kuch kar rahi hu aur tum ake mujhe aisei sawal puch rahi ho… Wo ha Sangeet wale din mein bhi tumne aisai kia tha. Bar bar ek hi line bolke tum bore nehi ho jate?
Why am I having a feeling of deja vu? That I’m doing something in my room and you came here and started asking me something… Oo, yes you did the same thing on the music ceremony day too. Don’t you get bored by saying the same lines again and again?

Drishti: Agar ap mere sawalo ka jawab ek hi bar mein de dete hai to mujhe ek hi sawal bar bar puchna thori parta. Ab batayenge ap? Kya apka right time aya hai abhi bhi? Ya fer shadi k mandap mein batayenge? Main apko warn kar rahi hu agar apne mujhe mandap tak leke gaye na, main sabke samne hi gayeb ho jaungi.
If you had answered my question then I wouldn’t have to repeat it every time. Now will you please tell me? Have the right time of yours arrived? Or do you want to tell me it on the wedding dias? If you drag me till there I’m warning you, I’ll disappeared before everyone.

Rakshit: Itna stress kiyun leti ho. Sabkuch covered hai, chill. Bas wo karte jau jo main bolta jata hu.
Why do you take so much stress. Everything is taken care of, chill. Just do whatever I told you to do.

Drishti: You know what apke jankari k liye bata deti hu. Apko patai hai jab mujhe gussa ata hai tab kya hota hai. Ab ye dekhiye ki jab mujhe stress hota hai tab kya hota hai.
You know what for your kind information let me tell you something. You know very well what happens when I get angry. Now see what happens when I get stressed.

Drishti does magic on a weight paper, it starts bouncing on the whole room. Rakshit manages to catch it in time before it destroys anything.

Rakshit: Ye kya tha?
What was this?

Drishti: Main ise gayeb karne ki koushis kar rahi thi, par kiyunki abhi main bahut stressed hu isiliye jadu ulta par gaya. Stress mein aisai hota hai. Aur ab jab tak ap mujhe kuch nehi bolenge aisai hota rahega, mera iss sab par koi control bhi nehi hai. Mera magic out of control ho raha hai.
I tried to make it invisible, but the magic got wrong. This happens when I’m stressed. And now until you tell me everything this will keep happening, and I won’t have any control on this. My magic is getting out of control.

Rakshit: Relax, aj tumhari shaktiya thik se kaam kare wo bahut jaruri hai. Ok, ek kaam karo ye lo.
Relax, today it’s very important that your power works properly. Ok, do one thing, take this.

Rakshit gives Drishti a folded paper.

Drishti: Yeh kya hai?
What is this?

Drishti was about to open the paper. But Rakshit stops her.

Rakshit : Isko khulo maat. Tum apni kamre mein wapas jau aur taiyar ho jau. Agar koi ake tumhe bulaiye to kuch bhi bahana marke usko bhej dena, kamre mein hi rukh na. Fer kya karna hai main batata hu.
Don’t open it. Go to your room and get ready. If someone comes to call you make any excuse and send him away, stay in your room. I’ll tell you what you will do next.

Drishti comes before miror dressed up as a bride in her room. Rashi comes there.

Rashi: Bhabi you are looking gorgeous.

Drishti smiles.

Drishti: Thank you.

Rashi: Matlab seriously yaar, mujhe laga tha apne na beuaty parlour gayi mere sath, yaha pe bhi kisi ka help nehi liya, samajh nehi arahi thi ki ap akele kaise manage karogi. Par ap to… bahut sundar lag rahe ho. Apne bridal make up karne ka course kia hai kya?
I mean seriously yaar, you didn’t go to the beauty parlour with me, you didn’t take help from anyone here, I thought you won’t be able to manage. But you are….. you are looking very beautiful. Did you take any course on bridal make up?

Drishti smiles. Flashback shows she did magic to get ready.

Drishti: Kuch aisai samjh lo.
Something like that.

Rashi: To chalie na.
Then let’s go.

Drishti: Par abhi to samay hai na?
But there is still time right?

Rashi: Ha, wo photoshoot chal raha hai niche. Ap bhi chaliye humare sath. Don’t worry hum bhai ko bhi leke ayenge.
Yeah, there is a photoshoot going on downstairs. Come join us. Don’t worry, we will bring bhai too.

Drishti remembers Rakshit’s word.

Drishti: Rashi baat kuch aisa hai ki shadi to bahut lamba time tak chalega, upar se maine itna kuch pehna hu. I think mujhe apna energy jo hai wo bachakar rakhna chaihie. To maina direct shadi k time hi niche ajaungi. Thik hai? Abhi thora  rest kar leti hu. Pic hum baad mein le lenge.
Rashi the thing is like this  that the wedding will be a long process, and I’m wearing so much. I think I should save my energy. That’s why I will come directly at the time of wedding. Ok? Let me take some rest now. We will take pictures later.

Rashi: Ye bhi thik hai. Ap rest kar lijiye, aur kuch bhi chaihie to mujhe bulana.
This is fine too. You take rest, and if you need anyhting call me.

Drishti smiles and nods. Rashi leaves. Drishti looks at the clock. It’s 6 O’clock.

Flasback

Rakshit: Jab 6 bajega, tab tum ye paper apni room k desk pe rakhogi. Aise ki agar koi bhi andar aye to usko wo nazar aye, par uske pehle kisiko is paper k barein mein pata nehi chalna chaihie. Aur ha tum is paper ko khul k nehi dekhoge, matlab nehi dekhoge.
When It’s 6 pm, you will keep this paper in the desk of your room. Like this way that if anyone comes in your room then he will see this paper first, but nobody should see it before this. And yes, you won’t open this paper and see what is inside, I mean it.

Drishti: Oh please, mujhe koi sokh nehi hai ki iske ander kya hai wo dekhne ka.
Oh please, I’ve no interest in knowing what is inside this.

Flashback ends

Drishti makes the paper appear by magic and keeps it on the table. She thinks of opening it once but then keeps it back again. Then she gets out of her room and sees if anyone is noticing her.

Flashback

Rakshit: Uske baad tum apni kamre se nikal kar outhouse ajana. Par koi bhootiyapanti nehi, normal log jaise ate hai waisei ana. Aur koushis karna ki koi tumhe na dekhe, par ha jada koushis karne ki koi jarurat nehi hai.
And then come to the outhouse from your room. But no ghostly thing, come like the way normal people comes. And try not to get seen by anyone, but don’t try to hard.

Drishti: Kiyun? Agar outhouse e jana hai to main to ek second mein ja sakti hu, itna drama karne ki kya jarurat hai. Apke plan bhaut weird hai main bata rahi hu.
Why? If I have to go to the outhouse then I can go there in a second, why do I have to do all this. Your plan is very weird I’m telling you.

Rakshit: Mere ma, jitna kaha ja raha hai bas utna karo. Please I’m requesting you apne dimag ka istemal maat karna.
Just do what I asked you to do. Please I’m requesting you don’t use your brain.

Drishti: Matlab kya hai apka?
What do you mean?

Rakshit: Please, abhi larai maat karo, plan pe focus karo. Baad mein main sabkuch samjha dungi. Aur ha, room se outhouse jane k samay koushis karna ki aise dikhane ke ki tum bahut khush ho, thora blush karna, ok? Kar logi right? You know ek bhi galti nehi hona chaihie, aur koi sawal nehi. Bas wo karo jo bola karne k liye.
Please, don’t start fighting now, focus on the plan. I’ll make you understand everything later. And yes, when you will go to the outhouse from your room, try to look like you are very happy, show some blush, ok? You can do this right? You know you can’t make a mistake, and no question. Just do what I say.

Flashback ends

Drishti sees some people coming there, she imediately runs from there and hides behind a pillar and waits for them to pass by.

Drishti: Ye Rakshit sir bhi na, pata nehi kya kya kara raha hai mujhse. Mujhe to aisa lagne laga hai ki unka dimga hi kharab ho gaya hai. Matlab ye bhi koi baat hui? Aur agar main sare baatein ka piche koi reason hai ye maan bhi lu, iss khus hone ka acting karna, blush karne ka kya matlab hai? Pehle bola aise au ki koi tumhe na dekhe, to main acting karu kiske liye. Agar koi dekhegai nehi to acting karne ka matlab kya hai?
This Rakshir sir is too much, what sort of things he is making me do. I’ve started feeling that he have lost his mind completely. What nonsense is this? And even if I think that behind his every instructions there is some reason, but what’s the meaning of acting to be happy and blushing? First he said come like this that no one sees you, then whom should I act for. If no one can see then what’s the point of acting?

The people passes by the pillar, Drishti waits until they go out of sight.

Drishti: Chal Drishti, ab bola hai to karna to parega. Iske pehle bhi bahut sare azib kaam tune kia hai Rakshit sir k liye. Ab ye bhi kar hi le. Waise bhi tere acting to koi dekhega nehi, to kar hi le.
Let’s go Drishti, when he said then you have to do it. You have done many weird things before this for Rakshit sir. Do this one too. Anyway no one is going to watch your acting anyway, so you should do it.

Drishti starts moving again, hiding from everyone. She pretends to be happy and blushing, which at some periond seems overacting. Finally she manages to get to the outhouse. But after entering there she gets surprised. The outhouse is decorated beautifully with red hearshaped balloons and red rosses. There is a lot of candles too. There is a table in the center and two chairs. But none of this surprised Drishti. She got surprised seeing another girl there standing. She too was dressed up in a bridal outfit. The same one as Drishti. The girl sees Drishti coming  inside the room. She looked like she was waiting for her to come and then she gets out of  the room. Now Drishti looks around her and sees the decorations. Drishti remembers Rakshit’s word again.

Flashback

Rakshit: Outhouse pauch ne k baad tum wohi par rukhna, kahi maat jana, aur ha kuch bhi reacts maat karna chahe tum kuch bhi dekho. Age kya karna hai wo main ake bataunga. Tum wohi par mera intezar karna.
After reaching outhouse stay there, don’t go anywhere, and don’t react at all no matter what you  see. I will tell you what you need to do next by coming there. You will wait for me there.

Flashback ends

Drishti sits down on a chair and waits for Rakshit. Time passes by but there is no sign of him. Finally he comes after half an hour from the back door. Drishti gets up by seeing him and goes to him.

Drishti: Kya chal raha hai ye sab?
What is all this going on?

Rakshit: Bad mein, abhi time nehi hai. Wo karo jo bol raha hu.
Later, now there is no time. Do what I ask you to do.

Rakshit brings out his phone from pocket and starts doing something.

Drishti: Nehi apko batana parega kya chal raha hai ye sab? Wo larki kaun thi? Mere jaisa kapre kiyun pehne thi? Aur yaha pe ye sab decoration kiyun hai? Apne abhi bhi wohi purane kapre pehne hue hai to mujhe taiyar hone kiyun bola? Us paper mein kya tha? Apne mujhe khus hone ki acting karne kiyun bola? Ye sab karke ap shadi kaise rokhenge? Plan kya hai apka? Mujhe kuch kiyun nehi bata rahe hai?
No you have to tell me what is going on? Who was that girl? Why was she wearing same cloths like me? And why is there so much decoration like this? Why are you still wearing old clothes when you have asked me to get ready? What was on that paper? Why did you asked me act to be happy? How will you stop the wedding by doing all this? What is your plan? Why are you not telling me anything?

Rakshit: Main bas ek bar bol kya dia ki tum bahut jada bolte ho to iska matlab ye nehi ki har waqt us baat ko sach sabit karte ho. Bola na bad mein bataunga sabkuch. Abhi mere baat suno.
I just told you once that you speak too much you took it way to seriously and keep proving it true everytime. I told you I will tell you everything later. Now listen to me.

Drishti: Ab kya karna hai? Pehle se jo bhi utpatang kaam karaiya hai apne mujhe us sab ka koi matlab to ab tak samjh mein nehi aya. Par I’m sure ye next wala us sabko piche chor dega, bataiye sun rahi hu.
Now what? Till whatever weird things you have asked me to do I have found no meaning in any of that. But I’m sure the next one will be the best, tell me I’m all ears.

Rakshit was about to tell but hearing this taunt he stares at Drishti for sometime.

Rakshit: Ek baat bolo ye tane marna chorke tumhe ek aur kaam bhi ata hai na, wo kya hai?
Tell me something, except for taunting you can do another thing too, what is it?

Drishti: Kya?
What?

Rakshit: Tumhara bhootiyapanti.
Your ghostly things.

Drishti: Jadu, magic bolte hai use.
Magic, it is called.

Rakshit: To tum wo karo na, jo ata hai. Main wo karta hu jo mujhe ata hai.
Then you do that, what you can do. I’ll do what I can do.

Drishti: Aur wo kya hai?
And what will be that?

Rakshit: Dimag ka istemal karna.
Using brain.

Drishti realises what Rakshit meant and was about to brust into anger over him but before that Rakshit shows a picture in his phone to her. The picture is of a jungle.

Drishti: Ye kya hai?
What is this?

Rakshit: Tumhe ab hum dono ko yaha par leke jana hai. Isi waqt, samay nehi hai.
Now you have to take both of us here. Right now, there is no time.

Drishti: Par ye kaunsa jaga hai?
But what place is this?

Rakshit: Kya wo pata hona jaruri hai? Hume bas exact isi jaga par jana hai jo jaga tum is photo mein dekh rahi ho.
Is that necessary to know? We just have to be exact on this place which you can see on this photo.

Drishti: Pata tha, apki agli task sabse jada weird hoga.
I knew it, that your next task will be the weridest.

Rakshit: Drishti.

And before Rakshit could complete his scold, he found himself and Drishti in that jungle.

Rakshit: Wow, that was fast.

Drishti: Ab kya?
Now what?

Rakshit: Ab? Ab raat ho rahi hai, to hume raat mein aise bahar to nehi rukhna chaihie, chalo kuch jaga dhunte hai raat gujarne k liye.
Now? Now it’s getting dark, and we can’t stay out the whole night like this, so let’s go and find some place to pass the night.

Rakshit starts walking. Drishti follows him.

Drishti: Ye kya baat hui? Matlab hum sare raat iss jungle par rukhenge? Ghar par sabko kya bolenge? Ek second, wo larki bilkul mere tara kapre pehne the, matlab kya ghar mein iss waqt humare duplicates shadi kar rahe hai? Aur sabko lag rahe hai ki humare shadi ho rahe hai? Kya ye apke plan tha? To mujhe taiyar hoke outhouse mein ane k liye kiyun bulaiya? Exchange to room mein bhi kar sakte the na.
What is this? Are we going to spend the whole nigh in the jungle? What will we say to the family member? One second, that girl weared exactly same dress as me, that means right now our duplicate is getting married in the house? And everyone is thinking we are getting married? Was this your plan? Then why did you asked me to get ready and come to the outhouse? We could have done the exchange in the room.

Rakshit was walking till now but hearing Drishti’s discovery he stops and looks at her.

Drishti: Kya hua?
What happened?

Rakshit: Isiliye maine tumhe kuch nehi bola. Matlab kaha se late ho itne bakwas theory and ideas. Agar main ghar par humare duplicates ki shadi karata to hum yaha jungle mein kya kar rahe hai. Hume to woha hona chaihie tha ye make sure karne k liye ki sabkuch thik se ho rahe hai.
This is why I didn’t told you anything. I mean from where do you get these nonsence theory and ideas. If I made plans to get our duplicates married in the home then what are we doing in the jungle. We should be there, to make sure that nothing goes wrong.

Drishti: To bataiye na apka plan akhir kya hai.
Then tell me what is your plan after all.

Rakshit: Bataunga nehi, dikhaunga. Chalo, humare taj mahal samne hai.
I’m not going to tell you, in fact I’m going to show you. Let’s go, our “Taj Mahal” is waiting.

Rakshit starts walking again.

Drishti:  Confirm hai, inka dimag kharab ho chuka hai. Pata nehi jungle mein kya karne aya hai.
It’s confirm, he has completely lost it. Who knows why he has come here in the jungle.

Someone from far is looking at Drishti. Drishti senses something and looks back. But there is nothing could be seen in the darkness. Rakshit turns and sees Drishti.

Rakshit: Ab kya hogaya? Rukh kiyun gayi? Ajau, hum pauch gaye.
What happened now? Why did you stop? Come, we have reached.

Drishti couldn’t able to see anything. So she turns and goes towards Rakshit. But something keeps watching Drishti and Rakshit from far.

Next: Rakshit and Drishti spends the night in a shed in the jungle.